SpeedCafe’s Stefan Bartholomaeus reports that NASCAR champion Kyle Larson and two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato both emerged unhurt after finding the wall in separate incidents during the morning (yesterday).
The test featured two segments with qualifying boost levels used in the morning before the field switched to race trim for the afternoon.
Trenton, NJ – Starting spot secured, stress level reduced for Scott Kreutter heading to the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals presented by BELFOR Property Restoration inside the CURE Insurance Arena on February 21 and 22 in Trenton, NJ. (more…)
MOORESVILLE, N.C.: Motorsports veteran and former ARCA | CRA Series champion Greg Van Alst will begin his new NASCAR Xfinity Series tenure with Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on Sat., Feb. 15, 2025. (more…)
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen confirmed today the signing of ARCA Menards Series veteran driver and race winner Greg Van Alst to compete in a majority of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule, beginning with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on Sat., Feb. 14, 2025. (more…)
Barre, VT — Beautiful skies and full crowds greeted the traveling band of American-Canadian Tour faithful for their second visit of the year to Thunder Road International Speedbowl. The NEFCU+VSECU Labor Day Classic saw thirty-one cars enter the pit gate and qualify for starting position in the annual 200-lap holiday weekend event. ACT Rookie of the Year hopeful and current Thunder Road track championship point leader Kaiden Fisher earned the pole alongside former top rookie Erick Sands with both drivers taking a ‘+4’ in the Plus/Minus handicap system.
Fisher would immediately fall back to the rear with a caution prior to the first completed lap with fellow rookie Cole Littlewood. Another quick spin caution re-racked the field once more out of the gate before the field settled in on the lap five restart. Marcel Gravel and Erick Sands battled hard on the return to green but it was the Thunder Road ace Gravel that put the power down on the outside groove. Soon after, two-time track champion Scott Dragon also rounded the ACT regular and set his sights on Gravel. (more…)
Josef Newgarden, driver of the #2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet IndyCar V6, races to victory Saturday, August 17, 2024, winning the NTT IndyCar Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. This is Newgarden’s second win of the season. (more…)
Dirt track legend Scott Bloomquist was killed in a plane crash near his home in Mooresburg, Tennessee on Friday morning. The Rogersville Review reported the news shortly after 8:30 a.m., indicating that local authorities confirmed that Bloomquist was “involved in a small aircraft crash.” Bloomquist was 60 years old. (more…)
Barre, VT — The annual Thursday Night opener at Thunder Road presented by Casella Waste Management brought fans to the edge of their seats with hard-nosed racing already becoming the definition of the 2023 season. Side-by-side battles were commonplace across the board as the season-long points chase came to the forefront of every driver’s mind with fans getting to experience old and new all together in year 64 high atop Quarry Hill. One particular driver got to step in both worlds with success in each outing. (more…)
