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Kokomo, Indiana…….It had been since September of 2013 since Chris Windom had won on the AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship tour, but the Canton, Illinois driver ended that slump as he held off Dave Darland for victory in Wednesday night’s 30-lap Feature event postponed from the July 11th “Indiana Sprint Week” event. The race precedes “Sprint Car Smackdown IV” weekend at Kokomo Speedway, with three more nights ahead culminating with Saturday’s $10,000-to-win main event. Windom took the...more

(Photo by Dean Yoder) KOKOMO, Ind. – After two weeks with the World of Outlaws in his winged sprint car, Hunter Schuerenberg is heading back to Indiana wingless action for four consecutive nights with the best the United States Auto Club has to offer. Following a makeup event from a rained out Indiana Sprint Week race on Wednesday night, the Kokomo Sprint Car Smackdown IV ensues with three separate shows on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Schuerenberg will pilot Tony Epperson’s No. 2e...more

As has been the case in each of the three previous editions, this week’s “Sprint Car Smackdown IV” at Kokomo Speedway will be bolstered by a long list of prizes and cash bonuses on top of an already-stout purse, concluding with Saturday’s $10,000-to-win 40-lap event. Along with awards for nearly every event on the agenda for the weekend, laps are still filling up at $100 each to pay the top-five on each of the 100 feature laps over the weekend. Again this year, the competition stretches off...more

Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway hosts four consecutive nights of AMSOIL USAC National Sprint racing this week. The occasion is “Sprint Car Smackdown IV” which occurs Thursday, Friday and Saturday, following a Wednesday night event which concludes the rain-interrupted July 11 race at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Robert Ballou of Rocklin, Calif. enters the pivotal week 93 points ahead of Chase Stockon in the battle for the 2015 series championship, which would be the first for either driver. Third-ranking...more

DARLAND (#100), BACON & BALLOU GRAB WISCONSIN WINS Four nights of racing at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway loom next for USAC’s AMSOIL Sprint Car series, with races August 26-29 at the quarter-mile dirt oval. The Stoops Freightliner “Sprint Car Smackdown IV” unfolds August 27-29 but not until participants complete a suspended event from July 13 on August 26. The semi and feature remain to be contested from the event which suffered a rain interruption during Indiana Sprint Week. Robert Ballou of...more

(Photo by Lloyd Walls Racing Photography) HAUBSTADT, Ind. – Some time away from nonwing racing appeared to be just what the doctor ordered for Hunter Schuerenberg. When he returned to the wingless ranks for “Indiana Sprint Week,” the Sikeston, Mo. native showed his prowess for more sideways action and less downforce, snagging a runner-up finish at Gas City I-69 Speedway and a fifth-place effort overall in the seven-race marathon week. The 28th Annual “Indiana Sprint Week” got underway at the...more

Brady Bacon – Win at Home of the Hoffman’s! (Bill W) July 14, 2015 – Brady Bacon and the Hoffman Racing #69 team scored the $5,000 win at Lawrenceburg Speedway on Sunday night at the third leg of USAC Indiana Sprintweek. Lawrenceburg is just across the border from the Hoffman’s hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the team’s second win there this year, but first with USAC. In other Sprintweek action, Brady charged from 19th to ninth at Gas City, and Kokomo Speedway was postponed to late...more

Kokomo, IN........Saturday night's Indiana Sprint Week AMSOIL USAC National Sprint race at Kokomo Speedway was interrupted by rain during the semi and the event has been postponed to Monday night, July 13. Warmups begin Monday at 7 pm and racing will resume with the semi and the feature event. Justin Grant was Saturday's ProSource fastest qualifier. AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2015 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – 28th “Indiana Sprint Week” QUALIFICATIONS: 1....more

Tracy Hines begins preparations for Indiana Sprint Week begins long before the seven-race mini-series hits the track, which this year is the second and third weeks of July. In addition to the grueling nine-day trek across the his home state of Indiana, Hines continues to recuperate from a broken collarbone that led to surgery a few weeks ago. The veteran driver is set to embark on the full Indiana Sprint Week schedule for the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series beginning this weekend aboard...more

COONS WINS “BILL GARDNER SPRINTACULAR” The 28th Annual “Indiana Sprint Week” debuts this week with three races in the Hoosier state. Chase Stockon of Elizabethtown, Ind. takes a 12-point AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car lead over Robert Ballou of Rocklin, Calif. into Friday night’s race at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Saturday night’s venue is Kokomo Speedway and Sunday night’s race is at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Stockon finished third in last Saturday night’s “Bill Gardner Sprintacular” at...more