Brad Sweet fought off Logan Schuchart to claim his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season in Friday night's Ocean Outlaw Showdown at Ocean Speedway.
 
Sweet passed Schuchart for the lead with 13 laps remaining on the quarter-mile oval. Read The Full Story...  

Helio Castroneves is the new speed "King" at Phoenix Int'l Raceway.
 
The Team Penske driver broke Arie Luyendyk's qualifying speed record of 183.599 mph set on March 23, 1996 by nearly 10 mph on Friday. Castroneves' pole winning speed for the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix was a two-lap average of 192.324 mph around the 1.022-mile PIR oval in a Chevrolet. Read The Full Story...  

Chris Madden dominated the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at Boyd's Speedway on Friday night. Madden led all 50 laps en route to his first LOLMDS win of the season and the eighth of his career.
 
Randy Weaver edged Jared Landers at the finish line for second. Point leader Jonathan Davenport came home in fourth, followed by polesitter Scott Bloomquist. Read The Full Story...  

Andretti Autosport has confirmed its final entry for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, with American Townsend Bell joining the team to drive the No. 29 Honda.
 
This will mark Bell's first outing in the No. 29 machine. Indianapolis-based Andretti Autosport holds three Indianapolis 500 victories with the late Dan Wheldon (2005), Dario Franchitti (2007) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014). Read The Full Story...  

Last weekend Kasey Kahne showed little rust when he climbed back behind the wheel of a sprint car and promptly won a 410 sprint car feature at Pennsylvania's Lincoln Speedway.
 
For Kahne, who won the 2000 USAC National Midget Series championship before his move to NASCAR, it showed that he hasn't forgotten how to drive an open-wheel car despite only racing one a handful of times a year because of his NASCAR commitments. Read The Full Story...  

Joey Logano was the fastest man in all three qualifying sessions on Friday at Martinsville Speedway as he scored the pole for Sunday's STP 500. Read the story... 
It was a battle of the No. 3s Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway as Brock Zearfoss and Pat Cannon battled for the sprint car win with Cannon coming out on top for the $3,600 payday. Read the story...  
Oklahoma native Matt Sherrell claimed a popular victory on the opening night of the third annual Turnpike Challenge Friday night at Port City Raceway. Read the story...  
Jack Beckman raced to a track record performance to lead Funny Car qualifying Friday at the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals. Read the story...  
Venturini Motorsports has added Toyota Racing's Christopher Bell, Tanner Thorson and Nicole Behar to the team's ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards driver lineup. Read the story...  
Dirt late model racer Chris Ferguson has earned a $50,000 sponsorship from Champion after being declared the winner of the Search for a Champion contest from Federal-Mogul Motorsports' Champion brand. Read the story... 
 


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