racing

HSR’s First Overseas Race This Weekend at the Le Mans Classic Legend Celebrates the Golden Anniversary of NASCAR’s First Appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976

LE MANS, France (June 30, 2026) – The first overseas race in the nearly 50-year history of Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) is set for this weekend when the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear racing series debuts at the Le Mans Classic Legend, July 3 – 5. A full field of historic stock cars from the last seven decades brings the “Thunder of America” back to the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe in the heart of France a half a century after NASCAR stock cars first appeared in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 36-car entry list features a compelling mix of both iconic machinery and celebrated drivers, and among the standouts is 2026 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee and 2004 Cup Series champion Kurt Busch.

Independence Day Fireworks Meet High-Speed Motorcycle Racing at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

(Du Quoin, IL) Progressive American Flat Track, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returns to the Magic Mile on Independence Day as DuQuoin State Fairgrounds hosts a full day of motorcycle racing, live music, family fun, and America’s 250^th birthday celebration, Saturday, July 4.

For fans new to the sport, Progressive American Flat Track is America’s original extreme sport, featuring the nation’s top professional dirt track motorcycle racers battling bar-to-bar on purpose-built race bikes. On a Mile track like DuQuoin, riders draft in tight packs, slide through the corners, and race inches apart at speeds of more than 140 mph.

The result is a spectacle unlike anything else in motorsports: thunderous motorcycles, close-quarters racing, last-lap strategy, and the possibility of a photo finish every time the pack comes to the checkered flag.

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Darling Joins Racing Immortality During Historic Night at Seekonk Speedway

by Lou ModestinoJune 29, 2026

Fans witnessed one of the most memorable evenings in the 81-year history of the Action Track of the East as David Darling became just the third driver ever to reach 100 career victories at Seekonk Speedway. His milestone victory highlighted an action-packed NASCAR Saturday program that also featured thrilling wins by Richie Murray, Randy Moretti and Mike Cavallaro.

‘Le Grand’ Patrick Laperle Back in Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour Victory Lane at Autodrome Chaudiere

by Lou ModestinoJune 29, 2026

Vallee-Jonction, QC — The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour returned to La Belle Province of Quebec on Saturday with 40 teams entering the pit area to smash the previous car count record set by the international Tour! Three rounds of qualifying whittled the forty-car group of hopefuls to just thirty starting spots.

St-Georges, Quebec driver Phillippe Poulin proved to be the lone Canadian heat race winner in the first with Cole Littlewood, Justin Prescott and Erick Sands collecting the checkers in the remaining three. The Quebecers came back with a vengence as Patrick Cliché and Dany Trepanier split the two consolation rounds and Dany Gariepy took the B-Feature victory to qualify into the Claude Leclerc 150.