Courtesy of the NHRA EPPING, N.H. – Reigning Funny Car world champion Austin Prock led the way on Friday at New England Dragway, taking the provisional No. 1 spot for John Force Racing at the 12th annual NHRA New England Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Cody Coughlin (Pro Stock) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the seventh of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Friday’s second session also included the “No. 1 Clawifier Award presented by NAPA.” A special chair made of lobster pots awaited drivers on the top end, with…
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.
Photos from Sunday’s 109th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway All photos provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to see all of the pictures.
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—Chase Briscoe proved that practice does make perfect—or close enough to perfect, in his estimation. Benefiting from experience gained during a Goodyear tire test on March 18-19 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Briscoe put his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on the pole for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Briscoe toured the challenging 1.5-mile intermediate track in 29.532 seconds (182.852 mph) during Saturday’s time trials to edge Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson (182.729 mph) for the top starting spot by 0.02 seconds. Larson,…
Photos from Friday’s Carb Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All photos provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to see all of the pictures.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio Indianapolis Motor Speedway fans were treated to a special race on Friday called the Wienie 500. The event featured a fleet of Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobiles racing around the 2.5-mile superspeedway. It was held to kick off the 2025 Hot Dog season, a period of time during the summer months where sports fans typically eat more hot dogs at sporting events and backyard barbecues than any other time of the year The Wienie 500 marked the first “meat-up” of all six Wienermobiles in over a decade and the first competitive race for the fleet,…
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service There’s a homecoming in the offing for Homestead-Miami Speedway. After a five-year absence, NASCAR Championship weekend will return to the 1.5-mile venue in South Florida, heralded as one of the most exciting venues in the sport from a racing standpoint. In 2026, championships in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will be decided at Homestead, which hosted Championship Weekend from 2002 through 2019. The season finales of all three national series are scheduled for Nov. 6-8, 2026 as NASCAR begins a rotation of championship races that will…
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH, Texas – Ross Chastain capitalized on an overtime restart to finish second and earn his season-best finish on Sunday at the Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY race at Texas Motor Speedway. Chastain, driving his No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing, started 31st on the grid and little by little worked his way to the front of the field. By the end of the race he was in contention to win. “Starting 31st, we wanted to go +30 positions today,” Chastain said. “It’s all on this crew – the…
FORT WORTH, Texas – Photos from Sunday’s Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY race Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. All photos provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to see all of the pictures.
FORT WORTH, Texas – Photos from Saturday’s Kubota High Limit Stockyard Stampede Sprint Car Series races at The Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway. All photos provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to see all of the pictures.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio FORT WORTH, Texas – Kyle Larson delivered a thrilling performance in Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, capturing his 17th career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in a chaotic race that featured numerous cautions and lead changes, along with a dramatic double-overtime finish. Subbing for the injured Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Larson started 20th and overcame multiple setbacks — including a pit road penalty for a tire violation — to take the lead in the final laps and secure a 1.265-second win over rookie Taylor Gray.…