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Great Lakes Edition: Sprint Car Drivers Rumble to victory, Grubaugh Returns, GLSS News, and more
Michigan sprint car drivers were busy wrapping up 2017 at the Rumble in Fort Wayne…
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Great Lakes Edition: Scheid’s Rookie Season a Major Story for 2017
Monday’s announcement of Andrew Scheid going 410 sprint car racing with a focus on the Sprints on Dirt for 2017 was an eye opener. While having teenagers make this jump is no longer an anomaly, for this area Scheid’s foray into the division is going to be different that other drivers.
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Great Lakes Edition and Notebook: McCarron Hoping to be FAST in 410’s for 2017
Dan McCarron is ready to take the plunge into the deep end of the pool when it comes to sprint car racing in Ohio.
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Great Lakes Edition: Ruhl and Adgate Team Up for Chili Bowl Effort
By T.J. Buffenbarger When the Chili Bowl Nationals entry list comes out later today you will see Michigan’s Ryan Ruhl listed for the first time in his career. Ruhl has teamed up with Ken and […]
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Great Lakes Edition: Wish List for 2017
With the 2016 season completed in the state of Michigan I am already looking forward to next season. With that in mind I comprised a short “wish list” of things I would enjoy seeing in 2017. Some of these might be far fetched, but others seem reasonable. Hopefully we get to see some of them next summer.
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Great Lakes Edition: The Best of 2016
The 2016 sprint car season is complete for the state of Michigan. In honor of finishing off another season there are a few tracks, events, and people we want to highlight for what I feel were the most outstanding performances this year.
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Great Lakes Edition: World of Outlaws close out Michigan’s Sprint Car Season tonight at Hartford
By T.J. Buffenbarger The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series closes out the 2016 sprint car season in the state of Michigan tonight at Hartford Motor Speedway. After two very rainy affairs at I-96 […]
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Great Lakes Edition: Holidays at Crystal Motor Speedway
By T.J. Buffenbarger Michigan Sprint Car Racing and Crystal Motor Speedway during holiday weekends is a tradition. Open wheel cars have stopped at Crystal on Memorial and Labor Day weekends as long as I can […]
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Weather Headlines 2016 Racing Season in Michigan
Before the season there were a lot of compelling story lines. The new rules with the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP, formation of the Great Lakes Super Sprints, and one of the largest collections of major touring series shows for Michigan recent memory. All of these great topics were trumped by one thing.
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Great Lakes Edition: Ridenour’s Break Out Weekend
During one of the busiest weekend of the year for sprint car racing in Michigan the races that did not rain out did not disappoint. While the World of Outlaws, Sprints on Dirt, and Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints were interrupted by rain one AVSS show along with a trio of Great Lakes Super Sprint programs were contested.
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Great Lakes Edition: Three Busy Days of Sprint Car Racing Ahead This Weekend
Sprint Car fans in Michigan have their choice from a variety of options all weekend on dirt, pavement, winged, and non-winged during one of the busiest weekends of the racing season. Sprint Cars are in action Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at a variety of different venues.
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Great Lakes Edition: GLSS and MTS headline this weekend
While away at Eldora covering the Kings Royal the Great Lakes state has a busy weekend of sprint car racing that turned out to be highly entertaining with the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP, Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints, and Butler Motor Speedway.
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Great Lakes Edition: Double reveals Thunderbird on the rise
T.J. reviews his “double” of going to Berlin Raceway and Thunderbird Raceway on Saturday….
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Great Lakes Edition: Apathy
By T.J. Buffenbarger Last week I had several people ask me if I was going to the All Star Sprint Car Series program at Butler Motor Speedway. After all the All Stars are a favorite […]
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Great Lakes Edition: Home Game
Since the ASCS Lucas Oil Sprint Car tour presented by MAVtv and the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series schedules were announced I had this weekend circled on my calendar. Amidst an extraordinarily busy time in the region for sprint car racing the stars lined up properly for ASCS to appear at Hartford Motor Speedway on Friday night and the World of Outlaws Saturday at I-96 Speedway.