SEATTLE (July 20, 2025) — In just his second NHRA national event as a nitro Funny Car driver rookie Dylan Winefsky and his Nitro Moose Funny Car team qualified and impressed a packed house at Pacific Raceways all weekend. The 20-year-old from El Mirage, Arizona, made the trek from the southwest to the northwest to get seat time and experience as he pursues his dream of racing full time on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Earlier this season at the Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals Winefsky narrowly missed qualifying in his professional debut but this weekend the up-and-coming star would not be denied as he ran his way onto a tough 16-car Funny Car field.
 
“The highs of this weekend were good,” said Winefsky. “We learned a lot figuring out what the car likes, what the car doesn’t like. I’m just getting more seat time and getting even more comfortable with the car. We’ll move on from this and take all the positives to the next race.”

 Dylan Winefsky qualified for the Northwest Nationals in just his second NHRA professional start,
photo credit SR Driven Media

His second national event started with a tough run on Friday night under the lights as the young driver made one of the quickest runs of the opening qualifying round. Unfortunately, at the top end of the track the Nitro Moose Funny Car drifted across the centerline disqualifying a solid run for the team. Winefsky took the experience as a learning opportunity and immediately put it out of his head.
 
On Saturday with three qualifying runs on the schedule Winefsky knew he would need another good run to secure his spot in the field. In the opening session the Johnny West-tuned Funny Car flew right down the groove and posted a 4.224 second run that slotted the former junior dragster driver into the No. 9 position. The strength of that run allowed the team time and a buffer to skip the third qualifying session.
 
Heading into the final session as the No. 14 qualifier Winefsky made a final run of qualifying and he had to wait for several drivers behind him to run to see if he would be one of the 16 qualifiers. At the end of the session his first run of the day held up and Winefsky qualified in the No. 16 spot and earned the opportunity to race the No. 1 qualifier Austin Prock in the first round.

 Rookie NHRA Funny Car driver Dylan Winefsky and the Nitro Moose Funny Car team qualified No. 16 at Northwest Nationals, photo credit SR Driven Media

“It was kind of nerve wracking,” said Winefsky. “Having to wait to see if we were going to get in. But after we got in, we came back, tore it all down, serviced it, and got everything ready for the race.”
 
 
On race day Winefsky enjoyed the experience of the opening ceremonies with driver intros and the chance to mingle with his fellow competitors prior to the race. In the first round of eliminations Winefsky hit the throttle for his burnout and a mechanical issue hung the throttle open. The rookie driver did not panic but pulled on the brake handle to slow his Funny Car, but the abrupt stop disengaged the fire suppression cable deploying the fire bottles and the parachutes as a safety precaution. He was unable to make the run and had to watch as Prock overpowered the track and motored to the finish line with a pedestrian 5.662 second elapsed time.
 
“You just have to move on,” said Winefsky. “At the moment, there was nothing we could have done. Everything happens for a reason. It’s just one of those things that you just have to let go of it. You can’t keep it with you. I looked at today as just another race. Nothing’s really changed. I was able to do the opening ceremonies, but other than that, everything’s same. I knew I had to just got to stick with my routine.”
 
While the end results of the weekend may not show up in the win and loss column Winefsky joined a large group of drivers on Thursday night at Dave & Busters in Auburn, Washington, for the Northwest Nationals FanFest signing autographs and posing for photos with a growing fan base. On Friday he joined NHRA announcer Hannah Rickards on the NHRA Stage in the pits to talk about his early experiences driving the Nitro Moose Funny Car. Again, the rookie driver engaged with fans and also let them know a little about his background as an auto mechanic and Funny Car driver.
 
The next time the Nitro Moose Funny Car is scheduled to be on track will be the Las Vegas Nationals in October at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The team is looking for marketing partners and is open to racing more events.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: Crossed centerline; Qual. 17
Q2: 4.224 sec; 292.96 mph; Qual. 9
Q3: No Run; Qual. 14
Q4: 7.026 sec; 110.30 mph; Qual. 16
Bonus points: 0
 
Race Results
 
First Round
Austin Prock, Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro, (.085), 5.662 sec, 170.97 mph def. Dylan Winefsky, El Mirage, Ariz., Nitro Moose Funny Car, No Time

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

BRITTANY RUNNER-UP AT NORTHWEST NATIONALSHendrickCars.com Dragster Raises National Speed Record to 341.85 MPH

SEATTLE, Wash. (July 20, 2025) – The power that enabled two-time Top Fuel World Champion Brittany Force to push her HendrickCars.com dragster to an NHRA national record-setting speed of 341.85 miles per hour in taking down No. 1 qualifier Doug Kalitta in the semifinals of the 36th NHRA Northwest Nationals proved unsustainable in the final round Sunday at Pacific Raceways. “Overall, it was a pretty solid outing for this HendrickCars.com team,” said the only woman to have won as many as 300 competitive rounds in drag racing’s signature category. “We were able to make our way to the final round but, unfortunately, came up short.   Racing against Shawn Langdon, to whom she had never before lost a final, the 18-time Mission Foods tour winner’s Chevrolet dragster suffered a malfunction that slowed it from a best of 3.659 to 4.040 seconds at 215 mph.  “Pan pressure automatically shut us off in the final,” she said of the safety system that automatically activates in certain situations. “I had no power and was just coasting to the finish line and saw Shawn go around me.” It was the 39-year-old’s second final round appearance in the tour’s northwesternmost event and her second disappointment. Nevertheless, there were reasons to celebrate, the least of which was not the fact that she moved from sixth to fifth in points and carries a load of momentum into this week’s 37th NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma, Calif. “Obviously the highlight of our weekend was in the semifinals when we made a killer run and went even faster than our (previous) national record (341.59 mph), the fastest of all time,” she said. “It’s really exciting for this whole team. We work really hard to turn on win lights and put the best numbers up on the board and we’re hoping that record will hold for a while.” Before she lowered the boom against Kalitta, Brittany had recorded speeds of 340.47 mph (in qualifying) and 340.82 mph in a first-round win over former European Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom. The former NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year (2013) now owns five of the six fastest speeds in history. In Funny Car, Austin Prock’s Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS was quickest in qualifying at 3.879 seconds and Jack Beckman’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy was quickest on race day at 3.839. Unfortunately, neither of the John Force Racing Chevy’s were able to survive to the semifinals. After riding the aforementioned 3.839 to an initial victory over Bob Tasca III, Beckman lost to eventual race winner Matt Hagan in round two. On the other side of the ladder, Prock, who before Brittany’s Sunday heroics was the world’s fastest at 341.68 mph, suffered tire shake issues early and lost to Canadian rookie Spencer Hyde. Despite Sunday’s results, the two JFR drivers will start this week’s race from the same positions in which they finished the 2024 season – Prock No. 1 and Beckman No. 2. “We had a good weekend going,” Prock said. “We gained a lot of points in qualifying and that’s what we look to do every weekend. Unfortunately, we came into race day, and we stumbled. “We got past first round, and we’ve had a pretty good trend of once we get past the first round we go to the final round but, obliviously, that ended this weekend,” said the man who has won 12 times in his first two seasons in the Cornwell Chevy previously driven by Robert Hight. “I still think this team is heading in the right direction,” he said. “We’re learning from the mistakes that we’re making, so we’ll do our homework over the next few days and get back after it at Sonoma.” For Beckman, Prock’s exit in round two opened up an opportunity to close a widening gap between first place and second – but it wasn’t to be. “We never root against our team cars….ever,” said the 2012 Funny Car World Champion. “Our goal is to race Austin in every final round we go to. But they were pulling away in the points and when we watched Austin go up there and smoke the tires (against Hyde), it really opened the door for us to start closing the gap in the points. “We thought we had the right data and made a good call,” said the cancer survivor and 2003 Super Comp World Champ. “We were so close, but it went out there and shook the tire. I tried to pedal it, but Hagan was driving away, and it became obvious I wasn’t going to chase him down. We’re not licking our wounds, and we have another shot at redemption in a week and we’re going to have monster conditions in Sonoma as well. “I’m very satisfied that we took a car that was not qualified going into the last qualifying session (and) not only got it into the show but made all the right calls to go out there and run low (elapsed time) of the weekend in the first round. Now, we just have to get back to our consistency. This car had been rock-solid consistent, and we had a wide window in our tune-up program. We just need to get back closer to the center of that opening.”

Josh Berry and the No. 21 Advance Auto Parts team battled through a challenging afternoon at Dover Motor Speedway, ultimately finishing 28th in Sunday’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400.While most of the race unfolded under clear skies, weather played a key role throughout the weekend. Rain on Saturday forced the cancellation of practice and qualifying, setting the starting lineup per the NASCAR rulebook. Berry rolled off from the 14th position in the 400-mile event.He held steady in the opening laps, maintaining his position until the competition caution at Lap 36. After a routine stop, Berry returned to the track and ran inside the top 20 for much of the first Stage, finishing the 120-lap segment in 21st.During the Stage break, the Advance Auto Parts crew elected to extend their run during a green-flag cycle. Berry climbed the leaderboard as others pitted, briefly moving up to second before making his stop on Lap 192. He rejoined the race in 29th, one lap down.Berry picked up three positions by the end of Stage 2 at Lap 250, but remained off the lead lap. In the final segment, he hovered inside the top 25 but was unable to regain lost ground.A pit road speeding penalty during a green-flag stop on Lap 331 put a lead-lap finish out of reach. Still, Berry pressed on through two late-race rain delays, one of which led to a red flag with just a handful of laps to go, ultimately gaining four spots in the closing laps to finish 28th.Team co-owner Eddie Wood offered condolences on the passing of NASCAR Hall of Famer Rex White, who died Friday at the age of 95, on what would have been Glenn Wood’s 100th birthday.“Rex and my dad raced together in both the Convertible and Grand National divisions, and they, along with my uncle Leonard, are all in the NASCAR Hall of Fame,” Wood said. “Rex was a great friend to our family and in later years never missed coming to the museum in Stuart for my dad’s birthday celebration.“He was one of the good guys of our sport and continued to support it long after his racing days were over. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”The Wood Brothers Racing team now turns its attention to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for next Sunday’s Brickyard 400 presented by PPG.

SEATTLE (July 20, 2025) — Jim Dunn Racing and driver Buddy Hull showed off how well they can rally during tough circumstances when they were able to quickly put their nitro Funny Car back together during the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways after a trip into the sand trap in the second round of qualifying. Their solid pass was strong enough to keep them in the show against a competitive field for the rest of qualifying, leading them to face No. 2 qualifier Matt Hagan on race day.
 
“I have to give the biggest shoutout in the world to Big Jim, Jon and the rest of the guys for putting the car back together after Q2,” said Hull. “Any time you go into the sand it’s a lot of work to shake it out and get it in working order again. We had sand and rocks in all kinds of crevices, including my helmet. But they managed to pull out our backup body and make it happen.”
 
Coming into the weekend, Hull was highlighting a Lescure Mechanical Services livery for the first time this season. The blue and orange livery also brought attention to partner Alo. After his trip to the sand during Q2 that still resulted in a solid 4.165 second, 270.70 mph pass, he and the team sat out of the third qualifying session to work on the car. When they pulled up to the starting line during the final round of qualifying, they were sporting the Jim Dunn Racing 75^thanniversary Mooneyes body.

 Buddy Hull repped Lescure for the first time this season at the Northwest Nationals,
photo credit Innovation Creative Experts

“Going into Sonoma next weekend, we’re going to get our bangin’ Lescure livery back,” said Hull. We’re going to head back to the shop and do that. We’re also going to continue to go over the car and figure out what went wrong. The car went straight in the burnout and when I left. But we wanted to go further.”
 
By the time the first round of eliminations rolled around on Sunday, Hull felt confident that they at least had a chance against Hagan. Unfortunately, the TSR Nitro team was able to get to the finish line first. As Hull was reflecting on the weekend, what stuck out to him was how many learning experiences he continues to have in his sophomore season of driving a Funny Car on drag racing’s biggest stage.
 
“When you listen to other drivers, the legendary guys out here like Big Jim, the ones who have done it all… their success stories and their failures, these kinds of things have to happen,” said Hull. “All of the guys who have had massive success have also had some crazy stuff happen. It’s just part of growing. I know myself very well, even when crazy stuff happens, I strap right back in the car the next time with a heart rate of 80. It’s not a big deal. I have no fear of this car, I just get right back in. I’m happy we have Sonoma next weekend, so I will be back in the car, continuing to push real soon. Big Jim has had prior success at this race, and the state of California is where Jim Dunn Racing calls home, so I’ll keep adding to that legacy.”
 
Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team will be back in competition next weekend at the Denso Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge on July 15-27 at Sonoma Raceway. There will be two qualifying sessions on Friday, July 25 and two qualifying sessions on Saturday, July 26. For tickets or more information on the NHRA Sonoma Nationals visit nhra.com.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 8.576 sec, 74.20 mph; Qual. 14
Q2: 4.165 sec, 270.70 mph; Qual. 8
Q3: No run; Qual. 13
Q4: No run; Qual. 15
Bonus Points: 0
 
Race Results
 
First Round 
 
Matt Hagan, Christiansburg, Va., TSR Direct Connection Dodge/SRT Hellcat Funny Car, (.097), 3.979 sec, 275.51 mph def.Buddy Hull, Dallas, Tex., Lescure Mechanical Services Dodge Charger, (.100), 9.728 sec, 70.84 mph

Result catapults Langdon to Top Fuel points lead

KENT, Wash. (July 20, 2025) – Shawn Langdon powered his Kalitta Air Toyota Top Fuel Dragster to victory on Sunday at Pacific Raceways outside Seattle for his third of the 2025 NHRA season. The former world champion went through the likes of Tony Stewart and Brittany Force on his way to the event win and now holds the Top Fuel points lead heading to Sonoma Raceway next weekend.

Doug Kalitta was defeated by Langdon in the Top Fuel semifinals after starting the day as the No. 1 seed for the sixth time this season. Kalitta posted a 3.628 elapsed time at 341.34 mph in round one, the second quickest elapsed time run in NHRA history. The other two Toyota Top Fuel Dragsters of Justin Ashley and Antron Brown advanced out of round one but went no further.

In Funny Car, Ron Capps made his fourth final round of the season, just missing out on his second win in 2025. The result helped him also gain ground in the Funny Car points standings as the Countdown to the Championship nears. J.R. Todd was eliminated in round two.

Toyota Post-Race Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

Pacific Raceways

NHRA Northwest Nationals

Race 11 of 20

TOYOTA TOP FUEL FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
Shawn Langdon	Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Winner	W (3.700) v. C. Ferre (4.286) W (3.685) v. T. Stewart (4.817) W (3.651) v. Bye W (3.662) v. B. Force (4.040)
Doug Kalitta	Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Semi-finals	W (3.628) v. Bye W (3.676) v. J. Ashley (3.867) L (3.752) v. B. Force (3.659)
Justin Ashley	SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Second Round	W (11.887) v. S. Reed (No Time) L (3.876) v. D. Kalitta (3.676)
Antron Brown	Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Second Round	W (3.712) v. C. Millican (3.739) L (5.083) v. B. Force (4.146)

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
Ron Capps	NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	Runner-Up	W (3.886) v. H. Green (8.587) W (3.909) v. D. Wilkerson (3.942) W (3.915) v. S. Hyde (3.918) L (3.919) v. M. Hagan (3.904)
J.R. Todd	DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	Second Round	W (3.888) v. C. Pedregon (7.503) L (3.907) v. A. DeJoria (3.918 – holeshot)

*= Non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

SHAWN LANGDON, Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports

TF Final Result: Winner

How does this win feel?

“Man, great job to my team! Very proud of them. Facing a little bit of adversity. We know moving forward, we have to be perfect, and no mistakes and they showed that. I have a great group of guys behind me, led by Brian (Husen, crew chief) and Connie (Kalitta, team owner). For me, it’s hold on straight and hit the gas on time. Have a little motivation. Like I said, have to be perfect for the rest of the year and we have one goal in mind, heart’s on the target. Thank you to all our sponsors – Kalitta Air, Toyota, Revchem, Mac Tools, DHL. It’s a great group effort. Really proud of my team and my guys!”

RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports

FC Final Result: Runner-up

How would you describe this race for you and the team?

“Yeah, you lose in the final round, and we’re supposed to be upset, but an unbelievable weekend in the (grand) scheme of things. Can’t believe all the great racing, in every category. We were watching on the TV, in between our runs and everyone was throwing down and the fans had a blast. We had a lot of NAPA guests here, so throughout the weekend, it was fun! When you get that close, and Guido (Dean Antonelli, crew chief) was picking away at it. It was fun to see Guido and the guys approach each run with conditions changing and knowing everyone was throwing down some of the best numbers. Made a lot of ground up in the points, on first and second. We’re fighting to get back in it for the regular season title and we’re in the #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in Sonoma with a lot of family in town, which is exciting. Just a great job by everybody. One of those weekends when you go up, hit the gas and hang on. The drivers have the best seat in the house. Can’t wait for Sonoma. Bummed the most I couldn’t double-up with Maddi (Gordon, Top Alcohol Funny Car event winner). Watching her win earlier and knowing she was probably down at the finish line and not seeing my win light, it was so close! We’re hoping to do that soon.”

Bowman Leads Chevrolet with Podium Finish in the Late-Race Shoot-Out at Dover Motor Speedway

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·        With a mix of pit strategy setting up for a shoot-out to the finish, Alex Bowman and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team led the Bowtie brigade with a third-place result – the team’s fifth top-five finish of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.   ·        Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team were one of just two cars that had yet to hit pit road for the green flag pit cycle when the caution flew for rain at Lap 337. With a clutch call from atop the pit box by crew chief Richard Boswell, Dillon capitalized on a massive gain in track position – ultimately taking home a top-15 finish.   ·        Hendrick Motorsports’ mastery at taming the “Monster Mile” struck once again with three of the organization’s entries earning top-six results. Among those included Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Chevrolet team, who turned in an impressive run through the field from the 25th starting position en route to a pair of top-10 stage finishes and the team’s 10th top-five finish of the season.   ·        With Saturday afternoon’s rain showers wiping out all on-track activity for the NASCAR Cup Series, the division hit the high banks of Dover Motor Speedway for the first time at the drop of the green flag for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400.  ·        With the lineup set by the rule book, Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team earned the pole position for the 400-mile race. A side-by-side battle with fellow front-row starter, Chase Briscoe, ended early at the Lap 14 marker when the Dawsonville, Georgia, native drove his Chevrolet-powered machine to the top position and paced the field for the duration of the 120-lap opening stage – collecting his first stage win of the 2025 season.   ·        On the tail of back-to-back strong points races, Kyle Busch and the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team lined up in the 10th position to take on the “Monster Mile”. The three-time Dover winner climbed his way up to the seventh position when the competition caution came at Lap 36. Coming down pit road for the first scheduled stop of the day, the No. 8 pit crew fired off a strong stop to make the team the biggest movers among the top-10 – gaining three positions in the race off pit road to put Busch fourth for the restart. Remaining a consistent figure in the top-10 during the opening stage, Busch took the first green-white checkered flag collecting eighth-place stage points.   ·        Winning the race off pit road, Elliott led the field back to the green flag for the 130-lap Stage Two. Continuing to pace the field until the first green flag pit cycle of the day, Elliott gave up the lead to come down pit road for four fresh tires and fuel, but an issue on the left side found the No. 9 Chevrolet team in the sixth position as the field cycled through. The speed of the Hendrick Motorsports camp prevailed in Stage Two, with Alex Bowman and the No. 48 Chevrolet team taking the second green-white checkered flag in the runner-up position – leading his trio of teammates to top-six finishes in the stage.  ·        Ty Dillon’s storybook run in NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge continues, with the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team earning top-20 finish – edging out his matchup, John H. Nemechek, by just one position to earn a spot in the championship round and a shot at the one-million-dollar grand prize.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS.     DRIVER 3rd – Alex Bowman4th – Kyle Larson6th – Chase Elliott Chevrolet’s season statistics with 21 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 9Poles: 10Top-Fives: 42Top 10s: 84Stage Wins: 20

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG on Sunday, July 27, at 2 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Post-Race Driver Quotes: Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 15th“We probably should have run about 20th all day so pretty decent finish at Dover Motor Speedway in the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet considering that. We started 23rd and ran right around there until crew chief Richard Boswell made a call mid race to stay out during a pit stop cycle to earn us some track position. It’s amazing how much better our Chevy’s handling was in clean air. After the rain delay, we decided to stay out again and took a gamble that we would be able to hang onto the top-10 and maybe even leave with a top-five finish. We just didn’t have enough at the end on old tires and ended up 15th. We have to get more out of our race cars. We all want more. We’ll keep at it.”   Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 4th“We had a good No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet today. It was just tough starting in the back, and we just kind of had to work slowly at it all day long. On the long runs here (at Dover Motor Speedway), you just have to be really patient, and that’s how we were today. It’s good to get a top-five finish and get back on the horse there. Hopefully we can string together some good runs now.”   Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 11th“Strong start to the race for our Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen team today at Dover Motor Speedway. We just needed more at the end of the race. We were pretty neutral to start. By Stage 2, it was easy for the right rear to push through the right front when rubber built. Our balance switched to wrecking loose and our Chevy wasn’t in the track. It was way different from the start of the race. We salvaged what we could. We’ll regroup and continue to push for a spot in the NASCAR Playoffs.”   Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing ChevroletFinished: 20th YOU ARE THE GUY THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WOULD GET OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND, NEVERMIND BEING IN THE FINAL ROUND TO RUN FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU?“It feels good. You know, I have been the underdog for a long time now, just battling my way to try to get opportunity. Eventually you get comfortable in fighting from behind and people underestimating you.  It’s hard to say that we lucked into it this far in, and I am proud of the way we have run. We haven’t been a dominating car, but we have been a pain to everyone around us. That is all we can do — put pressure on them and execute at the right time and that is what we have done.   I am so grateful to Matt Kaulig and everyone at Kaulig Racing — Chris Rice, Ty Norris, my sponsors Sea Best and Grizzly Nicotine Pouches. They are the ones that allow us to do this and allow us to have fun.  I don’t take it for granted. I have been out of this sport and got good perspective and have so much gratitude just to get to race these cars. When things are coming together in a season like this, it’s not everything we want, it hasn’t been everything, but we are having fun. And when you can leave the racetrack smiling, you are already winning.”   Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 3rd“I feel like we were better than where we ended up, but with a poor day at Sonoma (Raceway), I had to start deep in the field. I couldn’t get clean air, and then we got shuffled around a little bit on some of the short runs. But overall, we had a really good No. 48 Ally Chevrolet all day. Proud of everyone at Hendrick Motorsports. I’ve been a little bit sick and my cool shirt decided it wanted a Sunday off, so I’m really hot and really tire, but certainly, it was a really good day for our team.”

CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuitToronto, OntarioRace ReportJuly 20 TORONTO (July 20) – For the second straight weekend, Pato O’Ward drove his No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet-powered car to victory lane, his ninth NTT INDYCAR SERIES win, all of which came with Team Chevy. Team Chevy drivers Callum Ilott in the No. 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet and David Malukas in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet joined him in the top ten.  After qualifying on Saturday, O’Ward said that he was pleased with the Primary (Black) Firestone Firehawk Racing Tires. Hence, it wasn’t a surprise when he brought his No. 5 to the attention of the crew to get rid of the Alternate (Green) Firestone Firehawk Racing Tires on the second lap, and spent the remaining 88 laps on the Blacks. As the varying strategies played out, the 26-year-old found himself in the top five after a third of the race was complete and in the lead of the Toronto Indy on Lap 61, leading the final 30 laps of the 90-lap race.  The win is the 14th for a Chevrolet-powered driver on the Streets of Toronto and the eighth in the twin-turbo, 2.2L V6 era. O’Ward is the 11th different driver wearing a Bowtie to stand on the top step of the podium in Toronto. Arrow McLaren is the eighth different Team Chevy squad to win in Toronto.The No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew was the quickest on pit road for the third time this season, averaging 26.4386 seconds over three stops. Ilott’s eighth-place finish is Prema Racing’s best of the season and the rookie team’s third top-ten finish of their debut season. Malukas now has four top ten finishes this season.  The NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads west to the historic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, where the 14 Team Chevy drivers and teams will take part in the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey. The INDYCAR SERIES visits the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course for the 28th time for a 95-lap race that will air on FOX at noon (Pacific) on Sunday, July 27, 2005.  Toronto Indy Results

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES): Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet won: From FOX TV:This has not been 1 of your most successful tracks. Did you see this one coming today?“Oh, man. I can’t say I saw this one coming today, but I was I was feeling so good on the prime tire, all weekend, really. We were just struggling a bit to  just get the alternate to work in qualifying, and, sadly, that’s the one you need to transfer. But, I knew I had a great car under me, to race with, and the guys nailed it on the strategy. Thank you to Team Chevy and all the guys and gals at Arrow McLaren. “This No. 5 was, definitely 1 that we knew that we had. We just keep making our Sundays a little bit difficult. But, before warm-up today, there was a bird that dropped a “gift” on the car and one of my guys, my outside front, and I said, that’s a living myth. That’s going to be a good day today. And, and it was. “So, I’m stoked for everybody and just I would never expect to, to have gotten, you know, this this much better in Toronto because it’s been the most challenging track and circuit for us in the past.” From the INDYCAR Radio Network: Did you ever think you’d come home victorious today? What a run, Pato!“Oh, man. Ever since that, that bird dropped the “gift” on the car, and one of my guys this morning, I said, hey. That’s a living myth, man. Today is going be a good day. This has been the most challenging circuit in in in in the past for us, and, I didn’t expect us to get that much better this year. And I was feeling so good with this prime tire “Sadly, in qualifying, you need the alternate to actually transfer. So, we keep making our Sundays a little bit harder, but, the team gave me an awesome strategy. They  absolutely nailed it, and, and I had the car to do it. So, did my job. They did theirs, and, we executed today. How about these race fans? I saw you salute them as you made your way down the front straightaway.“You guys are freaking awesome. Thank you for coming. Thank you for bringing the energy. That’s what truly makes this so special. Thank you very much. Zach Brown here. “Zach’s never been to any of our wins. And I was keen to finally get that done for him, and I’m glad to be the one that, you know, that gives him that first memory of his INDYCAR team being there in the flesh on a on a win. So, yeah. Awesome day.”

Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 8th: “Overall, a really solid end to the race. It was a bit weird in the beginning as I didn’t really know what was going on. We got a bit unlucky with the way the yellows played out and some guys managed to box before us and get the jump, so that put us a bit further back. Then there was the carnage that happened in Turn One. We had to box and change the front wing and it put us in a good position to top up with fuel. I’m not sure we needed it, but it opened up the window for us and then then we had a really good pace on the primaries and was able to jump a lot of people around me and stabilised behind [Graham] Rahal. It was a solid end and nice to finally get a top ten

David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet finished 9th: “All right, wow. Talk about an action packed race for us. Incredible amount of passing. The guys gave me a good car, and we worked our way through the field. I mean, started 15th, ended up with a p9 finish there, with all the chaos of those yellows, trying to figure out what the race strategy was, the guys did a good job putting us where we need to be in the end, and made some good gains. Could have made some more. Could have had less positions there. But overall, we’ll take another top 10 from the 15th starting position. So good job from the guys, and a good day for Chevy as well.” Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet finished 11th: “Yeah, we were in a good position there with our strategy, running with the guys that finished on the podium. To be in that position after how our race started and having to come in for a tire going down was pretty remarkable. It was a rough race, for sure, and the contact I had on the backstretch was unnecessary, I thought. What a year. It will turn around.” Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 13th: “A long day for us. The strategy didn’t really work out for us, and unfortunately the other Chevy’s didn’t help us out to be able to fight off some of the Honda cars. We scored some some valuable points, but at the end of the day, I am still not satisfied. Congratulations to Pato and the No. 5 Chevy. It’s great to see an Arrow McLaren up there- we want to be up there, too.” Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet finished 15th: “Toronto finished up here. Obviously, a tough one for us. We tried to make a strategy work. We need to find a bit more grip for us to fight with. It’s a challenge. It’s a lot of work to stay where we were and lose a bit from where we were running. We tried to salvage what we could with saving a huge fuel number and that made it tough. Honestly, we knew this was going to be this was one of our weaker tracks and packages, so I appreciate the team for working with me and getting me to the end.” Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 16th: “I have mixed feelings after our race here in Toronto. I feel like we had really good pace and I felt like a pretty good car but unfortunately we got on the wrong strategy. It happens. We started on the wrong tyres, there were too many cautions and we lost out on that. I did some cool overtaking and it was fun. It is what it is, unfortunately result-wise we didn’t manage a good one but again I had some fun, I enjoyed driving here. We had good pitstops and I’m really happy about that, it felt really good. The guys did a really good job, thanks to the guys, engineers, mechanics, the whole team. We tried a gamble, it didn’t pay off and that’s racing. Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet finished 17th:  Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 18th: “A very unfortunate day. I got caught up in a Turn One incident early on and damaged the front wing and lost my diffuser, so I had to run the rest of the race without my diffuser and was horrifically slow. I then got caught out again at the end. It’s a shame, as we didn’t do anything wrong today.” Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet finished 20th:  “One of the more disappointing days of the season. My race was pretty much over after I was put into the wall. I appreciate the quick work by the No. 21 Splenda Chevrolet crew to fix the car and get me back out there so we could salvage some points. On to Laguna.” Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet finished 24th:  ” Wrong place, wrong time. Just want to thank PPG, Chevy and all our supporters at home. Will see you guys. So thanks so much.” Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet finished 25th: “I just tracked out a little bit too wide and ended up destroying the rear of the car. I’m still trying to process it, because I’ve never seen that amount of damage to really any sort of hit like that. The suspension is cut and the gearbox is pulled apart. It’s so very disappointing. We were on the right strategy and the No. 20 Java House ECR guys were doing a good job with what we had. A good result was on the table and I am pretty speechless about the penalty for my transgression.” Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet finished 26th:  “Two races in a row out pretty early for the Gallagher Chevy,  so sorry to them. But, I felt like something sort of broke or something on the left rear. We had just done a pit stop. I love my guys, so I’m not going to drop them in the… yes, my (wheel) nut came off. But, anyway.  Just frustrating.  We are in this together. It’s hard. It’s hard right now.” Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet Did Not Start after an incident in warm-up:  After the incident:  Yeah. I’m fine. Mistake (when asked if something broke or it was a mistake).  I’m struggling, obviously, with the car (this weekend). It was wet in that corner and I’d been lifting, and just out of habit, been pulling the hybrid. And, I forgot to turn the hybrid off, and it just unloaded the car, I just lost the rear. Thankful for the AMR Safety Team. Praying that my boys can get our Sexton Property Chevrolet fixed up so we can go out there and race and move forward.  So, you took too much speed in the corner because you didn’t turn the hybrid off? Yeah, just a little bit of the boost from the power was just enough on the prime black) tire instead of the alt (green) just trying to get a read. Driving error. So, I feel pretty bad about that. Why has A.J. Foyt Racing been struggling this weekend? Yeah, you know, obviously, it felt good in qualifying yesterday. We were just a couple of tents off. Just struggling with entry instability and rear locking. We changed a bunch of stuff overnight and it’s actually just feeling really good, and I was just building my confidence up with the track and the conditions. Just an unfortunate mistake on my part. Not the best Toronto for me at the moment. During FOX Broadcast: “I’m okay. My hand’s beat up and bruised and bleeding, but that’s part of racing in the sport. I’m just really happy to be here. Really happy to be supporting the team. Bummed that our Sexton Properties Chevrolet can’t make it out there today and be in a fight. But, we’ll be coming back really strong in Laguna Seca. Here to support my teammate and Chevrolet and see what they can do.” Pato O’WardTony KanaanPress Conference THE MODERATOR: Joining us here this afternoon from the winning team, Tony Kanaan. Team win 27 for Arrow McLaren. This is one of those things if you said the nine-place starter, 10th-place starter, 13th-place starter will be on the podium, a sign of how crazy it was. TONY KANAAN: 100%. In our debrief this morning we said, You never know. This is a race that those kind of things can happen. Great result obviously with Zac here. His first live win. THE MODERATOR: Good luck charm maybe? Or pressure when he shows up? TONY KANAAN: It’s always pressure when he shows up, chaos (smiling). Yeah, feels good. THE MODERATOR: We’ll open it up for questions for T.K. Q. Tony, few times does a strategy work so well to be able to come in, get rid of the green tires, then caution right on the next lap. How did you devise that strategy? When he nailed it like that, did you think it would work out real good for you? TONY KANAAN: I mean, strategy wouldn’t go without a team to perform on the pit stop and a driver that can actually pass some cars. You saw how aggressive he was on that restart. For strategies to work, you cannot only depend on luck. We knew, we talk about a few strategies last night. This was one of them. But everything had to be well-executed. When he pulled it off, I was still holding my breath. I’m not a very good spectator, to be fair. 15 laps to go, I could not stop pacing around. But yeah, it work out pretty good.\ Q. By far Arrow McLaren was the most popular team in Toronto. There’s mobs around your area all weekend. To suddenly be on a team that popular in Canada, how great of an experience was that to deliver a win? TONY KANAAN: I mean, we’re here for the fans. My entire career I always said that. With Pato and Zac and the team, also a brand like McLaren, it’s hard not to be popular. We have to keep the standard pretty high. Feels good. Obviously there’s a lot of pressure on the entire team. This weekend was a lot of ups and downs. I think we split strategies between all three cars. It hasn’t been historically a good weekend for us here, which I didn’t want to hear that coming in here. I was never that type of person. As a team, I think we got together last night. I said, Let’s change that. You guys been around. I’ve heard so many statistics in my life, even before I won the 500, this guy never won until this age, this, this, that. I said, Let’s change that. I don’t want to believe that’s why we won, but… Q. Tony, outside of the execution of pit stops and the way Pato raced today, what did you feel like was the key moment from a strategy standpoint where what you were trying to do allowed all of the pieces to come together? Was it that first yellow or… TONY KANAAN: I think it was when he came off of the green tires. On that restart, just cleared the field. Then obviously a lot of people were wondering what was happening. I was getting texts. We knew we were in control. The thing is, it could have gone yellow again. In a restart you never know. Somebody can come and make a mistake. I think he was managing the gap pretty well, just really controlling the cars behind. I would say the crucial part of that race is when he cleared all those guys being pretty aggressive and making those passes. That there set the tone obviously for the win. Q. Winning on a track like Iowa, where this team has been strong, but can you explain that satisfaction level of watching this team over the past week put together a car and Pato executing on track, everything coming together to prove those statistics wrong? TONY KANAAN: Yeah, I think my biggest challenge Pato and I have is to make everybody believe that no matter what, especially in INDYCAR, every time you take the green flag, that is an opportunity. I think we had a pretty good and intense meeting last night. I said, We got to believe it. Days like this, it makes a big difference in our people. I think you give them an extra boost of confidence that we can do it, we can take the next step. To me, that’s what sometimes I have a hard time vocalizing because I’ve been into very successful organizations, part of trying to build a really good one. We use days like this to say, See, that’s how we do it. More important than the win and everything else, I think it’s what we’re trying to build here, to be able to not have a car winning seven races, having us challenging that. THE MODERATOR: Pato O’Ward joins us. Second win in 2025. Ninth career win. First on the streets of Toronto. Third career win on a street course. Congratulations. Crazy race, right? PATO O’WARD: Thank you. I love the sound of those statistics. Hats off to the boys and girls at Arrow McLaren, also Team Chevy. We keep making our Sundays so much harder than what they have to be. Qualifying has been not our friend. But Sundays have been. I feel like the gist of this year for at least the 5 side, it feels like it’s always a recovery Sunday, always been a recovery Sunday. We keep fighting our way forward. Today it was a very similar post to what I had in Mid-Ohio. We got hosed in timing in the qualifying here. We’ve been struggling a bit on the alternate, which sadly is the one you need to transfer. I knew I had such a strong car on the preferred tire for the race. I had a car that I could attack with. I had a car I could really put it where I needed to, at least just to get by people. We had to get really aggressive there sometimes. We had to get our elbows out a little bit if we want to keep this championship somewhat of a conversation. It’s always good to feel that way, and that gives you that little extra edge to make these days come to fruition. They did a great strategy. I made sure that I was going to be the winning one. THE MODERATOR: More questions for either one. Q. Pato, you told us on Friday the team brought something totally different package-wise to your car. Was whatever that was, did that have a noticeable impact on your ability to perform? PATO O’WARD: Yeah, it’s more of a feeling like you have something that is somewhat consistent when you throw something random at it. If you dive into the inside, if you take maybe a different line somewhere, something that’s not just going to be like ‘screw you’ and lose three seconds, that’s a little bit of a consistency that we’ve always been trying to find, which in the race has always been better for us. In qualifying it’s been more of a theme of conversation. That’s basically what you need. Like, you need a car that you can attack with and that you can pass people. I feel like you can’t just always rely on strategy. If we just relied on strategy today, I think maybe we would catch a whiff of a podium. But that’s not enough. You need something to be able to really fight your way forward, especially if we’re 10th, 15th, 12th. It feels really good to earn it today. It really does. Especially in a place that’s been a very tough weekend basically every time we come here. I’m really happy for everyone. Happy for Chevy, as well. Otherwise it was going to be a Honda, so… I’m really pleased with today. Q. What was the moment in this race where you felt like the pieces were falling together and you had a shot at winning this race? PATO O’WARD: We had a great pit stop, the first pit stop. It was freaking awesome. The guys were great. We pushed hard in, we pushed hard out. We undercut everybody that was on the alternate. That was the first step. The second step, we could have just kind of maintained there and waited for the other guys to start peeling off. I didn’t really want to do that. I started picking them off one by one. When we positioned ourselves, I think we were fifth in line with four cars in front of us, tried to make ate bit more with the fuel. VeeKay was super strong. That’s why I said that I need to be behind the lead car. It’s a lot tougher if I was behind maybe Kyffin, as well. I don’t think I would have had the opportunity to overcut on VeeKay. It was just positioning myself to make it happen. Q. Tony mentioned in your post qualifying strategy meeting that was tense or serious, there was a lot of emotion in there of trying to convince everyone this was a race you could come out and win. Take us inside the room and tell us a little bit about the emotions, how that motivated the team. PATO O’WARD: I think it just made us look, let’s really see where we’ve been strong this weekend. These street courses, the two tires, at least in my experience this year, they’ve been so different. I think you see it with some other cars. They were so strong on the primes in practice one, practice two. Then you get to qualifying, which is the tire you need to transfer with, the alternate, and it’s such a small window, if any, basically. Like, you have to be so perfect with how they want to be brought in. You replicate the same thing and one set is different to the others. The primes were consistent, but the alternate, they’re not. It’s so frustrating because I feel like I was best of the rest in practice. I feel like I was third or fourth. The Andrettis were on another planet. And in qualifying, sadly we weren’t the best of the rest. We still struggled even more just to transfer to Q1. I talked to my engineer after that meeting. I think it looked a lot worse than what that car actually felt, at least with what we’re going to need in the race. Ultimately that’s what opens doors to having better races. Then you really rely on having a strong car on Sunday. I knew we had it. I told him, Man, as long as we have something to fight with, we’re going to be fine. Yeah, like I said, it was very reminiscent to what it felt like going into Mid-Ohio race. Obviously we were strong there. Just unlucky in qualifying. But here we were starting five positions further. Another goal was to be in the top 10 for all three cars. My engineer and I were talking yesterday. I was like (expletive) a top 10. We started 15th, ended fourth in Mid-Ohio. No, we can win, we can be on the podium. We did that today. TONY KANAAN: Will, his engineer, texted me after the meeting. Zac and I mentioned the goal was for all three cars to finish in the top 10. Will texted me, I disagree with that. I think we have a better car than 10th. I said, Zac didn’t say you should finish 10th. He put you first and the other two inside the top 10. He crosses the finish line. Will comes and looks at me and said, Hey, prove us wrong every weekend, we’ll be okay with it. Q. Tony, you had Zac here this weekend. When you saw Pato carving his way through the field, what were you thinking? Were you nervous? Did it feel like there was a lot of pressure there? TONY KANAAN: I mean, me outside the car, I’m always going to be nervous. I’m still getting used to this spectator. Inside the team, looking at the talent we have, what this guy can do inside a race car. Was I worried? I was worried about things we couldn’t control. I knew he was in control. Any way you’re leading and going for the lead, you’re going to be nervous, even if you’re in the car. It’s about how you control it. I think I fake a lot more inside the car than I do outside back in the day. PATO O’WARD: He was freaking out (laughter). TONY KANAAN: Pretty much (smiling). Hopefully I was just sitting there. I mentioned that in Iowa. My mom made so much fun of me. Every time this happens I think about her because she could never watch my races. I cursed myself. THE MODERATOR: Tony congratulations. More questions for Pato. Q. Zac was standing there pumping his fists to the crowd and everything. What was it like to be able to celebrate with him in attendance? PATO O’WARD: Zac is the superstar this weekend. He’s never been at any of our wins. He’s been close, at the 500. He’s never been at one of our wins. I’m glad and I’m super happy that I can give him that first memory of his INDYCAR team, at least first win being there in the flesh. It’s a really cool place to do it at. Kind of wish I would stay tonight and party. It’s a nice city here. But I’m going to go home. It’s been a crazy four weeks. We’ve got another one coming up. So yeah. … Q. When you’re leading, is any part of you wondering where is Alex and how many points am I cutting offer? PATO O’WARD: No. I already saw. It’s only like 99. 128 to 99, it’s a good chunk. His good weekends are days like today. We need to make sure that we continue to have days like today, not just one but a few. I think we’re going to keep this conversation going until Nashville. That’s my goal. Obviously we’re at a time in the championship where we’re going to have to get a little bit more into the conversation of getting our elbows out because that’s what I had to do today just to open the doors to having a chance to win this race. That’s the only way we’re even going to catch a whiff of making him sweat a little bit. Q. You had the contact with Will. Were you concerned about damage to your car and/or INDYCAR… PATO O’WARD: I knew that was going to be a racing incident. I want to go see Will actually. That’s the last thing that you want to have. I respect Will so much. We’ve been racing against each other a lot. But yeah, the problem is that it’s such a fine line that you’re battling with. You don’t want to lose any positions. When you’re going through where you’re full opposite lock, we basically hit square. When you hit tire to tire, both of our wheels got out of our hands. You had to, like, gather it back up. That’s what happens when you’re racing so tight in a place like this. The cars don’t really do everything perfectly. They will be moving and they’ll understeer, they will be within places where you’re like, Oh, I hope I make this kind of thing. I think when you go to the outside, that’s a risk that you’re willing to take versus the guy that’s on the inside. It did end his race? Q. No. PATO O’WARD: I’m glad that it didn’t. Obviously that’s not the way that I like to go racing. I like to be always fair and give the respect that each one deserves. Yeah, it got tight, really tight, in a corner that’s pretty much what you get if you go side by side, so… Q. The narrative going into this weekend was that was Arrow McLaren’s most difficult track, even internally in the team. How important is it to conquer this track and win here? PATO O’WARD: It’s a big day. It’s a very big day. It feels pretty special in a place that has arguably been one of the biggest headaches every single year that we come here. It just feels good. It’s a really good feeling that we didn’t just nail the strategy and get lucky, but we also had to earn our win today. It wasn’t given to us. We had the car to be able to do that. Q. You mentioned how difficult this stretch of the season has been. What is your energy level going into Laguna? PATO O’WARD: I feel good, man. I’m pretty good at being very selfish to the things I want when I want. I’m pretty firm. When I don’t go with something, I say, No, I don’t do it, whatever. Yeah, my dad’s the only one that’s here this weekend. I’m going home tonight to Texas to see my mom, my sister, then I have to head to Laguna to do media days on Wednesday early. Yeah, it’s busy. It’s busy days. To be honest, us drivers, we have an amazing life. I actually feel for the engineers and the mechanics. They have it way rougher than we do. When the calendar is so aggressive like this, I mean, it’s five races in four weekends, then one off. August is a bit better. But July is brutal. To be fair, month of May is brutal, as well. June really wasn’t too many free weekends ’cause we went testing. Pretty much the same thing as going to a race weekend. It’s wearing. It’s important for people to make time for themselves. I hope that this keeps them going, as it’s going to keep me going. Days like today are ultimately what pull you back anytime you have a not even a bad day, like lots of bad days or a bad season. Days like today are what you work for. Q. Why did you decide to stick with the strategy even though you knew this race was changing we quickly and drastically? PATO O’WARD: Because that’s the only way you make a strategy work. You can’t be half-assing it. You can’t be, We should have done this. No. Make a decision and send it. That’s how you can put yourself in a position. Maybe if it’s not the easiest strategy to be a winning strategy or podium strategy, you make it happen because you put yourself in that position.

Chevrolet wins on the Streets Of Toronto: 14 2025- Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske 2017 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2016 – Will Power – Team Penske2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing2014 Race #2 – Mike Conway – Ed Carpenter Racing2014 Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology2012 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1990 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing1989 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1988 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing1987 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing Chevrolet poles on the Streets Of Toronto: 12 2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2017 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske2016 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing2014 Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1992 – Bob Rahal – Rahal Hogan Racing1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1990 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske   Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto: 37 Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by driver:  Danny Sullivan (5), Helio Castroneves (4), Michael Andretti (3), Sebastien Bourdais (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (3), Tony Kanaan (2), Josef Newgarden (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Will Power (2), Bob Rahal (2),  Al Unser Jr. (2), Mario Andretti (1), Eddie Cheever (1), Mike Conway (1), Luca Filippi (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Pato O’Ward (1), Felix Rosenqvist (1), and Paul Tracy (1)  Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (13), Galles Racing (5),, Ed Carpenter Racing (4), Newman Haas Racing (4), Chip Ganassi Racing (3), Arrow McLaren (2), Dragon Racing (2), Patrick Racing (2) Andretti Global (1), KV Racing Technology (1), and Rahal Hogan Racing (1)  Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto: 1139 Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Al Unser Jr. (182), Michael Andretti (153), Emerson Fittipaldi (123) Josef Newgarden (113), Will Power (97), Simon Pagenaud (84), Sebastien Bourdais (79), Helio Castroneves (74), Scott Dixon (56), Paul Tracy (54), Danny Sullivan (50), Pato O’Ward (42), Ryan Hunter-Reay (36), Scott McLaughlin (28), Tony Kanaan (19), Rinus VeeKay (18), Mike Conway (7), Mario Andretti (6), Jordan King (6), Luca Filippi (2), JR Hildebrand (1), Charlie Kimball (1), Spencer Pigot (1) and Felix Rosenqvist (1)  Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (519), Galles Racing (182), Newman Haas Racing (159), Chip Ganassi Racing (74), Patrick Racing (74), Ed Carpenter Racing (64),  Arrow McLaren (43), Andretti Global (36), Dragon Racing (20), A.J. Foyt Racing (1), Carlin (1) and Panther Racing (1)  Manufacturer History on the Streets Of Toronto Wins (with competition): 14 – Chevrolet (2025, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #2, 2014 Race #1, 2012, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)10 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2013 Race #1, 2013 Race #2, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1996)4 – Ford (2000, 1995, 1994, 1992)1 – Toyota (2002)1 – Mercedes (1997)1 – Cosworth (1986) Earned Poles (with competition): 12 – Chevrolet (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #1, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988)11 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2013 Race #2, 2013 Race #1, 2012, 2001, 2000 1999, 1998, 1996)2 – Ford (1995, 1994)2 – Cosworth (1987, 1986)1 – Toyota (2002)1 – Mercedes (1997) ** 2014 Race #2 –  Helio Castroneves (Team Penske Chevrolet) started from the pole on driver points after qualifying was rained out**

July 20, 2025 — TORONTO, ONT

• Rinus VeeKay finishes second in Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto—his first podium with Dale Coyne Racing and Honda
• Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpson earns first-career NTT INDYCAR SERIES podium with P3 result
• Andretti Global trio goes fourth, fifth and sixth in Canada

It was a double podium finish for Honda on the streets of Toronto, as Rinus VeeKay and Kyffin Simpson scored their first Honda podiums of their career in the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto.

VeeKay has had a strong start to his first season with Honda and Dale Coyne Racing. A previous race winner in NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition, VeeKay has found himself back at the front of the field, scoring a career-high seven top-10 finishes thus far in 2025. Today’s second place finish is the Dutch driver’s first trip to the podium in 2025, and the first podium finish for the team since 2023.

Just behind VeeKay was Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpson. The 20-year-old scored his first-career IndyCar podium, driving his Journie Rewards #8 Honda from 13th on the grid to third—making him the biggest mover in today’s race.

The Andretti Global trio of Colton Herta, Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. While Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Graham Rahal crossed the line P7—giving Honda four of five teams with results inside of the top seven positions.

Scott Dixon finished 10th for Chip Ganassi Racing after starting seventeenth, while his teammate and championship leader Alex Palou saw his championship lead slip slightly—to 99 points over P2—with a 12th place result.

Honda has won 11 of 13 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races in 2025, and holds a 205-point margin in the manufacturers’ standings as a result, 1223-1018.

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto Race Results

2nd Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing Honda
3rd Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
4th Colton Herta	Andretti Global Honda
5th Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global Honda
6th Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global Honda
7th Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
10th Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12th Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
14th Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
19th Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
21st Louis Foster-R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
22nd Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda – Not running, retired
23rd Jacob Abel-R	Dale Coyne Racing Honda – Not running, contact

R – Rookie

Quotes

Rinus VeeKay (#18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda) finished second: “That was awesome, we really had a great day. The team made a lot happen on strategy, and we had some pace too. It was really unknown before the race what was going to be the good strategy. We had a lot of yellow towards the middle portion of the race and that really helped us. It ended up being the right decision for us to go with the two-stop, which not a lot of guys did. I have to thank Honda for the fuel mileage to make it possible and the great drivability to help us keep the rear tires in good shape. Great work by the Dale Coyne Racing crew, we’ve had some good results this year but this P2 is by far the best.”

Kyffin Simpson (#8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished third: “First podium! It’s just incredible. It was a crazy race, an absolute roller coaster. It looked like it was going to be a not-so-fun day at the start and then thankfully everything turned around. Huge job by the #8 Chip Ganassi Racing Journie Rewards Honda team. It’s great to get the first podium here in Journie’s hometown. We have some more races coming up here, so let’s go get some more!”

Kelvin Fu (Vice President, Honda Racing Corporation USA): “Even though it wasn’t a win, it was a great day for our Honda-powered podium finishers, and with seven Hondas in the top 10. Really happy for Rinus and Dale Coyne Racing on his first Honda podium and for Kyffin Simpson and the Chip Ganassi Racing team on Kyffin’s first-career podium. These results have been because continued hard work for everyone trackside, and in the factory and with our teams. Also, I want to thank Toronto and the Ontario Honda Dealers for hosting such a great race with an amazing crowd here.”

Next
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES goes back to the west coast for the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey, at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca July 25-27.

The 26-year-old leads every lap of the 42nd running of the Kings Royal

ROSSBURG OH (July 19, 2025) – Anthony Macri will forever be known as King Anthony XLII.

The Kings Royal might be an Ohio’s crown jewel of Sprint Car racing, but this year it belonged to the Pennsylvania Posse.

“Posse-Posse” chants roared from grandstands as Macri rolled into Eldora Speedway Victory Lane on Saturday night. The Dillsburg, PA native had just finalized a masterful performance at “The Big E.” He led all 40 laps of the 42nd running of the Kings Royal on his way to racing royalty and $200,000 in riches.

It was a nearly flawless drive. He leaned on the cushion where he’s most comfortable for a majority of the race but could move the Macri Motorsports No. 39M wherever he needed to negotiate traffic. The Knight Before winner, Rico Abreu, climbed to second and closes on Macri multiple times but could never construct a serious charge.

Macri took the checkered flag with a comfortable advantage and forever cemented himself as a King. And in fitting fashion, it was none other than Don Kreitz Jr. serving as Royal Sovereign. The legendary Pennsylvanian became King Don III when he won the 1986 Kings Royal, and he crowned another PA legend in the making.

“I’m about to cry,” said an emotional Macri. “This is honestly really special to be able to start where we started, me and my parents and everyone that put all the time and the effort into this thing. Never in a million years did I think I’d be standing up here winning a crown jewel that’s worth $200,000. This is badass.”

Saturday’s triumph made him the 23rd overall different Kings Royal champion and the third from Pennsylvania, joining Kreitz and Brent Marks (2022). It’s the richest win of Macri’s career as he joined Jac Haudenschild, David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, and Buddy Kofoid as the fifth competitor to win a Sprint Car race paying at least $200,000 to the winner. It was also Macri’s first victory at “The House that Earl Built,” and he couldn’t have chosen a better time.

But more important than any stat to Macri is his story. He wasn’t always the cream of the crop for the PA Posse. His early journey in racing brought many bumps in the road, but he refused to quit. Now, he’s a King forever.

“Never give up no matter how much stuff you tear up,” Macri said. “There was time when I wanted to quit and didn’t think I was going to be a good race car driver at all, but I stuck through it. Man, this is where the tears come out. It’s just I stuck through it. Never give up.”

Coming home second was Friday’s winner Rico Abreu. The St. Helena, CA native was one spot away from writing the final chapter of a storybook weekend. Abreu swept The Knight Before program and looked well on his way to running Macri down after taking over second but stalled out late as the laps dwindled. Despite a little disappointment from coming up a spot shy of his first Kings Royal crown, Abreu was all smiles after the race.

“I just have to thank my guys. They worked on this thing all weekend,” Abreu said. “We were in the top five every night, got a win last night. I just want to tell all the fans what an incredible experience to see all of you guys here. This place is packed. Sprint Car racing is just so fun right now, so badass. There’s so much energy, and it’s just cool to be a part of it.”

Kyle Larson took the Silva Motorsports No. 57 to a third place finish for the second night in a row. He briefly rose as high as second with a great restart but didn’t quite have the speed to contend with the two ahead. King Kyle XXXVII wound up a little short of becoming a two-time Kings Royal champion.

“It was a good car and a tough track, really, really slick,” Larson said “You kind of had to work on your technique a lot out there. At points I thought I started to figure it out, but I was just not as good as those two in front of me. They were really good. Congrats to Macri. That’s an awesome win.”

Brian Brown and David Gravel completed the top five.

Gravel came from 19th to earn his fifth place finish which also gave him KSE Racing Products Hard Charger honors.

Rico Abreu claimed his second straight Simpson Quick Time and fifth of 2025 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.

Heat Races belonged to Rico Abreu (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Ashton Torgerson (Real American Beer Heat Two), Danny Dietrich (WIX Filters Heat Three), Brian Brown (TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Four), Anthony Macri (Toyota Heat Five), and Kasey Jedrzejek (NOS Energy Drink Heat Six).

The SPA Technique Pole Award went to Jedrzejek.

Logan Schuchart won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Sheldon Haudenschild.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Pennsylvania for three battles against the PA Posse. First is the Bricker’s Bash at York Haven, PA’s BAPS Motor Speedway on Wednesday, July 23. Then the scene shifts to Mechanicsburg, PA’s Williams Grove Speedway for the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals on July 25-26 with a $20,000-to-win finale. After Pennsylvania, it’s north to New York to Weedsport Speedway on Sunday, July 27 for the only “Empire State” stop of the year. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[8]; 4. 21-Brian Brown[3]; 5. 2-David Gravel[19]; 6. 69K-Ryan Smith[9]; 7. 41-Carson Macedo[16]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[21]; 9. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich[4]; 11. 21H-Brady Bacon[14]; 12. 21T-James McFadden[13]; 13. 83-Michael Kofoid[23]; 14. 14-Spencer Bayston[15]; 15. 10-Ryan Timms[20]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz[22]; 17. 14BC-Corey Day[10]; 18. 26-Justin Peck[18]; 19. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[1]; 20. 13-Daison Pursley[12]; 21. 7S-Chris Windom[24]; 22. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[11]; 23. 7N-Darin Naida[17]; 24. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]

BRANDON, SD (July 19, 2025) – Hudson O’Neal won his first career Silver Dollar Nationals presented by MyRacePass on Saturday night at Huset’s Speedway, earning $75,000 in the richest first-place prize in the 15-year history of the event. His father, Don, won the inaugural race in 2011 at the now-closed I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska. O’Neal led all 67 completed laps of the originally scheduled 80 laps and was declared the winner after officials called the race due to rain that fell over the track and became too intense to continue. The race was then declared official shortly thereafter. Branndon Shappard, who took the second spot on lap 55 from Jonathan Davenport, finished in second, followed by Bobby Pierce, Davenport, and Ricky Thornton, Jr. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the fourth time this season and for the 33rd time in his career, the 2023 Series Champion picked up the second most significant win of his career, second only to a $100,000 payday at Kokomo Speedway in 2023, as he became the 11th different winner of the Silver Dollar Nationals. “This is unbelievable. You know, to be a race car driver is something you always dream of – to be in a position to win big races, to win crown jewel races. The Silver Dollar Nationals – I have never won it before; my dad won the inaugural one back at I-80. It’s so cool to be standing here at Huset’s Speedway and call myself a Silver Dollar Nationals winner. I am about speechless,” said the Martinsville, Indiana native. “It’s not the way we necessarily wanted to win, but we’ll take the rain all day whenever we’re out front leading like that. Whenever I caught lapped traffic, especially down here at turns three and four and just above the bottom in one and two, I just couldn’t bring myself to go out there and pass the lapped cars. I knew those guys in front of me couldn’t move either, and I’m sure they were trying their best everywhere. I was just trying not to give the race away. I’m not going to move out of there; if somebody’s going to pass me, I’ll make them pass me somewhere else. I was able to get by a couple of lapped cars, and then we caught a lot of cautions at the right time, which was a big help.” Sheppard, who was attempting to equal Davenport’s event record with three Silver Dollar Nationals wins, finished as the runner-up for the second straight night, earning $25,000 for his efforts. “I don’t know if we would have gone back to green, it would have changed anything. Hudson was really good, and we all know how important it is to get out front at this place; especially because you can build momentum so well here, it makes it really hard to pass the leader for sure. So, congrats to him (O’Neal), congrats to Bobby, and thanks to all of the fans for sticking it out tonight. It was a solid weekend for us; we definitely wanted to win, but overall it was a good weekend. We’re not going to hang our heads — we’ve got a fast race car, and we’re looking forward to the rest of the year.” Pierce who won the Silver Dollar Nationals in 2019 rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. “It is what it is. Hudson ran a really good race, congrats to him. Congrats to Brandon, and I don’t know if 13 laps would have changed anything. It was follow the leader forever, and then the track finally got good, and then came the rain.” The winner’s SSI Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, Wheeler Metals, Merrill Bonding Company, Sub-Surface of Indiana, Professional Concrete, Cutting, and Drilling, West Side Tractor Sales, Dyno One Inc., O’Neal’s Salvage and Recycling, Indiana USSSA Fast Pitch Softball, Bob and Tammy Burton, Midwest Sheet Metal, Houchens Insurance Group, BobCat of Batesville, and Sunoco Race Fuels. Completing the top ten were Garrett Alberson, Dan Ebert, Brandon Overton, Dennis Erb Jr., and Devin Moran. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass | Night 3Saturday, July 19, 2025Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A: Hudson O’Neal | 13.571 seconds (Overall)Fast Time Group B: Garrett Alberson | 13.908 seconds Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 79-Donald McIntosh[2]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 7. 20-Trevor Anderson[7]; 8. 04-Tad Pospisil[8]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 10. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[10]; 11. 93L-Cory Lawler[11] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 4. 01J-Jacob Hobscheidt[5]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 7. 01-CJ Horn[6]; 8. 51W-JT Wasmund[9]; 9. 24L-Bill Leighton[10]; 10. 22C-Charlie McKenna[11]; 11. 5S-Dylan Schmer[8] Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 5. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 6. 35D-Dylan Sillman[8]; 7. 85-Josh Leonard[6]; 8. 85JR-Braxten Leonard[10]; 9. 8-Lane Brenden[9]; 10. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]; 11. 10-Junior Coover[11] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[8]; 5. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[4]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 7. 18-Jesse Sobbing[5]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[7]; 9. 4TW-Tim Ward[9]; 10. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[11]; 11. 87-Curt Kranz[10] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 5. 01-CJ Horn[6]; 6. 20-Trevor Anderson[5]; 7. 51W-JT Wasmund[8]; 8. 24L-Bill Leighton[10]; 9. 04-Tad Pospisil[7]; 10. 22C-Charlie McKenna[12]; 11. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[11]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 13. 5S-Dylan Schmer[14]; 14. 93L-Cory Lawler[13] UNOH B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 3. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 4. 18-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 5. 35D-Dylan Sillman[3]; 6. 85-Josh Leonard[5]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[10]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[8]; 9. 8-Lane Brenden[9]; 10. 15M-Shane DeMey[11]; 11. 85JR-Braxten Leonard[7]; 12. 87-Curt Kranz[14]; 13. 10-Junior Coover[13]; 14. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[12] 15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass | Night 3 Feature Finish (67 Laps): Pos – Start – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Pay1 – 1 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – $75,9002 – 3 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – $25,7003 – 6 – 32 – Bobby Pierce – Oakwood, IL – $10,0004 – 4 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – $10,2005 – 5 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – $9,1006 – 2 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – $7,7007 – 20 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – $6,8008 – 19 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – $5,7009 – 8 – 28 – Dennis Erb Jr – Carpentersville, IL – $4,50010 – 12 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – $5,00011 – 18 – 19M – Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS – $4,50012 – 7 – 1T – Tyler Erb – New Waverly, TX – $3,70013 – 9 – 79 – Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA – $4,30014 – 21 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – $4,20015 – 16 – 18D – Daulton Wilson – Fayetteville, NC – $4,10016 – 11 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – $4,00017 – 22 – 76N – Blair Nothdurft – Renner, SD – $3,20018 – 10 – 3S – Brian Shirley – Chatham, IL – $3,10019 – 23 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – $3,70020 – 24 – 17SS – Brenden Smith – Dade City, FL – $2,90021 – 17 – 74X – Ethan Dotson – Bakersfield, CA – $2,80022 – 14 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – $3,40023 – 13 – 22* – Drake Troutman – Hyndman, PA – $2,60024 – 15 – 01J – Jacob Hobscheidt – Plattsmouth, NE – $2,500 Race Statistics  Entrants: 44Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Hudson O’NealMD3 Lap Leaders: Hudson O’Neal (Laps 1-67)Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Hudson O’NealWieland Feature Winner: Hudson O’NealMargin of Victory:  0.821 secondsColtman Farms Racing Cautions: Daniel Hilsabeck, Drake Troutman, Jacob Hobscheidt, Ethan Dotson, Clay Harris (Lap 2); Debris (Lap 13); Carson Ferguson (Lap 29); Cory Lawler, Tyler Erb, Brian Shirley, Dalton Wilson (Lap 57); Daniel Hilsabeck (Lap 59)Series Provisionals: Cory LawlerFast Time Provisional: Brenden SmithEmergency Provisional: n/aTrack Provisional: n/aBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Bobby PiercePenske Shocks Top 5: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Bobby Pierce, Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton Jr.PEM 4th Place Feature: Jonathan DavenportDMI Rearends 5th Place Feature: Ricky Thornton Jr.Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Dan EbertWehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Spencer HughesDeatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Donal McIntoshMD3 24th Place Feature: Jacob HobscheidtHoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Dan Ebert (Advanced 13 Positions) MD3 Most Laps Led: Hudson O’Neal (67 Laps)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O’NealMidwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan DavenportO’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Dan EbertPro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Hudson O’Neal | Lap 12 | 12.683 secondsSlicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Hudson O’NealFresh Roof Hard Luck Award: Devin MoranOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason DurhamARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Bobby Pierce | 13.212 seconds Time of Race: 45 minutes 51 seconds Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:Pos – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Points – Pay1 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – 6355 – $294,3002 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – 6340 – $314,9503 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – 6065 – $243,9754 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – 5960 – $215,0495 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – 5810 – $135,4506 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – 5785 – $193,3007 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – 5505 – $115,3008 – 18D – Daulton Wilson – Fayetteville, NC – 5150 – $94,4259 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – 4840 – $79,17510 – 79 – Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA – 4765 – $67,60011 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – 4595 – $61,45012 – 19M – Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS – 4335 – $59,70013 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – 4300 – $53,72514 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – 4205 – $53,40015 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – 3730 – $39,050

Toyota continues #2Fast2Tasty Challenge streak

KENT, Wash. (July 19, 2025) – For the sixth time this season, and the 64th time in his historic career, Doug Kalitta earned the No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel, leading the pack for Sunday’s NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. The 2023 world champion posted a blistering 3.671 elapsed time in Friday night’s lone qualifying session to take the top spot for tomorrow. Closely behind Kalitta is his teammate, Shawn Langdon, who sits second in the ladder, with Justin Ashley in sixth and Antron Brown in ninth. 

Langdon also captured the Top Fuel win in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday, his fourth of the season and the ninth for Toyota in Top Fuel. Toyota has been victorious in all challenge events this season in either Top Fuel or Funny Car.

In Funny Car, J.R. Todd earned the No. 3 seed after posting a 3.901 time on Friday as he aims for another win tomorrow to couple his triumph in Epping. Ron Capps will start tomorrow as the No. 4 seed in the category, also looking for his second win this season to go with his Bristol win last month.

Eliminations of the NHRA Nationals from Pacific Raceways begin tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. EST with live TV coverage beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST on FOX.

Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

Pacific Raceways

NHRA Northwest Nationals

Race 11 of 20

TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS

Name	Car	Qualifying Position	First Round Opponent
Doug Kalitta	Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	1st	Bye
Shawn Langdon	Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	2nd	C. Ferre
Justin Ashley	SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	6th	S. Reed
Antron Brown	Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	9th	C. Millican

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Qualifying Position	First Round Opponent
Austin Prock*	Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Funny Car	1st*	D. Winefsky
J.R. Todd	DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	3rd	C. Pedregon
Ron Capps	NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	4th	H. Green

*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

DOUG KALITTA, Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports

TF Qualifying Result: 1st

What would a win tomorrow mean after the qualifying you had so far this weekend?

“Yeah, that’s what the goal is for sure. Shawn (Langdon) winning the Mission Foods challenge was a good way to start for our team. We’re running well, qualifying well. Will definitely have our heads down and try to go rounds and get to that final. It’ll happen sooner than later and hopefully will tomorrow!”

SHAWN LANGDON, Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports

TF Qualifying Result: 2nd

How important are wins like the #2Fast2Tasty Challenge as we near the Countdown?

“Definitely important for the team. Brian (Husen, crew chief), all the Kalitta Air guys have done a great job giving me such a great Kalitta Air Toyota Top Fuel Dragster all year and it showed today. Obviously, Doug (Kalitta) made a great run there (Q4) and after Doug’s run, I saw Brian get down in there and I was pretty excited about that. We’ll definitely take the win into tomorrow with a lot of confidence.” 

J.R. TODD, DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Kalitta Motorsports

FC Qualifying Result: 3rd

How are you feeling heading into tomorrow?

“The car has made it down the track every round, so that’s been good. We’re getting more and more consistent, and qualifying in the top-five is always a big plus. Would’ve been nice to hold onto No. 1, but at the end of the day, I’d rather have the hat you get for winning the race rather than the one you get for No. 1 qualifier. Tomorrow will be a whole new day. Probably somewhere similar to what the earlier conditions were like today, so that’s good. We have some notes to go off of. Will take it one round at a time and hopefully can come out of here with a win!”

(7/19/25 – Andrew Kunas) Watsonville, CA … Justin Sanders continued his winning ways Saturday night, getting his sixth NARC King of the West sprint car victory of the season, but it was probably one of the most special of his career as it came at the 15th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic at Ocean Speedway.

Sanders had to contend with traffic, and a determined Shane Golobic, to pick up his third career win in the event, but this year’s event carried much more emotional weight as it was the first Howard Kaeding Classic without the man the race honors, as Howard had passed away earlier this year.

“Glad to get the first two HK’s while HK was here, so that’s pretty special and that’s something I’ll remember for a long time down the road,” Sanders said about his first HK win without the late patriarch of the Kaeding Family in attendance.

Sanders started the pole for the 30-lap feature and led all but one lap, but it was not easy for last year’s NARC champion. Sanders was challenged early by Washington state visitor Jesse Schlotfeldt, who briefly passed him only for Sanders get back by on the same lap and continue in the top spot when Schlotfeldt got into the loose clay at the top of Turn 4. Schlotfeldt then had to surrender second place and the leave the track during the next caution due his muffler coming off the car.

Sanders continued to lead, but soon traffic became a factor and Shane Golobic, the 2023 Kaeding Classic winner, went after Sanders for the lead. With 20 laps down, Golobic threw a slider in Turns 3 and 4 and made it stick, taking the lead and leading Lap 21, but Sanders returned the favor on other end of the track to regain the lead on the 22nd lap.

As the track began to take rubber, Sanders again had to contend with slower car and Golobic closed back in. Sanders struggled with slower cars, but Golobic couldn’t take advantage as Sanders made late key passes around a couple of slower cars to maintain the lead at the end, taking the checkered flag aboard the Yuba Sutter Aviation-sponsored Mittry Motorsports No. 2x Fisher-powered KPC.

The win was a Howard Kaeding Classic record $10,000 to win with many sponsors pitching in and other money raising efforts adding to it, and that followed Sanders’ $5,000 win in Friday’s NARC race at Ocean Speedway. His 28th career NARC King of the West win tied him with Steve Kent on the all-time win list.

“Once I saw (Golobic) down there, I knew it was going to be tough,” Sanders said. “Shane got a run on me and I happened to get squared up and I got a run and slid him back for $10,000. I just it ran it as hard as I could. I don’t know if we had the best car tonight, but we had a good car. I wish Max Mittry and (car owner) Demo Mittry could be here (to see the win).”

Sanders praised his team for their work, and also praised everyone who showed their support for the Howard Kaeding Classic and raising more money for the teams to race for during the special weekend.

A night after getting upside down, Golobic would’ve liked to have won but otherwise was happy to settle for a runner-up finish aboard the NOS Energy-sponsored Matt Wood Racing No. 17w Kistler-powered KPC. Also a night after going over, Ryan Bernal bounced back himself with a podium finish aboard the NOS Energy-sponsored Josh Ford Motorsports No. 73 1Way-powered Triple X after battling with Landon Brooks, who finished fourth aboard the Lipper Construction-sponsored Bates-Hamilton Racing No. 21L Kistler-powered Maxim.

Sean Becker, who flipped upside down in his heat race earlier but still transferred out of it, finished fifth in the main event aboard the D&J Construction Rental-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim. Kaleb Montgomery, Tyler Thompson, Tanner Carrick, Nick Parker and Dominic Scelzi rounded out the Top 10. Joey Ancona earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 22nd to finish 13th.

Sanders won the Beacon Wealth Strategies Trophy Dash to secure the pole position for the main event, with Parker starting to his outside. Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Golobic and Schlotfeldt. D.J. Netto won the Winters Performance Last Chance Qualifier, taking Dylan Bloomfield, Ancona and Jake Andreotti with him to the feature.

Nick Parker was the fastest in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying, pacing the 29-car field in split qualifying with a time of 10.879 seconds to best the second flight. Tanner Carrick topped the first flight of qualifying with a lap of 10.946 seconds.

NARC’s “Cooler Weather Tour,” a stretch of races occurring at tracks along the California coastline expecting to feature comfortable temperatures, continues with the series’ annual visit to Santa Maria Speedway on July 26th. It concludes with the 65th Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway on August 2nd.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410 winged sprint car series in the western United States. Since 1960, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.narc410.com. You can also follow on various social media platforms.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[1]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[6]; 3. 73-Ryan Bernal[7]; 4. 21L-Landon Brooks[3]; 5. 7B-Sean Becker[12]; 6. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[13]; 7. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[8]; 8. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 9. 15-Nick Parker[2]; 10. 41-Dominic Scelzi[17]; 11. 17-Colby Copeland[9]; 12. 29-Bud Kaeding[15]; 13. 88A-Joey Ancona[22]; 14. 10-Dominic Gorden[18]; 15. 88N-DJ Netto[20]; 16. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[21]; 17. 121-Caeden Steele[11]; 18. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[4]; 19. 72W-Kurt Nelson[14]; 20. 12J-John Clark[19]; 21. 12-Jarrett Soares[16]; 22. 7P-Jake Andreotti[23]; 23. 10X-Jace Park[10]; 24. 0-Tim Kaeding[24]

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Justin Sanders 1-20 & 22-30, Shane Golobic 21

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 88a Joey Ancona, 22nd to 13th (+9)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (29 cars): 15 Nick Parker, 10.879 seconds in Flight 2. Flight 1 fast time: 83t Tanner Carrick, 10.946 seconds

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 83t Tanner Carrick, 2. 17 Colby Copeland, 3. 121 Caeden Steele, 4. 3 Kaleb Montgomery, 5. 12j John Clark, 6. 88a Joey Ancona, 7. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 8. 25z Jason Chisum. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 0 Tim Kaeding, 2. 73 Ryan Bernal, 3. 21L Landon Brooks, 4. 29 Bud Kaeding, 5. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 6. 7p Jake Andreotti, 7. 31 Kyle Beilman. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. 17w Shane Golobic, 2. 35km Tyler Thompson, 3. 15 Nick Parker, 4. 72w Kurt Nelson, 5. 10 Dominic Gorden, 6. 88n D.J. Netto, 7. 2k Gauge Garcia. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 laps): 1. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 2. 2x Justin Sanders, 3. 10x Jace Park, 4. 7b Sean Becker, 5. 12 Jarrett Soares, 6. 34b Glenn Bryan, 7. 14 Mariah Ede. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

Beacon Wealth Strategies Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 2x Justin Sanders, 2. 15 Nick Parker, 3. 21L Landon Brooks, 4. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 5. 0 Tim Kaeding, 6. 83t Tanner Carrick, 7. 17w Shane Golobic. Finish determined first seven starting positions of Feature.

Winters Performance Last Chance Qualifier (10 laps): 1. 88n D.J. Netto, 2. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 3. 88a Joey Ancona, 4. 7p Jake Andreotti, 5. 31 Kyle Beilman, 6. 25z Jason Chisum, 7. 34b Glenn Bryan, DNS – 2k Gauge Garcia,14 Mariah Ede. First four finishers transfer to Feature.

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

PROCK WINS ANOTHER 2FAST/2TASTY, QUALIFIES NO. 1Brittany Starts Northwest Nationals from No. 3 Spot for HendrickCars.com

SEATTLE, Wash. (July 19, 2025) – Austin Prock and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS were the picture of efficiency Saturday at Pacific Raceways where they won the Mission Foods 2Fast/2Tasty Challenge for the second straight year and, in so doing, sprinted to the top of the qualifying order for Sunday’s 36th NHRA Northwest Nationals in 3.879 seconds at 336.40 miles per hour. The defending event champion and current point leader, Prock needed every bit of the event’s quickest preliminary time to get past Matt Hagan, whose runner-up effort of 3.887 seconds was good enough to propel him to the No. 2 starting position.  “We collected (bonus) points in three out of the four sessions,” said the reigning series champion, “and we executed that final round perfectly. We got the Mission 2Fast/2Tasty win and stole the yellow hat (awarded to the No. 1 qualifier).” The youngest son of crew chief Jimmy Prock will launch his bid for a third straight tour victory against rookie Dylan Winefsky.   “We’re actually ahead of last year’s pace with race wins,” said the reigning Funny Car Champion. “We’re doing a good job of holding our own right now. We’ve got a 130-something point lead now with four races left (before the points are adjusted for the playoffs), so you can’t say that you’re not looking at that already. “We’ve just got to keep our heads down and keep turning on win lights and, if we do that, I think we’ll have a good shot at wearing that regular season champion’s hat.” While Prock will start from No. 1 for the fourth time this year and for the 19th time since taking the reins of the Cornwell Chevy from three-time World Champion Robert Hight, his Top Fuel teammate, Brittany Force, will begin her bid for a 19th tour victory from the No. 3 qualifying position on the strength of the 3.703 at a track record-setting 340.47 mph she and her HendrickCars.com dragster posted Friday night. The 39-year-old’s Friday run was just a couple ticks off the official NHRA national record of 341.59 mph she set earlier this year at Charlotte, N.C. She also broke the 340 mph barrier in raising the track record to 341.42 mph at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. She remains the only Top Fuel driver to have eclipsed 340. Although she didn’t improve her performance Saturday, the second youngest of John Force’s drag racing daughters did stop the timers in 3.839 seconds at 333.00 mph in Q3, earning a pair of qualifying bonus points, and a 3.761 at 336.57 mph in Q4, sending her into Sunday’s first round match with former European champion Ida Zetterstrom with a lot of confidence.  “Overall good start to our weekend,” she said, “especially with laying down that 340-pass last night. Three solid runs for our team in qualifying but we need to start gaining some traction. We’re getting closer to the Countdown, and we need to step it up tomorrow. We’re looking for a long day, turning on four-win lights and moving up closer to that No.1 spot.” Jack Beckman had a couple of anxious qualifying moments in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS which entered the final session not in the field. A 3.972 second effort on his final attempt got the 2012 Funny Car World Champ into the starting field in the No. 10 position, his worst placement since coming on board at JFR last August. He’ll oppose Bob Tasca III in round one without the benefit of lane choice.  “Our PEAK Chevy is obviously capable,” he said. “We were too slow in the first session last night and we were too quick in the second session today and we never made it past sixty feet. “We finally figured out what the car needed, and we went out in the third session and it spun the tires at 230 feet, so we felt like we should be okay going into the final session,” said the 37-time pro tour winner, “but anytime you put nitro in the fuel tank, all bets are out the window. “Then I sat in the car through an oil down cleanup and that’s when you must believe in your guys. Faith is believing in something you don’t know about; I believe in stuff I do know about, and I know that the PEAK Squad is bad butt and we’re going to be in good shape tomorrow.” Prock’s 2Fast/2Tasty win was his ninth outright (he and J.R. Todd were declared co-winners last year at Pomona, Calif.) and his second this year. With the victory, he moved into a second-place tie with Beckman in season points behind only Hagan.  “Great end to the day, for sure,” Prock said of the 2Fast/2Tast result, “but there’s a lot to be said about that Dodge car next door,” he said. “Matt Hagan and that team are doing an incredible job and they sure are fun to race.   “You know, him and Robert always had a good, nice, clean rivalry going; a lot of great races, and I feel like Matt and I are continuing that. It’s always fun racing them, but glad we came out on top.”

July 19, 2025 — Toronto, ONT, Canada

• Colton Herta goes back-to-back in the 6ix, scoring pole for the second straight year on the streets of Toronto
• Alex Palou, Marcus Armstrong complete Honda 1-2-3 at the front of the grid
• Honda advances five cars to Firestone Fast Six round of qualifying

Colton Herta scored pole position in Toronto for the second-straight year, leading a Honda 1-2-3 in qualifying for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto race.

Herta will be looking for his second-straight win at Toronto, following a stellar performance last year in which the young Californian led 81 of 85 laps to take the victory. Honda would sweep the top seven positions in last year’s Toronto race.

Championship leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing made it a front-row lockout for Honda, qualifying second—his first top-10 start on the Canadian street circuit. Just behind Palou was Meyer Shank Racing’s Marcus Armstrong, matching his career-best qualifying effort with third.

Honda transferred five cars into the Firestone Fast Six, with Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Graham Rahal and Herta’s Andretti Global teammate, Kyle Kirkwood, qualifying fifth and sixth respectively.

Additionally, every Honda team transferred at least one car into the Top 12 round of NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying today in Toronto: Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou (P2) and Scott Dixon (P11); Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Rahal (P5) and Louis Foster (P7); Meyer Shank Racing’s Armstrong (P3); and Dale Coyne Racing with Rinus VeeKay (P9). Andretti Global, impressively, transferred all three of their cars with Herta (P1), Kirkwood (P6) and Marcus Ericsson (P8).

Honda is looking for their 12th win in 13 starts in the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. The year has been largely dominated by Alex Palou with seven victories, including the Indianapolis 500 and last time out at Iowa Speedway. Palou holds a commanding 129-point lead in the championship standings. Kyle Kirkwood has been the man to beat on street circuits, picking up two of his three wins this year on the streets—at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Detroit Grand Prix. While Scott Dixon broke through for his first win of 2025 at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio earlier this month. Dixon is a four-time winner already on the streets of Toronto, and will be looking to add a fifth to his name.

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto Honda Qualifying Results

•  1st Colton Herta
•  2nd Alex Palou
•  3rd Marcus Armstrong
•  5th Graham Rahal
•  6th Kyle Kirkwood
•  7th Louis Foster-R 
•  8th Marcus Ericsson
•  9th Rinus VeeKay
• 11th Scott Dixon
• 14th Kyffin Simpson
• 17th Felix Rosenqvist
• 26th Devlin DeFrancesco
• 27th Jacob Abel-R

Andretti Global Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda

R – Rookie

Quotes
Colton Herta (#26 Andretti Global Honda): “Another a great day for Honda and for us at Andretti. A really solid lap and performance, I think the car was spot on. Our Gainbridge Honda was really fast. What a good place to get a pole. It feels so rewarding to get one here at this track because you can’t really make a mistake. I’m excited to have a good race tomorrow and hopefully win.”

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda): “Great qualifying! On the front row, really happy. It’s a brand-new Honda engine for us this weekend, and so far, it’s just as fast as the ones we’ve had all season—or even faster! It’s my first ever top-10 start here at Toronto and starting on the front here is huge. It’s going to make our start a little bit easier and hopefully a little bit cleaner. Looking forward to tomorrow!”

Marcus Armstrong (#66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda): “It was a good day in the office. The lap felt pretty average if I am being brutally honest, so tomorrow could be even better. The race tomorrow is going to be a completely different story compared to qualifying. In Iowa I manifested being on the podium before the race, and that’s what happened. So, see you on the podium.”

Where to Watch

• The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto will air live on Fox Sunday July 20 at 12 PM ET.

With rain canceling all on-track activity for the NASCAR Cup Series Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway, the starting lineup for Sunday’s Autotrader 400 was set by the rulebook. Josh Berry will start 14th in the No. 21 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse. “It’s really cool to have Advance Auto Parts on board this weekend,” Berry said earlier in the day during a press availability. “Obviously the tie-in with the Weekly Series national championship I won in 2020 – that was the first Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national championship – so it’s super cool to have them on the car this weekend. It reminds me of those times that I look back on very fondly.” Dover has played a meaningful role in Berry’s racing journey. He made his Cup Series debut at the Monster Mile in 2021 and returned the following season to capture a NASCAR Xfinity Series win. “This is a place I’ve always enjoyed coming to,” said Berry. “I’ve had really good results here in the Xfinity Series – getting that win and two second places with JRM – so I’m excited to be here this weekend and hopefully we can continue that on with the 21 car on Sunday.” And for Berry, the trophy that comes with a Dover win still stands out. “It’s an awesome trophy. It’s right there front-and-center in my living room.” With a solid starting spot and a history of success at Dover, Berry and the No. 21 team are ready to take on the Monster Mile. Coverage of Sunday’s 400-lap race begins at 2 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES JULY 19, 2025

With precipitation forcing the cancellation of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Dover Motor Speedway, the starting lineup for tomorrow’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 will be set by the rulebook, putting Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team on the pole.

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Media Availability Quotes:  Chase, what does starting on the front row mean for you and the team? “It’s definitely a different pole than normal. Saturday has definitely not been a strong suit, so we had to blaze a little different trail to get a pole. At the end of the day, it’s a testament of hard work throughout the year and a good stretch of races, right? It earns you the metric that puts you in a position if it were to rain.  It’s a little different vibe, but we’ll take it. We’ll try to take advantage of that first pit stall tomorrow. It’s always a big deal. It’s not something we have a whole bunch, so we’d like to get in the habit of getting that more often. Hopefully, we’ll have a good day.”  Obviously a new tire for this weekend. What’s the feeling of not having any laps from that tire before the green flag?“At the moment, I don’t really know because I haven’t spent any time on it. I think all we can really do at this point is just try and dissect any similarities that the tire this weekend might have to a change that we’ve maybe already seen throughout the year. Really just make your best guess off of the information that you have in front of you with that. I feel like that stuff is always a little bit of an educated guess when you’re coming to these places for the first time. Hopefully, we hit that right and can have a good day and get going. I’m sure the track being fresh like it is right now and the Xfinity drivers fixing to go run — I’m not sure if we’re expecting any more rain overnight or not, but hopefully there’ll be some rubber down before we start tomorrow. I think that would certainly help concerns as the race gets going, but we’ll see. Last year, we were cording tires within just a handful of laps in practice. It could be an interesting day. We’ll find out.”   Do you feel maybe like the guinea pig being on the pole without practicing qualifying with this? Not to the extreme of the Bristol fiasco where everybody was losing tires so quickly, but do you feel like you’re sort of like it’s a lab rat waiting to feel the green with this? How does the debriefing conversations take place when you’re on the pole like this?“We didn’t get on track, so I don’t really know that we have anything to debrief, honestly, unless we want to talk about our travel getting up here (laughs). But outside of that, I don’t really think we had a whole bunch going on. I don’t really know other than I just was talking about maybe thinking back to some other races that we’ve had a similar tire; try and take an educated guess on something that we’ve already seen or hope pieces of the puzzle are looking at us somewhere that we can try and pick apart. But outside that, I do feel like it is a little bit of a risk kind of being out front. If you are able to get through one and two well and get clear when you have clean air like that, you’re kind of in the best position to make the most lap time, right? And a lot of times when you’re running fast on a green track on a fresh tire, that typically can lead to issues. So we’ll just have to see… see what this race is like today and how much rubber is left over before we start tomorrow. Kind of eyeball that before we start the race and find a silver lining in there somewhere. Hopefully I’ll be the first one back around to the rubber when everybody gets done running through it one time, so we’ll look at it that way.”  Here at Dover, you’ve had 14 starts and 10 of those you’ve had top-fives. What is it about this place that you like so much? And what is it about this track that you just tend to find that piece of consistency from start to finish in races?“Yeah, that’s been a popular question throughout the day. I honestly don’t know why the track has suited me throughout my career. Kind of right from the rip, I enjoy coming up here. I ran a truck race here early on in my career, and a few Xfinity races when we raced up here twice a year at that time. So yeah, all those races were just enjoyable. The track is challenging. It’s one of those places that can certainly reach out and get you if you don’t watch it. I’ve always just tried to respect this place as best as I know how and hope that it shows me some respect back, and that’s kind of always been my approach.”  I’m not sure if you’re aware, but 24 straight races here, the pol sitter hasn’t gone on to win. I’m just wondering, does that give you any expectations? “Thanks a lot… I really appreciate that (laughs).   I mean, no. I guess just hope it’s not 25. That’s about all I can do right now. We’ll try to try to break the streak.   We obviously haven’t put rubber down here since spring of last year, and with the rain and stuff now, are you worried that these conditions are going to make the track a lot different from what you’re used to and kind of shake out your groove?“I mean, it’s certainly a concern, I think, as you start the race. When you just have unknowns with the tire, I think kind of to expand on some of the earlier questions — yes, I think that there’s definitely an element of concern and just the fact that you don’t have those answers, right? And I think as a race team, you always want to try to have all the answers you can get in front of you before you start the race. Unfortunately, this is just a circumstance where we’re just simply not going to have that before tomorrow. So it’ll be a little bit of a trial-and-error run throughout the race, and hopefully the error is not too large that we can’t overcome if there is one. Be smart, take advantage of that first pit stall, try to go to work and put together a full race.” 

NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAYTEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES JULY 19, 2025

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Dover Motor Speedway.

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Media Availability Quotes:  Can you talk about the initiative at Dover Air Force Base this week?“Yeah, Cheddar’s has a special promotion for red, white, and blue. We wanted to give honor to the service members that are over here at Dover Air Force Base, with Dover being the next race on the Cheddar’s calendar. And so, Cheddar’s has painted their car red, white, and blue for this weekend, also in honor of veterans that have or do work at Cheddar’s. There are 67 names on the decklid this weekend, and we’re here to honor those, but also paid a visit over to the military base to help honor some more that were over there.”  What was your take from the visit?“It’s always enjoyable to be able to go and spend some time with our service members — their passion for the sport and watching us go around the racetrack on Sunday’s. It was really, really cool to just spend some time with them; sign some autographs and take some pictures. There was a foreign exchange student group that was there as well, too, that got to spend some time checking out the race car and looking around on that. It was a really good piece by Cheddar’s. We appreciate them serving lunch for everyone, as well. They made it a good time for everyone.”   Throughout your career here (at Dover Motor Speedway), you’ve had a bunch of wins, but you’ve also had a bunch of DNFs. Here at the Monster Mile, just how hard is it to stay out of trouble? “That question started really rough, by the way (laughs). I mean, I would probably venture to say that I’ve had a bunch of wins at a lot of tracks and also a bunch of DNFs at a lot of tracks. So I think you have feast or famine just about everywhere.  You know, here at Dover, winning three times has certainly been the highlight, and we’ve had some really, really good runs as well, too, of being close to winning. I remember that time when I was so close with the 5 car and finishing second at Jimmie Johnson… right up his tailpipe and was told to leave him alone and let him win the race (laughs). So, you know, it’s just been a great track for me over the years. Same as Richmond, Bristol, a bunch of places. It’s a great place to race. It’s fun. It’s really challenging, but yet lends itself to really good drivers and really good cars.  Looking at the weekend last year, Dover was obviously one of your best runs of the season. You got the pole and you finished top-five. Is there anything that can be taken from that, even though it was an April race compared to July now, the new tire compound… there are a lot of differences, but is there anything you can take from last year’s run to help you?“I would say that you take everything that you did use last year because it was good for you, and you try to just look at all of that and try to replicate that as much as you can without knowing anything about the tire with no tire test being here, no wheel force test being here, anything like that. We’re all sort of up in the air on exactly what that’s going to be. So you might as well just copy and paste last year; go out there on the racetrack and hope that it suits your race car again this year like it did last year.”  You’re the winningest active driver here at Dover with three wins. That means you got three ‘Miles the Monster’ trophies. I’m curious what it was like, if you can reflect back, what it was like winning that first trophy here, and if that ‘Miles the Monster’ trophy is one of the more sought after as a driver? “I think it’s so hard to win races anymore, honestly, that you just take any one that you can get. It doesn’t matter if it’s here at Dover, Martinsville, Phoenix or wherever. You certainly will just want to win the race. There’s definitely some cool trophies that are out there, Dover being one of those with the cool Monster trophy that you get. That’s a special piece. I always looked up to that trophy. I was able to win a couple of Truck ones, a couple of Xfinity ones, but then finally was able to capture the big one with a Sunday win for my first time. They’re all special and they all mean a lot, but this place is very tough, especially in that era going up against Jimmie Johnson. It was really hard to get those trophies as he was hoarding them all.”   Last year there was a lot of talk about after this race, should people get rid of the mirrors? Should NASCAR take the mirrors away from you guys because this is a track where aero-blocking is so prevalent, as Denny (Hamlin) did to (Kyle) Larson last year. What’s your stance on the mirror… do you want it in the cars? Do you want to get rid of it?“I mean, us talking about it isn’t going to change anything, right? But I would say that if you run the mirror, you don’t get a spotter. If you want a spotter, then you don’t get the mirror, the camera. So, pick one.”  What would you pick?“I would pick the spotter over the mirror.”  With NASCAR combining now the practice session for everybody getting out there for 50 minutes, is that a benefit to have everybody on track at the same time, and even when it comes to being able to evaluate where everybody stacks up?“I must be really stupid because I was scratching my head on why. What are we doing? But then I thought — well if it rains, which I guess we’re worried about some sort of weather that’s not here, that one group gets practice and the other doesn’t. So if the track is just open, everybody can go. So if you miss out, you miss out. It’s your own fault. So I think that’s really the only reason why it happened that way.  We don’t have enough tires. We have probably 10 minutes of tire and we have a 50-minute sessions. So you’re going to have to be mindful of just — if you go out and run five laps and come in and look for an adjustment, go out and run five laps, come in and look for an adjustment. But if you want to go out there and make a long run, like we all typically do at all of these big places, then you’re going to go until you feel like you shouldn’t go any further and you’ll be done on your first set, your only set.”  You’ve had two good finishes in a row. How much are you looking at the points with six races left in the regular season?“Yeah, I mean, you’re obviously looking at it every week. I think we leave probably the fifth race of the year looking at points like where we’re at and what are we doing? But honestly, points take care of themselves when you run good. Results are what matters. Being able to get stage points and being able to get good finishes will all equate to higher point totals and you not having to look at the sheet. So obviously with a ‘win and you’re in’, you really don’t have to pay any attention to it. That’s certainly on our radar right now. We’ve had a couple of good weeks where we’ve made up some of the deficit. I feel like there is potential and opportunity for us to continue that way, and we want to continue to climb that way and put ourselves above the cut for making the playoffs.”

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

BRITTANY RACES TO 340.47 MPH IN SEATTLE QUALIFYINGProck, Beckman Among Those Frustrated by Conditions at Pacific Raceways

SEATTLE, Wash. (July 18, 2025) – On a track that yielded nothing but frustration to all but a handful of Top Fuel and Funny Car teams during Friday’s highly-anticipated late night qualifying session at Pacific Raceways, Brittany Force and her HendrickCars.com dragster provided fans at the 36th NHRA Northwest Nationals with a moment to remember. On a concrete-and-asphalt surface on which few before her had reached the finish line under power, the two-time Top Fuel World Champion stopped the timers in 3.703 seconds at a barrier-busting and track record-setting 340.47 miles per hour that briefly placed her in the provisional No. 1 qualifying position. The fact that she eventually wound up third in the provisional order behind Doug Kalitta and Shawn Langdon, who ran behind her and to whom she and her team demonstrated what was possible, did little to dampen the 18-time winner’s enthusiasm after the first day of qualifying.  “Running so late at night, it was dark inside that car,” said the former NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year, “but when that amber came on, I stepped on it and it was going. I saw some cars get in trouble ahead of us, so I just wanted a clean solid run to the finish line. “For whatever reason, I actually could hear my guys on the radio,” she recalled. “They said ‘340 miles per hour,’ so that’s pretty outstanding. Awesome for the fans here in Seattle and I’m just so just excited to be able to do that in HendrickCars.comcolors on a track where my dad (16-time Funny Car Champion John Force) and our entire team has had so much success.” The only to have won as many as 300 competitive rounds in drag racing’s signature category, Force will try to improve on her performance and position in three final qualifying sessions Saturday. Brittany’s JFR teammates, reigning World Champion Austin Prock and former World Champion Jack Beckman, were among those who ended Friday in frustration on a track that was particularly hard on the Funny Car contingent that ran ahead of the dragsters. An indication of how difficult conditions were for the shorter wheelbase nitro-burners is Prock’s No. 3 position in the provisional qualifying order with a time of 5.580 seconds at 160.46 mph in a Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS that previously has covered the 1,000-foot distance in 3.793 seconds at a national record 341.68 mph. “Tough track conditions,” acknowledged the defending champion in the Northwest Nationals. “Just having one run at 9:15 at night and not having a stab at it (before that) really put everybody on a bad foot to get started. “However, we’re still sitting third,” he said. “I gave it a little pedal job and earned a qualifying bonus point, which is kind of embarrassing that 5.58 will get you apoint – but I’ll take it.    “Looking forward to tomorrow,” said the point-leader. “I like these three-run days. It kind of gets you in the groove and gets you in several different conditions that you’re going to race in on Sunday. I think we can still get ‘the pole’ if conditions are good tomorrow.” If Prock was unhappy with his 5.58, Beckman was even more so after crossing the finish line at just 84 mph after an 8.402 second effort in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS in which he has won twice already this year. “It’s frustrating,” said the 37-time Funny Car winner. “It’s the first time I’ve been here for one scheduled Friday session and three Saturday sessions. Nobody did anything wrong. You can’t fault the crew chiefs, the track, the facility or the prep crew out there. “It’s just (that) the temperature and dew point got close together when the sun went down and it made our margin of error extremely small out there,” explained the cancer survivor and U.S. Air Force veteran. “You could still run quick, but it seemed to be even tougher for the Funny Cars to fire a dart anywhere near the bullseye and the crew chiefs are still looking (to see) where we missed it. “The car was really quick early and in trouble early,” said the 2003 NHRA Super Comp World Champion who took over the reins of the PEAK Chevy last August. “That’s a tough one, but I know we will regroup. We have three shots at it tomorrow and I think there’s still enough room for us to get the top spot. I think it’s just going to be data collecting on Saturday and trophy hunting on Sunday.”

(7/18/25 – Andrew Kunas) Watsonville, CA … Justin Sanders emerged victorious after one of the wildest NARC sprint car main events of the season Friday, taking the opening night feature of the Howard Kaeding Classic at Ocean Speedway.

Sanders inherited the lead with eight laps completed when early leader Bud Kaeding was bit by the treacherous cushion in Turn 1 and was sent flying off the track. Sanders led the rest of the 30-lapper for his NARC-leading fifth race of the season, but had to fend off Bud’s brother Tim Kaeding along the way and wait through several cautions and red flags before finally taking the checkered flag.

It was the second NARC win at Ocean Speedway this season for Sanders, who also captured the May 16th event at the Watsonville clay oval. Sanders won last year’s Howard Kaeding Classic, his second HK win overall, but while Saturday’s finale remains, it was special for Sanders still to take the win on the first night of a now two-night event that previously had honored the patriarch of the Kaeding Family as a special event guest since 2011. This year’s event, however, took on special meaning with Howard passing away during the off-season.

Out front after Bud Kaeding’s misfortune, Sanders early on was challenged by Tim Kaeding, but found his groove and managed his way around the challenging top side of the race track. Despite the many cautions and red flags, of which there were five, Sanders still had to deal with slower traffic on occasion. Sanders managed to hold off a determined Tim in the closing laps for the win aboard the Yuba Sutter Aviation-sponsored Mittry Motorsports No. 2x Fisher-powered KPC.

The $5,000 victory went with Sanders’ other NARC Ocean win, a pair of wins at Silver Dollar Speedway, and a Dirt Cup preliminary at Skagit Speedway. Friday’s Howard Kaeding Classic opener was probably the one that required the most patience out of Sanders this season.

Tim Kaeding, racing in memory of his grandfather, finished second aboard the Emadco Disposal-sponsored Williams Motorsports No. 0 Maxwill-powered Maxim. Kaeding, one of California’s most accomplished sprint car racers following his grandfather Howard and father Brent, thanked teams and fans for their support of the event this weekend. Kaeding though will now be focused on bettering his position by one spot on Saturday in an event he has not won before and will want to add to his already impressive resume.

Behind Sanders and Kaeding, there were constant battles for and shuffling of positions throughout the Top 10. Dylan Bloomfield turned in one of his best finishes of the season after starting eighth. He battled with former NARC champion Sean Becker to move into fourth place and late in the race he battled with and passed another former NARC champion in D.J. Netto to move into third, and finished there aboard the Silva’s All Natural Beef-sponsored Vertullo Racing No. 83v Kistler-powered Maxim.

After being bit by the Turn 1 cushion and spinning out, Bud Kaeding went to the work area before returning to the track and racing his way back up to finish 12th. Bud, also one of California’s most accomplished sprint car racers following his father and grandfather, is a two-time Howard Kaeding Classic winner but will be looking for a special third HK win on Saturday.

Netto, who entered the event with the NARC points lead, finished fourth aboard the Penny Newman Grain-sponsored Netto Ag No. 88n Rider-powered KPC. Kaleb Montgomery, another driver who raced hard throughout, came from 13th and made late passes to secure fifth place aboard the Luxon Real Estate-sponsored Montgomery Racing No. 3 Speedway-powered Maxim.

Becker, after starting tenth, bounced back from a crash last Saturday at Petaluma Speedway and finished sixth, followed by Nick Parker and the 14th starting Tyler Thompson. Tanner Carrick earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 18th to finish ninth. Dominic Gorden came back from a trip to the work area to round out the Top 10.

Bud Kaeding won the Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash to secure the pole position for the feature event, with Sanders starting outside him. The Winters Performance Last Chance Qualifier was won by Jesse Schlotfeldt, who took Dominic Scelzi, Billy Aton and Jason Chisum with him to the feature race. Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Bud Kaeding, Gauge Garcia, Shane Golobic and Tim Kaeding.

Bloomfield paced the 30-car field in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying with a time of 10.763 seconds around the ¼-mile clay oval, topping the second flight in a split field. That narrowly bettered Landon Brooks, who paced the first flight with a 10.768-second lap.

(Photos by Gary Watterworth)

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature: (30 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 0-Tim Kaeding[3]; 3. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[8]; 4. 88N-DJ Netto[4]; 5. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[13]; 6. 7B-Sean Becker[10]; 7. 15-Nick Parker[9]; 8. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[14]; 9. 83T-Tanner Carrick[18]; 10. 10-Dominic Gorden[15]; 11. 10X-Jace Park[11]; 12. 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 13. 88A-Joey Ancona[16]; 14. 2K-Gauge Garcia[6]; 15. 21L-Landon Brooks[5]; 16. 121-Caeden Steele[19]; 17. 25Z-Jason Chisum[24]; 18. 14E-Mariah Ede[12]; 19. 17W-Shane Golobic[7]; 20. 73-Ryan Bernal[17]; 21. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[21]; 22. 26-Billy Aton[23]; 23. 7P-Jake Andreotti[20]; 24. 41-Dominic Scelzi[22]

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Bud Kaeding 1-8, Justin Sanders 9-30

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 83t Tanner Carrick, 18th to 9th (+9)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (30 cars): 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 10.763 seconds in Flight 2. Flight 1 fast time: 21L Landon Brooks, 10.768 seconds.

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 29 Bud Kaeding, 2. 15 Nick Parker, 3. 10 Dominic Gorden, 4. 73 Ryan Bernal, 5. 21L Landon Brooks, 6. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 7. 25z Jason Chisum, DNS – 72w Kurt Nelson. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 2k Gauge Garcia, 2. 10x Jace Park, 3. 3 Kaleb Montgomery, 4. 2x Justin Sanders, 5. 121 Caeden Steele, 6. 26 Billy Aton, 7. 31 Kyle Beilman. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. 17w Shane Golobic, 2. 7b Sean Becker, 3. 35km Tyler Thompson, 4. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 5. 7p Jake Andreotti, 6. 72jr Chris Nelson, 7. 41 Dominic Scelzi, DNS – 34b Glenn Bryan. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 laps): 1. 0 Tim Kaeding, 2. 14 Mariah Ede, 3. 88n D.J. Netto, 4. 88a Joey Ancona, 5. 83t Tanner Carrick, 6. 12 Jarrett Soares, 7. 12j John Clark. First five finishers transfer to Feature.

Beacon Wealth Strategies Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 29 Bud Kaeding, 2. 2x Justin Sanders, 3. 0 Tim Kaeding, 4. 88n D.J. Netto, 5. 21L Landon Brooks, 6. 2k Gauge Garcia, 7. 17w Shane Golobic, 8. 83v Dylan Bloomfield.

Winters Performance Last Chance Qualifier (12 laps): 1. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 2. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 3. 26 Billy Aton, 4. 25z Jason Chisum, 5. 12j John Clark, 6. 12 Jarrett Soares, 7. 31 Kyle Beilman, 8. 34b Glenn Bryan, 9. 72jr Chris Nelson, DNS – 72w Kurt Nelson.

 SAPULPA, OK (July 28, 2025) — Sam Hafertepe Jr. is one of the best 360 Sprint Car drivers in the country anywhere he goes, but nowhere does that ring true more than Sapulpa, OK.

Friday night was Hafertepe’s eighth appearance at Creek County Speedway since the start of 2024 and his fifth win during that span. Three of those have come against the American Sprint Car Series, including back-to-back editions of the Don Swope Classic.

The five-time Series champion led the field to green thanks to his Honest Abe Roofing Dash victory and edged in front of Sean McClelland to slot into the early lead. The ASCS Sooner Region points leader held strong in second ahead of the National Tour travelers in the opening laps until Blake Hahn slipped by on the bottom and into the runner-up position.

Hahn has 1.8 seconds to make up to Hafertepe when he got to second on Lap 6, but that margin was washed away when Brady Baker went over the banking in Turn 1 to bring out the first caution of the night two laps later.

Hafertepe wasn’t going to give Hahn the opportunity to pounce though, as he nailed the restart and immediately put a second between himself and the field.

Another yellow came out two laps prior to halfway for the spinning car of Austyn Gossel, giving Hahn and the rest of the frontrunners another shot at Hafertepe. After spending most of the first half on the cushion in the same lane as Hafertepe, Hahn went low on the restart to try and counter the No. 15H but had nothing for him.

Hahn’s next mission was to put himself in position to capitalize on any slip-ups by Hafertepe once he caught slower traffic, which comes into play quickly around the tight 1/4-mile. There were no such mistakes though, as Hafertepe sliced and diced his way through the field while keeping his nose clean and Hahn behind him.

Hafertepe looked to have the trophy in the bag until two to go, when Baker took a tumble to set up a dash to the checkered flag. One more solid restart by Hafertepe put him out of reach for Hahn to try a Hail Mary, and he rode the cushion for two more circuits on his way to his sixth Series win of 2025.

While Hahn was never able to take over the top spot, Hafertepe admitted he was close enough to keep him on his toes all race long.

“Honestly, it was kind of the most worrisome race I’ve ran, Blake’s so good around here,” Hafertepe said. “I started to get tight in a lot of areas, beating the hell out of the wall down the back chute. I was like ‘man, if I keep doing that, Blake’s going to get by us, we’re going to knock the ladder out or something.’ At this place, you can’t ever count Blake out, he’s so good here. He’s a smart racer, and I just knew at the end, I was like ‘man, I’m going to slow down a little, try not to get tight.’ I don’t know if it was better or not, but we got the win and that’s all that matters.”

Hahn’s runner-up effort was his third-straight National Tour podium at Creek County dating back to his win on the opening night of last November’s Fuzzy’s Fall Fling, and he believes he was only a few well-placed lap cars away from two wins in three starts.

“Feel like we had a really good car maybe to contend for the win, just didn’t have the lap traffic fall exactly how I needed it to,” Hahn said. “These races are won through traffic, to be able to get to traffic, you’ve got to be able to roll through them good. I just got caught up by a couple guys and was able to let Sam get away from me there. With the track being so top-dominant, it was just really hard to get by.”

Matt Covington drove from seventh to third for his third podium of the year as he continues to try to make 2025 the sixth multi-win season of his career with the Series.

“We were good in the Feature, the car was pretty comfortable,” Covington said. “I didn’t like seeing Blake go to the bottom on the last restart because that’s kind of where I wanted to be, I had passed some cars down there. It’s tough to beat the 52 and the 15H about anywhere we go, so we’re not complaining with third.”

Alex Sewell was the highest-finishing Sooner Region regular in fourth, while Kyle Clark came home fifth for his second National Tour top five.

UP NEXT: The American Sprint Car Series heads east for the next two stops of the season at Windy Hollow Speedway (Friday, July 25) and Benton Speedway (Saturday, July 26). Tickets for Windy Hollow are available in advance by clicking here, while tickets will be available at the gate on Saturday at Benton.

If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[7]; 4. 8-Alex Sewell[4]; 5. 9$-Kyle Clark[12]; 6. 2B-Garrett Benson[5]; 7. 1-Sean McClelland[2]; 8. 8R-Ryker Pace[9]; 9. 71T-Christopher Townsend[10]; 10. 88R-Ryder Laplante[18]; 11. 17W-Harli White[8]; 12. 88-Terry Easum[16]; 13. 45X-Kyler Johnson[19]; 14. 10-Landon Britt[13]; 15. 15D-Andrew Deal[21]; 16. 16G-Austyn Gossel[24]; 17. 29-Emilio Hoover[20]; 18. 2J-Zach Blurton[11]; 19. 42-Caleb Saiz[25]; 20. 17-Connor Lee[17]; 21. 26M-Fred Mattox[15]; 22. 36-Jason Martin[23]; 23. 71-Brady Baker[22]; 24. 5S-Danny Smith[14]; 25. 16S-Steven Shebester[6]