By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – Kyle Busch earned the pole for Saturday’s inaugural NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of the Americas. Busch, who was driving the No. 54 Skittles Gummies Toyota, qualified for the top spot after posting a time of 160.349 seconds, 76.558 mph after racing around a rained-soaked 3.4-mile road course. Busch’s pole award is the first this season and it will mark his first top 10 start in the Xfinity Series in 2021. It was also his 69th pole in 358 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. Ross Chastain qualified second in…
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.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – Tyler Ankrum, driving the No. 26 – Circle B Diecast Chevrolet, earned the pole position for Saturday’s inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 225 race at Circuit of The Americas. He posted the fastest lap clocked at 163.591 seconds, 75.041 mph in his Toyota Tundra. This marks his first pole award in 54 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. It will also be his first top-10 start this season. Kaz Grala was second fastest in his No. 02 Young’s Building Systems Chevrolet after recording a 163.720, 74.982 mph lap.…
A photographic look at the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 practice session held Friday at Circuit of The Americas. Click on the picture below and then click the arrow on the picture to see the gallery. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – Austin Cindric, driver of the No. 22 Menards/Richmond Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Zane Smith, driver of the No. 21 MRC Construction Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series both topped all drivers in their respective classes during practice Friday at Circuit of the Americas. Cindric topped the charts with a time of 137.778, 89.100 mph. while Smith posted a fast time of 137.395, 89.348 mph. Both clases will qualify and race on Saturday. NCWTS qualifying begins at 9:05 a.m. and NXS qualifying is set for 11:05…
A photographic look at the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250 practice held Friday at Circuit of The Americas. Click on the picture below and then click the arrow on the picture to see the gallery. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson.
Courtesy of Speedway Motorsports Communications Department AUSTIN, Texas – Circuit of The Americas remains a world-class motorsports facility, but the challenging road course required several enhancements to accommodate NASCAR’s three national series for the May 21-23 tripleheader weekend in Austin, Texas. The information below includes many of those NASCAR enhancements along with several interesting numbers about the sprawling motorsports and entertainment venue. 13,000 – Tires used to create 2,800 tire safety packs around the circuit. 5,000 – Gallons of paint used throughout the layout, including the signature stars and stripes. That’s enough paint to cover approximately 35 football fields.…
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH, Texas – Patricio “Pato” O’Ward scored his first NTT INDYCAR Series victory Saturday night at the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. The 21-year old Mexican driver, who once lived and went to school in San Antonio, passed Josef Newgarden’s No. 2 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet with 24 laps to go and then hung on to defeat him by a margin of 1.2443 seconds at the 1.5 mile oval. “Finally!” O’Ward said. “That was long race, but we had so much pace in the Arrow McLaren SP No. 5. We got…
FORT WORTH, Texas – A photographic look at the NTT INDYCAR Series XPEL 375 race held Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Click on the picture below and then click the arrow on the picture to see the gallery. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH, Texas – Scott Dixon was a man on a mission Saturday night at the NTT IndyCar Series Genesys 300 race at Texas Motor Speedway. And there was no way anyone could stop him. Dixon, driver of the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, led 206 of the 212 laps and soared to a .2646 of a second margin of victory over Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet, who was racing on an oval for the first time. Pato O’Ward finished third in the No. 5…
FORT WORTH, Texas – A photographic look at the NTT INDYCAR Series Genesys 300 race held Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Click on the picture below and then click the arrow on the picture to see the gallery. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson.