After a season long of competition stretching across the country, and beyond the borders at times, the Verizon IndyCar Series Championship comes down to 85 laps around the 2.385-mile permanent road course in Sonoma, California. With heavy hearts following Justin Wilson's death, the stars of the series will chase for championship glory, and their final chance at victory before season's end.
For the 12th time in the history of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, the drivers will hit the 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course for 51 laps ahead of the Camping World Truck Series' Chevrolet Silverado 250 for the third straight year in a row. With defending race winner and five-time CTMP winner J.R. Fitzpatrick chasing other racing avenues, the door looks to be wide open in possibility as to who will reach victory lane.
Emotions ran high at Andretti Motorsports as Ryan Hunter-Reay won the race, while teammate Justin Wilson suffered a head injury from a serious crash and was airlifted from the race track.
With lots of discussion and questions about restarts in the drivers’ meeting prior to the race, here is what was surprising and not surprising after the checkered flag flew on the 55Th Annual Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Helio Castroneves, driver of the No. 3 Shell V-Power Team Penske Chevrolet, scored the pole for the ABC Supply 500, with his two Penske teammates nipping at his heels.
Standing by his No. 60 Ford Mustang post-race, Chris Buescher was visibly upset and reasonably so. Scott Graves had made the perfect call to get Buescher out front, but just a hiccup on the last restart prevented Buescher from visiting victory lane. Instead, he crossed the line in 11th.
Before Wednesday night, Tyler Reddick had never raced at Bristol Motor Speedway. Despite the inexperience, he was able to come away with a solid top-10 finish and the points lead.
On Wednesday night, Ryan Blaney experienced both sides of the coin as he was down a lap at one point, but was able to rebound to score the victory in the UNOH 200.
Hendrick Motorsports has won three of the five races at Atlanta Motor Speedway under the current configuration put in place in 2022. William Byron has two of those victories.
Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Grady Health System Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will make his eighth NASCAR Cup Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Sunday’s Quaker State 400.
NHRA and Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today they have renewed their licensing agreement to develop collectible die-cast vehicles under the iconic Hot Wheels brand.
Ricky Rudd and Carl Edwards will return to the famed Charlotte Motor Speedway to give the command as co-Grand Marshals for the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 on Sunday, Oct. 13.
