Author: Mike

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (September 24, 2024) – The path to the title may have been different this year versus last, but at the end the results were the same, as Langley Speedway-based Connor Hall captured his second consecutive NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championship.

A year after Hall became the first Langley driver to win the championship in the top division of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series in the 74-year history of the track, he became the first to repeat. The feeling was just as sweet the second time around.

Wright Motorsports Kisses the Bricks After IMSA Victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., (September 24, 2024) – Sunday evening at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Wright Motorsports celebrated a win that was a long time coming for the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Adam Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Jan Heylen. The win in the inaugural Battle on the Bricks endurance race marked the first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win for Adelson and Skeer. The successful result and consistent performance during the race, rocketed the team up from 13th to fourth in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, the endurance championship within the full-season IMSA WeatherTech championship. One race remains in the season, the ten-hour Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, on October 12. (more…)

Mercedes-AMG Clinches 2024 IMSA GTD Manufacturer Championships in Indianapolis as Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Target Year-End Team and Driver Honors at Petit Le Mans

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Winning Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports clinched the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GT Daytona (GTD) Manufacturer Championship right at the start of the Battle on The Bricks and then spent the remainder of the wet and wild six-hour endurance race closing in on more year-end team and driver honors Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The No. 32 Korthoff Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 finished third in GTD after co-drivers Mikael Grenier, Mike Skeen and Kenton Koch battled in the lead pack the entire race from the pole starting position. WeatherTech Championship GTD points leaders Winward Racing took the checkered flag just seconds after the No. 32 team for a fifth-place finish with team drivers Russell Ward, Philip Ellis, and Indy Dontje in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.

PaintBox Labs Joins B-Mod Nationals at Brownstown Bullring to Bring Lights, Cameras, and Action to Raceway Fans

Dirt Track Racing Goes Hi-Tech with ThinkDiffusion’s Generative AI Designed Race Car Wraps

NEW YORK, September 23, 2024 (Newswire.com) – Today, PaintBox Labs, a minority-owned digital media production company and partner to ThinkDiffusion, an AI creative platform and studio launched in 2023, has announced that it will be joining forces with the B-Mod Nationals at Brownstown Bullring in Illinois to film the raceway event as part of a sports media platform and film project, which will showcase how it integrates AI technology in telling the stories of determined people defying the odds to ascend from underdogs to champions. (more…)

Jeff Strunk & Logan Watt Are 2024 Track Champions At Grandview Speedway – Freedom 76 Weekend Recap – Opening Day For 2025 Is Saturday, April 5

JEFF STRUNK AND LOGAN WATT ARE 2024 GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY TRACK CHAMPIONS

BRETT KRESSLEY AND LOGAN WATT ARE TOP WINNERS IN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE 2024 SEASON WITH TWELVE DIFFERENT MODIFIED & FOURTEEN DIFFERENT SPORTSMAN FEATURE WINNERS

GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY TO HOST TWO MORE ENDURO & VINTAGE RACING EVENTS IN 2024

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The 62^nd anniversary season of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway for the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds and the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman concluded this past weekend with two exciting and action packed racing events during the Freedom 76 weekend of racing. (more…)

Mitch Guthrie Jr. Will Race Ultimate Class at 2025 Dakar Rally With Ford

27-year-old American racer Mitch Guthrie Jr. will make his debut in the Dakar’s Ultimate class behind the wheel of brand-new Ford Raptor T1+.

Californian Mitch Guthrie Jr. joins Ford’s newly assembled Dakar Rally team alongside reigning champion Carlos Sainz. In 2025 the Ford Raptor T1+ makes its Dakar debut and Guthrie Jr. steps up to the elite category of the world’s toughest rally. (more…)

Matt Hirschman Earns 9th VP Racing Fuels Race Of Champions 250 Victory This Past Sunday At Lake Erie Speedway

– Dustin Novoa; Nick Robinson and Andy Jankowiak Close Out Final Day of Race of Champions Weekend with Victories –

North East, Pa. – (September 23, 2024) – Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA, has a “magic touch” when it comes to the VP Racing Fuels Race of Champions 250. For the 9^th time he etched his name into the record books with a great performance in the 74^th annual Race of Champions 250 this past Sunday.

Hirschman started 2^nd and fended off several challengers to race his way to victory including a late race pitstop for a fresh left rear tire and his crew got him out first.

Alex Yankowski Takes The Win In Grandview Speedway 54th Annual Freedom 76 Modified Championship

ALEX YANKOWSKI TOPS BATTLE WITH STRUNK AND HIRTHLER, BESTS 73-CAR MODIFIED FIELD TO CAPTURE $32,187 VICTORY IN 54^th ANNUAL FREEDOM 76 AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Alex Yankowski of Covington Township, Pa. was able to out maneuver 2024 Track Champion Jeff Strunk of Boyertown, Pa. on a lap 47 restart, then drove home to the biggest win of his young racing career, capturing the 54^th annual Freedom 76 T.P. Trailer Modified Championship race Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. (more…)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Food City 300 from Bristol – COLE CUSTER WINS!

Cole Custer won the Food City 300 to score his 15th career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, his second of the season and his first at Bristol. His margin over second-place Sheldon Creed was .896 of a second.

There were seven caution periods for a total of 57 laps.

Seventeen of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.

Custer is the NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion by a three-point advantage over Justin Allgaier. (more…)

Rick Ware Racing and Spire Motorsports Announce Driver Trade

RWR Acquires Corey LaJoie From Spire, Spire Procures Justin Haley From RWR

BRISTOL, Tenn. (Sept. 20, 2024) – With eight races left on the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series calendar, two teams are making changes for the remainder of the season.

Rick Ware Racing (RWR) has acquired driver Corey LaJoie from Spire Motorsports, and Spire Motorsports has procured driver Justin Haley from RWR. Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway will be the last race for each driver with their current organizations. Beginning with next weekend’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, LaJoie will take over the No. 51 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RWR, and Haley will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports.