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By INDYCAR LONG POND, Pennsylvania (Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018) – As much success as he’s achieved in an outstanding racing career, Will Power still had difficulty accepting his name being placed alongside the great A.J. Foyt on Indy car’s all-time pole positions list. ABC SUPPLY 500: Qualifying results Yet that’s precisely where Power sits after claiming the Verizon P1 Award in qualifying Saturday for the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. Power’s two-lap average (219.511 mph) in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet gave the 2018 Indianapolis 500 champion poleRead More

By IMSA Wire Service DANVILLE, Va. – Ford Chip Gannasi Racing’s Ford GT teams have been dominant in the middle part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule. That run continued Saturday as Richard Westbrook battled the elements to place his No. 67 Ford GT on the pole for Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway. The rain started during GT Daytona (GTD) qualifying, and while it let up before the start of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) session, teams still needed to use wet weather tires. At theRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kyle Larson had to go 10 extra laps on Friday night, but the payoff was worth it. Holding off a determined Justin Allgaier in overtime, Larson won the Food City 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, collecting his first victory at the .533-mile high-banked concrete short track. “It feels really, really cool to win here finally at Bristol,” said Larson, who won for the fourth time in six starts this season and the 12th time in his career. “I’veRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor BRISTOL, Tenn. – It’s been a weekend Elliott Sadler won’t soon forget. After announcing Wednesday that he would be stepping away from full-time driving at the end of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, Sadler returned to the track where his NASCAR career began and where he has had so many memories and was able to leave with a sixth-place finish when the checkered flag flew. Sadler made his first NASCAR start at Bristol in the Xfinity Series in 1996, as well as breaking through withRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – Despite a chaotic night, Cole Custer squeezed out a top-five finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver had speed throughout the entire Food City 300. Several times Custer’s No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang was squeezed into the outside wall by his competitors. In the waning laps, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Ty Dillon clipped Custer. The Xfinity regular slipped outside the top-10. Attrition dropped Dillon and Daniel Hemric out, sending the race into overtime. With fresh tires, CusterRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – It may have taken 22 races, but Michael Annett finally earned his first Top-10 finish of 2018. The JR Motorsports drivers’ journey to that Top-10 finish in the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway was a wild one. A caution with 40 laps to go gave Annett the free pass. The NASCAR Xfinity Series driver used that to put his No. 5 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet Camaro SS back on the lead lap. With just 11 other cars on the leadRead More

By IMSA Wire Service DANVILLE, Va. – Garcia Gets VIR Three-peat Effort Off to Solid Start by Leading Friday Practice at VIR Antonio Garcia was at it again on Friday at VIRginia International Raceway. After winning the Michelin GT Challenge each of the past two years with No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R co-driver Jan Magnussen, Garcia posted the fastest time in Friday practice for the two-hour, 40-minute race on Sunday. Garcia’s best time – which came in the second of the day’s two IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practiceRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kyle Larson, a close second to Kyle Busch in the 2018 spring race at Bristol Motor Speedway, took the first step toward avenging that loss—and a handful of others—with a pole-winning effort in Friday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series knockout qualifying session at the .533-mile short track. In the final round, Larson covered the distance in 15.015 seconds (127.792 mph) to complete a sweep of the three rounds in the session. In winning his first Busch Pole Award at Thunder Valley, hisRead More

By Josh Farmer, Contributing Journalist Santino Ferrucci will return to Dale Coyne Racing for the final two rounds of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season. The 20-year-old from Woodbury, Connecticut will drive the No. 39 Cly-Del Honda for the Chicago-based outfit alongside Sebastien Bourdais and Pietro Fittipaldi in the Portland Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Sonoma. Ferrucci made his IndyCar debut for DCR at the Detroit doubleheader earlier this year, subbing for Fittipaldi. He finished 22nd and 20th in both races. He will take part in the series’ testRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – Several hours prior to the Food City 300, the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers ran qualification laps to determine the starting grid. With 40 cars attempting the race and 40 cars available, all drivers will compete tonight at Bristol Motor Speedway. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch earned his 65th career pole in his final Xfinity start of the year with a lap of 124.686 mph. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, and Xfinity Championship Points Leader, Christopher Bell qualified on the outsideRead More