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T.J.’s Takeaways from the 2025 Hard Knox Night at Knoxville

Why I feel David Gravel will make a more impressive run through the field than he did last year in the Knoxville Nationals A-Main, appreciating Darren Pittman’s talent more as part time driver than I did when he was racing full time, how Ohio should take as much pride as California for the success of the Macedos and Buddy Kofoid, and scratching my head over certain officiating during Friday’s A-Main are all covered in Friday’s T.J.’s Takeways from Knoxville. […]

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T.J.’s Takeaways from Thursday at the 2025 Knoxville Nationals

Why I feel Larson could start 24th and still be the favorite on Saturday, another contender for a Nationals title runs into issues during his heat race, and Spencer Bayston defying the odds to overcome his season struggles to score a podium finish and lock into Saturday’s finale are all covered in T.J.’s Takeaways from Thursday at the Knoxville Nationals. […]

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Great Lakes Edition: Jedrzejek and Naida Impress During the Kings Royal

A pair of young drivers from the Great Lakes region made a big impression during 43rd Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on Saturday night. Both Darin Naida from Adrian, Michigan and Kasey Jedrzejek from Lagrange, Ohio ended up rebounding from skipping Thursday’s Joker’s Jackpot program, not making the feature on Friday during the Knight Before the Kings Royal, to both making the Kings Royal finale out of their heat race events. […]

Anthony Macri. (Mike Campbell Photo)
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the 42nd Kings Royal

The king has been crowned, and people are starting their journeys home from Eldora Speedway after the 42nd Kings Royal. Here are my takeaways from one of the biggest events in all of sprint car racing. […]

Buddy Kofoid. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)
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T.J.’s Notebook: Kofoid Overcomes Adversity for Top Five Finish Friday at Eldora

During the first three nights of racing during the 20205 Kings Royal week Buddy Kofoid has had an eventful experience. After being involved in a major, multi-car accident that destroyed a car on Thursday, having his qualifying time disallowed on Friday after setting fourth quick time, to taking a provisional to run Friday’s feature event and charging to a fifth-place finish. […]

Crews were busy in the work area and tearing down wrecked race cars after a wild night at Eldora Speedway. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)
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T.J.’s Takeaways from a Wild Wednesday at Eldora

After another wild night of racing in the state of Ohio, I had three takeaways from the tail of two races following rain storm that came out of nowhere to soak the evening and create contrasting parts of the opening night of Kings Royal weekend a Eldora.
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