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T.J’s Takeways: Substance Over Style
After a crazy night watching DIRTvision from the TJSlideways.com offices here are a couple of takeaways from the World of Outlaws program on Friday:
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T.J’s Takeaways From the 71st Pay Less Little 500
T.J.’s immediate thoughts following the 2019 Pay Less Little 500 presented by UAW…
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T.J.’s Notebook: More ASCS National Tour Please…
After two great nights and some of the feedback afterwards Michigan sprint car fans want more of the ASCS National Tour with the Great Lakes Super Sprints in 2020…
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Great Lakes Edition: Looking Back at the GLSS Opener
Less than desirable weather around the country helped make an talented field for the GLSS opener even deeper…
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Great Lakes Edition: Let the Season Begin!
The traditional start to the sprint car racing season in Michigan takes place Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway when the Lane Automotive Sprints on Dirt visits Crystal Motor Speedway for the first of three appearances in 2019.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from Wednesday Night of the 2019 Chili Bowl Nationals
Abreu being “locked in” as ever, a great racing surface, and David Gravel’s excitement were some of the things that caught T.J.’s attention immediately following the Wednesday program at the Chili Bowl Nationals.
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T.J.’s Takeaway: KLR Hires Combination to Shorten the Learning Curve for Macedo
By T.J. Buffenbarger The move of Carson Macedo to Kyle Larson Racing is the most fascinating “free agent” move this off season to date in the winged sprint car world because it doesn’t just involve […]
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T.J.’s Travels: First World
“Are you lost?”
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T.J.’s Notebook: The Canadian Nationals Wasn’t Supposed to Happen
Early in 2018 Ohsweken Speedway owner Glenn Styres and general manager Clinton Geoffrey were making places for the upcoming 2018 racing season. When news came that Ohsweken would be losing access to most of the land they were using to park cars and campers for the 2018 season it put the future of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals and the track’s World of Outlaws series dates in doubt.
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Five Takeaways from the 2018 Night Before the Nationals
By T.J. Buffenbarger With the Night Before the Nationals in the books here are five takeaways from the preliminary feature: Sam Hafertepe seemed to be the odds-on favorite to win the Canadian Nationals going the […]
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T.J.’s Notebook: It’s Race Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
By T.J. Buffenbarger It’s race day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This time race day involves throwing some mud around at the BC 39 with a majority of the 118 drivers on hand realizing their […]
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Great Lakes Edition: Labor Day with No Rest for Dirt Teams
By TJ Buffenbarger With the season winding down sprint car fans in Michigan will have plenty of options Friday and Saturday to take in racing while leaving Sunday and Monday open to head out of […]
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T.J.’s Takeaways from the World of Outlaws Program at Grand Forks
By T.J. Buffenbarger With rain claiming all the races in the area I was relegated to DIRTVIsion coverage in my office tonight. While more efficient it is not a proper replacement for being at the […]
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Kememah Quietly Confident Earning Front Row Starting Spot for the Nationals
After the points were tallied from two nights of preliminaries at the Knoxville Nationals Chad Kemenah rest of Rob and Rita Hunter’s race team earned the outside front row starting position for the Knoxville Nationals.
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Five takeaways from Thursday’s Knoxville Nationals Preliminary Program
Another night of racing is in the books at the 2018 5-Hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store. Here are my five immediate takeaways from tonight’s racing.