Dave Grubnic broke a long winless streak Sunday when he won the Top Fuel competition at the Dollar General NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
The Kalitta Motorsports driver beat Spencer Massey of Don Schumacher Racing in the finals with a pass in 3.893 seconds and at 319.07 mph.
The victory was the first for Grubnic [...]
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Briscoe Drives Out Of The Shadows At Penske
Driver Ryan Briscoe gets instructions from team owner Roger Penske on Pole Day at Indianapolis on Saturday. (INDYCAR/LAT USA)
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Ryan Briscoe’s pole-winning run for the 96th Indianapolis 500 looms as the perfect vehicle to alter the Australian’s image as “third-wheelman” at Team Penske.
Largely overshadowed by Helio Castroneves and Will Power during his four-plus-year tenure at Penske, 
Briscoe figures to spend much of the week leading up to Sunday’s green flag eloquently chatting-up “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing,” team-owner Roger Penske’s open-wheel legacy – and maybe even himself.
“It’s good knowing my name will go down in history at the Indianapolis 500,” said Briscoe, 30, first Aussie to qualify on-pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “It’s something that will be here forever. This race is so important and so big. A pole win here is tremendous. It’s a great feeling.”
Briscoe posted a four-lap average of 226.484 mph in the early moments of Saturday’s Fast Nine Shootout, then withstood several challenges from competitors and his teammates over the 90-minute session to secure the 13th pole of his IZOD IndyCar Series career. Driver of the No. 2 IZOD Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet, Briscoe touted the company line after notching the organization’s record 17th pole with 11 drivers at IMS.
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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There was no bumping on Bump Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but IndyCar Series officials did avoid a public relations setback when the field for the 2012 Indianapolis 500 was filled out to its capacity of 33 cars and drivers.
Ed Carpenter, who suffered through a horrible Pole Day on Saturday [...]
Dave Grubnic broke a long winless streak Sunday when he won the Top Fuel competition at the Dollar General NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
The Kalitta Motorsports driver beat Spencer Massey of Don Schumacher Racing in the finals with a pass in 3.893 seconds and at 319.07 mph.
The victory was the first for Grubnic [...]
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominated and won Sunday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway. The victory was his third straight at the track in Newton as he also swept both NNS events there last season.
The defending series champion, who drives for Roush Fenway Racing, led 209 of 250 laps.
“Man, this one was fun,” Stenhouse said [...]
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Steve Kinser’s hot streak continued on Saturday at Orange County Fair Speedway, where he won for the sixth time in 22 features, claimed career Outlaws victory No. 572 and pulled into a tie atop the World of Outlaws championship standings with Swindell.
“It’s nothing that hasn’t happened many years before,” Kinser said.
Kinser led all 25 laps [...]
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – For Hendrick Motorsports, the week has been phenomenal, as the nearly three-decade old team has won everything in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition except qualifying for the All-Star and Showdown races.
In a seven-day period, five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has recorded Hendrick’s 200th Cup victory at Darlington [...]
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Jimmie Johnson pulled away from Brad Keselowski over the final 10 laps to win Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Johnson won $1 million for his efforts.
Five-time Cup champion Johnson took the lead when he beat the field out of the pits after the mandatory stop prior to the final 10-lap segment [...]
Ryan Briscoe went out early in the Fast Nine portion of Pole Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Saturday, set a surprisingly-fast four-lap speed and then sat nervously in the cockpit of his Chevrolet powered Dallara for the remainder of the 1.5-hour qualifying segment.
When the gun sounded to signal the end of the session, Briscoe had [...]
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – Darrell Wallace Jr. becomes the third African-American to compete in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race this weekend and NASCAR Chairman Brian France said Saturday it would be big for the sport if he performed well.
“He’s somebody with the most promising talent who is an African-American who has [...]
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Antron Brown earned his first No. 1 qualifying position of the season Saturday at the Dollar General NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) also will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations as No. 1 qualifiers at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.
No [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite of the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments.
Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, [...]
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