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Great Lakes Edition: All Sprint Car Weekend Coming Up at I-96

One of my favorite racing weekends from the 2019 season was the first appearance of the American Sprint Car Series National Tour at I-96 Speedway. That weekend was circled on my 2020 calendar to cover because of the proximity and to see a series that had only made one previous appearance in Michigan would be received by the race fans. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Online PPV Empowers Fans With Options

With the ever growing pay-per-view market fans in areas that have sprint car programs that may not be as efficient at those at other places now have options. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: 2021 On Track Action Just as Good as Last Year

The 2021 season is already off to a better start than 2020 since racing has taken place through March and August. One thing that is carrying over from 2020 is the quality of the on-track product. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from the Icebreaker 30 at Lincoln Speedway

T.J.’s Takeaways from the first race of 2021in Central Pennsylvania. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Refreshed After a Real Off Season

IRA returns to Michigan, pavement sprint car racing on Memorial Day Weekend, and more. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways After the Governor’s Reign Finale at Eldora Speedway

There may not have been fans present at Eldora Speedway for the Governor’s Reign, but the drivers brought the energy to fans at home with a thrilling main event on Wednesday at Eldora Speedway. […]

T.J.’s Takaways from the Opening Night of the Governor’s Reign

Due to having to function at work this morning here is my delayed takeaways from a highly entertaining opening night to the Governor’s Reign at Eldora Speedway… […]

Great Lakes Edition: Tylar Rankin Finally Breaks Through to Victory Lane

Fourth generation race car driver Tylar Rankin from Coldwater, Michigan made headlines last week picking up the feature win with the Sprints on Dirt series at Butler Motor Speedway on Saturday. When you look at Tylar Rankin’s career statistics to date you will not find a long list of wins. Instead you will find a winding road with a little success in some higher profile moments with the potential of more wins in the future. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: the Urge to Step Away Starting Earlier for Many Drivers

Daryn Pittman’s announcement that he would come off the World of Outlaws tour for 2021 to pursue other business interests continues a trend of top drivers in various disciplines scaling back their racing endeavors or hanging up their helmet entirely.
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Great Lakes Edition: Trying to Exit 2020 on a High Note

While racing season started extremely slow in Michigan due to the COVID-19 outbreak September is shaping up for the year to send on a high note with several special events sprinkled throughout the state. […]

Great Lakes Edition: Zane Devault Looks to Defend Home Turf Against FAST at Butler

Zane Devault has been opening eyes again this season running well every Friday night at Attica Raceway Park, scoring three feature victory, and leading the points at Butler Motor Speedway. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Late Models on the Front Page, Heroes and Villains, and More

With Labor Day on the horizon and more of my free time becoming available I decided to knock out some writers block and empty out my noteboook from the past week of racing. […]

Getting Creative to Make 2020 a Year to Remember

Not going to any races in person doesn’t mean that 2020 won’t be a year to remember. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways About Saturday at Pevely and Knoxville

T.J.’s thoughts on Saturday’s wild affair at Pevely leading into next week at Knoxville…. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Does Thunder Through the Plains Continue Post Pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest challenge I have seen the entire motorsports industry forced to take on in my lifetime. Since series and tracks have slowly returned to action one unintended benefit has been some tremendous races taking place every week. […]