Ty Dillon To Make 300th NASCAR Cup Series Start at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday

by MikeJuly 1, 2026

WELCOME, N.C. — Kaulig Racing driver Ty Dillon will make his 300th NASCAR Cup Series start Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.

“Making 300 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series is so special to me,” Dillon said.

“As a kid, you dream of racing in the Cup Series, starting the Daytona 500 and competing for championships,” he said. “As your career goes on, you realize how important and special it is to keep making starts at this level. I’m proud to reach this mark, and I’m grateful I’ve been able to stick around long enough to gain so many experiences racing at the highest level all over the country. I’m pumped for this weekend and hopeful there are another 300 starts ahead.”

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Team Winward Racing Bounces Back with IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Victory at Watkins Glen International

by MikeJuly 1, 2026

WATKINS GLEN, New York – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing team Winward Racing successfully renewed its 2026 championship campaign in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series at Watkins Glen International with a victory in Saturday’s two-hour race on the 3.4-mile circuit with co-drivers Bryce Ward and Philip Ellis in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4. A fast-closing Ellis inherited the top spot with less than 20 minutes to go when the team that led the majority of the race slowed with a cut tire.

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Paulie Hartwig, III Becomes The Newest Race Of Champions Modified Series Winner In The Bob Johnson Autogroup Rocket 76’er At Evans Mills Raceway Park

by MikeJuly 1, 2026

EVANS MILLS, NY (June 29, 2026) – Paulie Hartwig III of Galloway, NJ, continued his rise through the Modified ranks Saturday night by charging from the 11th starting position to earn his first career Race of Champions Modified Series victory in the Bob Johnson Auto Group Rocket 76’er at Evans Mills Raceway Park.

Hartwig’s breakthrough victory did not come easily.

Standing between him and Victory Lane was one of the most accomplished Modified racers of the modern era, Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA.

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The Seven Year Itch – NASCAR Returns to Chicagoland for First Time Since 2019

by MikeJune 29, 2026

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (June 29, 2026) – Since its debut in 2001, Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, has hosted 94 races across seven series on its 1.5-mile oval. None, however, have been in the last seven years.

When the checkered flag waved on June 30, 2019, to mark the end of the Camping World 400 NASCAR Cup Series race, it also marked the end of racing on Chicagoland’s D-shaped layout. Save for serving as a storage area for pickup trucks awaiting microchips during the global shortage brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and hosting a one-off SuperMotocross event in 2023, Chicagoland has been dormant. Scooby-Doo vibes replaced the “Boogity, boogity, boogity, let’s go racing!” mantra made famous by NASCAR Hall of Fame driver and FOX broadcaster Darrell Waltrip.

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Cadillac Wins Sahlen’s Six Hours on Busy Watkins Glen Weekend

by MikeJune 29, 2026

Three Takeaways: Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen

By John Oreovicz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Throughout the week leading into the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers were keeping a wary eye on the weather.

“It’s a lot like Le Mans or Spa in that the weather pops up out of nowhere,” said Ricky Taylor, driver of the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R.

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DIRTcar Summer Nationals Return to Lincoln Speedway This Thursday for Rain-Delayed Stop

by MikeJune 29, 2026

LINCOLN, Ill. – After Mother Nature reshuffled much of the 2026 DIRTcar Summer Nationals schedule, one of the most anticipated stops of the season is finally set to take place as the Hell Tour rolls into Lincoln Speedway this Thursday, July 2. The event serves as the makeup date for the rain-postponed June 21 program and will feature the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models, DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals, and Lincoln Speedway’s exciting Crown Vic division.

Originally slated as part of Father’s Day weekend, the Lincoln Speedway event became one of many casualties of a relentless stretch of rain and severe weather that has plagued the 40th anniversary edition of the Hell Tour. In fact, the series managed to complete just one event during the most recent week of competition as repeated storms forced cancellations across the Midwest, resulting in a reshuffled schedule that now brings one of the nation’s premier dirt late model tours back to central Illinois on Thursday night.

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8 Drivers and Teams Celebrate Wins During Stars, Stripes & Speed Weekend at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

by MikeJune 29, 2026

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Despite Mother Nature forcing a weather delay which moved two features into Sunday afternoon, fans at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway were treated to an exciting weekend of grassroots racing during the Stars, Stripes & Speed – Celebrating America’s 250 event featuring eight divisions of competition.

Saturday night’s racing opened on the quarter-mile with one of the closest finishes of the season. The CP Race Wear Bandoleros put on an incredible show as Tate Brewer of Big Cove, Alabama, and Jordan Bauer exchanged the lead repeatedly over the closing five laps. At the checkered flag, Brewer edged Bauer by just .052 seconds in a thrilling photo finish. Carter Clapp, Elliott Klein and championship leader Lucas Harrison completed the top five.

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Ogier Claims 69th WRC Win in Dramatic Greek Finale

by MikeJune 29, 2026

Sébastien Ogier claimed a dramatic EKO Acropolis Rally Greece victory after a gripping battle with Thierry Neuville swung decisively in the Toyota driver’s favour on Sunday.

Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais sealed victory by 58.3sec in their Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, completing a perfect Sunday with the rally win, Super Sunday honours and the Wolf Power Stage victory. It was Ogier’s 69th WRC victory and his second Acropolis triumph, 15 years after his first win on the Greek gravel classic.

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Rain Again Takes The Win Saturday Night At Grandview Speedway – PA 410 Sprint Speed Week Tuesday June 30 Is Next – LDE Modified Match Races Join Show On July 4 – Firecracker 40 July 11 – $10 Back To The 90’s Night July 18

by MikeJune 29, 2026

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY ON SATURDAYS – AFTERNOON RAINS AGAIN RESULT IN SATURDAY RACES TO BE CANCELLED AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

PENNSYLVANIA 410 SPRINT CAR SPEED WEEK NEXT UP ON TUESDAY JUNE 30

INDEPENDENCE DAY RACES JULY 4 INCLUDE LOW DOWN THROW DOWN MODIFIED MATCH RACES – FIRECRACKER 40 JULY 11 – BACK TO THE 90’S $10 NIGHT JULY 18

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It is no secret that the surrounding Berks County region could use some rain, but it does not have to happen on race day Saturdays!

On and off late morning and afternoon rain showers, which were predicted to continue until close to race time, leaving no time to prepare the track for the evening’s program, caused the cancellation of the race event scheduled for Saturday night June 27 at Grandview Speedway.

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Greece delivers early WRC drama as Neuville, Ogier and Fourmaux fill Friday’s top three.

by MikeJune 26, 2026

Thierry Neuville led EKO Acropolis Rally Greece after a punishing Friday that immediately underlined the rally’s fearsome reputation.

The Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team driver completed the opening full day 9.7sec clear of Sébastien Ogier, with team-mate Adrien Fourmaux third after an eventful leg in which he both led the rally and lost time to a puncture.

The longest day of the rally, totalling 129.22km, brought heavy road cleaning, sharp rocks and constant risk across six gravel stages north of Loutraki. Few crews escaped the day without drama, but Neuville’s measured approach proved enough to keep him in front overnight.

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