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What has happened with this series? The last few years they would have no less than 20 cars a show, but usually many more than that? I saw where they had 8 last night, and if I remember right there was another race this year with 8 or 9? Not trying to bash or start and bs here, just an honest question. I hope it's just a couple 1 offs and the series flourishes again. Seen a few and read about alot of great races with this WAR series.

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People think it's great when POWRi take things over but they eventually figure out they were duped during the download spiral.

Email Kenny Brown and ask.😊

WAR is Kenny Browns series,he usually is good about responding to his Emails.

I have no idea who that is. Just wondering, I really hate to see it fall off, when it showed so much growth and promise. Hopefully it will pick up.

USAC Midwest Wingless had 25 cars last night. Many WAR regulars in attendance!

WAR inherited the race at Corning when they took over the Iowa Sprint League. Cornings's in the middle of nowhere, paperclip 1/2 mile. Chance of rain all day yesterday. I think the points for the ISL races are separate from the main WAR series points. Not a lot of reason for anyone who had a better option or just didn't feel like it to go.

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This was suppose to be a 2 race weekend at Crawford County and then Adams County. I know I and a few others were planning on racing both shows but then Crawford Cty cancelled about 2 weeks ago and there was no reason to drive that far for a one off race. Others must have had similar thoughts.

Well the last race at a WAR stronghold Valley Speedway drew I believe eight cars so draw your own conclusion.

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Kenny Brown is a janitor at Anheuser-Busch in St Louis who also happens to own POWRi.

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Casey Left! then Lonnie Left!

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I always thought that WAR lost its focus a couple years back. It started as a regional series around Kansas City, but it seemed to want to grow its footprint larger and larger. While the series wanted to do this, I am not sure that is what the drivers wanted. If you look at the new USAC Midwest Wingless series, it is much more focused on the tracks around Kansas City.

I don't know if this is by design by the group to return to a more KC regional series or if this is only the tracks that would book them?

Casey split the expansion off with the Wildcard Series. Two separate championships and points funds so teams could run WAR or both. Most ran both and were happy to do so.

Under Shuman’s leadership w/ Brooke & Brian Walker the series saw new tracks, record car counts, bigger purses, bonuses, marquee events, National TV and a professionalism/fun factor that as a competitor, I’ve not experienced anywhere else.

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Every time Traditional sprints start to take off and get going in the Mo/Ks area someone always seems to step up and say "not under my watch"

@openwhelmd - A janitor at Anheuser Busch? Think again, pal.....

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Love it, his first post and he even edited it and still couldn't spell my forum name correct. Maybe I should have used the upscale name of janitor which would be custodian.

I don’t pretend to know Mr Brown, but calling him a custodian is the most complimentary word I’ve heard to describe him

Hilarious! You can use whatever terminology you’d like and you’re still not anywhere close. Good luck to you though! Coming onto a website to spew misinformation. You must live a wonderful life!

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I"ve heard him being called a lot worse lol. :D

At least this time there seems to be an alternative and credible series for the locals to compete in USAC Midwest Non Wing !

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Love it. I'm coming on a website spewing misinformation but someone with a total of two posts now and who joined just to defend POWRi says I'm wrong. It's possible I could be slightly wrong he may be a retired janitor/custodian at Anheuser-Busch by now. Some of my best friends have worked at Anheuser-Busch for many years and I know this to be a true fact.

If you check my join date pal I've been on this site since 2008.

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Whats your join date have to do with anything? Just cuz you have been here for a while don"t mean you"re always right. Not looking to argue I just don"t see your point there. :D Plus every time I"ve talked with Kenny Brown he"s always been nice and talked like he"s known me for awhile

I’m also Kenny Brown’s son in law. So regardless of how many posts I have, I might just know a little bit more than you on this topic. And keep talking like you have all the info, because it’s becoming very obvious to those that do know, that you don’t. Good luck!

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He accused me of coming on a forum to say something which I took as he thought I joined just to say what I wanted to say. Next time I'll PM my post to you for approval before hitting submit button. :17:

I realize POWRi is coming to Haubstadt soon and you have to talk nice about him.

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We were just talking about your father-in-law at Wente's bar in Chesterfield last week. Heard some interesting stories and opinions good and bad. Was even hearing jokes about a custodian running a racing series.

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The saga continues. WAR went head to head with USAC's Midwest wingless springs this weekend. WAR had 6 contestants while the Midwest group had 24. I may be wrong, but I still think location plays into account. WAR was at Monet Speedway roughly 3 hours from KC, but Midwest was at Central Missouri Speedway roughly an hour from KC.

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The USAC group makes a point to schedule on top of WAR and taken a few WAR venues. There are not enough cars and it seems many are pissed at POWRI. WAR was starting to progress more and more east anyway, there were not many KC area races last year. I can see WAR moving to being Illinois based, (not sure of the status of the POWRI Iowa Sprint Car League they were working with), leaving western Mo/KS to the USAC group. That's the only way I see it working.
Not sure if they are willing to work with Valley Speedway on their weekly/ biweekly sprint car show (Valley is POWRI now and has cancelled a lot of their shows for sprints since this started)

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Gee, seems to me you have a personal vendetta against Kenny Brown. Whatever job he holds outside of running POWRi should not make any difference. Even if he is a janitor at Anheuser-Busch are you saying that all janitors are dumb and can't do any else???

In my opinion Kenny Brown overall has done a fine job with running POWRi and gives the fans of Illinois and westward other opportunities to watch midgets and non-winged sprint cars than having to travel to Indiana to watch USAC events. Yes, before you say it I know USAC runs other places besides Indiana but their base is the Hoosier state and most of their schedule is there. I would think a race fan would be delighted to have choices of where to go and possibly catch open wheel racing closer to home for them. I have dealt with Kenny Brown via email numerous times and have only been treated with professionalism and a quick response in all my dealings. My wife and I have attended scores of POWRi races especially midgets and have enjoyed each and every one of them as much as USAC or any other series in the country.

If you think you can do a better job running WAR then why don't you step up and offer to run the series and see how you do with it!!!


Bruce Eckel

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Bring back the WAR Wildcard, Illinois need some non wing racing! Tired of traveling 5 hours to race LOL. OR dust of the wings.:14:

Second vote for bring back the wildcard series to Centeral - Northern Illinois