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(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

(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

(Photo by ABC Photography) FREMONT, Ohio – Tacking on three more events over the past week, Cale Thomas added his first race of the season with the World of Outlaws at Kokomo Speedway last Wednesday, then took to Ohio’s Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway on Friday and Saturday. Competing against nearly 40 of the country’s best sprint car drivers at Kokomo proved tough, but Thomas earned his second career quick time award on consecutive Saturdays, following up last week’s effort at Atomic...more

(Photo by Tim's Racing Photos) Inside Line Promotions – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 8, 2015) – Jason Sides closed last weekend with a pair of strong performances in the Midwest. After opening the week by missing a transfer into the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series main event last Wednesday at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Ind., by only one position during both the heat race and the Last Chance Showdown, Sides returned to form beginning on Friday at I-80 Speedway. He kicked off the NAPA Auto Parts...more

Inside Line Promotions – GREENWOOD, Neb. (June 7, 2015) – Sammy Swindell had a strong start to his partnership with Jason Johnson Racing, which began last week with a pair of World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series events. Swindell kicked off the action last Wednesday at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Ind., where he qualified eighth quickest of the 39 competitors. “We spent some time the day before and went over a lot of things,” he said. “We did make a few changes so we had to get out and get a feel...more

Holds off Donny Schatz and Kyle Larson in his home state of Indiana KOKOMO, Ind. - June 3, 2015 - It had been nearly nine months since Joey Saldana last stood in victory lane with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, so it made it all that much sweeter that he was finally able to park his car in victory lane in front of friends and family at Kokomo Speedway on Wednesday night. "I've got a great supporting cast with me. My family… my wife Shannon and boys Reece and Ragan were here to see...more

Mother Nature just has not been a race fan at the tracks that Taylor Ferns has been scheduled to compete at thus far in 2015. Hoping to get a pair of shows in last week in home state of Michigan, Ferns was rained out on two consecutive nights. The first night at Hartford Speedway with the Sprints on Dirt, a heat race was started and then cut short due to rain, with the feature getting rained out, while her second scheduled race with the World of Outlaws at I-96 Speedway was postponed by...more

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series takes on Kokomo Speedway, the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Showdown at I-80 Speedway and the O’Reilly Auto Parts presents the Outlaws at Lakeside Speedway CONCORD, N.C. - June 2, 2015 - The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series takes on three different race tracks in three different states in the week ahead as last year's events saw three different winners. First up is the high-banked, quarter-mile Kokomo Speedway in Indiana on Wednesday. In a rain postponed event,...more

North Dakota will always be home for Donny Schatz, but Indiana could probably be considered a home away from home for the six-time and defending World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion. After all, his Tony Stewart Racing team is based in the Indianapolis suburb of Brownsburg, and Schatz won four out of five races on Hoosier soil last season. One of those victories came at Kokomo Speedway, which marked the first time he had won at the always racy quarter-mile bullring. Schatz will return to...more

(Photo by Seth Lacewell) Inside Line Promotions – ATTICA, Ohio (June 1, 2015) – Jason Sides registered his best World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series finish at Attica Raceway Park since 2011 last Friday. Sides scored a seventh-place result out of the 41 competitors at the Kistler Engines Classic to garner his 17th top 10 of the season. “Overall it was a good night,” he said. “It was really satisfying to get a top 10 there, especially with all of the talented drivers racing.” The night began with...more