National Speed Sport News

LAKE MARY, Fla. - The Nuckles family was honored as the 34th recipient of the prestigious Auto Racing Promoters of the Year Feb. 8 at the annual Racing Promotion Monthly ceremony at the Grand Ballroom in the Hilton Daytona Beach.

The Nuckles family, anchored by Jeff and Cindy Nuckles, serves as promoters at Ohio's Columbus Motor Speedway and the awards presentation was part of the 37th annual RPMread more

SPEEDWAY, Ind. - Bryan Clauson was recognized as the 2009 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans (HARF) Driver of the Year at the club's 58th annual awards banquet here at the Brickyard Crossing Sunday afternoon. Clauson, a resident of nearby Noblesville, and his Cory Tucker Racing Team were also honored with the HARF Mechanical Achievement Award.

Tony Elliott and Johnny Parsons were inducted into the HARF Hallread more

ROSSBURG, Ohio - Eldora Speedway's major event schedule features the top dirt-based racing sanctioning bodies in the country, including USAC, the World of Outlaws and the UMP Late Models.

The famed World 100 for UMP Late Models will return for its 40th annual running Sept. 10-11, with the winner taking home $43,000.

The Kings Royal will also return under the sanctioning of the World of Outlawsread more

CONCORD, N.C. - Charlotte Motor Speedway is giving competitors one million reasons to show up for what will be the largest event in the history of Legends racing July 15-17 at the quarter-mile oval located on the frontstretch at the 1.5-mile superspeedway.

The event, which will draw grass-roots racers from across the country, will carry a $1 million purse with $250,000 expected to be paid to theread more

LAUGHLIN, Nev. - Josh Daniel lit up the Friday night sky in Nevada, becoming the first unlimited Class 1 driver since 2002 to capture the SCORE Laughlin Leap competition.

Daniel thrilled the crowed by sending his No. 114 Chevrolet-powered open-wheel desert racer off of a 6-foot dirt jump for a distance of 111 feet. It was Daniel's first overall and class victory in the event.

Second overall andread more

LAUGHLIN, Nev. - Third-generation desert racer Andy McMillin easily dominated a star-studded field of racers to capture the overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck victory during the season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.

With the race split into two days of eight laps each, McMillian covered the rugged 6.25-mile course in a combined time of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 3 seconds, averaging 49.16 milesread more

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Dario Franchitti continued to celebrate his second IndyCar Series championship Saturday night, winning the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Ass'n's Jerry Titus Award for the second time in three years.

President Dusty Brandel announced Franchitti as the organization's Driver of the Year as AARWBA honored its 40th All-America Team and kicked off its 55th year at theread more

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - NASCAR's Joey Logano and NHRA's Melanie Troxel were both winners during the fifth annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge Sunday at the Lake Placid Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Track.

Logano defeated Troxel in the second of two races Sunday afternoon, which pitted the fastest NASCAR representative against the fastest from NHRA. Logano's run of 49.81 seconds edgedread more

All Star LM Series
Date Track Winner
April 17 Sarver, Pa. Boom Briggs
April 18 Chillicothe, Ohio Boom Briggs
May 9 Winchester, Va. Jamie Lathroum
May 23 Chillicothe, Ohio Eddie Carrier, Jr.
May 24 Clearfield, Pa. Jared Miley
May 29 Hartford, Mich. Rod Conley
May 30 Butler, Mich. Boom Briggs
June 14 Franklin, Pa. Robbie Blair
June 20 Middlebourne, W.Va. Eddie Carrier,read more

Racing, Winning Anywhere, Anytime Name Of Game For Nationwide Champion Busch

Winning races will generally earn a racing driver a lot of fans. It will also give him a fair share of fans who like to root against him.

Add in an aggressive driving style, a brash personality and a perceived disrespect for the establishment and you have Kyle Busch.

With 25 stock-car racing victories in 2009, including 20read more

ORLANDO, Fla. - Reigning Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT champion Leh Keen will leave Farnbacher-Loles Racing and join Dempsey Racing to drive a second Mazda RX-8 in the GT class next year.

Keen will share the No. 41 Mazda RX-8 with Continental Tire Challenge veteran James Gue. Team owner Patrick Dempsey will share the team's No. 40 entry with Joe Foster.

"What an opportunity we have to expandread more

LAS VEGAS - Robby Gordon, Wilson Motorsports, BFGoodrich Tires and Honda were the big winners Saturday during the SCORE Int'l award night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Gordon was recognized as the overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck champion. He was also honored as the SCORE Person of the Year and received the SCORE Toyota Milestone Award during the ceremony.

Wilson Motorsports took home two majorread more

INDIANAPOLIS - The International Motorsports Industry Show will not be a one-hit wonder.

Officials from the IMIS and the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Ass'n announced an agreement in principle to keep the show in Indianapolis through 2015.

That represents a five-year extension on the original contract for 2009 and 2010.

The inaugural IMIS drew approximately 10,000 attendees, including 345read more

INDIANAPOLIS - Chassis crafter Murf McKinney was mowing his lawn in Lafayette, Ind., Memorial Day 2005 and was listening to the Indianapolis 500 broadcast on the radio.

Newly installed Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels came on the air and invited anyone within the sound of his voice who was interested in relocating a business, especially a racing-industry business, in Indiana to contact him. Daniels saidread more

BURBANK, Calif. - IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti and seven-time National Hot Rod Ass'n Top Fuel titlist Tony Schumacher headline the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Ass'n's 40th All-America Auto Racing Team.

They have won the Jerry Titus Award for AARWBA's Driver of the Year the past three years, Schumacher's 2006 and 2008 triumphs sandwiching Franchitti's 2007 honor.

Jread more

HARRISBURG, N.C. - National Speed Sport News will reveal the winner of the seventh annual Economaki Champion of Champions in its Dec. 16 year-end issue.

The award is annually given to the North American racing champion judged to have had the best season on and off the track.
J.J. Yeley was the first recipient of the award when he won the USAC Triple Crown in 2003. Since then, NHRA drag racer Tonyread more

Norman/Weigand/Cody & McMillin Duo Top Truck Portions Of Annual Desert Classic

ENSENADA, Mexico - Etching their names on the granite history of the world's most legendary desert race, Kendall Norman/Tim Weigand/Quinn Cody along with the team of Andy McMillin and his father Scott became part of motorsports history by capturing the overall two-wheel and four-wheel victories Friday and Saturday in theread more

CORONA, Calif. - The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series will host 15 championship rounds of racing in 2010 over eight weekends at tracks located in four states.

The season will also see the addition of three new rounds of racing to the schedule with the Challenge Cup races now taking place on the final Sunday of the season at Firebird Int'l Raceway in Chandler, Ariz.

The schedule:
March 6-7, Lakeread more

MALTA, N.Y. - In early September, Champlain Valley Racing Ass'n head Bruce Richards announced plans to remove the dirt from the three-eighths-mile Albany-Saratoga Speedway, run touring groups such as ACT, ISMA and RoC/True Value modifieds on the original asphalt surface through mid-May, then put the dirt back down and complete the season with the traditional CVRA 358 modifieds as the headliningread more

LOS ANGELES - The SCORE Int'l Desert Series will present its 37th year of desert racing with a five-race schedule next season.

The series will keep the same venues and nearly the same race weekends as it's had throughout the past five years, including once again hosting two races in Southern Nevada and three in Mexico.

The schedule:
Jan. 15-17, Laughlin Desert Challenge, Laughlin, Nev.; Marchread more

VINTON, Iowa - Dylan Smith used a division-best 28 victories and bonus points from three local track titles to earn his first national IMCA modified championship.

The Nebraska native edged Jeremy Mills by a scant five points to earn the championship. Mills claimed 25 features and was the only driver in the division with four track crowns to his credit.

Also capturing national IMCA titles were Dustinread more

INDIANAPOLIS - A standing-room-only crowd watched Ben Tunny win the 33rd annual World Figure-8 Championship at the Indianapolis Speedrome Sunday, a victory worth $20,000.

Tunny was slow to work his way forward, even spending a portion of the race a lap down. He finally moved to the front when Mark Harmon crashed mere moments after making his pit stop.

From there, it was a family battle as Tunnyread more

INDIANAPOLIS - Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo won the Red Bull Indianapolis GP Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after pole winner Dani Pedrosa and MotoGP point-leader Valentino Rossi crashed early in the race.

Alex de Angelis finished second for his first-career MotoGP podium result, while American Nicky Hayden earned his first podium finish of the season in third.

The victory trimmedread more