2023 - Silly Season Breakdown - Break-ups & New Pairings
Not a Press Release:
Updated: 11/1/2023
This season has been rather eye opening to some fans who typically don’t keep up on the “silly season”. It’s common for drivers to be fired or depart their team for another later in the season, closer to August-October, but nothing quite like we’ve seen happen across the majority of the 2023 season.
If you are trying to keep up with the “silly season” of 410 sprint cars across the country, but you find your head spinning - Here is what I’ve gathered so far:
End of 2023 Season Splits:
Cory Eliason/CMS Racing 11 (After Devil’s Bowl / 2023 season)
Tyler Ross/RLM Motorsports - Lefever Electric 75 (10.24.2023)
JJ Hickle / 50YR team (10.26.2023)
Dylan Norris/Gobrecht Motorsports (10.27.2023)
*Gobrecht to cease operations at the end of 2023 season
2023 Pairings:
Parker Price Miller/McGhee 11
Parker Price Miller/Newton 16th (paired for a few shows)
Eliason/Crouch Motorsports 11
Sye Lynch/McCandless 29
Troy Wagaman Jr./Heffner 27
Aryton Gennetten/HMS 19
Buddy Kofoid/Vermeer(paired - Ohio Speedweek ONLY)
Buddy Kofoid/Indy Race Parts 71 (paired - select shows)
Buddy Kofoid/Roth Motorsports 83jr (paired - rest of 2023 season)
Hunter Schurenberg/Newton 16th (paired-special show)
Hunter Schurenberg/Swindell (paired - Eldora Million/Kings Royal + Knoxville Nationals ONLY)
Shane Stewart/Indy Race Parts 71 (Eldora Million/Kings Royal)
Daryn Pittman/Alex Bowman Racing 55 (Eldora Million/Kings Royal ONLY)
Kerry Madsen/Vermeer 55
Ian Madsen/Sandvig 7
Chase Randall/2KS
Anthony Macri/ Indy 71 (High Limit & various other races in late 2023)
Lance Dewease/39M (Eldora Million/Kings Royal/Grandview - High Limit ONLY)
Justin Sanders/Macri 39M (paired - select shows)
Tyler Reeser/John Westbrook 1W (select shows)
Daryn Pittman/Forbrook 5 (410 Knoxville Nationals ONLY)
Cale Thomas /Jay Kiser Racing 23
Logan Wagner/Kreitz Racing 69K (rest of Port season 2023)*
Daryn Pittman/Kreitz Racing 69K (for 2023 World of Outlaws National Open ONLY)
Parker Price Miller / Chalkstix 9 - the family car
Tim Shaffer/Rudzik 49
Kyle Reinhardt/Grove 45 (remainder of season, on ASCOC tour & splitting time in 91)
Zeth Sabo / Seeling Motorsports 97 (a few ASCoC shows)
Hunter Schurenberg/ Zemco 1 (Port Royal Speedway shows - remaining 2023 season)
Carl Bowser / McCandless Motorsports #29 (remaining 2023 ASCoC season)
Aaron Bollinger/Esh Racing #5
Justin Henderson / Kreitz 69K (3 races: October 14 - Lincoln; World Finals - Charlotte Nov. 1-4; Final Showdown - BAPS Motor Speedway Nov. 11)
Brandon Spithaler / Seeling Motorsports 97 (finish out the ASCoC schedule)
Kyle Moody / Trone #39 (1 or 2 races)
Garett Williamson / Beaver 12X
Garett Williamson / Gainey 6x (for Fall 2023 PA Swing)
Michael Walter/BK Motorsports 77 (Tuscarora 50 rescheduled date, and select PA shows to finish out the season)
Anthony Macri - Back to Family 39M car for rest of 2023 season + 2024
Lance Dewease / Shearer #12 (for 2024 & rest of 2023)
Jake Karklin/Ritter 35 (for 2024)
Cory Eliason/RSR - Ridge & Sons Racing (World Finals)
2023 Splits:
Parker Price Miller/McCandless 29
Kofoid/Crouch Motorsports 11
Troy Wagaman Jr./Trone Outdoors 39
Aryton Gennetten/Baughman-Fischer 3
Hunter Schurenberg/Vermeer 55
Ian Madsen/2KS
Kerry Madsen/Forbrook 5
Anthony Macri/Macri 39M
Lance Dewease/Kreitz Racing 69K
Justin Sanders/Swindell 39
Scotty Thiel/Premier 70
Zeth Sabo/Jay Kiser 23
Jim Siegel/John Westbrook 1W
Danny Dietrich/Gass Motorsports (High Limit Series)
Cale Thomas/D&R Racing 49x
Tim Shaffer / Grove Racing 45
Parker Price Miller / Newton 16th - (Split after a few races in July 2023)
JJ Hickle/Seeling Motorsports 97
Garet Williamson/Bryant Paver Motorsports 24
Cody Maroske/101
Brandon Rahmer/Esh Racing 5
Sean Rayhall/Prosser 19
Tyler Bear/BK Motorsports #77
Zane DeValt/JSM #23
Jason Shultz/Ritter Racing #35
Cameron Smith/Trone Motorsports #39
Zeth Sabo/Seeling Motorsports #97
Lance Dewease/Macri 39M
Anthony Macri/Indy Race Parts 71
2023 Pairings Due to Injury:
Jake Swanson/Alex Bowman Racing 55 (Alex Bowman Injury during High Limit race)
Anthony Macri/Clauson Marshall (7BC paired - ASCOC - July-August - Courtney returned mid-August)
Corey Day/Clauson Marshall (7BC - High Limit - Grandview race ONLY - Courtney returned mid-August)
2023 Gray Area Pairings:
Landon Myers/Shark Racing - has been paired for years - just filling in for Jacob Allen while on break.
Tanner Holmes/Shark Racing 1A - for remainder of 2023 Outlaw season
2023 Team Sell Out/Team Comes to End:
Justin Clark/Family Car (effective - August 2023)
TJ Michael/Family Car - Ending (effective - August 2023)
Dalton Dietrich - Ending/Team Sell out (August 2023)
Bradley Howard - Team Sell out (Sept. 2023)
Gobrecht Motorsports - Ceasing operations end of 2023 Season (effective 11.11.2023)
Taking Time Off:
Kasey Kahne (took a step away, but came back)
Jacob Allen (out for remainder of season after Eldora)
Multiple drivers in 1 season:
29 McCandless Car (ASCOC tour):
Parker Price Miller (left for family car)
Sye Lynch (left for family car)
Brandon Spithaler (a few races - NY/PA swing)
Adam Kekich (a race?)
Carl Bowser (Remainder of ASCOC tour)
Zeth Sabo
97 Seeling Car (ASCOC tour):
JJ Hickle
Zeth Sabo
Scotty Theil (High Limit - Lincoln Park)
Forever in Car:
Brent Marks - in the 19m until the day he retires (confirmed)
Also didn’t include drivers who raced a different car prior to their season starting (ie. Chris Windom/Heffner 27 - until All Star Season started) or those who ran a 1-off race for another team, such as high limit racing (Dylan Norris/Brett Mann 19 - High Limit Racing at Kokomo rescheduled race, Aug. 2023). There were too many of these driver/team combo’s that have happened through the year to be accurate with those “special pairings.”
Special Note: There could be a few that I'm missing - These are just the ones I've seen since April 2023…
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Nicole Signor
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