The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to Kennedale Speedway Park for the Cowtown Classic on Friday–Saturday, March 13–14. The two-day stop occupies the spring slot at the track southeast of Fort Worth for a third consecutive year and is part of the series’ schedule. The series, officially sponsored by NOS Energy Drink and often billed as ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt,’ will stage sprint-car competition at Kennedale. As background, the World of Outlaws first raced in Texas on March 18, 1978, at Mesquite’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

The early championship is tightly contested: after six races David Gravel and Carson Macedo are tied atop the standings. Gravel has recorded four podiums this season and finished 11th at Talladega, while Macedo opened the year with five straight top-five finishes and holds a 3.67 average finish.

New driver–team pairings have already produced winners this season, including Spencer Bayston, Sheldon Haudenschild (KCP Racing) and Donny Schatz (CJB Motorsports). Past Kennedale winners since the series debuted there in 2024 include Carson Macedo, Giovanni Scelzi and Buddy Kofoid. Fischer Motorsports’ Garet Williamson is a dark-horse to watch after posting four top-10s in six races and a season-best fifth at Talladega, and local Texas drivers Sam Hafertepe Jr., Marcus Thomas and John Carney II also figure to try to exploit home-track advantage.

Preview coverage frames the Kennedale weekend as an event-level highlight for the series and a potential momentum swing in the early title fight.

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