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  • [ October 14, 2025 ] Trophy Cup 31 launches Thursday at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare _Front Page News
  • [ October 14, 2025 ] OVER 40! 2025 WESTERN WORLD USAC SPRINT ENTRY LIST RISES FOR OCT 24-25 _Front Page News
  • [ October 14, 2025 ] Big Money On The Line in ESS Finale at Outlaw Speedway _Front Page News
  • [ October 14, 2025 ] Sparks Takes Wild MARA Title Battle And England Wins At Coles County Speedway _Front Page News
  • [ October 13, 2025 ] Norris Races To 2025 Williams Grove 358 Sprint Track Title _Front Page News
  • [ October 13, 2025 ] World of Outlaws Visit Knoxville and Huset’s Memorial Day Weekend in 2026 _Top Stories
  • [ October 13, 2025 ] BRADEN CHIARAMONTE WINS FIRST CAREER USAC AND BCRA MIDGET FEATURE AT ANTIOCH _Front Page News
  • [ October 12, 2025 ] Matt Westfall takes “Hoosier Hustler” win and $6,000 at Montpelier _Top Stories
  • [ October 12, 2025 ] Brandon Carr Captures Feature Win with POWRi National Midget League at Port City Raceway _Front Page News
  • [ October 12, 2025 ] BRUNO IS BUENO AT NEW EGYPT’S FALL CLASSIC _Front Page News

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Five Takeaways from the 2018 Night Before the Nationals

By T.J. Buffenbarger With the Night Before the Nationals in the books here are five takeaways from the preliminary feature: Sam Hafertepe seemed to be the odds-on favorite to win the Canadian Nationals going the […]

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T.J.’s Notebook: It’s Race Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

By T.J. Buffenbarger It’s race day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This time race day involves throwing some mud around at the BC 39 with a majority of the 118 drivers on hand realizing their […]

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Great Lakes Edition: Labor Day with No Rest for Dirt Teams

By TJ Buffenbarger With the season winding down sprint car fans in Michigan will have plenty of options Friday and Saturday to take in racing while leaving Sunday and Monday open to head out of […]

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T.J.’s Notebook: Kofoid Set for Midwest Debut at Attica and Wayne County

16-year-old Michael “Buddy” Kofoid hopes to be the next up and coming driver from west coast to make his mark in Ohio. […]

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Five Takeaways from the Must See Racing event at Berlin Raceway

By T.J. Buffenbarger Charlie Schultz can still hustle a sprint car. Schultz’s performance at Berlin on Saturday was reminiscent of the first time I saw him race at Toledo Speedway back in 2001. It’s hard […]

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T.J.’s Takeaways from the World of Outlaws Program at Grand Forks

By T.J. Buffenbarger With rain claiming all the races in the area I was relegated to DIRTVIsion coverage in my office tonight. While more efficient it is not a proper replacement for being at the […]

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Five Takeaways from the 2018 Knoxville Nationals Finale

By T.J. Buffenbarger After the thrilling conclusion to the 58th Annual 5-Hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores here are a my five takeaways from Saturday’s program. Brad Sweet was the fastest car […]

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Five Takeaways from Friday’s Program at the 2018 Knoxville Nationals

After an exciting night of racing in what is quickly becoming one of my favorite parts about the Nationals Logan Schuchart, Brian Brown, Paul McMahan, Matt Juhl, and Dominic Scelzi have earned starting spots in Saturday’s A-Main after two of the best features I have seen all season. […]

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Kememah Quietly Confident Earning Front Row Starting Spot for the Nationals

After the points were tallied from two nights of preliminaries at the Knoxville Nationals Chad Kemenah rest of Rob and Rita Hunter’s race team earned the outside front row starting position for the Knoxville Nationals. […]

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Five takeaways from Thursday’s Knoxville Nationals Preliminary Program

Another night of racing is in the books at the 2018 5-Hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store. Here are my five immediate takeaways from tonight’s racing. […]

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T.J.’s Notebook: Miscellaneous Items from Wednesday at Knoxville

By T.J. Buffenbarger One of the biggest story lines out the opening night of the 5-Hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores was as much about who didn’t make the feature as it […]

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Kyle Larson Overcomes Drawing the Last Qualifying Pill to Lock Into the Knoxville Nationals Finale

By T.J. Buffenbarger Kyle Larson had enjoyed a nice streak of good qualifying pill draws for his sprint car exploiting during the 2018 season. After a season of being early in the order for qualifications […]

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T.J.’s Take: Defeating Schatz at Knoxville Will Take an Inspired Performance

By T.J. Buffenbarger Driving home from work last month I ended up listening to the p.a. system audio of Jason Johnson’s Knoxville Nationals victory in 2016. One thought came to mind. That was one hell […]

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Great Lakes Edition: Bill Jacoby Survives a Wild Ride of a Different Kind

By T.J. Buffenbarger Bill Jacoby is used to close calls on the race track during his sprint car career with SOD, Auto Value Super Sprints, and other Michigan Sprint Car Series on dirt and pavement. […]

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T.J.’s Take: Macedo the Right Fit for JJR at Knoxville

By T.J. Buffenbarger When word hit the TJSlideways.com office that Carson Macedo would be taking the seat of the Jason Johnson Racing car for the Knoxville Nationals I felt it was a solid choice for […]

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