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Great Lakes Edition: GLSS Has a “Star Date” With Winston Speedway on Saturday

Winston Speedway’s new owner Andrew Heykoop has garnered a lot of attention with the work they have put into their facility and his unique marketing style on social media. This weekend the winged sprint car community in Michigan with GLSS gets to check out all of the improvements at Winston in their next to last point race of the 2026 season on Saturday.

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Cale Thomas with four in the fluff at Butler Motor Speedway on Saturday. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)
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T.J.’s Takeaways From the Chuck Wilson Memorial at Butler

Cale Thomas and Brian Grove Racing proving that hitting on the right combination matters, Kalib Henry’s ability to big picture race, and why I feel Michigan might be one of the more under rated fan bases in all of sprint car racing are covered on this edition of T.J.’s Takeaways.

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Kyle Larson. (Mark Funderburk Photo)
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the 2026 Knoxville Nationals Finale

In one of the craziest stories I have witnessed in my 30 years of covering motorsports, here are my takeaways from Kyle Larson flying from Richmond, Virgina after a NASCAR race to win the rain delayed 65th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

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Garet Wiliamson (#23) racing for the lead with Kyle Larson (#57) Thursday at Knoxville Raceway. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)
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T.J.’s Takeaways from Thursday at the 65th Knoxville Nationals

This edition of the takeaways goes in depth about why TJ doesn’t have an issue with Kyle Larson not being able to compete on Saturday at Knoxville, still thinking Garet Williamson will score his first career World of Outlaws feature sooner than later, and more reasons on why the Knoxville Nationals format is not broken and how one tweak might appease the vocal minority that think it is.

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Brent Marks. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)
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T.J.’s Takeaways From the Sale of Brent Marks Racing

After the blockbuster announcement of Brent Marks selling his High Limit Racing charter to a group spearheaded to Chase Briscoe Racing, here are my takeaways from what I feel will be looked back upon in the future as a moment in the sport that signaled significant change.

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