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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

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- After enduring a vicious flip during the previous night's feature that wiped out their primary ride, C.J. Leary and BGE Dougherty Motorsports turned to a car that had been sitting on jackstands for the past three years and had never seen a racetrack, let alone even touched the ground. With body panels adorned in the look Leary sported during the 2020 season when he drove the family-owned No. 30, the Greenfield, Ind. native and his Altoz – Hornbeck...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Kokomo Speedway is set to host the richest sprint car race ever held in the state of Indiana this coming weekend as part of the Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Sprint Car Smackdown XII festivities on August 24-25-26. Competitors from the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship will take on the 1/4-mile dirt oval for a pair of $6,000-to-win preliminaries on Thursday and Friday night followed by the $30,000-to-win finale on Saturday...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- ”This weekend’s been a dream. I feel like I’m going to wake up tomorrow and it’s going to be Wednesday.” The dream was most certainly a reality for Justin Grant during Saturday night’s Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Sprint Car Smackdown XII finale at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: Rich Forman But for every other driver who faced off against him during the past three nights at the quarter-mile dirt oval, the Ione, Calif. native was a...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Through his first five USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget starts in 2021, Chris Windom had finished 2nd once, 3rd twice and 4th on one other occasion. Standing in front of the gates of victory, but unable to pick the lock, as fate would have it, the reigning series champ just needed to head back to the site of his most recent victory 14 races prior, to where he’s a past track champ and a frequent winner of sprint car and midget races for the past...more

The High Rollers will have the spotlight on them during Indiana's "Month of May" one night earlier. Due to schedule with Indianapolis 500 practice and in the effort to reduce off-days between Kubota High Limit Racing events, High Limit officials have moved the previously scheduled event at Kokomo Speedway - on Tuesday, May 14 - up one night to Monday, May 13. Indiana drivers Tyler "Sunshine" Courtney, Spencer Bayston, Parker Price-Miller, Justin Peck and Zeb Wise take on Kyle Larson and the...more

The inaugural season of the High Limit Sprint Car Series will boast an impressive group of 26 drivers joining full-time to chase the mid-week championship. Let's not waste any time. Meet the HIGH ROLLERS: Rico Abreu (St. Helena, CA) --- Abreu #24 Bill Balog (North Pole, AK) --- Balog #17B Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) --- Bowman #55 Brian Brown (Higginsville, MO) --- Brown #21 Paulie Colagiovanni (Cicero, NY) --- Colagiovanni #10 Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, IN) --- Clauson-Marshall #7BC Danny...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Two nights, two blown engines. Those were the cards Tanner Thorson and his Hayward Motorsports team were dealt in the two races leading up to Sunday's Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway. Out of powerplants and out of options, the team received a lifeline in the 11th hour from none other than a fellow competitor. A middle-of-the-night scramble ensued, and a borrowed Toyota engine was installed under the OilFire - FK - Walker Filtration -...more