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Morning notes for October 27th, 2015
Morning news and notes to get your Tuesday started…
TJ’s Notebook
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T.J.’s Notebook from Berlin and Eldora
By T.J. Buffenbarger Last Saturday’s World of Outlaws sprint car program at Berlin Raceway was another successful venture with a huge crowd, improved car count, and surprising finish with Donny Schatz passing Daryn Pittman off […]
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Sunday’s podium finishers the most likely challengers for Schatz
Looking for someone that might be able to beat Donny Schatz for the first time in four years at Knoxville? Sunday’s podium finishers might be the best place to start…
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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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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 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 […]
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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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The Paragonized Edition of TJ’s Notes and Quotes
By TJ Buffenbarger (April 25, 2006) — 56 cars, six 10-lap heat races, and three 25 lap sprint car features later my first visit to Paragon Speedway is complete. To put it mildly Paragon is […]
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Michigan Sprint Cars Liberated
By TJ Buffenbarger (June 15, 2002) — I had not planned to do any racing this Saturday, but a late start putting an end to my Toledo trip on Friday made me itch to see […]
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Get Slideways: Hewitt’s Drive One of the Ages
Two weeks ago, the entire Bob, Rod, Todd crew was taking in a great sprint/midget double header at Bloomington Speedway. During the sprint car feature all of us took notice of something we hadn’t seen in a very long time. Jack Hewitt poking around the lead in a sprint car race.