Night Shot Settings?

I take photos for our local dirt racing track, I have a Canon PowerShot SX120 IS Camera and it takes awesome action photos of the cars racing using both Landscape and Portrait settings in sunlight but when the sun starts going down and the track lights come on the photos get blurry. I have tried all kids of settings and an not come up with anything that works. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

Well, you'll have to experiment with what your camera is capable of.

One setting you will need is a high ISO, to enable a faster shutter speed.

Compact cameras tend to struggle at higher ISO -- the images will tend to be quite "noisy", so test things out.

And then, realise that these cameras do have their limitations, which is why many "serious" photogs end up spending multiple thousands of dollars on expensive camera bodies as well as lenses -- to enable them to overcome the limitations!

You might want to get involved in the small/compact camera sub-forum:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdis​play.php?f=15

Thank you, I am planning on buying a new more expensive Canon soon.

dschraeder wrote in post #14488435
... using both Landscape and Portrait settings in sunlight.

Your camera is capable of manual settings, & you need to learn how to use them to get results that you can depend on. So you need to start with the basics Canon Rebel XT Newbie needs help!, & then this:
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dschraeder wrote in post #14488435
I take photos for our local dirt racing track, I have a Canon PowerShot SX120 IS Camera and it takes awesome action photos of the cars racing using both Landscape and Portrait settings in sunlight but when the sun starts going down and the track lights come on the photos get blurry. I have tried all kids of settings and an not come up with anything that works. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

I suppose you will have to use aperture priority and set the aperture to the largest (f2.8 ?) with the ISO at 1600 and see if the shutter is fast enough to freeze the action

Thank You!