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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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T.J.’s Notebook: Chili Bowl, the Classic, Schedules and More
With racing in Australia and New Zealand on New Year’s Day the racing seasons starts in earnest during the Chili Bowl Nationals. That is when things pick up from the holidays and continue fast and furiously until after the PRI Show.
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T.J.’s Notebook: Picks for Thursday at the 2017 Chili Bowl
By T.J. Buffenbarger Predictions for the Chili Bowl Nationals might be the most challenging of any year since I started writing these pre-race columns. Of the drivers that have locked in through the first two […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Wednesday Picks for the 2017 Chili Bowl Nationals
Its been a busy day with schedules and news while trying to wrap up news from Tuesday’s prelminary event at the Chili Bowl Nationals. Here are my picks for Wednesday’s program. Picks to lock in […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Favorites, Dark Horses, Notable Entries for Tuesday at the 2017 Chili Bowl
he 2017 edition of the Chili Bowl Nationals starts tonight with the first of four preliminary races leading into Saturday’s finale. As of Tuesday morning 92 entries are scheduled to compete. Chili Bowl is the only race all season I formally throw out predictions. […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Mansfield Going Up Against the Nationals
By T.J. Buffenbarger Thursday’s announcement that Mansfield Motorsports Speedway under the guidance of Gateway Dirt Nationals director and entrepreneur Cody Sommer was one of the biggest announcements of the off season. One of the most […]