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 [...]
CONCORD, N.C. – For NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner Eddie Sharp, Justin Lofton’s first career victory in Friday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was a gamble that paid off.
Lofton simply viewed it as the fifth move in a chess match.
“First move, going back to Eddie’s,” explained the 26-year-old [...]
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Justin Lofton held off Brad Keselowski on the final lap and went on to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night.
The victory was the first of Lofton’s NASCAR career.
It came on his 55th start.
“This is amazing,” Lofton said. “I really don’t even know what to do. This [...]
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Cruz Pedregon obliterated the track records and claimed the provisional Funny Car pole at the Dollar General Summer Nationals with a 4.046 at 315.56 at pass at Heartland Park Topeka on Friday evening.
Also earning provisional poles were Antron Brown in Top Fuel and Allen Johnson in Pro Stock.
Bob Tasca was second fastest in Funny Car [...]
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Marco Andretti is poised to rock his world, and add to his family’s star-crossed history at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, during Pole Day qualifications Saturday for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Aided by an increase in turbocharger boost pressure, Andretti topped the speed chart on Fast Friday with a lap [...]
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Kyle Busch won the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Busch edged Ryan Newman in Friday’s time trials, which included three laps and a pit stop.
Denny Hamlin claimed the third starting position, followed by Cup points leader Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick .
Busch won his third All-Star pole but has [...]
CONCORD, N.C. – Kurt Busch said Friday he didn’t believe any of Ryan Newman’s crewmen were in danger when he executed a burnout through Newman’s pit as he left pit road following a wreck in last weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway.
“Newman left his pit a good 10 seconds before us,” Busch [...]
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TOPEKA, Kan. – Everything about Tony Schumacher as he sat at a lunch table in his team’s compound at Heartland Park Topeka on Friday said this: No wins, no problem. His words, his tone, his body language: No wins, no problem.
For a simple reason. Schumacher, a seven-time NHRA Top Fuel champion, [...]
CONCORD, N.C. – If a congressman from Georgia has his way military sponsorships in NASCAR could soon be a thing of the past.
That would include the National Guard’s association with the sport’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
An amendment, which prohibits funding of sponsorships for professional sports or sporting events, passed in a voice vote [...]
A change in turbocharger boost pressure promises to increase speeds, engineering data and perhaps anxiety levels for IZOD IndyCar Series teams during Fast Friday practice today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Setup data collected during six days/35 hours of practice this week for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27 largely will be shelved [...]
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Everyone knows the adage a photo is worth a 1,000 words, but for Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Sprint Cup team one photograph was worth $80,675.
Thursday night in the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge at Time Warner Arena, Johnson’s crew gained some sweet revenge, defeating Denny Hamlin’s team [...]
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