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Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2017) - California native Logan Seavey remains undefeated in WAR competition after picking up his second consecutive POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory Friday night at Lucas Oil Speedway against a stunning sixty car field. Wyatt Burks, Danny Smith, Clinton Boyles, and Dustin Morgan rounded out the top five for the second night of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial. Boyles led early from his front row outside starting position, with Seavey moving into...more

Wheatland, MO (September 23, 2017) - Holding the broom high as he climbed atop the cage of his Daum Motorsports No. 5d, Logan Seavey made it a perfect weekend with the POWRi Lucas Oil War Sprints to win the 7th annual Hockett/McMillin Memorial at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. Taking off from the right of the front row, Seavey jumped to the lead at the wave of the green flag. Crowding to the bottom line, the opening laps yielded several cautions with the race finally at pace...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (September 26, 2017) - Korey Weyant wrapped up a championship season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League last weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The Springfield, Illinois driver qualified for all three feature events over the weekend against a 60-car field to clinch his first title with the league in his Weeble's Bar and Grill/Tosti's Transmission/Ealey Automotive Eagle with Automotive Machine power. Weyant racked up an impressive list of stats...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (October 6, 2017) - Racing for Friday’s portion of FALS Sprit Mania weekend has been cancelled due to persistent morning rain and unfavorable projected weather forecast setting up a huge single day Sprint Mania event on Saturday October 7th. Fairbury Speedway & POWRi officials are excited and confident the single day event will bring some of the best sprint car teams in the Midwest for a pair of $4,000 to win feature events, one for the IRA/MOWA winged sprints and one for...more

Belleville, IL (November 21, 2017) – The 2017 POWRi Championship Banquet will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The evening will kick off at 6:30 PM with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and the awards ceremony. 2017 was a breakthrough season for Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi), and to honor an outstanding year the League has announced that for the first time a collective banquet will feature members from six POWRi...more

Belleville, IL – The Texas-based Elite Sprint Car Series will come under POWRi sanction for 2018 effectively creating the POWRi Lucas Oil Elite Sprint Car Series. POWRi and the Elite Sprints have partnered together to continue the growth of traditional sprint car racing in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas. The Elite Sprints are currently a non-wing 305 sprint care league and will be converting to POWRi WAR rules in 2018. Look for the POWRi Lucas Oil Elite Sprint Car Series to release...more

Merry Christmas to everyone, thank you for a great year. We are looking forward to another banner year in 2018.

Belleville, IL – POWRi and Grundy County Speedway officials have entered into a multi-year agreement to sanction pavement midget racing at the Morris, Illinois Grundy County Speedway under the POWRi Pavement Midget Series banner. “I have been working on putting this together for the last couple of years with Bob Guess,” said Neil Gacke, POWRi Pavement Series Director. “This is a great opportunity because we are going to start out strong right out of the box, implementing ideas to maintain...more

Indianapolis, IN (January 22, 2018) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League has released its much anticipated 2018 schedule, which includes 36 events. 2018 will also mark the launch of the WAR Wildcard Series, which will essentially replace the WAR East group that thrived in 2017. The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League and the WAR Wildcard Series are two separate schedules. A total of just over $16,500 will be paid out to the WAR and WAR Wildcard competitors in point fund money for 2018. The...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (January 25, 2018) – The 2017 POWRi Banquet ticket sales have closed to complete the guest list, and the ceremonies will take place this Saturday night, January 27, 2018 at the River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The night of celebration will kick off with a cocktail hour starting at 6:00 PM inside the Event Center which is directly across from the hotel front desk. A plated dinner will be served featuring Field Greens with Garden Vegetables and Choice of...more