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T.J.’s Takeaways: for a Million Bucks
T.J.’s Takeaways from the announcement of the Eldora Million for winged sprint cars.
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T.J.’s Takeways From the 40th 4-Crown Nationals
After a thrilling night of racing during the 40th edition of the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway here at my takeaways from the event.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Silly Season Overdrive, Moles Impressive Performance, Three Sharks at Eldora
With the first night of the 4-Crown Nationals in the books, here are a few leftover notes from the “BeFour the Crowns” program before leaving the hotel for the second night of action at Eldora Speedway.
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T.J.’s Takeaways: Abreu’s Recent Turnaround, Give Me Fall at Eldora Anytime, and More…
After the opening night of the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway here are three takeaways from the great night of racing.
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Great Lakes Edition: Q&A With Butler Motor Speedway Owner Tim Wilber
T.J. and Tim Wilber took a moment out of their busy days to discuss Wilber’s first season of track ownership at Butler Motor Speedway.
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Great Lakes Edition: Great 2022 Season Continues This Weekend at Butler and Berlin
While eating lunch on a sunny September day referring to the 80’s group Timbuk 3’s song, ” The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” seems appropriate.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Five Reasons Every Sprint Car Fan Should Experience the World 100
In 2018 I had the opportunity to cover the World 100 thanks to weather pushing it back to October. I had the World 100 on my list of events I wanted to cover for a considerable amount of time.
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the Guest Spot: Memories Rekindled with Revival of the Sharon Nationals
In this edition of the guest spot Dan McFarland traded his camera for a keyboard to recall his memories from the Sharon Nationals while growing up in the area.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Morfier Leaves the Flag Stand to Guide Attica Raceway Park
Andrew Morfier is likely a name you don’t recognize. When you are the head flagman for a racetrack like Attica Raceway Park that is the desired result. Typically, if attention is on the person waving the flags something did not happen properly. Morfier will step into a higher profile role for 2023 taking over as Director of Operations at Attica Raceway Park.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Goodbye to the McMahan’s, Youth is Served, and Labor Day Has Been Shuffled
Sprint car racing says goodbye to Paul and Bobby McMahan at Placerville Speedway while on the other end of the spectrum Ryan Timms and Corey Day shined a spotlight on the sport’s future.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Sprint Car Majors Continue with the Smack Down this week at Kokomo
The focus of the sprint car world has revolved around winged sprint car racing most of August, but this week non-wing sprint car racing takes center stage for the Kokomo Sprint Car Smackdown Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Kokomo Speedway.
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Great Lakes Edition: GLSS Point Race Still Tight, New Ventures, and Continued Butler Improvement
The Great Lakes Super Sprints get next weekend off after two successful nights of racing Friday at I-96 Speedway and Saturday at Butler Motor Speedway. Exiting the weekend, it appears we are down to a three-horse race for the 2022 GLSS championship.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from GLSS/GLTS at I-96 Speedway
After a busy night of racing Friday at I-96 Speedway featuring the Great Lakes Super Sprints and Great Lakes Traditional Sprints, here are my takeaways from this solid doubleheader of sprint car racing.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Final Night of the 61st Knoxville Nationals
After seeing one the greatest sprint car drivers of all time work his magic at the Knoxville Raceway here are three takeaways as I depart the Marion County Fairgrounds.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from Friday at the Knoxville Nationals: Redemption, Near Misses, and Another Showdown for the Title
The “Hard Knox” program has cemented itself as one of the most entertaining nights of racing during the four days of action at the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals.