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Native Californian Justin Grant set a relentless pace for 25 non-stop laps Friday to earn his third career preliminary night win in as many years at the 33rd annual Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire in Tulsa, Okla.
Grant’s Vacuworx Qualifying Night victory around Tulsa Expo Raceway’s fifth-mile oval earned his fourth chance at Saturday […]
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Drivers Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia are set to take a shot at winning at third Rolex 24. (Richard Prince/Chevrolet file photo).
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Two-time/reigning GTLM Driver Champions Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen headline Corvette Racing’s lineup for the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule.
IMSA’s landmark 50th season will open with the 57th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona, […]
Scott Palmer will be back in a Tommy Thompson dragster in 2019.
By John Sturbin/Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Top Fuel driver Scott Palmer will remain with Tommy Thompson Motorsports for the full 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.
Palmer, who finished 10th in the final 2018 Countdown to the Championship point standings topped by Steve Torrence, will campaign […]
The No. 99 ‘Red Dragon’ of Bob Stallings is likely being parked for good. (RacinToday file photo by Martha Fairris)
By John Sturbin |Senior WriterRacinToday.com
A mix of pragmatic corporate and pressing “grandpa” considerations combined to prompt Dallas businessman Bob Stallings to park the latest _ and likely the last _ iteration of the No. 99 “Red […]
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American endurance racing team DragonSpeed will run a partial IndyCar Series schedule in 2019 to prepare for fulltime INDYCAR participation in 2020.
Team Principal Elton Julian announced that DragonSpeed will compete in five races next season, including the 103rd Indianapolis 500, powered by Chevrolet engines and with driver Ben Hanley.
Founded by Julian in 2007 to […]
Rubens Barrichello will drive in the Rolex 24 in 2019.
By John Sturbin/Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello has joined JDC-Miller MotorSports’ revised and renumbered two-car lineup for the 57th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, 2019 season-opener for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The twice-around-the clock endurance classic is scheduled for Jan. 26-27 on Daytona […]
John Paul Jr. in the cockpit of his Formula Ford.
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Few racing car drivers arrive with as much star talent as John Paul Jr. and none from his own era met such a star-crossed career. It’s fitting that a novelist, Sylvia Wilkinson, has composed his biography.
Titled 50/50 – Race Car Driver […]
John Hunter Nemechek is headed to a new team in 2019. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)
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John Hunter Nemechek has joined GMS Racing and team-owner Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. for the full 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) season in a bid for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.
Nemechek, of Mooresville, N.C., ran […]
Chip Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday that it has hired 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kurt Busch to drive its No. 1 Camaro in 2019.
Busch, who has driven for Stewart-Haas Racing the past several years, will take the place of Jamie McMurray in the No. 1 car.
“I am tremendously proud to be joining Chip Ganassi Racing […]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso will pay a return visit to the Indianapolis 500 next year it was announced on Tuesday.
The Spanish driver will drive a Chevrolet Powered car and be sponsored by McLaren, the company for which he has driven in Formula 1.
Alonso won F1 championships in 2005 […]
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First-time live FOX broadcast network coverage of the annual NHRA SpringNationals from Houston Raceway in Baytown, Texas, highlights the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.
The FOX broadcast network schedule also includes live coverage of the summertime “Western Swing” through the Denver, Sonoma (Calif.) and Seattle markets as well as the prestigious Chevrolet […]
