T.J.’s Takeaways – Page 3

T.J.’s Takeaways from and Early Night at I-96 Speedway with GLSS

T.J.’s Takeways from a great night of efficiently run racing at I-96 Speedway with the Great Lakes Super Sprints. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from the 2023 Little 500

The 75th edition of the Little 500 at Anderson Speedway is in the books. Here are my late night/early morning takeaways. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from the High Limit Event at Burlington

The High Limit Sprint Car Series now has three events in the records books over the past two seasons. Here are T.J.’s Takeaways from Tuesday’s event at 34 Raceway at Burlington, Iowa. […]

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

While Hank Davis pulled into the Chili Bowl Nationals victory lane most of the focus was on his upset victory in front of his hometown crowd. The race team Davis drives for though is very familiar with winner’s circles throughout the country. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from Opening Night of the 2023 Chili Bowl nationals

With one night of racing in the books, here are T.J.’s Takeaways from the opening night of the 37th Chili Bowl Nationals. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways: for a Million Bucks

T.J.’s Takeaways from the announcement of the Eldora Million for winged sprint cars. […]

T.J.’s Takeways From the 40th 4-Crown Nationals

After a thrilling night of racing during the 40th edition of the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway here at my takeaways from the event. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways: Abreu’s Recent Turnaround, Give Me Fall at Eldora Anytime, and More…

After the opening night of the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway here are three takeaways from the great night of racing. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from GLSS/GLTS at I-96 Speedway

After a busy night of racing Friday at I-96 Speedway featuring the Great Lakes Super Sprints and Great Lakes Traditional Sprints, here are my takeaways from this solid doubleheader of sprint car racing. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from Friday at the Knoxville Nationals: Redemption, Near Misses, and Another Showdown for the Title

The “Hard Knox” program has cemented itself as one of the most entertaining nights of racing during the four days of action at the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways: Sharks Devour Prelims, Defending Home Turf, and a Rookie Class for the Ages

I wrote coming into the 61st Knoxville Nationals I felt that this year’s edition was as wide open as any I have attended regarding who could win the event. Thursday strengthened that position, which will be reflected below in my takeaways following the preliminary programs are now in the books […]

T.J.’s Notebook: Low Point Totals Concern Top Drivers after Wednesday’s Preliminary Program

One day removed from a crazy preliminary night to open the 60th Knoxville Nationals that saw 18 of the top 20 qualifiers fail to transfer through their heat race into the main event. This resulted in Donny Schatz and David Gravel tying in points with Schatz winning the tiebreaker of highest feature finish to be the highest point driver for the night, but only accumulating 469 points. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways from a Wacky Wednesday at Knoxville

After one of the most unusual nights of racing I have witnessed in my 27 years of coming to the Knoxville Nationals here is my takeaways from the Wednesday night preliminary program. […]

T.J.’s Takeaways: Sprint Car Racing Happened at Knoxville (and it was Glorious), Cautions for Spins, and the Little Crate that Almost Did

If Saturday night’s program featuring the All Star Circuit of Champions and 360 sprint cars at Knoxville Raceway didn’t get you excited for the upcoming 360 and 410 Knoxville Nationals, than I don’t know what will. […]