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By Brandon Paul - By After much anticipation, the High Limit Sprint Car Series has started to release details about the series' inaugural season. On Monday evening, High Limit officials announced the first three events on the 2023 schedule. First up on the schedule will be the season opener on Tuesday, April 11 at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS. The event will pay $50,000 to win and feature many of the biggest names in sprint car racing. From there the series will make its way to 34...more

Kokomo Klash 16 presented by Allstar Performance October 14th & 15th Pre-registration will be required for all divisions. If you plan on racing this event you will NEED TO REGISTER! A link will be posted for registration. If all spots have been filled, drivers will be placed on a waiting list Registration will open at 7PM Eastern on Monday October 3rd. The classes with entry limts will be required to pay $35.00 to register to reserve their entry. (Non Refundable) This fee will cover the...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship racing is headed back to Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway one more time this season on Friday night, September 30. The event that night was originally scheduled to take place at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, but the event’s promoters have decided that it is in the best interest of racers and fans to move the event to Kokomo Speedway rather than cancel the event. PHOTO CREDIT: Ryan Sellers Photo “We are very...more

By XR Super Series (Kokomo, IN) -- Tim McCreadie drove past Jonathan Davenport with 12 laps to go and went on to earn a $40,000 win at the Kokomo Dirt Nationals on Tuesday night. McCreadie started from the outside of the second row and almost immediately found himself stalking Davenport over the course of the first 40 circuits of the 60-lap XR Super Series main event at Kokomo Speedway. As the two approached traffic just past halfway, McCreadie began closing the gap, putting his Paylor...more

KOKOMO, IN (Monday, September 19th - Tuesday, September 20th) - Photos from Race XR's Kokomo Dirt Nationals at the Kokomo Speedway featuring the XR Super Series and DIRTcar Modifieds! Shane Clanton picked up the Kokomo Dirt Nationals Victory on Monday Night holding off Tyler Erb and Jimmy Owens in a thriller for the $20,000 XR Super Series Victory! Tim McCreadie cashed in and picked up the $40,000 to Win Kokomo Dirt Nationals on Tuesday Night for the XR Super Series! McCreadie would work his...more

(Kokomo, IN) -- Shane Clanton captured the $20,000 top prize on the opening night of the XR Super Series Kokomo Dirt Nationals Monday at Kokomo Speedway. Tyler Erb finished second and Jimmy Owens was third. Brandon Sheppard charged from 16th to fourth as Jonathan Davenport rounded out the top-five. Tyler Nicely triumphed in UMP Modifieds. XR SUPER SERIES LATE MODELS FEATURE RESULTS (4) 25 Shane Clanton – Zebulon, GA (3) 1 Tyler Erb – New Waverly, TX (5) 20 Jimmy Owens – Newport, TN (16) B5...more

September 19th & 20th XR Super Series Super Late Models & UMP Modifieds TIMES: Pit Gate 2pm Grandstands 5pm Hot laps 7pm, racing to follow TICKETS: https://racexr.com/e/kokomo-dirt-nationals/

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- For the past 10 years, the term “Smackdown” served as a noun that was utilized to refer to the annual three-race weekend held in the month of August at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway. On Saturday night, Kyle Cummins fully demonstrated “Smackdown” as a verb, crushing the field in a 40-lap romp that rewarded him with a total prize of $35,000 for a night’s worth of work in winning the Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Smackdown XI main event. PHOTO CREDIT:...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- The difference was night and day for Kevin Thomas Jr. during Friday’s Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Sprint Car Smackdown night two at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. In one sense, the Cullman, Ala. racer captured the second round of Smackdown for the second consecutive year – last year’s running being held in the daytime – while this year’s was held under the lights. PHOTO CREDIT: David Nearpass Photo On the other hand, the juxtaposition of KTJ’s...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Justin Grant made it copiously clear that we’re in the midst of the JG era at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway. During Thursday night’s Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Cars Sprint Car Smackdown XI opener, the Ione, Calif. native prevailed over a rapidly closing, and 22nd place restarting, Kyle Cummins to win his fifth USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature start in his past six starts at Kokomo’s quarter-mile dirt oval. PHOTO CREDIT: Jack Reitz...more