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Great Lakes Edition: Hope and Enthusiasm Prevalent Leading Into Opening Night at Butler

Saturday night Butler Motor Speedway will open their gates for racing for the 70th season with newfound excitement courtesy of an ownership change during the off season. Tim Wilbur’s Christmas surprise was revealed officially to the racing world that his family had purchased the 3/8-mile oval in Coldwater, Michigan. Since that day there seems to be a level of positive energy building up to opening night I have not seen since Denny Donaldson took over the facility back in the early 90’s. […]

Great Lakes Edition: GLSS/NRA News Carries Good Vibes Into a Solid Opening Weekend

The GLSS/NRA merger news led into what was a great opening weekend for both series. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from the 2022 GLSS Opener at Crystal Motor Speedway

After a wild night on an unseasonably warm April evening the Great Lakes Super Sprint season is underway for 2022. Here are a trio of takeaways from the opener. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways From the GLSS/NRA Aquisition

With the news last week of GLSS taking over the National Racing Alliance in 2023, bringing that division under one umbrella here are a few takeaways from that announcement. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from Friday’s World of Outlaws event at Volusia

For the second night in a row the drivers from the “Greatest Show on Dirt” proved just how talented they are. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from the World of Outlaws Opener at Volusia

How great are these drivers, old man game, and engines are covered in T.J.’s Takeaways from the World of Outlaws opener at Volusia Speedway Park. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Classic from the Couch, Scheduling Bewilderments, and More

This 2022 edition of the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway turned out great racing the two nights I was able to witness from afar courtesy of DIRTVision. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: It’s Classic Week

With the 36th Chili Bowl Nationals in the books it is far from time to rest in the sprint car world. As one major event wraps up another is to begin as the 49th South West Conveyancing Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic takes place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Premier Speedway at Warrnambool, Victoria.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals Finale

Six nights of racing, nearly 400 cars, and hundreds of laps of racing at the Tulsa Expo Center the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals is in the books. Here are my final takeaways from the Saturday finale… […]

T.J.’s Takeways From Friday’s Chili Bowl Nationals Preliminary

After five nights of preliminary racing at the Chili Bowl Nationals my coffee maker has remained idle. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways From Thursday at the Chili Bowl Nationals

Another night of racing at the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals and another thrilling program from start to finish. The excitement of Thursday’s preliminary program provided a better boost than caffeine to plow through another night of takeaways from the racing program. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from Wednesday at the Chili Bowl Nationals

T.J.’s Takeaways after three nights of action at the Tulsa Expo Raceway. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways From Tuesday’s 2020 Chili Bowl Preliminary Night

After dozing off early on Monday to function properly at work, Tuesday starts another season of post event takeaways. […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Chili Bowl Breakdown for Monday and Other Notes

The 36th Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire starts bright and early Monday at the Tulsa Expo Raceway with the entire field participating in practice before Monday night’s preliminary event. As this post was being proofread late on Sunday the entry list was just shy of 400 entries for the six-day event. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from a Wild Night of Racing at I-96

After a wild night at I-96 Speedway here are a few takeaways from the all open wheel program on Friday night featuring the Great Lakes Super Sprints and Great Lakes Traditional Sprints. […]