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TORONTO, Ont., Canada. – Sweden’s Felix Rosenqvist had been forced to skip the three most recent Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires races but he returned with a vengeance on the bumpy and challenging street course around Exhibition Place this afternoon to claim a comfortable win in the Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Toronto. The victory was his second during an impressive rookie campaign in North America and the third this season for Belardi Auto Racing. Felix Serralles, who won one week ago at Iowa Speedway, finished secondRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with ThorSport Racing driver Rico Abreu. Abreu is a 24-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. Abreu suffers from achondroplasia, which is a genetic disorder and the most common cause of dwarfism. As a result, Abreu needs modifications to his truck in order to reach the petals. Abreu drives the Carolina Nut Company, Curb Records, Safelite No. 98 Toyota Tundra. Abreu is campaigning for both the 2016 Camping World Truck Series Championship andRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin took home the victory. Hamlin beat out Austin Dillon by just over a half a second. Daniel Suarez was the highest finishing Xfinity Series regular. Suarez finished fifth. The last time a contender for the Xfinity Series Championship won at New Hampshire was Kyle Busch in 2009. Busch won the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship in 2009 while also competing full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The last time a contenderRead More

SHOW #419 – Guest: Joey Logano – We recap the Kentucky weekend, Jimmie wrecks again, twice, Jeb finds a ride, testing at Indy, a full preview of New Hampshire and Fantasy Racing discussion. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie DOWNLOAD HERE CREDITS: Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Toby Christie Executive Producer: Kerry Murphey Music: Russell Nash Audio Director Voice Over: Thomas Moog SUBSCRIBE FREE HERE RSS FEED RADIO STATIONS CLICK HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! Subscribe to our audio shows from iTunes, and they will automatically showRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor In a shock to the NASCAR world, Hendrick Motorsports announced on Thursday that Dale Earnhardt, Jr. would miss Sunday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after suffering from concussion-like symptoms in the recent weeks. In a team release, Earnhardt noted that he not been feeling well leading into last weekend’s race at Kentucky and after visiting his physicians and being evaluated, he was not cleared to race. Earnhardt missed a handful of races back in 2012 after being diagnosed with a concussion following hard crashesRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series gears up for their race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend, we’ll take a look back as we do each week at a race from New Hampshire’s past in this week’s edition of “Throwback Thursday Theater.” This week, we’ll go in depth on the very first race at the track – the 1993 Slick 50 300. The track first opened in 1990, with the Busch Series becoming the first NASCAR national series to compete at the track. AfterRead More

Kimi Räikkönen set the quickest time of this week’s Silverstone test, with the Ferrari driver recording a lap of 1:30.665, eclipsing second-placed Esteban Ocon of Mercedes by more then half a second. Räikkönen’s time was a similar margin up on yesterday’s fastest time, set by McLaren’s Fernando Alonso. After a troubled day yesterday, during which driver Charles Leclerc was restricted to the garage for long periods, Räikkönen enjoyed a more positive outing today. After a morning spent on the medium compound tyre, the Ferrari driver ran with softs in theRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer Haas F1 development driver, Santino Ferrucci, was given the opportunity to drive a Formula One machine for the first time on Tuesday during an in-season test at Silverstone in England. The 18-year old Ferrucci, who hails from Woodbury, Connecticut, signed on with the American-based F1 team earlier this season, as he continues a full season in GP3 with the DAMS organization. In a session that was hit with rain showers, the youngster completed 55 laps on the 3.660-mile circuit, logging enough mileage to qualify for theRead More

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time the day as Formula One’s final in-season test got underway in mixed conditions at Silverstone. Alonso’s table-topping time of 1:31.290 was set on the supersoft tyres in the largely dry morning session and was good enough to see 1.5s clear of Mercedes’ Esteban Ocon on a day when just four Formula One race drivers took to the track. Ocon in turn finished over 1.5s ahead of third-placed Williams tester Alex Lynn. Alonso’s morning time was 0.450 quicker than his best time in qualifying forRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer This coming weekend the Verizon IndyCar Series will return to Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario for the Honda Indy Toronto continuing the 2016 season. The event is slated for July 15-17, 2016. About the Race The Honda Indy Toronto is round eleven of sixteen for the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2016. The event is held on a temporary street circuit, one of five such races on the schedule. It is the only IndyCar race held outside of the United States on the 2016 schedule. TheRead More