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Michigan Sprint Cars Liberated
By TJ Buffenbarger (June 15, 2002) — I had not planned to do any racing this Saturday, but a late start putting an end to my Toledo trip on Friday made me itch to see […]
Month: June 2002
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One Can Really Go Home Again
Two weeks ago Friday night rolled around and I ended up getting out of work quite a bit later than I had originally planned. After figuring out how much time I had vs. how much time it would take to drive to my original destination, I called my Dad and told him I was going to Ionia Raceway Park this week. This trip was not for a sprint car race, but mainly to check out what is going on at the track I call home.
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DRC Indy Makes a Huge Splash at Hartford
Imagine pouring your heart and soul into designing and building your very first race car and having a future NASCAR star drive it into victory lane the first night out of the box. Joe Devin could never imagine in his wildest dreams a debut for the new DRC chassis as took place at Hartford Speedway Park during the All Star Circuit of Champions event. Kahne drove the new car to victory in it’s very first outing lapped up to the eighth place car.
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TJ’s Notes and Quotes from the All Stars and GLOSS at Hartford
After only having one appearance in Michigan for the All Star Circuit of Champions, the series returned to Hartford Speedway Park for the first time in seven years in what was estimated as one of the largest, if not the largest, crowd in track history.
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It’s Just Gas City, and Gas City Rocks!
After driving through clouds dark enough to make myself think, “This has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever done”, the trip was made worthwhile as the rain held off so I could see another instant classic at the Gas City I-69 Speedway. The stellar field of cars put on one whale of a show from the heat races all the way to the feature event.