After a record crowd for the 2025 edition, the Outside Groove Racing Show has set its date for 2026. Mark your calendars as the show will take place on February 20-21, once again hosted by the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The annual Outside Groove Racing Show features a wide variety of motorsport-oriented exhibitors. Who was there in 2025? Here’s a list:
- Affordable Auto Lifts
- Dirt Rich TV American All-Star Series Presented by PPM Racing Products
- American Racer Tires by King Matt
- Ashway Speedway
- AZ Rag Installations & Print Services, LLC
- Club 12 Motorsports
- Crate Racin’ USA
- Cumberland Plateau Mod Mini Series
- Cumberland Plateau Open Wheel Modified Series
- Daytona 1 Lubricants
- DirtCarLift.com
- Dirt Rich TV
- East10Drift
- East Tennessee Region SCCA (ETRSCCA)
- Elite Racing Supply
- Fast Action Motorsports
- First Lutheran School
- Fishing for Jesus
- Fullmoon Graphics
- GoFast Racewear
- Hiland Precision Suspension
- Hopson Racing & Fabrication
- Hyperco
- JC’s Race Parts
- The Joie of Seating
- Knox Performance Tuning
- Knoxville Dragway
- Knoxville Driveline
- Little 411 R/C Speedway
- MBS Diesel Performance
- McCreary County Gravel Rally
- Micro Armor
- Morrison Speedway
- Mountain View Raceway
- MyRacePass
- National Kidney Foundation
- Newport Speedway
- Outside Groove
- Pellissippi State Motorsports
- PPM Racing Products
- Racers for Christ
- Rally USA Tennessee
- Rix Tech Tools
- RM Motor Werks
- SCDRA
- SCDRA Young Lions
- Smoky Mountain Speedway
- Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series
- Tazewell Speedway
- Team Tracy Motorsport
- Tennessee Sharp Mini Late Models
- Topless Outlaw Dirt Racing Series
- Velocita USA
- Vette Industries
- Wheelman by DASCO
- XS Power Batteries
In addition to the aforementioned exhibitors, there was a robust crowd for the swap meet, a special youth in racing section and a racing history exhibit.
Kelley Carlton, of Kelcar Motorsports; Brady Cupp, of Tazewell Speedway; and Austin Lloyd, of MyRacePass, hosted the Promoters Seminars Presented by MyRacePass. Seminars included those on insurance (with special guest Kevin Cismowski of K&K Insurance) and customer service, and included a special promoters roundtable.
To reserve your spot at Tennessee’s largest motorsports trade show, email J.A. Ackley. Space starts at just $99 for a 10 x 10.
The Outside Groove Executive Editor has covered motorsports since 2000. His many awards include the 2019 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Jim Hunter Writer of the Year and the 2013 Russ Catlin Award for Excellence in Motorsports Journalism.
