In just a couple of short years, the Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo Speedway has become one of the “Must See” events on the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series schedule. Three straight nights of action on one of the raciest quarter-mile bullrings in the country, raises the level of competition to epic proportions. Tracy Hines thrives on racing against the best of the best and looks to return to Victory Lane at a track he has had a great deal of success at over the years.
Current NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) points leader Ben Rhodes will make his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards debut with powerhouse Venturini Motorsports (VMS) driving the No.55 Alpha Energy Solutions Toyota Camry at Madison International Speedway on Sunday, August 24th.
Sixteen OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modifieds signed in to race at Delaware Speedway. With the time trials and heat races setting the starting field #8 Gary McLean and #82 Justin DeMelo would lead the field to green for 25 laps of feature action. McLean and Demelo put on a fierce battle at the front until contact coming out of four almost ended the night for both drivers. McLean was able to continue but the #82 of DeMelo was done for the night. This handed the lead to #3 Jamie Cox who won last year’s event.
Kevin Swindell, driving the No.15 Zaxby’s Toyota for Venturini Motorsports in a substitution role for driver John Wes Townley, made the most of his opportunity Sundayafternoon with a thrilling late race surge to come from behind and win the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards - Central Illinois SuperChevyStores.com 100 at the Springfield dirt-mile.
Will Power recalls his first impression of the Milwaukee Mile - "a road course with no right turns" - when he arrived for the June 2006 Champ Car race.
Following a runner-up finish on the second preliminary night of the Knoxville Nationals, Kraig Kinser and his team have been on a roll. They wrapped up sprint car racing's biggest event with a 10th-place finish and carried that momentum into a trio of races in the Midwest this past week and weekend. Kinser finished among the top-five in all three races, at three different tracks in a pair of states for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series.
Dani Pedrosa won the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic on Sunday, preventing his Repsol Honda teammate Marc Marquez from breaking the all-time record for consecutive wins to start a season.
The eighth race in the 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 was held at Riverside Speedway in Antigonish, Nova Scotia on Saturday. Steckly’s weekend looked to be going well when a part failure saw him spin and back the Canadian Tire/Sylvania Dodge hard into the wall.
On Sunday afternoon, Will Power would lead 229 of 250 laps en route to winning the ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 at the Milwaukee Mile as he continues his quest towards his first Verizon IndyCar Series Championship. It marks the 22nd victory of Power's IndyCar career and his third victory of the season, but most notably his first short oval IndyCar victory. For Power, the accomplish means a lot considering he struggled on ovals at the beginning of his career.
NASCAR is devastated by the tragic loss of Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, daughter Emma, son Ryder, Craig Wadsworth and Dennis and Jack Dutton in a fatal plane crash.
NHRA’s 75th anniversary season is set for 2026 and with the incredible landmark season comes a wave of special, can’t-miss items and happenings throughout the course of the season.
