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June 18, 2026

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[ June 18, 2026 ] IRA Sprint Cars return to I-96 Speedway this Friday June 19th ! _Front Page News
[ June 18, 2026 ] OPEN WHEEL SHOWDOWN TICKETS ON SALE FOR THIS NOVEMBER’S PAVEMENT RACING SHOWCASE IN LAS VEGAS _Front Page News
[ June 18, 2026 ] WINGED SPRINT CARS RETURN TO ORLANDO SPEED WORLD SEPTEMBER 19 _Front Page News
[ June 18, 2026 ] CRSA HEADS BACK TO FULTON SPEEDWAY FOR I-90 PIT STOP CHALLENGE _Front Page News
[ June 18, 2026 ] $1 HOT DOGS & FREE SCOUT NIGHT SATURDAY AT SHARON FOR “STEEL VALLEY THUNDER” FEATURING UMP MODS, RUSH SPRINTS, ECONO MODS & CROWN VICS _Front Page News
[ June 18, 2026 ] Kofoid Rips from Fourth for Another Huset’s Win to Open High Bank Nationals _Top Stories
[ June 18, 2026 ] TURNAROUND! DANNER GETS USAC EASTERN STORM REDEMPTION AT BRIDGEPORT _Top Stories
[ June 17, 2026 ] PERRIS HOSTS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR 555TH EVENT SATURDAY _Front Page News
[ June 17, 2026 ] Empire Super Sprints Head North for Tripleheader _Front Page News
[ June 17, 2026 ] CUMMINS OPENS USAC EASTERN STORM WITH GRANDVIEW VICTORY _Top Stories

Logan Seavey in victory lane Friday night at the Chili Bowl Nationals. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

T.J.’s Takeaways from Friday Night Program at the Chili Bowl Nationals

After a feature event Friday night at the Chili Bowl Nationals that made me struggle to find adjectives to describe how good the racing was, I could probably write 3,000 words on various takeaways from a thrilling night it was from start to finish.

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Seavey Scores Fourth Consecutive Preliminary Feature Win at the Chili Bowl

ogan Seavey continued his incredible run of success in Chili Bowl Nationals by winning the feature event during Hard Rock Casino and Resort qualifying night for the fourth year in a row.

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Alec Insley Leads NZ Midget Championship Points Going Into Saturday’s Finale

Alec Insley leads the event point standings for the 83rd New Zealand Midget Title taking place at Baypark Speedway.

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Brian Ruhlman (#49), Dustin Daggett (#85), and Jared Horstman (#17) racing three wide Friday at Tri-City Motor Speedway. (Jim Denhamer Photo)

T.J.’s Takeaways About the GLSS Switch to American Racer

Amid one of the busier winter stretches in our sport major news about tires has been a hot topic over the past several days capped off with Friday’s news of the Great Lakes Super Sprints switching to American Racer.

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GLSS Names American Racer as Official tire for 2026; GLTS and GLLS Opens Tire Rule

Great Lakes Super Sprints, Great Lakes Traditional Sprints, and Great Lakes Lightning Sprints announced changes to the tire rules in all three divisions on Friday.

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Carson Macedo Wins Sprintcar Power Tour Feature at Tolmer

Carson Macedo picked up his first feature victory of the 2026 calendar year during the Sprintcar Power Tour event Friday night at Tolmer Speedway.

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Photo Gallery: 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals Thursday Prelminary

Images from Hasty Bake Qualifying Night during the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink courtesy of Serena Dalhamer.

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Christopher Bell in victory lane Thursday night at the Chili Bowl Nationals. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

Bell’s Boldness Leads to Victory Thursday at the Chili Bowl

Christopher Bell took advantage of a restart with three laps to go to complete his charge from eighth starting position to win the feature event during Hasty Bake Qualifying Night at the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink.

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Photo Gallery: 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals Wednesday Night Preliminary

Images from Hard Rock Casino qualifying night during the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink courtesy of Serena Dalhamer.

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_Front Page News

World of Outlaws Return to Colorado September 14th

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series announced on Thursday they will return to the state of Colorado for the first time since 2016 when the series visits El Paso County Raceway on Monday, September 14th.

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T.J.’s Notebook: RaceSaver Looks to Break the Mold by Producing Their Own Alternate Tire

When RaceSaver president Roger Hadan was getting feedback from his race teams for ideas to improve the experience with the grassroots level sprint car division, one consistent source of frustration for teams was the cost of consumables for a race night, and in particular tires.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from Wednesday at the Chili Bowl Nationals

T.J. believes you shouldn’t sleep on Emerson Axsom for the Chili Bowl finale, life being more interesting with T-Mez in contention, and how the rest of the week will be hard pressed to be as good as the feature we witnessed on Wednesday night at the Chili Bowl Nationals.

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Emerson Axsom in victory lane after winning the feature event Wednesday night at the Chili Bowl Nationals. (Serena Dalhamer Photo)

Axsom Continues Wednesday Winning Ways at the Chili Bowl

For the second year in a row Emerson Axsom was victorious during Hard Rock Casino Qualifying Night during the Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink.

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Goodyer Wins Sprintcar Power Tour Feature at Mildura

Jock Goodyer from Launceston, Tasmania led every lap of the feature event in route to victory on Wednesday night with the Sprintcar Power Tour at Timmis Speedway.

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Photo Gallery: 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals Tuesday Night Prelminary

Images from Warren Cat Qualifying night during the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink courtesy of Serena Dalhamer.

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