T.J.’s Notebook: Weekend Recap and Scheduling Thoughts

By T.J. Buffenbarger (November 15, 2017) — With another National championship decided and the Turkey Night Grand Prix looming brings the closing of another racing season while schedule and race event notifications for 2018 are starting to trickle in. While it is considered the “off season”, there are still plenty of news items to discuss. Notebook… The Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway lived up to the hype over the weekend with the USAC National Sprint Car Championship coming down to the waning moments of the feature between Justin Grant and eventual champion Chris Windom. Throw in Kevin Thomas Jr. picking up the victory and it capped off one of the more competitive USAC sprint car seasons in recent memory. One does have to wonder what would have happened if Thomas had not missed the first two races of the year driving the Buffalo Wild Wings car? As USAC official Kirk Spridgeon pointed out on Twitter yesterday Thomas won the overall title of Indiana Sprint Week, the Haubstadt Hustler, Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals, Hulman Classic, and the Oval Nationals. Add Thomas’ win at Williams Grove and 21 top five finishes in 35 races to cap off what ended up being a [...]