september 18TH -  september 24th

LOCAL TRACK NEWS & NOTES      PREVIOUS NEWS & NOTES    DRIVER & TEAM NEWS & NOTESF

Friday  September 22nd........Hard Work, Consistency, and Focus On One Race at a Time Pays off for Harvey Harrison and Team’s Second ChampionshipThursday  September 21ST........BC39 Prelim Night USAC Midget Rosters Revealed...ASA Weekend Preview...ASA Weekend Preview...USAC Sprints, Midgets & Silver Crown, Oh My! Eldora’s 41st 4-Crown Arrives This Weekend...1956 Chevrolet Bel Air, Cruisin' On Main Street...Weekend Preview: Texas Motor Speedway...Wednesday September 20th........PRI Weekly Racing Industry Update...Rock On! James Dean Classic Storylines for Thursday’s USAC Double at Gas City...Runoffs Ready | SCCA Up to Speed...Trans Am Series Race Preview: World Wide Technology Raceway...NASCAR National Series News & Notes - Texas Motor Speedway...Tuesday September 19th.......Short Track Nationals Lives on With Huge Texarkana 67 Payout!...Biggest Field Ever for USAC Silver Crown at Eldora This Weekend!...Major Bounty Posted for USAC “Non-Full-Timers” at Lawrenceburg’s Fall National...IndyCar Legend Tony Kanaan to Kick Off 2023 PRI Show in Indianapolis...Connor Hall Captures First Career NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Championship....A hotly contested NASCAR Cup Playoffs heads to Texas...More Storylines From Toledo...Monday September 18th........SpeedTour to Celebrate Women in Motorsports at VIR...See Who Kissed the Bricks in IMSA’s Return to Indy...Three Takeaways from TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks...Zane Smith secures full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride for 2024...Round of 12 locked in after first elimination drawing in NASCAR Powerball Playoff™...

ASA Weekend Preview

A championship will be decided for one ASA-branded regional tour and a penultimate race will be held for another in two different parts of the country.Find out more below with our ASA Weekend Preview.

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POWRi SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS RETURN TO IMPERIAL VALLEY RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY 

  For the first time in seven weeks, the POWRI Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series will return to action when it visits the Imperial Valley Raceway this Saturday night, September 23rd.  The long delay came about when the last race, which was scheduled for August 19th at Perris Auto Speedway, was canceled when Mother Nature unleashed her wrath on Southern California via Hurricane Hillary.

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Winchester 400 Up Next – Entry Blank Posted

The ASA STARS National Tour returns to action on Sunday, October 15 at Winchester Speedway for the 52nd running of the Winchester 400. The entry blank for one of Super Late Model racing’s biggest races is now available.

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NASCAR National Series News & Notes - Texas Motor Speedway

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Runoffs Ready | SCCA Up to Speed

Starting in 2024, Spec MX-5 (SMX) will become an SCCA Runoffs class. From mid-season race groupings to more, here's what that means...

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PRI Weekly Racing Industry Update

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CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINTS RETURN TO BOBBY MICHNOWICZ’S PLAYGROUND, THE VENTURA RACEWAY, SATURDAY

 ) There is bad news brewing for the competitors in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series heading into this Saturday night’s race at Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway.  The bad news is that five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz will be on hand.

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Connor Hall Captures First Career NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Championship

 After winning his opening 11 races of the season at Langley Speedway, 26-year-old Connor Hall captured his first NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championship.

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indyCar Legend Tony Kanaan to Kick Off 2023 PRI Show in Indianapolis

Racing icon Tony Kanaan will welcome attendees to the biggest three days in motorsports business as the headline guest at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show’s annual Grand Opening Breakfast on December 7 in Indianapolis.

Short Track Nationals Lives on With Huge Texarkana 67 Payout!

The storied Short Track Nationals lives on. 

And in a big way as well, with a $20,000 winner’s share up for grabs at the prestigious ASCS-sanctioned Winged 360-ci Sprint Car event that takes place at Texarkana 67 Speedway on October 5-7.

Zane Smith secures full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride for 2024 

  Through a partnership between Trackhouse Racing and Spire Motorsports, reigning NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Zane Smith will drive full time in the NASCAR Cup Series next season, the teams announced in a joint press conference Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. 

Round of 12 locked in after first elimination drawing in NASCAR Powerball Playoff™

The field of semi-finalists in the race to $1 million has narrowed by four after the first elimination drawing in the NASCAR Powerball Playoff™. NASCAR® and Powerball® announced today, during the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the 12 semi-finalists who have advanced in the playoff for a chance to win a VIP trip to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway and the $1 million grand prize

Rev Up Your Engines: Hutch Games Teams Up with NASCAR to Unleash a New Standalone Mobile Game

  Hutch, the renowned automotive mobile game developer behind hit titles such as F1 Clash and Top Drives, has announced a new partnership with NASCAR. The partnership will see Hutch develop a new standalone title for mobile, combining the studio's expertise in creating automotive games with NASCAR’s world renowned brand.

Event Preview: Gateway SpeedTour with SVRA and Trans Am

The Gateway SpeedTour brings the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli to World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR), September 22-23. Featuring on-track action from some of the top road racing series in America, the event will feature even more cars in the Hagerty Cars and Caffeine Car Show, which will include a 70th birthday celebration for Corvette.

What’s the Point of It All? Many Championships Still Up for Grabs

“Like every year in IMSA, it is down to the final race: Petit Le Mans.”  Filipe Albuquerque’s concise assessment of the top prototype class title tussle in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship rings true once again in 2023

Rock On! James Dean Classic Storylines for Thursday’s USAC Double at Gas City

Indy Racing Images

Double the series. Double the action. Double the fun! That’s how the agenda rolls each year in late September at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway when the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National join together for a rare doubleheader.

More Storylines From Toledo

Toledo Speedway played host to a number of special guests at the Glass City 200, paying tribute to both the history of the tracks marquee event as well as the return of the ASA brand to Northwest Ohio.

A hotly contested NASCAR Cup Playoffs heads to Texas

Major Bounty Posted for USAC “Non-Full-Timers” at Lawrenceburg’s Fall National

David Campbell

USAC regulars have gone undefeated all season in AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competition with full-time series drivers and teams winning every event run thus far in 2023

See Who Kissed the Bricks in IMSA’s Return to Indy

Three Takeaways from TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks

 The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship celebrated its return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an action-packed TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks.