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MONDAY July 6th Thru sUNDAY July 12th

Northeast Trip Features Midweek Stateline Return, Sharon Doubleheader

Emily Schwanke

Following two busy weeks in the upper Midwest, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision is heading back toward the east coast.

Three race nights are on this week’s agenda, starting with a return to Stateline Speedway after three years away. The Rick Briggs Memorial powered by Dave Warren Powersports brings the Series to Busti, NY on Wednesday, July 8, for a 40-lap, $15,000-to-win, main event.



Super DIRTcar Series Tackles First Two-Night Swing of 2026 With Stops at Cornwall, Mohawk

Brody Plotz

 For the first time in 2026, the Super DIRTcar Series will battle on back-to-back nights with stops in Canada and the United States.

The Beasts of the Northeast kick off the two-night midweek swing at Cornwall Motor Speedway in Long Sault, ON, on Tuesday, July 7, for the O’Canada 75. Drivers will battle in a 75-lap Feature paying $7,500-to-win.

Championship Battles, Canadians in the Michelin Pilot Challenge Spotlight at CTMP

Less Than 100 Points Cover Top Four in GS; 11 Canadians Split 3 GS, 8 TCR

A challenging end to an otherwise clean IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at Watkins Glen International has set the stage for the second half of the 2026 season, where it’s anyone’s guess who will emerge at the head of the championship battles leaving Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. There are 42 cars, split 29 Grand Sport (GS) and 13 Touring Car (TCR) for Round 6 of the season (Saturday, 1:25 p.m. ET, Peacock and ad-free courtesy of Michelin on IMSA’s Official YouTube channel). 



The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing continues one of the busiest stretches of the 2026 season this week with three consecutive nights of racing across Iowa and Missouri.

POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints Ready for Weekend at “The Lake”

Missouri speed takes center stage as the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League returns to “The Lake” for the second of three visits in 2026, bringing a two-night showcase to Lake Ozark Speedway on July 10-11 for the Cove Clash.


After successful Chicagoland run, NASCAR faces scheduling decisions

NASCAR, you have a problem—not that it’s a bad problem to have.

 In the return to Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday and Sunday, the on-track racing product was everything competitors and fans could have hoped for.

Asphalt that had aged for seven years since NASCAR’s last race in Joliet provided multiple racing lanes, from the bottom of the track to the outside wall.


INDYCAR Officiating Announces Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Grid Penalty

INDYCAR Officiating has announced a six-position starting grid penalty for the entry of No. 3 Team Penske for an unapproved engine change Sunday's following Sunday's warmup session at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.


 lOCAL TRACK RACING & TESTING PREVIOUS RACING & TESTING

 Monday June 29th thru sunday July 5th

 

Chase Briscoe holds off Christopher Bell for Chicagoland triumph

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 It was astute strategy that gave Chase Briscoe the lead in the final stage of Sunday’s eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
It was sheer determination that kept him there in a triumphant return to the 1.5-mile intermediate speedway after a seven-year hiatus.

 

 

Same papaya, different day. Different driver, too.

That was Arrow McLaren’s swap at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course where Pato O’Ward – and not polesitter Christian Lundgaard – won The Honda Indy 200 Presented by the 2027 CR-V Hybrid, the 11th race of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.


Brandon Sheppard Dominates Macon to Win Second Herald & Review 100

tim hunt

 One year after coming up short in the quest for his second career Herald & Review 100 victory, Brandon Sheppard returned to Macon Speedway Sunday night and avenged his past defeat.


  Enzo Fittipaldi completed a flawless weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, leading every lap for the second straight race to sweep the INDY NXT by Firestone doubleheader.


 

Turn 3 and Escorpioni Double Up in USF Pro 2000 at Mid-Ohio 


 Leonardo Escorpioni is on a roll in USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire. The 16-year-old Brazilian, based in Windermere, Fla., thoroughly dominated this morning’s second leg of the USF Pro Patriot Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio tripleheader for Turn 3 Motorsport to take his third win of the season and second in as many days. Escorpioni finished more than 6.3 seconds clear following an all-green 30-lap race around the challenging 2.258-mile 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.


 

 

Escorpioni Sweeps and Takes USF Pro 2000 Points Lead

gavin baker
 

Is there no stopping Leonardo Escorpioni? Last year’s USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire champion started third in this afternoon’s final leg of the USF Pro Patriot Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, but lost no time in taking the lead and then took off for his third win in two days. The Florida-based Brazilian’s impressive performance for Turn 3 Motorsport has vaulted him into the lead of the USF Pro 2000 championship, chasing a scholarship valued at almost $600,000 to make the step next year into INDY NXT.


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Stealing the lead from Chase Elliott on the final restart, Brandon Jones celebrated NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway with a dramatic victory in Saturday night’s rain-delayed Cuervo 300.
In the first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race to require overtime this season, Jones’ No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota stayed side-by-side with Elliott’s No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet through the first two corners on the decisive Lap 200 restart.

Max Blair of Centerville, Pennsylvania, charged from the 15th starting position to take the lead with three laps remaining and, despite two caution flags in the closing laps, held off Devin Moran and Hudson O’Neal to earn the biggest victory of his career. Blair collected $25,000 for winning the Freedom 50 on Saturday night at Muskingum County Speedway.


DEMETRIOS DRELLOS OUT-DUELS 5-TIME CHAMPION JEREMY WONDERLING AT STATELINE TO CAPTURE HIS 1ST CAREER HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOUR VICTORY & BECOMES SEASON'S 6TH DIFFERENT WINNER IN 6 RACES

The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series returned to Stateline Speedway on Saturday night for the second and final visit of the 2026 season. As has been the case for 15 of the 16 attempted race nights this season, Mother Nature once again tried to interfere.  While the majority of the race tracks throughout the region rained out, Stateline was able to avoid the rain to the north and the thunderstorms that developed to the south.  Despite the threatening weather, 39 teams made the trip as race #6 of the 2026 season was completed. A large crowd turned out for the "America 250" Independence Day celebration and were treated to tremendous racing on an excellent surface and a spectacular fireworks show. 

 

Escorpioni Takes Charge in Mid-Ohio USF Pro Opener

gavin baker

Florida-based Brazilian Leonardo Escorpioni overcame a heavy sickness and intense heat and humidity today at the challenging Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to score an emphatic USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire victory for Turn 3 Motorsport. Escorpioni has lost 10 pounds in body weight during the week – and almost failed the minimum weight check after qualifying – but put that behind him in style as he led from flag to flag in the first of three races that will comprise this weekend’s USF Pro Patriot Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio.


Martella Claims His Third USF2000 Win of the Season at Mid-Ohio

gavin baker
 

 Anthony Martella, from Woodbridge, Ont., Canada, experienced a nightmare start to his USF2000 Presented by Continental Tires season, failing to finish four of the first six races, more often than not due to no fault of his own. But this evening at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Martella led throughout the final leg of the USF Pro Patriot 250 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio doubleheader to claim his third win of the season for his Exclusive Autosport team.


Kennedy Leads VRD Racing One-Two Punch at Mid-Ohio

 

gavin baker
 

   VRD Racing this morning concluded the USF Pro Patriot 250 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio in style as Canadian Edward Kennedy led Dutch teammate Dean Hoogendoorn to a magnificent sweep of the top two steps of the USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire podium. The pair of youngsters, born just four days apart in May 2012, took the checkered flag under caution following an action-packed 20-lap race.


MONTGOMERY MAKES IT 3 AT SANTA MARIA

A.J. Johnson

 

Of Kaleb Montgomery’s three career Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car wins, all three have now come at Nipomo, California’s Santa Maria Speedway.

 

Starting fourth, the Templeton, California racer took over the lead on lap six, then led the remaining 25 laps to capture his second USAC CRA victory at Santa Maria in a four-week span during Saturday night’s Doug Fort Memorial.


MINS STARTS SPRINTACULAR WEEKEND WITH VICTORY AT LINCOLN PARK.

 

David Nearpass

Oftentimes, you’d rather be lucky than good. Kyle Cummins just so happened to possess both of those attributes during Friday night’s Sprintacular opener at Putnamville, Indiana’s Lincoln Park Speedway.


 

Tanner English Wins Eighth Career Summer Nationals Feature at Highland

BA photography

After fighting race-after-race to break through to Victory Lane once in the first half of the summer, Tanner English only needed three days to do it again.

English, of Benton, KY, endured the first 11 rounds of the 2026 DIRTcar Summer Nationals with 10 top-five finishes and eight podiums, but no wins. He finally broke through Wednesday night in Missouri and did it again Saturday night at Highland Speedway to bank his eighth career Hell Tour victory.


Denny Hamlin wins pole position in return to Chicagoland

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  When it comes to oval tracks, Denny Hamlin has established himself firmly on the throne as king of qualifying.
In Saturday’s time trials at Chicagoland Speedway, Hamlin edged Kyle Larson by 0.001 seconds to claim the pole position for Sunday’s eero 400 (6 p.m. ET on TNT, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Christian Lundgaard made another statement about his worthiness as a top driver in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

Two weeks ago, the driver, expected to soon be a free agent, won at Road America despite being in last place after the first lap. Now, he is the No. 1 qualifier for Sunday’s race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, leading an Arrow McLaren


 Today’s Drag Specialties DuQuoin Mile presented by Parts Unlimited, originally scheduled for Saturday, July 4, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin, Illinois, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 5th


 

Beswick Wins Incident-Strewn USF2000 Race at Mid-Ohio

 

gavin baker

Friday July 3rd -  Pabst Racing claimed its third win out of the last four USF2000 Presented by Continental Tires races when Eddie Beswick, from Sydney, Australia, emerged victorious from a messy opening leg of the USF Pro Patriot 250 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio doubleheader.


 

Kennedy Becomes Youngest Ever USF Juniors Winner


gavin baker


Friday July 3rd - 
 VRD Racing’s Edward Kennedy became the youngest driver to win a USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire race this afternoon in the first of two races that comprise the USF Pro Patriot 250 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio. Kennedy, from Mont-Tremblant, Que., Canada, was too young to contest the opening two race weekends of the season but has quickly made his presence known.


Frank Heckenast Jr. Ends Six-Year Summer Nationals Dry Spell at Red Hill

 

Braden Rouse

Friday July 3rd -  It’s been nearly six years since Frank Heckenast Jr. tasted victory with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Friday night at Red Hill Raceway, the drought finally came to an end.


Andretti Global Drivers Turn Up the Heat on Day 1 at Mid-Ohio

Friday July 3rd -  On a hot day in the heartland, Andretti Global had cars that were the hottest.

Specifically, teammates Will Power and Kyle Kirkwood were 1-2 on the speed chart as the Fourth of July holiday weekend began with a 95-degree afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

  Friday July 3rd -    Enzo Fittipaldi waited until the closing minutes of INDY NXT by Firestone practice Friday to top the speed chart, turning the fastest lap to kick off this weekend’s doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.


Severe Weather Forces Cancellation of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Event at Mansfield Speedway

Friday July 3rd -  Severe weather and torrential rainfall forced the cancellation of Friday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at Mansfield Speedway after the program was halted during Heat Race No. 3.


Jason Feger Earns Milestone Summer Nationals Win No. 40 at Lincoln

tim hunt

 Thursday July 2nd -Milestone moments rarely come easy. Jason Feger had to work for a big one Thursday night at Lincoln Speedway, topping a thrilling, three-car battle for the lead and going on to his 40th career DIRTcar Summer Nationals Feature win.


FULLER'S LEGENDARY NIGHT: Tim Fuller Holds Off Alex Payne For Land of Legends Victory
Alex Yankowski finishes fourth, extends Series points lead to 14 over Mat Williamson

joe Grabianowski

 Thursday July 2nd -At age 58, Tim Fuller proved he still knows the path to Super DIRTcar Series Victory Lane.

The Edwards, NY driver led every lap of Thursday’s Stars and Stripes Spectacular at Land of Legends Raceway, holding off Alex Payne on multiple restarts to score his 37th career Series victory.


DANNER DELIVERS SWEET REDEMPTION WITH BC39 VICTORY

 

Rich Forman

Wednesday July 1st – Briggs Danner earned $20,039 for his feature victory during Wednesday night's BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


Tanner English Grabs First Summer Nationals Win of 2026 at Farmington

tim hunt

Wednesday July 1st –  Since building a new team from scratch, Tanner English had been checking every box with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals to show it was worth it. But one box remained empty – a win.


 

eDWARDS TOPS STOOPS STAR SPANGLED SHOWDOWN ON BC39 OPENING NIGHT AT IMS

josh james

Tuesday June 30th – drake Edwards scored the victory in Tuesday night's Stoops Star Spangled Showdown at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


Pierce Completes Northern Swing Sweep With First Norman County Triumph

  Tuesday June 30th – Bobby Pierce is rolling back to Oakwood, IL after a perfect northern swing.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision contested six races over the past 11 days across Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Winning one of them would be a dream for many teams, and winning a handful of them would be a realistic goal for one like Pierce’s. Instead, they won all six.


Jason Feger Ties Don O’Neal with 39th Summer Nationals Win at Old No. 1

Tuesday June 30th – Some drivers grind it out just for a shot to win once on the Hell Tour. Jason Feger notched a meaningful 39th career DIRTcar Summer Nationals Feature win Tuesday night at Old No. 1 Speedway and reached a historic mark in the record books.


SONG OF THE BANDIT: Jimmy Phelps Cruises to Speedweek Kickoff Win at Weedsport
Mat Williamson finishes second, cuts Mike Mahaney's lead to 16 points in Series standings

Tuesday June 30th – For the second time in three years, Jimmy Phelps didn’t let a chance to deliver a victory at Weedsport Speedway go to waste.

The Baldwinsville, NY driver outdueled Darren Smith and Jordan McCreadie for the lead on Lap 25 and never looked back to win Tuesday’s DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Speedweek Kickoff.


Weeklong Thunderstorms, Rain Cancel Gopher 50 at Deer Creek

 Tuesday June 30th – With weather models showing thunderstorms and rainfall throughout the week and into the weekend in the Spring Valley, MN area, creating unfavorable conditions for racing at Deer Creek Speedway, World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision and track officials have agreed to cancel the NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50.


Seawright Outduels Morey at Camden for First Summer Nationals Win

 Monday June 29th - Sam Seawright checked a major career box Monday night at Camden Speedway, scoring his first career victory with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models in a thrilling photo finish.

 


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