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By POWRi PR (Grain Valley, MO) -- Karter Sarff would fend off all challengers in an action-packed thriller at Valley Speedway Saturday night to earn his first career feature victory with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues in Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley Weekend. PHOTO CREDIT: Ken Simon Early POWRi National & West Midget League competition would see Chase McDermand start the night on the right foot by clocking a 13.521-second lap and notch the quickest hot-lap time as...more

By POWRi PR (Grain Valley, MO) -- For the second night in a row in The Show-Me State, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League would wage WAR, this time around the friendly confines of Valley Speedway for the Mid-State Nationals. With a great field of competitors Anthony Nicholson would emerge as the victor with an outstanding on-track performance in a caution free feature event. PHOTO CREDIT: John Lee of High-Fly'n Photos http://www.highfly-nphotos.com With a stout field of...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO (June 2, 2018) - Picking up his first win of 2018 after getting by early leader Mitchell Davis and holding off the challenges of Riley Kreisel through different parts of the 25 lapper, Korey Weyant was victorious at the Valley Speedway on Saturday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints. Davis led the first handful of laps as Weyant moved forward and made his way past the young driver from Auburn, Illinois. Also on the move was Kreisel as he would work his way past Davis...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 30, 2018) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints are headed back to Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for their seventh round of competition so far this 2018 season. This Saturday, June 2 will be WAR's second trip to Valley this year. Riley Kreisel was victorious at the end of the last visit which was back in early May. Kreisel currently leads the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints Championship points over Quinton Benson (2nd), Anthony Nicholson (3rd), Korey Weyant (4th),...more

Belleville, IL – On Friday, May 4th the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will tackle the fast quarter-mile Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for night one of the Open Wheel Showdown Weekend. Saturday all three Leagues will head to the title-sponsor owned, incredible “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri to round out the tour. One of the most anticipated events of the year, the Open Wheel...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO (May 4, 2018) - Continuing the momentum from his first career win last weekend in Eldon, MO, Riley Kreisel picked up his second career win at Valley Speedway on Friday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints. The freshly turned eighteen-year-old has been victorious at Valley Speedway in a midget multiple times, but this was his first trip to victory lane in a sprint car. Joe B. Miller led early as he battled with Terry Richards and Slater Helt. Richards took over the lead...more

By Chad Buford (Grain Valley, MO) -- Continuing the momentum from his first career win last weekend in Eldon, MO, Riley Kreisel picked up his second career win at Valley Speedway on Friday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints. The freshly turned eighteen-year-old has been victorious at Valley Speedway in a midget multiple times, but this was his first trip to victory lane in a sprint car. PHOTO CREDIT: John Lee of High-Fly'n Photos -- http://www.highfly-nphotos.com Joe B. Miller led...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Paul Nienhiser and the Midland Performance team continue to put together strong runs with the Sprint Invaders as Nienhiser would rebound from an opening lap issues on Friday night at Lee County to run sixth, before running second on Saturday night at 34 Raceway. “I always have a blast running the Midland Performance car, and we are always fast,” Nienhiser said. “We sure do have a ton of second place finishes together, and I really wish I could turn these into wins for the...more

By POWRi (Belleville, IL) -- Back by popular demand, a Border WAR will once again wage on the racing surfaces of Illinois and Missouri. Back to back nights of action on Friday, August 28th and Saturday, August 29th with the POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will see competition from Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois first, then the WAR head's to Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri to complete the battle. With both Friday and Saturday's feature event's paying...more

Grain Valley, MO (April 22, 2017) - After showing solid speed early on in 2017 and being plagued with some bad luck, Quinton Benson picked up his first career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints win Saturday at Valley Speedway. Wyatt Burks led the first two laps from the pole. On lap three, Burks slipped high in turn two allowing Benson to get a run down the backstretch to take over the top spot. Benson would hold off many challenges from Dylan Kadous over the last part of the race as drivers swapped...more