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The POWRi Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) midgets and the vintage division continued the celebration of the club's 80th year of existence with a visit on July 5th to the familiar confines of the ¼-mile Lakeport Speedway on the grounds of the Lake County fairgrounds. Mark Maliepaard winner earlier this season at Stockton 99 Speedway was unable to diagnosis and apparent ignition problem with the Esslinger engine in his Fit & Finish Hot Rod Interiors Special and withdrew before time...more

Belleville, IL - In lieu of the recent rain outs plaguing the Midwest and suffered by the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League, additional shows have been arranged for the following dates: Friday, July 26 - Belle-Clair Speedway - National Midgets Saturday, July 27 - Macon Speedway - National Midgets Friday, October 4 – Jacksonville Speedway – National Midgets Saturday, October 5 - Jacksonville Speedway - National Midgets,...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 12, 2019) – Extending his record as the all-time winningest driver in POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League history, Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Mo. won his 35th-career feature on Friday at Valley Speedway. Topping the opening night of “Thunder in the Valley,” Miller rocketed by Frank Galusha on the tenth circuit and checked away for a dominating win aboard the Hyper Racing No. 51B. With a strong group of 24 entries on hand, the field split into a trio of...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 13, 2019) – Coming out on top of an epic race-long battle with Frank Galusha on Saturday night, Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Mo. completed a clean sweep of the weekend at Valley Speedway by winning his 36th-career POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League feature. Earning Bell Racing HQ High Point Man honors with an eighth-to-first heat race, Miller started from the pole position of the 20-lap feature and quickly shot his No. 51B into the lead. However,...more

(Torrance, CA, July 10, 2019) Two-time POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Jarrett Kramer kept up his domination of the Ventura Raceway last Saturday night when he scored his fourth win in four 2019 appearances at the track. The victory allowed the veteran driver to increase his lead in the championship standings to 42-points as the season reached the halfway point. Eighteen cars signed into the CLS pits for the race at the track located on the Ventura County...more

The POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints were at I-35 Speedway Sat night for our 2nd night of the Mid-Season Championship weekend. The Mid Season Championship weekend sponsors are Country Kids Day Care, Layne Machine, Anthony’s Chimney Sweeps, Lowery Legal, and Miller Farms. Also, a BIG thank you goes out to our sponsors for 2019, Racing Boys, Rod End Supply and Oskvig Accounting. Bobby and Tyler Johnson brought the cars to the green. Stanley got by Tyler and was running beside Bobby on the first...more

Chad Frewaldt won the POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget Race Friday night July 26th at the Grain Valley Dirt Track. For the veteran racer from Kansas City, KS. It was his first victory of the season and came after Frewaldt spun his midget in the early going. The Jayhawk State Racer would then go from last to 3rd before relinquishing the spot after a mid race caution. However after a incident featuring point leader AJ Gilbert and runner up in points Pat Schudy after the next restart, Schudy, Heath...more

Jason Martin took the race lead near the races mid-way point to claim the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing Sprint Car Feature victory Saturday night at Solomon Valley Raceway in Beloit, Kansas. Tracy Hill and Zach Blurton started on the pole for the thirty lap feature with Blurton jumping out into the lead as the green flag fell. Martin quickly moved into the runner-up position from his fourth-starting position with Monte Ferriera, Hill and Jake...more

16 Lightning Sprints made the trip back to El Paso County Raceway after a few weeks off. Mother Nature rained out the heat races, but the track crew and racers packed in a bad fast smooth racetrack. Since there was no qualifying and no heat races, the feature was lined up by pill draw. #31 Steve Becker led the first couple laps, then #24B Johnny Boos took the lead and never looked back. Jason Woods in the #82 took over second on lap 7 trying to run down Boos, followed by Becker, #39X Dakota...more

The biggest week of the year awaits the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series as they head to the Thayer County Speedway in Deshler, NE on Wednesday night and then to the Famed Belleville High Banks on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night for the Belleville 305 Nationals. On Wednesday night the Thayer County Speedway in Deshler, NE will host the Rebels for their only visit of the year. With Deshler being only 30 miles north of Belleville it will give all teams coming to the 305 Nationals a...more