From big rigs to RC cars, from today’s modern machines to yesterday’s NASCAR Cup cars, from static displays to live drifting, the Outside Groove Racing Show had something for everyone. As the result, the Knoxville, Tennessee, event drew a record crowd and its largest number of exhibitors.
The show was chock full of events within the event, with seminars for promoters and racers, various contests, simulators and more. If you wanted to have fun, there were plenty of opportunities.
Diversity of the motorsport scene in Knoxville took center stage. Various motorsport disciplines were on display: dirt ovals, paved ovals, UTVs, drift, road racing, autocross, hillclimb, rally, karting, RC cars and more.
A robust Youth in Racing section highlighted the many opportunities for youth to get involved in the sport.
A happening swap meet section offered racers the chance to clear out their garages and for others to take advantage of lightly used equipment that can help them go racing this season.
More than 50 exhibitors took part, too.
They included:
- Affordable Auto Lifts
- American All-Star Series Presented by PPM Racing Products
- American Big Rig Racing
- American Racer Tires by King Matt
- Ashway Speedway
- AZ Rag Installations & Print Services, LLC
- Bankrupt Motorsports
- Bleeedd Pro
- Best Plumber 604 Racing Series
- Burge Machining & Tooling
- Caylor Custom Karts
- Crate Racin’ USA
- Cumberland Plateau Open Wheel Modified Series
- CustomKartSuits.com
- CV Racing Products
- Daytona 1 Lubricants
- DirtCarLift.com
- Dirt Rich TV
- East10Drift
- East Tennessee Region SCCA (ETRSCCA)
- Engine Pro
- European Track Club of the Southeast
- First Lutheran School
- Fishing for Jesus
- Fullmoon Graphics – Home of the Wrapping Speed Challenge
- Gen3 Simulators
- GermanFest Knoxville
- Haberer Race Development
- Hiland Precision Suspension
- Hopson Racing & Fabrication
- Innovative Racing Products
- JC’s Race Parts
- Key Racing
- Knoxville Dragway
- Legendary3D
- Little 411 R/C Speedway
- M2W Promotions
- McCreary County Gravel Rally
- Morrison Speedway
- MyRacePass
- Newport Speedway
- Outside Groove
- PPM Racing Products
- Rix Tech Tools
- SCDRA
- Smokey Mountain RC
- Smoky Mountain Speedway
- Steering Buddy
- Straub Technologies
- Tazewell Speedway
- Tennessee Sharp Mini Late Models
- Thoroughbred Racing Products
- Thunderstruck Racing
- Top Wrench
- Topless Outlaw Dirt Racing Series
- Traz Kustoms Race Products
- Vaden Racing Powered by RACE
- Velocita USA
- Virginia Driveline
- Wheelman by DASCO
- Winchester Speedway
- XS Power Batteries
When’s the next Outside Groove Racing Show? Mark your calendars: February 26-27, 2027. You won’t want to miss it.
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.
