Author: Mike Haag

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. – Elliott Sadler had a passenger for Saturday’s VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway—in spirit at least. After a breathtaking battle against Denny Hamlin over the closing laps, Sadler crossed the finish-line .454 seconds ahead of Hamlin to win for the first time at the Lady in Black—and immediately dedicated the victory to JR Motorsports team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., who announced on Friday he would sit out the remainder of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season because of a concussion. “This win today is for my man,…

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.  – For as much success as Scott Dixon has enjoyed at Watkins Glen International, he had never won the pole position at the iconic road course. Until today. Dixon laid down a track-record lap of 1 minute, 22.5259 seconds (147.008 mph) in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet during the climactic Firestone Fast Six segment of knockout qualifying to capture the Verizon P1 Award. The 25th pole position of Dixon’s Indy car career will have him starting up front for the 60-lap INDYCAR Grand Prix at The Glen presented by Hitachi on the 3.37-mile, 11-turn…

BROWNSBURG, Ind. –Tony Schumacher won the Top Fuel portion of the NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout and Clay Millican raced to the qualifying lead in the same category on Saturday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were qualifying leaders in their respective categories at the 18th event of 24 on the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is the final race of the regular season. Schumacher, an eight-time world champion, powered his U.S.…

BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Matt Hagan sprinted to the qualifying lead in Funny Car Friday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were qualifying leaders in their respective categories at the 18th event of 24 on the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is the final race of the regular season. Hagan took the top spot in Funny Car by navigating the track in 3.858-seconds at 330.80 mph in his Mopar / Rocky Boots…

Race weekend: Friday Sept. 2 – Sunday, Sept. 4 Track: Watkins Glen International, an 11-turn, 3.37-mile road course in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Race distance: 60 laps / 202.2 miles Entry List: INDYCAR Grand Prix at The Glen (PDF) Push-to-pass parameters: 10 activations for 20 seconds each Firestone tire allotment: Eight sets primary, three sets alternate Twitter: @WGI @IndyCar, #INDYCARGP, #IndyCar Event website: www.theglen.com INDYCAR website: www.IndyCar.com 2010 race winner (most recent event): Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara-Honda) 2010 Verizon P1 Award winner (most recent event): Will Power (12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara-Honda), 1 minute, 29.3164 seconds, 135.832…

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.  – Two things are evident following today’s practice sessions for the INDYCAR Grand Prix at The Glen presented by Hitachi: Scott Dixon has recaptured his magic at Watkins Glen International and, barring unforeseen weather complications, the track record will fall hard in Verizon P1 Award qualifying. Dixon set the sizzling pace as every driver in the 22-car Verizon IndyCar Series field logged laps well under the course standard during the opening two sessions on the iconic 3.37-mile, 11-turn permanent road circuit. Driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Dixon’s top lap of 1 minute, 22.8740…

AUSTIN – Announced today, Austin Wayne Self and the AM Racing NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team have partnered with Texas’ iconic Buc-ee’s Ltd. convenience store chain for this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chevrolet Silverado 250 road course event at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Sunday, September 4. Buc-ee’s, Ltd., which will be featured on the No.22 “Go Texan” Toyota Tundra driven by fellow Texan, Austin Wayne Self, is a chain of 32 Texas based retail outlets specializing in convenience retail with a wide variety of gifts, food, beverages and fuel. Founded by Arch “Beaver” Aplin III and…

FORT WORTH – Texas Motor Speedway moves on from one exciting weekend of racing following the conclusion of the Firestone 600 to another as it welcomes dirt track racers from across the country for the U.S. National Dirt Track Championship set for September 9-10. The Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track will be the site of a tripleheader weekend of racing with Factory Stock, Limited Modified and the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) all in action. The two-day event on the .4-mile Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track features some of the season’s most exciting races. During the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt…

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich. – In the last few laps of Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway, tears began to well up in Kyle Larson’s eyes.he first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of his career, the emotion was all but overwhelming—and for good reason. The victory came in Larson’s 99th start in the series, long after most observers expected Larson to record his first win. It also broke a 99-race drought for Chip Ganassi Racing, dating to Jamie McMurray’s victory at Talladega in October 2013. With the triumph, Larson earned a spot in the…

FORT WORTH – The 76-day period between the start and conclusion of the Firestone 600 Verizon IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was well worth the wait for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Graham Rahal. Rahal made a dramatic last-lap pass of leader James Hinchcliffe to win the Firestone 600 by a scant .0080 of a second, the closest race in Texas Motor Speedway history and the fifth closest in Indy-car history. The previous best at Texas Motor Speedway came in 2002 when Sam Hornish Jr. edged Helio Castroneves by .0096 of a second, which had been the closest of…