Seats are beginning to fill up on the Doug Kalitta Championship Bandwagon. So, like the popular NHRA Top Fuel veteran himself _ better act fast.
Kalitta remained undefeated in NHRA’s 2023 Countdown to the Championship playoffs, …
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Texas Dropped As IndyCar Releases 2024 Race Schedule
Texas Motor Speedway will not hold an IndyCar event next year. (File photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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INDYCAR’s 2024 race schedule does not include Texas Motor Speedway, ending an association with the NTT IndyCar Series that began with the track’s initial season in 1997.
Announced in a release Monday morning from Indianapolis, the 17-race schedule drops TMS’ high-banked/1.5-mile layout from its most recent slot as the lone oval event leading into Month of May activities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, site of next May’s 108th Indianapolis 500.
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden won the NTT IndyCar Series PPG 375 at TMS on April 1, first race of a reported new, three-year contract between the sanctioning body and Speedway Motorsports.
No mention of TMS’ exit, or the contract, was included in the official INDYCAR release.
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
INDYCAR’s 2024 race schedule does not include Texas Motor Speedway, ending an association with the NTT IndyCar Series that began with the track’s initial season in 1997.
Announced in a release …
William Byron’s storybook NASCAR Cup Series career at Hendrick Motorsports continued Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, where his season-leading sixth victory delivered “Mr. H” his milestone 300th win.
Byron overtook fellow Playoff-contender Bubba Wallace of 23XI …
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Championship contender Bubba Wallace opened the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 12 in promising fashion Saturday, earning pole position during qualifying for today’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
Wallace, …
Top Fuel competitor Mike Salinas became the first driver in NHRA history to reach 300 mph in the 1/8-mile, setting both ends of the zMAX Dragway track record Saturday en route to qualifying No. 1 …
Forced to get rid of his lid on Saturday, Top Fuel veteran Doug Kalitta marched to his milestone 50th career victory _ and first in nearly three years _ during Monday’s rain-delayed final of the …
Weather permitting, the semifinals and finals of Sunday’s postponed 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals will resume Monday morning at Maple Grove Raceway.
On-track activity in the 2023 Countdown to the Championship playoffs opening event is …
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Denny Hamlin moved one step closer to claiming an elusive NASCAR Cup Series championship Saturday by winning the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, one of NASCAR’s crown jewels, in front of …
Ford Racing stalwart Bob Tasca III capped Funny Car qualifying in style Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway, powering to P1 in front of a sellout crowd at the 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals _ …
Top-seeds Justin Ashley, Ron Capps, Dallas Glenn and Gaige Herrera will launch their bids for 2023 NHRA world championships Friday afternoon when qualifying begins for the 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove …
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Chip Ganassi Racing bid adieu to the 2023 INDYCAR season Sunday with separate Victory Lane celebrations featuring a pair of drivers for the ages.
Think Alex Palou, 26, the two-time/reigning NTT …