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After a thrilling 2022 season, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is ready to build on that momentum with another big year. In 2023, The Greatest Show on Dirt is scheduled to host 87 nights of racing at 36 different venues across 19 states. For the 19th consecutive season, the World of Outlaws season will begin in the Sunshine State with three days at Volusia Speedway Park for the DIRTcar Nationals Feb. 9-11. The cross-country campaign will take the Series to 19 different...more

Are you a winged sprint car fan?... We got you. Oh… you prefer late models? Ok, we have those too. Don’t worry modified fans, you know we love you. But you want to see the 4-cylinder midgets? Let’s do it! Stock cars? Check! National tours? Check! Weekly racing? Of course!!! With the release of the 2023 81 Speedway schedule, you’d be hard pressed to find a dirt race fan who can’t find something they like coming to the 3/8-mile Park City, KS oval. Diversity was key in driving this...more

A six-year absence comes to an end when the "Greatest show on Dirt" returns to 81 Speedway in Park City, KS in 2023. The NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car series will spread soil at the "Playground of Power" twice this season, and tickets for both events are on sale NOW!!! Having visited a total of 13 times prior to 2023, Donny Schatz was the most recent victor in 2017 when he won his second-straight race at the track. The 5th annual Jason Johnson Classic will see a change of venue...more

(Photo by Trent Gower Photography) Inside Line Promotions – PORT ROYAL, Pa. (Oct. 10, 2023) – Big Game Motorsports driver David Gravel used a pair of top-five runs last weekend during the Nittany Showdown to gain ground in the chase for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship. Gravel advanced from seventh to second place on Friday and from ninth to fourth place on Saturday at Port Royal Speedway to pull within 68 points of the lead in the championship...more

Inside Line Promotions – BARBERVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2024) – The opening weekend of the season was a success for Big Game Motorsports and driver David Gravel. The team captured its first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory of the year and produced three top fives during the four-race Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals hosted by Volusia Speedway Park. That was good enough to garner the big gator trophy as the event champion for the second time in the last three...more

By Alex Nieten, WOO Sprint Series PR (Wichita, KS) -- During his appearance on Open Red this week, Jason Johnson Racing Tire Specialist, Nate Repetz, compared he and his fellow team members to puzzle pieces. It’s an appropriate metaphor for this cast. Each piece of a puzzle has its own distinct size and shape, and when paired with the proper counterpart, they build toward a common goal. PHOTO CREDIT: Trent Gower The group consisting of Carson Macedo, Philip Dietz, Clyde Knipp, and Repetz all...more

By Alex nieten, WOO Sprint Series PR (Osborn, MO) -- After Texas two-steppin’ at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are set to begin an extended stay in America’s Heartland. This Friday, April 7 The Greatest Show on Dirt heads to US 36 Raceway (Osborn, MO). It’ll be the sixth visit to the 3/8thmile and first since August of 2020. Then a four-hour drive southwest takes the tour to Wichita, KS where 81 Speedway hosts the fifth Jason Johnson Classic, awarding...more

By Alex Nieten, WOO Sprint Series PR (Park City, KS) -- The 81 Speedway fans roared as a victorious Rico Abreu climbed atop his wing and held up four fingers on one hand and a single finger on the other. The St. Helena, CA native was signaling his support to the man everyone showed up to salute Saturday night, Jason Johnson. PHOTO CREDIT: Trent Gower Abreu led the entirety of the fifth Jason Johnson Classic, holding off a late rally by Carson Macedo to seal the win and $20,000 payday. The trip...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 11, 2023) – Big Game Motorsports rebounded in a big way last weekend. The team kicked off a pair of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series races in the Midwest on Friday at U.S. 36 Raceway near Osborn, Mo., where David Gravel qualified fifth quickest. A heat race win earned a spot into the dash and Gravel gained two positions to finish fifth, lining the No. 2 sprint car up on the outside of the second row in the...more

(Photo by Trent Gower Photography/World of Outlaws) Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 2, 2024) – David Gravel guided Big Game Motorsports to its second straight runner-up result last Saturday during the World of Outlaws Wichita Sprint Car Showdown at 81 Speedway. The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series weekend was cut in half after Friday’s show at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Okla., was cancelled because of high winds. Gravel was efficient throughout...more