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The Indianapolis 500 ended the way it should have ended

Takuma Soto won the 2020 Indianapolis 500 when he crossed the finish line ahead of Scott Dixon in a very dissatisfying ending. It wasn’t dissatisfying because Sato won but rather because the race finished under caution after a lap 195 crash had, as was said at the time, left too little time to do otherwise. For many, the anti-climatic ending left a sour taste. Following that race, the NTT IndyCar Series released a statement explaining that, “there were too few laps remaining to gather the field behind the pace car, issue a red flag and then restart.” Sunday’s 107th running…

Austin Hill makes it two-for-three with Xfinity win in Las Vegas

Dramatic late pass lifts Austin Hill to NASCAR Xfinity win at Las Vegas March 4, 2023 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS—Austin Hill ran down rookie pole winner Chandler Smith from three seconds back, passed him as the cars approached the white flag and held on to win Saturday’s Alsco Uniforms 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The victory was the second of the year for Hill, who won the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The driver of the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet won for the first time at Las Vegas…

Kyle Busch cruises to Truck Series victory in Vegas

March 3, 2023 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS—Kyle Busch revels in changing circumstances. Five days after winning at Auto Club Speedway in his second NASCAR Cup Series race in a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Busch powered his own Kyle Busch Motorsports Chevy to victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Despite a couple of twitchy moments in traffic, Busch dominated Friday night’s Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 84 of 134 laps and beating runner-up Zane Smith to the finish line by 4.981 seconds. The victory was Busch’s first of the season, the…

Starting Lineup for the Pala Casino 400 at Auto Club Speedway

The NASCAR Cup Series will be racing this weekend in the Pala Casino 400 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It will be the last event held on the current 2-mile configuration as the track will be converted to a short track afterwards. The race will be aired live on Fox at 3:30(ET). Practice and qualifying were cancelled due to weather. Kyle Larson won at Auto Club in 2022. Here is Sunday’s starting lineup:

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. achieves Daytona 500 underdog victory

February 19, 2023 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In the longest DAYTONA 500 in NASCAR history, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got help from an unexpected source and won the sport’s most prestigious race when a wild wreck froze the field in the second overtime. Stenhouse and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano were battling for the lead on Lap 212 when contact from Aric Almirola’s Ford started Travis Pastrana’s Toyota spinning in Turn 2. Pastrana’s Camry clipped the Chevrolet of Kyle Larson and set it rocketing into the outside wall. Tires screamed, sparks flew and…

Austin Hill wins in wild Xfinity finish at Daytona

February 18, 2023 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After Sam Mayer spun on the roof of his Chevrolet on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway, trailing a shower of sparks, Austin Hill, Justin Allgaier and John Hunter Nemechek sat in their cars and waited. And after what must have seemed an eternity to the drivers, NASCAR reviewed video of the final lap of overtime and declared Hill the winner of his second straight season opener at the World Center of Racing in front of the largest crowd to witness an Xfinity Series race at Daytona…

Busch Light Clash Qualifying Results & Heat Race Lineups

Here are Saturday night’s qualifying results for the Busch Light Clash which will be contested on Sunday night beginning with heat races at 5:00pm(eastern). The event will be shown live on Fox. Qualifying Heat Race No. 1: Lineup Start time: 5 p.m. ET, Sunday Starting Spot Car Number Driver 1 31 Justin Haley 2 10 Aric Almirola 3 48 Alex Bowman 4 21 Harrison Burton 5 22 Joey Logano 6 42 Noah Gragson 7 34 Michael McDowell 8 17 Chris Buescher 9 77 Ty Dillon Qualifying Heat Race No. 2: Lineup Start time: 5:15 p.m. ET, Sunday Starting Spot Car…

Rich’s Ramblings: The 10 Biggest Dirt Late Model Races

With the Dirt Track World Championship running this weekend at the Portsmouth(OH) Raceway Park, I have been thinking about what the biggest races are each year on the Dirt Late Model racing calendar. As a result, I produced a Top-10 list of those races as I see them. I hope you will take the time to give my Ramblings a listen, and as always, offer your own suggestions on my Twitter feed(@RichardAllenIDR) or on the website’s Facebook page(InsideDirtRacing.com). Here is the ranking of what I consider to be the 10 Biggest Dirt Late Model Races: Please continue to bear…

Bass Pro Shops Night Race photos

Photos from Michael Moats of the Bass Pro Shops Night race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Tyler Reddick scores breakthrough win at Road America

July 3, 2022 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service PLYMOUTH, Wis. – It was a dogfight between two drivers, pure and simple. It was Tyler Reddick who outdueled pole winner Chase Elliott in the intense mano-a-mano battle in Sunday’s Kwik Trip 250 at Road America. The victory was Reddick’s first in the NASCAR Cup Series, making him the fifth first-time winner this season. As the 13th different winner this year, Reddick shrank the Playoff bubble by one position. With seven races left before the cutoff race at Daytona, there are currently three Playoff positions available on points. Reddick’s victory bumped…