Trevor Bayne’s hopes of duplicating his Daytona 500 performance in Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway didn’t work out as planned, but he and his No. 21 Good Sam Ford Fusion proved they were capable of victory.
Panther Racing and National Guard driver JR Hildebrand improved a total of 10 positions Sunday in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach to collect a 17th-place finish in the No. 4 entry.
Sergio Peña won the South Boston 150 in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East action Sunday afternoon from South Boston Speedway by surviving pressure from Matt DiBenedetto and Max Gresham on a late restart.
Jimmie Johnson timed it perfectly coming through the tri-oval for the final time at Talladega Superspeedway to take the checkered flag in the Aaron's 499.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S CHEVROLET - Race Winner - TELL US HOW YOU DROVE THE CAR TO WIN THE RACE. "Man, I thought we were in trouble. Something happened with like two to go and we got disconnected."
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 18th "Man, a busy day with the Shell/Pennzoil Dodge today. Restrictor plate racing and this two-car draft is really tough and I was in the middle of a bunch of incidents."
On the surface, drag racing is a straight-forward sport. Two cars line up beside each other, take the green light and each go as fast as possible to try and cross the finish line first.
Country band Old Dominion and hip-hop star Busta Rhymes will headline the fifth annual Confluence Music Festival when the event returns to the St. Louis region Sept. 11-13 as part of NASCAR Weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Two qualifying sessions on both Friday and Saturday return to the schedule for the upcoming 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, NHRA officials announced today.
A project like that can summarize what makes motorsports special: competition, engineering courage, and the willingness to try something unusual in public.
Hendrick Motorsports has the all-time lead in NASCAR Cup Series poles (27), wins (31), top-fives (104), top-10s (174) and laps led (2,462) on road courses.
The inaugural NASCAR race weekend at Qualcomm Circuit on Naval Base Coronado in San Diego is just like the fictional KVWN Channel 4 News anchorman and favorite son of San Diego, Ron Burgundy. It’s kind of a big deal.
