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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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What’s new for Kings Royal weekend

The Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway is a single day event where one driver will take home the crown and famous $50,000 paycheck, but the entire week is full of various events surrounding the big race at Eldora. The week of the Kings Royal this season has several new things in store for competitors and fans.

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TJ’s Travels: Ohio Speedweek Memories

By T.J. Buffenbarger Ohio Sprint Speedweek holds a special place in my heart. Personally I wasn’t crazy about the shift away from the week of July 4th, but it seems appropriate that its held over […]
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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.

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T.J’s Notebook from the 2016 Pay Less Little 500

Kody Swanson’s road to becoming the first California driver to win the event did not come easy. Swanson ended up having a very eventful evening involving lapped traffic, spinning out, front end damage, and holding off one of the most decorated sprint car drivers in route to the victory.

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Great Lakes Edition: looking forward to 2016

T.J. lists the shows he is looking forward to the most locally during the 2016 season along with a list of open wheel dates that have been announced so far for the upcoming season in the Great Lakes State…

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T.J.’s Notebook: Australian teams grind between Brisbane and Sydney

Several sprint car teams in Australia over the weekend put their dedication to the test competing at Archerfield Speedway Saturday and Brisbane and Valvoline Raceway near Sydney on Sunday. This might seem like a typical two day weekend for most race teams. The difference in this case is Archerfield and Sydney Speedways are separated by 913 Kilometers (567 miles).

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