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Grain Valley, Mo: Saturday Night at Valley Speedway, 28 USAC MWRA non winged sprint cars would put on a memorable performance with Battlefield, Missouris, Kory Schudy taking home the first place prize in the 25 lap A feature. Holding off the Wagner Boys, Jack Wagner, in 2nd, and brother Samuel Wbr Wagner with a career best 3rd place finish racing in the Midwest Wingless Racing Association sponsored by Wholesale Batteries Inc. The 25 lapper was a barn burner with 22 competitors taking the...more

Grain Valley, Mo: This Saturday night April 6th at Valley Speedway the stars and cars of the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series invade Grain Valley for the first of six shows in 2024. In the 5th season of competition for this USAC series the championship will once again be a test of determination, skill, endurance, and good fortune, to crown a champion for 2024. Valley Speedway has represented for many years the home of non winged sprint cars in the Heartland, while also becoming...more

Osborn, Mo: Wesley Smith of Nixa, Missouri, raced to victory during the preliminary round of the Missouri Nationals at US 36 Raceway for the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series Friday night in Northwest Missouri. The Show Me State racer would have to get past rivals that included point leader of the series Wyatt Burks of (Topeka, Ks), second place in the standings, Chris Parkinson, (Gladstone, Mo), and 3-time winner in 2023 with the MWRA, Kory Schudy of (Battlefield, Mo). All, in...more

Grain Valley, Missouri: For (Ventura, California) racer Ricky Lewis everything lined up perfectly for his 13th feature win of the 2023 season in non winged sprint car racing, this time racing with the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series at Valley Speedway for the Helm Memorial. The Californian wheelman was fast all night running at the Helm Memorial, and the early results showed just that. Lewis, who has raced out of Indiana this summer, would run second in his heat after starting...more

By Ray Cunningham (Grain Valley, MO) -- For (Ventura, California) racer Ricky Lewis everything lined up perfectly for his 13th feature win of the 2023 season in non winged sprint car racing, this time racing with the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series at Valley Speedway for the Helm Memorial. The Californian wheelman was fast all night running at the Helm Memorial, and the early results showed just that. Lewis, who has raced out of Indiana this summer, would run second in his heat...more

Grain Valley, Missouri: This Saturday Night at Valley Speedway, The 6th Annual Helm Memorial takes place for the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series. While some of the best drivers and teams in Heartland non winged sprint car racing will be on hand for this event that honors the memory of the late John E. Helm, patriarch of the Helm racing family. This race has been a favorite at Valley Speedway since 2018, and has become one of the top events on the MWRA calendar since 2020 when...more

Grain Valley, Missouri: Saturday night September 9th at Valley Speedway the stars and cars of the Wholesale Batteries USAC Midwest Wingless Racing Association will compete in the Sixth Annual John E. Helm Memorial. This race has become a staple for the MWRA since the club was established in 2020, and honors the life of the man affectionately known as “The Colonel”. John E. Helm passed at age 82 in 2016. The Patriarch of the Helm Racing Family was a veteran of the Korean War serving as a...more

Bethany, Missouri: Sunday night at the Northwest Missouri State Fairgrounds the driver nicknamed “Cool Hand Luke” Luke Howard lived up to that moniker by holding his ground and position to snap the 3 race win streak of Wyatt Burks racing in the USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series sponsored by Wholesale Batteries. The (Overland Park, Ks) driver would lead from start to finish in the 25 lap feature event. While surviving a wild and wacky night of racing that featured a wreck during the four abreast pace...more

Saturday night at I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri Wyatt Burks of (Topeka, Ks) would win his 6th feature of the year racing with the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series after grabbing the lead from Zach Clark of (Raymore, Mo) following a second lap restart. And then methodically worked through lapped traffic on his way to a series leading 16th all-time win. Though the path for Burks to victory appeared at times to be easy, the competition behind the winner turned into a fierce battle...more

Osborn, Mo: Friday Night “The Sheriff” Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Kansas, survived a wild shootout with rival Kory Schudy, of Battlefield, Missouri, as the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series raced at US 36 Raceway Dirt Track. This was the third time this USAC series raced at the Northwest Missouri speed plant in 2023. With capital city racer Burks driving his Wyatt Burks Racing 11w to victory in May. While Schudy would take the win at US 36 in July driving the Jon Sawyer Racing (JSR)...more