NASCAR News

If Toyota and Ford are to break the Chevrolet stranglehold on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the two manufacturers took a positive step in that direction during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series time trials on Saturday.

Sporting the new high-drag configuration for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin punched a big hole in the air in posting the top speed in opening practice.

Don Braden said he never went to the racetrack where he didn’t think his son, Travis Braden, didn’t have a chance to win.

Kyle Busch has been racking up victories at a rapid pace. The No. 18 Toyota driver has won the past two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and three of the last four.

Bub McCool worked his way from his third starting spot to get his first Southern All Star win and a $10,000 payday with a win in the Governors Cup at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss.

Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, Ga. scored his first-career Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series victory Tuesday Night at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. and pocketed the $3,500 first place prize.

David McCoy did it again. The Franklin, N.C. speedster swept both Late Model features at Toccoa Raceway in Toccoa, Ga. on Friday night.

There was a charge in the air as Week 12 of O’Reilly Auto Parts Friday Night Drags hit the pit lane drag strip at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA Friday night.

The chances of Kyle Busch making the Chase for the Sprint Cup got even better Sunday afternoon, as Busch scored his third victory in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with a win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

In one of the most anticipated races of the year, Christopher Bell scored a dramatic win in the third annual 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic on the famed Eldora Speedway dirt.