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Great Lakes Edition Column Focus: All Stars Coming to Town

After a high paying two division sprint car program last week I-96 Speedway brings another major event to the area with the Floracing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 visiting the 3/8-mile facility on Friday.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Possible Parts Shortages, Drama, and Good Racing

Reading through the race results and reports from around the country every week racing appears to be making strong comeback from the COVID situation that decimated the 2020 season. While many things are starting to trend toward being normal in the racing world, new issues from the COVID shutdowns are starting to pop up in 2021.

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T.J.’s Notebook: New Nostalgia Created With Eldora/Winchester Weekend

One of the best memories I had race chasing in my youth was loading up the car or camper for a spring trip to Eldora for a chilly night of racing on Saturday followed by a sunny Sunday afternoon at Winchester Speedway.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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…

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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.

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