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August 17th thru August 23rd

Entry List Notebook - Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix

GS Points Leaders Seek Bounce Back from Abnormal Road America Results

The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Grand Sport (GS) championship leaders look to rebound from abnormal Road America results for the Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix at VIRginia International Raceway.

Championship Chase Resumes with Minnesota Trip to Ogilvie, Jackson

tyler carr

Tuesday August 18th.-Minnesota is ready to welcome “The Greatest Show on Dirt” for the first time in 2026.

With the Knoxville Nationals in the books, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is ready to resume the title fight with a weekend in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”

Jared Mees, Harley-Davidson Team Up for Route 66 Centennial Ride to Springfield Mile

Dave Haughs

Tuesday August 18th.-Progressive American Flat Track fans can make the journey to the legendary Springfield Mile part of the race-day experience on Saturday, September 5, with a special Route 66 Centennial certified ride created and organized by 10x Grand National Champion and Springfield Mile promoter Jared Mees in partnership with Harley-Davidson.

Five-Race Iowa Swing Begins With Hawkeye 100 at Maquoketa

Emily Schwanke

Tuesday August 18th.- Knoxville may have gone quiet, but a packed month of dirt racing in Iowa is far from over.

The rest of August belongs to the Late Models, with five races at four different tracks across the “Hawkeye State” coming up over the next two weeks. The fun begins this weekend with Maquoketa Speedway’s biggest event of the year, the Hawkeye 100.

8-18 Becomes a Day to Honor the Life and Legacy of Kyle Busch

Tuesday August 18th.- On what certainly feels a fitting date to celebrate Kyle Busch’s impact on NASCAR, today - 8.18 a nod to Busch’s famed car numbers - the sport’s entire industry will recognize “Kyle Busch Day” with competitors, crew members, team owners and corporate execs sharing favorite memories of the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion on multiple media platforms.

DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series Joins SummerFAST With Utica-Rome Visit

Quentin Young

Tuesday August 18th.- For the first time since 2020, the top Sportsman drivers in the Northeast will battle at the “Home of Heroes.”

The DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series returns to action at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 19, as part of SummerFAST with the Super DIRTcar Series.-to-win.

ASCS National Tour Races Into Arkansas for Battle Royale at Riverside

Emily Schwanke

Tuesday August 18th.-The American Sprint Car Series is ready to crown new royalty in West Memphis.

Riverside International Speedway welcomes the 360 Sprint Cars for the final trip to the “Natural State” this season as part of the second annual King of the Ditch on Saturday, Aug. 22.

Grueling Three-Race Week Awaits DIRTcar Pro Stock Series
The Series will stop at Brewerton Speedway, Lebanon Valley Speedway, and Glen Ridge Motorsports Park

Quentin Young

.Monday August 17th - The road to Super DIRT Week 54 and the 2026 DIRTcar Pro Stock Series title has its toughest challenge ahead, as drivers prepare for three races over the next seven days

POWRi WAR Prepares for Round Four of ‘Road to the Hockett’ at Lucas Oil Speedway

.Monday August 17th - The ‘Road to the Hockett’ reaches Round Four on Saturday, August 22, as the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League once again converges on Lucas Oil Speedway for a critical late-season clash. With $2,000 awaiting the winner, the penultimate stop intensifies the championship picture, leaving little margin for error as teams finalize preparations for the upcoming Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial.

POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints Set for Lakeside, Lucas Oil, and Missouri State Fair Speedway

.Monday August 17th - A three-day spectacle of speed takes center stage as the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League visits iconic venues across Kansas and Missouri. The marquee weekend opens with the Sunflower State Showdown at Lakeside Speedway on Friday, August 21, continues with the championship round of the Road to the Hockett at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday, August 22, and reaches its historic conclusion at the legendary half-mile Missouri State Fair Speedway on Sunday, August 23.

Logano’s Summer Surge Reshapes the NASCAR Cup Title Race

Sunday August 16th– While so much of the early season NASCAR Cup Series championship storyline centered on the apparent runaway opportunity for 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin to a first title, as the regular season winds down subplots arise and new characters have arrived changing the competitive outlook.

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TAMING THE DEMON: Alex Yankowski Wins SummerFAST Thriller at Brewerton
The Covington Township, PA driver leads the SummerFAST points standings after two nights

joe Grabianowski

Monday August 17th - Alex Yankowski had only made three Super DIRTcar Series starts at Brewerton Speedway before this year’s SummerFAST.

But in the final laps of Monday’s Feature, the Covington Township, PA driver looked like he’d been racing there for years.

SWEET EMOTION: JJ Courcy Scores DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Win at Brewerton

Joe Grabianowski

Monday August 17th - JJ Courcy claimed an emotional first career DIRTcar Pro Stock Series victory during SummerFAST by passing pole sitter Jason Casey and holding off a charging Tyler Bushey at Brewerton Speedway.

Starting third, the Mexico, NY driver set his sights on leader Jason Casey, from Ashley Falls, MA, who initially brought the 21-car field to the green flag. Casey rolled the low side of the “D-Shaped Dirt Demon” in the early going, but Courcy found a way beneath him coming off Turn 2 on Lap 3.

Ericsson Undeniable in Markham to End 63-Race Drought

Sunday August 16th -Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson wasn’t to be denied victory in the new Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham even as it meant tormenting a longtime rival.

Ericsson charged through the field late in the 90-lap Canadian race to hunt down and pass Dale Coyne Racing’s Romain Grosjean for a victory.

Toney Doubles Up with Road America Race Win, Airbnb Endurance Challenge Title

No. 95 Car Wins Two-Hour Race While No. 30 Leaps to Title

Sunday August 16th -Sunday’s two-hour IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge season finale featured nearly as many twists and turns as the 14 corners making up the 4.048-mile Road America road course.

In the end, Toney Driver Development captured both the race win and the championship in the four-race calendar covering races across Sebring International Raceway, Circuit of The Americas, VIRginia International Raceway and Road America.

Weisensel Over Waelti In AFS Badger Midget Series Thriller At Angell Park Speedway

Sunday August 16th - A beautiful night and solid crowd were on hand for the Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Auto Racing Association Norm Nelson Classic event on Sunday, August 16, at Angell Park Speedway.

Locals saw an all Sun Prairie podium for the second time in 2026 (and Badger history) as Cody Weisensel driving the Jones-Spray No. 5 took his second Lyco Manufacturing A-Main win of the season, and his career, over Brandon Waelti and Eric Blumer. The three shared the same Bank of Sun Prairie Victory Lane photo a few weeks earlier when Waelti prevailed over Weisensel and Blumer on Badger Midget Hall of Fame Night.

ANOTHER RUNG HIGHER: Stewart Friesen Wins SummerFAST Opener at Weedsport, Ties Alan Johnson For Fifth on Series All-Time Wins List

Matt Sheppard takes over second in Series points standings after runner-up finish

Joe Grabianowski

Sunday August 16th - In a battle between two of the best in Big Block Modified racing, Stewart Friesen came out on top in Sunday’s SummerFAST opener.

Majman Claims Victory after Chaotic USF2000 Race Two at Markham

gavin baker

Sunday August 16th -A chaotic, crash-filled second leg of the inaugural Continental Tire Grand Prix of Markham for USF2000 ended with Brad Majman, from Melbourne, Australia, taking the checkered flag for Pabst Racing. Majman’s third win of the season moved him to within 13 points of points leader and yesterday’s winner, Colombian Sebastian Garzon, whose DEForce Racing Tatuus was involved in one of a series of melees during the 40-minute encounter.

Thirteen-Year-Old Blayden Graham Wins Lemoore Race – Michnowicz Takes Bullring Nationals Title

Sunday August 16th - Driving Mike Schweitzer’s #41, 13-year-old Blayden Graham scored the win in round two of the Bullring Nationals on a scorching hot night at Lemoore Jet Bowl Raceway. While Graham won the battle, CLS G.O.A.T. Bobby Michnowicz won the war, outscoring the field over the two-night event with a third-place finish the previous night at Keller Auto Center Plaza Park Raceway in Visalia and a second in the finale at the Jet Bowl.

Peruvian Cardenas Claims Overdue Maiden USF Pro 2000 Win

gavin baker

Sunday August 16th -Andres Cardenas became the first Peruvian to win a USF Pro Championships event when he took the checkered flag in today’s second race of the Continental Tire Grand Prix of Markham doubleheader. A regular frontrunner and two-time polesitter during his rookie campaign for JHDD powered by ECR, Cardenas, from Lima, Peru, grasped the lead from yesterday’s winner Jack Jeffers, from San Antonio, Texas, on lap 10 and held on to win by just 0.6487 of a second.

STUCK THE LANDING: Kyle Larson Flies into Iowa, Dominates 65th Knoxville Nationals

tyler carr

Saturday August 15th - A jet brings Larson to Knoxville just in time to capture his fourth Knoxville Nationals title after the NASCAR Cup Series race

Kyle Larson’s Saturday began with him simply hoping he could watch the finale of the 65th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

It ended in Knoxville Nationals Victory Lane.

Logano Wins at Richmond as Chase Picture Takes Shape

Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images

Saturday August 15th - Joey Logano issued a not too subtle reminder Saturday night that he is a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and absolutely ready to position himself for yet another title run.

Logano claimed his second win of the 2026 season – in fact, his second victory in the last four races – driving his No. 22 Team Penske Ford to a dramatic .392-second win in the Cook Out 400 under the lights in front of an enthusiastic sellout crowd at Richmond Raceway.

PHOTO FINISH! LUNDY GETS .01 SECOND USAC CRA WIN AT PERRIS

A.J. Johnson

Saturday August 15th - After one of the closest finishes in the history of the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series, Connor Lundy of Peoria, Arizona emerged victorious on Saturday night at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway.

Jeffers Reclaims USF Pro 2000 Points Lead

with Markham Win

gavin baker

Saturday August 15th - Jack Jeffers, from San Antonio, Texas, led throughout this afternoon’s shortened USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire race on the brand-new street circuit in Markham, Ont., Canada. Jeffers’ third win of the season for Exclusive Autosport enabled him to slip back into the championship points lead with four races remaining this season.

Saturday August 15th - Dan Ebert picked a great time to earn the first Super Late Model victory of his career, as the Lake Shore, Minnesota, driver won the 34th Annual Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel on Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway.

Honeycutt Dominates Richmond for Second Career Truck Series Win

Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images

Saturday August 15th - It’s been the ultimate celebratory week for TRICON Garage driver Kaden Honeycutt who absolutely dominated the weather-delayed Black’s Tire 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway Saturday afternoon – the strong winning effort coming only days after the 23-year-old Texan announced he and his wife Jessica were expecting their first child.

Saturday August 15th - Second-year NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver Louis Foster shone brightest amid a setting sun as a long first day of the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham came to an end.

Garzon Extends USF2000 Points Lead

with Markham Victory

gavin baker

Saturday August 15th - Sebastian Garzon, from Neiva, Colombia, extended his USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire points lead with victory for DEForce Racing in the opening leg of the Continental Tire Grand Prix of Markham.

ANOTHER SCHAT(Z): Donny Schatz Drives to Knoxville Nationals FVP Prelim Victory

The 11-time Knoxville Nationals champ wheels from seventh to Victory Lane to keep his hopes alive

tyler carr

Saturday August 15th - You can never count out Donny Schatz at Knoxville Raceway.

The Fargo, ND legend has built a major part of his legacy at the historic 1/2 mile. It started with many painful losses and runner-up finishes at the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. Then the winning began and rarely stopped as he collected 11 titles in the sport’s biggest race.

DREVICKI DRIVES TO USAC EAST COAST VICTORY AT BRIDGEPORT

Scott Philipp

Saturday August 15th -t’s been the story of the 2026 season so far.

Reading, Pennsylvania driver and reigning champion Steven Drevicki had gone winless through the opening stretch of the USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Presented by Baer Den Farms season.

Tunjo Takes Road America Pole for Airbnb Endurance Challenge

Fourth Two-Hour Race of the Season To Decide LMP3 Endurance Crown

Saturday August 15th - There’s been three different race winners in the first three IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge rounds of competition in 2026. But only one car has scored the pole position.

USAC MIDGETS AT COLESCOUNTY POSTPONED, JACKSONVILLE CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

Saturday August 15th - The Illinois weekend for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship has been rained out.

The Lake Land College King of Coles scheduled for Saturday, August 15, at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, Illinois has been postponed. The event has been rescheduled for Monday, September 7, on Labor Day weekend.

Max Blair and Ricky Thornton Jr. each won their respective 25-lap preliminary feature Friday night during the opening night of the 34th Annual Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel.

Blaney Continues Qualifying Surge with Richmond Pole

David Jensen/Getty Images

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney won his third pole position in the last five races and 16th of his championship career Friday afternoon at Richmond Raceway.

Thunderstorms, Heavy Rain Postpone FVP Hard Knox Night to Saturday, Sets Up Doubleheader

Knoxville Nationals Championship Saturday will now feature a pair of racing programs

With thunderstorms bringing heavy rainfall Friday morning to Knoxville Raceway, continued showers in the afternoon hindering track drying efforts, and weather models showing more storms likely in the evening, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Knoxville officials have agreed to postpone Friday’s FVP Hard Knox Night of the Knoxville Nationals to Saturday, Aug. 15.

ANOTHER LEVEL: Kyle Larson Wheels from Eighth to Victory on Knoxville Nationals Toyota Qualifying Night

The two-time NASCAR champion dazzles with a drive from the fourth row to another Knoxville triumph

ThursDAY AUGUST 13TH - Kyle Larson ups his game to another level at Knoxville Raceway.

And he does so even more during the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

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POWRi WAR Prepares for Round Four of ‘Road to the Hockett’ at Lucas Oil Speedway

POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints Set for Lakeside, Lucas Oil, and Missouri State Fair Speedway

Weisensel Over Waelti In AFS Badger Midget Series Thriller At Angell Park Speedway

Ebert Breaks Through with Topless 100 Triumph

Foster’s New Track Record Earns First Markham Pole

Blair and Thornton Take Topless 100 Prelim Wins

Daniels Completes Sturgis Sweep at Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Short Track