Great Lakes Edition

Great Lakes Edition: DeVault Hopes to Parlay 360 Sprint Car Success to His 410 Program

With two feature victories at I-96 Speedway during the 2026 season, Zane DeVault hopes that success carries over when the All Star Circuit of Champions visit for two nights this weekend in the State of Michigan.

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Great Lakes Edition: Devon Dobie Leads GLSS Contingent at 360 Nationals on Thursday

Devon Dobie leads a trio of drivers that have competed with the Great Lakes Super Sprints this season into the opening night of the 360 Knoxville Nationals..

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Tyler Courtney. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

T.J.’s Notebook: Courtney’s Comeback at Eldora

The scene Thursday night at Eldora Speedway was starkly different than a year ago for Tyler Courntey when he was on his way to the hospital with serious injuries after a massive multi-car accident during the Jokers Wild event.

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Kasey Jedrzejek. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: Darin Naida Teams Up With Ed Neumeister Racing for 2026

The uncertainty over where Darin Naida would end up for the 2026 season ended on Monday when the new was released that Naida would drive for Ed Neumeister Racing.

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Max Guilford in Greg Wheeler's entry in 2025 at Butler Motor Speedway. (John Berglund Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: Greg Wheeler Embarks on New Adventure at World of Outlaws Car Owner

After being involved with sprint car racing as a driver and owner for five decades, Gregg Wheeler is about to embark on his biggest adventure yet taking on the entire World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series with driver Scotty Thiel.

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Keith Sheffer II. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: the Local Point of View of Saturday’s USAC Show at Butler

T.J. spoke with three of the Michigan drivers that will take on the touring competitors of the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series on Saturday at Butler Motor Speedway to get their impressions on the last sprint car race in the state of Michigan for 2025.

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Great Lakes Edition: I-96 Speedway’s Unlikely Savior

The story of how an unlikely buyer ended up purchasing I-96 Speedway leading into the biggest event the new ownership group has promoted featuring the All Star Circuit of Champions.

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Jared Horstman (#17) and Max Stambaugh (#71) are locked in a fight for the 2025 Great Lakes Super Sprints Michigan region point championship. (Jim Denhamer Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: All Three of Michigan’s Dirt Sprint Car Divisions in Action This Weekend

This weekend offers the unique opportunity for fans to check out all three of Michigan’s dirt sprint car divisions this weekend over a two-day span.

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TJ’s Notebook: They Can’t All Be Classics

T.J.’s thoughts on how it’s okay for a race or event to just be okay and other notes from around the country.

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Dan McCarron in victory lane with his family and crew Saturday at Butler Motor Speedway. (Image courtesy of McCarron family)

Great Lakes Edition: Dan McCarron’s Emotional Return to Victory Lane at Butler

There are times where bad situations just end up working out well in the end. Dan McCarron has experienced that over the past two weeks with the lows of a grinding crash that took it’s toll on his race car and body to ending up in victory lane at the same racetrack two weeks later.

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Great Lakes Edition: 500 Sprint Car Tour Takes on Two Night Stand at Kalamazoo and Berlin

The focus of the Michigan sprint car racing scene focuses to pavement racing this week with only two races on the docket this weekend featuring the 500 Sprint Car Tour making a rare two-night appearance Friday at Kalamazoo Speedway in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Saturday at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan.

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Steve Smith (right) and Max Stambaugh (Center) with family and crew in victory lane at Tri-City Motor Speedway earlier this season. (Jim Denhamer Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: Smith and Stambaugh’s Path to Becoming a Force on the Michigan Sprint Car Scene

One can make a strong argument that driver Max Stambaugh and car owner Steve Smith have become the sprint car team to beat on the 360-sprint car scene in the state of Michigan. In an era with as many good car owners and teams that are currently participating, the Smith/Stambaugh combination has been on quite a run over the past three years.

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Kasey Jedrzejek during the 2024 Kings Royal. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: Jedrzejek Hopes to Carry Over GLSS Success at Knoxville

Kasey Jedrzejek comes from a family with deep roots in supermodified racing in the Ohio region. Just a handful of years ago Jedrzerjek was not even that familiar with the ins and outs of dirt track racing. This week the 19-year-old driver from Lagrange, Ohio is headed to the biggest event in all of sprint car racing to compete in the 360 and 410 Knoxville Nationals over the next 10 days.

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Darin Naida in victory lane with the Chuck Wilson's family after winning at Butler Motor Speedway in 2023. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Great Lakes Edition: Atmosphere at the Chuck Wilson Memorial is a Fitting Tribute

One of the best local races of the 2023 season takes place again this Saturday at Butler Motor Speedway when they host the Chuck Wilson Memorial and Legends Night. The event turned out to be a celebration for Wilson, a standout racer from the Toledo, Ohio area that was multiple time feature inner and track champion at the high banked 3/8-mile oval, and a gathering to reminisce about the over 60-year history of racing at Butler.

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Great Lakes Edition: Michigan Representation During Kings Royal Weekend

Michigan race fans have had two teams from the Great Lakes State on hand for the first two nights of Kings Royal joined by a last-minute entry for the remainder of the weekend.

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