Author: Mike Haag

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A photographic look at the NASCAR racing action on Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. All photos provided courtesy of NASCAR and Getty Images.

INDIANAPOLIS – Ed Carpenter once again displayed his prowess on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, leading first-day qualifying for the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. The team owner/driver posted a four-lap qualifying run at 230.468 mph in the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet to lead 31 drivers who completed attempts. Carpenter and the next eight fastest qualifiers from today advance to Sunday’s Fast Nine Shootout that will determine the Verizon P1 Award pole sitter for the epic race on May 28. “It feels like 2013 right now,” said Carpenter, who won the Indianapolis 500…

SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet, 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series champion, 2017 championship leader): “What really matters is the race trim. I’m not as surprised as you would expect. We just can’t find the speed somehow. The good thing is we got a great balance in traffic. The car has a pretty good balance. It is what it is. We have to work hard. It’s great that Will (Power) is up there for Team Penske Chevrolet. That’s good. The track isn’t changing too much. There’s a cloud cover. The track temp is not moving up. We knew we…

TOPEKA, Kan. — Matt Hagan raced his Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T to the No. 1 Funny Car qualifying position at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties at Heartland Park Topeka. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Bo Butner (Pro Stock) were also No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories at the eighth event of 24 on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Hagan set both ends of the national record during the Saturday’s first round of qualifying with a pass of 3.802-seconds at 338.85 mph. This is his 28th career No. 1 qualifying position…

INDIANAPOLIS – Verizon IndyCar Series driver Sebastien Bourdais was diagnosed with multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fracture to his right hip following an incident today while attempting to qualify for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. According to INDYCAR Medical Director Dr. Geoffrey Billows, Bourdais will undergo surgery on his pelvis this evening at IU Health Methodist Hospital. Bourdais was on the third lap of his qualification run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when his Dale Coyne Racing No. 18 GEICO Honda made hard contact with the Turn 2 SAFER Barrier. Statement from team owner Dale…

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – Kyle Busch never tires of winning, even though he does it more often than anyone else. Busch led 90 of 134 laps in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and completed a dominating victory in the event, sweeping both early stages of the race and taking the checkered flag .986 seconds ahead of runner-up Johnny Sauter. The win was Busch’s seventh in 11 starts at the 1.5-mile track, his second of the season in three starts and the 48th of his career. No other driver…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A photographic look of the NASCAR racing action on Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. All photos courtesy of NASCAR and Getty Images.

TOPEKA, Kan. – Robert Hight is the current No. 1 qualifier for Funny Car after only one qualifying session due to inclement weather at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties at Heartland Park Topeka. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel) and Bo Butner (Pro Stock) are also current No. 1 qualifiers at the eighth event of 24 on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Hight powered his Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car to a 3.826-second pass at 337.66 mph to set the national speed record for the category during the lone qualifying…

INDIANAPOLIS – As expected, “Fast Friday” lived up to its billing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Speeds crested in the final practice day prior to weekend qualifications for the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil, despite 2.5 hours of track time lost to midday rain. When the checkered flag waved to conclude practice, Sebastien Bourdais had the fastest lap of the day and week, at 233.116 mph. “There’s never a bad day when you’re at the front,” said Bourdais, driver of the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda. The four-time Indy car champion ranks sixth all-time with 36 wins,…

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 2 hum by Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): “The weather definitely wasn’t a welcome sight for us. After losing a good chunk of yesterday, we could’ve used all of the track time would could get today. There’s nothing we can do about it. It was good to get the hum by Verizon Chevrolet back out there today. Everybody did a great job in getting everything fixed. It’s unfortunate that they had to do that. We’re excited about getting out there tomorrow and we’ll see how it goes.” HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet): “I’ve…