The weather was the top story all weekend at the first annual Michigan Fast Track Challenge at the New 96 Speedway with rain and near record temperatures and humidity for all three days. […]
This past weekend the Bob, Rod, Todd crew and company celebrated the fourth season of the TJ Slideways Midwest Sprint Car Racing Page by taking in four races featuring six of the divisions that have made this page worth reading on a regular basis. From midgets on pavement to the World of Outlaws, we pretty much saw everything we cover here on the Slideways page. […]
Sarah Fisher and South Africa’s Quintin Saayman won the NAMARS Midget and Sprint Car features respectively at the 1999 Wolverine Mid Season Nationals at the Kalamazoo Speedway on Wednesday night. […]
This is an extremely big week for racing here in the Midwest. The Wolverine Mid-Season Nationals, The Brad Doty Classic, and the Mopar Kings Royal are the main focus this week around here. Following that will be Pennzoil Sprint Week, which is just around the corner. We’re totally geeked to bring it all to you, and can’t wait for things to start getting cranked up on Wednesday. […]
Dave Darland was able to take advantage of his outside front row starting position and held off multiple challenges by Bill Rose and Tony Elliott to win the feature Sunday night at the Kokomo Speedway on our Nation’s Independence Day in front of a large crowd. Darland drove his father Bob’s Competition Welding, Beachy Engine’s, Thrifty Muffler, Print Express, Pennzoil, Henry’s Marathon, McCreary Tires sponsored car to the convincing victory. […]
About three years ago my Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin’s pulled up roots from Mid-Michigan and moved up to the far northwest city of Kalkaska, Michigan. Kalkaska is about 25 miles east of Traverse City, which is right on Lake Michigan. […]
Wednesday afternoon around Noon Indiana time I was taking a left onto Georgetown road and headed into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for one of the biggest thrills of my life. Myself and Mike Stevel from the New 96 Speedway got to drive around the Speedway. This honor wasn’t reserved for VIP’s, track owners, or media members because it was Community Day at the Speedway. […]
Rains hit Sunday night at Millstream Speedway just after time trials, canceling the All Star sprint program. The event will not be rescheduled, and the All Stars return to Millstream for the Ohio Speedweek opener on June 27. […]
Last week I made the three hour trip down Interstate 69 to the Gas City Speedway. This wasn’t to see USAC, All Stars, World of Outlaws, or any other group. I went just to see a typical Friday night at a local race track. In fact, it was fan appreciation night. For $5.00 general admission fans got to see a full program of traditional sprint cars, UMP Modifieds, and the Street Stocks. I can honestly tell anyone though it’s worth driving twice as far as I have to for what might be the best short track going in the United States today.
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A full house at Attica Raceway Park Friday night was treated to some of the best racing action with the USAC Stoops/Freightliner Sprint Car Series were not disappointed. […]
Four and a half inches of rain since Wednesday, and repeated challenges from Mike Reinke and John Ivy could not stop Toledo, Ohio’s Chuck Wilson from taking the opening night feature win at the New 96 Speedway. The track crew did a heroic job to pump the facility out Friday afternoon for racing. Even though the grounds were soggy, a great crowd turned out on the first night of racing sponsored by the Ionia Chamber of Commerce. […]
No matter what I do this week my mind seems to be in Colorado. I’m not that far removed from high school and can remember all the good times I had with all my classmates at concerts, dances, games, and class. Growing up in a small town it’s sometime hard to imagine how someone could do something so horrible as killing a large group of students in a library. When things like this happen, parents and teachers have to find a way to explain to students in other schools why this happened. They also much convey somehow this isn’t going to happen to them at school the next day. […]
There is only one thing worse than a racing off season, it’s getting a taste of outdoor racing and having to take two weeks off from it! Just to clear things up I haven’t moved to Germany, I didn’t run off to Nashville to become a country music star, and I did not give up racing to follow Phish all around the country this summer. […]
For as long as I can remember one of the first trips I make to a race all season is for the World of Outlaws in April at the Eldora Speedway. Every spring I notice how much the series has progressed. […]
Travis Whitney’s team was very excited about his performance on Friday night. Finished second in the Channellock Dash to Andy Hillenburg to put him on the outside of the front row for the feature event. Whitney jumped into the lead until Steve Kinser was able to pass the rookie of the year candidate in turn one. Whintney then jumped the cushion and caved in the floorboard on his Maxim chassis. Travis’s crew was also lucky on the weather as they were down to their last engine and were hoping for rain on Saturday.
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