Frank Kimmel was a bundle of emotion Sunday after he tied Iggy Katona's ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards record for career victories with his 79th checkered flag, in the Herr's Chase the Taste 200 at Winchester Speedway.
The Pocono INDYCAR 400 Fueled by Sunoco will be the first IZOD IndyCar Series event at Pocono Raceway and the first Indy car race at the track since 1989. No driver entered has raced an Indy car at the track, but Dario Franchitti raced a NASCAR Sprint Cup car at the track in 2008.
Carrying momentum from a pair of fifth-place finishes with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway in North Dakota, and I-94 Speedway in Minnesota, Kraig Kinser had high hopes heading into the three events this past weekend.
David Gravel has run pretty well on the smaller, high-banked bullrings with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series this season. He continued that trend at the quarter-mile LaSalle (Ill.) Speedway and third-mile Beaver Dam (Wis.) Raceway over the weekend, finishing eighth and seventh, respectively, at the pair of tracks that were part of a three-race swing through Illinois and Wisconsin aboard the FMR Racing/JRC Transportation/Musco Fuel/Model Craft J&J.
Taylor Ferns is always excited to climb into the driver’s seat. This week she’ll have a little extra bounce in her step, after earning a career-best fifth-place finish with the Honda USAC National Midget Series on Saturday, July 29 at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado. A trio of dirt midget races await the 17-year-old this week, all in the state of Illinois.
Earlier today, Firestone Indy Lights driver Gabby Chaves, Pocono Raceway president and CEO Brandon Igdalsky and IZOD IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe participated in an INDYCAR Conference Call to discuss the Pocono INDYCAR 400 Fueled by Sunoco and the Firestone Indy Lights Pocono 100 at Pocono Raceway this weekend.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 makes its first of three Quebec appearances on Sunday, July 7 in the Jiffy Lube 100 presented by Snap-on at Circuit ICAR in Mirabel with a scheduled start time of 1:30 p.m. ET.