Scott Dixon took advantage of Helio Castroneves' discouraging race weekend to slide into the driver's seat of the IZOD IndyCar Series championship chase.
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - STARTED ON THE POLE, LED THE MOST LAPS AND BROUGHT IT HOME AND PARKED IT IN VICTORY LANE. WHAT A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE. WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THIS TEAM TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT IN THE CHASE THE WAY YOU DID TODAY? “Well first off I just want to thank everybody from Sprint. "
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion (Finished 4th) – “It was pretty crazy out there. Every restart you had to be so aggressive to pass people because that was your best shot to pass them and everyone realized it. There wasn’t much grip out there and everyone was doing that and you are going to have a crash."
Scott Dixon won for the fourth time - the third on a street circuit - in Race 1 of the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston to slice Helio Castroneves' championship points lead from 49 to eight heading into the penultimate race of the IZOD IndyCar Series season.
Baltimore, Maryland native Justin Boston concluded his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards rookie campaign Friday night at Kansas Speedway with a fifth place finish, four spots ahead of fellow rookie contender Mason Mingus to secure the top spot in the series’ SCOTT Rookie Challenge standings.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang –WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND KYLE BUSCH OUT THERE? “I got wrecked by a dirty driver. There is no other way of putting it. He is cool with that. I have raced him really cool over the last year to be respectful to him and try to repair our relationship. I’ve watched him wreck my trucks and cost him from winning race."
IZOD IndyCar Series officials have penalized the No. 10 car of Target Chip Ganassi Racing and No. 15 car of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 10 grid spots each for unapproved engine changes prior to the doubleheader event at Houston's Reliant Park.
With the winter weather postponing the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, a lot of people have thought about what the future holds for the NASCAR Clash.
Spire Motorsports and Carson Hocevar have reached a long-term agreement that will see the 23-year-old rising star at the controls of the team’s No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 into the next decade.
During the 2026 NASCAR Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, the track has released the tentative schedule for the weekly racing series that goes on at the Madhouse
