Other Series PR

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.

Ryan Briscoe will join Graham Rahal in testing Sept. 4 on multiple configurations of the infield road course of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 travels to Barrie (Ont.) Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 7 for the Hudco Electric Supply 300 presented by G-Oil for the 2013 season’s penultimate race.

INDYCAR officials have placed driver Tristan Vautier on probation and fined him $10,000 for actions during IZOD IndyCar Series qualifying Aug. 31 at Baltimore.

Simon Pagenaud outlasted Josef Newgarden and what was left of the 24-car field to win the Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT.

L.P. Dumoulin picked up right where he left off with Sunday's Pinty’s presents the Clarington 200.

Taylor Ferns waited about seven months this season to get her first shot at pulling double duty on the same weekend with the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards and the Traxxas USAC Silver Crown Series, which came at the Illinois State Fairgrounds a couple of weeks ago and quickly got up to speeding, earning a pair of top-10 finishes.

Frank Kimmel's racing history at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds' mile dirt oval fits perfectly within the legendary venue's racing legacy, so needless to say Kimmel's anxious to add to his tally in Monday's Southern Illinois 100 by Federated Car Care, the season's 17th event for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.