Due to ongoing and persistent rain showers around the Baytown, Texas area, NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) was left with no choice to postpone the NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park until Monday morning at 10 a.m.
After five races in the first round of Top Fuel category, Mother Nature returned to Houston Raceway Park interrupting the action and causing a delay in the action.
After securing his 161st No. 1 qualifier Saturday night at the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals, John Force gained his first NHRA victory in over two years, his first since the 2019 US Nationals at Indianapolis.
Pato O'Ward passed then race leader Josef Newgarden going into Turn 3 for his first career NTT IndyCar Series victory and held off Newgarden by 1.2443 seconds.
Scott Dixon held off Scott McLaughlin for the victory at Texas in the remaining few laps Saturday night. Dixon dominated by leading all but six laps for his first checkered flag of the year.
Colton Herta qualified the No. 26 Andretti w/ Curb-Agajanian on the pole Saturday afternoon with a time of 1.00.3210 and 107.425 mph over another Andretti affiliate driver Jack Harvey.
In his first drive with Chip Ganassi Racing, Spaniard Alex Palou was able to fend off a hard-charging Will Power to win his first-ever IndyCar victory at Barber Motorsports Park Sunday afternoon.
A $50,000 fine and a 25-point dock for Ryan Preece highlights the penalty report from this past weekend's triple-header weekend of racing at Texas Motor Speedway.
In four NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Watkins Glen International (WGI) Spire Motorsports earned its lone top-10 finish when Sammy Smith finished sixth in last year’s Mission 176 at the Glen.
