NASCAR News

Leaders have begun to emerge as the season points races heated up on the quarter-mile “Thunder Ring” in Week 3 of Thursday Thunder at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Following week three action, a trio of divisions are separated by five or fewer points.

Just as the World of Outlaws Late Model Series enters a busy stretch of early-summer action, Shane Clanton is showing signs of another potential hot streak on the national tour.

William Byron made a trip to Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va. a couple of weeks ago to race a Late Model car and also get familiar with the tight .375-mile track. That trip paid off for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East points leader.

Some say it’s better to be lucky than to be good. For Casey Smith, a combination of both skill and luck helped him secure his second Southern Super Series win of 2015 on Saturday night in the Rumble By The River 100 at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Ala.

WILLIAMSTON, S.C. - Jared Irvan took the lead from Roger Lee Newton with six laps to go following a long side-by-side battle to win the Electric City 125 Friday night at Anderson Motor Speedway in Williamston, S.C.

Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Richie Crampton (Top Fuel) and Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) all made a trip to the winner’s circle after winning their respective divisions in Sunday’s 15th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.

Erik Jones’ last-ditch push had a victory payoff on Sunday. Neck-and-neck with Ryan Blaney entering the final dozen laps, Jones finally slipped ahead after a restart and rolled to a 1.958-second victory margin in Sunday’s Owens Corning AttiCat 300 race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Sixteen-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force collected his first No. 1 qualifying position of the season on Saturday with a record-breaking run in the final round of qualifying for Sunday’s 15th annual Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.

Ryan Reed refused to let a mishap earlier in the day affect his race Saturday as he recovered from a spin during qualifying to win the ARCA Racing Series SCOTT 150 at Chicagoland Speedway.

One week after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was cut short due to rain, the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. has been postponed due to rain.