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August 28, 2026

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[ August 27, 2026 ] Cummins Opens Smack Down With Convincing Feature Victory _Top Stories
[ August 27, 2026 ] Justin Sanders Wins Opening Night of the Gold Cup _Top Stories
[ August 26, 2026 ] Kasey Jedrzejek and Bill Rose Racing Sever Ties _Top Stories
[ August 26, 2026 ] Central Pennsylvania Car Owner John Trone Passes Away _Front Page News
[ August 26, 2026 ] Great Lakes Edition: Roahrig Looks to Continue 500 Tour Hot Streak at Berlin _Top Features
[ August 26, 2026 ] Terry Pletch Passes Away at Age 79 _Top Stories
[ August 25, 2026 ] World of Outlaws Add Date at Belle-Clair on October 17th _Top Stories
[ August 25, 2026 ] Sebetto Wins Feature During the Sandusky County Fair _Front Page News
[ August 25, 2026 ] Sprint Car Track Championships and Bonus Money for Late Model Street Stocks Up for Grabs This Sunday at Huset’s Speedway During Heiman Fire Equipment Night _Front Page News
[ August 25, 2026 ] Sobotka Wins $3,000 at Autodrome Drummond _Front Page News

Kyle Cummins Saturday at Butler Motor Speedway. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Cummins Opens Smack Down With Convincing Feature Victory

Kyle Cummins kicked off the Chili’s Kokomo Sprint Car Smackdown XV with a commanding performance with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series at Kokomo Speedway in route to the feature victory.

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Justin Sanders Wins Opening Night of the Gold Cup

Justin Sanders kicked off the 72nd edition of the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway by winning the 360 sprint car main event.

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Kasey Jedrzejek. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Kasey Jedrzejek and Bill Rose Racing Sever Ties

Kasey Jedrzejek announced on Wednesday that he has been released from driving duties from Bill Rose Racing.

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Terry Pletch Passes Away at Age 79

Terry Pletch passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79.

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The World of Outlaws parade lap during the Ironman 55 weekend at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway. (Mark Funderburk Photo)

World of Outlaws Add Date at Belle-Clair on October 17th

The World of Outlaws have scheduled their first appearance at the Belle-Claire Speedway in Belleville, Illinois.

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Nienhiser Squeezes Out Victory During Corn Fest at Angell Park

Paul Nienhiser and Drake Edwards emerged victorious during “Corn Fest” Sunday evening at Angell Park Speedway.

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Schuchart’s Hot Summer Continues with Thrilling Jackson Victory

Racing doesn’t get much better than Saturday night at Jackson Motorplex.
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series made the most of their single stop at the Minnesota track for the Fendt Showdown. The track crew delivered a top-notch surface, and the best Sprint Car drivers in the world did their part.

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Day wins High Limit main at Placerville

From Bill Wright Placerville, CA (August 22,2026)- The 35-lapper paid $12,000 and saw Day leading Holmes, Golobic, G. Scelzi and Brooks early. Day got over the berm on lap 12, and surrendered the lead to […]

BETTENHAUSEN 96! DANNER BEATS THE FIELD & THE CLOCK TO WIN AT SPRINGFIELD

Winning the Bettenhausen 100 requires skill, speed, good timing, and good fortune. Briggs Danner had all of those traits in spades throughout Saturday afternoon’s 63rd running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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Cale Thomas Scores Victory in Near Photo Finish at Attica

Cale Thomas came out victorious Friday night at Attica Raceway Park winning the winged 410 sprint car feature after a spirited battle with Parker Price-Miller to win by just 0.017 seconds.

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All Stars Rained Out at I-96

A heavy pop-up rain shower on Friday afternoon prompted officials at I-96 Speedway to cancel Friday’s NAPA Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Valvoline event.

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Aaron Reutzel. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Reutzel Wins Feature and Takes Point Lead With High Limit at Santa Maria

Aaron Reutzel kicked off the west coast swing with the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing series Thursday night at Santa Maria Speedway in productive fashion by winning the feature event and taking over the series point lead.

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Tony Stewart Added as Advisor to Matt Seymour Racing

The recent success of Matt Seymour Racing has garnered a lot of attention in the midget and sprint car world over the past several years. One of the people that was impressed by the success of Seymour’s group was Tony Stewart, who was named Wednesday morning as a special advisor to the team.

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(L to R) Dominic Scelzi, Connor Wade, and Dave Rieff while doing the pre-race show for DIRTVision Thursday night at Knoxville Raceway. (TJ Buffenbarger Photo)

Dominic Scelzi to Drive for CJB Motorsports on High Limit West Coast Tour

Dominic Scelzi has been named to fill in driving for CJB Motorsports on the upcoming west coast swing with the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Series

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Kyle Larson in victory lane after capturing his fourth Knoxville Nationals title. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

Larson Flies to Fourth Knoxville Nationals Title

In one of the most improbable stories in sprint car racing history Kyle Larson took advantage of a lengthy rain delay to fly back to Knoxville, Iowa from the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond International Speedway to win the 65th edition of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

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