Don’t ever count David Gravel out.
August 11, 2025 Springfield, IL-Second generation race driver Shane Cockrum spends his days as a first responder in his Benton, Illinois home but many weekends are spent behind the wheel of a sprint car or a USAC Silver Crown champ car. The Franklin County Fire Chief has three champ car wins on the Illinois dirt miles, two at Du Quoin and one at Springfield. This year, Cockrum teams with long time USAC car owner Hans Lein in search of a second Bettenhausen trophy. Cockrum is part of a stellar field that rolls into the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Saturday for the 62nd Bettenhausen 100.
USAC Big Cars Heading for Springfield
Springfield, IL August 6, 2025- It’s less than two weeks until the rumble of USAC’s Silver Crown dirt championship will bounce off the massive Illinois State Fair grandstand, as the 62nd Bettenhausen 100 takes center stage Saturday, August 16. The Bettenhausen continues a tradition of championship dirt car racing on the last Saturday of the fair that goes back to 1934. A full field of the mighty uprights is expected to enter the grounds on August 16.
Las Vegas Grand Prix – A Variety of Grandstand and General Admission Options Available for Purchase Beginning Thursday, August 14 at 10 a.m. PDT
LAS VEGAS (August 6, 2025) – The FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX has announced new single-day ticket options for the 2025 race taking place November 20-22. Single-day Grandstand and General Admission tickets will go on sale to the public on Thursday, August 14 at 10 a.m. PDT.
Indianapolis, Indiana (Tuesday August 5th, 2025) – Rising Star Racing and Priority are proud to announce they will partner with American INDY NXT by Firestone racing talent Michael d’Orlando for the three remaining INDY NXT by Firestone races of the 2025 season. As part of the agreement, d’Orlando’s car will feature a livery promoting Rising Star Racing, Priority Commerce Technologies, Priority Plastiq, and Priority Sports. .
Wiscasset Speedway returned to action on Saturday night with an action-packed Group 2 program that included the lightning-fast NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites.
The racing action kicked off with the first of two 30-lap features for the Portland Glass Strictly Streets. Brady Romano took off with the early lead, but trouble was on the horizon as Scott Eck and Landon Tapley collided, resulting in a caution. Romano remained strong on the restart but Ben Burgess was on the move, overtaking the lead on lap 10 as Joe Harriman followed in succession. Burgess maintained command following a mid-race restart, picking up his second win of the season in the division. Joe Harriman and Chuck Wagstaff (1st career podium) followed, completing the top 3.
Strategic Investment and Partnership Launches New Era of Growth Across INDYCAR that Includes a Multi-Year Extension of INDYCAR’s Media Rights with FOX Sports
INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, July 31, 2025) – Penske Entertainment and Fox Corporation (“FOX” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX), the parent company of FOX Sports, today announced an investment in the future of North America’s premier open-wheel racing series, with FOX’s acquisition of a one-third interest in Penske Entertainment, inclusive of INDYCAR and the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
734,000 viewers watched Alex Palou win Sunday’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES race from WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway on FOX, up +829% from 79,000 viewers for last year’s Laguna Seca race that was affected by a network scheduling change.
Here’s Lou Modestino’s Track Talk column for this past weekend’s racing at Indianapolis, IN and Monterey, CA.
Bubba Wallace won the Cup Series race at the Brickyard. Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT came in 4th. Joey Logano of Middletown, CT ended up 32nd.
Connor Zillisch won the Xfinity race while Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT came in 23rd.
Across town at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the Craftsman Truck race was won Layne Riggs with Gio Ruggiero of Seekonk, MA having a tough day and ending up 28th.
Over on the west coast at Monterey, CA it was another Indycar win for Spain’s Alex Palou while Santino Ferrucci of Woodbury, CT had an off day and finished 22nd
Herzogenaurach, July 24th 2025 – Global sports company PUMA has released the seventh episode of its ‘Go Wild Podcast’, as it continues to elevate the brand. This engaging episode, released on Thursday 24th of July, invites listeners into an intimate conversation between podcast host and PUMA ambassador, Colin Jackson, and PUMA athlete and F1 Scuderia Ferrari HP driver, Charles Leclerc.
