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January 16, 2026

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[ January 16, 2026 ] Alec Insley Leads NZ Midget Championship Points Going Into Saturday’s Finale _Front Page News
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T.J.’s Notebook: Could Smackdown Eventually Become the Knoxville Nationals of Non-Wing Racing

By T.J. Buffenbarger Tonight’s opening event for the Kokomo Sprint Car Smack Down featuring free general admission is start of four of the biggest days in non-wing sprint car racing. With the sixth edition on […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Wrapping Up the 2017 Knoxville Nationals

Closing out the Knoxville Nationals with some sort of column/blog is always the most difficult task I face every year. Trying to convey the biggest four days of sprint car racing in the world is […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Wednesday Night at the 2017 Nationals

By T.J. Buffenbarger Going into Wednesday’s BRANDT Professional Agriculture Qualifying Night at the 5 Hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores it was well known that Kyle Larson would likely not be able […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Bell Focused on Capturing the Crown

By T.J. Buffenbarger Christopher Bell has experienced an extraordinary amount of success at Eldora Speedway. With victories in NASCAR Trucks, USAC Midgets, 360 Sprint Cars, USAC Silver Crown Cars, and now the World of Outlaws […]

T.J.’s Notebook: 2017 Brad Doty Classic a Story of Perseverance

By T.J. Buffenbarger The 29th Brad Doty Classic Tuesday night at Attica Raceway Park had stories of perseverance from race officials to the race winner. David Gravel’s victory at the Doty ended an eventful night […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Plenty of Buzz

After a great Indiana Midget Week and Eastern Storm and Ohio Speedweek there is a lot of positive buzz going on right now in short track open wheel racing…

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T.J.’s Notebook: USAC at Knoxville a Hit, Indiana Midget Week on Deck

By T.J. Buffenbarger With Illinois Speedweek, USCS Speedweek, and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum inductions behind us the weeks continue to get busier with Indiana Midget Week and Ohio Sprint Speedweek […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Young Stars Shine at Attica

Youth was served Friday and Saturday at Attica Raceway Park…

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T.J.’s Notebook: Season Starts for Ohio and Indiana

When you live in the Michigan/Indiana/Ohio area the last two weeks of March takes on a different feel.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Brooms Galore!

By T.J. Buffenbarger The past weekend of sprint car racing saw plenty of brooms being handed out for weekend “sweeps” of feature events. The sweep receiving the most press was Donny Schatz winning both World […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Schatz Not Looking for Early Retirement

By T.J. Buffenbarger There is a growing trend of modern athletes’ choosing to step away from their sport at the top of their game. In Motorsports along we have seen sudden retirements of top flight […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Fresh Faces Could Produce New All “Stars”

When the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions push off for their first event of the 2017 season Thursday night at Bubba Raceway Park the series the makeup of the teams viaing for the 2017 series championship will look vastly different than 2016.

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T.J.’s Tuesday Notebook: the Calm Before the Storm

This past weekend and this weekend are the closest thing to quiet before things ramp up with Florida Speedweeks. Races in United States are starting to pick up and drivers that have competed overseas are starting to make their way home to start the 2017 season.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Classic from the Couch

The longer I run TJSlideways.com my interest in International sprint car racing grows. Thanks to the wonders of technology I rolled out of bed Sunday morning at 5:00 a.m. to catch the last two B-Mains and the feature during the finale of the Lucas Oil Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway in Warrnambool, Australia. My morning of “Classic from the Couch” was a great way to start the day.

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T.J.’s Take on Tony Stewart’s Little 500 Effort

Little 500 drama normally takes place during the month of May. That all changed with the announcement that the Hoffman Auto Racing Team is teaming up with Tony Stewart for the 2017 edition of the event.

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