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T.J.’s Notebook: More ASCS National Tour Please…
After two great nights and some of the feedback afterwards Michigan sprint car fans want more of the ASCS National Tour with the Great Lakes Super Sprints in 2020…
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T.J.’s Notebook: Beaver’s Dry Streak Ends as Most of the Country was Soggy
By T.J. Buffenbarger Weather was the major theme again last weekend as multiple races were impacted by rain. From the time our event list was posted on Friday morning 46 events (55 main events in […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Prioritizing in the Rain
Every spring there are at least a couple of weeks where a large portion of the races around the country are cancelled due to weather. This is not only problematic to fans, race teams, and track operators. It’s very problematic to us. Having a business that is based on racing news and not having any results during a busy time of year is a challenge I’ve been tackling for over 20 years.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Changes with Mainstream Holdings, Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic, and More
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 […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Monday Chili Bowl Preview
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 […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Gravel to JJR Closes Another Gap in the 2019 “Silly Season”
The announcement of David Gravel driving for Jason Johnson Racing unites two of most discussed entities going into the 2019 season.
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T.J.’s Notebook: The Canadian Nationals Wasn’t Supposed to Happen
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.
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T.J.’s Notebook: It’s Race Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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 […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Kofoid Set for Midwest Debut at Attica and Wayne County
16-year-old Michael “Buddy” Kofoid hopes to be the next up and coming driver from west coast to make his mark in Ohio.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Miscellaneous Items from Wednesday at Knoxville
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 […]
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Kyle Larson Overcomes Drawing the Last Qualifying Pill to Lock Into the Knoxville Nationals Finale
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 […]
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T.J.’s Take: Defeating Schatz at Knoxville Will Take an Inspired Performance
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 […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Royal Wrap-Up
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 […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Wilson Overcomes 2018 Struggles With Strong Eldora Performance
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.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Season Hits High Gear in June
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.