With the Chili Bowl Nationals underway there are still more news items from around the open wheel racing world. Here are a few noteworthy items over the past several days: One of the most interesting […]
By T.J. Buffenbarger With continued growth that seems to defy any kind of logic that applies to motorsports the Chili Bowl Nationals kicks off today with the first preliminary program on Monday in the 33-year […]
The announcement of David Gravel driving for Jason Johnson Racing unites two of most discussed entities going into the 2019 season. […]
Early in 2018 Ohsweken Speedway owner Glenn Styres and general manager Clinton Geoffrey were making places for the upcoming 2018 racing season. When news came that Ohsweken would be losing access to most of the land they were using to park cars and campers for the 2018 season it put the future of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals and the track’s World of Outlaws series dates in doubt. […]
By T.J. Buffenbarger It’s race day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This time race day involves throwing some mud around at the BC 39 with a majority of the 118 drivers on hand realizing their […]
16-year-old Michael “Buddy” Kofoid hopes to be the next up and coming driver from west coast to make his mark in Ohio. […]
By T.J. Buffenbarger One of the biggest story lines out the opening night of the 5-Hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores was as much about who didn’t make the feature as it […]
By T.J. Buffenbarger Kyle Larson had enjoyed a nice streak of good qualifying pill draws for his sprint car exploiting during the 2018 season. After a season of being early in the order for qualifications […]
By T.J. Buffenbarger Driving home from work last month I ended up listening to the p.a. system audio of Jason Johnson’s Knoxville Nationals victory in 2016. One thought came to mind. That was one hell […]
By T.J. Buffenbarger The best teams I have witnessed in sprint car racing have a combination of preparation and talent that puts them in situations to capitalize on opportunities when everything is not going according […]
When posed with the question if Friday night’s run at the Knight Before the Kings Royal was a nice confidence booster after struggling a bit throughout the 2018 season Greg Wilson did not mince words. […]
In today’s world racing is a 365 day a year business. All of the pre-season trade shows, hype, and spring racing leading into time like this week that are packed full of racing coast to coast. Thanks to the Must See Racing event that was rained out earlier in the year at Berlin Raceway that was rescheduled for Monday there is a sprint or midget car race every day this week.
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There is something about the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series when they visit I-96 Speedway that makes for unusual plot twists and turns throughout the event. […]
This weekend Mansfield Motor Speedway goes from being the track that returned to dirt to being one of the few facilities putting on a sprint car race for $100,000 to win. Here are five storylines we are going to follow during the inaugural Sprint Car World Championship. […]
Read how a side trip to visit family lead Jerry Gappens to short track racing. […]
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