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By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief McLaren will get a much needed boost as Honda has introduced a major power unit upgrade for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The intensely fast Spa-Franchorchamps circuit puts a premium demand on the power unit. With the summer break now over, Honda has brought the upgrade for both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button. The Japanese supplier put an emphasis on combustion efficiency with the internal combustion engine (ICE). The power unit will also see improvements to both the turbo and compressor, something Honda looks to continueRead More

SHOW #425 – Guest: Martin Truex Jr. – We recap the rainy Bristol weekend, goo on other race tracks, latest from Dale Earnhardt Jr., testing at Chicagoland, Byron lands sweet gig, Sadler keeps his, Kyle Busch gets a time out in the corner, plus a full Michigan preview. 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: TakeRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor After dealing with rain and the Bristol night race being postponed to Sunday afternoon last weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads north to Michigan to race on one of the biggest and fastest tracks on the circuit, Michigan International Speedway and Sunday’s running of the Pure Michigan 400, which marks three races remaining in the regular season. With this race taking place near the home of two of the three manufacturers (Chevrolet and Ford), teams put extra emphasis on winning this race for braggingRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter There is 17 races next season for the Verizon IndyCar Series as the 2017 schedule has been announced. The 2017 schedule a degree of continuity as every race from the 2016 schedule return in their now traditional dates and times. “The release of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule continues to build upon the success INDYCAR has experienced the last three years and establishes continuity and consistency in our event calendar,” said Mark Miles, CEO of Hulman & Co., the parent of INDYCAR and theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Road America, Paul Menard took home the victory in beating Ryan Blaney by just over half a second. The highest finishing NASCAR Xfinity Series regular was Brian Scott who finished third. Brandan Gaughan is the only past winner at Road America in the field this weekend. Xfinity Series Chase 22 races into the 2016 Xfinity Series Season, there have been 13 different winners, and only three of them, Erik Jones, Elliott Sadler, and Daniel Suarez are currentlyRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Michigan International Speedway, Kyle Busch took home the victory in dramatic fashion, beating Ryan Blaney by just over a tenth of a second. Erik Jones was the highest finishing Truck Series regular in third. The last time a contender for the Truck Series Championship took home the victory was in 2014 when Johnny Sauter took home the checkered flag. Sauter and Travis Kvapil are the only past winners in the field this weekend. Truck SeriesRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor Three races remain until the 2016 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup begins, and already 12 drivers have locked up a spot in the Chase Grid by way of winning a race. With Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher finding victory lane already, that leaves four spots left up for grabs over the next three weeks. Here are the drivers that are left battling forRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor We all know Dale Jarrett as a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1999 Winston Cup Champion, but his road to glory began way back in 1991 when he scored his first Winston Cup win in a photo finish with Davey Allison at Michigan. As the Sprint Cup Series heads to Michigan this weekend, this week’s edition of “Throwback Thursday Theater” will look back at that race, the 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400. Heading into Michigan, Jarrett had run six seasons in the Cup Series,Read More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor It’s hard to believe, but of Brad Keselowski’s 21-career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories none have come at his hometown track — Michigan International Speedway. Keselowski always puts extra pressure on his shoulders when he comes back home, and he talked about that a few months ago. “It is a key weekend for us as a whole. For that I am thankful that I am from that same town as well,” Keselowski said. “For me it puts a lot of pressure coming to this race. BothRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor Still ailing from concussion-like symptoms likely sustained earlier this summer at Michigan International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss at least two more NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday. Earnhardt was not medically cleared by his doctors in his most recent visit this week, and underwent further evaluation Wednesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Driving in place of Earnhardt this weekend at Michigan will be Alex Bowman, who drove for Earnhardt in his first missed event of theRead More