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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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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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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. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways: Sharks Devour Prelims, Defending Home Turf, and a Rookie Class for the Ages
I wrote coming into the 61st Knoxville Nationals I felt that this year’s edition was as wide open as any I have attended regarding who could win the event. Thursday strengthened that position, which will be reflected below in my takeaways following the preliminary programs are now in the books […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Low Point Totals Concern Top Drivers after Wednesday’s Preliminary Program
One day removed from a crazy preliminary night to open the 60th Knoxville Nationals that saw 18 of the top 20 qualifiers fail to transfer through their heat race into the main event. This resulted in Donny Schatz and David Gravel tying in points with Schatz winning the tiebreaker of highest feature finish to be the highest point driver for the night, but only accumulating 469 points. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from a Wacky Wednesday at Knoxville
After one of the most unusual nights of racing I have witnessed in my 27 years of coming to the Knoxville Nationals here is my takeaways from the Wednesday night preliminary program. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways: Sprint Car Racing Happened at Knoxville (and it was Glorious), Cautions for Spins, and the Little Crate that Almost Did
If Saturday night’s program featuring the All Star Circuit of Champions and 360 sprint cars at Knoxville Raceway didn’t get you excited for the upcoming 360 and 410 Knoxville Nationals, than I don’t know what will. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways From the Night…err, Day Before the Kings Royal
In a touch over 15 hours from when we left Eldora Speedway the Knight Before the Kings Royal is complete after running a Saturday morning program at Eldora Speedway that nudged into the early afternoon hours with David Gravel picking up his second victory of the weekend. Here are three takeaways from the daytime program.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Jokers Wild at Eldora Speedway
The opening night of the 39th Kings Royal weekend is complete with David Gravel winning the Jokers Wild feature event on Wednesday night. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Announcement of the High Limit Sprint Car Series
Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet put the sprint car world on notice by dropping the announcement of the High Limit Sprint Car Series on the opening day of Kings Royal weekend at Eldora Speedway. After reading the initial announcement and the press conference here are my takeaways about the formation of the new series. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the GLSS/410 Sprint Car Double Header at Butler Motor Speedway
T.J.’s takeaways from his first trip to Butler Motor Speedway in eight years. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the 2022 Full Throttle Nationals
After two nights and six sprint car features during the Full Throttle Nationals at I-96 Speedway here are my takeaways. […]
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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. […]