Learning is a lifelong process. Landon Britt has made his 2025 American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) campaign all about learning as he continues to develop his racing career at the national level.
The 27-year-old from Memphis, TN, is in his fourth consecutive season following the national 360 Sprint Car circuit. In seasons past, he’s appeared numerous times in the top-five and top-10 columns, garnered his first career Series victory at Arrowhead Speedway in 2023, and posted three-straight seventh-place finishes in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 championship points standings.
But 2025 has not produced those same results. Six top-10 finishes in 22 main event starts and a best finish of sixth has slotted him 10th in the championship standings with six races left. However, those numbers don’t accurately tell the story of his season.
“Even though this year, stats-wise, it doesn’t seem like we’ve learned very much, I would say that we have learned the most this year out of any previous year,” Britt said. “From the beginning, until this point now, I would say it’s been a huge jump.”
Since the dawning of his Sprint Car career in the late 2010s, the former rugby player has traveled from events with only the knowledge and resources of himself and his father, Jeff Britt.
No hired specialist for car setup. No full-time crew members. They are the co-captains of their operation, learning more about the car with every lap and acquiring Sprint Car wisdom the hard way — by grinding it out.
“I would say, knowledge-wise, I think we have progressed,” Britt said. “Sometimes we may have learned something didn’t work, but it’s learning why it didn’t work. I feel like, this year, we’ve come across more of those questions on why it didn’t work, versus, ‘Why did that work?’”
Through four years of racing across the country, Britt has remained one of the most positive and sportsmanlike drivers in the pits. It’s not uncommon for young drivers to grow frustrated in the process of sharpening their skills behind the wheel, but Britt has kept a few things in the back of his conscience that keeps him level-headed and pushing toward becoming a nightly contender at any track in the country.
“A big part of it is love for the sport,” Britt said. “It’s also realizing that you’re running against generational drivers and a lot more knowledge.
“I’m running against people with two, three, four or five times the years of experience than me.”
For his resiliency, Britt was rewarded with a Feature win in ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints competition at his home track of Riverside International Speedway in July. That night, he beat some of the region’s top racers, including Cody Gardner and Dale Howard — a positive sign for his program’s base setup.
“We kinda went in there and just kept it real basic,” Britt said. “It wasn’t one of those nights where we were throwing the kitchen sink at it. We kinda rolled out, and the car just felt comfortable. We really kept the changes on the car basic.”
Coming from West Tennessee, the Britt family also takes on the challenge of traveling longer distances to some races than most other teams. Their trip to WaKeeney Speedway, El Paso County Raceway, and the two Montana ovals of Big Sky Speedway and Electric City Speedway for national ASCS events in August amounted to nearly 2,000 miles, one way, from their home in Memphis.
“Trying to manage it, for us, it can be difficult, especially on these longer hauls,” Britt said. “We do have the business, and you’re always trying to keep the guys going. Or, if an emergency comes up, trying to figure out a way that it can be handled and you’re not there to attend to it as well.”
Like several of the national Series regulars, Britt has a weekly commitment to make, which presents another hurdle for their racing efforts. The family business — Jeff’s Heating & Cooling — was founded approximately 15 years ago, which the Britts operate during the week, helping to fund the race team on the weekends.
“Most of the time, I’m looking at jobs, (Jeff) and I will sit down and quote jobs together, or run a service call, or if I need to go do an install one day,” Britt said. “Whatever makes the schedule run the smoothest that day is what I try to do.”
This Friday–Saturday, Oct. 10–11, Britt and the American Sprint Car Series field heads to Salt City Speedway in Hutchinson, KS, for a two-day showdown on the historic half-mile oval.
Tickets for both nights of racing are on sale now; click here to purchase. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
