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June 30, 2018. Grundy County Speedway, Morris, Illinois At the end of another hot summer night at Grundy, Bill Holbert and his Dad were all smiles in victory lane. After the race, the Holberts commented that winning this race was very special due to their close personal relationship to the Carter family. A victory in this feature had been top priority on their bucket lists. Holbert took the lead early with Kyle O'Gara, in second, trying to run him down but Holbert was much the best and very...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 2, 2018) - It's time for the annual "BORDER WARS" this weekend with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. While youngster Riley Kreisel holds the lead in the championship points, WAR heads into a challenging two-day race weekend. First up is Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois Friday night, July 6 followed up with St. Francois County Raceway in Farmington, Missouri Saturday. In 2016 Joe B. Miller was victorious at Belle-Clair and Terry Babb picked up the St....more

Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (June 30, 2018) – Blake Edwards picked off his first Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature win of the year by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap main event at Kennedale Speedway Park that wrapped up the series’ North Texas weekend double. The Claremore, OK, racer took the lead away from Jeb Sessums to post the win aboard the No. 17e entry atop the ¼-mile clay oval. While Edwards started outside the front...more

JOLIET, IL (June 30, 2018) - Illinois native Chris Windom took home the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard check and trophy at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 Raceway Saturday night. Brady Short and Korey Weyant completed the podium. Brady Short and Korey Weyant led the field to green with Weyant leading lap one. Short threw the slide job in turns three and four to get by Weyant and lead lap two, but Weyant would returng the favor in turns one and two to regain the lead. Meanwhile, Chris Windom was...more

Macon, IL – Notching another victory to his name with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, Tucker Klaasmeyer stole the show at Macon Speedway, earning his third career victory with the league. By virtue of passing points, Klaasmeyer earned the top point position for his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Toyota-powered mount and shared the front row with Tyler Courtney. In the opening laps, Klaasmeyer narrowly edged Courtney for the lead as the two raced in close-quarters around the...more

Macon, IL – In what was an enduring, elbows-up feature event, pole-sitter Austin Schaeffer led all but the opening lap of the 20-lap POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League main event. After taking back the top position from opening-lap leader Gunner Ramey, Schaeffer took off on a torrid pace running away from the field in between each caution. While drivers jockeyed for second on back, Schaeffer was eventually challenged by Joe B. Miller in the final laps, as Miller climbed to the...more

Tom Eyman notches a win in the POWRI Pavement Midget Series at Grundy County Speedway, Morris, Illinois, Friday night. Eyman, from Joliet, Illinois, won round two of the POWRI Pavement series after Jimmy Anderson had taken round one. The POWRi Pavement Series returns Saturday night for round three.s Taylor Fenske, a popular female driver, was the highest finishing production-based engine of the night. We would like to thank our fans, drivers and crews for coming out and supporting the series...more

Lonnie Wheatley, CRANDALL, Texas (June 29, 2018) – Kyle Jones added his name to the list of 2018 Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA winners by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap feature atop the ¼-mile RPM Speedway. The Kennedale, TX, shoe became the ninth different series winner of the year in 12 events by taking the checkered flag after starting third. Pole starter Weston Gorham jumped into the early lead ahead of Wesley Smith and Hank Davis...more

Belleville, IL – Tomorrow’s POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro show at Belle-Clair Speedway has been rained out. “We really wanted to get this one in,” commented Brian Thompson of Belle-Clair Speedway. “But the storm that came through tonight, on top of the storm from the other night, was just too much." Saturday, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League are set to tackle the Mighty Macon Speedway for some close-quarters racing. ...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 27, 2018) – The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA dips into the Lone Star state for the first time this season with a pair of events this weekend. The weekend’s “Red River Shootout” begins on Friday night with the mighty Midgets taking to the ¼-mile RPM Speedway in Crandall, TX. The weekend in North Texas then wraps up with Saturday night’s “Freedom 25 Midget Championships” atop the ¼-mile Kennedale Speedway Park. Riding...more