NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO RACEWAY TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT JUNE 22, 2025

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·        Chase Elliott paced Chevrolet to the finish of The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA.COM at Pocono Raceway – taking the checkered flag in the fifth position to earn the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team’s fifth top-five finish this season. Elliott was among just five drivers to earn points in each stage of the 400-mile race – ending the series’ annual trip to the Pennsylvania oval with a strong 43-point day. The result extends Elliott’s top-10 streak at Pocono Raceway to now four-straight.   ·        Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar put together yet another strong showing throughout the Pocono Race weekend – starting with a third-place qualifying effort to lead Team Chevy to the green flag in the series’ 17th points-paying race of the season. The 22-year-old Michigan native stayed steady in the top-five through the opening laps before early pit strategy brought the No. 77 Chevrolet to pit road for the team’s first scheduled stop in the closing laps of Stage One. Continuing to carry speed throughout the race, Hocevar went on to collect points in Stage Two before taking the checkered flag with a 18th-place result.    ·        With NASCAR’s top division entering the single-digit countdown to the end of the regular season, a familiar face continues to stand atop the driver points standings. Fighting an uphill battle following an incident in qualifying, William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team took advantage of pit strategy to collect points in each stage – ultimately leaving Pocono with a six-point lead over Christopher Bell.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS.     DRIVER5th – Chase Elliott7th – Kyle Larson Chevrolet’s season statistics with 17 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 6Poles: 8Top-Fives: 35Top 10s: 71Stage Wins: 16

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Post-Race Driver Quotes:Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 5th“We were just really loose in (turn) three. I felt like I could pace pretty good through turns one and two, but I just could not get turn three right all day. Certainly as the run went on, it became more challenging for me and I started making more and more mistakes over there. I thought Denny (Hamlin) and Ryan (Blaney) could do a better job of kind of stalking the person in front of them to get themselves opportunities. I was just a little bit too far back and I think it was mainly because of that. But overall, happy to get a fifth-place finish for this No. 9 NAPA Chevy team.”   Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 7thYou showed a lot of pace there at the end and you scored stage points in Stage Two. Talk about your day here at Pocono Raceway…“It was an up-and-down day. It was really hard to pass. It was a good fight for the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevy team to get a seventh-place finish, and for three Hendrick Motorsports cars to get top-10 results. I just hope we don’t carry what we had the last few weeks into the rest of the season. Prior to the last few weeks, we’ve been really fast. It’s just been a rough stretch, but we’ll continue to go to work.”    Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 15th“It was an average day for the No. 99 Very Good Ventures Chevrolet team. We started the race OK on the short run, but then in the final stage, we just lost the balance of the car a little bit. We were just way too tight and never got it back.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletMcDowell endured a brake failure in Stage Two, ultimately ending the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet team’s day early at Pocono Raceway.Finished: 35th Did you have any warning that your brakes were going out? “Yeah, I had warning half of the race that the brakes weren’t going to make it. It’s unfortunate. It wasn’t what we needed for this No. 71 Gainbridge Chevrolet team. We came off a good weekend (in Mexico City), and this is the exact opposite of what we needed. But we have Atlanta, Chicago and Sonoma coming up, so we have a lot of good tracks on the horizon for our team. The season is grueling sometimes.  I was just trying to nurse it there at the end on that last restart, knowing I was starting to lose my pedal a little bit. In the car, there’s not a lot you can do other than dial bias to the rear and hope and pray for the best. What put us behind this weekend was yesterday in qualifying. I just made a mistake there, and that kind of sets you up for the whole race starting 28th. We did some strategy there and we were going to give ourselves a fighting chance. But like I said, I knew we had an issue with the brakes and I was trying to get to a place where hopefully they would last, but they didn’t. ” Does this put more emphasis on winning moving forward? “No, that’s been the mindset anyways. I’ve been telling you guys all year that I’m not planning on pointing my way in… I’m planning on winning a race because that’s the way I see us getting into the playoffs. You’re going to have weekends like this where you have issues, you get taken out or you have something happen. You can’t plan on pointing your way in, especially this early on because there’s still a lot of opportunities for guys below the cutline to win, as we saw last weekend. When you have places like Atlanta, Chicago, Sonoma, Daytona, you’ve got a lot of tracks that it could open it up for a new winner, like we saw with Harrison Burton last year. That last few years, there’s been a few surprise winners.” What is it about this place that’s leading to the brake issues? “Yeah, I’m not sure. I don’t know if it’s the teams pushing more. Obviously, for us, this is a different team, a different car, a different package than what we ran here in the past. But I think the brakes have been fairly close here at times. Obviously there’s really long straightaways and high braking zones, so the brakes heat and cool and heat and cool. Those cycles can hurt the rotors, and I think that’s what we saw today. We’ll look at it and see what we could have done differently.”

Cadillac V-Series.Rs show power, pace in eventful and dramatic six-hour raceWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 22, 2025) – To summarize an eventful race at Watkins Glen International: Cadillac entries led laps and ran from the rear of the 13-car Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) field, navigated a rain-slicked racing surface, remained unscathed through six cautions, and overcame a spin and pit stop penalty. And all that occurred in the first half of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The second half was less hectic but equally as dramatic. The result is the Nos. 40 and 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.Rs earned second- and third-place finishes while victory was snatched from the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R when Earl Bamber, who led the previous 63 laps, was forced to pit for energy on the penultimate lap.

“Congratulations to the Cadillac Racing team and the No. 10 and No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.Rs on their podium finish in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Every member of the team can be very proud of their efforts on preparing the racecar for success, from both a technology and durability standpoint,” said John Roth, vice president, Global Cadillac. Third in the GTP order is a season high for the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz and the 126th IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship podium for Wayne Taylor Racing. Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque recorded their second consecutive podium in the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R. Cadillac Racing has earned podium spots the past four years at The Glen and swept the top two places in the 2-hour, 40-minute race in 2021. The iconic brand also claimed its 101st IMSA podium since joining prototype competition in 2017. After Jack Aitken did yeoman’s work in the rain in the initial two hours and first-year endurance driver Frederik Vesti took over for the middle stint, Bamber took the point on Lap 105 when the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R driven by Albuquerque pitted. Media resources: Cadillac Racing photos for editorial use | Cadillac results at Watkins GlenIn the succeeding laps, Bamber set the fastest race lap twice (1 minute, 34.608 seconds) and withstood restart challenges off three full-course yellows. When the 10th yellow flag of the race coming out with 10 minutes left, the Action Express Racing team was hopeful of the race finishing under caution. But the green re-emerged with 3 minutes, 4 seconds left, which created a sprint to the finish that the No. 31 entry could not complete when it pitted with 1:26 left.  The No. 60 Acura took the checkered flag 1.880 seconds ahead of the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R. The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, which qualified second, placed fifth. Cadillac Racing’s IMSA program returns to the racetrack August 1-3 for the 2-hour, 40-minute race on the 4-mile, 14-turn Road America course. Bamber rejoins Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA July 11-13 for the six-hour FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

What they’re saying

No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R Ricky Taylor: “What a wild day. I don’t know if we had the pace of the 31 at the end, but I think the team just put us in position to get lucky. I’m really proud of the guys for sticking to it and pushing all day. A double podium, we’ll always be happy with that. First one for the team with Cadillac and continuing a nice bit of momentum.” Filipe Albuquerque: “What a crazy race. The beginning was wild, Ricky got touched (and spun in Turn 5) and we went last. Rain, dry, rain again. Just chaotic. We had to split the race, so Ricky did three hours and I did three hours. It was tiring, it was hot, but you go for the end. We were super lucky with the last safety car; we just pitted and it brought us third place. There was nothing left in it. Great result for Wayne Taylor Racing.”No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Earl Bamber: “The car was amazing. I can’t fault the team. We had awesome pit stops and a good strategy called to get back to the front. Unfortunately, a car broke down and ended our run.” Jack Aitken: “We had a really quick car today, probably the quickest. I think the Acura was right there, too, but we were controlling the race from the front towards the end. The race threw a lot at us with mixed conditions at the start of the race that were really sketchy and tough to an air jack issue on pit lane. But we managed to bring ourselves back to the front of the race, executed really well but unfortunately right at the end we were caught out with that yellow that created the perfect opportunity for the 60. It wasn’t quite long enough for us to make it on fuel. That’s just how it goes sometimes, and hopefully we carry this pace to Road America.” Frederik Vesti: “Frustrating times. We had such a good car the whole weekend. We were in the lead, were all the way back to last place and luckily we got a safety car at the right time and managed to bounce back to the lead. We had so much pace in this car this week and feel like we deserve a win. But that’s racing.”No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R Jordan Taylor: “It’s nice to finally get a good result. It has been since March of last year, so I feel like we got the monkey off our back a bit with all the bad luck we’ve had. Nice to leave here with some momentum. It’s the first WTR double podium we’ve ever had, so that’s cool to share the podium with the 10 car. We still have some work to do, so we’ll leave here happy but with our heads down and focusing on getting better.” Louis Deletraz: “On the 40 we’ve had a bit of a rough season, so to go P2 and fight for a victory is a nice feeling. I really enjoyed the end of the race in the car fighting for position. I’d like to thank Wayne Taylor Racing and Cadillac and happy to have our sister cart in P3 and for our first podium together since we have had two cars. A great day and we know we can be even better, so looking forward to the rest of the season.”

PETERSBURG, VA. (June 22, 2025) — Hot temperatures returned to the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series during this weekend’s American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals. For Josh Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team that also receives support from TechNet and David H. Davies Racing (DHDR) the weekend was two days of tricky track conditions and the pursuit of a hot weather tune-up. Saturday, the lone day of qualifying, featured three opportunities for Hart and his team to move as high as possible in the qualifying order.
 
In the opening qualifying session on a very green racetrack Hart made his first pass in the right lane that gave every team fits throughout the session. For the rest of the afternoon Hart’s team was working feverishly to map out a tune-up that would translate the 12,000-horsepower to a slippery hot track. At the end of the day Hart was sitting at No. 13 and facing a first round race with four-time Top Fuel world champion and No. 3 qualifier Steve Torrence.

 Josh Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster didn’t melt at the Virginia Nationals, photo credit Innovative Creation Experts

“We were behind the eight ball all day on Saturday like a lot of teams,” said Hart, a multi-time Top Fuel national event winner. “Every run after the first qualifying session we got quicker. I knew we could step it up in the first round. It was just a matter of how much quicker we could get and what Torrence rolled out against us.”
 
In the first round Hart and the R+L Carriers team were able to see a number of teams make runs and both lanes appeared to hold up under the intense power distributed by the Top Fuel dragsters. Hart and Torrence were the sixth pair in the opening round. When the tree fired Hart was the first off the line and by half-track the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster was making its quickest run of the weekend. At the finish line it was Torrence getting his fifth win light in a row for the Thunder Valley Nationals winner. His winning time of 3.920 seconds was enough to secure the win over Hart’s weekend best 4.041 second pass.
 
“We stepped up considerably, but it wasn’t enough for the win,” said Hart. “If we could have made that run yesterday our first round could have looked a lot different but there are a lot of other teams saying the same thing. Drag racing will humble you for sure. The good news is I can put this race behind me quickly and focus on a busy race in Norwalk in a couple days. We are doing a display with DHDR on Tuesday and then we will be right into race mode.”

 Josh Hart slides into the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster before first round today at Virginia Motorsports park, photo credit Innovative Creation Experts

At the end of the race Hart was secure in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series top ten in points. Through nine races of the regular season Hart has maintained his hold in the top end and with five races remaining there is a solid opportunity to move up higher in the Top Ten heading into the six-race Countdown.
 
The R+L Carriers Top Fuel team and the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger will be back in action at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, June 27-29, at Summit Motorsports Park competing in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series, respectively.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 11.098 sec, 72.00 mph; Qual. 12
Q2: 6.618 sec, 94.53 mph; Qual. 13
Q3: 5.956 sec, 108.41 mph; Qual. 13
Bonus points: 0
 
Race Results
 
First Round

Steve Torrence, Kilgore, Tex., Capco Top Fuel dragster, (.103), 3.920 sec, 321.12 mph def.

Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster, (.070), 4.041 sec, 304.94 mph 

Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Point Standings – Top Fuel
1. Tony Stewart                         771
2. Shawn Langdon                     740
3. Justin Ashley                          630
4. Doug Kalitta                           608
5. Antron Brown                        591
6. Brittany Force                        531
7. Steve Torrence                      513
8. Clay Millican                          445
9. Josh Hart                               399
10. Shawn Reed                         366
 

NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO RACEWAY TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES JUNE 22, 2025

Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet – McDowell endured a brake failure in Stage Two, ultimately ending the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet team’s day early at Pocono Raceway.

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Did you have any warning that your brakes were going out? “Yeah, I had warning half of the race that the brakes weren’t going to make it. It’s unfortunate. It wasn’t what we needed for this No. 71 Gainbridge Chevrolet team. We came off a good weekend (in Mexico City), and this is the exact opposite of what we needed. But we have Atlanta, Chicago and Sonoma coming up, so we have a lot of good tracks on the horizon for our team. The season is grueling sometimes.  I was just trying to nurse it there at the end on that last restart, knowing I was starting to lose my pedal a little bit. In the car, there’s not a lot you can do other than dial bias to the rear and hope and pray for the best. What put us behind this weekend was yesterday in qualifying. I just made a mistake there, and that kind of sets you up for the whole race starting 28th. We did some strategy there and we were going to give ourselves a fighting chance. But like I said, I knew we had an issue with the brakes and I was trying to get to a place where hopefully they would last, but they didn’t. ”  Does this put more emphasis on winning moving forward? “No, that’s been the mindset anyways. I’ve been telling you guys all year that I’m not planning on pointing my way in… I’m planning on winning a race because that’s the way I see us getting into the playoffs. You’re going to have weekends like this where you have issues, you get taken out or you have something happen. You can’t plan on pointing your way in, especially this early on because there’s still a lot of opportunities for guys below the cutline to win, as we saw last weekend. When you have places like Atlanta, Chicago, Sonoma, Daytona, you’ve got a lot of tracks that it could open it up for a new winner, like we saw with Harrison Burton last year. That last few years, there’s been a few surprise winners.”  What is it about this place that’s leading to the brake issues? “Yeah, I’m not sure. I don’t know if it’s the teams pushing more. Obviously, for us, this is a different team, a different car, a different package than what we ran here in the past. But I think the brakes have been fairly close here at times. Obviously there’s really long straightaways and high braking zones, so the brakes heat and cool and heat and cool. Those cycles can hurt the rotors, and I think that’s what we saw today. We’ll look at it and see what we could have done differently.”

June 22, 2025 — ELKHART LAKE, WI

• Alex Palou stretches his championship lead with his sixth win in nine races
• Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist makes it a Honda 1-2 at Road America
• Honda powers five of top six finishers

Honda’s perfect year continues in the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou scoring Honda’s ninth win in nine races to open the year.

The win is Palou’s sixth victory this season, after already finding the top step of the podium at St. Petersburg, The Thermal Club, Barber Motorsports Park, Indy GP and of course the Indianapolis 500. Palou’s #10 Chip Ganassi Racing team maximized their Honda fuel mileage to come home P1 for the sixth time this year. Palou currently sits 93 points ahead in the championship over Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood in P2.

Coming in just behind Palou was Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist—giving Honda a 1-2 at Road America. The podium finish is the second for the Swede since joining MSR in 2024.

Second place in the championship—and the only driver besides Palou to win this year—Kyle Kirkwood came home fourth. Kirkwood scored first place at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Detroit Grand Prix, and last time out at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Rosenqvist’s MSR teammate Marcus Armstrong brought home a fifth place, while Kyffin Simpson came home sixth. Scott Dixon tried to stretch the fuel in the final stints and led 27 laps before a late-race splash moved him down to P9 at the line.

Dale Coyne Racing’s Rinus VeeKay finished P10, while first-time polesitter Louis Foster finished 11th for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. All five Honda-powered teams placed cars in the top 11.

Honda’s ninth victory of the year has notched them a championship lead of 183 points over rival Chevrolet in the manufacturers’ championship, 819-636.

XPEL Grand PrixHonda Race Results

1st Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
4th Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global Honda
5th Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6th Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9th Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10th Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing Honda
11th Louis Foster-R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
16th Colton Herta	Andretti Global Honda
19th Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
20th Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
21st Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global Honda
23rd Jacob Abel-R	Dale Coyne Racing Honda

R – Rookie

Quotes

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished first: “Number one! Couldn’t be happier. It’s been a tough day, there were a lot of different strategies going on and a lot of yellows—some helped us, some hurt us. At the end, we just ran an aggressive strategy that, honestly, worked out only because of the mileage that Honda has given us this weekend. We’ve had great mileage all year, but especially this weekend that is what made the difference. Super proud, super happy and I cannot wait for the next one.”

Felix Rosenqvist (#60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda) finished second: “That was great! Honda 1-2! There were a lot of different strategies out there and it was kind of hard to keep up with who was on what strategy. We definitely were on the right one in the end though. It paid off, we had great speed all throughout the race. At times it felt like we were a little off-sequence, but at the end we got back on track and had some clean air once we got by Kyffin. It was just a really good last stint from there. I was super happy with our Honda power and excited to be back on the podium.”

Kyle Kirkwood (#27 Andretti Global Honda) finished fourth: “Honda 1-2 and five in the top six, that’s a pretty good day. While I’m glad to see another Honda win, I’m less glad that it’s another Palou win from a championship perspective. Nonetheless, it was a great day. This car was a rocket ship. It was a fuel economy race though, and that’s really where we got it done with our Honda fuel mileage. Hats off to all the boys and girls at HRC. And of course, a great job by my #27 Siemens Andretti Global team. The car was incredible all weekend, we really ran in the top five all three days. I wish it was a win, but a great weekend nonetheless.”

Pierre Descamps (Technical Director, Honda Racing Corporation USA): “A great result. It has been a very hot day for the drivers and the machines on track. But we are very happy to get this victory, the ninth of the season. It’s a reflection of the hard work of everyone in the factory, at the track, and of all of our teams. It was a very hard race with multiple strategies, and Honda teams excelled at all of them. Honda powered five of the top six finishers, and all of our teams finished at least one car in the top 11. Proud of this result and looking forward to Mid-Ohio.”

Next
The 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES is headed to one of Honda’s home tracks, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport.

PETERSBURG, VA. (June 22, 2025) — A mark of a fantastic driver is when they can appreciate a great race, even if they weren’t the competitor who came out on top. For Spencer Hyde, the Canadian driver for Head Racing and the leading NHRA Rookie of the Year candidate, that was the case today at the American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Hyde and Bob Tasca III executed an exciting side-by-side drag race, that unfortunately Tasca III got the best of.
 
“That was just a really close drag race,” said Hyde. “I could hear him beside me but I couldn’t see him until after the finish line. He shot past me and then dropped his parachutes. I saw his win light and knew it had to be a really close race.”
 
This weekend was Hyde’s first time experiencing the unique two-day format presented at the Virginia Nationals. Three qualifying runs on Saturday allowed teams to encounter similar conditions that they will face on race day. Every race team on the property battled high temperatures that tested their best tune-ups. Hyde’s strongest qualifying pass was made earlier in the day, when the track was at its coolest. His 4.069 second, 306.46 mph run was enough for him to earn the No. 10 qualifying position for Sunday. Hyde’s prize for his qualifying efforts was to be paired up against Bob Tasca III in the first round. Though Hyde had a quicker reaction time off the starting line, Tasca III was able to skirt around him in the end.

 Spencer Hyde and the Head Inc Funny Car gave the American Rebel Light Virginia Nationals everything that had this weekend, photo credit NHRA/National Dragster

“I was ahead of him from the starting line until probably 900 feet when he went around me,” said Hyde. “This was a hot weekend and the last time it was this hot was Phoenix. We made good runs and that run in the first round was almost enough. This was our first time against Tasca in eliminations, and we’ll get him next time.”
 
When reflecting on the quick two-day race weekend, Hyde sees several positives. Richmond will be the first of several hot summer races, and the Head Racing team was able to collect a lot of helpful data that they will put to good use.
 
“The fans have been great this weekend,” said Hyde. “I don’t think the two-day race hurt us losing a qualifying session. We have a ton of data and the race was just really close. There is nothing wrong with that, it happens. We had so many people come up to the ropes and wish us luck. I am looking forward to getting to Norwalk in a couple days. It will be a busy race for us.”
 
Hyde and the Head Racing team will be back in competition next weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on June 26-29 at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. There will be two qualifying sessions on Friday, June 27 and two more qualifying sessions on Saturday, June 21. For tickets or more information on the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals visit nhra.com.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 4.069 sec, 306.46 mph; Qual. 6
Q2: 4.086 sec, 299.86 mph; Qual. 8
Q3: 11.039 sec, 75.67 mph; Qual. 10
Bonus Points: 0
 
Race Results
First Round
Bob Tasca III, Hope, R.I., Ford Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang, (.089), 4.055 sec, 319.14 mph def. Spencer Hyde, Stratford, Ontario, Head Inc. Funny Car, (.087), 4.073 sec, 309.06 mph

CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMRRoad America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Qualifying Report June 21, 2025 Santino Ferrucci saved just enough fuel to land on the podium in third place behind the wheel of  the No. 14 Sexton Properties AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet in honor of long-time sponsor Marlyne SextonStarting 18th, Ferrucci scored his fourth consecutive top-five NTT INDYCAR Series finishTook the checkered flag and coasted to a stop in turn one out of fuel as the race played out with fuel strategy as a result of early cautions Ferrucci now sits ninth in the standingsDavid Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technology AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet, finished seventh, and Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished eighth

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES, along with the Team Chevy drivers and teams, have a weekend off before visiting another historic natural terrain road course, the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, on July 4th weekend.  NTT INDYCAR SERIES UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS FROM THE XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (Quotes): Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet finished 3rd: “All I could think about to myself is that we are doing this for Marlyne (Sexton – team’s longtime sponsor). They were counting down the laps, and I told Mike (strategist Armbrester) I’ve got to focus because this is getting stressful and just let me drive. The crew did an amazing job – awesome job on stops. And, I stalled it too. Even with the stall, to come back and finish how we did was pretty amazing. This one goes to Marlyne. She was running with us today. I’m very proud. This one tastes a little bit sweeter.” When asked about four straight top fives “And, two podiums. We’re performing. We’re back to where we were at the end of last year. I feel it. I’ve got to get my qualifying performance up. ’Til then I like padding my passing stats.”  David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet finished 7th: “I had an incident at the start of the race that put us in the back, but, man, I couldn’t believe it. That was probably one of the most chaotic races I’ve ever been a part of, and it was a lot of fun. I had no idea what was going on. I was really hot, and around lap 35 I was hallucinating from the heat and seeing bears in the carousel. I’m just joking, maybe not, but yeah, it was a lot of heat, lot of fun, lot of passing, and we finished right where we started. So good recovery, really good job from the team and the entire crew at the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevy.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 8th:  Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet finished 12th: “Just an unfortunate day today. That’s about all I can say. We drove out to the lead there but those early yellows just gave so many opportunities to do something different with strategy. In the end that is what got us. I appreciate all of the support from XPEL for the No. 3 team and we really want to win this race for them and for Chevy. That’s racing.” Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet finished 13th: “Honestly, it was a really good day. Not necessarily because of the end result, but we found a direction in warm up and it translated to the race. We had to be aggressive with the strategy because of where we were starting. It almost worked! We had to come in for a splash at the end from 3rd. The team did a lot of not giving up this weekend and it was positive that we were able to find a pretty good car by the race.” Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet finished 14th:  “Tough day where the yellows fell for us. Couldn’t do much with that. Another rough day for us, man. Very, very, very tough season. Move onto the next one.” Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 15th: “Overall it was a very tough race and it was super hot out there. The crew and team did a great job. From our side we just went a little backwards. I struggled to get some forward momentum at times. The car was quite on edge in areas I didn’t really need it to be, so on restarts it was quite tough, but we managed to fight back. I think there was a bit more in the result if I had a bit more push to pass towards the end because we were quite a bit faster than the two guys ahead of me. We’ve fought that one hard, we should have come away with a bit more but at least we took home some solid points and a decent weekend and in general.” Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 17th:   Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet finished 18th: “This weekend was tough one at Road America. We really struggled not only with pace but finding a good balance for the car the whole time. We have a lot of improvement to do at Road America for next year. However, I am looking forward to Mid-Ohio. We had a strong weekend there last year, it was our strongest of the year. We have that to look forward to!” Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet finished 22nd:  “A decent day going for us at the beginning, but completely locked the rears down in Turn 5. Really strange and we had some really difficult brake issues for the rest of the day. I’m not sure if it started there, but bad there was bad rear locking. I ended up in the gravel, which was my mistake. I just tried to fight back, but couldn’t do much. Apologies to the team. Obviously, drivers make mistakes sometimes and today I did. I’ll take responsibility for that, and move on to the next one.” Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 24th: Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet finished 25th:  “I really feel that the PPG Chevy was a top five car today. Our strategy likely wasn’t going to work out to where we could win but it is disappointing to find ourselves with another DNF. We had to pit off strategy for our second stop for a tire puncture, which put us in the strategy position we were in. Just pushing hard there on black tires to try and keep up with the 9 car and just pushed too hard in Turn 14.” Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet finished 26th: “I’m all good. We got a really good run, and on the push pass for most of the straightaway there, but it felt like I had to get enough run and get up by him. And we set up the move, and I don’t know. “I’m going have to go watch a replay and see what happened, but, it’s pretty frustrating. I mean, everyone is being aggressive out there, and it’s just it’s not the way you want your day to go at all. So, I thought we had a good car. I thought we were going to move forward. Looking at where Dixon’s at right now, I think that he’s going up in the field, and we were right there with him. So, pretty frustrating when you see those guys. We’re starting to have a good day when this happened.” Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 27th: “A very sad finish to the weekend here in Road America. We managed to make the car a bit better but we had an issue in FP2 where something happened under braking and I locked the rears and spun. We didn’t fully figure out what was the issue and we had it in the race as well. I managed to do a pretty OK start, getting to 15th and then defending from Rinus [Veekay] I just locked the rears and lost it. It was something that just caught me by surprise; I just arrived at the corner, braked and it was like I was pulling a handbrake and the car just immediately snapped. It was a super weird feeling. Sometimes we have a good weekend sometimes a bad one. This was overall a better one, we just need to learn from it and improve ourselves for the next round.” Santino FerrucciPress Conference Transcript THE MODERATOR: Currently joined by Santino Ferrucci, driver of the No. 14 Sexton Properties AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet, coming home with another podium this season, second runner-up finish of 2025, fourth top 5 of the season, third career podium as well. THE MODERATOR: Santino, second runner-up finish here in 2025. Did you bring beer with you for the media center? SANTINO FERRUCCI: No, I just did the one shotgun down in Turn 1. Felt great at the time. Obviously starting 18th, not ideal. We had a really fast race car all weekend long. We didn’t get to run on the red tires on Friday and one of the setup changes we made in FP2 we weren’t sure about, and then obviously we were really quick on the prime tires in qualifying, and we were just way too tight for quals. But warmup was awesome. Small changes overnight. We knew we’d come through the field, so at the start of the race, I was just unlike myself, trying to be super patient and not make mistakes, not get into too many people because it was mayhem back there, and the way the strategy unfolded, I stalled in the pits on one of the stops. Thankful for the hybrid so I could fire back up and only lose four or five spots. We had a massive fuel target for the last two stints, so kudos to Chevrolet for giving me the tools to do that and honestly to my engineering team for giving me a car that can fuel save. Podium is — I’m happy getting on podium for Marlene Sexton in the memorial car for her, and she’s watching down on us today clearly. So pretty happy about that. Q. Santino, did you ask for the beer or did the fan offer it to you? SANTINO FERRUCCI: They offered, and I had asked for Spotted Cow since we’re here, but they gave me, I believe it was a Miller. I’ve been learning my shotgunning skills from the Chili Bowl, so if I did okay I’m happy with that. Giving my dirt racing guy some credit. Q. All in all, the satisfaction of making it work until the end, you were really happy. Even if you ran out of fuel you’re out there taking bows and soaking it up with the fans? SANTINO FERRUCCI: I’m not going to lie, I was stressed. I was really stressed out. I saw Felix come out of the pits in front of me, and they were like, yeah, there’s your fuel target, lifting at like the 800-foot mark going into 5 going, hmm, this is going to be a long 15-something laps. Then I could see on the dash the 27 car coming and know that he’s quick. Yeah, no, I just tried to put my head down and do what I do best and hold him off. Q. Santino, can you talk a little bit more about Marlene? Obviously we’ve seen Sexton Properties on the car for a while, but this wasn’t a company, this was really her being a huge engine behind the team. Knowing her daughter is obviously grieving, as well, this is a pretty heavy time and an amazing result? SANTINO FERRUCCI: Yeah, I didn’t know her late husband, but also was a very big AJ fan and helped AJ back in the day. Marlene has been on the car since I’ve been driving for AJ Foyt and for Larry, and obviously I would not have had a full season ride without Larry and her support, and what they’ve accomplished last year is where we’ve brought this team all the way from barely making leadership circle to winning the 500, top 10 in the points, fighting for top 5s consistently. It’s her support that’s been behind us. So I’m very honored to be running that car with her riding along this weekend. To have the daughters here this weekend, as well, Tracy and Nicole, was pretty amazing on the grid. It was hard not to be emotional about it. It’s someone that was family to the team had passed away last week. Looking forward to her memorial next week and celebration of life, and I’m just happy she was riding on board with us today to witness some greatness. Q. Last season P10, strong year. You and James Schnabel form a really great union. You start over this year with Michael Armbrester, and the two of you seem like you’re finding a groove as well. Talk about the bond the two of you are building. SANTINO FERRUCCI: Yeah, so me and Michael were working together all the way through to about Detroit, so Michael got promoted to technical director and he’s still on my stand and calls my races, and now my new race engineer is Adam Kolesar, so a little bit weird to have an engineering switch in the middle of the season, but we went fifth, second, fifth, third, so I’d say it’s going pretty good. Obviously James is a brilliant guy and a great talent, and I think he’s proved himself very well with myself and with Malukas, and then my bond with Mike and Adam, C.J. and all of our stand has gone really well. It was just about catching our stride. I think we’ve found some really good baselines, and I’m looking forward to the second half of the season together. Q. Considering we weren’t really quite sure what the red tires were going to do before we got into the race, and for the heat today, did you expect as much passing before the race started? SANTINO FERRUCCI: We thought it was going to be a red race. To be honest, we thought we’d get further in qualifying, so to show up this morning and have three sets of sticker reds — we started on the prime tire, and we had a ton of pace on it compared to everybody around us because that was the tire that we’ve been running on all weekend. We just stayed committed to triple reds and it still paid off. Tough running a very long stint the way we did. I didn’t exactly get to run Q laps like I would have liked, like you did. But no, all in all, I think Firestone did a great job this weekend, and I think this is a track that they should kind of make a bit of a benchmark for. Q. We saw some tempers flare and some paybacks out there. Did you have a good front row seat for any of it? SANTINO FERRUCCI: I noticed that a little bit. Although, my favorite part of this race, your teammate Marcus, I pushed him past two cars down the straight, go-karting style. He lined it up for me and pulled out and I think he knew that I was going to push him because we’ve become a little bit more friendly sitting next to each other at autograph session, and I full on pushed him all the way down the frontstretch past two cars. It was great. We both cleared them, too. Q. There was also some concern about the hybrid with the heat, maybe having some failures. Did you notice any issues over the weekend? SANTINO FERRUCCI: No issues for me. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports

Chevrolet at Road America WINS Chevrolet Wins: 11 2024 – Will Power – Team Penske (photo above)2022 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2016 – Will Power – Team Penske1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1992 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1990 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1989 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1988 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing1987 – Mario Andretti – Newman Haas Racing POLES Chevrolet Poles: 13 2021 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2020 Race #2 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren2020 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2017 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske2016 – Will Power -Team Penske1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1992 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1991 – Bob Rahal – Galles Racing1990 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1989 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1987 – Mario Andretti – Newman Haas Racing PODIUMS Chevrolet Podiums: 33 ·       Chevrolet podiums at Road America by driver: Josef Newgarden (6), Will Power (5), Mario Andretti (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (3), Michael Andretti (2), Rick Mears (2), Pato O’Ward (2) Bob Rahal (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Helio Castroneves (1), Santino Ferrucci (1), Tony Kanaan (1), Scott McLaughlin (1), Danny Sullivan (1), and Paul Tracy (1)·       Chevrolet podiums at Road America by team: Team Penske (19), Newman Haas Racing (5), Arrow McLaren (2), Galles Racing (2), Rahal Hogan Racing (2), A.J. Foyt Racing (1), Chip Ganassi Racing (1) and Patrick Racing (1) LAPS LED Chevrolet Laps Led: 688Chevrolet laps led at Road America by driver: Josef Newgarden (159), Will Power (81), Michael Andretti (79), Emerson Fittipaldi (76), Danny Sullivan (62), Paul Tracy (55), Mario Andretti (50), Pato O’Ward (43), Al Unser Jr. (24), Scott McLaughlin (18), Helio Castroneves (17), Max Chilton (7), Felix Rosenqvist (7), Kevin Magnussen (6), Oliver Askew (2), and Simon Pagenaud (2)Chevrolet laps led at Road America by team: Team Penske (435), Newman Haas Racing (129), Arrow McLaren (56), Patrick Racing (35) Galles Racing (24), Carlin (7), and Ed Carpenter Racing (2)

HISTORICAL INFORMATION Manufacturer history at Road America Wins – 35 11 — Chevrolet (2024, 2022, 2018, 2016, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)9 — Honda (2023, 2021, 2020 R2, 2020 R1, 2019, 2017, 2000, 1998, 1997)7 — Ford (2006, 2004, 2003, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1994)6 — Cosworth (2007, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982)2 — Toyota (2002, 2001) Earned Poles – 35 13 — Chevrolet (2021, 2020 R2, 2020 R1, 2018, 2017, 2016, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)7 — Ford (2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1995)6 — Cosworth (2007, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982)6 — Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2000, 1996)1 – Ilmor (1994)1 — Mercedes (1997)1 — Toyota (2002) INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championships (since 1979) 21 – General Motors (Chevrolet and Oldsmobile combined)16 – Chevrolet (6 Championship Auto Racing Teams & 10 INDYCAR)10 – Honda (4 Championship Auto Racing Teams & 6 INDYCAR)9 – Cosworth (9 Championship Auto Racing Teams)5 – Oldsmobile (5 INDYCAR)2 – Ford (2 Championship Auto Racing Teams)2 – Toyota (1 Championship Auto Racing Teams & 1 INDYCAR)1 – Ilmor (1 Championship Auto Racing Teams)1 – Mercedes Benz (1 Championship Auto Racing Teams)

PETERSBURG, VA. (June 22, 2025) — While the American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals may seem like it’s the middle of the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season for most, for Buddy Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team, it was a new beginning. Hull debuted a new car, with a new Blaze Exhaust Probes livery to match. After three runs made over the course of two days, it’s safe to say that this new car will help launch Hull in the right direction for the rest of the season.
 
“The car is completely different,” said Hull. “It drives so much better. The car does exactly what I tell it to do. I turn right, it goes right. I turn left, it goes left. So it’s a really nice car. We accomplished what we needed to this weekend. The car showed great promise for the rest of the year.”
 
Two weeks ago in Bristol, Hull had a trip in the sand trap that pushed the Jim Dunn Racing team to pull out a new car. This weekend was Hull’s first time making passes in it, but he adapted quickly. With each run that he made in the car, his elapsed time and speed improved. Coming into race day, Hull was competing out of the No. 14 qualifying position, going up against recent New England Nationals winner J.R. Todd. His first-round run was his best of the weekend, a 4.171 second pass at 294.56 mph. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to get past Todd’s 4.115 second, 307.86 mph pass.

 Buddy Hull and the Blaze Funny Car battled valiantly at Virginia Motorsports Park this weekend

“That last run was a bit of a gas-off, which is what happened to us in Q1 and Q2 too,” said Hull. “I have to do my job better, I was dead-late at the starting line, and I’m never late like that. I don’t know what was wrong with my head, but I’ll fix that. Other than that, I think the team did exactly what we were supposed to do this weekend.”
 
All teams battled the crippling heat this weekend, making it nearly impossible to perform personal bests. Knowing that those were the conditions that this new car faced, Hull is optimistic about what it is capable of at future races. He is also even more confident in his abilities to control his new ride.
 
“The car dropped a hole out there probably around 600 or 700 feet, and I caught it right away,” said Hull. “I kept it right in the middle of the groove and gave us our best shot. I could see him the whole time, but I wouldn’t give it up. I will always give it my best race.”
 
The heat tested drivers, team and fans alike during the two-day event. Hull is grateful for everyone who stuck it out and provided a fantastic environment for him and his competitors to still put on an exciting show.
 
“NHRA fans are the most loyal, most badass fans on the planet,” said Hull. “It doesn’t matter if it’s 95 degrees or 55 degrees out. They show up to the racetrack. They want to see a show. And it’s really cool as a driver to see that level of support. Virginia is a beautiful racetrack and a beautiful area. We always love coming out here. We’re looking forward to hopefully slightly cooler conditions next weekend in Norwalk.”
 
Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team will be back in competition next weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on June 26-29 at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. There will be two qualifying sessions on Friday, June 27 and two more qualifying sessions on Saturday, June 21. For tickets or more information on the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals visit nhra.com.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 7.506 sec, 88.95 mph; Qual. 14
Q2: 5.184 sec, 144.64 mph; Qual. 14
Q3: No run; Qual. 14
Bonus Points: 0
 
Race Results
First Round
J.R. Todd, Lawrenceburg, Ind., DHL Toyota GR Supra, (.090), 4.115 sec, 307.86 mph def. Buddy Hull, Dallas, Tex., Mooneyes Dodge Charger, (.168), 4.171 sec, 294.56 mph

Claims Toyota’s fifth Top Fuel win in 2025

NORTH DINWIDDIE, V.A. (June 22, 2025) – On a hot day at Virginia Motorsports Park, Shawn Langdon was victorious in Top Fuel for the 2025 NHRA Virginia Nationals. The triumph by the Kalitta Motorsports driver is his third of the season and the 22nd of his Top Fuel career. For Toyota, Langdon’s victory is its fifth Top Fuel win this season and marks the third straight weekend with a victory in the nitro categories after wins in Funny Car the last two races.

Langdon defeated Toyota teammate Justin Ashley in the finals on Sunday, who made his fourth final round this season. Doug Kalitta advanced to the semifinals on Sunday, while Steve Torrence (second round) was the other Toyota Top Fuel Dragster to make it past round one.

In Funny Car, J.R. Todd made the semifinals, leading the Toyota GR Supra Funny Car duo. His Toyota teammate Ron Capps advanced to round two.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action next weekend at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, for the 10th race of the 2025 season.

Toyota Post-Race Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

Virginia Motorsports Park

NHRA Virginia Nationals

Race 9 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 (3.905) v. C. Ferre (4.070) W (3.952) v. D. Mercier (12.443) W (6.350) v. T. Stewart (Red light violation) W (3.940) v. J. Ashley (4.167)
Justin Ashley	SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Runner-up	W (3.934) v. D. Foley (3.999) W (3.925) v. S. Torrence (4.568) W (4.442) v. D. Kalitta (5.856) L (4.167) v. S. Langdon (3.940)
Doug Kalitta	Mac Tools Group Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Semi-finals	W (3.877) v. A. Brown (3.933) W (3.882) v. C. Millican (4.014) L (5.856) v. J. Ashley (4.442)
Steve Torrence	CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Second Round	W (3.920) v. J. Hart (4.041) L (4.568) v. J. Ashley (3.925)
Antron Brown	Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	First Round	L (3.933) v. D. Kalitta (3.877)

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
J.R. Todd	DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	Semi-finals	W (4.115) v. B. Hull (4.171) W (4.075) v. H. Green (4.151) L (5.342) v. A. Prock (4.115)
Ron Capps	NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	Second Round	W (4.032) v. C. Green (4.047) L (10.668) v. D. Wilkerson (4.063)

*= Non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

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

TF Final Result: Winner

How ready is your team for the championship competition after another victory?

“I mean, I feel like they’ve been ready for a while now. I have a great group of guys, everyone at Kalitta Air; Brian Husen (crew chief) leading the way with a great group of crew guys. These guys put this car together flawlessly and give me a chance every Sunday. I just do the best I can. Obviously, you run against guys like Tony (Stewart) and then Justin (Ashley) in the final. I could see Justin peeking out a little bit where he was starting to drive away, and then something happened, and I saw him disappear. The win light is obviously a good thing on Sunday. Very happy for my team, they’ve been busting their butts. Everyone at Kalitta Air, Toyota, Mac Tools and DHL. Thank you, guys!”

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

FC Final Result: Semi-finals

Take us through your weekend and thoughts going to Norwalk next weekend.

“Definitely not going to be as hot in Norwalk (next weekend), so that’ll be a plus. These were really tricky conditions (this weekend). Really proud of Dickie (Venables, crew chief) and the guys (who) battled this weekend. Good qualifying effort; pretty much went down the track every run, other than the semifinals. Hate to lose against those guys (Austin Prock) that way. Never want to give them away. But a good points day and (we’ll) carry this momentum into Norwalk.”

Norwalk, Ohio (June 22, 2025) – In just her sixth career start in Top Alcohol Dragster competition, Melanie Johnson drove to a hard-earned first victory at the University Hospitals 19th Annual Cavalcade of Stars, held at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. The event marked a North Central Regional stop on the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series tour and featured a competitive 8-car field.
 
Johnson, piloting the McPhillips Racing A/Fuel Dragster, qualified third with a best run of 5.241 seconds at 273.61 mph, which was the quickest pass of the second qualifying session.
 
She kicked off eliminations with a decisive first-round victory over Jared Dreher, laying down a 5.254 at 274.66 mph with a .064 reaction time. In the semifinals, Johnson delivered a clutch performance against seasoned competitor Matt Cummings, running 5.283 at 275.96 mph with a .043 light to advance to her first regional final.
 
The final round was decided at the starting line when opponent Jamie Noonan went red by .042 seconds. Johnson left cleanly with a .048 reaction time and pedaled her way to a 5.454 at 264.49 mph to secure her inaugural Top Alcohol Dragster win.

 Summit Motorsports Park owner Bill Bader Jr. presents Melanie Johnson with her Wally and Cavalcade of Stars Trophy. photo credit Melanie Johnson Racing

“I am so proud of this McPhillips Racing team and of myself,” Johnson said. “I know they are going to give me a great car every round and I’ve been working so hard to be consistent in the car with my procedures and reaction times. There’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to be successful in this sport and it’s really fun to see that hard work pay off!”
 
Johnson licensed in the McPhillips Racing dragster in August 2024 and has gotten comfortable in the car quickly. Even with limited seat time, she’s been in the mix at every race, and her Norwalk win in just her fifth event of the season is proof that she’s settling into the class well.
 
Richie McPhillips commented on what the team has been working on over the past six weeks since the last race Johnson was in the car. “Before we rolled into Norwalk, we spent some time testing at Cecil County Dragway. We’ve been chasing consistency with a pretty touchy racecar, and Jim Halsey and his crew gave us a great track to work through our issues. We also worked with Rob and Bob at Boninfante Friction to dial in our clutch program, and that got us closer. The car came off the trailer consistent this weekend. We were hoping to be a little quicker, but we’ll keep working on that. A lot of this weekend’s success came from the work Mel put in during her time off. Her reaction times were solid from the first hit, and that makes a difference on all fronts. It was great to get her first win and build some momentum heading into the next stretch of races.”

 Top Alcohol Dragster driver Melanie Johnson celebrates her first career victory at Norwalk’s Cavalcade of Stars, photo credit Melanie Johnson Racing 

The win was also a meaningful milestone for the entire McPhillips Racing team, who continue to build on their decades-long legacy in the class. Johnson also acknowledged the support of Alan Johnson Performance Engineering (AJPE), the championship-winning engine business run by her father, Alan Johnson.
 
Melanie Johnson and the McPhillips Racing team will be back in action next weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

PEVELY, MO (June 21, 2025) – No matter what position Jacob Denney starts in for an Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota Feature, he is a threat for victory.

After losing a cylinder in his primary No. 67 JBL Audio Toyota-powered LynK Chassis in Heat racing, the Series points leader climbed back from a 24th-place Feature start for his fourth win of the 2025 season.

At the front, Denney’s Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammates Cannon McIntosh and Gavin Miller led the field to the green flag at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park, with McIntosh claiming the lead as Miller ran behind in second place.

Denney did not waste time in his climb towards the front as he climbed up to 18th by the end of Lap 2, then into the top 15 on the following circuit.

While McIntosh and Miller spread out to a two-second lead, Xtreme-POWRi Challenge Series points leader Karter Sarff caught the two drivers as they began to face lap traffic. Sarff used the cushion to pass by Miller, then performed a slide job on McIntosh into Turns 1 and 2 to claim the lead.

By Lap 11, Denney crossed into the top-10 as he used multiple lanes of the track to pass as many cars as he could to work up the field towards his KKM teammates in the second half of the 25-lap race.

As the Galloway, OH driver entered the podium on Lap 18, Sarff lost control of his No. 21K in Turn 4, which sent him flipping multiple times. Sarff climbed out of the car under his own power, but his chase towards a fourth I-55 win came to an end.

McIntosh inherited the lead for the dash towards the finish line as Denney drove by Miller on the restart on the high side for second place.

Denney and McIntosh dueled for the lead in the final laps with slide jobs on each other until Denney got clear of the No. 71K with four laps to go as he wheeled towards his fourth win of the 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Midgets season.

“Kaleb (Wyrick) told me before the night started that we were going to win,” Denney said. “So, we kind of threw a Hail Mary at it before we went off for the Feature because we had nothing to lose.

“Once I started getting rolling, I felt like I slid a car a lap because I knew I didn’t have any time to waste. Once I got up there, I was stuck there and had to find the clean air on the straightaway. I ripped off (the top for) a lap, and I was like ‘Alright, we’re gonna be good.’ I had to capitalize on those last seven laps, and we got it done.”

McIntosh finished the night in second place to end his weekend at Pevely, MO, with two consecutive podiums at I-55.

“I felt like we were pretty good most of the race,” McIntosh said. “I don’t know what happened on the last restart. I had good footing, but I couldn’t keep the left rear on the ground. Sucks to lead most of the race and not finish it off.”

Miller ended the night in third for his sixth podium in the last seven Xtreme Outlaw Midget Features of 2025.

“Me and Cannon were pretty similar,” Miller said. “Especially on the long run, I played with my shocks a little bit, stiffen up the right rear so we were better through the holes. Unfortunately, Jacob got by us there, but I gotta thank everyone that makes this possible.”

Chase McDermand finished the night in fourth place, and Series rookie Colton Robinson earned his first career top-five finish to close the St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff weekend.

RECAP NOTES:

Smith Titanium Quick Time Award: Chase McDermand

Toyota Heat 1: Michael Faccinto

CASM Safety Products Heat 2: Zach Daum

TJ Forged Heat 3: Shannon McQueen

High-Point Driver: Michael Faccinto

Summit Racing Equipment Hard Charger: Jacob Denney (+23)

Honest Abe Roofing 16th Place Finisher: Zach Boden

Up Next: The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets get back to racing in July alongside the Midwest Open Wheel Association at Spoon River Speedway for the Midwest Vintage Sprint Car Nationals on Friday-Saturday, July 18-19.

PEVELY, MO (June 21, 2025) – It was only a matter of time until Drake Troutman became a winner with the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision.

As it turned out, his time came on Saturday night at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park in the final night of the St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff.

The triumph was the latest chapter in a career-changing month for the 20-year-old rising star. Three weeks ago at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Troutman bagged the richest win of his life in the $100,000-to-win Modified World Championship. He then turned his attention to the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, and wasted little time delivering Team22 Motorsports a win for the first time on the third night of the tour at Peoria Speedway.

But the ultimate goal was always to win World of Outlaws, and Troutman finally reached the mountaintop on Saturday night.

“Winning, you just get in a routine I guess, and the morale of everything’s up when you’re winning races, or whenever you get your first win,” Troutman said. “All of us racers are just a bunch of head cases. If we sucked the night before, our confidence is down and it’s just tough. If you win the night before, you go into the next night like ‘this car is good, we feel good, everyone’s happy and in good spirits.’ It’s all performance driven.”

Troutman started the race on the outside of Row 2 behind two other drivers searching for their first World of Outlaws victory in Mike Harrison and Jake Timm. Harrison jumped out to the early advantage and kept the loaded field at bay. Behind him, Troutman edged out Timm to slide into third on Lap 10 in the battle of former Modified standouts turned MD3 Rookie of the Year contenders.

That left Brian Shirley as the only driver sitting between Troutman and the leader, but a bicycle in Turn 1 was all Troutman needed to get by on the bottom. Shirley pulled a slider into Turn 3 to briefly reclaim the spot, but Troutman crossed him back over to pull back ahead. The pair continued swapping spots a lap later, but a strong drive off Turn 2 allowed Troutman to get far enough ahead to hold on for good.

At that point, 1.2 seconds and a handful of lap cars separated Harrison and Troutman, but it didn’t stay that way for long. Troutman was all over the back of the No. 33 at the halfway mark, and when Harrison’s slip up on the cushion in Turn 4 opened the door, Troutman didn’t hesitate to walk through.

Troutman got to spend the final 18 laps doing something he has grown increasingly comfortable with over the past few weeks – controlling a race from the lead. On a treacherous racetrack with an endless stream of traffic in front of him, Troutman didn’t let anyone get within striking distance on his way to the checkered flag.

“My biggest thing is obviously still, I’m not going to try to go out there and run over anyone by any means,” Troutman said. “But just getting more aggressive, you know. I’ve always been the type that, I wasn’t going to take a lane if I didn’t know if I could for sure clear it. I’m still like that, but I just feel like I’m getting a little bit more aggressiveness out of the car, which is helping me out.”

While Harrison came up one spot short of a storybook ending at one of his home tracks, the Highland, IL driver maintained second to ensure the St. Louis crowd had one of their own standing on the podium.

“I’ve got to give it to [Troutman], he’s a hell of a young racer and he’s got a very bright future ahead of him,” Harrison said. “That’s part of being out in front and dealing with lap cars, not being able to take advantage of the leader when you’re running second or third. Just the nature of racing and there ain’t nothing you can do about it, it’s just part of it.”

Coming home third was Shirley, who bounced back from a DNF on Friday with his first World of Outlaws podium since Raceway 7 four races ago.

“I feel like I probably drove a little soft, should have probably got up there and raced a little bit harder,” Shirley said. “I was trying to just be as smooth as I could without tearing anything up, because we were definitely bouncing around. All in all it was a good night.”

Tyler Erb and Bobby Pierce completed the top five.

RACE NOTES:

Tyler Erb set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Cade Dillard won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Bobby Pierce won Real American Beer Heat 1.

Aaron Marrant won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Brian Shirley won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Mike Harrison won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Jake Timm won Real American Beer Heat 5.

Drake Troutman won Real American Beer Heat 6.

Brenden Smith and Kayden Clatt won the Landa Pressure Washers Last Chance Showdowns.

Mike Harrison won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Tyler Erb won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Drake Troutman was the MD3 Rookie of the Race.

Mike Harrison won the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher Award.

Tyler Erb was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Frank Heckenast Jr. was the VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Jake Timm was the Lifeline USA Ninth-Place Finisher.

Tanner English was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision is back in action with Monday Madness at Independence Motor Speedway on Monday, June 23. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

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

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 2. 33-Mike Harrison[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[21]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 7. 12-Ashton Winger[17]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[10]; 9. 49-Jake Timm[2]; 10. 96-Tanner English[8]; 11. 24-Ryan Unzicker[12]; 12. 9-Nick Hoffman[11]; 13. 75-Dillon McCowan[9]; 14. 17SS-Brenden Smith[19]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[28]; 16. 09-Michael Leach[15]; 17. 31-Tyler Millwood[22]; 18. 5-Mark Whitener[16]; 19. 74X-Ethan Dotson[24]; 20. 19-Dustin Sorensen[27]; 21. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[13]; 22. 1X-Aaron Marrant[5]; 23. 40B-Kyle Bronson[26]; 24. 50-Kayden Clatt[20]; 25. 9M-Tim McCreadie[23]; 26. 25-Jason Feger[25]; 27. 97-Cade Dillard[14]; 28. 2-Cody Overton[18]

Treb Jacoby Sweeps St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff at I-55 With Summit Modifieds

PEVELY, MO (June 21, 2025) – Treb Jacoby joked he was closing in on Nick Hoffman’s nearly 70-win record with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals after scoring his second Hell Tour win Friday night. Twenty-four hours later, he took another step closer.

“That was fun!” Jacoby belted out after parking his car in Victory Lane at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park for the second straight night during the World of Outlaws St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff.

He went toe-to-toe with World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision star Ethan Dotson and outdueled the likes of Kenny Wallace and Chase Holland to pick up his third Hell Tour win in seven and another win at his home track.

The O’fallon, MO driver started third in the 25-lap Feature but didn’t stay there long. Ethan Dotson ran away with the lead on the opening lap and brought Jacoby with him.

While Dotson cruised around the bottom, Jacoby navigated the aggressive character of the top lane and kept Dotson within reach. By Lap 5, he was close enough to push Dotson down the backstretch and used that proximity to dive under him going into Turn 1.

The two crossed lanes in the middle of the corner, with Jacoby drifting to the top while Dotson cranked his car back down the track to build momentum off Turn 2 and drive away from Jacoby down the backstretch.

Seeing the benefits the top lane provided for Jacoby, Dotson made that his new course around the top of the 1/3-mile dirt track. He used it to his advantage, pulling ahead by over a second.

However, Dotson’s hopes of a victory were dashed when he hit a rut going into Turn 1, causing the rear of his car to bounce violently multiple times. When his car finally came to a rest, it had suffered too much suspension damage from the bounces to continue.

That put Jacoby in the lead with 16 laps remaining.

A couple of cautions brought the field back to Jacoby’s rear bumper, placing Wallace and Holland as his new challengers. But neither could keep up with him on the restarts as Jacoby ended the race with a more than 2.5-second lead over Wallace.

“I had an idea; I think I showed Ethan Dotson a little too early my cards. He stepped it up a notch, and I’m not going to lie, I said in my car, ‘Let’s get after it, Ethan, let’s race!” Jacoby said. “He got a little high over there, and it took him out. I was looking forward to [racing him]. I was going to drop my balls down a little lower every lap to run with him.

“But we finally found a line that was smooth under yellow. They had us navigating the tow truck and we were packing the racetrack in in the line I chose to run. So, I was kind of being defensive at the same time, trying to keep anybody from sliding me. I’m wore out. I don’t know what to say. I’m speechless. We finally won a Hell Tour race from outside of the front row.”

He’s only got 66 more Summit Modified Nationals victories to go to catch Hoffman.

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals continue their Hell Tour journey with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models at Lincoln (IL) Speedway on Sunday, June 22. Tickets will be available at the gate.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every Hell Tour race live on DIRTVision.

RESULTS:Feature (25 Laps): 1. J82-Treb Jacoby[3]; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace[4]; 3. 51-Timmy Hill[7]; 4. 22-Josh Harris[9]; 5. 13-Charlie Mefford[8]; 6. 66-Cole Falloway[12]; 7. 28-Tom Smallwood[17]; 8. 98-Joshua Hawkins[11]; 9. 70-Josh Russell[24]; 10. 8A-Austin Holcombe[10]; 11. 10X-Jim Black[18]; 12. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[22]; 13. 75-Daniel Adam[13]; 14. 24S-Jacob Steinkoenig[15]; 15. 66W-Adam Wright[14]; 16. 94-Austin Rettig[26]; 17. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[19]; 18. 45S-Chandler Smith[23]; 19. 45H-Chase Holland[6]; 20. (DNF) 777-Trevor Neville[5]; 21. (DNF) 4G-Paul Schrempf Jr[21]; 22. (DNF) 5-Ethan Dotson[1]; 23. (DNF) 21-Randy Dickman[27]; 24. (DNF) 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[16]; 25. (DNF) 14-CJ Springer[20]; 26. (DNF) 14C-Rick Conoyer[2]; 27. (DNS) 24H-Mike Harrison; 28. (DNS) 4T-Jake Trebilcock

LOCUST GROVE, AR (June 21, 2025) — It was a longer wait than anticipated, but Blake Hahn and his championship-winning team are back in Victory Lane with the American Sprint Car Series.

Coming into Saturday’s event at Batesville Motor Speedway, Hahn — the two-time Series champion from Sapulpa, OK — had posted four top-five finishes in his last five races, including two second-place finishes, but had not yet punched through to Victory Lane.

He knew he and his team were close. He could feel it. And finally, great speed and good fortune fell his way. Hahn inherited the lead on Lap 14 of the main event and led the final 12 laps for his first win of the year on the national 360 Sprint Car circuit and 23rd of his career.

“We’re happy to be on the podium, that’s the way to chip away at the points lead,” Hahn said. “I feel like we definitely have the car to contend for a championship at the end of the year, we’ve just got to get everything dialed in and narrow-down the mistakes.”

Though he walked away victorious in the end, Hahn spent the first half of the race in pursuit of Austyn Gossel, who took the lead from the pole on the opening lap and began to open up a gap on Hahn and the rest of the field.

Gossel, 25, of Fort Collins, CO, appeared to be on his way to a first career Series win until he collided with a lapped car on Lap 14. Hayden Martin was slowing on the top side of Turn 1 when Gossel came into the corner at full speed and made hard contact with the rear of Martin, sending his No. 67 car flipping and landing on the track exit ramp outside Turn 1.

“(Martin) was in front of another car, and that other car in front of me veered out of the way, and by that time, I couldn’t see,” Gossel said. “The next thing I know… it looked like he was trying to exit the track, which I don’t know who in the right mind does that and stays out there that long and not think that the leaders are coming… it’s just devastating.

“Definitely had the car to win. Best car I’ve ever felt. And now it’s destroyed.”

Both drivers were uninjured in the incident, but damage to the cars was too much to continue and were both hooked off the racetrack.

This handed the lead to Hahn, who got the advantage on the restart and held the field off the rest of the way to bag the win and the $4,000 grand prize.

“I just knew that if I made sure not to blow through the rubber on the first lap, I should be pretty good,” Hahn said. “Just get up there and get some good, consistent laps and just keep that momentum up. Really, just try and keep the tires underneath me and not blow them off too much.”

After coming within one spot of victory in the Series’ previous event two weeks earlier at Texarkana 67 Speedway, Hahn’s hunger for victory only increased, as did his team’s. Though the appetite has been settled for now, Hahn still wants more in pursuit of a third national championship.

“Having my grandpa (Series founder Emmett Hahn) in my corner is definitely a great thing — he pushes me to be the best driver I can possibly be,” Hahn said. “Even after finishing second at Texarkana, he wanted more. Our team’s never happy anything other than a win.”

Home-state racer Brady Baker, 17, of Alexander, AR, crossed the finish line second, marking his best career Series finish. 2023 Series champion Jason Martin rounded out the podium in third, tying his best finish of the season with the Series this year.

Mississippi racer Brad Bowden claimed the Hard Charger honors, gaining 13 spots of position in his drive from 20th on the starting grid up to a seventh-place finish.

Seth Bergman topped Qualifying and set a new track record with his lap of 12.429 seconds.

Heat Races were won by Jason Martin (Heat 1), Matt Covington (Heat 2) and Austyn Gossel (Heat 3).

Gossel was the winner of the Honest Abe Roofing Dash.

UP NEXT

The American Sprint Car Series is back in action next Friday–Saturday, June 27–28, at Tulsa Speedway for the annual Dirt Down in T-Town event. Tickets for the event will be sold at the track on race day.

If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 2. 71-Brady Baker[3]; 3. 36-Jason Martin[5]; 4. 3-Derek Hagar[10]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[7]; 6. 88-Terry Easum[9]; 7. 8X-Brad Bowden[20]; 8. 88R-Ryder Laplante[15]; 9. 95-Matt Covington[4]; 10. 14-Jordon Mallett[17]; 11. 938-Bradley Fezard[12]; 12. 10-Landon Britt[19]; 13. 2B-Garrett Benson[8]; 14. 17W-Harli White[13]; 15. 12W-Dale Wester[18]; 16. 45X-Kyler Johnson[11]; 17. 16G-Austyn Gossel[1]; 18. 23-Seth Bergman[6]; 19. 67-Hayden Martin[23]; 20. 2J-Zach Blurton[22]; 21. 84-Brandon Hanks[14]; 22. 47-Dale Howard[16]; 23. (DNS) 8-Joseph Wray IV; 24. (DNS) 17-Hayden Brinkley

June 21, 2025 — ELKHART LAKE, WI

• Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Louis Foster scores first-career NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole position
• Championship leader Alex Palou qualifies P2 in his #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
• Kyle Kirkwood makes it a Honda 1-2-3 as he goes for his third win in a row

There’s a new face at the front of the field, and Rahal Letterman Lanigan rookie Louis Foster scored his first-career NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole position for the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America.

Foster will start alongside three-time and reigning series champion Alex Palou as Palou looks to get back to victory lane for the sixth time this season and extend his 73-point lead in the drivers’ championship fight.

Starting third is Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood—giving Honda a 1-2-3 at the front of the field. Kirkwood and Palou have been the only two winners this season, with the Florida native taking wins at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April, and the last two times out at the Detroit Grand Prix and Worldwide Technology Raceway. Kirkwood will be looking for his third win in as many races, and on as many different track types, in tomorrow’s race.

Foster’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan teammate, Graham Rahal, also made the Firestone Fast Six round of qualifying, setting the sixth fastest time in that session.

Honda has gone eight for eight to open the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, including winning the Indianapolis 500 with Alex Palou last month. Eight wins in a row is an IndyCar record since the series returned to multi-manufacturer competition in 2012. Honda currently leads rival Chevrolet 723-575.

XPEL Grand Prix Honda Qualifying Results

1st Louis Foster-R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
2nd Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
3rd Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global Honda
6th Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
12th Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
14th Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global Honda
15th Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
16th Colton Herta	Andretti Global Honda
19th Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
22nd Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing Honda
23rd Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
25th Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
27th Jacob Abel-R	Dale Coyne Racing Honda

R – Rookie

Quotes

Louis Foster (#45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda) qualified 1st: “Shaved the mustache and ended up on pole, I liked the mustache though, so we’ll see how the race goes tomorrow. If we win tomorrow, you’ll never see one on my face again. Our Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car was really fast. We got good power from the Honda engine. And it’s always great to start in front of Alex and Kyle, a Honda 1-2-3 and those guys have been quick all season. Hopefully we can stay in front tomorrow and bring home a win.”

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) qualified 2nd: “Really good day. I’m super happy to be starting tomorrow on the front row. It’s always a bit frustrating when you miss pole by just a little bit—but at the same time it’s great to start up front. I’m looking forward to it. We have a great race car with lots of speed and we’re going to try and get the win tomorrow.”

Kyle Kirkwood (#27 Andretti Global Honda) qualified 3rd: “We only got one lap there at the end, so I’m somewhat disappointed with that. We had an MGU issue right before we wanted to send it and that prevented us from getting a second fast lap, which was needed to even try and go for the pole. But, nonetheless, we did a good job reacting to the issue, responding to it, remedying it, and then getting on track to be able to go P3 for tomorrow. P3 has been a really good starting spot here in the past so we’ll see what happens.”

The Californian cashes in for a third straight six-figure check from Huset’s

BRANDON, SD (June 21, 2025) – There’s no doubt Michael “Buddy” Kofoid reached redemption last September at Huset’s Speedway, but now the story has come full circle.

The first heartbreaking chapter written in 2023 is well known. Kofoid and the Roth Motorsports team leading the $250,000-to-win BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards with less than 10 laps to go. Then suddenly the No. 83 slowed with mechanical issues, handing him a crushing defeat.

Mother Nature didn’t allow the 2024 running on its original June date, so the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returned to Huset’s on Labor Day weekend to finish it off. The result? Kofoid cemented his name as a Huset’s High Bank Nationals champion and pocketed $100,000.

This year the weather complied, and the event was set to go on as planned with the champion banking a record-tying $250,000. Kofoid kicked things off with a $100,000 score on Thursday at the Huset’s Hustle, and then two days later he added another six-figure payday.

The Penngrove, CA native started on the pole of the 40-lap Feature but lost the top spot early as Friday’s prelim winner Bill Balog ripped around him on the top. Kofoid refused to be rattled and began his pursuit. Balog stayed strong early on, but a restart on Lap 17 proved pivotal. Balog got slightly out of shape taking the green, and it left Kofoid an opening to rocket to his inside and finish a slide job exiting Turn 2. Balog got a little hung up in the cushion, preventing him from trying to crossover. That proved to be the winning move as Balog narrowed the gap in traffic late, but a caution with three to go gave Kofoid the clean track he needed to win. From a devastating DNF two years ago to his name being on the quarter of a million dollars check in 2025. Kofoid won the Huset’s High Bank Nationals.

“I think when it hits the bank account it’ll feel real,” Kofoid said in disbelief. “I’m at a loss for words and out of breath. The track was not what I thought it would be with the cushion being that choppy and that low. I thought the bottom would be good early, and Bill circled me right away. He’s been so good here. To go up against him and beat him here is special and against everyone here. I feel like we had every good Sprint Car driver in the country here. To beat all of them is just incredible.

“Dylan (Buswell) is so incredible at what he does. I’m so lucky I don’t have to race against him, and I’m so lucky to have him in my corner. He’s been the best thing that’s ever happened in my racing career. And of course, Nate (Knotts) and John (Snavely) do an outstanding job.”

Saturday’s win made it three straight six-figure scores at Huset’s for Kofoid. His third victory worth at least $100,000 put him in elite company as the seventh driver with at least a trio, joining Donny Schatz (13), Steve Kinser (four), Mark Kinser (four), Danny Lasoski (four), David Gravel (four), and Kyle Larson (four). He also joined Brent Marks and David Gravel as only the third competitor to cash two six-figure paychecks in the same week. Kofoid racked up $362,000 total for four nights of work at Huset’s.

The runner-up spot belonged to Bill Balog, capping a strong week for the “North Pole Nightmare.” The Hartland, WI resident finished seventh Wednesday, second Thursday, won Friday, and closed it out with another second. The performance earned him nearly $100,000 for the week. Balog felt he was simply missing a little speed that could’ve helped him better compete with Kofoid.

“I was just having a little trouble restarting there, and he was just right on me,” Balog said. “So, I was trying to go faster and stuff, and he finally got me there. But congratulations to Roth Motorsports, Dylan, Buddy, and all the guys over there. I thought maybe in lapped traffic we could do something, but it just didn’t develop for us.”

Sheldon Haudenschild brought the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 17 home in the third position. The Wooster, OH native challenged both Kofoid and Balog for the runner-up spot at various points of the race and had speed from start to finish. Ultimately, the result was the final step of the podium worth $25,000.

“I was just able to kind of get down to the bottom there, and I was squirting off the bottom good,” Haudenschild explained. “I feel like they really weren’t trying anything in (Turns) 1 and 2, and I was kind of able to move around. What an intense race. I was hoping to get to lapped traffic. It was getting pretty dicey there, just not how it played out.”

Garet Williamson and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.

Anthony Macri marched from 20th to 11th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

Heat Races belonged to Bill Balog (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Buddy Kofoid (Real American Beer Heat Two), Garet Williamson (WIX Filters Heat Three), David Gravel (TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Four), Giovanni Scelzi (Toyota Heat Five), and Sheldon Haudenschild (NOS Energy Drink Heat Six).

The SPA Technique Polesitter Award went to Buddy Kofoid.

Landon Crawley won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Carson Macedo.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head back to the “Badger State” for two nights at New Richmond, WI’s Cedar Lake Speedway on June 27-28 with a massive fireworks show set for the final night. 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. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 4. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[13]; 6. 2-David Gravel[5]; 7. 10-Ryan Timms[9]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 10. 2C-Cole Macedo[14]; 11. 39M-Anthony Macri[20]; 12. 88T-Tanner Thorson[21]; 13. 21H-Brady Bacon[17]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz[23]; 15. 9R-Chase Randall[11]; 16. 3-Tim Kaeding[22]; 17. 16-Riley Goodno[16]; 18. 55V-Kerry Madsen[8]; 19. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[15]; 20. 45X-Landon Crawley[19]; 21. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[12]; 22. 49-Brad Sweet[10]; 23. 21-Brian Brown[24]; 24. 41-Carson Macedo[18]

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

SARVER, PA (June 21, 2025) – Jonathan Davenport checked off another bucket list win by capturing his first career Firecracker 100 presented by Experience Butler County on Saturday at Lernerville Speedway.  Davenport became the 13th different driver to win the crown jewel event since its inception in 2007, capturing his 88th career victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, worth $50,000. Davenport led 98 of the 100 laps but had to reclaim the lead from Ricky Thornton Jr. on lap 86 after a chaotic restart on lap 85. Once Davenport regained the lead, he went on to win the race, finishing ahead of Thornton, Max Blair, Garrett Alberson, and Mason Zeigler. Thornton, who last year became the first driver to win the race in back-to-back years, got off to a good start by leading the first circuit. However, that was short-lived as Davenport, who started third, charged into the lead on the second lap.  Davenport and Thornton then ran one-two for 72 laps until Blair was able to pass Thornton for second place on the 73rd lap. Blair then stayed within shouting distance of Davenport until the sixth and final caution of the race was called with 84 laps completed. On the restart, Blair got a run on Davenport as the two made contact in turn four. Thornton slipped by both of them to take the lead for one lap (lap 85), but that was short-lived as Davenport regained the lead for good on lap 86 and went on to win. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the fifth time in 2025, Davenport now trails Thornton by just five points as they head into the series’ next two events at Atomic and Muskingum County on July 4th and 5th. “Check that one off, I have had this one circled for a while. Thanks to all of you fans for coming out here, that was awesome. My car was really good there, and I don’t know what happened on that one restart. I got hit by two different people there. I had been running the same line for a long time. I don’t know what went on, it knocked the left front off of it and the steering rack is all messed up I couldn’t hardly turn it and so the steering wheel was turning like a quarter turn after that it was all gas and brake and trying not to spin the tires,” said the Blairsville, Georgia native. “I just couldn’t steer at all down on that end anymore, and then I couldn’t turn down in this hole like I needed to anymore. Anyway, thank goodness we held on, it was a little closer than I wanted it to be there at the end. I didn’t really know what to do with those two lapped cars there, but I figured if I could stay just behind them and keep my speed up, and maybe someone couldn’t slide in there.” “I really felt like I got rolling there a couple of times, up through lapped traffic, once you get by the first two or three there, and then they kind of spread out and then run one line instead of all over the place. I knew the top was good, but I didn’t know how good it was. There was just enough lip there so somebody could throw a Hail Mary for a couple of laps and get a good run on me, luckily that didn’t happen, it was just an awesome race track.” Thornton, who was looking to win the Firecracker for the third year in a row, was the only other leader of the race, leading two laps, and took home $20,000 for second place. “I went down in turn three and just caught the hole wrong and destroyed the left side of his (Davenport’s) car. That’s not how I wanted to pass him I had to slow down there going into one and let him get back in front of me. We race together too much to go in there and destroy a guy for the win. I felt like I needed to get a little bit better. Overall, it was a really good weekend for us. Congrats to JD, his stuff was really good, so I felt like if we could play in traffic a little bit long, but I didn’t want to destroy two cars and each other and cause a bunch of yellows.” Blair, who fell back as far as 11th in the running order, climbed to second after battling with Thornton for several laps, rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third after falling back a spot in the frantic lap 85 restart, and collected $10,000 for third. “I don’t know what really happened. I thought JD was entering a little higher, and I had a good run down the backstretch and charged it, and it didn’t work out, and Ricky got back by. If that yellow didn’t come out when I got to second, I think I may have had a shot at it, who knows how it would have played out in lapped traffic, but to run third to these two we will take that every day.” The winner’s Double Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions, DynaGro Seed, ASC Warranty, Mark Martinn Automotive, Midwest Sheet Metal, and Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas. Completing the top ten were Hudson O’Neal, Gregg Satterlee, Chub Frank, Carson Ferguson, and Donald McIntosh. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 19th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by Experience Butler CountySaturday, June 21, 2025Lernerville Speedway – Sarver, PA Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A: Ricky Thornton Jr. | 17.018 seconds (Overall)Fast Time Group B: Devin Moran | 17.182 seconds  Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 6. 1Z-Logan Zarin[7]; 7. 66-Justin Kann[6]; 8. 14-Dan Angelicchio[8]; 9. 22T-Ethan Thompson[9] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 2. 48-Colton Flinner[7]; 3. 22G-Gregg Satterlee[2]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 5. 2-Dan Stone[8]; 6. 15K-Wil Herrington[4]; 7. EZ1-Ron Fink[9]; 8. 555-Brock Pinkerous[1]; 9. 1C-Alex Ferree[6] Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 72-Michael Norris[1]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 4. 19M-Spencer Hughes[4]; 5. 27-Michael Lake[5]; 6. 4-Gary Stuhler[6]; 7. 11-Trevor Collins[7]; 8. 4S-Danny Snyder[8] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 111-Max Blair[2]; 3. 79-Donald McIntosh[4]; 4. 9-Breyton Santee[3]; 5. 12-Ryan Montgomery[5]; 6. 57-Charlie Sandercock[7]; 7. B22-Bump Hedman[8]; 8. 8-Matt Sponaugle[6]; 9. 6M-Matt Martin[9] Lucas Oil Products Heat Race #5 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[5]; 4. 1*-Chub Frank[4]; 5. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand[6]; 6. 9Y-Levi Yetter[3]; 7. 01-Matt Glanden[8]; 8. 10L-Gary Lyle[7]; 9. 10-Ryan Christoff[9] Lucas Oil Products Heat Race #6 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 3. 10M-Jared Miley[4]; 4. 77-Tyler Dietz[6]; 5. 93L-Cory Lawler[3]; 6. J4-John Garvin Jr[7]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[9]; 8. 2T-Rich Wicker[8]; 9. 55-Chris Schneider[5] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 3. 1Z-Logan Zarin[5]; 4. 15K-Wil Herrington[6]; 5. 1C-Alex Ferree[12]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[1]; 7. 14-Dan Angelicchio[9]; 8. 66-Justin Kann[7]; 9. 2-Dan Stone[4]; 10. EZ1-Ron Fink[8]; 11. 22T-Ethan Thompson[11]; 12. (DNS) 555-Brock Pinkerous UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 4-Gary Stuhler[5]; 3. 12-Ryan Montgomery[4]; 4. 57-Charlie Sandercock[6]; 5. 9-Breyton Santee[2]; 6. B22-Bump Hedman[8]; 7. 11-Trevor Collins[7]; 8. 8-Matt Sponaugle[10]; 9. 4S-Danny Snyder[9]; 10. 6M-Matt Martin[11]; 11. (DNS) 27-Michael Lake MyRacePass B-Main Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 77-Tyler Dietz[2]; 2. 1*-Chub Frank[1]; 3. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand[3]; 4. 9Y-Levi Yetter[5]; 5. J4-John Garvin Jr[6]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]; 7. 55-Chris Schneider[12]; 8. 93L-Cory Lawler[4]; 9. 2T-Rich Wicker[10]; 10. 10L-Gary Lyle[9]; 11. 01-Matt Glanden[7]; 12. 10-Ryan Christoff[11] 19th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by Experience Butler County Feature Finish(100 Laps): Pos – Start – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Pay1 – 3 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – $51,2002 – 1 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – $21,2003 – 8 – 111 – Max Blair – Centerville, PA – $10,0004 – 4 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – $8,7005 – 16 – 25Z – Mason Zeigler – Chalk Hill, PA – $7,0006 – 10 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – $6,8007 – 15 – 22G – Gregg Satterlee – Indiana, PA – $4,5008 – 24 – 1* – Chub Frank – Bear Lake, PA – $4,0009 – 12 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – $4,50010 – 14 – 79 – Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA – $4,40011 – 2 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – $4,40012 – 7 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – $3,90013 – 25 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – $3,70014 – 11 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – $3,20015 – 6 – 157 – Mike Marlar – Winfield, TN – $2,40016 – 22 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – $3,00017 – 19 – 18D – Daulton Wilson – Fayetteville, NC – $2,90018 – 17 – 11R – Josh Rice – Crittenden, KY – $2,10019 – 13 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – $2,70020 – 26 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – $2,70021 – 27 – 29 – Ken Schaltenbrand – Sarver, PA – $2,00022 – 9 – 48 – Colton Flinner – Allison Park, PA – $2,00023 – 5 – 72 – Michael Norris – Sarver, PA – $2,00024 – 21 – 77 – Tyler Dietz – Saxonburg, PA – $2,00025 – 23 – 4 – Gary Stuhler – Greencastle, PA – $2,00026 – 18 – 10M – Jared Miley – Pittsburgh, PA – $2,00027 – 20 – 19M – Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS – $2,700 Race Statistics  Entrants: 53Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Ricky Thornton Jr.MD3 Lap Leaders: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 1); Jonathan Davenport (Laps 2-84); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 85); Jonathan Davenport (Laps 86-100)Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Jonathan DavenportWieland Feature Winner: Jonathan DavenportMargin of Victory:  0.848 secondsColtman Farms Racing Cautions: Series Provisionals: Daniel Hilsabeck, Cory LawlerFast Time Provisional: n/aEmergency Provisional: n/aTrack Provisional: Ken SchaltenbrandBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Max BlairPenske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Max Blair, Garrett Alberson, Mason ZeiglerPEM 4th Place Feature: Garrett AlbersonDMI Rearends 5th Place Feature: Mason ZeiglerWilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Gregg SatterleeWehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Devin MoranDeatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Daniel HilsabeckMD3 24th Place Feature: Tyler DietzHoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Chub Frank (Advanced 16 Positions)MD3 Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (98 Laps)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton Jr.O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Donald McIntoshPro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport | Lap 3 | 17.279 secondsSlicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Ricky Thornton Jr.Fresh Roof Hard Luck Award: Spencer HughesOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Cory FostvedtARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: WEl     errington (15.598 seconds)Time of Race: 52 minutes 13 seconds Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:Pos – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Points – Pay1 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – 4475 – $256,4502 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – 4470 – $236,3003 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – 4265 – $178,9494 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – 4075 – $107,0755 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – 3935 – $81,6506 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – 3820 – $85,3007 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – 3800 – $85,0008 – 18D – Daulton Wilson – Fayetteville, NC – 3520 – $66,3259 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – 3435 – $57,42510 – 79 – Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA – 3225 – $42,10011 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – 3175 – $40,02512 – 19M – Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS – 2955 – $39,82513 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – 2880 – $31,80014 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – 2745 – $31,75015 – 1T – Tyler Erb – New Waverly, TX – 2595 – $34,00016 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – 2525 – $23,025

(6/21/25 – Andrew Kunas) Burlington, WA … 

Trey Starks had over 100,000 reasons to smile and celebrate Saturday night at Skagit Speedway, as he scored by far the biggest win of his racing career, fighting off a determined Tanner Holmes and taking the checkered flag at the 53rd Annual Jim Raper Memorial Super Dirt Cup.

Starks’ third career NARC 410 sprint car victory earned him a staggering $100,026 payday, plus another $11,600 in lap money, for a total of $111,626 in winnings.

Starting on the pole after emerging victorious in the eight-car pole shuffle earlier in the evening, Starks jumped out to the lead ahead of fellow front row starter James McFadden. McFadden ran in second until Holmes raced his way by him on Lap 7. As the leaders entered traffic, Starks’ pace began to slow some and Holmes was able to catch up to him. As the completed Lap 13, Holmes had a run off of Turn 4 and then threw a slider entering Turn 1, taking the lead from Starks. Holmes led the next three laps before a yellow flag and then a red flag stopped action.

During the open red flag, Starks’ crew made fuel adjustments to his car and it paid off. After the restart, Starks was able to keep pace with Holmes on the open track and then passed him for the lead on Lap 18. Starks again took off from there. During the long green flag run, Holmes closed in as Starks again battled traffic but could not make a pass like he did earlier.

Starks maintained a several car length lead over Holmes in the closing laps and held on for the big win aboard the T&C Concepts-sponsored Starks Racing No. 55 Fisher-powered J&J. After clearing the scales post race, Starks’ car was rolled in front of the grandstands and with his helmet still on he climbed atop his car to celebrate as the Skagit Speedway crowd roared in approval of one of their own winning the Dirt Cup. He was then greeted by his family and his team along with track owner Kevin Rudeen.

“It’s on the top, absolutely!” Starks said of where this win placed on his resume. “I knew I had one chance. I knew if I didn’t wheelie over backwards on the restart I could get him. I couldn’t let (Holmes) him have an inch because he was obviously fast. And then when I got to traffic, motor or not, I had to be really, really aggressive. I was going until I saw the checkered flag two times in a row.”

“The air must’ve changed a bunch (before the race), because our motor just would not run. It was flat on the top. We changed any fuel settings we could. If I could get the temperature up it was great but if it cooled down too much it was iffy,” Starks said about how his car ran early on and then the changes his team made to the car during the open red flag.

Just six nights earlier, Starks felt the sting of losing the NARC Timber Cup feature at Grays Harbor Raceway on a last lap pass. The biggest win of his life Saturday probably made him forget all about it. Starks ran his first sprint car race, a 410 race, at Skagit Speedway, in 2010. Fifteen years later, his hard work paid off. Starks praised his family and team for their support over the years.

Holmes, after leading four laps, turned in his best Dirt Cup finish, taking second aboard the Legacy Builder Supply-sponsored Holmes Racing No. 18t Rider-powered Triple X. Holmes was disappointed as he wanted that one more spot in the finishing order, but he still earned $40,000, plus more than $7,000 in lap money for running in the Top 3 the entire race.

James McFadden ran in the Top 3 the entire race and finished third aboard the American Rock & Rent-sponsored Tarlton Motorsports No. 21t Kistler-powered Maxim, earning $20,000 for the position and more than $4,000 in lap money for also running Top 3 throughout.

Shane Golobic ran in the Top 5 throughout and finished fourth aboard the NOS Energy-sponsored Matt Wood Racing No. 17w Kistler-powered KPC. Justin Sanders started fifth and finished there aboard the Yuba Sutter Aviation-sponsored Mittry Motorsports No. 2x Fisher-powered KPC. Colton Heath, Scott Bogucki, Joel Meyers Jr, D.J. Netto and Brent Marks rounded out the Top 10.

Sean Becker earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming out of the Winters Performance Last Chance Qualifier, advancing nine positions from 23rd to 14th.

Max Mittry won the Beacon Wealth Strategies B-Feature, taking Justin Peck, Becker, Caeden Steele, Landon Brooks and Cory Eliason with him to the Dirt Cup main event.

Four qualifiers were run earlier in the evening, lined up by accumulated points from Thursday’s and Friday’s preliminaries, with the winners joining the top four drivers in points already locked in the “King of the Hill” pole shuffle, and second through fourth locking into the Dirt Cup main event also. Those were won by Scott Bogucki, Colton Heath, James McFadden and Jason Solwold.

McFadden defeated Solwold in the first match race of the pole shuffle, and nearly ran the table, losing in the final round to Starks but still starting alongside him on the front row.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (40 laps): 1. 55 Trey Starks (1), 2. 18t Tanner Holmes (3), 3. 21t James McFadden (2), 4. 17w Shane Golobic (4), 5. 2x Justin Sanders (5), 6. 1c Colton Heath (7), 7. 78 Scott Bogucki (6), 8. 4 Joel Meyers Jr (9), 9. 88n D.J. Netto (12), 10. 19b Brent Marks (10), 11. 18 Jason Solwold (8), 12. 95 Justin Youngquist (13), 13. 41 Dominic Scelzi (16), 14. 7b Sean Becker (23), 15. 24D Danny Sams III ( 14), 16. 2xm Max Mittry (21), 17. 2k Gauge Garcia (17), 18. 77 Levi Klatt (18), 19. 21L Landon Brooks (25), 20. 45 Cory Eliason (26), 21. 10 Dominic Gorden (20), 22. 121 Caeden Steele (24), 23. 42 Sye Lynch (11), 24. 21p Robbie Price (19), 25. 26 Justin Peck (22), 26. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt (15).

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Trey Starks 1-13 & 18-40, Tanner Holmes 14-17

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 7b Sean Becker, 23rd to 14th (+9)

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Qualifier 1 (8 laps): 1. 78 Scott Bogucki, 2. 4 Joel Meyers Jr, 3. 95 Justin Youngquist, 4. 2k Gage Garcia, 5. 26f Eric Fisher, 6. 91 Chase Goetz, 7. 17 Cam Smith, 8. 9 Greg Otis, 9. 95r Dan Reynold, 10. 15 Nick Parker.

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Qualifier 2 (8 laps): 1. 1c Colton Heath, 2. 19b Brent Marks, 3. 24d Danny Sams III, 4. 77 Levi Klatt, 5. 2xm Max Mittry, 6. 35km Tyler Thompson, 7. 45 Cory Eliason, 8. 1m Mike Brown, 9. 0 Ashleigh Johnson, DNS – 27c Camden Robustelli.

WEDG High Performance Karts Qualifier 3 (8 laps): 1. 21t James McFadden, 2. 42 Sye Lynch, 3. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 4. 21p Robbie Price, 5. 121 Caeden Steele, 6. 7b Sean Becker, 7. 21L Landon Brooks, 8. 29k Levi Kuntz, 9. 51 Dustin Gehring.

Winters Performance Qualifier 4 (8 laps): 1. 18 Jason Solwold, 2. 88n D.J. Netto, 3. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 4. 10 Dominic Gorden, 5. 26 Justin Peck, 6. 94TH Braden Chiaramonte, 7. 9a Luke Didiuk, 8. 17c Chris Bullock, DNS – 14 Mariah Ede.

Beacon Wealth Strategies Last Chance Qualifier (20 laps): 1. 2xm Max Mittry, 2. 26 Justin Peck, 3. 7b Sean Becker, 4. 121 Caeden Steele, 5. 21L Landon Brooks, 6. 45 Cory Eliason, 7. 26f Eric Fisher, 8. 35km Tyler Thompson, 9. 91 Chase Goetz, 10. 1m Mike Brown, 11. 29k Levi Kuntz, 12. 0 Ashleigh Johnson, 13. 51 Dustin Gehring, 14. 17c Chris Bullock, 15. 95r Dan Reynold, 16. 9 Greg Otis, 17. 17 Cam Smith, 18. 9a Luke Didiuk, 19. 27c Camden Robustelli, DNS – 14 Mariah Ede, 15 Nick Parker, 94TH Braden Chiaramonte. First six finishers transfer to A-Feature.

SATURDAY RECAP – Richmond Race 9 of 20

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

BRITTANY, BECKMAN QUALIFY NO. 1 AT RICHMONDPoint Leader, Series Champ Prock Starts from No. 2 in Cornwell Chevy

RICHMOND, Va. (June 21, 2025) – Beset by memories of Virginia Motorsports Park, the track on which her dad was seriously injured last year after crashing his Funny Car at 300 miles per hour, two-time Top Fuel World Champion Brittany Force had something more positive on which to focus Saturday after driving her Chevrolet Accessories dragster to the No. 1 qualifying position for Sunday’s 15th NHRA Virginia Nationals. The 18-time pro tour winner shared center stage with John Force Racing teammate “Fast Jack” Beckman who, driving the latest version of Force’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS, raced to the top of the order in Funny Car as the only driver able to break four seconds. He’ll start Sunday one position ahead of teammate, reigning series champ and point leader Austin Prock. It’s the 18th time JFR Funny Car and Top Fuel drivers have qualified No. 1 at the same NHRA event, the second time they’ve done so this season (after Force and Prock were No. 1 at the Lucas Oil Winternationals in Pomona, Calif.) A winner two races ago at Epping, N.H., Brittany opened Saturday with a solid 3.893 before dipping to 3.839 at 327.98 miles per hour, a performance that secured the 54th No. 1 of her career. She’ll roll to the starting line Sunday against point leader Tony Stewart knowing that the only other time she qualified No. 1 at this event, she finished in the same position. “To be running in the heat as well as we have and to go No. 1 with this Chevrolet Accessories team, we’re really excited,” said the 2013 Rookie-of-the-Year. “(Crew chief) Dave Grubnic has this car really tuned up; he figured it out. We’re in a good position right now and I can’t wait for race day.” Nevertheless, the only woman to have won as many as 300 rounds in the sport’s signature class acknowledged the obvious. “It’s definitely tough coming back (to Richmond) with the memories I have,” she said. “We won here in 2022 and won here last season (in the Mission Foods 2Fast/2Tasty Challenge) and it’s all kind of forgotten (because) the only thing I really remember is Sunday last year when my dad wrecked and everything that came with that. I’m glad he’s out here with me but, everywhere I look, I see something that reminds me of that day.” After touting his car’s talent for negotiating hot racetracks, Beckman provided some serious substantiation Saturday with runs of 3.988 and 4.016 that enabled him to gobble up six more qualifying bonus points. The U.S. Air Force veteran will start from No. 1 for the 31st time in his Funny Car career and for the third time this year, facing Jim Campbell in opening stanza.  “It’s funny when get used to low 3.80s, 3.98 doesn’t feel that fast,” said the 2012 Funny Car World Champion. “It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s nasty and our PEAK Chevy is nastier. I’m ready to put it in the winners’ circle. We’ve got Task Force Rahal on board, and we’ve got the boss here. We’re in Richmond where his wreck was last year (and we) really would like some closure at the end of the weekend.” As for Prock, he had a solid, if not typically spectacular qualifying performance. “We ended up No. 2 right behind Beckman,” said the driver of the Cornwell Tools Chevy SS, “so we’re on opposite sides of the ladder, which is good. We made two nice clean runs in Q1 and Q3 and Q2 was really close. We had just a taste too much on the top end.  “I definitely think we have a little more left in the tank and I’m looking forward to tomorrow,” said the man who has won 10 times since first climbing into the Cornwell Chevy in relief of three-time World Champion Robert Hight. “We race Cruz Pedregon in the first round. We raced him last year in the first round and ended up leaving with the Wally, so maybe that’s a good omen.”

Leads Toyota Top Fuel Dragsters for Virginia Nationals Qualifying

NORTH DINWIDDIE, V.A. (June 21, 2025) – In Saturday’s qualifying for the NHRA Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park, Steve Torrence led the Toyota Top Fuel Dragster contingent by earning the No. 3 seed for tomorrow’s eliminations. Torrence looks to follow-up his triumph in Bristol from two weeks ago with another Wally Trophy tomorrow, which would be the 57th win of his historic career.

Torrence also captured victory in Saturday’s Top Fuel Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, his first of the season, as well as Toyota’s seventh challenge win in eight events so far this season. Toyota now has wins in either nitro category in all challenge events this season.

In Funny Car, J.R. Todd was the lead Toyota GR Supra Funny Car on Saturday, claiming the No. 3 seed for tomorrow. Ron Capps will begin tomorrow as the fifth seed and made the finals of the #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in Funny Car this afternoon.

The NHRA Virginia Nationals eliminations begin tomorrow at 11 a.m. EST with live TV coverage beginning at 4 p.m. EST on FOX.

Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

Virginia Motorsports Park

NHRA Virginia Nationals

Race 9 of 20

TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS

Name	Car	Qualifying Position	First Round Opponent
Brittany Force*	Chevrolet Top Fuel Dragster	1st	T. Stewart
Steve Torrence	CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	3rd	J. Hart
Shawn Langdon	Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	5th	C. Ferre
Doug Kalitta	Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	7th	A. Brown
Antron Brown	Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	8th	D. Kalitta
Justin Ashley	SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	9th	D. Foley

*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Qualifying Position	First Round Opponent
Jack Beckman*	Peak Chevrolet Funny Car	1st*	J. Campbell
J.R. Todd	DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	3rd	B. Hull
Ron Capps	NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	5th	C. Green

*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

STEVE TORRENCE, CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Torrence Racing

TF Qualifying Result: 3rd

With all the recent success, would you say you and the team are back?

“I’m not going to say we’re back and put my foot in my mouth and speak too soon. Richard Hogan (crew chief) and Bobby (Lagana Jr., assistant crew chief) have been working really hard. All the CAPCO boys have made this car go round-after-round. We’re working on consistency; that’s what it’s going to take to win races and championships. We’ve been there before but have to get it back. To get a Mission (Foods #2Fast2Tasty) challenge win is icing on the cake. Let’s see if we can carry some momentum into tomorrow.”

CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES Scott McLaughlin Leads Team Chevy in Qualifying at Road AmericaExcessive heat creates tire strategy calls during qualifying Scott McLaughlin will start his No.3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet on the outside of the second row in the fourth positionIt is the Kiwi driver’s fifth appearance in the Firestone Fast Six this season  “Pretty good day. Fastest Chevy, in the end. We didn’t run another set of reds. I think we could have got pole there, but we’re thinking long game. I think that’s about as good as a pole. We saved a set of tires and we’re in a good spot for tomorrow. So, I’m excited.”  Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, will roll off fifth after making the Fast Six for the fourth time this seasonDavid Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technology AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet, scored his fourth consecutive race he has qualified seventh or better – he will roll off seventh on SundayCallum Ilott scored his best qualifying result of the season putting his No. 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet in the ninth starting positionWill Power will roll the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet from eighth on the gridGiving Chevrolet six of the top-10 in the starting order is Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet in10th positionChristian Lundgaard, in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, led the 45-minute warm and windy Saturday morning practice session with a lap at 105.3412 seconds, which was an impressive quarter-second clear of the second-quickest driver.

TUNE IN ALERT Sunday NTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm Up – 10am (ET)/9am (CT)/8am (MT)/7am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR (55 laps) – 1:30pm (ET)/12:30pm (CT)/11:30am (MT)/10:30am (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 NTT INDYCAR SERIES QUALIFYING RESULTS FROM THE XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (Quotes): Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 DEX Imaging Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 4th: “Pretty good day. Fastest Chevy, in the end. We didn’t run another set of reds. I think we could have got pole there, but we’re thinking long game. I think that’s about as good as a pole. We saved a set of tires and we’re in a good spot for tomorrow. So, I’m excited.”  Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 5th:“Good Qualifying. It’s nice to bounce back from last weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway. We didn’t quite have it. Pace is close. We obviously saw in the Fast Six how close the qualifying times are. There are a couple guys we’re fighting in the championship, the 27 and the 10 used a third set of alternates, so me and the 3 car are in a better position for the race, and I think that was really our goal: don’t sacrifice the race and make sure we think about the long game. I think we did, and at the end of the day we can fight from fifth. I’m happy, hot, sweaty, and conditions will be even worse tomorrow.” David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 7th:“I think we’re really happy. I mean, we’re almost just trying to, like, make it to the Fast 6 and commit to a sixth-place finish because we really want to save these red tires. Just save all tires, to be fair. I think we did a good job there. P seven is kind of, I think, right where we want it to be. It’s a good starting spot and just have some good stops and try to make these tires last.  Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 8th:“The Verizon Chevy was really good in the second round (of qualifying). It was just unbelievably tight there, which is always the case in the INDYCAR SERIES. We only missed by a fraction. It was a hot afternoon, and it will be tomorrow, so we have to be ready for that. Plenty of speed in the car and we’ll go to work tonight on the strategy to be ready.” Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 9th:“The car was good; we improved a lot since FP2. It was great to be third in our group. The first run in the Top 12 was not so good, the tyres were quite used and just didn’t have a good feeling or rhythm. On the second run we put the new tyres on, it felt really good on the first lap but unfortunately everyone else backed up in front and so I didn’t get to complete it. I think it would have been a Fast Six lap. On the last lap the tyres are gone a little bit, so we’re P9 which is the first top 10 start for the #90 car and everything feels pretty good for tomorrow.” Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 10th: “With a track this big you don’t think you’ll have an issue with traffic, but we absolutely did in that second round. A top-10 starting spot isn’t the worst here with the amount of passing zones you have but we definitely had enough speed in the PPG Chevy that we should have been fighting for a pole position.” Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 11th:“I was happy with the balance of the Arrow McLaren Chevrolet today, and I think all the changes we made were definitely helping us improve. We had a very strong Round 1 and just lost half a second of engine performance on the straight line in Round 2. That put us at a bigger deficit to transfer into the Firestone Fast 6. It’s frustrating because I thought we had something to fight for pole with.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 13th:  I think we’re in a good spot. It’s, I think, like, a tenth and a half would have moved us to, like, second in our group or something ridiculous. So, it’s very, very tight, and I think we have a good race car, I missed it a little bit in that session. It’s frustrating. I think we had potential for sure to be in the fast-12. But, I think there are probably a lot of people saying that and a lot of good cars that didn’t transfer. So, we’re in a good spot for tomorrow. We’re you know, I don’t know if it really matters if we were two spots up the grid from where we are, we’ll do what we can. And, it’s a place where we can pass too, so I’m really excited to race here again, and it always produces such a fun race.” Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 17th:“Overall, I’m having mixed feelings. On one side I am happy that we managed to improve the car balance, on the other hand we had an issue where I just lost straight-line power on my second run. When I compare to Callum, it was like around four tenths on the straights so it should have been enough to put me in the top six of our group. That said, I was quite happy with my run, I managed to improve and generally get a bit more confidence and feel with the car so overall it’s good. We’re going to be starting 17th tomorrow so we’ll do our best in the race to get some positions and move forwards.” Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Bommarito Automotive Group/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 18th:“Obviously, we’re really happy with the base on the black tires or prime tires. I think we understand what happened, which is a bummer, but also a good thing. So, we’ll make the changes for tomorrow. Three sets of sticker alternates. Drive it forward. Man, I feel like you can pass on this track, and I’m not afraid to race. So, I’ll get it up there.  I think we just kind of missed something in the mid corner rotation. Like I said, I’m not afraid to brake late, and get on it. So, I guess I’m just at this point padding my passing stats for the season, unfortunately.” Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet qualified 20th:“We’ve been struggling for pace all weekend long, through practice one, through practice two, and, same here in qualifying. It seems like no matter what we do to the car, it just doesn’t really respond to our our changes. So, yeah, I think I think we could have qualified a little bit better. My problem in qualifying was just getting the the tires up to Tim quick enough for for that second run compared to my first run, I was, like, three tenths down coming out of 14, but still ended out improving my lap time. So had we had that three-tenths, we would have transferred. So for us, it was just we couldn’t get the tires switched on quick enough. But, yeah, we still we have some work to do to for the race car tomorrow for sure. It’s, not where we wanna start. We started far down last weekend, and that obviously went alright. So, hopefully, we can do something tomorrow.” “We’ve had some good weekends in a row. You know? The 500 was good for us. I think overall, Detroit was really good for us. Just didn’t get the result because of an mechanical failure, as well as getting my first podium last weekend. So it’s it’s we’ve been on a good steam. This has definitely been the weekend where we’ve struggled the most for pace, I think, for in a in a while. We’ll just have to keep working at it, try to improve the car for tomorrow, and then see what we get. Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 21st:“We’ve had a bit of a struggle overall on any road or street course. The hybrid weight that’s been added has been a bit of a challenge for us for sure on these circuits. We made a great improvement. We were only a tenth and a half from transferring, so I’d say that’s pretty good, from where we were. Much more in the game now. Again, we’re about a session behind all the time, so we need a little bit more work. Hopefully, tomorrow we can race our way forward.”

Chevrolet at Road America WINS Chevrolet Wins: 11 2024 – Will Power – Team Penske (photo above)2022 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2016 – Will Power – Team Penske1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1992 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1990 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1989 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1988 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing1987 – Mario Andretti – Newman Haas Racing POLES Chevrolet Poles: 13 2021 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2020 Race #2 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren2020 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2017 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske2016 – Will Power -Team Penske1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1992 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske1991 – Bob Rahal – Galles Racing1990 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1989 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske1987 – Mario Andretti – Newman Haas Racing PODIUMS Chevrolet Podiums: 32 Chevrolet podiums at Road America by driver: Josef Newgarden (6), Will Power (5), Mario Andretti (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (3), Michael Andretti (2), Rick Mears (2), Pato O’Ward (2) Bob Rahal (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Helio Castroneves (1), Tony Kanaan (1), Scott McLaughlin (1), Danny Sullivan (1), and Paul Tracy (1)Chevrolet podiums at Road America by team: Team Penske (19), Newman Haas Racing (5), Arrow McLaren (2), Galles Racing (2), Rahal Hogan Racing (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (1) and Patrick Racing (1) LAPS LED Chevrolet Laps Led: 688Chevrolet laps led at Road America by driver: Josef Newgarden (159), Will Power (81), Michael Andretti (79), Emerson Fittipaldi (76), Danny Sullivan (62), Paul Tracy (55), Mario Andretti (50), Pato O’Ward (43), Al Unser Jr. (24), Scott McLaughlin (18), Helio Castroneves (17), Max Chilton (7), Felix Rosenqvist (7), Kevin Magnussen (6), Oliver Askew (2), and Simon Pagenaud (2)Chevrolet laps led at Road America by team: Team Penske (435), Newman Haas Racing (129), Arrow McLaren (56), Patrick Racing (35) Galles Racing (24), Carlin (7), and Ed Carpenter Racing (2)

HISTORICAL INFORMATION Manufacturer history at Road America Wins – 35 11 — Chevrolet (2024, 2022, 2018, 2016, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)9 — Honda (2023, 2021, 2020 R2, 2020 R1, 2019, 2017, 2000, 1998, 1997)7 — Ford (2006, 2004, 2003, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1994)6 — Cosworth (2007, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982)2 — Toyota (2002, 2001) Earned Poles – 35 13 — Chevrolet (2021, 2020 R2, 2020 R1, 2018, 2017, 2016, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)7 — Ford (2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1995)6 — Cosworth (2007, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982)6 — Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2000, 1996)1 – Ilmor (1994)1 — Mercedes (1997)1 — Toyota (2002) INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championships (since 1979) 21 – General Motors (Chevrolet and Oldsmobile combined)16 – Chevrolet (6 Championship Auto Racing Teams & 10 INDYCAR)10 – Honda (4 Championship Auto Racing Teams & 6 INDYCAR)9 – Cosworth (9 Championship Auto Racing Teams)5 – Oldsmobile (5 INDYCAR)2 – Ford (2 Championship Auto Racing Teams)2 – Toyota (1 Championship Auto Racing Teams & 1 INDYCAR)1 – Ilmor (1 Championship Auto Racing Teams)1 – Mercedes Benz (1 Championship Auto Racing Teams)