Sean Jackson launched the Rocky Mountain Renegades Sprint Car Series. He said the tour incorporates a wide variety of engines while also making the cars affordable for the weekend warrior.
“The Renegades brand caters to the person who has a job, a family, a mortgage, and holds on to a dream of driving a sprint car,” Jackson said. “Sprint car racing has much appeal and interest, but when potential drivers realize it costs $50,000 to get in, they shy away. This division is the answer. It’s the sprint car for the common man.”
The series allows for a range of engines. That includes RaceSavers, Chevrolet Performance 604s and 602s, 305s, 360s, and 5.3L LS power plants.
“I will show racers that they can pick up a junkyard GM LS engine,” said Jackson. “Then change the carburetor, oil pan, and add some valve springs, and you’ll have a 400-hp racing engine.”
Jackson plans to level the field with wing angle.
“If you don’t have the big wing angle, you don’t need all that extra horsepower,” Jackson said. “Previous spec engine sprint car divisions were so slow that the experience wasn’t like driving in a real sprint car race.”
Sean Jackson has experience behind the wheel of a sprint car, racing in NARC Sprint Cars and World of Outlaws. He later moved on to promote Salmon Valley Speedway in Salmon, Idaho. (For more on Salmon Valley Speedway, read “Salmon Valley Speedway: First Year Back a Success”.)
The Rocky Mountain Renegades Sprint Car Series plans to race at a trio of Idaho dirt tracks — Atomic Motor Raceway, Idaho Falls Raceway, and Salmon Valley Speedway. Jackson hopes to add more tracks, including a paved oval. Jackson said he’ll help any driver looking to get started in the series.
“There is a lot of interest in this division,” said Jackson. “I’m finding sprint car rollers for reasonable prices. Yes, you can race in a sprint car for about $10,000.”
Mike Adaskaveg has written hundreds of stories since the website’s inception. This year marks his 54th year of covering auto racing. Adaskaveg got his start working for track photographer Lloyd Burnham at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway in 1970. Since then, he’s been a columnist, writer, and photographer, in racing and in mainstream media, for several outlets, including the Journal Inquirer, Boston Herald, Stock Car Racing, and Speedway Illustrated. Among Adaskaveg’s many awards are the 1992 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Ace Lane Photographer of the Year and the 2019 National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) George Cunningham Writer of the Year.
