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A packed show today, with plenty to talk about, including confirmation of some big names looking into potential High Limit franchises, we've had another driver change with GR Smith's team, we'll preview the National Open and Pittsburgher 100, and more.

2026 was supposed to be the reunion tour for Ricky Thornton Jr. and crew chief Anthony Burroughs. The pairing had previously had so much success together, but with still six races to go in the Lucas season, Burroughs is out. We'll detail the changes today, plus Anthony Macri is back in a sprint car tonight, so could he really be a factor at the National Open this weekend?

The Knoxville Nationals turned out to be a banner race for Tanner Holmes. While Kyle Larson was getting all the flowers for his fly-in and win performance, Holmes was impressive driving from 11th to fourth to make the big show, then went 24th to 11 to grab hard charger in the biggest sprint car race in the world. That was a serious turning point for Holmes season, and maybe his career, because since then, he's been one of the best sprint car drivers in the country. A deep dive on that today, plus a situation connected to Holmes with High Limit blew up on Sunday, with a crew chief calling out High Limit officiating and admitting his team is pondering it's future.

It's Friday, and there is a bunch of stuff to chat about today, including Carson Macedo's win at Hanford, and why this was an important first and potential turning point for the JJR program. Plus we'll do a full post-mortem on the changes with 17GP sprint car, as they are now onto their third driver of 2026. We'll also talk racing ahead this weekend, Garrett Alberson's return, and that curious black Longhorn that Bobby Pierce raced might be headed back to the track.

A new sprint car design debuted over the weekend at the Hockett McMillin Memorial with High Limit, with the hopes of improving safety for drivers. We'll talk through some of the details today of the car, what they are trying to accomplish, and what it will likely take for this to become something that sticks around. We've also got sprint car racing tonight, with the Outlaws returning to Hanford and more.