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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

For the first time ever the Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association will invade Northwest Missouri For Three Straight Days of Racing at US 36 Raceway Dirt Track, Friday Night, September 1st in Osborn, I-35 Speedway Winston, Saturday night, September 2nd, and the Bethany Fairgrounds Speedway, Sunday night, September 3rd! Three big nights of racing which will kick off a seven race September for the MWRA on “The Road To a Championship” in 2023, and the $10,000 dollar first prize...more

KCK: This Friday night August 18th at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, many of the best sprint car drivers of the Heartland will compete in the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series for the Weld Memorial. The Weld Memorial was first run 50 years ago this month in 1973 to honor the late Jerry Weld at the old Lakeside Stadium. Fast forward to 2023 at the present day Lakeside Speedway located just down the road from the original facility where the modern stars of the Heartland...more

Butler, Mo: Friday night at Electric City Speedway (Battlefield, Mo) racer Kory Schudy picked up his third victory in a row with the Wholesale Batteries USAC Midwest Wingless Racing Association driving the Jon Sawyer Racing 28, over (Raymore,Mo) chauffeur Zach Clark in the ZCR 26, Chad Winfrey of (Gladstone, Mo) racing the Chris Parkinson Racing 65w, (Nixa, Mo) Wesley Smith, wheeling the Lewis Racing 2, and Chris Parkinson (Gladstone, Mo) running his 65 respectively for positions one thru...more

This Friday, July 28th, at ECS Speedway in Butler, Missouri, and this Saturday, July 29th, just down the road at Nevada Speedway in Nevada, Mo, the stars and cars of the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Cars will be running with two showdowns as we reach the halfway point of the season “On the Road To A Championship” for 2023. This is the second time for the Midwest Wingless series to run at Electric City Speedway, after previously starting the season at ECS on April 21st with Lone Jack...more

Osborn, Mo: Kory Schudy of Battlefield, Missouri, streaked to victory Friday at US 36 Raceway for his second straight win with the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series in 2023. The 2021 MWRA Champion running the Jon Sawyer Racing 28 would lead this one from start to finish to record his 6th all-time win as well with the Midwest Wingless Racing Association. Point Leader Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Kansas, would come home in second place on this evening trying valiantly to catch Schudy...more

Osborn, Missouri: This Friday Night July 21st the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series returns to action at US 36 Raceway on “The Road To A Championship” for 2023! Friday nights program will feature both the MWRA and the IMCA Sprint Cars with the grandstand opening at 6:00pm, and hot laps commencing at 7:30, with racing to follow. US 36 has become a staple on the MWRA schedule since it’s inception in 2020, with 8 total programs so far, and 6 points paying races. Wyatt Burks (4),...more