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By Richie Murray (Kokomo, IN) -- Justin Grant had never experienced a victory quite like he did Saturday night at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway. Just two nights after scoring a 100-lap, long distance USAC Silver Crown race, the Ione, California native reigned triumphant in one of the shortest feature events in the 66-year history of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship racing. PHOTO CREDIT: David Nearpass photo Under threatening skies that hovered over the top of Kokomo’s quarter-mile dirt...more

KOKOMO, IN – April 30, 2023 – With thunderstorms set to douse the track and facility over the coming days, High Limit Sprint Car Series and Kokomo Speedway officials have agreed to push Tuesday’s originally scheduled date back by one day. The third round of the inaugural High Limit Sprint Car Series campaign – presented by Driven2SaveLives, an organ donation awareness program by the Indiana Donor Network – will now take place on Wednesday, May 3. “We feel like this gives the track and facility...more

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

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Snakebitten is a word that has been used to describe Tyler Courtney’s fortunes at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway throughout the 2020 season. It’s almost hard to imagine that fact for a driver who has become synonymous with victory lane at the track in recent years. Courtney rediscovered the fountain of success once again Saturday night in the Sprint Car Smackdown IX finale at Kokomo, a track in which he had won at six times in his USAC National career...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Entering Friday’s second night of Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo Speedway, no driver had ever swept victories on both prelim nights of the event. And then came Kyle Cummins, who became the first to accomplish the feat after earlier capturing Thursday’s opener. In fact, dating back to early August, Friday marked the Princeton, Indiana driver’s third consecutive USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory, the first to “triple-up” in nearly four years...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Without a caution on the aborted initial start of Thursday night's feature at Kokomo Speedway, Kyle Cummins said he felt like he would've had the lead coming out of turn four on that opening lap. That came, albeit while starting sixth on the grid in the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Smackdown IX opener at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. The Princeton, Ind. native was confident that the symbiosis between his car and his abilities were such to make that a...more

By Kyle McFadden (Kokomo, IN) -- Justin Peck surged to one of the biggest wins of his career on Tuesday by outdoing Kyle Larson in High Limit Sprint Car Series competition at Kokomo Speedway, the very place he spent many childhood nights as a Monrovia, Ind., native. PHOTO CREDIT: Paul Arch Peck, who grew up an hour south of the quarter-mile, led the final 10 laps for the $23,023 payday. Larson appeared on his way to a fourth series victory upon slapping the turn two wall on lap 25 as he...more

Mark your calendars – the High Limit Sprint Car Series has found a new date for Kokomo Speedway! Originally scheduled for earlier this week but taken away by Mother Nature, the $23,023-to-win, $1,500-to-start event presented by Driven2SaveLives will now run on Tuesday, August 1 at Indiana’s Baddest Bullring. “We looked at a lot of schedules and weighed a lot of different factors, but kept coming back to this August 1 date,” said High Limit co-promoter, Brad Sweet. “We knew without a doubt that...more

Tom Petty called it more than 30 years ago - as Monday's return to Kokomo Speedway was all about "them Indiana boys on an Indiana night." As Kubota High Limit Racing rolled into "Indiana's Baddest Bullring," a stout field of 42 cars showed up for the $20,000-to-win Avanti Windows & Doors Midweek MAYhem event. Two of the brightest young stars in Sprint Car Racing shared the front row with the World of Outlaws' Buddy Kofoid and High Limit Racing's Corey Day leading the field to green. Day, who...more

Kokomo, Indiana.........After positioning himself as King of the Hill earlier in the evening to earn a starting spot on the pole position for the feature, Tyler Courtney emerged as king of the mountaintop with his Smackdown VIII victory Saturday night, leading all 40 laps to join three-time winner Dave Darland in becoming the second multi-time victor of the event at Kokomo Speedway. The win was Courtney's series-leading sixth USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature win of the season. Yet, it...more