NASCAR News

The temperatures on the drag strip at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga. may have been hot, but it was nothing compared to the competition on the quarter mile, as Convington, Ga.’s Mike Brown took home top honors in the Super Pro division in Summit ET Series action.

Dawsonville, Ga.’s Donald McIntosh powered to the lead from his second place starting spot and led all 40 laps en route to the win in Friday night’s Ultimate Super Late Model Series feature at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn.

Terry Smith of Oxford, Ala. defended his home turf Saturday night in spectacular fashion, as he edged out defending National Champion Ronnie Johnson to win the 50-lap Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series main event at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala.

Given his position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, Kyle Larson understands that his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team may have to go for broke to win a race and qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR sprint Cup.

Sixteen-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force added another milestone to his already legendary career with a win in Sunday’s third-annual New England Nationals at New England Dragway and Motorsports Park in Epping, N.H.

American Josef Newgarden led Luca Filippi across the start-finish line by 1.4485 seconds to give CFH Racing a 1-2 finish in the Honda Indy Toronto.

Starting 24th in a backup car, Kurt Busch fought his way to the front of the field through intermittent rain showers and won Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway when a deluge halted the race after 138 of a scheduled 200 laps.

The most surprising aspect of Kasey Kahne’s pole-winning run on Friday at Michigan International Speedway wasn’t that Kahne was the fastest qualifier.

Cole Custer took advantage of a five-lap shootout at Gateway Motorsports Park to score his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in Saturday night’s Drivin’ for Linemen 200.

Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tommy Johnson, Jr. (Funny Car) and Chris McGaha (Pro Stock) will lead their divisions from the No. 1 starting position after topping the two-day qualifying sessions for Sunday’s third-annual New England Nationals.