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T.J.’s Takeaways from the All Star Circuit of Champions Event at Tri-City

After 22 years of dreaming what a major sprint car race would look like in the Bay City/Saginaw/Midland/Flint market, that dream came to fruition on Friday night with Zeb Wise ripping the top on the way to a convincing victory at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Before I seek out some caffeination for my two and half hour drive home to sleep in my own bed, here are my takeaways from the dream come true night.

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Great Lakes Edition: All Star Weekend Preview

Check out our weekend preview of the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 visit to Michigan Friday at the Tri-City Motor Speedway and Saturday at Butler Motor Speedway for the $8,500 to win Mace Thomas Classic.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Great Racing is the Best Cure for the Knoxville Hangover

The week after the Knoxville Nationals often can feel like a drag. Typically, I’m right back at the racetrack for a couple of nights following the Nationals, but this year I took a week off knowing the Kokomo Sprint Car Smack Down and All Star Circuit of Champions invasion of the Mitten were looming.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Litt Resilient After Berlin Crash

Ryan Litt had plenty of reasons to celebrate after winning the Must See Racing sprint car event last Saturday at Berlin Raceway. Just under one month before his sprint car victory Litt left Berin in the back of an ambulance after vicious supermodified crash.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Finale of the 62nd Knoxville Nationals

Another Knoxville Nationals is in the books, and it was another great 10 days of racing from the 360 Nationals to the finale of the 410 Nationals tonight. Here are my takeaways from the finale of the 62nd edition of the event.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from Hard Knox Night 2023

Another fun “Hard Knox” night at the Knoxville Natioanls is in the books. Here are my takeaways from one of the most interesting nights of racing each year at the Nationals.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from Thursday at the 2023 Knoxville Nationals

After a thrilling night of racing from start to finish there is a lot to unpack as the first 16 starters in Saturday’s A-Main for the Knoxville Nationals are set. Here are my takeaways from the second night of racing.

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T.J.’s Notebook From the 2023 Knoxville Nationals Opener: Randall Continues to Raise Profile with Second Place Finish

Chase Randall has been touted as one of the rising stars in the sport of sprint car racing. Spending the 2023 season competing at Knoxville Raceway made that spotlight a little brighter by leading the 360 Sprint Car point standings and being chosen by TKS Motorsports for the 410 sprint car entry in June.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from Opening Night of the Knoxville Nationals

After a wild night of racing to open the 2023 edition of the Knoxville Nationals that saw several top contenders stumble, here are my takeaways from an unusual night at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Breaking Down Point Performances at the Nationals

Every year at the Knoxville Nationals one of the debates that takes place during the event centers around the format. The point system used to determine the top 16 drivers locked into the Saturday night finale after a pair of preliminary nights is one of the most challenging in motorsports.

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Great Lakes Edition: Busy Weekend for Sprint Car Racing in the Mitten

One of the biggest weekends of racing in Michigan for local pavement and dirt sprint car teams take place this weekend with the 500 Sprint Car Tour, Great Lakes Traditional Sprints, Must See Racing Sprint Car Series, and one of the biggest special events of Butler Motor Speedway.

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T.J.’s Takeways on Macri and Day Joining CMR to Fill in for Courtney

This is the kind of takeaways column I never enjoy writing, but when one of the top names in a series such as the All Star Circuit of Champions is injured and replaced by a driver who had a very high profile split with their race team over the weekend, the situation warrants some commentary.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from the 40th Kings Royal

The 40th edition of the Kings Royal is in the books and Donny Schatz picked up the sixth crown of his illustrious career.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Knight Before the Kings Royal

The Knight Before the Kings Royal is in the books at Eldora Speedway and we are only one sleep away from seeing a sprint car driver crowned king.

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T.J.’s Notebook from Eldora Million

Thursday night was the culmination of a long journey for Logan Schuchart to end up victorious in one of the majors in sprint car racing. It seems fitting after multiple second place finishes at the biggest races in our sport that Shark Racing found victory lane at a race with the highest winner’s purse in the sport’s history at $1,002,023.

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