J.R. Todd powered to the Funny Car victory in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge on Saturday at a sold-out Firebird Motorsports Park, defeating John Force in the final round of the specialty event as part of the 39th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals.
Funny Car legend John Force picked up his first victory in two years, powering past Matt Hagan of Tony Stewart Racing to win the postponed Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, which was completed on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix.
By a mere thousandth of a second, Kyle Larson claimed his second consecutive pole win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season – posting a best-lap of 19.718 seconds, at 96.034 mph, in his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Ruby Camaro ZL1.
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang Dark Horse - “You know, our practice was good, especially on the long run. The short run we weren’t super fast but that is just kind of what it is."
KYLE BUSCH, NO. 8 LUCAS OIL CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Martinsville Speedway.
ROSS CHASTAIN, NO. 1 WORLDWIDE EXPRESS CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Martinsville Speedway.
KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM RUBY CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Martinsville Speedway.
Ryan Blaney, the driver of the No. 12 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse, met with media members before practicing and qualifying at Martinsville Speedway Saturday afternoon.
Matt Mills and the No. 42 team showed speed in practice, posting the seventh quickest lap. Qualifying left the team with a 25th-place starting spot for Friday night’s race at the track known as the ‘paper clip’.
TRICON Garage’s Kaden Honeycutt captured the 2026 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) championship after winning Friday night’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The 2024 CARS Pro Late Model Tour champion from Willow Park, Texas, became the 23rd competitor to achieve a championship in the Truck Series division after he won the 2026 finale at Homestead and beat Layne Riggs for the title by 83 points.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin were made available to the media on Friday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Homestead-Miami Speedway.
