For Jason Meyers it was his second career win at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway and his second during the World Finals,

Continue reading Keeping Pace: Jason Meyers Wins Opening Feature of the World Finals »

The NHRA Full Throttle season prepares to wrap up 2009 but the series is already looking ahead to next year with the release of its ‘10 schedule.

Continue reading 2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES SCHEDULE CHANGE »

Kyle Busch led the final 50 laps of Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway and won his fifth straight race in as many starts in the series.

Continue reading NCWTS Recap: Kyle Busch The Victor At Texas »

Donny Schatz circled the four-tenths-mile in 13.794 seconds to best a stout 57-car field, the largest in World Finals history

Continue reading Donny Schatz Fastest in both Rounds of World Finals Qualifying »

Three-time and defending series title winner Donny Schatz is locked in the closest point race in the 30-plus year history of the series, leading Jason Meyers by just 19 markers and Joey Saldana by 46 points, with two rounds of qualifying and two A-Feature events remaining on the docket.

Continue reading World Finals Continues to Get Bigger & Bigger »

Although Eric Holmes led the championship standings through the first half of the season, Jason Bowles came on strong late in the year and clinched the title in the season finale by a 123-point margin.

Continue reading NASCAR Camping World Series West Completes Strong 2009 Campaign »

As series teams prepare for Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson is staring down some personal and historical benchmarks.

Continue reading NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News & Notes - Texas »

Kyle Busch, the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings leader, is edging closer to claiming his first national series title.

Continue reading NASCAR Nationwide Series News & Notes - Texas »

Following his second round departure, Schumacher’s lead in the Top Fuel standings suddenly came under serious attack by both Larry Dixon and McClenathan.

Continue reading NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel points leader Schumacher loses tight race in Vegas quarterfinals »

Last year’s race saw both championship contenders — Ron Hornaday Jr. and Johnny Benson — involved in accidents. When the checkered flag finally waved, the pair went to the season finale separated by just three points.

Continue reading NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News And Notes - Texas »

Each season Ashley Force Hood has improved in the point standings and this year she is in contention for her first title in only her third year driving a Fuel Funny Car.

Continue reading Ashley Force Hood still in NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car title race »

Following its debut next summer at Daytona, the NASCAR Nationwide Series new car also will compete in points races at Michigan International Speedway in August, at Richmond in September and at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in October. Full integration for the new car into the series is targeted for 2011.

Continue reading NASCAR Nationwide Series New Car Goes Through Final Test Paces At Talladega »

Jason Bowles, who parlayed a victory at Phoenix this spring in the NASCAR Camping World Series event to his first championship, the chance to take the next step and run in the Able Body Labor 200 is an opportunity too good to pass up and will depart the champion’s week celebration in Charlotte early to take part in the Nationwide event.

Continue reading West Champion Bowles To Run Phoenix Nationwide Race »

The finale of the World Finals will air LIVE on SPEED on Saturday, November 7 beginning at 8 pm. Eastern, with Bobby Gerould and Brad Doty on the call, with Shane Andrews and Erin Crocker reporting from the pit area.

Continue reading World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series At a Glance: World Finals »

Robert Hight, Spencer Massey, Larry Morgan and Andrew Hines were winners of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race is the fifth of six events in the Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs.

Continue reading Hight Extends Funny Car Points Lead With Las Vegas Victory »

Jamie McMurray, odd-man out in Jack Roush’s compliance move to fielding a maximum of four teams in 2010, crept home the winner in a green-white-checker finish that only made it three-quarters-of-a-lap before a wild crash brought out a caution flag making McMurray the winner.

Continue reading Jamie McMurray Grabs The Win At Talladega Superspeedway »

Northwest NHRA racing may have closed out the season but regional drivers are still fanned out across the Western United States hunting for championships.

Continue reading Several Northwest Division championships undecided as season nears close »

Mike Edwards, who earned his 21st No. 1 effort of his career with a track record performance of 6.623 at 207.75 in his A.R.T. Pontiac GXP, needs to lead the second place driver by at least 151 points following eliminations to secure the title.

Continue reading EDWARDS ON VERGE OF CLINCHING FIRST PRO STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE »

With a push from teammate Aric Almirola, Kyle Busch surged past Todd Bodine in the final quarter-mile of Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 fueld by Fred’s at Talladega Superspeedway to win his sixth race of the season and the 15th of his career.

Continue reading Aric Almirola Pushes Kyle Busch To Talladega Win »

Jeg Coughlin has driven his Jegs.com Chevrolet Cobalt to back-to-back victories in Vegas, winning last October’s event and the one earlier this year in April.

Continue reading Coughlin looking for third Las Vegas title in a row »

Brandon Bernstein is currently fifth in NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel points standings. Besides the recent victory in Richmond, the Budweiser/Lucas Oil team has four runner-up finishes on their scorecard this year.

Continue reading Bernstein hoping for back-to-back victories »

Carl Edwards (No. 99 SUBWAY Ford): “A year ago, I didn’t want to go there at all because I knew the potential for losing points. But right now, I know the potential for Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin and those guys to lose points. So greedily, I’m kind of hoping to go there and have things get mixed up and gain some points.”

Continue reading NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News & Notes - Talladega »

The historic track turned to a symbolic and meaningful ceremony to prepare for welcoming thousands of race fans to this weekend’s events.

Continue reading Creek Medicine Man Restores Balance To Talladega Superspeedway »

Ron Capps trails first place Robert Hight by 43 points heading into this weekend’s event in Las Vegas with just two national events to go in the 2009 chase for the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car championship.

Continue reading Capps in need of maximum points day at Las Vegas Nationals »

The NASCAR Nationwide Series may have a weekend off but there is still plenty of work for teams to do in preparation for Texas in two weeks and the debut of a new car for 2010.

Continue reading NASCAR Nationwide Series News & Notes - New Car’s Final Test »

Todd Bodine is heading for a fifth consecutive superspeedway victory at the 2.66-mile Alabama facility, including a third straight at Talladega. Bodine has won two of the three contested NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Talladega

Continue reading NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News And Notes - Talladega »

Jason Meyers finished fourth at Lone Star Speedway last weekend to earn his series leading 53^rd Top-10 finish of the season. For the native of Clovis, California it was his second consecutive fourth-place finish at the blazing fast half-mile in East Texas.

Continue reading Just 19 Points Separate Donny Schatz & Jason Meyers Heading into World Finals »

In Funny Car, a female driver is trying to make history and become the first of her gender to win a world championship crown in the wildly unpredictable category which her father, John Force, has dominated for most of two decades. In order to do it, Ashley Force-Hood needs to stop five other men who are also in contention, including one multi-time champ, her former driving instructor, a teammate, last season’s series runner-up, and a driver who’s finished second in the championship standings three times.

Continue reading PLENTY OF DRAMA PROMISED AS FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES »

In a green-white-checkered-flag finish that ended under caution with John Andretti wrecked at the finish line, Denny Hamlin pulled away from Jimmie Johnson over the final two laps of the Tums Fast Relief 500.

Continue reading Denny Hamlin Fends Off Jimmie Johnson At Martinsville »

Tony Schumacher leads Larry Dixon by a mere 47 points heading to the 9th Annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals to be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Continue reading NHRA Newsmakers Heading To Las Vegas »