FRANCHITTI WINS PEAK ANTIFREEZE & MOTOR OIL INDY 300 HINCHCLIFFE WINS THRILLER
Dario Franchitti used a clever bit of strategy to win the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway and close the gap on IZOD IndyCar Series championship points leader Will Power....READ MORE
POWER PROVIDES FIREWORKS ON FOURTH OF JULY AT THE GLEN
Will Power claimed Team Penske's first IZOD IndyCar Series victory at Watkins Glen International, winning the sixth Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen....READ MORE
HAGEN, CLARKE NOTCH USAC TOLEDO WINS
Daren Hagen and Henry Clarke were the big winners Friday night for the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness-sponsored USAC doubleheader at Toledo Speedway. Ron Hemelgarn presented the 5 foot trophies to the victors in the Sunny D Winner's Circle....READ MORE
BRISCOE TAKES CHECKERED FLAG AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Ryan Briscoe was denied of firing the six-shooters in Victory Circle at Texas Motor Speedway the past two years. Finally, the Team Penske driver got to have some fun....READ MORE
FRANCHITTI LEADS FINAL PRACTICE-CASTRONEVES TAKES PIT STOP CONTEST-CUNNINGHAM WINS THIRD FIRESTONE FREEDOM 100
Target Chip Ganassi Racing hopes Miller Lite Carb Day could be a good indication of Indianapolis 500 Race Day....READ MORE
First Oval, First Checkered for McKenna As He Wins Round 3 of USF2000 Championship At 'Night Before the 500' Show at ORP
Ireland's Patrick McKenna has never even sat in the grandstands at an oval-track race, but that didn't keep him from winning Round 3 of the USF2000 National Championship Saturday night on O'Reilly Raceway Park's 0.686-mile oval....READ MORE
Short Scores Lawrenceburg KISS Victory
Defending KISS champion Brady Short turned his fortunes around with a hard fought victory at Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday. Short led the final 11 circuits, holding off Jon Stanbrough over the closing laps to earn his second career KISS win....READ MORE
FIKE GETS 1ST SILVER CROWN WIN AT IOWA SPEEDWAY
A.J. Fike of Galesburg, Ill. scored his first career USAC Silver Crown victory Saturday at Iowa Speedway, winning the 100-lap Casey’s General Stores USAC Triple Crown Pride of Iowa race on the 7/8-mile paved oval....READ MORE
CLAUSON ADDS IOWA SPRINT WIN TO USAC “STREAK”
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. continued his winning ways in USAC-sanctioned racing Saturday at Iowa Speedway, leading the final five laps to win the Casey’s General Stores USAC Triple Crown Pride of Iowa USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car 50-lapper at the 7/8-mile paved oval....READ MORE
SANTOS LEADS ALL BUT ONE TO WIN IOWA MIDGET RACE
Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. led all but one lap to win Saturday’s 30-lap Casey’s General Stores USAC Triple Crown Pride of Iowa feature event at Iowa Speedway....READ MORE
CASTRONEVES SETS PACE ON FAST FRIDAY AT INDIANAPOLIS
Helio Castroneves paced a frantic "Fast Friday" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as IZOD IndyCar Series teams fine-tuned their setups in advance of Pole Day....READ MORE
KANAAN TOPS RAIN-SHORTENED PRACTICE AT INDIANAPOLIS
Tony Kanaan topped the speed chart as rain cut short preparations for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway....READ MORE
DIXON TOPS TIMESHEETS AGAIN AT INDIANAPOLIS 500 PRACTICE
Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon topped the speed chart for the second consecutive day as preparations for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 continued at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....READ MORE
HMIEL SETS WORLD RECORD TO LEAD IOWA QUALIFIERS!
Shane Hmiel of Pleasant Garden, Iowa is now the fastest Sprint car driver in the world! Hmiel qualified his Rotondo Weirich/Benic Enterprises Maxim/Gaerte Chevy Saturday at 146.444 mph, breaking the previous record of 146.145 set four years ago by Darren Hagen....READ MORE
Andretti Autosports' Karam Wins 'Cooper Tires, Don't Give Up a Thing Award'
At Mazda Raceway Saturday in Earning Pole For First Half of Non-Points USF2000 Show
Andretti Autosports' Sage Karam continued his perfect record in USF2000 action Saturday at Mazda Raceway by winning the pole for Sunday's first race in a non-points doubleheader for the series, which is presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda....READ MORE
Bloomington Rained Out – KISS Heads to Lawrenceburg Speedway
Heavy overnight rain, a damp morning and the risk of severe storms compelled Bloomington Speedway promoter Mike Miles to cancel tonight's KISS program...READ MORE
Stanbrough Captures Kokomo Round of KISS
Few sprint car drivers have the depth of experience on Indiana's dirt ovals that Jon Stanbrough does. On Sunday, Stanbrough took advantage of that experience and a little luck to capture the second round of the King of Indiana Sprint Series at Kokomo Speedway....READ MORE
King of Indiana Sprint Series, Round 1-Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, IN
Lincoln, Indiana's Dave Darland romped to victory as the 2010 King of Indiana Sprint Series opened at Gas City/I-69 Speedway on Friday....READ MORE
Andersen Racing Sets Three of Top Four Times Recorded During Star Mazda Test On O'Reilly Raceway Park's Oval
Andersen Racing's Mikael Grenier, Tristan Vautier and Anders Krohn recorded the second-, third- and fourth-fastest times, respectively, during a test conducted by the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear Wednesday and Thursday on the 0.686-mile oval at O'Reilly Raceway Park....READ MORE
McKenna Takes Up the Gauntlet By Leading Every Session During USF2000's Two-Day Test at O'Reilly Raceway Park
After Andretti Autosport's Sage Karam dominated every session at the USF2000 National Championship's season-opening doubleheader at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Patrick McKenna said he and his team, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, had some work to do if they wanted to stop Karam from doing the same thing on May 29 at the Night Before the 500 at O'Reilly Raceway Park here....READ MORE
DIXON LEADS TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING 1-2 SWEEP AT KANSAS
Target Chip Ganassi Racing owns Kansas Speedway. Scott Dixon won the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 for the second consecutive year, giving Team Target its fourth victory in a row on the 1.5-mile oval (Dan Wheldon won in 2007 and '08)....READ MORE
BRISCOE CLAIMS POLE FOR ROAD RUNNER TURBO INDY 300
Ryan Briscoe, who closed the 2009 IZOD IndyCar Series season with a victory and runner-up finish in two of the final three ovals, will start at the front of the 27-car field in the first oval of the 2010 season....READ MORE
STANLEY, SMITH & RANKINE STAR IN BRASELTON .25s
Katlyn Stanley of Concord, N.C., Chandler Smith of Fitzgerald, Ga. and Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio earned multiple victories in Round 2 of the 2010 USAC .25 Midget "Generation Next Championship" held this past weekend at the home of the Metro tlanta Quarter Midget Racing Association in Braselton, Ga....READ MORE
POWER TAKES PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE AWARD FOR BARBER RACE
IZOD IndyCar Series points leader Will Power won his second consecutive PEAK Performance Pole Award with a quick lap of 1 minute, 10.1356 seconds in qualifications for the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy Credit Union on April 11 at Barber Motorsports Park....READ MORE
3 FORMER RACE WINNERS AMONG EARLY ENTRIES FOR 58TH “HUT HUNDRED” MAY 8 AT TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY
The initial entries have been received for the upcoming 58th “Hut Hundred,” scheduled for May 8 at the Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. The quarter-mile banked dirt oval will be the fifth track which has hosted the prestigious race....READ MORE
POWER STAYS PERFECT IN 2010 AFTER ST. PETERSBURG VICTORY
Will Power held off Justin Wilson by .8244 of a second to win the rain-delayed Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 29 and remain perfect through the first two IZOD IndyCar Series races of 2010....READ MORE
ADVERSE TRACK CONDITIONS FORCE ELDORA CANCELLATION
Adverse track conditions forced cancellation of Friday night's "Coca-Cola Spring Classic" USAC AMSOIL National Sprint car race at the Eldora Speedway despite extensive and lengthy track preparation efforts. Saturday night's "Coca Cola Spring Classic" USAC race remains on the schedule....READ MORE
IOWA “TRIPLEHEADER” EXPANDED TO 2 DAYS, MAY 21-22
The “Casey’s General Stores USAC Triple Crown Pride of Iowa” event at Iowa Speedway has been extended to encompass two days, May 21 and 22....READ MORE
FOCUSES, YOUNG GUNS AUGMENT VENTURA SATURDAY-FRANKOSKI EMERGES WITH HICKORY TRIUMPH-RAIN HALTS THURSDAY-KASSIK GETS #1 AT BLYTHE-WHITE TOPS YOUNG GUNSThe USAC Western Ford Focus and Young Guns series will join the Western Midgets for this Saturday’s “tripleheader” racing program at the storied Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. Kyle Edwards of Fountain Valley, Calif. sits atop the latest Western standings, while Jarid Blondel of Orange, Calif, is the Western Young Guns point leader....READ MORE
STIDHAM LEADS 360s TO TULARE THUNDERBOWL SATURDAY
POMBO WINS BAKERSFIELD 30-LAPPER
Craig Stidham of Fresno, Calif. is atop the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car standings as the series returns to the Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. Stidham finished second to Dean Alexander in the series opener at the third-mile dirt oval March 6....READ MORE
SPENCER WINS AT PERRIS AND LEADS SERIES BACK TO THE PAS APRIL 10
Defending two-time Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Champ Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is back on top of the point standings after his victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Perris Auto Speedway....READ MORE
Karam Leads Every Lap Again Sunday To Beat Fielding and McKenna In USF2000 Action at St. Pete Grand Prix
Sage Karam of Nazareth, Pa. concluded a perfect weekend at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday morning by leading all 20 laps of Round 2 of the USF2000 National Championship, which is presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda....READ MORE
Karam Leads All the Way to Win Round 1 Of USF2000 National Championship Saturday at St. Petersburg
Andretti Autosport's Sage Karam of Nazareth, Pa. dominated Saturday's Round 1 of the USF2000 National Championship presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda, leading all 20 laps on the St. Petersburg street circuit to record a 13.970-second victory over Patrick McKenna of Dublin, Ireland, who drives for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing...READ MORE
Book Review-Calling All Formula One Fans!
April 12, 2010 will see another coffee table book on Formula One. This desirable new entry from Motorbooks International, Art of the Formula 1 Race Car, features studio photographs of some of the most significant cars of the post war championship era....READ MORE
COONS TEAM TAKES 13TH “FUN AT FASTIMES”
USAC Triple Crown driving champion Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. anchored the winning team in Saturday’s 13th Annual “Fun at Fastimes” three-hour karting enduro in Indianapolis, Ind, saluting the life of the late Crocky Wright and benefiting the USAC Benevolent Foundation....READ MORE
RICH VOGLER AMONG 2010 INDUCTEES INTO MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA
Rich Vogler, who compiled more feature victories during his career than any other USAC driver in history, is listed among the 2010 inductees into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and will be formally inducted during ceremonies at the Fillmore Detroit in Michigan on August 25....READ MORE
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”...READ MORE
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park – Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”...READ MORE
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”...READ MORE
CLAUSON, SWEET, JONES CLAIM “COPPER ON DIRT” POLES
Bryan Clauson, Brad Sweet and Levi Jones earned pole starting positions in Saturday night’s Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” feature events by winning Friday night’s dashes in USAC racing action at USA Raceway....READ MORE
4th “COPPER ON DIRT” NATIONAL/CRA SPRINTS AT TUCSON GARDNER SWEEPS “BUBBA ARMY SPRINT NATIONALS” AT TAMPA
Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. takes an unblemished 2010 record to USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. this weekend for this year’s 4th Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt.” He led all 60 laps in winning the two 30-lap features comprising the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” at Tampa, Fla.’s East Bay Raceway Park last week...READ MORE
KAEDING EYES “COPPER ON DIRT” JUMP START AS SILVER CROWN SERIES DEBUTS AT USA RACEWAY
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. hopes to start the 2010 USAC Silver Crown Championship Series the same way he started the 2009 campaign, with a victory in the Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt.”...READ MORE
HAGEN AIMS FOR 3RD “COPPER ON DIRT” TITLE AT TUCSON
Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. each have two “Copper on Dirt” feature victories but Hagen hopes to notch his third triumph when the 4th Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” unfolds this weekend at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz...READ MORE
2010 USAC “NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP” ANNOUNCED
The United States Auto Club announced today a new “National Drivers Championship” which will recognize extraordinary performance in 2010 for drivers competing in USAC Racing’s National Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Championships...READ MORE
NEW RIDES ABOUND FOR TAMPA SPRINT OPENERS
Several drivers will be in new or relatively new seats when the 2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series arrives at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. for the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” February 8-10...READ MORE
CLAUSON TRIPLES HIS ODDS FOR COPPER ON DIRT VICTORY
Bryan Clauson will triple his chances for a victory at USA Raceway’s 4th Annual Copper on Dirt as he enters the event with a seat for all three divisions...READ MORE
AMBITIOUS .25 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR ANNOUNCED
USAC’s .25 Midget schedule for 2010 includes 10 “National” events,
with others under negotiation as the nation’s youth face an ambitious
calendar as they compete on the Generation Next “National Championship
Tour.”...READ MORE
KAEDING, JONES, KUHN HEADLINE LIST OF USAC CHAMPIONS AT 54th “NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS” CELEBRATION
Bud Kaeding, Levi Jones and Brad Kuhn headlined Friday night’s 54th USAC “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet in Indianapolis, Ind....READ MORE
HOME-TOWN HERO BOWMAN TAKES "NEW YEAR'S" FOCUS FEATURE
Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz. led the
final 20 laps of Friday’s 40-lap USAC Ford Focus special event at
Tucson Raceway Park, opening the 2010 USAC racing season...READ MORE
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