Watkins Glen, NY – The AIM Motorsport Ford Riley team powered its way to victory in Rolex… Elkhart Lake, WI (August 8, 2008) – Road America is a track drivers love to drive on,… Watkins Glen, NY ? Brian Frisselle shattered the short-track qualifying record at Watkins Glen International Thursday afternoon,… The Audi R10 TDI […]
Watkins Glen, N. Y. ? Alex Gurney captured the pole position for Saturday?s Sahlen?s Six Hours of the Glen, the sixth Daytona Prototype race of the Rolex Series season. The flashy second-generation driver toured the 3.4-mile, 11-turn course at a speed of 117.831 miles per hour. He was the fastest driver throughout the 15-minute qualifying […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 – The historic 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 29 added more history today with the race’s first presenting sponsor, PennGrade Motor Oil. A brand of Lebanon, Indiana-based D-A Lubricant Company, PennGrade Motor Oil will serve as presenting sponsor through a multi-year deal running through 2018. “This historic […]
Lawrenceburg, IN: After winning last years final three Indiana Sprint Week events, bullring artist Jon Stanbrough was the class of the field as the annual dirt track speed festival kicked off Wednesday night on Lawrenceburg?s 1/3 mile clay oval. Stanbrough, who seems to do a great deal with very little, trounced a healthy 47 car […]
Joliet, Ill., July 21 – While most of the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers were enjoying their final weekend off until the end of the season in November, Joey Logano went to Chicagoland Speedway and won the STP 300 NASCAR Nationwide race on Sunday. Logano’s boss, car owner Roger Penske, asked him to came to the […]
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads back to good ol’ beatin’ and bangin’ short track style racing as the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway host the Irwin Tools Night Race this Saturday night. The night race at Bristol has always been considered one of the best and most electrifying races of the season and […]
Graham Rahal on pit lane prior to the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher] by Allan Brewer Indianapolis—Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal recorded his second consecutive runner-up finish on Saturday in the INDYCAR Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis. As he did at Barber Motorsports […]
Joliet, IL – Sept.16, 2012 – Racing in Chicago has a storied history going back to the fabled Roby Speedway, Soldiers Field, Meadowdale Raceway and Chicago Motor Speedway. What all of those tracks have in common, however, is that they no longer exist as motorsports facilities. Roby’s dirt mile was located in the Hammond/Gary area […]
7/17/07, Slinger, WI – Lowell Bennett powered through the pack and took charge of the 28th Annual Miller Lite Slinger National and won going away. Bennett bested NASCAR drivers, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Erik Darnell, Scott Wimmer and Kelly Bires along with short track legend and joining Nationals winner Dick Trickle to win the Larry […]
Scott Dixon unveils his car featuring a throwback livery for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. [Photo by: Joe Skibinski] One day after Honda Performance Development (HPD) announced its continuing commitment to build race-car engines for IndyCar at its Santa Clarita, CA shop, General Motors today turned the key on its brand new GM Powertrain […]
BROOKLYN, MICH. — Kurt Busch has done it again. Teamed with veteran crew chief Pat Tryson at Penske Racing, Busch raced to his second win of the season at a soaked Michigan International Raceway. Busch was patient when he needed to be in a Tuesday afternoon NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race that tried everyone’s patience for […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (DECEMBER 26, 2013) – Veteran motorsports media member and retired NASCAR race day spotter John Close today announced the publishing of his third book – On The Spot – Life In The Fast Lane As A NASCAR Spotter. The volume – which is Close’s first electronic book – is now available as a […]
Nextel Cup Racing Preview MICHIGAN AUGUST 19TH On Sunday August 19th, NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers head to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Michigan for the running of the 3M Performance 400. 200 laps are scheduled on this two-mile superspeedway. With its wide sweeping 18-degree corners, long straightaways, and 12-degree tri-oval front stretch, there?s plenty of […]
James Hinchcliffe celebrates his victory after winning the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana IndyCar Series race at NOLA Motorsports Park. [Chris Owens Photo] AVONDALE, La. (April 12, 2015) – James Hinchcliffe had a premonition midway through the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana when his crew ordered him not to make a pit stop like […]
