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Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 20, 2018) – Southeast Kansas is the destination as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA takes to Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, KS, for two full nights of racing action on Friday and Saturday. It will mark the series’ first visit to the high-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval since Steven Shebester beat Wesley Smith and Grady Chandler to the line in the series first Humboldt appearance during August of 2017. On the strength of...more

HUMBOLDT, KANS. (May 9, 2019 – For the sixth time in eight races, Mother Nature has stricken the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League with yet another rain out. Due to record-setting downpours throughout the week and a near-flooded facility, officials at Humboldt Speedway made the call to cancel Friday’s WAR Sprint event at the Humboldt, Kansas track. Saturday’s show at the Salina Highbanks in Salina, Oklahoma is still on as scheduled at the moment. Marking not only the inaugural visit in league...more

(Image Credit: Jeff Taylor) Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (August 20, 2018) Rolling off a fourth-place finish at Hamilton County Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com, an off weekend with the National Tour will see Blake Hahn in the state of Kansas for POWRi and ASCS Red River competition. Going for a weekend triple crown, the Oklahoma shoe is slated for action with POWRi West Midgets and Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint Cars on Friday, August 24 at...more

By Brian Walker (Humboldt, KS) -- Capitalizing on the trouble that can be lap traffic, Riley Kreisel overtook Ty Hulsey for the top spot just past halfway tonight at Humboldt Speedway and stormed off with his third victory of the season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League. Earning tonight's LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors, Kreisel started from the pole position, but it was Ty Hulsey who jumped into the lead off the start. After trailing Hulsey for 14 laps, Kreisel capitalized when...more

HUMBOLDT, KS (August 25, 2018) - Capitalizing on the trouble that can be lap traffic, Riley Kreisel overtook Ty Hulsey for the top spot just past halfway tonight at Humboldt Speedway and stormed off with his third victory of the season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League. Earning tonight's LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors, Kreisel started from the pole position, but it was Ty Hulsey who jumped into the lead off the start. After trailing Hulsey for 14 laps, Kreisel capitalized when Hulsey...more

By Brian Walker (Humboldt, KS) -- Overtaking Riley Kreisel on the sixteenth lap, Wesley Smith of Nixa, Missouri ran away with the final nine laps of tonight's POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League main event at Humboldt Speedway. Capitalizing on Kreisel's mistake on the turn two cushion, Smith turned it down the track and stormed by Kreisel to take the top spot and drove away unchallenged to win at Humboldt for his second-career feature victory with the WAR Sprints, following his first-career...more

HUMBOLDT, KS (August 24, 2018) - Overtaking Riley Kreisel on the sixteenth lap, Wesley Smith of Nixa, Missouri ran away with the final nine laps of tonight's POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League main event at Humboldt Speedway. Capitalizing on Kreisel's mistake on the turn two cushion, Smith turned it down the track and stormed by Kreisel to take the top spot and drove away unchallenged to win at Humboldt for his second-career feature victory with the WAR Sprints, following his first-career...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (July 10, 2019) - In lieu of POWRi being dropped from the program on Sunday, July 14 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, the staff at Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas has graciously extended a hand in giving both the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League a place to round out their weekend on Sunday night. “I’d like to personally thank Humboldt Speedway promoter Ryan Whitworth for extending the offer to run us on Sunday, July...more

Belleville, IL. (07/06/2020) Humboldt Speedway welcomes back POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League along with the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League. Friday, July 10th will be both POWRi Midget Leagues only second visit to Humboldt Speedway. Both POWRi Midget Leagues will go head to head, to start off a three-day race weekend. Starting off night one at the 3/8 mile, high-banked clay oval, Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas. Followed by a two day show at the famous Valley Speedway in Grain...more