Author: Mike Haag

Courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway Media Relations FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas Motor Speedway and Levy Restaurants have come up with another unique food item that combines the best of two American food classics – the hot dog and BLT sandwich. The Hawg Heaven BLT Dawg is the newest member of the highly successful bacon-infused Levy concession items and it will debut this weekend at the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 INDYCAR / NASCAR / Stadium Super Truck tripleheader. TMS and Levy Restaurants Executive Chef Lincoln Engstrom have added a distinctive twist to these two favorites to create a mouth-watering meal…

Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series DETROIT – Graham Rahal completed a near-perfect Verizon IndyCar Series weekend with another dominating performance today to finish off a sweep of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear doubleheader. Rahal, in the No. 15 SoldierStrong / TurnsForTroops.com Honda, survived a two-lap dash to the checkered flag, holding off Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden by 1.1772 seconds to back up his victory Saturday on the Raceway at Belle Isle Park’s temporary street course. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver becomes the first driver to sweep a Verizon IndyCar Series doubleheader weekend since Scott Dixon…

Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet): “We definitely improved a lot overnight. The entire Penske team did a good job analyzing how we could do better in today’s race and it showed. A lot of it here in Detroit comes down to strategy. It’s not an easy race. Even if you have the fastest car, you aren’t always going to win. My hats off to Kyle Moyer (race strategist), Ben Bretzman (engineer) and the entire No. 1 team. We were saving fuel pretty much the whole race, but the car was…

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – The man who once made his parents stop at Hardee’s because he thought it was Cale Yarborough’s race shop pulled even with his childhood hero in Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway. Getting the jump on Kyle Larson on an overtime restart at the Monster Mile, Johnson crossed the overtime line on the backstretch moments before a multi-car wreck brought out the 15th caution of the race and froze the field with Johnson in the lead and a frustrated Larson running second. The victory was the 83rd…

Courtesy of the NHRA Epping, N.H. – Brittany Force raced to the Top Fuel victory Sunday afternoon at the fifth annual NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway. Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) also notched victories in their respective categories at the ninth of 24 events on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Force earned the fourth victory of her career and first of the season with a pass of 3.716 seconds at 328.62 mph in her Monster Energy dragster to defeat Antron Brown who ran a 3.728 at 327.98 in his Matco…

Courtesy of Rob Geiger, Geiger Media Global EPPING, N.H. – Erica Enders raced to her first victory of the electronic fuel injection era Sunday at New England Dragway with an impressive run through a gauntlet of 2017 winners in her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. It was the two-time champion’s first win since the 2015 fall race in Las Vegas, a span of 35 national events. “People always ask which win means the most and right now I can’t imagine one meaning more than this,” Enders said. “What a huge relief. What a special moment for all of us on this Elite…

EPPING, N.H. – NHRA and New England Dragway officials announced a sellout for Sunday of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping N.H. The New England Dragway was sold out Saturday and Sunday for the fifth annual NHRA New England Nationals with fans from all over the northeast flocking the grandstands, pit areas and campgrounds. “During pre-race ceremonies this morning I predicted another sellout and our guests didn’t let me own,” said New England Dragway General Manager Joe Lombardo. “It just reinforces my beliefs we have the greatest fans on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Tour.” The ninth…

Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series DETROIT – Takuma Sato kept the momentum from his historic Indianapolis 500 win going, winning the Verizon P1 Award and pole position for this afternoon’s second race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear doubleheader in record fashion. The driver of the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda ran a sizzling lap of 1 minute, 13.6732 seconds (114.831 mph) on the 2.35-mile, 14-turn Raceway at Belle Isle Park temporary street course to secure the first starting position for the 70-lap race that airs at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC and the Advance Auto Parts…

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Next Race: AAA 400 Drive for Autism The Place: Dover International Speedway The Date: Sunday, June 4 The Time: 1 p.m. ET TV: FS1, 12:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 400 miles (400 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 120), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 240), Final Stage (Ends on lap 400) Dillon Wins First Race, Brings No. 3 Back To Victory Lane Austin Dillon stretched his fuel to win the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway – the first victory of his career. His triumph also marked the first time…

Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series DETROIT – Graham Rahal said at the beginning of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear weekend that his team had uncovered a solid street-course car setup earlier this season. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver proved it today with a dominant victory in the first race of the Verizon IndyCar Series weekend doubleheader. CHEVROLET DETROIT GRAND PRIX: Race 1 box score Rahal led 55 of the 70 laps on the Raceway at Belle Isle Park’s 2.35-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit. The 28-year-old Ohioan crossed the finish line 6.1474 seconds ahead of Scott…