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Bill Balog signing autographs after his fifth place run Thursday at Knoxville Raceway. (T.J. Buffenbarger Photo)

T.J.’s Notebook: One Month Makes a Big Difference for Balog

On a Thursday night in mid-July there was a large crowd gathered around Bill Balog’s crashed race car after a vicious accident during the Jokers Jackpot preliminary night at Eldora Speedway. Just less than a month later another large crowd surround Balog at Knoxville Raceway. This time it was to celebrate Balog qualifying for the Knoxville Nationals finale for the first time in his career. […]

Kyle Larson in victory lane at Knoxville Raceway. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

Kyle Larson Starts Quest for Third Knoxville Nationals Title with Thursday Preliminary Victory

Kyle Larson started his quest for a third NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s title on Thursday by winning the feature on Toyota Qualifying Night with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series at Knoxville Raceway. […]

Larson and Pittman Make Up Front Row for the 2024 Knoxville Nationals Finale

Kyle Larson and Daryn Pittman will start on the front row for the 63rd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. Larson and Pittman tied in the point standings with Larson holding the tiebreaker for highest finisher in the main event. […]

Cole Macedo and TwoC Racing Team Up for World of Outlaws Effort in 2025

Cole Macedo and TwoC Racing announced on Thursdaythey are teaming up to compete on the entire World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series circuit for the 2025 season. […]

(L to R) Second place Jacob Allen, winner Giovanni Scelzi, and third place Justin Peck. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

Gio Scelzi Wins Feature; Leads Points After Night One at Knoxville

Giovanni Scelzi used a daring move with four laps to go to win the feature during Brandt Professional Agriculture Qualifying Night during the 63rd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s Wednesday night at Knoxville Raceway. […]

Giovanni Scelzi. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

Scelzi Leads Points After Night One of the Knoxville Nationals

Giovanni Scelzi leads the point standings after the opening night of the 63rd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. […]

Kyle Larson Tops Corey Day to Win Fourth Front Row Challenge

Kyle Larson outdueled fellow California hot-shoe Corey Day to win his fourth career Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge Presented by Your Life Iowa and Country Builders Construction on Monday at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. Though the actual front row challenge seeing drivers elect to start at the tail seem to be a thing of the past, Larson had to work hard after starting in row seven and made an exciting charge of his own to earn $21,000 for his win. In the companion IMCA Racesaver sprint car feature, Lincoln Nebraska’s Adam Gullion won for the second time in his career at the Front Row Challenge and earned $1,000. […]

Rico Abreu Storms to Capitani Classic Win at Knoxville!

Rico Abreu won a duel for the lead with Daryn Pittman and went on to win the Avanti Windows & Doors Capitani Classic Presented by Great Southern Bank Sunday night at Knoxville Raceway. The win was the St. Helena, California driver’s seventh at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” and was worth $13,000 aboard the Rico Abreu Racing #24. […]

Briggs Danner. (T.J. Buffenbarger photo)

Danner Wins Sprint Week Finale; Seavey Wins Sprint Week Title

Briggs Danner won the final round of the 37th Annual NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented By Honest Abe Roofing as part of the Bob & Sheldon Kinser Memorial Sunday night at Bloomington Speedway with the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series. […]

Tyler Courtney in victory lane after winning the 360 Knoxville Nationals. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

Tyler Courtney Wins the 2024 360 Knoxville Nationals

Tyler Courtney has visited Knoxville Raceway’s victory lane on two prior occasions, but Saturday night he did it for the first time in a winged sprint car during the finale of the 34th Xtream powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank. […]

Randy Hannagan in victory lane for the second year in a row during Family Fireworks Night at Eldora Speedway with the Great Lakes Super Sprints. (Jim Denhamer Photo)

Hannagan Wins Again on Family Fireworks Night at Eldora

For the second year in a row Randy Hannagan was victorious Saturday night during Family Fireworks Night with the Great Lakes Super Sprints at Eldora Speedway. […]

Larson Sweeps Features at Pevely with Ironman 55 Victory

Kyle Larson continued to amaze sprint car fans at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 by winning the Ironman 55 with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series. […]

Kalib Henry Switches Lanes for Third Fremont Speedway Victory

For 25 laps Kalib Henry and DJ Foos battled for the lead of the 410 sprint car A-main at Fremont Speedway presented by Gill Construction. The duo swapped the top spot several times but a caution with five laps to go and a decision by Henry to change lanes took him to his third win of the year at “The Track That Action Built” on Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce/Sandusky County Visitors Bureau/Sandusky County Economic Development/City of Fremont Night. […]

Grant Wins Indiana Sprint Week Feature at Haubstadt

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2024 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 37th Annual NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented By Honest Abe Roofing […]

Kyle Larson in victory lane after winning at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. (Mark Funderburk Photo)

Last Lap Pass Completes Drive From 21st to I-55 Victory for Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson continues to do things behind the wheel of a Sprint Car that will be talked about for years and years. […]