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T.J.’s Notebook: Visit Home Leads Gappens to Gas City
Read how a side trip to visit family lead Jerry Gappens to short track racing.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Best of the Weekend
T.J. highlights some of the best things from the past weekend of racing.
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T.J’s Notebook: Risk vs. Reward
By T.J. Buffenbarger In parts of the country with less than tropical environments where racing starts very early in the season it has the potential to create frustration for everyone involved. Unpredictable weather in the […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Cutting Through Traffic
The only thing more epic than the weather last weekend was Sheldon Haudenschild navigating lapped cars…
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T.J.’s Notebook: Chili Bowl Perspectives
By T.J. buffenbarger (January 16, 2018) — The 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals is in the history books and racing season is up to full speed at TJSlideways.com headquarters with schedules and news coming in a […]
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T.J.’s Thursday Night Picks for the 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals
By T.J. Buffenbarger (January 10, 2018) — Wednesday qualifying night for the 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals for me is not as clear cut as last night’s group. After being a Zac Daum stall away from […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Three Takeaways from Tuesday in Tulsa
After the opening night of the 32nd Annual Chili Bowl Nationals here are three my takeaways
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T.J.’s Notebook: Picks for Tuesday at the 2018 Chili Bowl
By T.J. Buffenbarger (January 9, 2018) — After weeks of watching the growing entry list and a day of practice it’s opening day for the 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals at the Tulsa Expo Raceway. Teams […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Breaking Down the USAC National Schedules
By T.J. Buffenbarger (December 8, 2017) — The 2018 schedules for the USAC National divisions were released Thursday morning at the PRI show. Here are a few thoughts on all three divisions: I’ll start with […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Hot News Items Before PRI
By T.J. Buffenbarger Tuesday was an extremely busy news day that was unexpected considering the Performance Racing Industry trade show doesn’t start until Thursday. Several topics generated a lot of attention and will be among […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Three Takeways on the 2018 Gordon/Hoffman Little 500 Combination
It may seem early to discuss the 70th edition of the Pay Less Little 500, but that event was brought to the forefront on Friday when Hoffman Auto Racing revealed that Eric Gordon would drive for them at Anderson next season.
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T.J.’s Notebook: All Stars Add Atomic, Brindle Announces Retirement…Sort Of
By T.J. Buffenbarger In what normally is one of the quiet weeks of the year in the TJSlideways.com newsroom kicked off early on Monday when the Hoffman family and sponsor Mean Green degreaser announced they […]
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Three quick takes from the Turkey Night Grand Prix
After a thrown down, slide job, exciting 77th edition of the Turkey Night Grand Prix here are three quick takes from the night’s action:
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Three Quick Takes from Wednesday’s Sprint Car Program at Ventura
By T.J. Buffenbarger The opening night of the Turkey Night Grand Prix is in the books. After a wild night of sprint car racing and midget car practice at Ventura here are a trio of […]
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T.J’s Notebook: Breaking Down the 2018 World of Outlaws Schedule
By T.J. Buffenbarger Breaking down 90+ dates of racing upon the release of the 2018 World of Outlaws schedule is always a difficult task. Here are my initial takes on the schedule for the upcoming […]