Langdon, Capps, Hartford and M. Smith secure No. 1 spots at The Big Go Courtesy of the NHRA INDIANAPOLIS – Funny Car’s Jack Beckman won the PlayNHRA All-Star Callout on Sunday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for John Force Racing, defeating Matt Hagan in the final round of the bonus race as part of this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) all qualified No. 1 in Indianapolis at the 14th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag…
Author: Mike Haag
Mike Haag
Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.
Langdon, Capps, Hartford and Herrera are provisional No. 1 qualifiers at The Big Go Courtesy of the NHRA INDIANAPOLIS – Back-to-back Funny Car world champion Austin Prock claimed his third Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win of the year on Saturday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, defeating J.R. Todd in the final round of the specialty race as part of this weekend’s prestigious Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. Leah Pruett (Top Fuel), Cody Anderson (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday in Indy, while Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car),…
Courtesy of the NHRA INDIANAPOLIS – Shawn Langdon went to the top on Friday’s final run at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, taking the provisional No. 1 spot to kick off the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers in Indianapolis at the 14th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Langdon went 3.727-seconds at 334.98 mph in his 12,000-horsepower SealMaster dragster for Kalitta Motorsports as the past champion looks to pick up his…
Upcoming season in NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will also feature year-long “50 Years of Force” celebration Courtesy of the NHRA INDIANAPOLIS – Following an announcement of a return to a traditional schedule to start the year, NHRA announced the full 20-race schedule for the upcoming 2027 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. The 2027 campaign – which is NHRA’s 76th season – will also feature the season-long “50 Years of Force” celebration honoring legendary 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force. As a return to NHRA’s traditional roots, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will…
Photos from the NTT IndyCar Series Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. race on Sunday. All photos are provided by INDYCAR photographers and the NTT IndyCar Series.
Courtesy of the NTT IndyCar Series LEBANON, Tenn. – Kyle Kirkwood and Andretti Global delivered a mighty qualifying effort Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway, edging oval meister Josef Newgarden to win the NTT P1 Award for the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls. Kirkwood earned his first pole of the season and fourth of his NTT IndyCar Series career with a two-lap average speed of 196.852 mph in the No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda. That dramatic run, second-to-last in the qualifying order, validated the speed Kirkwood flashed by leading practice Saturday morning around the 1.33-mile concrete oval.…
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service SONOMA, Calif.—We all know that, given a car he likes, Shane van Gisbergen is all but unbeatable on a road or street course. After Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, we now know SVG can win in a car he hates. Throughout the Sonoma weekend, the three-time Australian Supercars champion was grousing about the performance of his No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet. It wasn’t fast in practice or qualifying. The driver who invariably starts on the pole on road courses was sixth fastest in time trials, relegated to a third-row start and faced…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service Reigning NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Corey Heim held off a dramatic checkered flag charge – in lapped traffic – from his TRICON Garage teammate Kaden Honeycutt to claim his first career win at the iconic Michigan International Speedway in Saturday’s DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics. It’s Heim’s 26th career victory, but first ever on the two-mile Michigan high banks giving him series wins now on 22 different tracks – second best all-time only NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. has won at 31 venues. It’s Heim’s…
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—At the drivers’ meeting before Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer had some parting words for the NASCAR Cup Series drivers. “Let’s put on a race Kyle would be proud of,” Sawyer said, referring to two-time series champion and certain NASCAR Hall of Famer Kyle Busch, who passed away Thursday after a sudden, brief illness. The drivers took those words seriously and put on a quality show that ended improbably, with Daniel Suarez claiming the third victory of his career when NASCAR called…
Various photos of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson.