A self-described workaholic, Mike Salinas wheels his 330-mph Top Fuel dragster as a high-speed hobby. As of Sunday evening in Norwalk, Ohio, NHRA world champions Brittany Force and Steve Torrence wish Salinas had taken up …
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By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Welcome to the race to promote motor racing to the younger generation. It didn’t start with Bubba Wallace’s victory at Talladega, but that sure accelerated things for NASCAR.
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, …
ENNIS, Texas – The business of deciding NHRA’s four 2021 professional world champions will pause Friday evening at Texas Motorplex in deference to drag racing royalty.
Legendary driver Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and award-winning photographer Richard …
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Ever since Talladega Superspeedway opened in 1969 the only thing that has been predictable about the track is its unpredictability. Never has that been more evident than in NASCAR’s most …
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Not all the moisture damping the ground at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday was caused by the rain which ended the NASCAR Cup Series race early.
There was also the moisture caused …
The NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega has been postponed until Monday because of rain.
The race, the second of the series’ Playoffs Round of 12, is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Denny Hamlin, …
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Do his undeniably great statistics of 100 victories and 101 poles make Lewis Hamilton F1’s greatest driver?
Well, let’s not go there. Different eras produce different opportunities. So, comparing records is not …
Steve Torrence’s quest for a fourth consecutive NHRA Top Fuel world title accelerated Sunday with a victory and a return to the top of the Countdown to the Championship playoff standings.
Bidding to become the seventh …
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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INDYCAR and Indianapolis 500 champion Simon Pagenaud will contest the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series schedule alongside four-time/reigning Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves at Meyer Shank Racing, which has morphed into …
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Alex Palou clinched his first NTT IndyCar Series championship with a workmanlike, fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, where the 24-year-old was eager to explain what …
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
For the first 26. weeks of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, a big question was whether or not Denny Hamlin would win a race this season.
That question has been …