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All three nights of "Sprint Car Smackdown V" at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway on Aug. 25-26-27 featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship can be viewed via live stream on http://www.thecushion.com/ from the comfort of your own living room. Thursday and Friday night's streams are available for $25.99 ($23.75 for Premium/VIP members). Saturday night's finale can be purchased for $35.99 ($32.75 for Premium/VIP members) while a three-race package for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night's...more

A celebration of life for Bryan Clauson will be held Wednesday night, August 24 at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. The celebration will be held in conjunction with the USAC Sprint Car "Special Event" held at the track the very same night. Admission is free. The stories start at 1pm with hot laps beginning at 6:30pm. After the racing action for the night has concluded, a concert by country music artist Tim Dugger will be held at Kokomo Speedway's turn four pub. If needed, the rain date for Bryan's...more

(Photo by DB3 Imaging) Inside Line Promotions – KOKOMO, Ind. (July 28, 2016) – Caleb Helms moved forward every time he was on the track last weekend except once during his debut at Kokomo Speedway. Unfortunately, Helms opened the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions doubleheader on Friday by qualifying 30th quickest, which put him behind for the remainder of the weekend. “I qualified really bad,” he said. “I was kind of loose and that was my fault. I told them to keep the car that way and...more

Three wins are impressive any way you look at them. This week they happened to be stacked all together and by the same driver. Jack Dover bested a crowd of the countries most talented drivers to claim wins at three different tracks in three consecutive nights. Starting it all off was the Bobby Parker Memorial at I-80 Speedway. This was the opener for the Silver Dollar Nationals which saw the nation’s best late model racers round the same track. Jack won the heat and went on to win the...more

Brady Bacon – Indiana Sprintweek Champ! (Bill W) July 26, 2016 – Although a win escaped them, Brady Bacon and the Hoffman Racing/Dynamics, Inc. #69 team reigned as Indiana Sprintweek champs. With USAC events canceled at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois this weekend, the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver will break out the Brady Bacon Racing #99 for five shows this week. Wednesday and Thursday, he’ll compete with the MOWA series in Illinois at Peoria Speedway and Quincy Raceways. ...more

Bridesmaid. Perennial runner-up. Call him what you will, but Kyle Cummins certainly cannot be labeled as such any longer. For, on Saturday night at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway, the long wait came to an end for the Princeton, Indiana driver. After passing Chris Windom for the lead with just nine laps to go, Cummins emerged from late-race turmoil and a massive charge by Robert Ballou on the final corner of the last lap to take the win by a foot in his Rock Steady Racing/ProGlide Bearings – Tim...more

Brady Bacon – Time to Take a Breath, Midget Week/Eastern Storm Conclude! (Bill W) June 13, 2016 – Seventeen nights of racing in nineteen days for Brady Bacon concluded Sunday with the final USAC National Sprint Car Series “Eastern Storm” event at Susquehanna Speedway near Newberrytown, Pennsylvania. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma finished fifth at Indiana Midget Week before towing east for an “Eastern Storm” tour that saw him maintain his point advantage with the sprint car series. This weekend,...more

Rico Abreu finished off a stretch of Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports domination Sunday night at Kokomo Speedway, becoming the fifth driver from the team’s stable to win during the five nights of “Indiana Midget Week.” However, a string of consistent finishes by RKR/Dooling Racing pilot Bryan Clauson throughout the week was enough to earn the Noblesville, Indiana driver his third “Indiana Midget Week” title. Coming into the night, Clauson held a 40-point advantage over Spencer Bayston in...more

This weekend’s “Kokomo Grand Prix” for USAC’s National Midget Championship races at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway have been cancelled due to inclement weather. There is no re-schedule of this event planned. “We are disappointed that the weather has intervened, producing conditions not conducive for racing for race fans or participants,” said race organizer Reece O’Connor. “We want this event to offer everyone a pleasant atmosphere of fun and these weather forecasts will not permit that.” Kokomo...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (April 4, 2016) – Chase Johnson has an exciting weekend on tap. Johnson is scheduled to make his debut at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Ind., this Friday when he will pilot a midget for Matt Wood Racing during the Kokomo Grand Prix with the USAC National Midget Series. “I think that will be a lot of fun,” he said. “I’ve been to Kokomo to watch two years ago. That place is very neat. You rank that track up there with the great...more