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January 14, 2026

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[ January 14, 2026 ] Photo Gallery: 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals Tuesday Night Prelminary _Top Features
[ January 13, 2026 ] T.J.’s Takeaways from Tuesday Night at the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals _Top Features
[ January 13, 2026 ] Blake Hahn Uses Late Race Heroics to Chili Bowl Prelim Victory _Top Stories
[ January 13, 2026 ] T.J.’s Notebook: Tuesday Picks for the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals _Top Features
[ January 13, 2026 ] Photo Gallery: 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals Monday Night Program _Top Features
[ January 13, 2026 ] T.J.’s Takeaways from the Opening Night of the 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals _Top Features
[ January 12, 2026 ] Larson Rides the Rim to Preliminary Night Victory at the Chili Bowl _Top Stories
[ January 12, 2026 ] Bell Goes Back-To-Back in Chili Bowl Race of Champions _Top Stories
[ January 12, 2026 ] Kerry Madsen and Diamond Bay Motorsports Part Ways _Top Stories
[ January 12, 2026 ] More Schedules Added to the 2026 Allstar Performance Open Wheel Calendar _Front Page News

TJ’s Prediction: Royal is Schatz’s to Lose…

Donny Schatz is having a season for the ages. Not since the days of the prime of Steve Kinser and Doug Wolfgang has a driver rolled through the sprint car world like Schatz has this season. Internationally Schatz has 26 victories this season with 20 of them coming in World of Outlaws competition. To win nearly half of the races in what is the toughest sprint car series in the World is nothing short of remarkable.

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T.J.’s Travels: Five things I enjoy about the Kings Royal

Today official starts our coverage of the 3 Kings Royal weekend. I don’t planning on letting Mother Nature ruin what should be a pretty good weekend of racing at Eldora. Here are five reasons the Kings Royal is one of my favorite events to cover over the past 20 years on TJSlideways.com.

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Five things to keep in mind during Ohio Sprint Speedweek

Five things to keep in mind before the start of the 2015 edition of Ohio Sprint Speedweek….

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T.J.’s take on winged pavement sprint car racing in the area

Saturday night’s Auto Value Bumper to Bumper sprint car series event at Kalamazoo Speedway was the second winged pavement sprint car race I have attended this season. Earlier in the month I went to a Must See Racing series event at Berlin Raceway…

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T.J.’s Travels: Remembering Butch Dowker…

By T.J. Buffenbarger When I was five years old the first sprint car I ever sat in resided in the shop at Dowker Engines in my hometown of Charlotte, MI. Butch Dowker was the man […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Home team wins at Anderson

Chris Windom visited victory lane for the second time in the Pay Less Little 500, but for car owner Jason Goacher winning the Little 500 fulfilled one of his life long dreams…

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Having a strong Silver Crown division is important

Last night’s Hoosier Hundred featured a 29 car field of USAC Silver Crown cars with 27 starting the feature. Compared to just a few years ago this is a complete turnaround for a series that was on life support. Having the Silver Crown division alive and healthy is good for open wheel racing overall for a multitude of different reasons.

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T.J.’s Tuesday Notebook: Reflection on an announcement one year ago…

Last year at the Pay Less Little 500 at Anderson Speedway I found myself speaking to David Byrd along with other members and associated of the Byrd family. The casual meeting came days after their announcement of returning to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Bryan Clauson.

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T.J.’s Notebook from the weekend at Eldora

T.J.’s notebook centers around the “Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends” at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio…

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T.J.’s Notebook: I-96, Berlin, Eldora’s big double header

By T.J. Buffenbarger When the World of Outlaws / USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends” at Eldora Speedway was announced this winter it was instantly the most anticipated weekend […]

T.J.’s Tuesday Notebook: Great start to the season with SOD

Saturday’s Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP event at Crystal Motor Speedway went off without a hitch. While that doesn’t seem out of the ordinary for a series that has been around for over 30 years ago, it took a tremendous last minute effort by Adrianna Irwin and her SOD staff to pull it all together.

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