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Belleville, IL. (08/04/2020) New dates for the POWRi Lucas Oil National and the POWRi Engler Machine & Took Micro Leagues SPEED WEEKEND have been established. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday August 21-23 will now host the SPEED WEEKEND. What was originally scheduled to be July 31 - August 2 was washed out by the rain. POWRi Officials have worked hard with all three tracks to reschedule this spectacular event for the drivers and race fans. It all begins on Friday, August 21 when the SPEED WEEKEND...more

Belleville, IL. (08/03/2020) The roster for Friday and Saturdays POWRi Lucas Oil National show at Federated Auto Parts Raceway is looking to be a spectacular one. POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will have a lot of familiar drivers on the docket for this weekend’s race. One of the POWRi regulars, Jake Neuman will be one to watch at the historic I-55 Raceway. Neuman the New Berlin, IL. native is currently leading the points battle in hopes to capture his first ever POWRi National...more

GOODLAND, Kansas (August 3, 2020) – The POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing is coming off a busy weekend with the Belleville 305 Nationals, but the action doesn’t stop there. The month of August is action-packed and eventful for United Rebel Sprint Series competitors. On Sunday, August 9th series’ competitors will head to the 3/8-mile dirt track of Sherman County Speedway in Goodland, Kansas. Sunday’s fair race will also feature IMCA Hobby Stocks, Modifieds,...more

Belleville, IL. (08/05/2020) As the most anticipated weekend of the year is only a few days away, the teams have geared up and are ready. Alongside many of our regular POWRi teams, we are expecting a lot of heavy hitters to take on the Ironman 55 event at Federated Auto Parts Raceway this Friday and Saturday, August 7-8. RMS Racing is planning to have their two cars in attendance for this coming race weekend. Thomas Meseraull will be behind the wheel in the #7X and Clinton Boyles will be in...more

Belleville, IL. (08/07/2020) Twenty-eight POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets would file into the pits of Federated Auto Parts I-55 Speedway on Friday night for the thirty-lap feature of the first night of the annual Ironman 55. With much anticipation and fanfare, competitors would take to the finely tuned racing surface for an onslaught of side-by-side racing with drivers all up on the wheel trying to get everything they possibly could out of their respective rides. When the final flags where...more

Belleville, IL. (08/08/2020) Night two of the Ironman 55 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway I-55 with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League would not disappoint in their thirty-lap feature. Rain showers in the vicinity would alter the night’s program with brief precipitation falling right around the time hot laps were set to begin as well as causing a short break after the POWRi Midget League heat races. Early racing action would witness night one winner #19az Spencer Bayston pick up the...more

Belleville, IL. (08/09/2020) The Sage Fruit Ultimate Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone company at Southern Iowa Speedway with the POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing League would hit the half-mile in Oskaloosa, Iowa with 17 competitors hoping to claim the $4000 winning prize. After close racing throughout the twenty-five-lap feature, Don Droud Jr. of Lincoln, NE would gain the feature victory, earning the championship belt and large pay-day. Starting the night’s racing action in...more

Belleville, IL. (08/10/2020) For the first time since 2014, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will return to Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri for traditional open-wheel racing excitement. Saturday, August 22nd the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing League will tackle to three-eighths-mile oval known for speed and close-quarters racing with a $2000 to prize on the line. In the previous visit to CMS six years ago, WAR League feature action would witness longtime league...more

Goodland, KS (8/10/2020) Having been thirteen years since the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing took to Sherman County Speedway in Goodland, Kansas the extended wait was more than worth the price of admission. Sunday night would feature sixteen drivers up on the wheel in an action-packed feature event at the 3/8-mile western-Kansas dirt oval with Taylor Velasquez earning his second URSS victory of the season. Howard Van Dyke and Nick Nichols...more

Oberlin, Kansas (8/10/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing returns to rip-roaring racing action this Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th for the Bob Salem Memorial at Oberlin Speedway in Oberlin, Kansas. Friday night’s exciting event will pay $700 to the winner with Saturday the feature winner of the Bob Salem Memorial finale will take home a $1,000 payday. Eagle Travel Stops is proud to bring two nights of action-packed racing...more