NASCAR News

When Jeff Gordon talks about a homecoming at Sonoma Raceway, there’s a lot more to it than just the proximity to his native Vallejo.

An Indy car record 80 lead changes among 14 drivers culminated in a dramatic victory for American Graham Rahal in the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway.

In Saturday’s time trial at Sonoma Raceway, A.J. Allmendinger took his first small step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

David Ragan thinks—and hopes—the new NASCAR Sprint Cup rules package instituted for the July 11 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway will shift the balance of power in the series.

Simon Pagenaud earned his second career Indy car pole and first on an oval in leading a Team Penske sweep of the front row for the MAVTV 500 with a two-lap average speed of 218.952 mph at the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway.

Michael Page took the lead away from T.J. Reaid on a restart, and went on to score back-to-back wins in the Super Late Model feature at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga. Saturday night.

Jeff Gordon – born in nearby Vallejo, California – boasts more than double the wins of any other driver at Sonoma Raceway. He has visited victory lane at the West Coast road course five times.

Mark Clifton of Brewton, Ala. captured his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night with the victory in the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, Ala. driving the Carboline Special.

Jimmy Johnson is on a roll. Johnson scored his eighth Limited Late Model victory of the season Saturday night at Hartwell Speedway in Hartwell, Ga. It marked his third feature victory in a row, dating back to June 6.

The passion was apparent on the track in Week 8 of O’Reilly Auto Parts Friday Night Drags at Atlanta Motor Speedway as the intensity of the drivers ratcheted up on the pit lane drag strip.