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T.J.’s Notebook: Breaking Down Point Performances at the Nationals

Every year at the Knoxville Nationals one of the debates that takes place during the event centers around the format. The point system used to determine the top 16 drivers locked into the Saturday night finale after a pair of preliminary nights is one of the most challenging in motorsports. […]

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T.J.’s Notebook from Eldora Million

Thursday night was the culmination of a long journey for Logan Schuchart to end up victorious in one of the majors in sprint car racing. It seems fitting after multiple second place finishes at the biggest races in our sport that Shark Racing found victory lane at a race with the highest winner’s purse in the sport’s history at $1,002,023. […]

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T.J.’s Notebook: Morfier Leaves the Flag Stand to Guide Attica Raceway Park

Andrew Morfier is likely a name you don’t recognize. When you are the head flagman for a racetrack like Attica Raceway Park that is the desired result. Typically, if attention is on the person waving the flags something did not happen properly. Morfier will step into a higher profile role for 2023 taking over as Director of Operations at Attica Raceway Park. […]

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Pole Position Caps Landmark Day for Austin McCarl

The McCarl name is synonymous with the Knoxville Nationals as part of the “home team”, even when family members were traveling to race elsewhere. Austin McCarl gave those local fans a night to remember on Thursday by earning the pole position for the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Wide Open Nationals

The term wide open in motorsports is used to describe being able to hold down the throttle all the way around the race track. Coming into the 61st Knoxville Nationals I am using it to describe the pool of potential winners of the biggest event in sprint car racing. […]

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T.J.’s Notebook: a Full Throttle Wrap Up

Nate Dussel left Michigan early Sunday morning as the supreme conqueror of the Full Throttle Nationals at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan. Dussel, from Bradner, Ohio left the mitten state with three victories and a second-place finish in feature competition with the FAST on Dirt 410 sprint Cars and Great Lakes Super Sprints 360 Sprint Cars. […]