INDYCAR officials have fined IZOD IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon $30,000 and placed him on probation through Dec. 31 for comments made following the Sept. 1 Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT.
The Mid-South has a long and storied history when it comes to sprint car racing. Much of that history has been written at the legendary Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., while a number of chapters have been added more recently at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. Tracy Hines, who is well-versed in the laurels of Midwest sprint car racing tradition, got his first taste of racing in the Mid-South last year and will return this weekend to compete at both Riverside International Speedway and I-30 Speedway with the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series.
There is just something about one-mile dirt ovals that agrees with Taylor Ferns and her driving style. After making her first start on a track that size back in May at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, she has made four more appearances on historic fairgrounds ovals and has finished in the top-10 in each subsequent start, including finishing fifth in the Ted Horn 100 with the Traxxas USAC Silver Crown Series at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in Illinois on Sunday, Sept. 1, which marked her best-career finish with the series.
IZOD IndyCar Series drivers Graham Rahal and Ryan Briscoe participated in a test organized by Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR to gather information about the current road course layouts as IMS considers changes and upgrades.
It wouldn’t be a USAC event at the Terre Haute Action Track in 2013, if Mother Nature wasn’t involved. As has been the case every time this season when the open wheel drivers have rolled into the famed half-mile, rain was on horizon. Run in hurry-up mode, the full show was completed, including all 30 laps of the Tony Hulman/Jim Hurtubise Classic for the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series, and when the final checkered flag flew, Tracy Hines found himself on the podium in third.
Frank Kimmel and his ThorSport Racing crew proved just how gritty and determined their No. 44 Ansell / Menards Toyota team will be in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards' stretch run, with a come-from-behind seventh-place finish in the Southern Illinois 100 by Federated Car Care Monday at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds.
Justin Boston is quickly making a name for himself in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards. The surging 23-year old rookie driver, in the No.25 ZLOOP Computer & Electronics Recycling Toyota, made a dramatic final lap pass on teammate Brennan Poole to finish third behind race winner Ken Schrader and Tom Hessert in yesterday’s ARCA Southern 100 at the DuQuoin, Illinois State Fairground’s Magic Mile dirt track.
