TOP FIVE STORYLINES: World Outlaws, PA Posse Face Off with BAPS, Williams Grove Battles

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YORK HAVEN, PA (July 28, 2026) – Make room on the porch, Pennsylvania. The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is on the way.

The Greatest Show on Dirt is ready to punctuate the busiest stretch of the 2026 season by bringing the sport’s fiercest rivalry back to life. Three battles between the World of Outlaws and PA Posse take center stage this week as the two sides face off for bragging rights.

It begins with a Wednesday, July 29, visit to York Haven, PA’s BAPS Motor Speedway for the Bricker’s Bash. The tour returned to BAPS in 2023 after a more than three-decade absence, and it’s become a staple of the summer schedule since. This week will mark the sixth trip to BAPS in Series history.

Mechanicsburg, PA’s Williams Grove Speedway takes the spotlight over the weekend for the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals on Friday-Saturday, July 31-Aug. 1. The famed oval is the second most visited track in World of Outlaws history with 243 nights of racing. Friday’s opener will set the stage for a $20,000-to-win/$1,500-to-start finale on Saturday.

The traveling stars of the World of Outlaws are set to invade the “Keystone State.” The Posse is battening down the hatches and preparing to defend the porch. The stage is set for the sport’s most historic battle to resume.

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Let’s look at the week’s top storylines:

OUTLAW EXCELLENCE

The numbers clearly point to two drivers among the World of Outlaws roster as favorites this week, and it’s the two champions.

Donny Schatz has made a habit of sending Pennsylvania fans home disappointed from Williams Grove throughout his legendary career. The historic oval is home to 21 of his 317 career World of Outlaws triumphs, making it the winningest track on his résumé. The 10-time champion is enduring a dry spell there in recent years. His last win there came at the 2020 National Open. Pennsylvania is home turf for CJB Motorsports, and Schatz’s crew chief Barry Jackson calls Carlisle, PA home and owns an extensive notebook for the tracks in the area, so it’s tough to doubt the combination this week.

Like Schatz, David Gravel has won more at Williams Grove than anywhere else during his tenure with The Greatest Show on Dirt. In May this year, the Watertown, CT native became the sixth different driver with at least 10 World of Outlaws victories at Williams Grove when he snatched the Morgan Cup from the Posse. Gravel is also a former BAPS winner, claiming the 2023 Bricker’s Bash.

PREVAILING ON THE PORCH

Schatz and Gravel will be alongside several more World of Outlaws invaders that have conquered Williams Grove in the past.

Lemoore, CA’s Carson Macedo has beaten the Posse four times at the paperclip-shaped track. The first was a 2020 local race when he was driving for Kyle Larson Racing. The three since have been in World of Outlaws competition aboard the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41, including a pair of National Open titles.

Sheldon Haudenschild boasts a pair of Williams Grove trophies. He topped the Summer Nationals opener in 2021 before returning to Victory Lane at last fall’s National Open for $75,000. The Wooster, OH native heads to Pennsylvania with the momentum of 13 podiums in the last 18 races with the KCP Racing team, and they recently took the second spot in points.

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid claimed his first Williams Grove checkered flag in 2024 with Roth Motorsports at the National Openprelim. The Penngrove, CA native is currently third in the standings.

It wasn’t a Winged Sprint Car, but Emerson Axsom topped a USAC National Sprint Car race at Williams Grove in 2023. Axsom leads the 2026 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year presented by Five Star Bodies standings.

SHARK WEEK

The calendar lined up perfectly as Hanover, PA’s own Logan Schuchart will return home with the Shark Racing team during Shark Week.

The 33-year-old cut his teeth in Pennsylvania before jumping on the World of Outlaws tour and becoming a veteran that’s now navigating his 13th campaign. He’s been on the BAPS podium six times, but a victory has eluded him. Schuchart beat the All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) in 2012 for the first of his four Williams Grove wins. The latest of those came in 2023 with the World of Outlaws.

Schuchart returns to familiar territory on his best run of the season. He’s reeled off 13 consecutive top 10s, including podiums in the last three. The Shark No. 1S is fourth in the standings, 70 markers behind Carson Macedo for fourth.

THE CONCRETE KING’S CASTLE

Heading to Pennsylvania means heading to the home state of the recently crowned and now two-time Kings Royal champion, Anthony Macri.

The Eldora crown jewel was Macri’s third World of Outlaws win this season and the fourth for the Macri Motorsports No. 39M. Kasey Kahne wheeled it to a popular first Series victory at Williams Grove in May to earn a de facto score for the Posse.

Macri headlines the Posse contingent as they aim to defend home turf, and it would come as no surprise if his win tally grew even more this week. The Dillsburg, PA native owns eight BAPS trophies. One of them came against the World of Outlaws last summer. He won both PA Speedweek shows at Williams Grove this year, and he bested the World of Outlaws at the 1/2 mile to give the 2025 Morgan Cup to the Posse.

POSSE POWER

Macri is far from the only “Keystone State” competitor capable of conquering the World of Outlaws invaders this week.

Nobody in the country has won more 410 Sprint Car races in 2026 than York, PA’s Chase Dietz with a whopping 17, which is five more than the second most. All of them have come within Pennsylvania’s borders aboard the Stehman Motorsports No. 23D, including four at BAPS and one at Williams Grove. Dietz bagged his first World of Outlaws win at “The Grove” last fall.

Lance Dewease must always be looked at any time the World of Outlaws invade Williams Grove. His 118 wins there are the most all-time and outrank the second highest by 28. Of those 118, 17 came against the World of Outlaws. That trails only Steve Kinser (38), Donny Schatz (21), and Mark Kinser (18). The 60-year-old legend from Fayetteville, PA has already been to Williams Grove Victory Lane twice this year in the Rich Eichelberger No. 8.

Troy Wagaman Jr. has won at both tracks on the agenda this week in 2026. The Hanover, PA native triumphed at BAPS on March 29. He’s captured a pair of Williams Grove victories this year, including one with ASCoC.

Additional Posse representatives expected to compete include Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg, PA), Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA), Dylan Norris (Hanover, PA), and many more.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday, July 29 at BAPS Motor Speedway in York Haven, PA
Friday-Saturday, July 31-August 1 at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA

AROUND THE TURN
Friday-Saturday, August 7-8 at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park in Pevely, MO

CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (43/81 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (5786 PTS)
2. Sheldon Haudenschild – KCP Racing No. 18 (-154 PTS)
3. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-166 PTS)
4. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-198 PTS)
5. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-268 PTS)
6. Donny Schatz – CJB Motorsports No. 15 (-378 PTS)
7. Garet Williamson – Fischer Motorsports No. 23 (-516 PTS)
8. Cole Macedo – TwoC Racing No. 2C (-708 PTS)
9. Chris Windom – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-726 PTS)
10. Bill Balog – B2 Motorsports No. 17B (-770 PTS)

NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):
9 Wins – Michael Kofoid, David Gravel
7 Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Wins – Carson Macedo
3 Wins – Anthony Macri
1 Win – Spencer Bayston, Donny Schatz, Tyler Courtney, Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne, Rico Abreu, Logan Schuchart, Aaron Reutzel, Brent Marks, Bryce Lucius, Corey Day

FEATURE LAPS LED (28 Drivers):
290 Laps Led – David Gravel
255 Laps Led – Michael Kofoid
113 Laps Led – Carson Macedo
87 Laps Led – Logan Schuchart
85 Laps Led – Garet Williamson
79 Laps Led – Sheldon Haudenschild
56 Laps Led – Anthony Macri
44 Laps Led – Bill Balog
40 Laps Led – Aaron Reutzel
37 Laps Led – Tyler Courtney
35 Laps Led – Donny Schatz
33 Laps Led – Brady Bacon, Rico Abreu
30 Laps Led – Corey Day
28 Laps Led – Ryan Timms
25 Laps Led – Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne
21 Laps Led – Kasey Jedrzejek
17 Laps Led – Spencer Bayston
16 Laps Led – Bryce Lucius
15 Laps Led – Christopher Thram
12 Laps Led – Cole Macedo
11 Laps Led – Giovanni Scelzi, Emerson Axsom
9 Laps Led – Kyle Larson
7 Laps Led – Brian Brown
6 Laps Led – Brock Zearfoss
3 Laps Led – Brent MarksPODIUM FINISHES (29 Drivers):
22 Podiums – David Gravel
18 Podiums – Michael Kofoid, Sheldon Haudenschild
12 Podiums – Carson Macedo
7 Podiums – Logan Schuchart
6 Podiums – Donny Schatz
5 Podiums – Garet Williamson
4 Podiums – Ryan Timms, Anthony Macri, Rico Abreu
3 Podiums – Spencer Bayston, Bill Balog, Aaron Reutzel
2 Podiums – Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Tyler Courtney, Giovanni Scelzi
1 Podium – Ashton Torgerson, Scott Bogucki, Emerson Axsom, Brad Sweet, Chase Dietz, Kasey Kahne, Justin Whittall, Troy Wagaman Jr., Kasey Jedrzejek, Brent Marks, Bryce Lucius, Corey Day

SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (16 Drivers):
17 Quick Times – David Gravel
5 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Quick Times – Logan Schuchart, Michael Kofoid, Brady Bacon
2 Quick Times – Bill Balog
1 Quick Time – Ashton Torgerson, Kasey Jedrzejek, Will Armitage, J.J. Hickle, Brian Brown, Danny Dietrich, Rico Abreu, Aaron Reutzel, Justin Henderson, Chase Dietz

HEAT RACE WINNERS (46 Drivers):
25 Heat Wins – David Gravel
19 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
13 Heat Wins – Bill Balog
11 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
9 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid
6 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz, Garet Williamson
5 Heat Wins – Emerson Axsom
4 Heat Wins – Cole Macedo, Rico Abreu, Spencer Bayston
3 Heat Wins – Ashton Torgerson, Kasey Jedrzejek, Aaron Reutzel, Giovanni Scelzi, Anthony Macri, Brent Marks, Kerry Madsen
2 Heat Wins – Chase Dietz, Kasey Kahne, Austin McCarl, Jacob Hughes, Ryan Timms, Tyler Courtney
1 Heat Win – Justin Peck, Tanner Holmes, Scotty Thiel, Will Armitage, Rees Moran, Tyler Courtney, Brian Brown, Danny Dietrich, Justin Whittall, Chad Trout, Joel Myers Jr., Andy Pake, Sam Henderson, Dayne Kingshott, Christopher Thram, Daison Pursley, Terry McCarl, Kelby Watt, Kyle Larson, Bryce Lucius, Brady Bacon, Chris Windom

TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (62 Drivers):
31 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
30 Dashes – David Gravel
21 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
16 Dashes – Bill Balog, Carson Macedo
13 Dashes – Garet Williamson
12 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
9 Dashes – Donny Schatz
8 Dashes – Cole Macedo, Emerson Axsom
7 Dashes – Ashton Torgerson
6 Dashes – Kasey Jedrzejek, Spencer Bayston, Aaron Reutzel
5 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Ryan Timms, Chris Windom
4 Dashes – Anthony Macri, Brent Marks, Brian Brown, Brady Bacon
3 Dashes – Kerry Madsen, Chase Dietz, Tanner Holmes, Justin Henderson
2 Dashes – Scotty Thiel, Kasey Kahne, Troy Wagaman Jr., Will Armitage, J.J. Hickle, Austin McCarl, Joe B. Miller, Brenham Crouch, Kelby Watt, Conner Morrell, Bryce Lucius, Tyler Courtney, Kyle Larson
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Parker Price-Miller, Brock Zearfoss, Christopher Thram, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Rees Moran, Bryce Norris, Brad Sweet, Danny Dietrich, Logan Rumsey, Daryn Pittman, Kody Hartlaub, Freddie Rahmer, Justin Whittall, Chad Trout, Giovanni Scelzi, Joel Myers Jr., Andy Pake, Tanner Thorson, Corey Day, D.J. Christie, Skylar Gee, Cory Eliason, Ricky Peterson

MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (27 Drivers):
4 LCS Wins – Donny Schatz, Garet Williamson
3 LCS Wins – Spencer Bayston, Emerson Axsom
2 LCS Wins – Michael Kofoid, Chris Windom, Giovanni Scelzi, Cole Macedo
1 LCS Wins – Cameron Martin, Bill Balog, Blake Hahn, Landon Crawley, Bryce Norris, Logan Schuchart, Doug Hammaker, Daryn Pittman, Kerry Madsen, Skylar Gee, Justin Henderson, Joel Myers Jr., Tyler Courtney, Daison Pursley, Zane DeVault, Logan Julien, Jordan Poirier, Matt Farnham, Jordan Thomas

KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (21 Drivers):
6 Hard Chargers – Carson Macedo
5 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz
4 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart, Michael Kofoid
3 Hard Chargers – Spencer Bayston, Chris Windom
2 Hard Chargers – Garet Williamson, Cole Macedo, Ashton Torgerson
1 Hard Charger – Giovanni Scelzi, Ryan Timms, Brady Bacon, Sheldon Haudenschild, Tyler Ross, Cameron Smith, David Gravel, Emerson Axsom, Logan Julien, Tyler Courtney, Kasey Jedrzejek, James McFadden

ACME FASTEST LAP AWARDS (22 Drivers):
6 Fastest Laps – Michael Kofoid
5 Fastest Laps – David Gravel
3 Fastest Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild, Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
2 Fastest Laps – Bill Balog, Brady Bacon, Aaron Reutzel, Kasey Jedrzejek, Garet Williamson, Anthony Macri
1 Fastest Lap – Brock Zearfoss, Cole Macedo, Ryan Timms, Brad Sweet, Kelby Watt, Kasey Kahne, Giovanni Scelzi, Rico Abreu, Christopher Thram, Bryce Lucius, Corey Day

RACE READY CLOTHING HOTTEST LAP OF THE NIGHT AWARDS (15 Drivers):
13 Hottest Laps – David Gravel
7 Hottest Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
4 Hottest Laps – Michael Kofoid
3 Hottest Laps – Logan Schuchart, Carson Macedo
2 Hottest Laps – Garet Williamson
1 Hottest Lap – Austin McCarl, Brent Marks, Cole Macedo, Emerson Axsom, Tyler Courtney, Ryan Timms, Daryn Pittman, Giovanni Scelzi, Bryce Lucius, Ashton Torgerson, Nate Dussel

2026 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner
Wed, Feb 4 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Spencer Bayston (1)
Fri, Feb 6 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Michael Kofoid (1)
Sat, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Anthony Macri (1)
Sun, March 1 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
Mon, March 2 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Anthony Macri (2)
Fri, March 6 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Donny Schatz (1)
Fri, March 13 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / David Gravel (1)
Fri, March 20 / Lawton Speedway / Lawton, OK / David Gravel (2)
Sat, March 21 / Creek County Speedway / Sapulpa, OK / David Gravel (3)
Fri, March 27 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Carson Macedo (1)
Sat, March 28 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Michael Kofoid (2)
Fri, April 10 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Michael Kofoid (3)
Sat, April 11 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Michael Kofoid (4)
Sun, April 19 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Tyler Courtney (1)
Fri, April 24 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Brad Sweet (1)
Sat, April 25 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (4)
Tues, May 5 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Michael Kofoid (5)
Fri, May 8 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Kasey Kahne (1)
Sat, May 9 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / David Gravel (5)
Fri, May 15 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (1)
Sat, May 16 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Logan Schuchart (1)
Tues, May 19 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Carson Macedo (2)
Sat, May 23 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Aaron Reutzel (1)
Mon, May 25 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (6)
Fri, May 29 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Carson Macedo (3)
Sat, June 6 / Plymouth Dirt Track / Plymouth, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
Sun, June 7 / Angell Park Speedway / Sun Prairie, WI / Carson Macedo (4)
Fri, June 12 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Brent Marks (1)
Wed, June 17 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (7)
Thurs, June 18 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (8)
Fri, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
Sat, June 20 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / David Gravel (6)
Fri, June 26 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / David Gravel (7)
Sat, June 27 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
Thurs, July 9 / Hartford Speedway / Hartford, MI / Sheldon Haudenschild (5)
Fri, July 10 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Michael Kofoid (9)
Sat, July 11 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (6)
Tues, July 14 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Bryce Lucius (1)
Fri, July 17 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Corey Day (1)
Sat, July 18 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Anthony Macri (3)
Wed, July 22 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON, Canada / David Gravel (8)
Sat, July 25 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / Sheldon Haudenschild (7)
Sun, July 26 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (9)
Wed, July 29 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA
Fri, July 31 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA
Sat, Aug 1 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA
Fri, Aug 7 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO
Sat, Aug 8 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO
Wed, Aug 12 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA*
Thurs, Aug 13 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA*
Fri, Aug 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA*
Sat, Aug 15 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA
Fri, Aug 21 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN
Sat, Aug 22 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN
Fri, Aug 28 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND
Sat, Aug 29 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND
Sun, Aug 30 / Nodak Speedway / Minot, ND
Fri, Sept 4 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD
Sat, Sept 5 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD
Sun, Sept 6 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD
Fri, Sept 11 / Belleville High Banks / Belleville, KS
Sat, Sept 12 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, KS
Mon, Sept 14 / El Paso County Raceway / Calhan, CO
Fri, Sept 18 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA
Sat, Sept 19 / Stockton Dirt Track / Stockton, CA
Tues, Sept 22 / Kings Speedway / Hanford, CA
Fri, Sept 25 / Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway / Bakersfield, CA
Sat, Sept 26 / Ventura Raceway / Ventura, CA
Fri, Oct 2 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA
Sat, Oct 3 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA
Thurs, Oct 8 / Millstream Speedway / Findlay, OH
Fri, Oct 9 / Mansfield Speedway / Mansfield, OH
Sat, Oct 10 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH
Fri, Oct 16 / Lincoln Park Speedway / Putnamville, IN
Sat, Oct 17 / TBA
Fri, Oct 23 / Texarkana 67 Speedway / Texarkana, AR
Sat, Oct 24 / Texarkana 67 Speedway / Texarkana, AR
Wed, Nov 4 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC
Thurs, Nov 5 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC
Fri, Nov 6 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC
Sat, Nov 7 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC

*denotes unofficial split-field prelim race.

TOP FIVE STORYLINES: World Outlaws, PA Posse Face Off with BAPS, Williams Grove Battles

YORK HAVEN, PA (July 28, 2026) – Make room on the porch, Pennsylvania. The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is on the way.

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Let’s look at the week’s top storylines:

OUTLAW EXCELLENCE

The numbers clearly point to two drivers among the World of Outlaws roster as favorites this week, and it’s the two champions.

PREVAILING ON THE PORCH

Schatz and Gravel will be alongside several more World of Outlaws invaders that have conquered Williams Grove in the past.

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid claimed his first Williams Grove checkered flag in 2024 with Roth Motorsports at the National Openprelim. The Penngrove, CA native is currently third in the standings.

SHARK WEEK

The calendar lined up perfectly as Hanover, PA’s own Logan Schuchart will return home with the Shark Racing team during Shark Week.

THE CONCRETE KING’S CASTLE

Heading to Pennsylvania means heading to the home state of the recently crowned and now two-time Kings Royal champion, Anthony Macri.

POSSE POWER

Macri is far from the only “Keystone State” competitor capable of conquering the World of Outlaws invaders this week.

Additional Posse representatives expected to compete include Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg, PA), Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA), Dylan Norris (Hanover, PA), and many more.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

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TOP FIVE STORYLINES: Six-Figure Payday Up for Grabs in Cedar Lake’s USA Nationals

July 28, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

NEW RICHMOND, WI (July 28, 2026) – Wisconsin’s biggest dirt racing event is back this weekend.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision is set to contest its second crown jewel in as many weeks with Cedar Lake Speedway’s signature event, the USA Nationals. The race was born in 1988 as part of the inaugural season of the Series, and in the 38 years since, it has been conquered by a variety of Hall of Famers and Late Model legends. Names like Billy Moyer, Scott Bloomquist, Josh Richards, Jimmy Owens and Jonathan Davenport highlight the winners list, one that Ryan Gustin added his name to last season.

Gustin became the first driver to earn $100,000 for his USA Nationals victory, and that staggering top prize is back again in 2026. Whether it’s the money, the incredible on-track product or the all-night parties back in the campground, Cedar Lake has something for everyone on offer this weekend.

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Here are this week’s top storylines:

REAPER’S RICHES: Ryan Gustin is returning to the site of the biggest night of his racing career.

The Marshalltown, IA native became a first-time crown jewel winner in the 2025 USA Nationals after driving a flawless race and holding off some of the best in the sport at the end, including Hudson O’Neal, Mike Marlar and Brandon Sheppard. That race ignited Gustin’s reputation as someone who shines when big money is on the line, considering his last three World of Outlaws wins dating back to Cedar Lake last year have all been worth $40,000 or more.

Gustin rolls into New Richmond in search of his first World of Outlaws win in three months, but that win came at another Wisconsin facility, Mississippi Thunder Speedway, on the final night of the Dairyland Showdown. While he hasn’t been winning as often as he’d like, Gustin has been logging solid finishes night in and night out, as his ninth-place run in the Prairie Dirt Classic was his ninth-straight top 10.

GOING FOR THREE: When Gustin took the checkered flag one year ago, he ended Bobby Pierce’s mission to win three in a row.

The two-time World of Outlaws champion was victorious in the USA Nationals in 2023 and 2024, making him one of 10 drivers who have won the event more than once. Pierce also won on Thursday night on both occasions, bringing him to four World of Outlaws wins at Cedar Lake in total.

This season’s winner of the Show-Me 100 and the Dirt Late Model Dream will try to make the USA Nationals his third crown jewel triumph of 2026, one week after coming up two spots short in the PDC. Pierce also has history on the table – he’s one win away from tying the World of Outlaws single-season win record of 18, a number achieved by Josh Richards in 2016 and Brandon Sheppard in 2017 and 2019.

MILLS MANIA: Trey Mills has gotten good at stealing the spotlight on Late Model racing’s biggest nights.

The 18-year-old started on the pole at the Dream and the PDC and led a combined 87 laps between the two crown jewels. Mills has the speed early in the night, and his next challenge is learning how to balance driving hard enough to stay up front while keeping his tires fresh enough to finish the job in the closing laps.

He’ll get another chance to run 100 laps against the best this weekend in his first USA Nationals appearance. It’s also another opportunity to make up ground on Daulton Wilson in the MD3 Rookie of the Year hunt, in which Mills has slashed a nearly 200-point deficit earlier in the season down to 53 entering the weekend.

BACK ON TOP: Brandon Sheppard took down the Series regulars last weekend to win his fourth Prairie Dirt Classic, and now the task becomes winning his second crown jewel in as many weeks.

Ever since Sheppard reunited with Rocket1 Racing in 2025, it seemed like it was a matter of when, not if, the pairing would win one of the sport’s biggest races. They checked that box at Fairbury Speedway, which may have been the most likely scenario given Sheppard’s tenacity at the Illinois bullrings.

Could they pull off a repeat seven hours up the road at Cedar Lake? It can’t be ruled out, especially given Mark Richards’ record at the track. Sheppard’s USA Nationals victory in 2018 made him the third different driver to win the event in the Rocket house car, joining his predecessors Davey Johnson (2000) and Josh Richards (2011, 2016).

USA NATS 101: Three busy nights of racing await teams on their way to Saturday’s $100,000 prize.

The weekend starts on Thursday, which features a 30-lap World of Outlaws main event with $10,000 on the line. Thursday is a standard-format, points-paying Series race with no implications on the rest of the weekend.

Friday brings the most unique night of the weekend. World of Outlaws drivers will compete in Qualifying and Heat Races, with the top three finishers in each Heat Race earning a spot in Saturday’s 100-lapper. Additionally, the Heat Race winners will run a Dash on Friday night, which will determine the first three rows of Saturday’s Feature lineup. Friday’s schedule will be capped off by the FANS Fund Dash, which will see drivers voted on by the fans battle for a guaranteed starting spot in the USA Nationals Feature.

It all builds toward Saturday, when the drivers who did not transfer out of their Heat Races on Friday will compete in one of two Last Chance Showdowns, which will both send the top two finishers to the Feature. For drivers who still don’t have a spot in the big dance, their final opportunity to get in comes in the Last Chance Qualifier, which sends two more cars to the back of the starting lineup.

Once the starting grid is set, the only thing separating drivers from a six-figure paycheck will be 100 grueling laps around the high banks of Cedar Lake.

WHEN AND WHERE:
Thursday-Saturday, July 30-Aug. 1, at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, WI

CURRENT POINT STANDINGS:
1. Bobby Pierce (5509 points)
2. Nick Hoffman (-77)
3. Tyler Erb (-324)
4. Tim McCreadie (-412)
5. Ryan Gustin (-475)
6. Ethan Dotson (-570)
7. Daulton Wilson (-647)
8. Dennis Erb Jr. (-696)’
9. Trey Mills (-700)
10. Dustin Sorensen (-810)

FEATURE WINNERS (12):
Bobby Pierce – 17
Nick Hoffman – 6
Brandon Sheppard – 3
Tyler Erb – 2
Tim McCreadie – 2
Hudson O’Neal – 2
Ryan Gustin – 1
Daulton Wilson – 1
Chris Madden – 1
Ricky Thornton Jr. – 1
Mason Zeigler – 1
Mike Marlar – 1

FEATURE TOP FIVES (27):
Nick Hoffman – 32
Bobby Pierce – 30
Tyler Erb – 19
Tim McCreadie – 15
Ryan Gustin – 12
Drake Troutman – 10
Brandon Sheppard – 9
Daulton Wilson – 8
Ethan Dotson – 8
Hudson O’Neal – 8
Chris Madden – 5
Ricky Thornton Jr. – 5
Dennis Erb Jr. – 5
Jonathan Davenport – 5
Mason Zeigler – 2
Dustin Sorensen – 2
Dale McDowell – 2
Brandon Overton – 2
Trey Mills – 2
Ashton Winger – 2
Mike Marlar – 1
Max Blair – 1
Brent Larson – 1
Josh Rice – 1
Garrett Alberson – 1
Zack Mitchell – 1
Dave Hess Jr. – 1

FEATURE LAPS LED (23):
Bobby Pierce – 519
Nick Hoffman – 219
Brandon Sheppard – 118
Daulton Wilson – 106
Tyler Erb – 99
Drake Troutman – 99
Ryan Gustin – 73
Chris Madden – 73
Hudson O’Neal – 68
Trey Mills – 63
Jonathan Davenport – 57
Tim McCreadie – 46
Garrett Alberson – 46
Ricky Thornton Jr. – 41
Mike Marlar – 39
Mason Zeigler – 24
Ethan Dotson – 22
Ashton Winger – 22
Brandon Overton – 12
Michael Leach – 10
Sam Seawright – 5
Dale McDowell – 4
Dallon Murty – 3

BILSTEIN POLE AWARDS (23):
Nick Hoffman – 7
Daulton Wilson – 3
Ricky Thornton Jr. – 3
Drake Troutman – 3
Bobby Pierce – 2
Chris Madden – 2
Ethan Dotson – 2
Tyler Erb – 1
Tim McCreadie – 1
Brandon Sheppard – 1
Hudson O’Neal – 1
Ryan Gustin – 1
Dennis Erb Jr. – 1
Jonathan Davenport – 1
Dustin Sorensen – 1
Brandon Overton – 1
Ashton Winger – 1
Garrett Alberson – 1
Tristan Chamberlain – 1
Sam Seawright – 1
Michael Leach – 1
Dallon Murty – 1
Trey Mills – 1

SIMPSON QUICK TIME AWARDS (19):
Nick Hoffman – 8
Chris Madden – 5
Bobby Pierce – 3
Tim McCreadie – 3
Tyler Erb – 2
Brandon Sheppard – 2
Hudson O’Neal – 2
Jonathan Davenport – 2
Michael Leach – 2
Daulton Wilson – 1
Drake Troutman – 1
Ethan Dotson – 1
Brandon Overton – 1
Brent Larson – 1
Boom Briggs – 1
Cody Overton – 1
Ross Robinson – 1
Sam Seawright – 1
Jason Feger – 1

HEAT RACE WINS (42):
Nick Hoffman – 22
Bobby Pierce – 19
Tyler Erb – 11
Ryan Gustin – 8
Chris Madden – 7
Drake Troutman – 7
Brandon Sheppard – 7
Hudson O’Neal – 6
Daulton Wilson – 6
Tim McCreadie – 5
Ricky Thornton Jr. – 5
Jonathan Davenport – 4
Brandon Overton – 4
Mason Zeigler – 3
Ethan Dotson – 3
Dennis Erb Jr. – 3
Dustin Sorensen – 3
Tristan Chamberlain – 3
Trey Mills – 3
Michael Leach – 2
Dallon Murty – 2
Jared Miley – 2
Sam Seawright – 2
Mike Marlar – 1
Dale McDowell – 1
Ashton Winger – 1
Brent Larson – 1
Josh Rice – 1
Garrett Alberson – 1
Zack Mitchell – 1
Dave Hess Jr. – 1
Donald McIntosh – 1
Blair Nothdurft – 1
Logan Zarin – 1
Cody Overton – 1
Dan Ebert – 1
Austin Smith – 1
Devin Moran – 1
Sam Mars – 1
Dylan Thornton – 1
Lane Snook – 1
Jason Feger – 1

LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (41):
Ethan Dotson – 4
Dennis Erb Jr. – 4
Dallon Murty – 1
Ryan Gustin – 3
Daulton Wilson – 3
Josh Rice – 3
Logan Zarin – 3
Tristan Chamberlain – 3
Bobby Pierce – 2
Drake Troutman – 2
Dustin Sorensen – 2
Trey Mills – 2
Boom Briggs – 2
Carson Ferguson – 2
Tim McCreadie – 1
Ricky Thornton Jr. – 1
Brent Larson – 1
Cory Hedgecock – 1
Jake Timm – 1
Cody Overton – 1
Dan Ebert – 1
Michael Leach – 1
Luke Morey – 1
Chris Ferguson – 1
Dalton Cook – 1
Shane Clanton – 1
Michael Page – 1
Jason Feger – 1
Brian Shirley – 1
Derrick Stewart – 1
Chad Simpson – 1
Chris Simpson – 1
Dylan Thornton – 1
Gordy Gundaker – 1
Nick Davis – 1
Dylan Yoder – 1
Lincoln Smith – 1
Wesley McCray – 1
Kyle Bronson – 1
Hudson O’Neal – 1
Nick Hoffman – 1

2026 WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES PRESENTED BY DIRTVISION SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Jan. 21 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL (Practice)
Thursday, Jan. 22 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Chris Madden (1)
Friday, Jan. 23 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Hudson O’Neal (1)
Saturday, Jan. 24 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Tim McCreadie (1)
Thursday, Feb. 12 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Nick Hoffman (1)
Friday, Feb. 13 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Nick Hoffman (2)
Saturday, Feb. 14 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brandon Sheppard (1)
Thursday, Feb. 19 / Hendry County Motorsports Park / Clewiston, FL (Practice)
Friday, Feb. 20 / Hendry County Motorsports Park / Clewiston, FL / Bobby Pierce (1)
Saturday, Feb. 21 / Hendry County Motorsports Park / Clewiston, FL / Nick Hoffman (3)
Friday, March 13 / Volunteer Speedway / Bulls Gap, TN / Mike Marlar (1)
Saturday, March 14 / Smoky Mountain Speedway / Maryville, TN / Bobby Pierce (2)
Thursday, March 19 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS (Practice)
Friday, March 20 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Bobby Pierce (3)
Saturday, March 21 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Hudson O’Neal (2)
Friday, March 27 / East Alabama Motor Speedway / Phenix City, AL / Nick Hoffman (4)
Saturday, March 28 / Senoia Raceway / Senoia, GA / Bobby Pierce (4)
Thursday, April 9 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL (Practice)
Friday, April 10 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Brandon Sheppard (2)
Saturday, April 11 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Bobby Pierce (5)
Tuesday, April 28 / Independence Motor Speedway / Independence, IA / Bobby Pierce (6)
Thursday, April 30 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / Bobby Pierce (7)
Friday, May 1 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / Nick Hoffman (5)
Saturday, May 2 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / Ryan Gustin (1)
Wednesday, May 13 / Georgetown Speedway / Georgetown, DE / Bobby Pierce (8)
Thursday, May 14 / Selinsgrove Speedway / Selinsgrove, PA / Tim McCreadie (2)
Sunday, May 17 / Bedford Speedway / Bedford, PA / Mason Zeigler (1)
Wednesday, May 27 / Marion Center Raceway / Marion Center, PA / Bobby Pierce (9)
Thursday, May 28 / Wayne County Speedway / Orrville, OH / Ricky Thornton Jr. (1)
Friday, May 29 / Mansfield Speedway / Mansfield, OH / Tyler Erb (1)
Saturday, May 30 / Mansfield Speedway / Mansfield, OH / Nick Hoffman (6)
Friday, June 12 / West Virginia Motor Speedway / Mineral Wells, WV / Bobby Pierce (10)
Saturday, June 13 / West Virginia Motor Speedway / Mineral Wells, WV / Tyler Erb (2)
Saturday, June 20 / 141 Speedway / Maribel, WI / Bobby Pierce (11)
Monday, June 22 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Bobby Pierce (12)
Wednesday, June 24 / I-94 emr Speedway / Fergus Falls, MN / Bobby Pierce (13)
Friday, June 26 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Bobby Pierce (14)
Sunday, June 28 / Nodak Speedway / Minot, ND / Bobby Pierce (15)
Tuesday, June 30 / Norman County Raceway / Ada, MN / Bobby Pierce (16)
Wednesday, July 8 / Stateline Speedway / Busti, NY / Daulton Wilson (1)
Saturday, July 11 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Bobby Pierce (17)
Saturday, July 25 / Fairbury Speedway / Fairbury, IL / Brandon Sheppard (3)
Thursday, July 30 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI
Friday, July 31 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI
Saturday, Aug. 1 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI
Thursday, Aug. 20 / Maquoketa Speedway / Maquoketa, IA (Practice)
Friday, Aug. 21 / Maquoketa Speedway / Maquoketa, IA
Saturday, Aug. 22 / Maquoketa Speedway / Maquoketa, IA
Wednesday, Aug. 26 / Southern Iowa Speedway / Oskaloosa, IA
Friday, Aug, 28 / Adams County Speedway / Corning, IA
Saturday, Aug. 29 / Shelby County Speedway / Harlan, IA
Friday, Sept. 25 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO
Saturday, Sept. 26 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO
Friday, Oct. 2 / Boothill Speedway / Greenwood, LA
Saturday, Oct. 3 / Boothill Speedway / Greenwood, LA
Friday, Oct. 23 / Modoc Speedway / Modoc, SC
Saturday, Oct. 24 / Modoc Speedway / Modoc, SC
Wednesday, Nov. 4 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC
Thursday, Nov. 5 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC
Friday, Nov. 6 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC
Saturday, Nov. 7 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC

TOP FIVE STORYLINES: Six-Figure Payday Up for Grabs in Cedar Lake’s USA Nationals

NEW RICHMOND, WI (July 28, 2026) – Wisconsin’s biggest dirt racing event is back this weekend.

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Here are this week’s top storylines:

REAPER’S RICHES: Ryan Gustin is returning to the site of the biggest night of his racing career.

GOING FOR THREE: When Gustin took the checkered flag one year ago, he ended Bobby Pierce’s mission to win three in a row.

MILLS MANIA: Trey Mills has gotten good at stealing the spotlight on Late Model racing’s biggest nights.

BACK ON TOP: Brandon Sheppard took down the Series regulars last weekend to win his fourth Prairie Dirt Classic, and now the task becomes winning his second crown jewel in as many weeks.

USA NATS 101: Three busy nights of racing await teams on their way to Saturday’s $100,000 prize.

Once the starting grid is set, the only thing separating drivers from a six-figure paycheck will be 100 grueling laps around the high banks of Cedar Lake.

WHEN AND WHERE:
Thursday-Saturday, July 30-Aug. 1, at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, WI

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/top-five-storylines-six-figure-payday-up-for-grabs-in-cedar-lakes-usa-nationals/

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Giovanni Scelzi & Spire Motorsports Make their First High Limit Win Memorable at Bob Weikert Memorial.

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RED HOT PEPPER: Giovanni Scelzi & Spire Motorsports Make Their First High Limit Win Memorable at Bob Weikert Memorial
Scelzi is Third Different Leader at Port Royal to Deliver Spire Their First-Ever Sprint Car Victory Worth $100,000

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EMPIRE STATE EMPEROR: Gravel Wheels from Third Row for Sixth Weedsport Win

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The defending champion continues to be close to unstoppable at the New York track with Big Game Motorsports

WEEDSPORT, NY (July 26, 2026) – Call David Gravel the emperor of the Empire State.

Gravel aboard the Big Game Motorsports ride at New York’s Weedsport Speedway is a match made in heaven. The Watertown, CT native joined forces with Tod Quiring’s team in 2021, and the pairing won their first two tries at Weedsport before slipping to second in the third. They then proceeded to win three in a row at the uniquely shaped facility.

The combination opened this year’s Empire State Challenge Weekend with a runner-up on Saturday, but it didn’t take long for Gravel and the Cody Jacobs-led crew to return to the top step of the podium. The two-time and defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion put on a show in Sunday’s 35-lap finale.

Gravel lined up fifth for the Feature and climbed to third by the seventh circuit. Six laps later, Gravel dazzled by rolling under Sheldon Haudenschild for second in the first set of corners before ripping the cushion around Logan Schuchart in Turns 3 and 4 to take the lead.

Haudenschild took the runner-up spot and narrowed the gap in the closing laps as thick traffic hindered Gravel, but it wasn’t enough as the Huset’s Speedway No. 2 powered ahead to the checkered flag.

“We were God awful in the Dash,” Gravel admitted. “Cody (Jacobs), Luke (Vaughn), and Zach (Patterson) kept working on it and put something back in it that worked a lot better than the Dash and had a great race car there. It feels good hitting that bottom in (Turns) 1 and 2 and kind of going where they weren’t in (Turns) 3 and 4. Logan was kind of running the top, and Sheldon was kind of running down the track. I just kind of had the top to myself, and it worked out. Sheldon showed his nose on Logan, and Logan went low and the top was open for me. A couple racing things went my way there.”

Gravel has now won six of his eight visits to Weedsport since being hired by Big Game and finished second in the other two. That’s an absurd 1.25 average finish. It’s the ninth victory of the season for Gravel, equaling him with Michael “Buddy” Kofoid for the most.

Haudenschild claimed the second spot to notch the 13th podium in the last 18 races for the KCP Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 18.

Logan Schuchart settled for third after leading laps for the second consecutive night. That’s seven top fives over the last eight races for Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew.

Emerson Axsom and Garet Williamson completed the top five.

NIGHTLY NOTES

Nate Dussel laid down the Race//Ready Hottest Lap of the Night.

David Gravel collected his third straight and 17th overall Simpson Quick Time of 2026 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.

Heat Races belonged to Emerson Axsom (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Logan Schuchart (Knoxville Bound Heat Two), David Gravel (WIX Filters Heat Three), and Garet Williamson (Golf Cart Services Heat Four).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Logan Schuchart.

Schuchart also topped the Toyota Dash.

Jordan Thomas won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

Donny Schatz drove from 17th to eighth to collect KSE Racing Products Hard Charger honors.

Buddy Kofoid was the Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher.

Emerson Axsom’s fourth-place effort made him the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race.

Logan Schuchart clocked the ACME Trading Company Fast Lap.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Chris Windom.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars face off with the Pennsylvania Posse three times in four days with visits to York Haven, PA’s BAPS Motor Speedway for the Bricker’s Bash on Wednesday, July 29 and Mechanicsburg, PA’s Williams Grove Speedway for the C&D Rigging Summer Nationals on Friday-Saturday, July 31-Aug. 1. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.

Where can you see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[5]; 2. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[13]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[17]; 9. 39-Cory Turner[9]; 10. 98-Ricky Peterson[8]; 11. 17-Spencer Bayston[16]; 12. 7S-Chris Windom[4]; 13. 41R-Dalton Rombough[18]; 14. 2C-Cole Macedo[11]; 15. 21-Alex Therrien[10]; 16. 10-Dale Blaney[12]; 17. 16C-Skylar Gee[25]; 18. 45-Cory Eliason[14]; 19. 1-Nate Dussel[15]; 20. 79-Jordan Thomas[21]; 21. 45S-Nick Sheridan[20]; 22. 28-Jordan Poirier[23]; 23. 15T-Ryan Turner[19]; 24. 38-Zach Sobotka[24]; 25. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[22]

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

EMPIRE STATE EMPEROR: Gravel Wheels from Third Row for Sixth Weedsport Win

The defending champion continues to be close to unstoppable at the New York track with Big Game Motorsports

WEEDSPORT, NY (July 26, 2026) – Call David Gravel the emperor of the Empire State.

Haudenschild claimed the second spot to notch the 13th podium in the last 18 races for the KCP Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 18.

Logan Schuchart settled for third after leading laps for the second consecutive night. That’s seven top fives over the last eight races for Schuchart and the Shark Racing crew.

Emerson Axsom and Garet Williamson completed the top five.

NIGHTLY NOTES

Nate Dussel laid down the Race//Ready Hottest Lap of the Night.

David Gravel collected his third straight and 17th overall Simpson Quick Time of 2026 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Logan Schuchart.

Schuchart also topped the Toyota Dash.

Jordan Thomas won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

Donny Schatz drove from 17th to eighth to collect KSE Racing Products Hard Charger honors.

Buddy Kofoid was the Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher.

Emerson Axsom’s fourth-place effort made him the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race.

Logan Schuchart clocked the ACME Trading Company Fast Lap.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Chris Windom.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.

Where can you see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

FEATURE RESULTS:

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/empire-state-emperor-gravel-wheels-from-third-row-for-sixth-weedsport-win/

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Wood Brothers Racing–Brickyard Wrapup

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John Force racing–Seattle Wrapup

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Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

BECKMAN AND HART REACH NW NATS SEMIFINALSVandergriff’s day ends in Round 2 and DeJoria’s in Round 1

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

BECKMAN AND HART REACH NW NATS SEMIFINALSVandergriff’s day ends in Round 2 and DeJoria’s in Round 1

KENT, Wash. (July 26, 2026) – John Force Racing didn’t take home the NHRA 75th Anniversary diamond Wally winner’s trophies from the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals but they left Pacific Raceways with momentum in a number of areas that put them in a strong position for the final two races of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season. Jack Beckman’s PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team and Josh Hart’s Speedmaster Top Fuel team made it to the semifinals, Jordan Vandergriff and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car lost a close battle in Round 2 and Alexis DeJoria’s Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car smoked the tires in a first round loss. Hart faced Leah Pruett in their semifinal matchup. The Speedmaster dragster left the starting line by a thousandth of a second (.076 to .077) and ran a solid 3.777 seconds at 331.61 mph but it wasn’t enough for the win against Pruett’s 3.717 seconds at 332.51 mph run. “The Speedmaster team definitely turned a corner this week in Seattle,” said Hart. “David Grubnic and John Collins (crew chiefs) have been working really hard to try to get this thing straightened out and they did a great job. This was a brand new car last week in Sonoma and, in less than eight passes, we became a force to be reckoned with again, no pun intended. Sometimes the darkness shows you the light, so we were able to grab some points this weekend and we’ll continue that momentum into Brainerd and then Indy where it’s a points-and-a-half event. I’m super blessed to be in the Speedmaster seat for John Force Racing. I won’t take it for granted and, hopefully, we can climb into the Top 5 before the points reset so we can make all the JFR fans proud.” Hart made the most of his Round 1 bye with a run of 3.670 seconds, eclipsing his 3.685-second No. 1 qualifying pass, at 336.15 mph to earn lane choice against Tony Stewart in Round 2. In Round 2, the Speedmaster Top Fuel Draster left the starting line first by just three-thousandths of a second, dropped a cylinder almost immediately but still ran 3.834 seconds at 324.12 mph while Stewart lost traction and slowed to a run of 4.617 at 178.52. Beckman had lane choice against Austin Prock in their semifinal pairing. The PEAK Chevy ran quicker at 3.918 seconds at 325.92 mph to Prock’s 3.937 seconds at 327.66 mph but a three-hundredths of a second holeshot (.046 to .076) made up the difference to give Prock the victory. “It was a good points day for the PEAK SQUAD but a frustrating day, especially from a driver’s standpoint,” said Beckman. “We had the quickest car in the first round. We had the quickest car second round. We had the quickest car in the semifinals but Austin outran us with a better light. He won that one with his right foot and those really sting as a driver. You can say the consolation is we made up some points, but we had an opportunity to make up double what we did. That one’s tough. This is where you have to be an adult, take a deep breath and say, ‘I did the best I could. I was 78 in the first round, 78 in the second round, and 76 in the semis on my reaction times. I can roll the car in three inches and make myself look like a hero (cutting a quicker light) but it makes the car run a slower elapsed time. That being said, Austin’s right foot did a better job than mine in that one. We’ll load up, go through all the data we collected this week and then unload in three weeks at Brainerd with what I think is the best Funny Car in the field right now.” Beckman defeated Tim Gibbons in Round 1 with the quickest Funny Car run of the weekend, posting an elapsed time of 3.858 seconds at 333.49 mph to Gibbons’ 4.019 at 307.02. It was all PEAK SQUAD in Round 2 against Cruz Pedregon, with Beckman quicker off the line (.078 to .107) and running 3.899 seconds at 33.72 mph to Pedregon’s losing 4.134 at 255.15. Vandergriff gave up lane choice in Round 1 to Spencer Hyde but won the reaction time battle (.055 to .082) and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car got to the finish line first, running 3.913 seconds at 32.19 mph to Hyde’s 4.397 at 220.30. In Round 2 against J.R. Todd, Vandergriff again gave up lane choice but got the holeshot (.042 to .054). The Cornwell Tools Chevy dropped a cylinder early in the run which allowed Todd to get around and take the win, running 3.939 seconds at 334.40 to Vandergriff’s 3.981 at 319.29 mph. “We had a hole go out early and we were still pacing with them,” said Vandergriff. “It was a solid run and if I think if the hole doesn’t go out, we have a pretty good shot at the win. Overall, it was a bit of a tough weekend for this Cornwell Quality Tools Chevy team. We struggled in qualifying until Q4 and then got a big win today in Round 1. Being able to salvage a round win out of this weekend is good for the team and the point standings at the top are shuffling. We will see where we stand after today and be ready to go when we get to Brainerd.” DeJoria beat Dave Richards off the starting line (.091 to .116) but the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car smoked the tires just a couple hundred feet later. Richards’ car did the same but further down the track and took the win, running 4.540 seconds at 269.89 mph to DeJoria’s 7.125 seconds at 90.01 mph. “We have a very strong Bandero Café Chevy right now. We have what it takes and it’s just as few little tweaks to be made that will get us on top at the end of a race weekend,” said DeJoria. “It’s a little frustrating because my John Force Racing teammates have all won races so far and we’re still trying to play a little bit of ‘catch up’. Mike Neff and Jonnie Lindeberg (crew chiefs) are so smart. We’re going to test at Brainerd and Indy leading into those upcoming races and be ready to go rounds when we get there.” The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel point standings after 12 of 20 races are: 1. Shawn Langdon, 1,107; 2. Doug Kalitta, 1,102; 3. Leah Pruett, 898; 4. Antron Brown, 755; 5. Tony Stewart, 700; 6. Maddi Gordon, 681; 7. Josh Hart, 673; 8. Billy Torrence, 618; 9. Justin Ashley, 535; 10. Clay Millican, 489. The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car point standings after 12 of 20 races are: 1. Ron Capps, 884; 2. Jack Beckman, 847; 3. J.R. Todd, 842; 4. Jordan Vandergriff, 830; 5. Matt Hagan, 820; 6. Chad Green, 703; 7. Austin Prock, 687; 8. Alexis DeJoria, 685; 9. Spencer Hyde, 578; 10. Daniel Wilkerson, 577. NEXT RACEThe 13th of 20 races of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is the Aug. 20-23 NHRA Brainerd Nationals at Brainerd (Minn.) International Raceway.

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HYDE SHOWS CONTINUED PROGRESS AS HE WRAPS UP WESTERN SWING

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Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Hocevar Leads Chevrolet at Brickyard

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NASCAR Cup Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway Brickyard 400 Team Chevy Post-Race Report July 26, 2026

Hocevar Leads Chevrolet with Top-10 Finish in the 2026 Brickyard 400

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In his third career start in the Brickyard 400, Carson Hocevar turned in a top-10 finish to lead Chevrolet to the checkered flag at the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The result – his ninth top-10 finish of the season – came after the Portage, Michigan, native claimed the pole position and collected top-six points in each stage of the crown jewel event.

RACE RECAP:

Stage One: For the second time this season, Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar and Daniel Suarez drove their Chevrolet’s to the top-two positions on the qualifying speed chart to sweep the front row and lead the field to the green flag for the 2026 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Choosing the inside lane, the No. 77 Chevrolet jumped out to an early lead and pulled away to over a two-second lead with just three laps complete around the famed 2.5-mile oval. While the teammates pulled away from the pack by the midway point of the opening stage, Suarez also started to make a gain towards Hocevar – closing the gap to just under a half-second before crew chief, Luke Lambert, called his driver to pit road with 19 laps to go for the team’s first scheduled stop of the day. While the opening run looked like it was going to go green all the way, the first pit cycle saw the reigning champion, Kyle Larson, en route to take over the lead. But shortly thereafter, a tire unexpectedly went down in Turn Three, sending his Chevrolet into the wall and ultimately bringing the No. 5 team’s day to an early end. Setting up for an one-lap dash to the finish, varying pit strategies saw Michael McDowell cycle up into the third position to lead the Bowtie brigade to the first green-white checkered flag.

Stage Two: The next 50-lap stage turned into yet another long green flag run. Settled back into the runner-up position was McDowell as the field approached the second green flag pit cycle of the race. With the gamble to short-pit the stage, crew chief, Travis Peterson, called McDowell to pit road on Lap 75 for four tires and fuel, but then-race leader, Ty Gibbs, quickly followed suit. Sitting just a few cars away from a complete green flag pit cycle, Ross Chastain was one of just a handful of cars still stretching his fuel mileage – finding the top position when the caution flew with just four laps remaining in the stage. With clean-up continuing, the caution laps ultimately brought Stage Two to a close with Chastain collecting the win.

Final Stage: With the remainder of the field completing their next scheduled stop, Hocevar was welcomed back into the top-five to take the green flag for 56 laps remaining in the race. Lining up on the inside lane for the restart, the Michigan native drove to the fourth position on the opening lap of the stage before the top-15 quickly singled out. A green flag run was building before a caution for debris came out just 10 laps into the stage. With much of the field sitting just outside the fuel window, a necessary trip to pit road saw Alex Bowman climb back into the top-10 to lead the Bowtie brigade to the restart. But the restart was short-lived when a multi-car accident on the opening lap brought the race back under the caution. With the incident shuffling the mid-portion of the leaderboard, Hocevar moved back into the top-10 and at the front of the Chevrolet camp as the field approached the green flag to mark 35 laps remaining. A nearly 12-second margin separated the top-15 of the running order for what turned into the final run of the race. Hocevar settled into the 10th position on the restart to go on and lead Team Chevy to the checkered flag of the series’ third crown jewel race of the season.

Team Chevy Unofficial Top-20 ResultsPos. Driver
9th – Carson Hocevar13th – Cole Custer16th – Shane van Gisbergen17th – Daniel Suarez18th – Michael McDowell19th – Alex Bowman20th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 22 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:
Wins: 6Poles: 5Top-Fives: 38Top 10s: 74Stage Wins: 16

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season continues in two weeks at Iowa Speedway with the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol on Sunday, August 9, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on the USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

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Hocevar Leads Chevrolet with Top-10 Finish in the 2026 Brickyard 400

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Chevrolet’s season statistics with 22 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:
Wins: 6Poles: 5Top-Fives: 38Top 10s: 74Stage Wins: 16

Post-Race Driver Quotes: Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 29th “Frustrating day for the No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet team at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We struggled with grip throughout the race. Our Chevy didn’t really come to life until halfway through the run, and the front would wake up. You could see the difference, and when the switch would flip, we were one of the best cars on track, especially the last six laps of the race. We’ll make notes and regroup once we get home. I’m looking forward to the off week and then getting back at it in Iowa.”

Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in the closing laps of Stage One as a tire went down on his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet.Finished: 39thYou guys had the car and the strategy. The team had told you to start to push it just a little bit.. is that what happened, or was it something else? “We just had a tire let go. I wouldn’t say pushing it had anything to do with it. I was only going three-tenths quicker than I had been with saving fuel. It was just a little bit of bad luck, I guess. I’m proud of this No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet team. We qualified 10th and did what we had to do to gain the track position to get to the lead. We executed all of that really well. There was still obviously a lot of the race left, but I feel like we were positioning ourselves within the race and within the strategy to set ourselves up well to go after a win. It’s a bummer, but we’ll get back after it at Iowa (Speedway).” Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing ChevroletFinished: 30th“It was just a rough day for this No. 10 BREZTRI Chevrolet team. We really didn’t have the speed all weekend. We kept trying things, but I think we just missed it overall on the package for the weekend. We’ll build and get better from it. We’re ready for a week off to recharge and put ourselves in a better position for Iowa.” Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 33rd“Long day for our FICO Chevrolet team. On the initial start, our car fired off tight but the guys kept working on it. The front tires took a while to come in. It was really slick on top of the track in all four corners. If I missed the mark by half a tire width, the front end would just slide. Then towards the end, we got pushed into that wreck from behind. Nothing we could do. Clay (Alexander, car chief) and the guys worked extremely hard to try and get us back out, but we ran out of laps. Tough ending but we will take a much needed off week before finishing the season strong.” Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 18th“A good points day here in Indy, but that debris caution hurt us pretty badly and we had to sit on pit road longer to fill up on fuel. Track position is so important here, we had a great NEFCO Chevrolet Camaro and not the result to show for it, so that hurts because I think we had enough for a top-five day, but that’s part of it. Our whole Spire Motorsports organization was fast and we saw that in qualifying, so there is a lot to be proud of coming out of this weekend. We just needed a little bit more, but we will go into the off weekend with some solid momentum leading into the last few weeks of the regular season.”

Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 9th “The first caution just kind of put us into a bad spot on fuel. The reason why we took tires was just because we were going to have to wait on fuel, so we might as well just put four on. I was able to pass three cars, which might have been the most in the field, it seemed like. When we got our No. 77 Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet in clean air, we were kind of in our own zip code. Our lap times there at the end, we were way faster than most of the field. Overall, it was a good points day for this team. We were the top Chevy of the field, results-wise, and now were the top Chevy in the points standings, so that’s pretty good for us.”

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Sheppard Becomes Four-Time Prairie Dirt Classic Champion at Fairbury

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

FAIRBURY, IL (July 25, 2026) – It’s starting to feel like old times again for Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard.

The most dominant pairing in the history of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision won 71 races and four championships in an incredible five-year stretch from 2017 to 2021. After going their separate ways for two seasons before reuniting in 2025, nights like Saturday prove that Sheppard and Mark Richards still have a lot left in the tank.

The New Berlin, IL native won the Prairie Dirt Classic for the fourth time in his career, marking his first crown jewel win in the Rocket house car since the last time he won his home state’s biggest race in 2022. Sheppard’s 90th Series win was also his 128th national-touring triumph, which broke the tie with Scott Bloomquist and made Sheppard the winningest driver in the combined history of the World of Outlaws and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Sheppard’s road to the record involved getting around a driver looking for his first big league triumph. MD3 Rookie of the Year contender Trey Mills won a preliminary Showdown Feature on Friday and drew the Bilstein Pole for the big show on Saturday, and held off some of the biggest stars in Late Model racing for the first 63 laps. But as Mills’ tires started to fade in the second half of the race, the trio of Sheppard, Bobby Pierce and Hudson O’Neal saw their chance to pounce.

Sheppard found some grip on the low side while Mills continued to pound the cushion like he had been doing all race long, and one bobble up high gave Sheppard enough room to clear Mills exiting Turn 2. With slower traffic approaching on the bottom, Sheppard had no choice but to go back to the top and slide up in front of Mills in Turn 3 to seal the position.

Even after losing the lead, Mills remained in the hunt for a top-five finishing position for a few more laps until his right-rear tire finally gave out with 18 laps remaining. His night wasn’t over though, as the crew put on some fresh rubber and Mills wheeled his way back up to 11th at the checkered flag.

Up front, a rash of cautions meant Sheppard struggled to build any momentum out front. The ensuing restarts also meant Pierce and O’Neal had plenty of chances to make a bid for the top spot. Their last chance came after Ricky Thornton Jr. pounded the backstretch wall with four to go, but once again, no one could stop Sheppard from sealing the deal and earning the $50,000 top prize.

“You’ve kind of got to wait for a little while until the track starts to slow down, and then it gets to a point where there’s three lanes out there and you can run all over it,” Sheppard said. “You’ve got to make the right moves when it comes to that part of the race. Late in the race, when it gets slick and I can really run that momentum line like I do, you know, I passed those guys in basically the middle-bottom in [Turns] 1 and 2. Caution came out immediately, and I’m like, ‘Now what do I do? I don’t know where to be at.’ I just stuck to the old faithful line that I always seem to be pretty good with here, especially when I’m out front, and it definitely paid off.”

O’Neal came up one spot short of joining Jonathan Davenport and Kyle Larson as the third different driver to win the PDC in the K&L Rumley Enterprises No. 6. Pierce finished third in his first weekend with his father and crew chief, Bob Pierce, back at the track after his stroke on July 15. Trailing the podium were Nick Hoffman and Tim McCreadie in fourth and fifth, respectively.

UP NEXT: The second of two back-to-back crown jewels comes next week at Cedar Lake Speedway with the USA Nationals, Thursday-Saturday, July 30-Aug. 1. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

RACE NOTES:

Kyle Bronson, Hudson O’Neal and Nick Hoffman won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Kyle Hammer won the Prairie Dirt Shootout.

Trey Mills won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Tim McCreadie won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Trey Mills won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Hudson O’Neal was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Jason Feger was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Gordy Gundaker was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Tyler Erb was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Devin Moran was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Kaede Loudy was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Kyle Hammer was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (100 Laps): 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 6-Hudson O’Neal[18]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[14]; 4. 9-Nick Hoffman[19]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie[23]; 6. 25F-Jason Feger[3]; 7. 11-Gordy Gundaker[16]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[10]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[15]; 10. 74X-Ethan Dotson[24]; 11. 14-Trey Mills[1]; 12. 77-Devin Moran[20]; 13. 126-Kaede Loudy[9]; 14. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[11]; 15. 15-Justin Duty[8]; 16. 13-Dallon Murty[6]; 17. 16S-Sam Seawright[4]; 18. 45-Kyle Hammer[27]; 19. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[13]; 20. 89-Mike Spatola[26]; 21. 157-Mike Marlar[12]; 22. 58V-Daulton Wilson[21]; 23. 19-Dustin Sorensen[29]; 24. 36-Mckay Wenger[25]; 25. 40B-Kyle Bronson[17]; 26. 32S-Chris Simpson[7]; 27. 25-Shane Clanton[5]; 28. 22*-Zack Mitchell[28]; 29. 18-Shannon Babb[22]

Sheppard Becomes Four-Time Prairie Dirt Classic Champion at Fairbury

FAIRBURY, IL (July 25, 2026) – It’s starting to feel like old times again for Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard.

UP NEXT: The second of two back-to-back crown jewels comes next week at Cedar Lake Speedway with the USA Nationals, Thursday-Saturday, July 30-Aug. 1. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

RACE NOTES:

Kyle Bronson, Hudson O’Neal and Nick Hoffman won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Kyle Hammer won the Prairie Dirt Shootout.

Trey Mills won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Tim McCreadie won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Trey Mills won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Hudson O’Neal was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Jason Feger was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Gordy Gundaker was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Tyler Erb was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Devin Moran was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Kaede Loudy was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Kyle Hammer was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/sheppard-becomes-four-time-prairie-dirt-classic-champion-at-fairbury

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Cole Falloway Dominates at Fairbury to Win Modified Prairie Dirt Classic

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

FAIRBURY, IL (July 25, 2026) — Cole Falloway has already won several big races in his young career. But there was one on his bucket list that he had been eying since becoming one of the top DIRTcar UMP Modified drivers in the nation — the Prairie Dirt Classic.

On Saturday night, the 23-year-old Kentucky native punched through to Victory Lane on Fairbury Speedway’s biggest stage of the year, leading all 40 circuits around the iconic Illinois 1/4-mile racetrack to bank the $5,000 check and his fifth career DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature win.

“I’ve wanted this thing. I haven’t raced it a whole lot, but I knew it would just be a cool one to win with the amount of people here, the eyes on this race and everything,” Falloway said. “It’s one that I wanted, for sure.

“Anything you win here at Fairbury — it’s always tough to win here. There’s so many good cars and everything. It’s up there with a few really big ones that I’ve won. One of the top three, for sure.”

Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. Merrill Downey Memorial. Mega 100. Plowboy Nationals. Troutman Memorial. Falloway’s list of marquee event wins in the DIRTcar UMP Modified world is rapidly expanding and now features a trophy from one of Illinois’ most prestigious motorsports events.

From outside of the front row, Falloway jumped to the lead on the opening lap, powering around the outside of Trevor Neville through Turns 1 and 2. The race’s first caution flag with 12 laps complete restacked the field and put Neville and three-time Fairbury track champion Michael Ledford on Falloway’s rear bumper for the restart.

Ledford got a strong restart on the top side of the track and pulled ahead of Neville to take second at the flag stand to complete Lap 13. Damian Kiefer and Ricky Thornton Jr. got by Neville around the halfway point to move into positions three and four and set their sights on Ledford in second. When Ledford stumbled out of Turn 2 on Lap 28, Kiefer and Thornton both went by in Turn 3 to take the podium spots.

A second caution flag flew one lap later, restacking the field once more and erasing the lead of over two-and-a-half seconds Falloway had built.

“I got hung up in some of that lapped traffic, but I knew I still had a decent lead, so I was kind of okay either way — getting back out of lapped traffic with a yellow or just staying in it,” Falloway said. “I got through like three of them there before that yellow, and I felt like I could put a decent cushion between me and whoever was behind me.”

Falloway picked up the throttle on the restart and resumed his drive through the middle groove on the track. Kiefer gave him a challenge to the inside through Turns 1 and 2 but was unable to get close enough to make a move as Falloway began to speed away in the closing laps.

“I saw Curtis (crew member), he had the sticks opened up a decent amount, and I felt like I was making pretty good laps and pretty good speed there through the middle,” Falloway said. “I just tried to watch him, and if he moved me, I knew there were some good cars behind me that could’ve made speed either around the bottom or the top. So, I just tried to keep making speed like I was through the middle and keep an eye on him in case he did try to move me.”

Uncontested in the final circuits, Falloway crossed underneath the checkered flag to seal the victory with Ledford getting back to second, Kiefer in third, Thornton in fourth and Tyler Nicely rounding out the top five.

Feature (40 laps) — 1. 66-Cole Falloway[2]; 2. 9-Michael Ledford[4]; 3. 0K-Damian Kiefer[5]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr.[8]; 5. 7N-Tyler Nicely[7]; 6. 96M-Mike McKinney[6]; 7. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 8. 24Z-Zeke McKenzie[17]; 9. 29-Chris Spalding[10]; 10. 18L-Michael Long[16]; 11. 13-Charlie Mefford[12]; 12. 77-Ray Bollinger[21]; 13. 5-Steven Brooks[23]; 14. 89-Austin Friedman[18]; 15. 21B-Hunter Breland[14]; 16. 01-Jeremy Nichols[15]; 17. B5-Matthew Baker[24]; 18. 8K-Levi Kissinger[19]; 19. 36W-Kenny Wallace[22]; 20. 4-Cody Laney[9]; 21. 12-Jeff Curl[20]; 22. 99-Blake Brown[11]; 23. 110-Landen Miller[3]; 24. 25W-Allen Weisser[13]

Cole Falloway Dominates at Fairbury to Win Modified Prairie Dirt Classic

A second caution flag flew one lap later, restacking the field once more and erasing the lead of over two-and-a-half seconds Falloway had built.

ARTICLE: https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/news/cole-falloway-dominates-at-fairbury-to-win-modified-prairie-dirt-classic/

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Sam Hafertepe Jr. Becomes First Three-Time Winner of Steve King Memorial at Dodge City

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Sam Hafertepe Jr. Becomes First Three-Time Winner of Steve King Memorial at Dodge City DODGE CITY, KS (July 25, 2026) — Sam Hafertepe Jr. remains the biggest threat to win with the American Sprint Car Series at Dodge City Raceway Park.

The Series points leader enjoyed a near-perfect night in the Steve King Memorial with a hard-working effort for his third victory of the 2026 season and his fourth consecutive triumph at the 3/8-mile track.

The Sunnyvale, TX driver went fastest in Hot Laps and Qualifying, then won his Heat race before finishing second to Austyn Gossel in the Honest Abe Roofing Dash to start on the front row for Saturday’s 30-lap Feature.

At the start, Gossel secured the lead from Hafertepe, then took his No. 16G to the cushion as Matt Covington began to battle Hafertepe for the runner-up spot. Covington took the position on Lap 2, but was unable to equal Gossel’s pace until traffic came into view on Lap 10.

Hafertepe used the opportunity to retake second with a slide job on Covington on Lap 11, then tracked down Gossel by using the cushion until the only caution of the Feature waved on Lap 12.

On the restart, Gossel went back to building a lead from Hafertepe, commanding the field by 1.4 seconds until lap traffic played a factor in the race once more.

When three lapped cars gridlocked Gossel on the cushion with 10 laps remaining, Hafertepe took the chance to pounce for the lead by driving to the bottom lane, took the lead from Gossel through Turns 1-2, then sliced through the traffic to build a buffer over the Fort Collins, CO native by 1.5 seconds.

As Covington returned to the picture by racing Gossel for second, Hafertepe drove to a three-second margin over the two drivers as he took the twin checkered flags for his 91st Series win and became the first three-time winner of the Steve King Memorial. The win also moves him up to a 20-point difference over Covington in the standings.

“Yeah, I wish our car was a little bit better,” Hafertepe said. “We were probably the worst we’d been all night, but Austyn did a hell of a job. I knew he was gonna get antsy dealing with (lapped traffic), and they were down, up, down, not knowing where to go. He got a little hung up, and I did too.

“He never really tried the bottom, and we tried it a couple laps just to see what it would be if we hit it. That’s what you have to do on those restarts: see what you can do and what you can’t do. It’s hard to know where to be, especially if you haven’t tried anything, and he had no reason to try anything because he’s out there running good. I thought he drove a better race; I just got through traffic better.”

Gossel finished with a second-place result, and Covington earned his seventh podium in the last eight races with third. Seth Bergman finished fourth, and Kyler Johnson solidified the top five finishers.

Recap Notes:

Quick Time Award: Sam Hafertepe Jr. (13.665 sec.)

Heat Race Winners: Kyler Johnson, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austyn Gossel

Honest Abe Roofing Dash Winner: Austyn Gossel

Last Chance Showdown Winner: Bradley Fezard

Hard Charger Award: Casey Wills (+6)

UP NEXT: The American Sprint Car Series will travel north to Minnesota for two nights of the Rock On Trucks Gopher State 360 Sprint Car Challenge at Worthington Speedway on Thursday, July 30, then Viking Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 1.

WORTHINGTON INFO

VIKING INFO

Where can you watch every lap of the American Sprint Car Series? Live on DIRTVision.

RESULTS: Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 2. 16G-Austyn Gossel[1]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman[7]; 5. 45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 6. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[6]; 7. 2-Whit Gastineau[5]; 8. 88R-Ryder Laplante[8]; 9. 88C-Brogan Carder[12]; 10. 3-Cole Schroeder[13]; 11. 2J-Zach Blurton[9]; 12. 68-Taylor Milton[15]; 13. 88-Terry Easum[10]; 14. 938-Bradley Fezard[16]; 15. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[17]; 16. 31-Casey Wills[22]; 17. 88K-Jordan Knight[21]; 18. 91-Jeff Stasa[11]; 19. 911-Ty Williams[14]; 20. 52H-Hayden Mabe[24]; 21. 65-Kohl Ricke[23]; 22. K88-Kelby Fetters[19]; 23. 72-Ray Seemann[20]; 24. 88J-Jeremy Huish[18]

Hafertepe used the opportunity to retake second with a slide job on Covington on Lap 11, then tracked down Gossel by using the cushion until the only caution of the Feature waved on Lap 12.

On the restart, Gossel went back to building a lead from Hafertepe, commanding the field by 1.4 seconds until lap traffic played a factor in the race once more.

Recap Notes:

Quick Time Award: Sam Hafertepe Jr. (13.665 sec.)

Heat Race Winners: Kyler Johnson, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austyn Gossel

Honest Abe Roofing Dash Winner: Austyn Gossel

Last Chance Showdown Winner: Bradley Fezard

Hard Charger Award: Casey Wills (+6)

WORTHINGTON INFO

VIKING INFO

Where can you watch every lap of the American Sprint Car Series? Live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE:https://ascsracing.com/recap/sam-hafertepe-jr-becomes-first-three-time-winner-of-steve-king-memorial-at-dodge-city/

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DON’T QUIT: Sheldon Haudenschild Overcomes Slow Start for Wild Weedsport Win

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The KCP Racing star digs out of a big hole after Qualifying to notch his seventh score of 2026

WEEDSPORT, NY (July 25, 2026) – Saturday night couldn’t have started much worse for Sheldon Haudenschild at Weedsport Speedway.

He’s proven to be one of the best qualifiers since climbing aboard the KCP Racing No. 18 this season, but Haudenschild timed in 16th of 21 cars in his flight. Overcoming a subpar Qualifying effort at the elite level of Sprint Car racing is tough to pull off, but Haudenschild is known to pull off uncommon feats from time to time.

That’s exactly what Haudenschild did on night one of the Empire State Challenge Weekend. The KCP Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 18 lined up all the way back in eighth for his Heat Race, and he ripped forward to second to put himself in the Toyota Dash. After drawing a three, the Wooster, OH native passed two cars in the Dash to put himself on the pole of the 30-lap Feature.

But it was Logan Schuchart getting the early advantage from outside the front row and setting up another hurdle for Haudenschild to overcome. Schuchart pulled ahead all the way to a nearly four-second advantage in the early stages. Haudenschild patiently chipped away as the race rolled into the second half and Schuchart began to struggle with lapped traffic. The gap was erased with less than 10 laps to go, and the winning move came on the 26th circuit. Haudenschild ripped the cushion in Turns 1 and 2 to clear Schuchart and take the top spot. David Gravel took second and nearly challenged Haudenschild but couldn’t quite find the run he needed as Haudenschild took the checkered flag.

“I think Logan just got in a tough spot,” Haudenschild said. “Those lappers were hard to get around. He tried the middle line, but I just don’t think that was the ticket. You just had to commit and go up to the berm and try to get a little drive up there. Honestly, it helped into (Turn) 3 as well because you had enough wing speed to be able to enter in the middle and be to the outside of the lappers. Man, what a tricky racetrack. You’ve got to be so patient for a track like that. The bottom is so thin, the middle is so slick, and there’s virtually nothing on the top. Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Adam (Clark), and Dauson (Heitritter). We didn’t unload probably quite how we wanted to and didn’t qualify very well. We just kept fighting all night.”

Haudenschild and the KCP crew are up to seven World of Outlaws victories in 2026, trailing only Michael “Buddy” Kofoid (nine) and David Gravel (eight). With his first win at Weedsport, he becomes the eighth different driver to visit Victory Lane with The Greatest Show on Dirt at the “Empire State” oval. Haudenschild also moved ahead of Kofoid to take control of the runner-up spot in the standings.

Gravel finished second. He’s still yet to miss the top two through seven tries at Weedsport since joining forces with Big Game Motorsports.

Schuchart rounded out the podium after pacing the first 25 laps. He and Shark Racing have now reeled off 12 consecutive top 10 finishes.

Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo completed the top five.

NIGHTLY NOTES

Carson Macedo clocked the Race//Ready Hottest Lap of the Night.

David Gravel bagged his 16th Simpson Quick Time of the year.

Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Carson Macedo (Knoxville Bound Heat Two), Logan Schuchart (WIX Filters Heat Three), and Bill Balog (Golf Cart Services Heat Four).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Donny Schatz.

Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Dash.

Matt Farnham won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

Ashton Torgerson wheeled from 25th to 16th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

Nate Dussel was the Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher.

Emerson Axsom’s 13th-place finish made him the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race.

Logan Schuchart laid down the ACME Trading Company Fast Lap.

Cole Macedo was the Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle at Weedsport Speedway’s $20,000-to-win Empire State Challenge Weekend finale on Sunday, July 25. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.

Where can you see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 6. 17-Spencer Bayston[13]; 7. 1-Nate Dussel[11]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[10]; 10. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 11. 01-Danny Varin[14]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[17]; 13. 27-Emerson Axsom[18]; 14. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[15]; 15. 21-Alex Therrien[16]; 16. 51-Ashton Torgerson[25]; 17. 99L-Larry Wight[24]; 18. 98-Ricky Peterson[23]; 19. 7NY-Matt Farnham[21]; 20. 79-Jordan Thomas[22]; 21. 2C-Cole Macedo[19]; 22. 28M-Conner Morrell[12]; 23. (DNF) 7C-Dylan Swiernik[9]; 24. (DNF) 28-Jordan Poirier[20]; 25. (DNF) 45-Cory Eliason[6]

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

DON’T QUIT: Sheldon Haudenschild Overcomes Slow Start for Wild Weedsport Win

The KCP Racing star digs out of a big hole after Qualifying to notch his seventh score of 2026

WEEDSPORT, NY (July 25, 2026) – Saturday night couldn’t have started much worse for Sheldon Haudenschild at Weedsport Speedway.

Gravel finished second. He’s still yet to miss the top two through seven tries at Weedsport since joining forces with Big Game Motorsports.

Schuchart rounded out the podium after pacing the first 25 laps. He and Shark Racing have now reeled off 12 consecutive top 10 finishes.

Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo completed the top five.

NIGHTLY NOTES

Carson Macedo clocked the Race//Ready Hottest Lap of the Night.

David Gravel bagged his 16th Simpson Quick Time of the year.

Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Carson Macedo (Knoxville Bound Heat Two), Logan Schuchart (WIX Filters Heat Three), and Bill Balog (Golf Cart Services Heat Four).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Donny Schatz.

Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Dash.

Matt Farnham won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

Ashton Torgerson wheeled from 25th to 16th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

Nate Dussel was the Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher.

Emerson Axsom’s 13th-place finish made him the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race.

Logan Schuchart laid down the ACME Trading Company Fast Lap.

Cole Macedo was the Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle at Weedsport Speedway’s $20,000-to-win Empire State Challenge Weekend finale on Sunday, July 25. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.

Where can you see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

FEATURE RESULTS:

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/dont-quit-sheldon-haudenschild-overcomes-slow-start-for-wild-weedsport-win/

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John Force Racing–Seattle Saturday

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

HART’S THE SPEEDMASTER IN SATURDAY QUALIFYINGAll four JFR drivers make best qualifying runs in final session

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

HART’S THE SPEEDMASTER IN SATURDAY QUALIFYINGAll four JFR drivers make best qualifying runs in final session

KENT, Wash. (July 25, 2026) – Josh Hart and the Speedmaster Top Fuel team returned to form by capturing their second No. 1 qualifying spot of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season with an impressive 3.685-second 335.40-mph blast in the final qualifying session of the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. The Speedmaster team earned their first No. 1 qualifying spot in the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., and then went on to win the event in Hart’s John Force Racing debut. The team will have a bye run in Sunday’s first round of eliminations and then in Round 2 face the winner of the Tony Stewart / Maddi Gordon first-round matchup. Saturday’s second and final qualifying session also proved beneficial for the three other John Force Racing entries, as each made their quickest run of the weekend heading into Sunday’s eliminations. Jack Beckman put the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car into the No. 2 qualifying position with a Q4 run of 3.890 seconds at 327.43 mph and will face No. 15 qualifier Tim Gibbons (4.091 seconds) in Round 1. Alexis DeJoria’s Q4 run of 3.900 seconds at a career-best 337.41 mph was the third quickest of the event. She’ll line up the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car on Sunday morning against No. 14 qualifier Dave Richards (4.083 seconds). Jordan Vandergriff put in a solid Q4 run of 3.936 seconds at 330.07 mph to earn the No. 9 spot. He and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team will match up against No. 8 qualifier Spencer Hyde (3.929 seconds) in Sunday’s first round of eliminations. Beckman and Vandergriff participated in the first round of Saturday’s Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge based on the former’s semifinal finish and the latter’s victory in last Sunday’s NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. Beckman lined up against Daniel Wilkerson, his semifinals opponent last week at Sonoma. The PEAK Chevy lost traction soon off the starting line, and Wilkerson’s car did the same soon after, but it was enough to take the win with a run of 4.895 seconds to Beckman’s 6.873 seconds. Vandergriff and Austin Prock left almost identically (.067 to .063, respectively) in their #2Fast2Tasty matchup but the Cornwell Tools Chevy lost traction early, slowing to a run of 6.821 seconds while Prock’s car lost traction toward the finish line but took the win with a run of 4.181 seconds at 265.95 mph. Race day will kick off with nitro eliminations on Sunday, July 26 at 10 a.m. PT. Quote from Josh Hart, Speedmaster Top Fuel Dragster: “This No. 1 qualifier award belongs to Dave Grubnic, John Collins and all the guys on the Speedmaster team. They’ve been working so hard these past few weeks. I just go out there, do my job and hope I don’t screw it up so I’m very blessed to be here. It’s just so cool to be able to drive for John Force Racing and all the energy from these great fans here is amazing.” “I have a lot of emotions. I just learned that the rug can be yanked out from underneath you at any point so you do everything you can to think it through, stay calm no matter what the situation, and usually you prevail. I teach that to my kids, to just breathe. If you can think objectively, you’ll make it through anything.” Quote from Jack Beckman, PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car: “We had a really good Friday, earning bonus points in Q1 and Q2, so we had high expectations for today. We stumbled in Q3, though, which was the first round of the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge. That’s tough because you want to win everything and get down the track all the time, but sometimes those stumbles show you a direction that puts you on the right path. Tim and Dan (Fabrisi and Hood, crew chiefs) made the perfect call for Q4 and we laid down low ET of the final session, got three bonus points and moved up to the second slot. That sets up the PEAK SQUAD for a successful Sunday and now it’s time to convert that qualifying success into winning four rounds.” Quote from Alexis DeJoria, Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car: “The Bandero Café Chevy team really did a great job this weekend. We were the No. 2 qualifier yesterday and picked up points setting low ET in Q2. We had a great run today in the final session, which put us No. 3, so I can’t wait for first round tomorrow morning. The temperature should be in the mid-60s for first round tomorrow and not get much warmer throughout the rest of the day so the racing should be fantastic. I won my first Top Alcohol Funny Car race here in 2011 so I’d love to get my first win for John Force Racing here tomorrow.” Quote from Jordan Vandergriff, Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car: “I didn’t have much concern going into the final qualifying session because I know Chris Cunningham and Jason Bunker (crew chiefs) are going to figure it out and they’re going to have a good Cornwell Tools Chevy. The conditions kind of came back to us for the final qualifying session. We really just needed one solid run and that’s exactly what we got with that 3.93. It puts us ninth, just barely missing lane choice, but that’s okay because I don’t think it’s going to matter tomorrow. Q4 is always important for Sunday so we’ll see what we have tomorrow morning.”

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World of Outlaws Finalize Four-Race 2027 Northeast Swing

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

CONCORD, NC (July 25, 2026) – It’s never too early to make next year’s racing plans.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series has finalized a four-race trip through the northeast in 2027.

First up, the tour will continue the rekindled tradition of heading across the northern border into Canada. Ohsweken, Ontario’s Ohsweken Speedway will open the stretch on Tuesday, July 20. The Greatest Show on Dirt returned to Glenn Styres’ fine facility in 2025 after an eight-year absence, and 2027 is set to be the third straight season Ohsweken owns a slot on the calendar.

Then it’s over to the eastern edge of Ontario where Long Sault’s Cornwall Motor Speedway takes the spotlight on Thursday, July 22. It’ll mark the tour’s first visit to the bullring since a 2014 Donny Schatz victory.

The swing is punctuated on US soil as the country’s top Sprint Car teams will cross into New York for Weedsport Speedway’s Empire State Challenge Weekend on Saturday-Sunday, July 24-25. The uniquely shaped track has been a mainstay of the schedule for more than a decade. Ticketholders for the 2026 Empire State Challenge Weekend can renew their tickets now for 2027.

For those seeking tickets to Ohsweken and/or Cornwall, keep an eye on World of Outlaws and track social media channels in the coming months for more information.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.

Where can you see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

World of Outlaws Finalize Four-Race 2027 Northeast Swing

CONCORD, NC (July 25, 2026) – It’s never too early to make next year’s racing plans.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series has finalized a four-race trip through the northeast in 2027.

For those seeking tickets to Ohsweken and/or Cornwall, keep an eye on World of Outlaws and track social media channels in the coming months for more information.

Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.

Where can you see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/world-of-outlaws-finalize-four-race-2027-northeast-swing/

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Chevy Racing–Hocevar, Suarez Sweeps Front Row for the 2026 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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Hocevar, Suarez Sweeps Front Row for the 2026 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUP: 1st – Carson Hocevar2nd – Daniel Suarez6th – Michael McDowell8th – Alex Bowman9th – AJ Allmendinger10th – Kyle Larson

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

·        In just his third career NASCAR Cup Series start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar will lead the field to the green flag from the pole position for the 2026 Brickyard 400. The pole – Chevrolet’s fifth of the season and 11th all-time in NASCAR’s premier series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – came after the Michigan native laid down a lap of 48.232 seconds, at 186.598 mph, around the famed 2.5-mile Indiana oval.

·        With a qualifying lap of 48.288 seconds in his No. 7 Chevrolet, Daniel Suarez landed second on the speed chart to give the Spire Motorsports pairing a front row sweep for the second time this season – an effort also accomplished by the teammates at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this season.

·        Saturday’s qualifying session for NASCAR’s premier series ended with Chevrolet earning the highest representation in the top-10 of the starting lineup for the crown jewel event. Michael McDowell posted a sixth-place qualifying effort to give all three Spire Motorsports entries a starting position within the top-10. Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson were eighth and 10th, respectively, with Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger in ninth.

NASCAR Cup SeriesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayBrickyard 400Team Chevy Post-Qualifying ReportJuly 25, 2026

Hocevar, Suarez Sweeps Front Row for the 2026 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUP: 1st – Carson Hocevar2nd – Daniel Suarez6th – Michael McDowell8th – Alex Bowman9th – AJ Allmendinger10th – Kyle Larson

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

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PDC FRIDAY: Nicely, McKinney, Thornton, Neville Win Modified Showdowns at Fairbury

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FAIRBURY, IL (July 24, 2026) — Sixteen drivers have punched their tickets into one of the biggest DIRTcar UMP Modified races of the season and are ready to battle for a $5,000 grand prize.

Friday night of the 36th annual Prairie Dirt Classic for the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals brought Tyler Nicely, Mike McKinney, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Trevor Neville to Fairbury Speedway Victory Lane in the four Showdown Features. The top four finishers in each of the 15-lap events transferred to Saturday’s main event, and the top two in each will redraw during opening ceremonies for their starting spots in the main event.

Here’s how each Showdown Feature played out:

Summit Racing Equipment Showdown #1 — Tyler Nicely

The inaugural Modified Prairie Dirt Classic winner is back in FALS Victory Lane. Tyler Nicely cruised to his third career PDC Showdown victory, leading all 15 laps uncontested to secure the win and punch his ticket into the redraw on Saturday.

“The atmosphere — this place is awesome,” Nicely said. “I came up here for that Street Stock race, and I’m not gonna miss the PDC as long as I’m still racing a Modified. I’ve got to thank Allgaier Performance, the Allgaier family, Kelly Kovski, Johnny, and everybody at their place for the opportunity. We’ve had some struggles, but this thing is pretty good right now.”

Two-time Summit Modified winner in 2026 Damian Kiefer finished second, fourth-starting Cody Laney finished third and third-starting Allen Weisser got the final transfer spot in fourth. 2026 Summit Modified champion Zeke McKenzie rounded out the top five.

Showdown #1 — 1. 7N-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 0K-Damian Kiefer[2]; 3. 4-Cody Laney[4]; 4. 25W-Allen Weisser[3]; 5. 24Z-Zeke McKenzie[5]; 6. 150-Collin Alexander[6]; 7. 77-Ray Bollinger[12]; 8. 8K-Levi Kissinger[7]; 9. 757-Bradley Jameson[15]; 10. 2-Brayden Doyle[9]; 11. 10Y-Trent Young[8]; 12. O5-Dave Wietholder[14]; 13. 88S-Alan Stipp[11]; 14. 3F-Carson Friedman[10]; 15. 121-Deece Schwartz[13]

All-Star Performance Showdown #2 — Mike McKinney

For the third time in his career, Mike McKinney is a Prairie Dirt Classic Showdown winner after leading flag-to-flag in the second Showdown race of the night. With an outside front row starting spot, the 2024 Summit Modified champion powered around the outside of Chris Spalding in Turns 1-2 on the opening lap and never looked back enroute to the checkered flag.

“We’ve been really good at this place,” McKinney said. “We can go really slow out here in the slick, and we weren’t too bad. I was able to get a really good start there, roll that middle and get down to the bottom. I know my buddy Cole was on me there in the end, but I was scared to search around — I just wanted to protect that bottom because I knew that’s where it was gonna be.”

Defending DIRTcar UMP Modified national champion Cole Falloway finished second, Spalding finished third, while Mississippi native Hunter Breland secured the final transfer spot in fourth.

Showdown #2 — 1. 96M-Mike McKinney[2]; 2. 66-Cole Falloway[3]; 3. 29-Chris Spalding[1]; 4. 21B-Hunter Breland[4]; 5. 27-Beau DeYoung[6]; 6. 24H-Mike Harrison[9]; 7. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 8. J82-Treb Jacoby[12]; 9. 99G-Hunt Gossum[7]; 10. 94-Mike Spatola[8]; 11. 7-Brad Deyoung[10]; 12. 51-Timmy Hill[14]; 13. 21D-John Dimmitt[13]; 14. 99M-Charlie Mohr[11]

HotRod Septic Treatment Showdown #3 — Ricky Thornton Jr.

He’s felt the high of winning the Prairie Dirt Classic in a Late Model, and now, Ricky Thornton Jr. has put himself in position to win it in a Modified as well with a victory in Showdown Feature #3.

The national Dirt Late Model champion from Chandler, AZ, had to work for the win, however, as three-time Fairbury track champion Michael Ledford pressured him throughout the first half of the 15-lap event. While Thornton stuck to the bottom lane around the 1/4-mile oval, Ledford raced one groove higher and pulled to the No. 20RT’s right quarter panel multiple times but was unable to make the pass.

“I couldn’t hear [Ledford] on the outside of me, and a couple times on the back straightaway I got tight, so I figured he was there,” Thornton said. “Our car was good, I think I gave it 150 percent in the Late Model, so there I just gave about 50 percent. Outside of that, I think our stuff’s a little better than what we were showing there. Probably had the wrong right-rear (tire) on — I think I should’ve went hard instead of soft. Heck, it’s only my first time running one of these outside of Volusia, so hopefully we can be just as good as Mike and those guys tomorrow and we can be up front.”

In the end, “RTJ” found the speed around the bottom to drive away from Ledford and under the checkered flag, punching his ticket into Saturday’s main event with Ledford, third-place Blake Brown and fourth-place Jeremy Nichols.

Showdown #3 — 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr.[1]; 2. 9-Michael Ledford[3]; 3. 99-Blake Brown[5]; 4. 01-Jeremy Nichols[2]; 5. 5-Steven Brooks[6]; 6. 12-Jeff Curl[7]; 7. 14C-Rick Conoyer[9]; 8. 8A-Austin Holcombe[4]; 9. 28M-Frank Marshall[10]; 10. B5-Matthew Baker[11]; 11. 111-Tyler Spalding[8]; 12. T23-John Toppozini[13]; 13. 36-Eric Vaughan[14]; 14. 27B-Kyle Barker[12]

Collision Concepts Showdown Feature #4 — Trevor Neville

Trevor Neville had won with the Summit Modifieds before, but never during the Prairie Dirt Classic. Friday night, he checked the box off his list in convincing fashion, taking the lead on a Lap 4 restart and driving away for his first Modified PDC Showdown win.

Polesitter Landen Miller jumped to the early lead, hugging the bottom lane around the track while Neville made speed on the top. An early caution flag restacked the field for a restart on Lap 4, and Neville took advantage right away, racing Miller into Turn 3 on the high side and making great speed off Turn 4 to zoom into the lead.

Miller didn’t go away, however, picking up his pace around the bottom and putting more pressure on Neville’s No. 777 over the next few laps — pulling even with him on multiple instances. In the end, Neville was not going to be denied, keeping Miller behind him at the checkered flag to secure the win.

“We came out here for Qualifying and I felt like I was two tenths off the pace. I knew we were a lot better than that,” Neville said. “It was a couple of changes I made, but then we went back and got to work. Everybody sticking me down there on the bottom, I didn’t know if it was (Michael) Long or Landen (Miller) — I didn’t mean to run down on them, but I did, so my apologies to everybody on that.”

Miller crossed in second, Kentucky native Charlie Mefford was third, followed by 2024 Modified PDC winner Michael Long getting the final transfer spot in fourth.

Showdown #4 — 1. 777-Trevor Neville[2]; 2. 110-Landen Miller[1]; 3. 13-Charlie Mefford[3]; 4. 18L-Michael Long[5]; 5. 89-Austin Friedman[6]; 6. 36W-Kenny Wallace[7]; 7. 35-Michael Altobelli[11]; 8. 5CS-Curt Spalding[8]; 9. 21S-Danny Schwartz[13]; 10. 97-Charles Hess[12]; 11. 26D-Derick Doerr[4]; 12. 14L-Dalton Lane[14]; 13. 21-Lyndon Whitfill[10]; 14. C40-Mike Chasteen Jr[9]

UP NEXT

The Summit Modifieds wrap up the 2026 campaign at Fairbury in the Prairie Dirt Classic finale on Saturday, July 25, with a 40-lap, $5,000-to-win Feature.

Any remaining tickets will be sold at the track. If you can’t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

PDC FRIDAY: Nicely, McKinney, Thornton, Neville Win Modified Showdowns at Fairbury

FAIRBURY, IL (July 24, 2026) — Sixteen drivers have punched their tickets into one of the biggest DIRTcar UMP Modified races of the season and are ready to battle for a $5,000 grand prize.

Here’s how each Showdown Feature played out:

Summit Racing Equipment Showdown #1 — Tyler Nicely

All-Star Performance Showdown #2 — Mike McKinney

Defending DIRTcar UMP Modified national champion Cole Falloway finished second, Spalding finished third, while Mississippi native Hunter Breland secured the final transfer spot in fourth.

HotRod Septic Treatment Showdown #3 — Ricky Thornton Jr.

Collision Concepts Showdown Feature #4 — Trevor Neville

Miller crossed in second, Kentucky native Charlie Mefford was third, followed by 2024 Modified PDC winner Michael Long getting the final transfer spot in fourth.

UP NEXT

The Summit Modifieds wrap up the 2026 campaign at Fairbury in the Prairie Dirt Classic finale on Saturday, July 25, with a 40-lap, $5,000-to-win Feature.

Any remaining tickets will be sold at the track. If you can’t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE: https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/news/pdc-friday-nicely-mckinney-thornton-neville-win-modified-showdowns-at-fairbury/

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Feger, Seawright, Sheppard, Mills Lock In Prairie Dirt Classic Spots With Showdown Wins

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

FAIRBURY, IL (July 24, 2026) – Sixteen drivers have punched their ticket into the 2026 running of the Prairie Dirt Classic.

Friday’s program at Fairbury Speedway featured four $5,000-to-win Showdowns for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision won by Jason Feger, Sam Seawright, Brandon Sheppard and Trey Mills.

Showdown 1

The “High Side Hustler” lived up to his name on Friday, as Feger jumped out to the early lead and remained committed to the cushion with pressure from behind from Dallon Murty and Ricky Thornton Jr.

A flurry of cautions halted the momentum in the second half of the race, but the finish turned out to be worth the wait. With three laps remaining, Thornton used a strong run off Turn 2 to send it to the inside of Feger in Turn 3 and try the slide job. The move cleared, but Feger turned down and used the crossover to go side-by-side down the frontstretch under the two-to-go signal. Feger nosed out in front through Turns 1 and 2 and drove the No. 25F deep into Turn 3 to clear Thornton and take the lead for good.

“Man, this feels good,” Feger said. “We were the only one out there on a hard right-rear tire, and those yellows were killing me. I felt like every time I would get in a good rhythm there was another yellow, another yellow. I felt like I burned up every trick I had on every restart. Ricky’s pretty sly, I knew there was one point where he was going to get me timed up just right. I appreciate him racing me clean.”

Feger will have the chance to start on the pole in the PDC for the second time after doing so in 2024 if luck is on his side in the Redraw. Thornton dropped back to the fourth and final transfer spot at the end behind Murty in second and Kaede Loudy in third, two drivers who will both make their first PDC start on Saturday night.

Showdown Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 13-Dallon Murty[3]; 3. 126-Kaede Loudy[14]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]; 6. 8-Matthew Larson[8]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen[22]; 8. 515-Bubba Roling[12]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[13]; 10. 1M-Mike Mataragas[10]; 11. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 12. 30-Mike Glasscock[15]; 13. 36-Mckay Wenger[17]; 14. 74-Mitch McGrath[9]; 15. 09-Michael Leach[6]; 16. 51-Matt Furman[20]; 17. 11B-Lance Brasington[19]; 18. 11R-Josh Rice[4]; 19. 21XXX-Neil Baggett[18]; 20. 38J-Jake Little[16]; 21. 17SR-Brody Smith[2]; 22. 18M-Jimmy Miller[21]

Showdown 2

Hudson O’Neal in the K&L Rumley Enterprises No. 6 was the one to beat by far in the early stages of the race, but his night turned upside down when he cut his left-rear tire past halfway. Rather than pit and drop to the back, O’Neal elected to stay out and hope for the best, and he held on for a few green-flag laps with the soft tire until it went down completely with six laps to go.

That misfortune put Chris Simpson at the front of the field on the restart ahead of Dennis Erb Jr. and Brenden Smith, but the true beneficiary was fifth-starting Sam Seawright. The Alabama native pounded the cushion to get to third in one lap after going back green, and he stayed up there to work past Erb and then Simpson to lead the final three laps.

“I really wasn’t that good on the bottom and I felt like they were all over me,” Seawright said. “I said, ‘I’m going to just go up here and beat the wall down, see what I got.’ It’s pretty cool because the fans were so pumped up, I could see them on the backstraightaway when I was ripping through there. That’s the coolest moment of my life. We’ll just tweak on it a little bit and see what we’ve got tomorrow.”

Simpson held on for second to make the Saturday Feature along with Erb in third and Ryan Gustin in fourth.

Showdown Feature 2 (25 Laps): 1. 16S-Sam Seawright[5]; 2. 32S-Chris Simpson[8]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[6]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[17]; 5. 58V-Daulton Wilson[14]; 6. 24-Ryan Unzicker[7]; 7. 12-Ryan Montgomery[11]; 8. 6-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 9. 16-Tyler Bruening[12]; 10. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 11. 22*-Zack Mitchell[2]; 12. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[15]; 13. 4G-Bob Gardner[13]; 14. 11S-Austin Smith[9]; 15. 55E-Eli Johnson[16]; 16. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 17. 729-Mike Winn[20]; 18. 15T-Steven Tippens[19]; 19. 0-Jake O’Neil[10]; 20. 22M-Sean Mattingly[18]; 21. 14C-Doug Carls[21]

Showdown 3

The opening laps saw Justin Duty flex some muscle, as the Oregon driver who spends most of the season competing regionally in the Midwest kept the hottest Late Model driver in the nation, Bobby Pierce, in his tire tracks. The two drivers had roughly equal pace on the cushion, and traffic on the bottom hindered Pierce’s ability to find room to go for a slider.

A Lap 21 restart allowed Tyler Erb to briefly get around Pierce in the first corner after the restart, while Brandon Sheppard also joined the party to make it a three-way race for second. That battle gave Duty a chance to build a gap, but once Sheppard secured second he didn’t need much time to catch Duty. The No. 15 caught the Turn 3 cushion wrong with three to go, and that gave Sheppard all the room he needed to sneak through and win his seventh PDC Showdown.

“Right off the get go, I thought my car was pretty good,” Sheppard said. “I kind of got stuck on the bottom behind those guys longer than I would have liked to, but I think it played out in my favor a little bit. I was able to conserve my tires for a few more laps before I really got up there. About the time I thought I had a clear lane, [Ashton] Winger passed me, and the next thing you know, I’m back there battling with all them guys. They just do such a great job with this racetrack here at FALS. It’s amazing, really. You never know what you’re going to get, and it’s always a little bit different, but it always races really well.”

Joining Sheppard in the transfer spots were Duty, Erb and Pierce in second, third and fourth, respectively.

Showdown Feature 3 (25 Laps): 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 2. 15-Justin Duty[2]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[9]; 6. 77-Devin Moran[11]; 7. B1-Brent Larson[5]; 8. 18-Shannon Babb[12]; 9. 111-Max Blair[8]; 10. 8S-Kyle Strickler[14]; 11. 12W-Ashton Winger[10]; 12. T2-Brayton Wallace[3]; 13. 89-Mike Spatola[4]; 14. 15S-Shane Stephens[15]; 15. 6H-Clay Harris[13]; 16. 1Z-Logan Zarin[16]; 17. M27-Mike Provenzano[19]; 18. Z61-Alex Wilson[20]; 19. 122-Timmy Dick[17]; 20. 130-Chase Osterhoff[18]; 21. 33-Collin Rutledge[21]; 22. 99-Garrett Alberson[22]

Showdown 4

A pair of Illinois regional favorites shared the front row of the night’s final race, with Caden McWhorter on the pole and Rich Bell to his outside.

McWhorter’s time out front only lasted four laps, as Shane Clanton cleared him in Turn 3 and took command. Ten laps later, a different No. 14 car came knocking in the form of World of Outlaws rookie Trey Mills. After spending a few laps on the cushion sizing Clanton up, Mills used a short slider that barely cleared Clanton entering Turn 1 to grab the top spot. Clanton returned the favor the next time around, but Mills held strong and had enough pace at the end to pull away and end the battle.

“I was getting a little worried with about 10 or so to go,” Mills said. “The tire was going flat, I could feel the right-rear start dipping over, so I was just trying to make sure I didn’t lean on that cushion too hard, just kind of roll to it.”

Clanton will partake in Saturday’s 5-8 Redraw after holding on for second ahead of Mike Marlar in third and Gordy Gundaker in fourth.

Showdown Feature 4 (25 Laps): 1. 14-Trey Mills[7]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton[4]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[6]; 4. 11-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 5. 21B-Rich Bell[2]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[11]; 7. 84-Myles Moos[10]; 8. 18J-Chase Junghans[8]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley[16]; 10. 75-Daniel Adam[13]; 11. 45-Kyle Hammer[9]; 12. 96-Tanner English[5]; 13. 14M-Caden McWhorter[1]; 14. 88-Trent Ivey[18]; 15. 17A-Austin Howes[12]; 16. 95-Jerry Bowersock[20]; 17. 90-Brian Rickman[14]; 18. 32H-Cam Harris[21]; 19. 3-Sam Moore[15]; 20. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[17]; 21. 11G-Trevor Gundaker[19]

UP NEXT: Prairie Dirt Classic weekend concludes at Fairbury Speedway on Saturday, July 25, with three Last Chance Showdowns, the Prairie Dirt Shootout and the 100-lap main event. General admission tickets will be available at the gate.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

Feger, Seawright, Sheppard, Mills Lock In Prairie Dirt Classic Spots With Showdown Wins

FAIRBURY, IL (July 24, 2026) – Sixteen drivers have punched their ticket into the 2026 running of the Prairie Dirt Classic.

Showdown 1

Showdown 2

Simpson held on for second to make the Saturday Feature along with Erb in third and Ryan Gustin in fourth.

Showdown 3

Joining Sheppard in the transfer spots were Duty, Erb and Pierce in second, third and fourth, respectively.

Showdown 4

A pair of Illinois regional favorites shared the front row of the night’s final race, with Caden McWhorter on the pole and Rich Bell to his outside.

Clanton will partake in Saturday’s 5-8 Redraw after holding on for second ahead of Mike Marlar in third and Gordy Gundaker in fourth.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/feger-seawright-sheppard-mills-lock-in-prairie-dirt-classic-spots-with-showdown-wins/

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John Force Racing–Seattle–Friday

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

FRIDAY RECAP – SEATTLE Race 12 of 20

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

DEJORIA QUALFIES SECOND IN DAY 1 OF NW NATSBeckman 4^th, Hart 12^th, Vandergriff 15^th after first day of qualifying

FRIDAY RECAP – SEATTLERace 12 of 20

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

DEJORIA QUALFIES SECOND IN DAY 1 OF NW NATSBeckman 4^th, Hart 12^th, Vandergriff 15^th after first day of qualifying

KENT, Wash. (July 24, 2026) – Alexis DeJoria’s second qualifying run Friday of 3.955 seconds at 326.56 mph was the quickest of the session at Pacific Raceways and put the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car in the No. 2 spot after the first day of qualifying for the Muckleshoot Resort Casino NHRA Northwest Nationals. DeJoria, who won the 2011 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car class, earned a $2,500 Oris watch from local jeweler Ben Bridge for having the quickest Funny Car run of Q2. Her John Force Racing Funny Car teammate Jack Beckman put the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car in the No. 4 spot with his run of 3.975 seconds at 322.73 mph while last week’s winner, Jordan Vandergriff, had issues in both runs and posted the 15^th-quickest run of 4.495 seconds at 193.77 mph. In Top Fuel, the Speedmaster Top Fuel Dragster dropped cylinders in both runs and sits 12^th with a best run of 3.939 seconds at 290.51 mph. Local temperatures will be at least 10 degrees cooler for Saturday’s two qualifying sessions scheduled for 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. PT. Quote from Alexis DeJoria, Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car: “I know it’s qualifying, but anytime I come up against one of my teammates (she lined up against Vandergriff in Q2), I get an extra little boost of ‘I want to kick your butt.’ That run felt great. The Bandero Café Chevy went right down the groove. The top end was a little greasy but that’s nothing new for Funny Car. It’s part of the fun. With that good run today, they’re talking about cooler temperatures tomorrow in the 60s and low 70s. That’s throw down weather and we have the capability to do just that. Tomorrow’s going to be a good day.” “That Oris watch is absolutely gorgeous. These Friday qualifying programs give everybody an extra incentive, and it’s exciting for the fans who won a watch, as well. We want the Wallys most of all but any time you get something unique from a specific track is special.”
Quote from Jack Beckman, PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car: “It’s always frustrating when you don’t go to the top of the chart but, a lot of times, these cars don’t run quite as quick as we tune them for. They might be a couple hundredths slower than the tuneup we plug into it. But sometimes they run quicker than we set them up for. I have a strong suspicion that Cruz’s (provisional No. 1 qualifier Cruz Pedregon) first qualifier run did just that and kudos to them. That was an outstanding run for the conditions. I’m pleased with the PEAK Chevy. We were second low in the first session and third in the second session which gave us three bonus points. This is going to be one of those odd races because we didn’t have a Friday night qualifying session and Q2 is usually the hero run. It looks like we’re going to get cooler weather tomorrow so Saturday’s runs should supersede today’s. It’s awesome going to bed tonight knowing when I wake up tomorrow, we’ll have a very legitimate shot back at the pole position.” Quote from Jordan Vandergriff, Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car: “We were chasing it a little bit today. I think our 60-foot times looked good on both runs but we smoked the tires in Q1 and put a hole out in Q2 so Chris (Cunningham, crew chief) shut me off early. It’s not what we wanted but I think we were game planning for tomorrow anyway. Saturday is going to be the day that sets the field so we are still very confident in this Cornwell Quality Tools Chevy for tomorrow.” Quote from Josh Hart, Speedmaster Top Fuel Dragster: “The stars are aligning for the John Force Racing Speedmaster team tomorrow. The weather will be cooler and in our favor for Q3 and Q4.” TV ScheduleTelevision coverage includes qualifying action at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, July 24, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 26 on FS1, leading into eliminations Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on FOX.

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Brogan Carder Improves in Sophomore ASCS Season, Chasing Strong Finish to 2026

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

DODGE CITY, KS (July 24, 2026) — Brogan Carder is using the time available to log as many laps as he can to become one of the top drivers with the American Sprint Car Series.

After competing with the National Tour as a rookie in 2025, the Sioux Falls, SD teenager is using his sophomore year to apply the first-year lessons and the notes gathered through the first half of the 2026 season.

“I think definitely one of the biggest things is that all the tracks we’ve gone back to, I have an idea of how the track’s going to play out,” Carder said. “I can communicate that to my team, and what we have now, one of our guys joined us halfway through last year, so it’s his first time going to these places too.

“The notes weren’t very good because we were struggling to make it out of the (Last Chance Showdown). So this time, we’re testing new things in Hot Laps and Qualifying so we can run better in the Heat race and come Feature time. It’s a mix of things, really.”

Carder has shown an overall improvement throughout the first half of the season. He’s started 14 of 15 Features contested, scored two top-10s – the most he’s scored in a season – and tied his all-time highest ASCS finish at 81 Speedway (eighth).

While the “Dakota Outlaw” is glad that the results show the work his team has poured into the program, he’s looking to form a pattern of consistently racing inside the top-10 and top five each night.

“I can definitely say that I’m not unhappy, but I definitely think they can be better,” Carder said. “I think it’s more so driver mistakes, being on track and the positions I put myself in. I think our results could be a lot better because what shows on film is a lot better than the results on the track.

“Every time we’re on track, I’m still learning things as we go. With the seat time I’ve had, it’s so much more beneficial to see these tracks for a second time because we already have a notebook to build from, so hopefully we can keep up the momentum. I think I just need a little more seat time so I can get a little bit more comfortable than I already am.”

Next on the docket for the 15-year-old is a visit to Dodge City Raceway Park for the Steve King Memorial. While he didn’t make the Feature in his maiden voyage to the Kansas 3/8-mile, Carder enjoyed the experience at the track as he gets the chance to prove himself in the No. 88C Triple X Chassis.

“I liked Dodge a lot when I went there last year,” Carder said. “The results didn’t really show that I did very well, and the notes that we got weren’t very good. Hopefully we can go into this weekend where I can carry our momentum from the earlier races there. I think we can do well and do a lot better than we did last year, make the (Feature) and hopefully compete for a top 10 or top five.”

After Dodge City, he’ll be part of the inaugural ASCS National Tour visits to Worthington Speedway and Viking Speedway as part of the Rock On Trucks Gopher State 360 Sprint Car Challenge.

While the two tracks are brand new to the Series, Carder has prepared for the moment. He visited Worthington three times in 2026, finishing a high of fourth on May 28. Viking will be a first-time experience when the National Tour arrives on Saturday, Aug. 1.

“It’s like a small 3/8-mile, but it’s hard to judge what it’s gonna do because it’s been different the three times we’ve been there,” Carder said. “Having laps before the National Tour comes in is as beneficial as anything else. The first time we went, it didn’t really slick off until the end, then it took rubber the last time we went.

“It’s a tricky track to read because they don’t normally have Sprint Cars on it a whole lot. They’re still trying to get used to prepping it for Sprint Cars and trying to make it a good show for the fans. So hopefully we can get a good run there with the good notes we’ve been able to add.”

Carder’s progression in ASCS has earned him a seventh-place points standing with the second half of the year on the horizon as multiple tracks on the schedule make him optimistic for what is ahead in the campaign.

“I think we have a lot better notes, and I was a lot better in the second half of the season than in the first half,” Carder said. “I think we’ll be able to do a lot better this year because we have good notes that we can base our new setups on. I think the Montana swing, we had a pretty good run at almost every track. We had some unfortunate luck on some of the nights, but I think with our experience, we should be able to run up front this year.”

The South Dakota racer will continue his sophomore season with the ASCS National Tour at Dodge City for the Steve King Memorial on Saturday, July 25.

DODGE CITY INFO

Where can you watch every lap of the American Sprint Car Series? Live on DIRTVision.

Brogan Carder Improves in Sophomore ASCS Season, Chasing Strong Finish to 2026 DODGE CITY, KS (July 24, 2026) — Brogan Carder is using the time available to log as many laps as he can to become one of the top drivers with the American Sprint Car Series.

After Dodge City, he’ll be part of the inaugural ASCS National Tour visits to Worthington Speedway and Viking Speedway as part of the Rock On Trucks Gopher State 360 Sprint Car Challenge.

The South Dakota racer will continue his sophomore season with the ASCS National Tour at Dodge City for the Steve King Memorial on Saturday, July 25.

DODGE CITY INFO

Where can you watch every lap of the American Sprint Car Series? Live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE:https://ascsracing.com/news/brogan-carder-improves-in-sophomore-ascs-season-chasing-strong-finish-to-2026/

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Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Indianapolis–Kyle Larson

July 27, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

The 2024 Brickyard 400 winner, Kyle Larson, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series race weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

NASCAR CUP SERIESINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAYTEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTESJULY 24, 2026

The 2024 Brickyard 400 winner, Kyle Larson, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series race weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Media Availability Quotes: What was it like winning the Brickyard 400 two years ago, given that was the year you ran the double with the Coca-Cola 600 and Indianapolis 500? Did it feel like a redemption for what happened in May that you won in July?“Yeah, I remember it feeling — I don’t know if redemption is the right word, but it was just extra satisfying to have won given how the month of May went. Just the way the race played out, it just felt like there was another power that wanted me to win. Just the way that the strategy worked out, people running out of fuel and inheriting the front row, it was just stuff that you can’t really script, or if you do, it’s going to sound fake. Yeah, it just seemed meant to be.” The Hollywood Reporter had a story about how Paramount is going ahead with the Days of Thunder 2. I know Hendrick Motorsports was very much involved in the production of the first film. Do you know if Rick (Hendrick) has had any conversations about Days of Thunder and being involved? Just speaking in terms of Days of Thunder, in general, how excited are you to finally see a sequel?“Yeah, I have no clue on what conversations have been had about anything, but if there is a sequel, that’s really exciting. I think all of us in here can say that Days of Thunder is one of the best, if not the greatest, racing movie out there, so to have another one will be pretty awesome. Hopefully they can make a great story out of it and captivate how our sport is today compared to how it was back then.” What are your thoughts on Alex Bowman announcing his retirement?“Yeah, he’s been an amazing teammate, probably the best teammate you could ask for. I’ve really enjoyed my time with him. He’s made us all better. I really enjoyed having him around the debriefs and all that because he brings a dry sense of humor that we all enjoy. He can drive the heck out of racecars, so he brings a lot to the race team. I’m happy that he’s able to do it on his own terms. I think he’s had his injuries and stuff throughout his career that easily he could have just quit probably on the spot, but to now get to have a runway out is good. I’m happy for him. He’s got a lot going on in his life with building a family, a home and all the things. So, yeah, it’s good for him.” What are some of the biggest challenges here at Indy?“I feel like Indy is a difficult place to pass, so with that, your team is just even more important than I feel like it would be at any other track. You know, everybody has to be on the top of their game to have a shot to win. You have to have a fast car, which is all the things you need every weekend, but you have to have a fast car, good starts and restarts, pit stops, strategy. All of it has to come together here to have a good shot at winning. So, yeah, with that, it’s not the most fun track to drive on, but to me, it’s a really fun race because it does take everybody. I always enjoy this one. It’s a crown jewel, as well, so it just means a lot. When you win here, it just means more for the whole team, I think.” I know the last three weeks haven’t been good results-wise, but you look before that, you had four straight top-fives. What do you feel like the state of the No. 5 team is right now and the resilience of this group with Cliff Daniels in the middle?“Yeah, I wish we could have kept that streak going. I messed up at Chicago. At Atlanta, we got caught up in a wreck off of turn four, and then went to the back and wrecked myself on the way back through. And then last week (at North Wilkesboro) was just kind of, not bad luck, but just a messy situation on pit road that got us behind and you had to fight from wherever we were. I feel like we had, again, fifth- to seventh-place speed, but just didn’t get to really show it. So, yeah, I mean, I think that’s kind of where we’re at right now. I think we’re a fourth- to seventh-place car and just need to do our best to finish there. And if you continue to run in that window, you’ll hopefully have the opportunity for wins to pop up. But yeah, we’re always working hard to get better. We’re working harder than ever to get better, so hopefully it’ll come together.” With Alex’s departure, obviously, there will be an opening for the No. 48 car. What are some of the mental demands that come with driving for Hendrick Motorsports because, obviously, the standard is so high. What are some of the things that maybe you didn’t know before you got into Hendrick Motorsports that you’ve learned since your time?“I don’t know. I don’t ever feel like there’s pressure or expectation, really. I mean, it’s just kind of—like when I came in in 2021, they were fresh off of the championship. So, I don’t know, that just gave me confidence that our cars were going to be fast. I didn’t really feel any pressure from it or feel like I needed to go out there and have the season that we had. I just enjoy being at a place where there are hundreds of people that are the best in the sport. And like even right now, you know, we’re not where we want to be, but that’s been fun because you get to see everybody’s hard work and dedication really shine. So, I think for whoever comes in, it’s going to be just an added boost of confidence, I would imagine, because you do know you have the resources that you need to go compete for wins and championships. So, yeah, in my opinion, I’ve only gotten to race at two NASCAR teams, but it’s hard to beat Hendrick Motorsports in the level that they perform at.” With your team being as close as you have been to getting back to victory lane, if you do get a win here pretty soon, do you feel like you’ll reel off some more? “Yeah, I feel like we’ve been inching closer and closer all year. I mean, a lot of times, I just feel like our sport is so close that you can feel so far from winning and so far from being good, when in reality, I think you’re much closer than you feel like. So, yeah, you never know. I mean, maybe your car gets a little bit better, you get a win and you go on a string. But, yeah, right now, like I said, we’re kind of like that fourth- to seventh-place on speed, so we still have room to improve, but hopefully we’re not too far away from that.” Did you see Scott Dixon’s comments about the length of Cup Races, and if so, what were your thoughts about that? “Well, I’ll start off by saying yes, I agree that a lot of our Cup races are too long. I just think the way that the world has kind of gone and how people consume sports, I definitely think our races are too long. I think three hours is too long. But as far as a nap, I don’t know, it doesn’t really bother me. But I agree with what he was saying.” Iowa (Speedway) is up next and Hendrick Motorsports is looking for back-to-back wins there. With the strength of the team there, what’s your comfort level going there?“Yeah, I haven’t really put too much thought into Iowa yet. We were extremely strong there the first year we went, and I messed up and crashed. I couldn’t even tell you how we ran there last year. I don’t have any idea how we did. But yeah, it’s a fun track. There’s a lot of dirt racing fans there, so I’ve enjoyed the event. Hopefully we can hit our car balance and have a good weekend.”

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