Scott Steckly returned to a familiar place on Saturday night, Victory Lane at Autodrome St. Eustache after winning the National 250 presented by Public Mobile.
The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio will be the 29th Indy car race at Mid-hio Sports Car Course and the sixth IZOD IndyCar Series event. Scott Dixon is the defending race winner. Will Power won the pole in 2012.
Racing in two USAC national events at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Saturday, July 27, provided Taylor Ferns a couple of benefits. First, it gave her double the amount of laps throughout the day and night at the 0.686-mile paved oval. And second, and more importantly, racing twice meant two opportunities to record solid finishes, which she did, coming home seventh with the Honda USAC National Midget Series and 10th with the Traxxas USAC Silver Crown Series.
While he hasn’t raced at the Belleville High Banks in Kansas, in five years, Tracy Hines has turned plenty of laps at the famed half-mile in his career. All of those laps though have come in a midget. He’ll look to use that experience this week as he not only competes in the historic Belleville Midget Nationals for the Honda USAC National Midget Series, but also in the inaugural Traxxas USAC Silver Crown Series event at the legendary high-banked, half-mile.
Todd Peck will make his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start of the 2013 season this weekend at Pocono Raceway. He will pilot the No. 07 Arthritis Foundation Chevy in the Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway. The 2.5-mile track will be the largest that the team has competed on to date.
In 2003, a 22-year-old Scott Dixon won three races and, despite five DNFs, earned his first IZOD IndyCar Series championship with Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Wiser and more experienced in 2008, Dixon again claimed the series title punctuated by his first Indianapolis 500 victory.
Frank Kimmel has top-five finishes in nearly half of his 41 career ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards starts at Pocono Raceway, but that's not the only thing that has the nine-time series champion enthused.
No. 15 Toyota Let’s Go Places Camry crew chief Brian Pattie is looking to see vast improvement from his team’s 15th-place finish in its last visit to Pocono Raceway. Pattie has high expectations for his team, but knows there is still work to be done before heading into the final 10 race stretch to determine a champion.
Trevor Bayne’s No. 6 Pillow Pets Mustang was one of the fastest on the track last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As part of the famed weekend and the regaled Pillow Pets ‘invasion’ of Indy, the team has launched “Code: TBAYNE6”; a program that allows fans to receive $6 off any purchase of a Pillow Pet at www.pillowpets.com.
Jeremy Clements Racing is gearing up for an exciting new chapter as the team readies itself for the inaugural NASCAR O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Series race, set for Valentine’s Day at Daytona International Speedway.
In nine NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, Spire Motorsports has collected two top-five and two top-10 finishes
In 28 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, Spire Motorsports has logged one win, four top-five and eight top-10 finishes.