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INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (February 27, 2018) – Anticipation for the 2018 POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League’s season is building. In addition to the buzz surrounding the league's opening weekend, March 30-31 at US 36 Raceway in Osborn, Missouri, and Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Nebraska, an announcement was made regarding a partnership with Bell Racing USA to sponsor a five-figure bonus opportunity. The “Bell Racing Triple Crown Challenge” is a $20,000 bonus that will be awarded to any one driver who can...more

Belleville, IL – On Friday, May 4th the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will tackle the fast quarter-mile Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for night one of the Open Wheel Showdown Weekend. Saturday all three Leagues will head to the title-sponsor owned, incredible “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri to round out the tour. One of the most anticipated events of the year, the Open Wheel...more

WHEATLAND, MO (May 5, 2018) - Mitchell Moore scored his seventh POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri over Riley Kreisel and Korey Weyant. Moore's last WAR win was in 2014. He also is a past WAR Champion from 2013. Moore started on the pole of the 25 lap feature after LRB Inc. High Point Man, Korey Weyant, pulled a 6 for the redraw to invert the top 6 in passing points. Moore would grab the lead from the drop of the green flag...more

Wheatland, MO – A visit to the title-sponsor-owned Lucas Oil Speedway is always eventful, as the track is one of, if not the finest dirt track in the nation. Tonight was no different, as Tanner Carrick took a career-first win with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, claiming the Open Wheel Showdown finale. Carrick also held off Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate Logan Seavey from completing the weekend sweep, snapping the streak that was held for the previous three racing...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 13, 2018) - The most anticipated event of the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League season is quickly approaching as the eighth annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial is just over one week away. With 62 pre-entries already signed-in for the sprint car extravaganza at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, the WAR Sprints have revamped the format and boosted the purse, with a racer-friendly focus in mind. Instead of the typical six heat race, three semi...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 18, 2018) - When the highly-anticipated Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial fires off this Thursday at Lucas Oil Speedway, the high-stakes Bell Racing USA Triple Crown Challenge resumes with a potential five-figure payday on the line for Kyle Cummins. After earning a dominating score in Lake Ozark Speedway's WAR Non-Wing Nationals, Cummins is only two more victories away from claiming a $20,000 check and becoming the inaugural champion of the Bell Racing USA...more

Wheatland, MO (September 20, 2018) - Change was in the air on Thursday night in Wheatland, Missouri as the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League debuted a completely revamped format to kick off the eighth annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway. At the conclusion of the Mesilla Valley Transportation qualifying night, it was Denton, Nebraska's Terry Richards standing in victory lane following his first-career triumph with the series, however, it was Sapulpa, Oklahoma's...more

Wheatland, MO (September 21, 2018) - The fans in attendance at Lucas Oil Speedway on Friday night were treated to a thrilling show as the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial continued on with the Rockwell Security qualifying night. Another field of 39 POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League competitors signed-in for action, giving us a new event record of 78 total entries this weekend. At the conclusion of Friday's show, another new winner rose to the top as Anthony Nicholson of Millingston,...more

Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2018) - Following two nights of preliminary action at Lucas Oil Speedway, we have seen a record-setting field of 78 drivers and a total of 238 laps turned in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League competition. Heading into Saturday's finale of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial, the feature event lineups are set with a pair of 12-lap C-Mains, a pair of 15-lap B-Mains, a unique pole shuffle, and the 30-lap main event to decide this year's champion. Utilizing a...more

Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2018) - Outlasting a historic 78-car field, Kyle Cummins dominated Saturday's Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial main event to extend his POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League record to three career victories. After earning LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors in preliminary action, the Princeton, Indiana native followed that up with a win in the RAMS Racing Pole Shuffle and then a wire-to-wire triumph as he led all 30 feature laps. The victory means that if Cummins can...more