SM Staff

Instead of his usual mission to make it to Victory Lane, Casey Mears and his entire No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet Germain Racing team went on a different kind of mission aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.

After a celebratory hug from son Keelan, Kevin Harvick proved that he was ‘freaky fast’ again in his No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet, scoring the pole for the AAA 400 at the Monster Mile with a speed of 162.933 mph and a time of 22.095 seconds.

After a month off, the OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modifieds are set to make their fifth trip of the 2014 season to Sunset Speedway. The 1/3 mile oval always produces a good solid show with excitement from top to bottom.

While Bobby Labonte has always balanced life and racing throughout his career, the NASCAR champion is now finding a new balance on the seat of his bike, all for a good cause.

With a pair of top four finishes on the final night of competition this year at Barrie Speedway, Gord Shepherd would take home the 2014 Whelen All-American Series Late Model Ontario Championship, eight points ahead of Rick Walt. For Shepherd, it marks the second time in his career that he has won the Ontario crown, repeating last year's success. It also marks his third track championship in the last four seasons at Barrie Speedway.

For the last several weeks I have watched a great champion and a great man be dragged through the mud by reporters, a sheriff and a DA. I did what others thought I should do and I sat on my hands. His case has now been sent to a Grand Jury. It’s time to stop sitting on my hands.

In the second race of the Chase for NASCAR’s championship, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 18th annual Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Joey Logano scored his first Chase victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the Sylvania 300 today by holding off Kyle Larson and Kevin Harvick. It was Logano's seventh career win and his fourth of the season. The victory locks both Penske teams into the next round of the Chase.

J.R. Fitzpatrick did everything that he could on Saturday night at Kawartha Speedway to try and get the championship, however it wouldn't be enough as L.P. Dumoulin held on to finish ninth and take home the championship by three points.

In sprint car racing, the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series is the top of the mountain. The best sprint car drivers in the world race for the best purses in short track racing at some of the most famed dirt tracks in the world. Racing nearly 90 times a year the series is unmatched. Taylor Ferns will get her first opportunity to race with the “Greatest Show on Dirt” this week at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Ohio, as part of the Four-Crown Nationals.