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WAKEENEY, Kansas (September 22, 2020) – The POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing has set its sail on the two-day Wakeeney Showdown this Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27. The weekend’s events will take place atop the 3/8-mile semi-banked dirt oval of Wakeeney Speedway in Wakeeney, Kansas. On Saturday, September 26 the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series drivers will be alongside the High Plains Late Model Series and Kansas...more

Belleville, IL. (09/21/2020) Always trying to offer the best racing action in open-wheel the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and Tri-City Speedway, in Granite City Illinois are ready for one-of-a-kind excitement to hit the racing surfaces on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd. Reviving one of the largest events in the national midget racing world from a three-year hiatus, Tri-City Speedway will host the stars and cars of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League for two...more

Belleville, IL. (09/23/2020) Battling on the racing surface of Minnesota and North Dakota for the final time in 2020, the POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would hold a spectacular two days of speed to wrap up their racing season. First, at River Cities Speedway on Friday, September 18th then on to Devils Lake Speedway on Saturday, September 19th. After hard-fought battles all weekend for driving supremacy, Dexter Dvergsten would continue to add to his dominance this season as...more

Belleville, IL. (09/23/2020) Wanting to squeeze as much racing action out of this unorthodox 2020 racing season as possible, many competitors from the POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series will take the multiple-hour journey south to test their open-wheel talents against one of the longest-tenured Lightning Sprint organizations in the country. The POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints and I-35 Speedway, in Winston, Missouri, have issued the challenge to all competitors for...more

Belleville, IL. (09/23/2020) The New Berlin, IL. native Jake Neuman is looking to earn his first ever POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Championship. On the 2020 race season, Neuman has one win, seven top five, and fourteen top ten finishes. With only six races left on the year, Neuman sits exactly 500 points ahead of the second-place runner, Zach Daum. Daum is no stranger to the POWRi Lucas Oil National Championship stage, as he has three POWRi National Midget Championships under his...more

Marcham Captures Third Win on the Season Belleville, IL. (09/26/2020) Trey Marcham of Newcastle, OK. grabs his third POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League Victory of the season at Creek County Speedway. With 25 POWRi Lucas Oil West Midgets in attendance at Creek County, Marcham started off the night strong. Advancing five positions in his heat race to finish in the second position. Marcham started off the 25 lap Main Event starting in the fourth position. With the race going green to checkered,...more

Belleville, IL. (09/ 27/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League was back in action at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Sapulpa, OK. for the final night of the two-day race weekend. With a 25-car field in attendance, Blake Hahn conquered his home track and made his way into victory lane to capture his first POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League win of the year. Hanh started off strong in the night with a second-place finish in the heat race, which ultimately put him in the fourth starting position...more

WAKEENEY, Kansas (September 26, 2020) – Twenty-nine cars were in competition with the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing for night one of the WaKeeney Showdown at WaKeeney Speedway. Points leader and defending champion, Zach Blurton, went brought on the heat late-race to take home the $700 pay day by capturing Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event. Jake Martens and JD Johnson set the pace for the Saturday’s feature. It was Martens taking the early...more

WAKEENEY, Kansas (September 27, 2020) – The POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing took to the 3/8-mile dirt track of WaKeeney Speedway for the WaKeeney Showdown finale on Sunday night. Twenty-seven cars were in attendance for the finale and it was Quinter, Kansas’ Zach Blurton picking up the $1,000-to-win feature event. Kyler Johnson and Todd Plemons were scheduled to set the pace for Sunday’s 30-lap feature event, but trouble ensued for Johnson...more

Belleville, IL. (09/28/2020) Possibly saving the best event of the year for last, the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints would visit their home-racing grounds of I-35 Speedway, in Winston Missouri, to wrap up their 2020 racing season on Saturday. September 25th. After a full field of twenty of the top lightning sprinters racing for nearly every position, Minnesota’s Alan Truscinski would emerge victorious after making a near eight-hour journey to compete. Helping pack the pits would...more