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Matt Hagan continued his quest for a third Funny Car world championship as he powered to the No. 1 qualifying position with a track-record performance Saturday during the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis.

Hall of Fame drag racer Hubert Platt passed away early Saturday morning, according to a post on his Facebook page.

The milestone 500th race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series produced important “firsts” for two key figures on the winning team.

Larry Dixon raced to the qualifying lead Friday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis.

The Petit Le Mans returns to Road Atlanta next week with drivers and fans from all over the world descending on the rolling hills near Chestnut Mountain.

Week 26 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season only showed two races on the schedule, but they were big for two drivers.

Russell Fleeman drove to the front of the SECA Late Model field Saturday night at Hartwell Speedway, and went on to pick up the feature victory at the 3/8 mile Hartwell, Ga. dirt track. Fleeman beat out Adam Partain to score the win.

Chris Madden powered to the lead from the drop of the green flag, and went on to score the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series victory at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn.

When David Roberts won his first track championship at the historic Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Easley, S.C. back in 2007, it took a while for the impact of what he accomplished to hit him.

Smooth and fast is hard to beat on the race track, and that is what Casey Roberts brought with him to Senoia Raceway’s season points finale on Saturday night.