Crown jewels dangled in front of Logan Schuchart throughout 2019 but were never close enough for him to grab. He finished second in the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway and then finished second at the Knoxville Nationals. On Saturday night at the Jackson Motorplex, Schuchart fended off an assault of…
After losing a win by inches last week, reigning champion Brad Sweet dominates the first of two Features Friday night for the 42nd Annual AGCO Jackson Nationals. Sweet, the two-time and defending AGCO Jackson Nationals champion, won his fourth World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Feature at…
Carson Macedo was prepared to leave Tri-State Speedway Saturday night with either a trophy or a wrecked car. “I wanted to win really bad,” Macedo said. Not only were he and his Kyle Larson Racing team eager for a return to Victory Lane, Saturday night’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy…
Carson Short held up the checkered flag as high as he could. Confetti rained around him. The crowd of 2,000 people sounded like 20,000 with their empathic cheers echoing around the speedway. If you asked Short, he just won the Knoxville Nationals. Or at least that’s what it felt like…
Kyle Larson’s head fell from the weight of disappointment after looking at the small wooden ball for his pill draw. He drew pill 56, putting him out third to last for qualifying. Six hours later, he stood atop the wing of Paul Silva’s #57 Sprint Car in World of Outlaws…
Kyle Larson’s last attempt at taking on the Outlaws two weeks ago saw 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz steal the win from him on the final lap. In his return Friday night at Knoxville Raceway, Larson, again, found Schatz standing in the…
Brad Sweet spent years watching 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz drive away from him and dominate races. The roles reversed Saturday night at Beaver Dam Raceway. “The Big Cat” turned the 1/3-mile track his personal playground for the weekend. He thrilled fans…
By Nick Graziano June 6, 2020 at 1:02 am | With 11 laps to go, reigning champion Brad Sweet couldn’t throw a stone far enough to reach leader Sheldon Haudenschild. The next lap, he could just about reach out and touch him. A slip up in Turn 4 at Beaver…
After more than 1,700 starts with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and 10 championships, Donny Schatz is still learning. Every race provides a new hurdle to leap and a new challenge to conquer. Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway, that challenge was Kyle Larson. The…
Logan Schuchart won his second race of the 2020 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season in the same fashion he won his first – having never won at the track before, nor led a lap there. On Friday night, that track was Lake Ozark Speedway. The…
Kyle Larson climbed out of his #57 Sprint Car and immediately threw his arms around crew chief and car owner Paul Silva. The two embraced each other for a moment that was both congratulatory and compassion. One of the highest profile drivers in motorsports, Larson’s last month and a half…
Brad Sweet’s win Friday night at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 was a return to form for the reigning champion after a disappointing return at Knoxville, but it came with a challenge. A challenge from his own brother-in-law Kyle Larson. There was no family love in their battle. Both…
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 8, 2020) – In one of the most unique nights in sprint car racing history, David Gravel outlasted Ian Madsen in a 30-lap slugfest at the Knoxville Raceway on Friday night. With no fans admitted due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the McKay Group with Nationwide Insurance…
The wild hunt commenced Sunday night at the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series finale at the DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford. The trophies: A golden gator. And a Big Gator. Logan Schuchart put an assault on the 27-car field, in front of a packed house,…
Brad Sweet is beginning the 2020 season the same way he ended the last, as the top dog — or in his case, the Big Cat. The reigning champion, of Grass Valley, CA, won Saturday’s second night of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series action during the…
Donny Schatz celebrated his 295th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win Friday night during the season opening race at the DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford like it was his first. The smile that never left the 10-time Series champion’s face said more than the…
The air chilled your bones and froze your breath. The crowd of people multiplied every second, fighting over inches of space to snap the best picture. Sandwiched in the middle of it was Brad Sweet, who at that moment said he felt like he could finally relax. Awaiting him on…
History has been writing a novel this year in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and has an epic conclusion planned for its final chapter. The setup for it came Friday night during the Can-Am World Finals at the Dirt Track at Charlotte. Ten-time and reigning…
Two rounds of Qualifying for the Can-Am World Finals Thursday night have set the stage for an epic World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship battle at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. This weekend will determine the 2019 champion – Brad Sweet currently leads reigning champion Donny…
Donny Schatz has spoken modestly about this year’s dramatic points battle with Brad Sweet. However, his on-track performance shouts anecdotes about it every race night. Friday night at Port Royal Speedway it shouted load enough to capture everyone’s attention. Schatz won his 11th World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint…
Jason Johnson had a black book of goals he’d like to accomplish. One was to promote a race. On Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway it was checked off Johnson’s list. His widow, Bobbi Johnson, promoted the Jason Johnson Classic with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car…
When Ford wanted to win Le Mans against the unstoppable Ferrari team it turned to legendary car designer Carroll Shelby, his team and his ace driver Ken Miles to get the job done. Spoiler: They won. A similar mentality was used when Ford wanted to return to Sprint Car racing…
After winning $100,000 in April through NASCAR’s Dash 4 Cash Christopher Bell already knew what he would like to do with the money: purchase his own Sprint Car. Six months later the Norman, Okla. driver parked his self-owned No. 21 car in Victory Lane for the World of Outlaws NOS…
Williams Grove Speedway announcer Bruce Ellis held up a checkered flag to Brent Marks. “Do you want to read what that says?” he asked the Myerstown, Pa. driver. Marks grabbed the flag and held it eye level. Fixated on the printed logo he earnestly said, “Williams Grove National Open winner.”…
A hunger had been building inside David Gravel the last three weeks. His appetite for another win had been teased on several occasions. He set Quick Time three times since his last win in September but was unable to make the achievements relevant with another win. Friday night at Williams…