NASCAR News

Defending world champion Matt Hagan raced to the qualifying lead in Funny Car Friday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals.

Tony Kanaan, who will make his 296th career Indy car start this weekend, posted the quickest lap in the first practice session for the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana.

Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick admittedly are pushing each other around in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, a mindset that produced a 1-2 qualifying sweep Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway.

Erik Jones scored his second consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series pole Friday afternoon, and will lead the field to green in tonight's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Tex.

Last spring, Joey Logano wrangled in the competition at Texas Motor Speedway and two-stepped into Victory Lane.

Clayton Turner powered to the lead in the Limited Late Model feature Saturday night at Toccoa Raceway in Toccoa, GA, and drove away to score the victory.

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in Nashville, Tenn. kicked off their 58th season of racing Saturday night, as Willie Allen out dueled two time Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin to score the win in the Big Machine Records Pro Late Model Challenge Series.

Jimmy Johnson held off all comers at Hartwell Speedway in Hartwell, Ga. Saturday night to score his second Limited Late Model feature victory of the season.

Casey Roberts only needed to lead one lap – the last lap – to pick up the Ultimate Super Late Model Series victory Saturday night at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.

Season points champions were crowned Friday in the Winter Flurry Legends and Bandolero racing series on the quarter-mile “Thunder Ring” at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA.