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Dan Griep Racing x Forged In Dirt — Team Owner: John Griep - Driver: Dan Griep - IMCA 305 Sprint Car Team

10/20/2026

•2026 Season Recap In Photos•

Was the most trying season of my life.

Lots of positives, with very few of them being written on paper.

The most challenging thing I’ve ever done. But some freaking day it’s gonna come around.

I can’t wait to do it again.
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Special thank you to John Griep (Dad) for everything he did to help make this season come true.

Lots of nights in hotels. Lots of money spent. Lots of late nights.
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Thank you to Tyler Benning for all the help. The kid has been invested in this team and looks to expand his responsibilities next season!

Tate Norgaard came in late and was a big help on multiple nights! Excited to have him around more next season.

Peyton Steva was an awesome help with her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and avidly ensuring we stayed hydrated!
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Another thank you to The Hangover Hut LLC and Midwest Bus Buddies LLC for their support through the year.

The Benning family is fantastic!
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Another thank you to Friesen’s toy box and 1/64 replicas and Humane Society of Northwest Iowa for their support this year!
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And finally - big thanks to Kaleb Johnson Racing for their support. A lot of BS calls he’s willing to answer while he’s waiting to get in the car.
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Some of you are gonna call me crazy for what we are doing in 2027.. but I’m only young for a little bit longer.. might as well make the most of it!
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See you soon with Fowlds Media
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Photo Credit:
No Limit Media
Hibma Media
Fowlds Media

10/11/2026

Tear down day here at Dan Griep Racing!

Tyler Benning
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10/02/2026

We’ve got the 3D out at the car show at Luxury Auto Mall of Sioux Falls!

If you’re in the area come by and check it out!

We have some awesome vehicles lined up!

09/12/2026

UPDATE:

Following our debut at the Eagle Nationals, we are taking the weekend off as we figure out what the rest of our season will like.. if there is any.

We raced more this year than we have in any of our previous 4 seasons.

We ran against better competition, bigger fields, and got more laps than we have before.

A lot of good came from this, but it has also been both expensive and taxing.

While I would love to run 4-5 more shows this season.. With my move to Sioux Falls coming up and the lack of funding currently present - it looks like that may not happen.
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We are a true family owned team, it is me and my father. And soon it will just be me.

While I greatly appreciate the support of my sponsors, this is an expensive sport.. and eventually personal funds are not enough.

We have run into that wall at this point in our season!
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A video will be filmed today covering our Eagle nationals trip that will be released this week.
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Hope to see you all at Jackson Motorplex on the 18th!

09/05/2026

It’s prelim night 2 here at the !

It’s our under 100 pill night!

And what did we draw?

99.
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Time to pass some cars again if we want to make something out of this weekend!

09/05/2026

Prelim night one is complete.
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Pill draw: 157
Cars: 95
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Hot laps: 8/95
We unloaded with awesome speed. This gives me some good confidence for the rest of the weekend.
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Heat:
7 -> 5

Car was really good. I believe we were a 3rd place car but got my nose air chopped in one corner and fell back to 5th.
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C1:
4th -> 11th

I was told that the track would be reworked prior to the C. So I worked hard to get the car changed.

The rework never happened. And the car was not set up for that track at all. (Maybe we need to read the schedule better as a team!)

Disappointing because I had the car set up for that track… but I went with the flow of “they’re going to rework it.”
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Thanks to Tyler and my Dad for sticking it out with me in 100° heat.
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Thank you to everyone who supports me
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Midwest Bus Buddies LLC
The Hangover Hut LLC
Friesen’s toy box and 1/64 replicas
Humane Society of Northwest Iowa

09/04/2026

Prelim night #1.. LFG!
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09/03/2026

Team 3D is unloaded for practice night!
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I quickly want to give a shout out to Midwest Bus Buddies LLC for their help with the trip to Eagle this year!

They hooked us up with some awesome hotel rooms and we couldn’t be more grateful for their help!

Midwest Bus Buddies makes your travel experience worry free! With their help with booking, planning, and experiences - you don’t have to worry about a thing!

Contact Darin today and get your next trip booked!

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Sioux Falls, SD

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