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Tony Schumacher nailed the provisional pole position in Top Fuel Friday during the first day of qualifying for the Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The defending world champion stopped the clock in 3.812-seconds at a sizzling 325.14 mph during the second session and that was good enough for the No. [...]

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Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole for Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Friday afternoon.
Hornaday, the defending series champion, had a fast lap at the 2.66-mile oval at 181.230 mph.
He will be going for his second straight victory as he won his first race of the season a week ago at [...]

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One of the highest profile team/driver relationships in open wheel racing has ended.
Andretti Autosport and driver Tony Kanaan announced Friday that they have reached an agreement to terminate their current multi-year contract. Kanaan has been released from his duties as an IZOD IndyCar Series driver at Andretti Autosport and allows him to sign with another [...]

The Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship tightened up quite a bit on Sunday as Denny Hamlin won his third straight race at Martinsville, finished four spots ahead of point leader Jimmie Johnson and worked his way to within six points of Johnson in the standings.
It’s on, Hamlin, who had predicted his victory, said after [...]

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Brad Keselowski passed Mike Bliss for the lead at the whitle flag and went on to win the 5-Hour Energy 250 Nationwide Series race at Gateway International Raceway on Saturday afternoon.
The victory was the sixth of the season for Keselowski, who is the series’ points leader.
Bliss, driving a Kevin Harvick Inc. car, was second – [...]

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Ron Hornaday Jr. held off Kyle Busch on a green/white-checkered restart to win the Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway Saturday afternoon.
The victory was the first ever for Hornaday at NASCAR’s shortest track. He got the victory in the first race with Butch Hylton as his crew chief.
Busch, who started from [...]

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Kyle Busch won the pole Friday for Saturday’s Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.
For the first time in a NASCAR major-series event, four women will be in the starting lineup. Johanna Long qualified 17th, and Jennifer Jo Cobb was 36th. Twin sisters Angela Cope (33rd) and Amber Cope (35th) also qualified.
“I [...]

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Denny Hamlin got off to a fast start to his weekend Friday afternoon as he won pole for Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
Hamlin, second in points to Jimmie Johnson halfway through the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship, laid down a fast lap at 97.018 mph.
The pole for Hamlin, who is [...]

Kasey Kahne suddenly left Richard Petty Motorsports this week and it was quickly announced that he would join Red Bull Racing – the team for which he will driver full time next season –for the final five races of the 2010 season.
Kahne and Red Bull general manager Jay Frye met with the media do discuss [...]

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Daytona Beach, Fla.– Fans seeking more behind-the-scenes access at Daytona International Speedway will get a closer look into the “World Center of Racing” via a new tour.
Beginning Nov. 8, the Daytona 500 Experience will provide an expanded, one-hour speedway tour. Fans will view never-before-seen areas including the Daytona 500 Club, the Sprint Tower and the [...]