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Salina, Kansas – May 23, 2020 - Two-time and defending tour champion Zach Blurton picked up right where he left off last season, taking advantage of late-race lapped traffic to claim the exciting season opener for the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing opened their 2020 race season in front of a near-capacity crowd at Salina Speedway in Salina, Kansas on Saturday night. J.D. Johnson and Blurton started on the front row for the twenty-five-lap...more

Belleville, IL. (05/26/2020) For the second week in a row, the POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series will venture to Devils Lake Speedway. Located in Crary, North Dakota, this picturesque ¼ mile venue will try to contain all the excitement as competitors from all over are vying for the top prize. Set for Saturday, May 30th the Minn-Kota Light Sprint racing action is slated to get underway at 7:00 pm with the pit-area will opening at 4:00 pm, Drivers meeting is scheduled for 6:00...more

Belleville, IL. (05/27/2020) Ready to get racing underway for the 2020 season, the POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association will see side-by-side sprinting action the first time this year. Friday and Saturday, May 29th and 30th the RMLSA will visit the bad fast Phillips County Raceway for a great weekend of racing enjoyment. Kicking off the season in style the POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Series will take to the three-eighths mile bull ring for a weekend of speed,...more

Belleville, IL. (05/27/2020) Originally slated as a stand-alone weekend as the start of the season for the POWRi Lucas Oil Iowa Sprint League, Friday, June 5th and Saturday, June 6th is now a joint event for both the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League and the POWRi Lucas Oil Iowa Sprint League. Combining League forces for Friday’s event with extra money on the line at a new location. Initially scheduled to race at US-36 Raceway and Bethany Speedway for the weekend, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR and...more

Belleville, IL. (05/28/2020) With ongoing restrictions in the state of Illinois, POWRi and track officials have postponed the Illinois SPEED WEEK with rescheduling dates to soon follow. Securing a venue to continue the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League season, competitors will now travel to the Lake of the Ozarks for a thrilling two-day event. Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th Lake Ozark Speedway will host the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues for...more

Oberlin, Kansas – May 28, 2020 – The Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing president Rick Salem has been busy. With counties and states slowly reopening, he has been on the phone contacting track promoters to give his “Rebels” a chance to hit the track. On Wednesday afternoon he scored a marque event as the tour will be the support division for the upcoming Ollie’s Bargin Outlet All-Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 appearance at 81...more

Donnellson, IA. (05/29/2020) Pepsi Lee County Speedway will see a bit of normalcy returned to their roaring-racing program on Friday, June 5th with grandstands re-opening for spectators for the first time in 2020. POWRi Lucas Oil WAR and Iowa Sprint Leagues will combine forces for one-of-a-kind thrilling racing action, with $3000 to win and $300 to start, traditional sprint-car competitors from all corners of the country will congregate on south-east Iowa for some fast Friday night fun on the...more

Belleville, IL. (05/29/2020) POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget competitors from all over would show up in huge numbers to Night 1 of the 7th Annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway. With sixty-one total drivers signing into the pits the great racing action on track would keep fans in attendance on the edge of their seats the whole night as Logan Seavey would park his #19az in victory lane. Leading all thirty circuits around I-44 Riverside Speedway Logan Seavey would...more

Belleville, IL. (05/30/2020) A stacked field of forty-one POWRi Engler Machine and Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint League competitors would file into the pits at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the first night of racing action for the Seventh Annual Turnpike Challenge. With battles for positions all over the multi-grooved racing surface, the familiar face of #51b Joe B. Miller would end the feature riding the high line to the checkers first. As the teams fired off turn four from the initial start...more

Belleville, IL. (05/30/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues' two-day stint at I-44 Riverside Speedway during the seventh annual Turnpike Challenge would take center stage Saturday night as 58 distinct talents would check into the pits in hopes of gaining POWRi glory. In an action-packed slider-filled feature a new name has been added to the all-time win tally as Michael “Buddy” Kofoid would claim the night’s top spot. The feature action was all over I-44 Riverside...more