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Kurt Busch Backs WRC Return To USA After First Taste At Rally Finland

by MikeAugust 1, 2025August 1, 2025

As reported by Tom Howard of Motorsport, NASCAR champion and Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch believes the World Rally Championship (WRC) has the potential to crack America after receiving a taste of the series at Rally Finland.

The 2004 NASCAR Cup champion and 2017 Daytona 500 winner made the trip to Finland to experience the WRC for the first time. The 46-year-old has been a long-time admirer of rallying and in 2014 competed in the Monza Rally Show, driving an M-Sport-built Ford Fiesta RS WRC.

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Sim City in the Hawkeye State: Race Simulator Helps Cody Ware Prepare for First Iowa Start

by MikeJuly 30, 2025

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 30, 2025) – The NASCAR Cup Series heads to America’s Heartland for the Iowa Corn 350 on Sunday at Iowa Speedway in Newton. While it will be just the second visit the Cup Series has made to the .875-mile oval, the track is not new to NASCAR.

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‘It’s what I need’: Shane Van Gisbergen Scores First Oval Win (Now With Video)

by MikeJuly 30, 2025August 1, 2025

Simon Chapman of SpeedCafe reports that in his second year of racing full-time in the United States, Shane van Gisbergen has his first oval win with victory in the Cook Out Summer Shootout season finale.

Van Gisbergen has been competing on and off in the Legend Cars with compatriot Scott McLaughlin and fellow NASCAR Cup Series racer Bubba Wallace.

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Jeff Strunk Is First Repeat Winner With Grandview Speedway NASCAR Modified Win On Saturday Night

by MikeJuly 28, 2025

SHANNON SLAUGHTER IS FIRST FEMALE RACER TO SCORE WIN IN EXCITING NASCAR SPORTSMAN FEATURE, BECOMES FOURTH DRIVER TO WIN FIRST CAREER FEATURE THIS SEASON
VINTAGE SERIES DAVE SMITH MEMORIAL WINS ARE RECORDED BY GAGE PHILLIPS & SVEN OLSON

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was yet another night of first time happenings on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Jeff Strunk of Boyertown, Pa. secured the lead on lap ten after a brief three driver battle for the top spot between himself, Ron Haring Jr. of Alburtis, Pa. and Jon Kellner of Lansdale, Pa., then raced home to the win in the 30-lap T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified feature event becoming the first repeat feature winner of the season.

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Cole Robie Conquers “Mad Dog” For First Granite State Pro Stock Series Victory In Keen Parts 100

by Jeff BrownJuly 22, 2025July 22, 2025

WINCHESTER, N.H. – Cole Robie has been eager to break through and score his first win with the Granite State Pro Stock Series. Saturday night, in front of one of the season’s biggest audiences, he finally pulled it off.

The Windham, Maine, rookie defended a last-lap charge from Casey Call to win the Keen Parts 100 at Monadnock Speedway, earning his first touring Pro Stock win and stealing the midseason GSPSS points lead.

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Garrett Marchbanks Clinches First Pro Motocross Podium at Washougal

by MikeJuly 21, 2025

Washougal, WA – July 19, 2025 —Garrett Marchbanks achieved a personal best at Washougal National by claiming his first career Pro Motocross overall podium, finishing 3rd overall with moto scores of 3–4.

Marchbanks set the tone early in the day with the fastest qualifying lap in the 250 class. He topped both qualifying sessions- Q1 with a 2:15.421 lap, followed by Q2 with a 2:14.412. In Moto 1, he carved through the field to secure 3rd, and followed up with a strong 4th in Moto 2 to solidify a long-awaited overall podium finish.

“After knocking on the door all summer long… I finally broke through for my first Pro Motocross podium in third,” said Marchbanks.

The result bumps Marchbanks into third overall in the 250MX Championship standings and reinforces his status as one of the top contenders in the class.

What’s Next?
The series takes a mid-season break following Washougal. Riders and teams will regroup and return fired up for Round 9 at Ironman National in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on August 9.

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Jeff Cote Wows to First Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Win in Photo Finish Over Point Leader Raphael Lessard at Montmagny

by Lou ModestinoJuly 21, 2025

Victory Lane for the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour at Autodrome Montmangy in the CAN-AM 200 (L-R) Raphael Lessard (2nd), photo-finish winner Jeff Cote and Gabe Brown (3rd). (Mark A. Cote photo)

Montmagny, QC — Thirty-seven Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour teams entered the infield pit area of Autodrome Montmagny Saturday morning to, for the third time this season, break a track record in car count for the CAN-AM 200. The last combination event for the US-based Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour and Serie ACT Quebec, the CAN-AM 200 was the race of the season so far with action-a-plenty throughout right to the bitter end.

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Prescott Takes Career First in Wall’s Ford Late Model 100 From White Mountain; Brown Bests PASS Field

by Lou ModestinoJuly 14, 2025

N. Woodstock, NH — A picture perfect afternoon greeted race fans and teams at White Mountain Motorsports Park for the hard-charging doubleheader between the Pro All Stars Series and the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series.

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Paul Menard Earns First Watkins Glen Win, Fourth Victory of 2025 in Trans Am’s 50th Race at The Glen

by MikeJuly 14, 2025

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 13, 2025) – 22 years after making his first-career start at Watkins Glen International in the NASCAR Cup Series, Paul Menard finally took checkered flag at the historic racetrack in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s 50th race at The Glen. After rolling off third in his No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang, the 2024 champion made the pass for the lead on lap 17 and was engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with Adam Andretti (No. 17 Top Liner Chevrolet Camaro) until the checkered flag waved.

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Logan Watt Captures Career First Grandview Speedway Modified Win, Joey Vaccaro Takes Career First Win And $3200 In Sportsman 55th Annual Firecracker 40

by MikeJuly 14, 2025

LOGAN WATT FROM THIRTEENTH SCORES CAREER FIRST NASCAR MODIFIED WIN AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY ON MACMILLAN OIL COMPANY OF ALLENTOWN NIGHT
JOEY VACCARO TOPS THREE CAR BATTLE TO SCORE HIS CAREER FIRST WIN IN 55^th ANNUAL NASCAR SPORTSMAN FIRECRACKER 40 WORTH $3200

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The old saying goes that there is a first time for everything, and it happened twice on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Logan Watt of Boyertown, Pa., who is the two-time defending T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman Track Champion at the Speedway, outdueled Ray Swinehart of Perkiomenville, Pa., taking the lead with just nine laps to go, to score his first career T.P. Trailer Modified division victory on Saturday night, in a racing program sponsored by Macmillan Oil Company of Allentown.

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