Bidding to move into the Funny Car playoffs point-lead for the first time in his career, Ford Racing loyalist Bob Tasca III clinched pole position Saturday as qualifying concluded for the 12th annual NHRA Midwest …
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CONCORD, N.C. – Hendrick Motorsports needed four years after making its debut to acquire its first NASCAR Cup win at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but once it found the key to victory lane it staked a …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Every time Scott Dixon straps into an Indy car, the record book beckons.
Dixon will start the 105th edition of the Indianapolis 500 from pole position Sunday afternoon in …
CONCORD, N.C. – When NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott learned four days before Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 that he had lost his spotter indefinitely he turned to his cousin Trey Poole for help.
Poole had spotted …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Carb Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is for sending messages, and the word from Scott Dixon is…don’t necessarily believe your lyin’ eyes.
Dixon retained his vice-like grip on the …
CONCORD, N.C. – When John Hunter Nemechek decided to return to NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series for the 2021 season with Kyle Busch Motorsports, he made it clear his only reason was so he could …
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INDIANAPOLIS – There is a spot gathering dust in Helio Castroneves’ trophy case for the Baby Borg trophy signifying his fourth Indianapolis 500 victory.
“Yes, it’s been there for a long …
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INDIANAPOLIS – The whose-car-is-it banter between Tony Kanaan and Jimmie Johnson has drawn plenty of eyeballs to the No. 48 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda this month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“Actually, …
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I met Max Mosley, who has died at age 81, in an unusual circumstance. But for the roar of unmuffled engines on the nearby track, it was a relatively sleepy …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Call it art for J.R.’s sake.
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford has created a one-off Official Souvenir Program cover for the race’s 105th edition, hand-drawing the cars of …
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Three-time/reigning Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence finally checked Houston Raceway Park off his must-do list, racing to a rain-delayed victory Monday during the 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals.
Robert Hight (Funny Car) and …