Author: Mike Haag

DENTON, Texas – Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato made a visit to Ryan High School in Denton to surprise one of the teachers that also is a Texas Motor Speedway Speedway Club member and season ticket holder. Sato came to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex on Wednesday as part of the Indianapolis 500 Champion’s Tour to help promote the upcoming Verizon IndyCar Series race for the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 on Saturday, June 10, at Texas Motor Speedway. The high school was holding a retirement ceremony for 11 of its teachers and Karen Guenther was among the audience of more than 200 faculty members…

FRISCO, Texas – Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato had the opportunity to visit on Wednesday with America’s Team – the Dallas Cowboys. Sato, who has been on the Indianapolis 500 Champion’s Tour after winning the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, made a stop Wednesday in Dallas/Fort Worth after he arrived from New York City. He came to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex to help promote the upcoming Verizon IndyCar Series race – the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 on Saturday, June 10, at Texas Motor Speedway. Sato enjoyed a private tour of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility at The Star in Frisco and then watched practice as the team…

EPPING, N.H. – A season that started in extraordinary fashion continues to move along at an impressive pace for Leah Pritchett. The NHRA Top Fuel points leader won the first two races of the year in her 10,000-horsepower Papa John’s dragster and has since added a third victory, holding onto the points lead in a star-studded Top Fuel class. As the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season heads into a stretch of four straight races, starting with this weekend’s fifth annual NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway, Pritchett knows maintaining that early-season consistency will be key.…

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. — For whatever reason, this time of year has usually been very good for Tommy Johnson Jr. After a string of four straight first-round losses, the Funny Car standout hopes he can rely on another hot start to the summer during the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Johnson Jr. went to two final rounds and posted one win last June. This season he has his sights set on something big in his 10,000-horsepower Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R/T during a stretch of four straight race weekends. That includes doing well at the upcoming 48th annual NHRA…

INDIANAPOLIS – Images of today’s photo shoot of Indy 500 race winner Takuma Sato at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All photos courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

INDIANAPOLIS – Photographer Michael Johnson captured the wreck between Jay Howard and Scott Dixon on Sunday at the 101st Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race was red flagged for 19 minutes to repair the SAFER Barrier and catch fencing in the short chute between Turns 1 and 2. It was the result of a Lap 53 collision between Howard and pole sitter Dixon that vaulted Dixon’s car into the safety materials on the inside of the track. Neither driver was injured. The sequence of photos of the wreck are being provided below courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. ” order_by=”sortorder”…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A photographic look at the NASCAR racing action from Sunday’s CocaCola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. All photos courtesy of NASCAR and Getty Images. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – Armed with a new crew chief and a gas tank that held just enough fuel to get him to the end of 600 miles with less than a second to spare, Austin Dillon won the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series of his career and put the vaunted No. 3 Chevrolet back in Victory Lane for the first time since 2000. Working for the first time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with crew chief Justin Alexander, Dillon was one of eight drivers who stayed on the track when the…

INDIANAPOLIS – Photographer Michael C. Johnson provides a photographic look of the racing action at Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet): “It wasn’t the finish we wanted today for the Menards Chevrolet team. But for the big picture it was a decent day. We’re still in that top group in points as we head to Detroit. That’s a place that suits us pretty well. The (Indianapolis) 500 remains a goal and we’ll take another shot at it next year.” JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 2 hum by Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): “It was an OK day. We just got caught up in that wreck there at the end. That…