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Dirt Oval at Route 66 Rescheduled for Illinois SPEED Week Belleville, IL – The May 3rd show at Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois featuring the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Car League and the POWRi Lucas Oil D-II Midget League has been postponed due to uncontrollable weather circumstances. Dirt Oval at Route 66 is rescheduled for May 31 as the opening night of Illinois SPEED Week, kicking off Wednesday night and featuring the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil WAR...more

Grain Valley, MO – Tyler Thomas of Owasso, Oklahoma stole his first victory of 2017 in the tri-sanctioned POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League and POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget League carnage-filled feature event at Valley Speedway for night one of the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals. Thomas’ victory at Valley Speedway against a 53-car field is the seventh of his career. With provisionals utilized in all three leagues, Holly Shelton and Wesley Smith...more

GRANT GRABS LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY WIN Wheatland, MO (May 6, 2017) - In a race that went twenty-five non stop laps and saw all twenty two starters complete the A-Main, Justin Grant picked up a win on Saturday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints at Lucas Oil Speedway. Korey Weyant, Zach Daum, Clinton Boyles, and eighteenth starting Brandon Mattox rounded out the top five. Grant, who has been one of open wheel racing's hottest drivers in 2017, moved from his outside starting spot into the...more

Indianapolis, IN (May 8, 2017) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Cars are prepping for the 2017 McCarthy Auto Group KC Classic this Thursday, May 11 at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The Lucas Oil ASCS National Winged Sprint Cars will also be in action plus USRA B-Mods. Clinton Boyles was victorious at the 2016 KC Classic in the JHR #77 machine. A full field of fierce competitors will be in attendance May 11 to run with the WAR Sprints including Boyles, Dustin Morgan, Korey Weyant...more

BOYLES CLIMBS TO THE TOP AT LAKESIDE Kansas City, KS (May 11, 2017) - After picking up a win during his rookie season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints last May at Lakeside Speedway, Clinton Boyles won for the second year in a row on Thursday night at the same racetrack. Cody Baker edged Isaac Chapple to lead lap one in the twenty lap feature. Baker set a torrid pace as he ran the high side of the 4/10 mile. Behind him, Boyles moved his way forward from his fifth starting position. Baker...more

Indianapolis, IN - A two-day weekend of racing is up next for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints. First heading to US 36 Raceway in Osborn, Missouri on Friday, May 19 for the first time since 2012, followed by their second showing this season at I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri on Saturday, May 20. Austin Alumbaugh won the last WAR event at US 36 Raceway in 2012 in the Rick Smith owned number 26 machine. Many fresh faces will attempt to snag a WAR victory there this Friday. Korey Weyant picked...more

Indianapolis, IN - The Official 2017 POWRi Illinois Speed Week t-shirts are available for pre-order at http://www.powri.com/shopping/?ic=14110. They are available in black, red, and gray in limited supplies (adult sizes only). All shirts pre-ordered on the POWRi website will be shipped out on Tuesday, May 30. POWRi kicks off the first of a five-night series known as Illinois Speed Week on Wednesday, May 31 at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois featuring the POWRi Lucas Oil National...more

Grain Valley, MO (May 20, 2017) - Saturday night at Valley Speedway Chad Frewaldt bested Pat Schudy, Chad Winfrey, Dustin Gilbert, and Broc Hunnell, for the win in race number three for the POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget League in 2017. The veteran Kansas City racer passed Schudy after the two-time champion led from his front row starting spot during the first third of the race. Once in the lead, Frewaldt powered to the win. Rough and gummy conditions brought on by pounding rain storms earlier...more

Belleville, IL – With the Fifth Annual Illinois SPEED Week on the horizon, fans and teams are hoping that Mother Nature plays nicely after a wet start to 2017 throughout the Midwest. Set to be bigger than ever, the Fifth Annual Illinois SPEED Week will host racing from the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League, the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, and new for 2017, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint Car League. New to the Illinois...more

Belleville, IL – With the Fifth Annual Illinois SPEED Week on the horizon, fans and teams are hoping that Mother Nature plays nicely after a wet start to 2017 throughout the Midwest. Set to be bigger than ever, the Fifth Annual Illinois SPEED Week will host racing from the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League, the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, and new for 2017, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint Car League. New to the Illinois...more