National Speed Sport News

 Tracy Hines led the final three laps to win Saturday night's USAC Mopar National Midget Series race at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis.

Dale McDowell banked $20,000 for winning the Lucas Late Model Series feature at Ohio's Portsmouth Raceway Park.

Jeremy Payne was a winner in MLRA late-model competition.

ASCS Regional sprint car winners were Jason Johnson, R.J. Johnson, Dustin Daggett andread more

 Knoxville Nationals winner Tim Shaffer continued to have the hot hand as he charged to his 11th All Star Circuit of Champions triumph of the season Friday night at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. Shaffer shared the spotlight with Shane Clanton who won the companion All Star Late Model race.

Jason Johnson was a winner in ASCS Gulf South competition and Brian Brown took the checkered flag inread more

Former NHRA Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden has confirmed that he will come out of retirement to drive a Cunningham Motorsports Ford Mustang in the Pro Stock division during this weekend's NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind.

Graham Rahal will pilot the No. 66 Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda during the IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 this weekend atread more

Dyson Racing, which won the American Le Mans Series event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, earlier this season with drivers Chris Dyson and Guy Smith, will return to the Grand Am Rolex Series Daytona Prototype division during the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, Sept. 11. Davy Jones and John McCutchen II will drive a Ford Lola for the team through aread more

Friday's ARDC Midget Series event scheduled for Clinton County Raceway in Lock Haven, Pa., has been postponed. The track and series are looking at possible reschedule dates.

Richard Childress Racing and Morgan Shepherd have formed Shepherd Racing Ventures to run the No. 21 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for the rest of the year. Clint Bowyer will drive the No. 21 Zaxby's Chevrolet inread more

Jeff Agnew ended a dry spell dating back to 2007 with a victory during Saturday's USARacing Pro Cup Series event at Concord (N.C.) Speedway.

Tim Crawley used home field advantage to help him capture Saturday's Lucas Oil ASCS National event at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark.

Patrick Laperle dominated the American Canadian Tour's annual visit to Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee Jonction, Quebec,read more

Craig Goess, driver of the No. 81 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota, was fastest in practice for today's ARCA Racing Series Ansell Protective Gloves 150 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.

Officials from Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, have confirmed that its annual IZOD IndyCar Series event will be a night race. It is scheduled for June 25.

The Mid-American Stock Car Series event at Dodge Countyread more

Tomas Scheckter will drive the No. 36 Conquest Racing Dallara Honda this weekend during the IZOD IndyCar Series Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.

The Mid-American Stock Car Series event scheduled for Friday (Sept. 3) at Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway in Beaver Dam, Wis., has been canceled.

Dave Blaney will drive the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford inread more

24 Hours of Le Mans winners Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller will pilot a Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid during the American Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., Oct. 2.

Team PBIR will return to Firestone Indy Lights competition this weekend with driver Dillon Battistini driving the No. 35 Dallara Honda for the team at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.

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Ana Beatriz will drive the No. 24 Dad's Root Bear Dallara Honda for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing during the Peak Indy 300 this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.

Tire Kingdom has signed a multi-year contract extension to continue as title sponsor of the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West driver Paulie Harraka will make his NASCARread more

Mike Larrison earned his first Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Car Series victory as the winged series made its first visit to Wisconsin's Slinger Superspeedway Saturday night. Jeff Bloom was fast qualifier with a lap of 9.908 seconds on the quarter-mile oval.

Don Thomson, Jr. won the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series late-model race at Ontario's Mosport Speedway.

Jason Johnson earned his second consecutiveread more

Friday
BEDFORD, Pa. - "It was just a long, long race," commented rookie United Racing Co. driver Bill Unglert after scoring his first Rislone URC Sprint victory Friday night at Bedford Speedway.

Unglert led all 25 laps, but was pressured the entire race by some of URC's best. Several caution flags and even a red flag on lap 22 brought the talent to the rear bumper of the Unglert sprinter, butread more

�Next year's 38th annual TD Bank 250 late-model stock-car classic at Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, has been scheduled for July 24.

This weekend's inaugural DIRTcar West Coast Nationals will be the first UMP event at Merced (Calif.) Speedway, but it won't be the last. Oval Motorsports, Inc., which promotes Merced and Antioch Speedways has signed UMP to sanction races at both tracks in 2011.

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 -Rain washed out Wednesday night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series race at Pennsylvania's Grandview Speedway.

-Ryan Gustin won the USMTS Casey's General Stores National Tour modified feature Wednesday night at Webster, City, Iowa.

Four drivers will compete in three NASCAR-sanctioned races in the next four days. Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Elliott Sadler are entered in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck events at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this week. Ryan Newman is entered in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events at Bristol.

JR Motorsports has signed driver Aricread more

Mercedes GP Petronas has released reserve driver Nick Heidfeld from his contract so that he may take the position of official test driver for new Formula One tire manufacturer Pirelli.

Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will join Muscle Milk Team CytoSport for the next two rounds on the American Le Mans Series in place of injured driver Greg Pickett.

The inaugural IZOD IndyCarread more

Night three of the 50th annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway have been rained out. The event will be run tomorrow at noon. Scrambles will not be part of the program.

Kelly Boen wired the 25-lap Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Ass'n event at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb., Friday.

Kasey Kahne will start from the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Seriesread more

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver Justin Wilson tore a ligament in his right thumb during a qualifying crash at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio Aug. 7. Series officials have cleared him to race.

Stewart Friesen took over the Race of Champions Dart Dirt Modified Series point lead with a victory Tuesday night at Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pa.

The POWRi National Midget Seriesread more

Kansas Speedway officials confirmed that the track will receive two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events during the 2011 season. In addition, Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., has confirmed it will host only one race and Phoenix Int'l Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., has confirmed it will host two events, including the second event on the schedule next year.

David Stremme will not return as driver ofread more

Shane Stewart survived a late-race restart to win Saturday night's 20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway.

Trevor Lewis used a late-race move around leader J.J. Grasso to take the win in Saturday night's URC 25-lap feature at Bridgeport (N.J.) Speedway.

Billy Balog triumphed in Saturday night's rain-postponed Interstate Racing Ass'n feature at Wisconsin's Beaver Damread more

Here are the winners of Friday's major short-track events:

Shane Stewart survived a late-race restart to win Saturday night's 20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway.

Trevor Lewis used a late-race move around leader J.J. Grasso to take the win in Saturday night's URC 25-lap feature at Bridgeport (N.J.) Speedway.

Billy Balog triumphed in Saturday night's rain-postponedread more

Popular race track announcer Jack Miller died Friday after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Miller, who called the Knoxville Nationals, Chili Bowl and East Bay Winternationals among other events, was 74.

Dustin Daggett captured his 72nd career ASCS Sprints on Dirt triumph Friday at Cherry Raceway in Fife, Mich.

Marcos Ambrose set a track qualifying record Friday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int'lread more

Here are the winners of Friday's major short-track events:

Bryan Howland earned his first victory at New York's Black Rock Speedway during Friday night's ASCS Patriot feature.

Dustin Daggett captured his 72nd career ASCS Sprints on Dirt triumph Friday at Cherry Raceway in Fife, Mich.

Mike Ordway, Sr. topped Friday night's ISMA Supermodified ISMA 30 at Delaware (Ontario) Speedway before crashing hisread more

Tim Shaffer won his fourth-straight O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions event Thursday night at the Belleville (Kan.) High Banks.

Aaron Ott pocketed $3,000 for winning URC Sprint Series-sanctioned Kasey Kahne Foundation Ollie's Battle at the Grove Thursday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Tim McCreadie kicked off the 23rd annual USA Nationals presented by U.S. Steel Corp.read more

Tim Shaffer won Wednesday's O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions event at the Butler County Motorplex in Rising City, Neb.

George L. Thompson, the former owner of Cordele (Ga.) Motor Speedway died Wednesday at his home in Fitzgerald, Ga., after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was 39.

The USARacing Pro Cup Series event at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway Oct. 3 will be known as the Brushyread more

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will make his 500th NASCAR start this weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int'l. It will be his 385th NASCAR Sprint Cup start to go along with 115 starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Max Papis will drive the No. 33 Kevin Harvick, Inc. Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series during the event at Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, Quebec, Aug. 29.

Johnny Sauter won the ASA Kwikread more

Former Formula One driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut this weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int'l driving the No. 27 Baker-Curb Racing Ford.

Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series driver Billy Johnson, who co-drives with Jack Roush, Jr., will drive the No. 6 CitiFinancial Ford in place of Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. for Roush Fenway Racing in Saturday's NASCARread more

 -Dan Schlieper earned his first Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series victory since 2008 Saturday night at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway.

-Tim Shaffer topped the All Star sprint-car race at Huset's Speedway in South Dakota.

-Sammy Swindell won the 410 winged sprint-car feature at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway.

-Mike Hess topped the Badger Midget Series feature at Beaver Dam, Wis.

-Rowan Pennink scored his firstread more

 Shane Stewart won Friday night's Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series race at Missouri's LA Raceway, narrowing the gap on point-leader Jason Johnson.

Alan Cole topped the ASCS Patriot sprint-car feature at Pennsylvania's Clinton County Speedway.

Ryan Gustin posted his 10th USMTS modified triumph of the  year as the series stopped in Aberdeen, S.D., Friday night.

Mark Hayward earned his first ACTread more

Hendrick Motorsports has signed Steve Letarte, crew chief for four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon, to a multi-year contract extension.

IZOD IndyCar Series officials will meet with driver Helio Castroneves next week to further review his actions following the July 25 race in Edmonton. Any penalties will be announced after that meeting.

Zack VanderBeek stormed from 10th starting positionread more