It’s not too often that a professional athlete has a resurgence before their 25th birthday. After a difficult 2018 season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, that’s exactly what’s happening in 2019 for Ty Majeski.
Ty Gibbs (No. 18 Monster Energy/Terrible Herbst/ORCA Coolers/Advance Auto Parts Toyota) scored his first career ARCA Menards Series win with a last-lap pass of Sam Mayer (No. 21 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet) in Saturday’s Day to Day Coffee 150 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
On the outside, professional athletes live what most people would consider a very glamorous lifestyle. They travel all across the country – even around the world – to participate in big-time sporting events in some of the most lavish venues the human race has ever constructed. But for the participants of those sporting events, it’s not always as glamorous as it looks. For most who are involved in motorsports, the long days at the track mean there is little time left over for being a tourist. It’s usually just the race track, maybe a stop off at a local restaurant, and the hotel.
For most accomplished veteran drivers there are few racetracks they haven’t been to or seen in some form or fashion. Michael Self (No. 25 Sinclair Lubricants Toyota) is one of the more accomplished drivers in the ARCA Menards Series, with six career series wins on top of eight career NASCAR K&N Pro Series West wins and experience in the NASCAR XFINITY Series driving for Richard Childress Racing.
Short track racing is the heart of the ARCA Menards Series, and has been since the series was founded in 1953. Though the series makes annual stops at places like Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, it’s the midwestern short tracks that serve as its backbone.
Race drivers and race teams love to have momentum on their side. It’s much better to carry a streak of good finishes into your next race than it is to try to overcome a streak of bad finishes. And the inertia of good finishes just seems to carry itself on once that streak is in place.
had Bryant Racing (CBR) protégé Corey Heim returns to ARCA Menards Series action for the first time in nearly a month in Friday night’s Shore Lunch 200 at Madison (Wisc.) International Speedway.
o program in endurance sports car racing can claim a longevity to match Corvette Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Not only is this is the program’s 20th consecutive year at Le Mans, each year has been with Chevrolet and the Corvette brand. The success has been substantial with eight class victories in 19 attempts.
On the heels of his first top-five finish of the year last weekend at Michigan International Speedway, Joe Graf Jr. (@joegrafjr) and his Chad Bryant Racing (CBR) team trek to Madison (Wisc.) International Speedway for some good ole’ short track racing in Friday night’s Shore Lunch 200.
Hailie Deegan (No. 55 iK9/Monster Energy Toyota) makes her third ARCA Menards Series start of the season coming off a slam-bang win in Saturday night’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Colorado National Speedway.
The 2022 Truck Series champion from Huntington Beach, California, was fined $50,000 for accelerating into the rear of Carson Hocevar's entry during the cooldown lap this past weekend at Phoenix and amid earlier run-ins between the duo.
Spire Motorsports has one pole, one win, two top fives and five top 10s. Carson Hocevar earned his first career Cup Series victory at Talladega April 26.
The ultimate sendoff to NHRA’s 75th anniversary season comes at famed In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, where champions will be crowned in thrilling fashion at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals on Nov. 12-15.
