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T.J.’s Afternoon Notebook: Doty Classic comes full circle

For Attica Raceway Park promoter John Bores and General Manager Rex LeJeune today’s announcement of the Brad Doty Classic returning to Attica in 2016 is having a whirlwind of events coming full circle. Bores and LeJeune took over at Attica right after the announcement that the Doty Classic was moving to Limaland Motorsports Park in the midst of some uncertainty over the future at the 1/3-mile oval in the sleepy town of Attica, Ohio. Over the past 10 years of hard work and paying attention to minute details the return of the Doty Classic is a product of their effort. […]

T.J.’s Afternoon Notebook: Monday November 2, 2015

By T.J. Buffenbarger Danny Smith was the most notable winner from the past weekend of racing with the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex. The victory kept a winning streak alive for […]

T.J.’s Afternoon Noebook: October 29, 2015

Travis LaCombe goes sprint car racing, Paul McMahan out at CJB Motorsports, McCune heads to South Africa… […]

Evening Notebook: October 28, 2015

By T.J. Buffenbarger Silly season is already in high gear towards the end of 2015 in preparation for next season. So far there has been plenty of series, track, and event news released. This week […]

Morning notes for October 27th, 2015

Morning news and notes to get your Tuesday started… […]

TJ’s Take: Time to kick back and enjoy the popcorn…

I’ve had a lot of questions about my opinion on Sprints on Dirt, the new Great Lakes Super Sprints series, and Michigan Sprint Car Racing overall. The announcement of Barry Marlow’s series has not really changed my opinions at all. […]

T.J.’s Notebook from Berlin and Eldora

By T.J. Buffenbarger Last Saturday’s World of Outlaws sprint car program at Berlin Raceway was another successful venture with a huge crowd, improved car count, and surprising finish with Donny Schatz passing Daryn Pittman off […]

Great Lakes Edition: Five key points on the SOD rule changes

T.J. has five key points from Friday’s major announcement from the Sprints on Dirt series featuring dramatic car and tire changes for 2016… […]

Great Lakes Edition: Busy weekend of racing in the Mitten

Open wheel racing fans in Michigan will have plenty of options to see a race this weekend. Dirt, pavement, winged, and non-wing sprint cars will all see action Friday and/or Saturday throughout the Great Lakes state. […]

Hammers leading the revival of Millstream Speedway

This Sunday UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will visit Millstream Speedway in Findlay, Ohio for the second time this season. 20 years ago an All Star visit to Millstream would be a normal thing, but for most of the past 20 years except for some short stints of operation Millstream has remained devoid of racing action. For the first time since 2010 that has changed with Randy and Lisa Hammer signing a lease agreement to operate the Speedway in 2014. One year later Millstream has held two events leading into Sunday’s second visit with the All Stars. […]

Friday notes from Knoxville Raceway

By T.J. Buffenbarger Friday night’s Knoxville program once again produced some compelling stories with Bryan Clauson, Danny Dietrich, Brent Marks, and Billy Alley getting the 16th – 20th starting positions in Saturday night’s A-Main based […]

Sunday’s podium finishers the most likely challengers for Schatz

Looking for someone that might be able to beat Donny Schatz for the first time in four years at Knoxville? Sunday’s podium finishers might be the best place to start… […]

Double dip is worth the effort for Michigan teams

Friday night at Hartford Speedway at least three Michigan teams will attempt to compete in both the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions and Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP events at Hartford Speedway. As of Wednesday drivers Chase Ridenour, Dustin Daggett, and Ryan Ruhl and their race teams plan on fielding separate cars to compete in both classes. […]

Shane Stewart’s story a good lesson in sprint car perseverance

Early Sunday morning Shane Stewart was enjoying the spoils of winning the 32nd Annual Kings Royal, having a top flight ride with Larson/Marks racing. Stewart is having a good season with the World of Outlaws that has put him second in the point standings to Donny Schatz. While Stewart is on top right now it hasn’t always been that way. […]

TJ’s Prediction: Royal is Schatz’s to Lose…

Donny Schatz is having a season for the ages. Not since the days of the prime of Steve Kinser and Doug Wolfgang has a driver rolled through the sprint car world like Schatz has this season. Internationally Schatz has 26 victories this season with 20 of them coming in World of Outlaws competition. To win nearly half of the races in what is the toughest sprint car series in the World is nothing short of remarkable. […]