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T.J.’s Takaways from the Opening Night of the Governor’s Reign
Due to having to function at work this morning here is my delayed takeaways from a highly entertaining opening night to the Governor’s Reign at Eldora Speedway… […]
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Great Lakes Edition: Tylar Rankin Finally Breaks Through to Victory Lane
Fourth generation race car driver Tylar Rankin from Coldwater, Michigan made headlines last week picking up the feature win with the Sprints on Dirt series at Butler Motor Speedway on Saturday. When you look at Tylar Rankin’s career statistics to date you will not find a long list of wins. Instead you will find a winding road with a little success in some higher profile moments with the potential of more wins in the future. […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: the Urge to Step Away Starting Earlier for Many Drivers
Daryn Pittman’s announcement that he would come off the World of Outlaws tour for 2021 to pursue other business interests continues a trend of top drivers in various disciplines scaling back their racing endeavors or hanging up their helmet entirely.
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Great Lakes Edition: Trying to Exit 2020 on a High Note
While racing season started extremely slow in Michigan due to the COVID-19 outbreak September is shaping up for the year to send on a high note with several special events sprinkled throughout the state. […]
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Great Lakes Edition: Zane Devault Looks to Defend Home Turf Against FAST at Butler
Zane Devault has been opening eyes again this season running well every Friday night at Attica Raceway Park, scoring three feature victory, and leading the points at Butler Motor Speedway. […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Late Models on the Front Page, Heroes and Villains, and More
With Labor Day on the horizon and more of my free time becoming available I decided to knock out some writers block and empty out my noteboook from the past week of racing. […]
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Getting Creative to Make 2020 a Year to Remember
Not going to any races in person doesn’t mean that 2020 won’t be a year to remember. […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: Does Thunder Through the Plains Continue Post Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest challenge I have seen the entire motorsports industry forced to take on in my lifetime. Since series and tracks have slowly returned to action one unintended benefit has been some tremendous races taking place every week. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Opening Night of the Great Lakes Shootout
Who was that masked man running up front on Friday and other takeaways from the opening night of the Great Lakes Shootout at Jackson Motorplex… […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways From the “Return to Racing” at Knoxville
T.J. tries not to fall out of the seat returning to the keyboard with a few takeaways from Friday’s race at Knoxville… […]
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No Outlaws, No SOD, No Problem: Strong Dirt Sprint Car Schedule in 2020 for Michigan
By T.J. Buffenbarger (February 28 2020) — Our readers from the Great Lakes State has had a rough off season. Turmoil stemming from the end of last season (before that even depending on your perspective) […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways: 2020 Classic from the Office
With the biggest sprint car race in Australia in the books here are a few takeaways from the three nights of racing. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways Friday’s Chili Bowl Preliminary Night
With all five preliminary nights in the books here are my takeaways from Friday’s Chili Bowl Nationals preliminary program. […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from Thursday at the Chili Bowl Nationals
After a very long day at my regular job and dashing home to catch the end of the Chili Bowl Nationals preliminary program on Thursday here are a handful of very quick takeaways:
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T.J.’s Takeaways From Wednesday at the Chili Bowl Nationals
With three nights in the books here are T.J.’s Takeaways from Wednesday at the Chili Bowl Nationals. […]