Author: Mike Haag

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – Gaige Herrera capped off his record-breaking weekend by notching his ninth NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle victory of the season Sunday at the 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. He did it by knocking off teammate Eddie Krawiec in the final round with a run clocked at 6.644 seconds at 203.30 mph on his Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki. “A year can make a world of difference,” Herrera said. “I’m just here living the dream. This bike has been flying all weekend and this whole weekend has been cool.…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – Steve Torrence grabbed the No. 1 position with a track-record run of 3.636 at 336.62 in his 11,000-horsepower Capco Contractors/Toyota dragster after an epic day of qualifying runs on Saturday at the 38th annual Texas FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. Torrence, who will face 16th qualifier Buddy Hall in the opening round on Sunday, trails points leader Doug Kalitta by 49 points going into the elimination rounds. It was Torrence’s 37th No. 1 of his career, his third this season and his third at the Motorplex. He won here in 2020…

Photos from Friday’s 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. All photos are provided courtesy of the NHRA. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – A late-season surge has put veteran NHRA Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta in the lead in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series championship standings. With three races remaining in the season’s Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs, Kalitta, driver of the Mobil 1 Toyota dragster, is in the perfect position to battle for the championship as he returns to the Texas this weekend for the 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. I’m super excited to get down there and get started at the Texas Motorplex with…

Photos from Saturday’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. All photos provided courtesy of the NHRA. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

Photos from Saturday’s racing action at Texas Motor Speedway. All photos are provided courtesy of NASCAR, Getty Images and Texas Motor Speedway. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

Photos from Friday’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. All photos provided courtesy of the NHRA.

INDIANAPOLIS – Photos from the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 by Gainbridge on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Veteran Denny Hamlin earned the first Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Busch Light Pole Award of his celebrated 18-year career Saturday morning, besting the field by a slight .032-seconds to take the coveted starting position in Sunday’s GEICO 500 (4 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ran a lap of 180.751 mph (52.979 seconds) around the 2.66-mile speedway to claim the top starting position – his 37th career pole. Aric Almirola will start his No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford alongside him – marking the…

By Mike Haag FORT WORTH, Texas – Pato O’Ward’s bid to win a second NTT IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway fell a little short on Sunday. The 23-year-old Mexican driver and former resident of San Antonio had the dominant car at the NTT IndyCar Series PPG 375 race, but he saw the victory slip away when a late caution was issued that ended the race and gave Josef Newgarden the victory. O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren and Newgarden in his No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet were locked in a side-by-side battle and were inches apart…