For the first time in 2014, Sebastian Bourdais will lead the field to the green flag as he won the pole on Saturday morning for the Honda Indy Toronto Race 1 with a lap of 58.9479 seconds. It marks the 32 career pole award for Bourdais, with his last pole coming in September of 2007. He also becomes the 10th different pole winner in 13 races thus far this year.
He laid down the lap on his last trip around the 11-turn temporary circuit for the session, but it'd be exactly what was needed as Robby Gordon would top the charts in the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road presented by TRAXXAS practice/qualifying session. Gordon finished off the session with a lap of one minute and 33.511 seconds around the 1.755-mile course behind the wheel of his No. 7 SPEED Energy truck.
In preparation for the pair of races this weekend on the streets of Exhbition Place, the stars of the Verizon IndyCar Series had a pair of practices to get their machines hooked up on the 11-turn temporary street course. In the end, it was Simon Pagenaud topping the combined speed chart for the Honda Indy Toronto with a lap of one minute and 0.0084 seconds.
This weekend marks a homecoming for one of Verizon IndyCar's stars as James Hinchcliffe returns to the track that kicked started hsi career and love of racing, only located approximately a half hour from his hometown of Oakville, Ontario.
Last weekend, Erik Jones did exactly what he needed to at Iowa Speedway to claim the victory for his second career win and the third straight for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
After a thrilling show last year that left the jaws of fans wide-open, the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS is set to return to the streets to the streets of Toronto this weekend as part of the Honda Indy.
Last year when Scott Dixon headed into the Honda Indy Toronto, he was set at trying to get himself back into the championship picture. The New Zealand native did just that, as he was able to claim the victory in both races as part of the double header weekend.
He had won on a road course, however it was an oval victory that the Quebec native craved. Now, the wait is over as L.P. Dumoulin was able to score the victory on Wednesday night in the Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 at Auto Clearing Speedway.
After dominating last year's event at Auto Clearing Speedway, it doesn't look like Scott Steckly has slowed down at all as he would win the pole for the Velocity Prairie Thunder 250. Steckly posted a lap of 14.616 seconds (82.020 mph) to set a new track record on the 0.33-mile progressively banked oval. J.R. Fitzpatrick previously held the record with his lap of 14.665 in 2012.
Set to go for a late race restart, Michael Andretti made the decision to bring Ryan Hunter-Reay down pit road and put stickers tires on his No. 28 DHL Honda-powered Dallara. The results turned out to be successful as Ryan Hunter-Reay was able to slice and dice his way from 10th on the restart to the lead with two laps to go to pick up the victory at Iowa Speedway.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Johnston, Iowa, led a race-high 21 of 86 laps and outdueled Ty Majeski, Kaden Honeycutt and a pack of eight competitors on the final lap to become the 130th competitor to win in the Truck Series division.
Kaden Honeycutt (fifth) earned the most stage points and delivered another top-five finish in the Chase to lead Toyota in Friday night’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
The 2024 Truck Series champion from Seymour, Wisconsin, posted a pole-winning lap at 177.389 mph in 53.983 seconds for his third Truck pole of 2026, first at Talladega and the 14th of his career.
Rackley W.A.R. will end its NASCAR Truck Series program at the conclusion of this weekend's Chase event at Talladega Superspeedway and following a six-year campaign.
TRICON Garage partner and general manager Kevin Ray, along with 2027 drivers Sammy Smith and Dawson Sutton, were made available to the media on Friday prior to the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race from Talladega Superspeedway.
