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Wheatland, MO (September 23, 2018) - The Bell Racing USA Triple Crown Challenge is going to come down to the wire at Fairbury American Legion Speedway on Saturday, October 6th, with Kyle Cummins fighting for a potential $20,000 payday. The Princeton, Indiana took the opening round of the challenge on August 18th at Lake Ozark Speedway and last night, he scored the Hockett/McMillin Memorial title at Lucas Oil Speedway. A victory in Sprint Mania at Fairbury in two weeks would provide Cummins a...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 1, 2019) – After the entire tripleheader of Belle-Clair, I-55, and Jacksonville was washed away last weekend, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League is heading for the “Show-Me State.” The superstars of the National Midgets will join forces with the up-and-coming gassers of the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League for a two-day showdown at Valley Speedway on May 3 and Lucas Oil Speedway on May 4. Opening the weekend will be a visit to Grain Valley, Missouri’s Valley...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 1, 2019) – Due to heavy rain throughout the week paired with a forecast expecting more showers, officials have made the call to cancel Friday’s event at Valley Speedway for the POWRi Lucas Oil National/West Midgets and the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Saturday’s race at Lucas Oil Speedway is still on as scheduled and plans to proceed without a hitch. With a state-of-the-art facility that includes a phenomenal drainage system and paved pit area, the hard-working crew...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (May 4, 2019) – Winning his 11th-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League main event, Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey drove by his Keith Kunz Motorsports teammate Jesse Colwell on lap 23 to snag the win at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday night. With 31 entries signed-in for the co-sanctioned show between POWRi National and POWRi West, the field was split into four heats won by Jason McDougal (Smith Titanium Heat 1), Tucker Klaasmeyer (Keizer Wheels Heat 2), Cannon McIntosh...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (May 4, 2019) – Taking advantage of a green-white-checkered finish, Kory Schudy of Springfield, Missouri mastered the final restart with a pitch-perfect slidejob on Korey Weyant to take the lead on lap 23 at Lucas Oil Speedway and hang on for his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory on Saturday night. A stout field of 36 entries came to play at the Wheatland, Missouri facility as the WAR Sprints hit the track for just the second time in what has been a...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 5, 2019) – World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway has come on board as the official title sponsor of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial Kick-It Game on Saturday, September 21 benefiting Grady Chandler's recovery fund through the Steve King Foundation. The kickball game is scheduled for 1:00 PM and pits the winged warriors of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series versus the non-wing wheelmen of the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Additionally, there will be...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 10, 2019) – With another substantial car count expected, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League portion of the ninth annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway will once again feature split preliminary nights. A full list of competitors scheduled to run on Thursday’s Mesilla Valley Transportation night and Friday’s Rockwell Security night can be found at the bottom. At the conclusion of pre-entry, 58 drivers have signed-on for competition in...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 11, 2019) – After a successful debut of the completely revamped format last year, the WAR Sprints will return to the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial with the same preliminary program and a slightly altered championship format on Saturday. A full breakdown of the updated format can be found at the bottom along with updated preliminary nights with 59 cars at the moment. Following a successful introduction of split preliminary nights, the Thursday and Friday...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 19, 2019) – The ninth annual Jesse Hockett / Daniel McMillin Memorial opened with a bang in Thursday’s Mesilla Valley Transportation preliminary as Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Ill. glided to the race lead on lap 17 and held on for his sixth-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory. Opening with the unique addition of group qualifying, the four flights to open the night saw Garrett Aitken (14.735), Thomas Meseraull (14.521), Chris Windom (14.551) and Riley Kreisel...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 20, 2019) – Recording a near-perfect night, Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. set quicktime in his qualifying group, won his heat race from fourth, won his qualifier from sixth, and charged to third-from-eighth in Thursday’s preliminary feature. A performance strong enough to earn him an unmatched tally of 250 points, slotting him and his Goacher Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 5G atop the WAR Sprints points through one night of the Jesse Hockett / Daniel McMillin...more