SM Staff

Due to a constant rain fall throughout the day, practice for the Budweiser 300 at Autodrome Chaudière for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was rained out. With this year’s event being the inaugural event, teams were supposed to be allowed an additional day of practice before the weekend activities.

Kevin Harvick claimed the pole for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Harvick led all three rounds of qualifying and set a new track record with a lap of 35.198 seconds or approximately 204.557 mph. The record lap was the fastest ever at a non-restrictor-plate for a Sprint Cup race.

Kyle Wyman entered the 2014 season expecting to be a top competitor in the Vance & Hines Harley Davidson series. After two rounds of racing, he has not only notched a win in that series, but also holds the sixth spot in the GoPro Daytona Sportbike series’ championship points.

HScott Motorsports announced earlier this week that Carcoons Storage Solutions will sponsor Justin Allgaier’s No. 55 Chevrolet SS this weekend in the Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

After two solid shows to start the 2014 season, the OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modifieds are set to tackle the tight 1/3 mile known as Barrie Speedway. Last year's race produced some exciting action along the way with a couple of incidents, but for the most part, clean racing action all the way around.

Matt Crafton may be a NASCAR Camping World Truck Champion and the most recent race winner in Texas this past weekend, but his most important role in life to date is that of being dad to daughter Elladee.

This past race weekend, thanks to Richard Petty Motorsports, driver Aric Almirola and team, sponsor Eckrich, Weis Markets, and Operation Homefront, wounded warrior Staff Sergeant Randy Gray was given a VIP NASCAR experience that literally left him speechless.

While the rest of the NASCAR world is celebrating the sport’s most popular driver’s fourth win in 10 years, another stock car icon has passed away. It’s true that today’s youth doesn’t understand the history of the sport, but that’s not unusual. Many don’t understand the history and geography of our nation either.

Under surprisingly blue skies with no rain in sight, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 33rd annual Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway in the mountains of Pennsylvania.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. may not have dominated the Pocono 400 race, but he was the one who took his No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet to Victory Lane after Brad Keselowski succumbed to trash on his grille and overheating issues.