2016

Tuesdays with TMAC - Remembering the #7x in Style!
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
(Bill W) August 16, 2016 – Terry McCarl and the TMAC Motorsports team celebrated the memory of Lenard McCarl’s #7x with a great run at the 56th Knoxville Nationals last week. A podium finish on Thursday night locked TMAC into Saturday’s championship event. The Altoona, Iowa driver/promoter also pulled off more »
Johnny Gibson and Tony Bokhoven Made Me Feel Like I Was There!
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
By Adam J. Ulrey www.nwsprintcarhistory.com I'm a huge baseball fan and love listening to baseball games on the radio. Having grown up listening to the greats paint a picture and make you feel like you were sitting along the third base or first base side, where more »
Mark Dobmeier - Non-Winging It!
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
(Bill W) August 16, 2016 – Mark Dobmeier and the Jimco Racing/Polaris #13 team follow up their runs at Southern Iowa Sprintweek with this weekend’s Gold Cup at Badlands Motor Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota. The Grand Forks, North Dakota driver finished the Knoxville Nationals just two spots from the more »
Josh Schneiderman - Racing Back Home this Week!
Monday, August 15, 2016
(Bill W) August 15, 2016 – Josh Schneiderman and the Deuce Motorsports #49 will be in action for two nights of racing close to home this weekend. Friday night, the Sprint Invaders head to Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa before running Saturday at 34 Raceway near West Burlington. Josh more »
Brandon's Blog - Carolina Sprints/Friendship Speedway, Elkin, NC
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Elkin, NC – Last time I was at Friendship Speedway in Elkin, NC, I had some official screaming over the Raceceiver, “Get that guy off the track! That’s three spinouts in the same corner. He’s holding up the show.” Unfortunately, that guy was me. Push Truck Pro Marvin would more »
Shots from Saturday of the Knoxville Nationals
Sunday, August 14, 2016
I think Bob Weuve's scheme was pretty cool, but many overlooked the details of the Old West look... more »
Eagle Raceway Results and Stories from August 13
Saturday, August 13, 2016
By Greg Soukup Junior Fan Club and Scout Night, presented by Nebraska Lottery and Colby Ridge at Eagle Raceway Saturday saw clear skies and a pit full of race teams. All of the young fans in attendance got to take a turn around the high banks in real race more »
Jason Johnson Brings Knoxvilkle to Its Feet with Nationals Win!
Saturday, August 13, 2016
by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 13, 2016) – In a race that will go down as one of the best ever run at the Knoxville Raceway, the 56th annual 5-hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores found a new champion more »
Rico Abreu Parks it for B.C. on Friday Night at Knoxville!
Friday, August 12, 2016
Kraig Kinser Earns Saturday A main Starting Spot with World Challenge Win by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 12, 2016) – Make it 196 different winners at the Knoxville Raceway as California’s Rico Abreu parked the Abreu Vineyards No. 24 in Victory more »
Car Shots from Night #2 of the Knoxville Nationals
Thursday, August 11, 2016
I was able to get a few pit shots of some new schemes for the Nationals. I missed David Gravel and Bob Weuve as they were late arrivers, so I'll try to get them yet this weekend. Terry McCarl's scheme was a tribute to his father Lenard's 1974 sprinter. He refused more »
Tim Kaeding Storms to Victory Lane on Night #2 of the Knoxville Nationals!
Thursday, August 11, 2016
by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 11, 2016) –Cutting some mean doughnuts in celebration, Tim Kaeding reported to Victory Lane for the third time in preliminary night competition at the Knoxville Raceway, as the Lunstra Motorsports No. 3k rocketed to victory on Toyota more »
Car Shots from Night #1 of the Knoxville Nationals
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Dusty Zomer and the Buffalo Wild Wings #82 team took the cake for best appearing on night one. Nice look with the gold rims and the tribute to BC! more »
Shane Stewart Holds Off Schatz on Night #1 of the 56th Annual Knoxville Nationals!
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 10, 2016) – For the third year in a row, and fifth time overall in Knoxville Nationals preliminary competition, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart parked the Jeff Gordon Foundation No. 2s in Victory Lane; winning Wednesday’s Brandt Professional Agriculture Qualifying Night more »
Adam Ulrey's Tribute to Bryan Clauson
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Bryan Clauson gone way too soon......... By Adam J. Ulrey www.nwsprintcarhistory.com twitter: @NWsprint https://www.facebook.com/NWSprintcarHistory Instead of writing a story on racing or getting you the weekly results. I could only write about a great driver. Over the past weekend we lost not only more »
Brian Brown - Podiums at Cappy, Front Row Challenge Set up Nationals!
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
(Bill W) August 9, 2016 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team are ready for the 56th Knoxville Nationals. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver registered podium finishes at both Knoxville Raceway’s “Capitani Classic” on Sunday, and Monday’s Front Row Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. more »
Daryn Pittman Races to His Third Front Row Challenge Championship!
Monday, August 8, 2016
by Bill Wright Oskaloosa, IA, August 8, 2016 – Daryn Pittman netted $22,500 plus contingencies with his win Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway’s 21st Annual Price Chopper Front Row Challenge presented by Musco Lighting, Searsboro Telephone Company and Hiland Dairy. The Owasso, Oklahoma driver won the more »
Car Shots from the Capitani Classic
Sunday, August 7, 2016
62 cars gathered for the 5th Annual Capitani Classic Sunday. 1997 Knoxville Nationals champion Dave Blaney was making his second appearance at Knoxville since he won the big one 19 years ago, and this was his first trip since 2010. He has teamed up with Minnesota's Dan Motter for a limited more »
Shane Stewart Doubles Up in 5th Annual KCP Capitani Classic!
Sunday, August 7, 2016
by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 7, 2016) – For the second year in a row, Shane Stewart was the man to beat at the Knoxville Raceway as the driver of the Larson-Marks No. 2 became the first driver to double up in more »
Eagle Raceway Results and Stories from August 6
Saturday, August 6, 2016
By Greg Soukup It’s hard to believe that the weather could have been much better as a large crowd filed into the stands for Fan With A Can Night, presented by Froggy 98 and Hoosier Tire. Saturday night at Eagle Raceway saw 146 teams show up and put on more »
Sammy Swindell Wins the 26th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals!
Saturday, August 6, 2016
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 6, 2016) - For the second time in Knoxville Raceway history, a driver has added the 360cid and 410cid Nationals Championship to their Trophy Case as Sammy Swindell parked the A.G. Rains / Acme Graphix No. 3s in Victory Lane to claim the $15,000 top prize in more »

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