SUMMER MADNESS: Hell Tour’s 40th Anniversary Season Begins June 9

May 15, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

CONCORD, NC (May 15, 2026) — The 40th anniversary season for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals kicks off in under one month’s time, saluting four decades of history, tradition, and the most intense dirt track racing grind in the country.

A fully loaded schedule of 33 Late Model races in 34 days presents one of the most grueling schedules in Hell Tour history. Starting June 9 at Brownstown Speedway, the tour will also venture to two brand-new tracks — Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway and Camden Speedway — plus three tracks not seen on the docket in over 30 years — West Liberty Raceway, Farmington Empire Speedway, and Windy Hollow Speedway — before wrapping up at Wayne County Speedway on July 12.

A $150,000 points fund will be paid out weekly — $10,000 to each week’s points champion, followed by checks for the rest of the top 10. The top 10 drivers in overall Summer Nationals points after the final event of Week 5 will receive bonus checks, including $10,000 for the 2026 champion.

The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals is also set to embark on its 16th consecutive season of competition with a slate of 27 races in the same 34-day span as the Late Models, culminating with Race No. 28 and 29 in the 36th annual Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury Speedway, July 24–25. This two-day event, running in support of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision, pays $5,000 to Saturday night’s main event winner and will feature the crowning of the 2026 champion, also worth a $5,000 check.

Last year, Jason Feger ruled the Late Model circuit with five Feature wins, 13 top-fives and 21 top-10s in 26 starts, outrunning 2024 champion Tyler Erb by only 71 points in the final standings to claim his second career Summer Nationals championship and first since 2010. A slew of new faces made up the full-time roster last summer as well, stacking the roster to 11 drivers which included Feger and Erb, Dillon McCowan, Mark Whitener, Trey Mills, Tyler Millwood, Christian Hanger, Brendon and Brody Smith, Clay Stuckey and Thomas Hunziker.

The Modified championship was won by Tyler Nicely, who captured the crown for the second time in three years. In only 14 starts, the Kentucky native scored eight Feature wins, 12 top-fives and 12 top-10s to finish 67 points ahead of runner-up Trevor Neville.

For 2026, DIRTcar is honoring Summer Nationals history every week leading up to the kickoff at Brownstown with special featured articles and an all-new, six-part docu-series exclusive to DIRTVision subscribers. Hell on Dirt: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals premiered on May 5 and launches a new episode every Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET, featuring Hell Tour legends Billy Moyer, Shannon Babb, Bobby Pierce and Brandon Sheppard, plus the full-time drivers of the 2025 season.

DIRTVision will be streaming every race of the 2026 DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Summit Modified Nationals live to your devices — subscribe today for $39 per month or $299 for a full year.

COMBINED TOUR SCHEDULES

Week #1

Tuesday, June 9 | Brownstown Bullring | Brownstown, IL

Wednesday, June 10 | Kankakee County Speedway | Kankakee, IL

Thursday, June 11 | Peoria Speedway | Peoria, IL

Friday, June 12 | Tri-City Speedway | Granite City, IL

Saturday, June 13 | Fairbury Speedway | Fairbury, IL

Sunday, June 14 | Sycamore Speedway | Maple Park, IL (Late Models only)

Week #2

Monday, June 15 | Wilmot Raceway | Wilmot, WI (Late Models only)

Tuesday, June 16 | West Liberty Raceway | West Liberty, IA (Late Models only)

Wednesday, June 17 | Davenport Speedway | Davenport, IA (Late Models only)

Thursday, June 18 | Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway | Dubuque, IA (Late Models only)

Friday, June 19 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL

Saturday, June 20 | I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park | Pevely, MO

Sunday, June 21 | Lincoln Speedway | Lincoln, IL

Week #3

Monday, June 22 | Poplar Bluff Motorsports Park | Poplar Bluff, MO

Tuesday, June 23 | Benton Speedway | Benton, MO

Wednesday, June 24 | Quincy Raceways | Quincy, IL

Thursday, June 25 | Springfield Raceway | Springfield, MO (Late Models only)

Friday, June 26 | Paducah International Raceway | Paducah, KY

Saturday, June 27 | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN

Sunday, June 28 | Windy Hollow Speedway | Owensboro, KY

Week #4

Monday, June 29 | Camden Speedway | Camden, TN

Tuesday, June 30 | Old No. 1 Speedway | Harrisburg, AR

Wednesday, July 1 | Farmington Empire Speedway | Farmington, MO

Thursday, July 2 | LaSalle Speedway | LaSalle, IL

Friday, July 3 | Red Hill Raceway | Sumner, IL

Saturday, July 4 | Highland Speedway | Highland, IL

Sunday, July 5 | Macon Speedway | Macon, IL

Week #5

Monday, July 6 | OFF

Tuesday, July 7 | Montpelier Speedway | Montpelier, IN

Wednesday, July 8 | I-96 Speedway | Lake Odessa, MI

Thursday, July 9 | Butler Motor Speedway | Quincy, MI

Friday, July 10 | Crystal Motor Speedway | Crystal, MI

Saturday, July 11 | Oakshade Raceway | Wauseon, OH

Sunday, July 12 | Wayne County Speedway | Orrville, OH (Late Model Championship Finale)

36th Annual Prairie Dirt Classic (Modified Championship Finale)

Friday-Saturday, July 24-25 | Fairbury Speedway | Fairbury, IL

SUMMER MADNESS: Hell Tour’s 40th Anniversary Season Begins June 9

DIRTVision will be streaming every race of the 2026 DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Summit Modified Nationals live to your devices — subscribe today for $39 per month or $299 for a full year.

COMBINED TOUR SCHEDULES

Week #1

Tuesday, June 9 | Brownstown Bullring | Brownstown, IL

Wednesday, June 10 | Kankakee County Speedway | Kankakee, IL

Thursday, June 11 | Peoria Speedway | Peoria, IL

Friday, June 12 | Tri-City Speedway | Granite City, IL

Saturday, June 13 | Fairbury Speedway | Fairbury, IL

Sunday, June 14 | Sycamore Speedway | Maple Park, IL (Late Models only)

Week #2

Monday, June 15 | Wilmot Raceway | Wilmot, WI (Late Models only)

Tuesday, June 16 | West Liberty Raceway | West Liberty, IA (Late Models only)

Wednesday, June 17 | Davenport Speedway | Davenport, IA (Late Models only)

Thursday, June 18 | Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway | Dubuque, IA (Late Models only)

Friday, June 19 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL

Saturday, June 20 | I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park | Pevely, MO

Sunday, June 21 | Lincoln Speedway | Lincoln, IL

Week #3

Monday, June 22 | Poplar Bluff Motorsports Park | Poplar Bluff, MO

Tuesday, June 23 | Benton Speedway | Benton, MO

Wednesday, June 24 | Quincy Raceways | Quincy, IL

Thursday, June 25 | Springfield Raceway | Springfield, MO (Late Models only)

Friday, June 26 | Paducah International Raceway | Paducah, KY

Saturday, June 27 | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN

Sunday, June 28 | Windy Hollow Speedway | Owensboro, KY

Week #4

Monday, June 29 | Camden Speedway | Camden, TN

Tuesday, June 30 | Old No. 1 Speedway | Harrisburg, AR

Wednesday, July 1 | Farmington Empire Speedway | Farmington, MO

Thursday, July 2 | LaSalle Speedway | LaSalle, IL

Friday, July 3 | Red Hill Raceway | Sumner, IL

Saturday, July 4 | Highland Speedway | Highland, IL

Sunday, July 5 | Macon Speedway | Macon, IL

Week #5

Monday, July 6 | OFF

Tuesday, July 7 | Montpelier Speedway | Montpelier, IN

Wednesday, July 8 | I-96 Speedway | Lake Odessa, MI

Thursday, July 9 | Butler Motor Speedway | Quincy, MI

Friday, July 10 | Crystal Motor Speedway | Crystal, MI

Saturday, July 11 | Oakshade Raceway | Wauseon, OH

Sunday, July 12 | Wayne County Speedway | Orrville, OH (Late Model Championship Finale)

36th Annual Prairie Dirt Classic (Modified Championship Finale)

Friday-Saturday, July 24-25 | Fairbury Speedway | Fairbury, IL

ARTICLE: https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/news/summer-madness-hell-tours-40th-anniversary-season-begins-june-9/

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Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dover–Connor Zilisch

May 15, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES MAY 15, 2026

Connor Zilisch, driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of his first NASCAR All-Star weekend at Dover Motor Speedway.

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

NASCAR CUP SERIESDOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAYTEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTESMAY 15, 2026

Connor Zilisch, driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of his first NASCAR All-Star weekend at Dover Motor Speedway.

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

Media Availability Quotes:

You have a practice session coming up. What’s the simulation told you? What types of things are you conscious of? I know you don’t have a lot of years with this generation racecar, but there’s changes with it. Just what’s your expectation for this practice session and what are you looking for?“Yeah, it’s definitely going to be interesting. We have resin all the way across the racetrack, and then we have the low downforce package with the Cup car. Certainly, there’s a lot of things for drivers to learn, but it’s going to be good for me to get an hour and a half of practice, two sets of tires, have some time to go out and figure things out. I’m looking forward to it.” To that point, you don’t have a lot of preconceived notions about what this place should be with a Cup car, and then you throw in the rules change and the resin. Is it easier for you in that regard in that you don’t have anything you have to override in terms of what you think this place should be?“Yeah, I mean certainly, I don’t have any previous experience. While I’m figuring it out, so will everybody else. But yeah, it doesn’t hurt me to have no experience, especially when we have rules changes like this. But at the end of the day, our job is to drive a car fast no matter what’s given to us. So yeah, I’m looking forward to seeing what it does.” I’m sure growing up you have memories or fond memories of watching All-Star races over the years. And I’m curious, how much do you feel like, regardless of where it’s held or what the format is, how important is it in your mind that we have some sort of event like this that’s just different than the standard 36 races?“Yeah, I mean I definitely think it’s important to have something with an unique format to give people something to look forward to. We have a very long schedule, and I think that after 36 weeks in a row, it’s good to have at least a weekend where we switch things up and do something different. I always appreciate that the pit crews get a chance to show their talent and have a chance to win some money. Yeah, it’s good for everybody.” Today, you have more practice, I think, than just about any other race this year. It actually may be number one. Non-points race, Dover’s so unique. But is there anything you can take from being in the car this long that you guys are looking to try to glean from it and maybe learn from other racetracks?“Yeah, 100%. It’s not often we get a session where we can go out and change things and try and do things differently with the racecar. I mean, especially at a track like this where it’s okay to make multiple runs on tires, I feel like you’re able to do that a little better here, and places like Bristol, some of those higher-grip tracks with less fall-off. So, yeah, it’s certainly important to try and utilize them as best as possible. You don’t get them very often, so you should try and make the most of them when you have them.” Do you have any guesses for what the resin is going to do throughout the course of the weekend? Is there any sense on your team of like — alright, it’ll probably start as this, then it’ll go to this, or is everybody in a guessing game?“I don’t think we’ve done this, so it’s kind of a lot of guesses. It’s very hard to say what we expect, but I think the track’s going to widen out. I think you’re going to get guys running all over the place. I hope that makes the racing product better. I hope we’re not too stuck to the track that it becomes slot cars and we’re just ripping around at really high pace. But I think it’s very hard to say what it’s going to do. So, yeah, it’s certainly going to be different, though.” Last weekend when you talked to everybody, it was fresh off Jesse Love’s heartbreak. Doubling back with him during the week, did you feel like you could have a conversation about it, or was it was still so raw that you’re not there yet, friend-wise?“I think it’d be different if I wrecked him, then I think it’d be a little tougher to have a conversation. But, I mean, I did nothing wrong. So, yeah, we hung out on Monday and everything was normal. It’s kind of just something you’ve got to expect when you’re friends with the guy you’re racing against, is that you’re not going to be friends on the track, and you’ve just got to separate the two as best you can. It happens, right? That’s our sport. That’s part of it. We race each other hard on the weekend, but when it’s time to be friends away from the racetrack and put racing to the side, we’re able to do that.”

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Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dover–Carson Hocevar

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NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES MAY 15, 2026

Carson Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of running double duty in the NASCAR Cup and Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway.

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

NASCAR CUP SERIESDOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAYTEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTESMAY 15, 2026

Carson Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of running double duty in the NASCAR Cup and Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway.

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

Media Availability Quotes:

I was just curious about your Twitch stuff lately. Since the win, have you noticed any increase in the amount of people on your streams, or can you see an uptick in the amount of interaction you’re getting just even the last month or so?“Yeah, I have. I think I average a few hundred more viewers. Every post is up. The truck win, alone, on Instagram almost got like a million interactions. But yeah, I’ve definitely seen an uptick for sure, on all platforms really, which is obviously good for everybody. But yeah, I still get people that chat the first time because it kind of says it’s their first time chat. And they’re still like, congrats on Talladega. I was like, man, it’s kind of wild. It’s been like three weeks or whatever already. But yeah, there’s been growth of it, for sure.” At this point, how much of it is you’re just going on there to have fun, versus like, hey, I’m really trying to actively grow my brain to be intentional about it and talk to people? Where’s the balance there?“I do enjoy it. I don’t have my property done yet. I want to drive cars, race with my friends and enjoy it. I can only do that online right now, like Monday through Friday. So yeah, I just enjoy streaming. Before when I clicked the Live button, if I wasn’t racing, the viewers would drop a lot. But now, I can just sit there with my webcam on and yap about food or whatever I want to talk about. There’s like probably 1,500 people on Twitch and there’s probably 2,000 on TikTok. I found the mod on some game that I can run Cleetus’s racetrack. I have someone I know that’s creating Crown Vic with nitrous, so we’re going to race that. We have other stuff we’re going to do. But we’re all just reminding ourselves of what we used to do eight years ago in COVID times… we find all these weird games and race, and there’s a ton of people watching. So yeah, I kind of use a collective ‘we’ because a lot of my friends, they do content creation and everything. We enjoy when the numbers are higher, obviously. But honestly, we’re just realizing that it’s not going to really drop, and the more fun we have, we tend to see it go up. So yeah, it just makes us all really excited for when I can start doing stuff away from my desk and everything. I think that’s how you grow everything nowadays.” I know you were at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week. When I was covering the F1 Miami race, people were talking about you there. How much from inside the industry has your victory at Talladega really something that you’ve felt?“Yeah, I mean, I just don’t know how many normal winners get congratulated on pulling off a celebration rather than just the win. I got it today at the airport. They handed me something to sign, and they’re just like, man, I love the celebration. They’re not saying, congrats on the win or anything. It’s just like, man, I love that celebration and everything. I walked around Indianapolis and everybody kind of said the same thing. When I was at the Met Gala, I got asked how many people knew who I was. I was like, I honestly don’t think a lot of them really knew that I was a NASCAR driver. They just knew that they saw me on their phone and they recognized me from Talladega. They just happened to see it on their feed. So I think that’s the biggest thing, the algorithm now is kind of where you get every source of news and everything, right? So if it crosses everybody’s algorithm, they’ll see it at some point and have a little bit of recognizability. So yeah, I think that’s been the most interesting part for me is realizing how many people at least saw it. When they’d see me before, it used to be just like, oh, he drives the Chili’s car. Now it’s like, oh, he rode on the door at Talladega. So yeah, it’s been very fascinating.” I wanted to ask you about coming here for the All-Star Race. I’m assuming that the momentum that you’re feeling, both the team doing so well but yourself, this is a great opportunity for you to become an All-Star Race winner. Could you just kind of talk about your thoughts on Dover and this race and kind of the ride you guys are on right now?“Yeah, for us, the places that you have to keep the throttle down tend to be good for us. This package has been good. Darlington’s so different, but we finished fourth. There were some others that we ran pretty decent with this package, as well. So I feel good about it. To come to a track with where we’re at and how we’ve been doing, we’re pretty confident. And for the race tracks we’re going to after this, we feel really good about them, so we’re just excited to kind of get this one going. There’s not points on the line that we’re worried about. You’re just worried about if you get a million bucks or not. We’re going to just try and swing for the fences and enjoy it.” The All-Star Race weekend, everybody always talks about location, the format and stuff. So I’m just curious — One, where would you like to see the All-Star Race, kind of be at in terms of tracks? And two, do you have a format that you’d like?“Bowman Gray would be really fun. I think that’d be super cool for the All-Star Race. It’d be a little warmer, too, than the Clash. But that’d be my vote of places that doesn’t have a points race right now. I don’t know the best format. I am going to miss the fact that the Open doesn’t really exist right now, just for the fact of I was excited to watch it and not be in it. I’ve been in it the last two years, and I was like, man, I get the satisfactory of being able to watch the Open. And I’m like, dang it, I don’t even get that satisfaction of being an All-Star… they’re going be racing with me (laughs). But it’ll feel good when those cars get eliminated at least and we get to stay out there. But it’s something different. I think it would be kind of funny — joked about it, of something like an Australian pursuit-style, where you take qualifying, flip it backwards, invert the whole field, and if you get passed, you’re done. We did that at Kalamazoo Speedway, and it was maybe one of the most fun races I’ve watched. Or they had to do a drive-thru and get to come back out, and they were well behind, so you get the advantage of being up front. But if you’re out back, you’re going to struggle. They would basically, every five laps, if you lost a position, you got either eliminated or you had to do a drive-thru. I think that would be really interesting. It would probably be making it more complicated for the fans, which we don’t obviously want to do. But I think it’d be very interesting. I know the Stoops Pursuit at the BC39 was maybe one of the greatest races we’ve ever seen and they used that format.”

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Seth Bergman’s Early Bounce Back Has Him Set For 2026 ASCS Title Fight

May 15, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

CONCORD, NC (May 15, 2026) — Seth Begman knew after the first weekend of the 2026 American Sprint Car Series season that he needed a refresh.

The 2024 Series champion struggled out of the gates at Volusia Speedway Park in his debut appearance in the 55th Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. Through three 360 Sprint Car Features, Bergman’s highest finish was 15th, missed the Friday Feature, and left the Barberville, FL 1/2-mile sitting 18th in points.

“We didn’t get off to the start we had worked or hoped for at Volusia,” Bergman said. “I knew never being there before was going to be a challenge, but I didn’t think we’d be as far off as we were. I unloaded expecting to be close, and we just struggled all weekend with the car. We couldn’t find the right balance. It turned out to be a frustrating weekend, but that’s how it goes.”

When Bergman returned to his Oklahoma-based race shop, he went back to work in his efforts to turn the early momentum back in his direction for Central Arizona Speedway’s Sonoran Clash.

“We came back to the shop and really went back to the drawing board,” Bergman said. “We were trying to figure out why we were awful, basically, and what we could do to make sure that doesn’t happen again moving forward. It’s been an ongoing thing now; I’ve openly been struggling with getting our cars right to where we’re fast all night, both qualifying good and racing good.

“I’ve been spending a lot of time in the shop with the guys, putting thought into what’s going on. Why the cars are doing what they’re doing, and making sense of it all with tires, chassis, engines, wings, suspension. We put a lot of time in the shop, and we’re making headway, but we’re not able to do that unless we’re at the track getting the raw data and feedback. Overall, though, it’s been helpful for us.”

At Central Arizona, Bergman got his points campaign back on the right path with three consecutive top-10s, then capped off the Saturday finale with a fourth-place result.

When the Series crossed paths at Salina Highbanks Speedway in April, the Snohomish, WA native scored his first podium of the season, finishing third after starting the 25-lap Feature in 12th. Instead of returning to his familiar notes from past seasons, Bergman has been writing a new notebook to get a handle on his No. 23 Triple X Chassis.

“I wish we could fall back on the old notebook because that’s what I was trying to do for a while,” Bergman said. “It wasn’t working and seemed like we were getting worse by doing it. The sport progresses, and the tires have changed, so it makes a huge difference in today’s age of racing. I had success running my cars a certain way. We were competitive everywhere, winning races, and saw no reason to change.”

“Then, it started to change, you start to struggle, and you can’t understand why, because you’re not doing anything differently. It’s really been about not going back to the old notebook and creating a new one instead. Recently, I think the results are starting to show, and we feel pretty good about the progress we’ve been making so far.”

Bergman’s encounter with Benton Speedway in 2024 left him with a seventh-place result, but issues with title contender Sam Hafertepe Jr. helped propel him with a healthy points gap for his first Series title.

Returning to the track two years later, it was an opportunity for Bergman to continue rising the ladder as he entered the night sitting fourth in the standings. Rolling off from fifth for the 30-lap Feature, Bergman steadily worked his way through the top five to take the high-point position from Hafertepe after he collided with a lapped car with five laps left, culminating in Bergman’s 27th career National Tour victory.

“Last time we were there, I struggled,” Bergman said. “We ran seventh, but I was not good at all. So, to go back and win was a huge turnaround. It speaks even more to what we’ve been doing lately, so winning the race was a huge morale booster, and it shows the work we’ve been putting in is pointing us in the right direction.

“We weren’t great when we showed up, but we kept working on it all night to get to where we were competitive, or in the fight at least. It’s tricky, tight, and easy to make a mistake, especially when you’re in traffic. There’s a lot going on, because when you’re in the moisture, it’s tacky. But, the second you get out, it’s slick, the tire spins easily, and you get unsettled. It was unfortunate for Sam (Hafertepe), but we were right there trying to keep ourselves out of trouble, and we were able to do that.”

When Bergman travels to Salt City Speedway at the end of the month, it will be his first time visiting the Kansas State Fairgrounds half-mile. Despite the rough debut at Volusia, he knows that he finds comfort faster around bigger tracks than smaller ones.

“If anything, Volusia was just a big learning experience,” Bergman said. “But, it was kind of unique itself because you get around there a bit differently than other places. I know what didn’t work then, and I know how we need to be rolling now.

“Honestly, with the balance and the way we roll our race cars right now, I envision us struggling more at the small places versus the big places. So, I feel like when we get there (to Salt City), we’re going to be up to speed, and I expect to race for wins.”

Bergman will chase down a 66-point gap on Hafertepe for the points lead when the Series makes the stop in the “Sunflower State” at Salt City Speedway on Saturday, May 30.

SALT CITY INFO

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

Seth Bergman’s Early Bounce Back Has Him Set For 2026 ASCS Title Fight CONCORD, NC (May 15, 2026) — Seth Begman knew after the first weekend of the 2026 American Sprint Car Series season that he needed a refresh.

When Bergman returned to his Oklahoma-based race shop, he went back to work in his efforts to turn the early momentum back in his direction for Central Arizona Speedway’s Sonoran Clash.

At Central Arizona, Bergman got his points campaign back on the right path with three consecutive top-10s, then capped off the Saturday finale with a fourth-place result.

Bergman will chase down a 66-point gap on Hafertepe for the points lead when the Series makes the stop in the “Sunflower State” at Salt City Speedway on Saturday, May 30.

SALT CITY INFO

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

ARTICLE:https://ascsracing.com/news/seth-bergmans-early-bounce-back-has-him-set-for-2026-ascs-title-fight/

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O’Neal Captures High Bank Heist Opener at Eagle Raceway

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O’Neal Captures High Bank Heist Opener at Eagle Raceway

EAGLE, NE (May 14, 2026) – Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Indiana charged from the seventh starting position to capture his fifth Series victory of the 2026 season Thursday night during opening night of the Malvern Bank High Bank Heist at Eagle Raceway. O’Neal collected $10,000 for the win, which also marked his 13th overall dirt late model victory of the year. Ricky Thornton Jr., who started 15th, earned Hoker Trucking Hard Charger honors as he rallied to finish second. Brandon Sheppard, fresh off last Saturday’s victory at Fairbury Speedway, rounded out the Big River Steel podium in third after starting 10th. Max Blair finished fourth, while Jonathan Davenport completed the top five. Brandon Overton led the opening 17 laps of the 40-lap main event before Garrett Alberson briefly took over the top spot for three circuits. Overton regained the lead on lap 21 and appeared poised for victory until O’Neal began closing rapidly in the closing stages. O’Neal completed the winning pass exiting turn four on lap 30. Overton remained second until lap 34, when a flat left rear tire forced him to the hot pit. After changing the tire, Overton returned to finish 16th after leading 27 laps. The win marked the 39th Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of O’Neal’s career and his second triumph at Eagle Raceway, having also won during the Series’ inaugural visit to the track in 2024. “I felt like we were pretty good all night,” O’Neal said in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “The top was dominant early, and it was hard to make time on the bottom. Once the track started moving around, though, I felt really good down there. Overton was definitely better around the cushion, but once the bottom came in, I just tried to stay patient and wait for my opportunity.” “We finally got a restart where I could get underneath him, and then he had the misfortune with the flat tire. On that last restart, my carburetor stumbled a little bit and I thought everybody was going to pile into me. I’m sorry if anybody got caught up in that.” Thornton, who unloaded a backup car after issues surfaced during hot laps, charged from the eighth row to finish just 0.616 seconds behind O’Neal. “I love this place,” Thornton said. “We had trouble with the primary car in hot laps, so we unloaded this one and probably overdrove in qualifying, which made for a long night. But we passed a lot of cars, and the car felt really good.” “Restarts really dictated where you needed to be. I knew Max (Blair) wasn’t going to the top, and if JD left the top open, I was going for it. I got a really good run and just tried not to get stuck following Hud around the bottom.” Sheppard continued his recent momentum with a third-place finish after charging forward from 10th. “Honestly, I felt like we had a really good race car the whole race,” Sheppard said. “I just made a couple wrong moves early—stayed too high too long, then stayed too low too long before halfway. Once everyone started moving around, I could really roll the track and move wherever I needed to. We had a really fast race car tonight.” O’Neal’s winning SSI Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and backed by Big River Steel, Wheeler Metals, Merrill Bonding Company, Professional Concrete Cutting and Drilling, O’Neal’s Salvage and Recycling, Lineal Contracting, Seven Spurs Ranch, Sub Surface of Indiana, Beeman Lumber, Indiana USSSA Fast Pitch Softball, Dicky’s Doghouse, Lucas Oil Products, Penske Racing Shocks, and Sunoco Race Fuels. Completing the top ten were Brian Shirley, Devin Moran, Kyle Bronson, Garrett Alberson, and Dallon Murty. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary Malvern Bank Presents High Bank Heist | Night 1Thursday, May 14, 2026Eagle Raceway | Eagle, NE Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A: Brandon Overton | 13.7022 secondsFast Time Group B: Garrett Alberson | 13.7017 seconds (Overall) Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[5]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 6. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 7. 19M-Brenden Smith[7]; 8. 71M-Mike Morton Jr[8] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 18-Chase Junghans[3]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[4]; 3. 93L-Cory Lawler[1]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. 93-Carson Ferguson[6]; 6. 35D-Dylan Sillman[7]; 7. 45D-Dan Battaglia[8]; 8. 15-Clay Stuckey[2]
Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 11-Josh Rice[3]; 5. 13-Dallon Murty[6]; 6. 99 18-Jesse Sobbing[5]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. (DNS) 10-Junior Coover
Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 111-Max Blair[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 6. 14S-Collen Winebarger[6]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[7] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 6 Transfer): 1. 13-Dallon Murty[2]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[1]; 4. 99 18-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 5. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 6. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 7. 14S-Collen Winebarger[8]; 8. 15-Clay Stuckey[15]; 9. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[10]; 10. 19M-Brenden Smith[9]; 11. 35D-Dylan Sillman[7]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder[12]; 13. 71M-Mike Morton Jr[13]; 14. 45D-Dan Battaglia[11]; 15. (DNS) 10-Junior Coover Malvern Bank Presents High Bank Heist | Night 1 Feature Finish (40 Laps):Pos – Start – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Earnings1 – 7 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – $10,1002 – 15 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – $5,5003 – 10 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – $3,5004 – 4 – 111 – Max Blair – Centerville, PA – $2,7005 – 6 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – $2,5006 – 9 – 3S – Brian Shirley – Chatham, IL – $2,3007 – 12 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – $2,2008 – 8 – 40B – Kyle Bronson – Brandon, FL – $2,1009 – 2 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – $2,05010 – 17 – 13 – Dallon Murty – Chelsea, IA – $2,00011 – 11 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – $1,60012 – 18 – 8 – Dillon McCowan – Urbana, MO – $1,50013 – 14 – 11 – Josh Rice – Crittenden, KY – $1,20014 – 16 – 16 – Tyler Bruening – Decorah, IA – $1,00015 – 22 – 4 – Tad Pospisil – Norfolk, NE – $95016 – 1 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – $92517 – 21 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – $90018 – 24 – 19M – Brenden Smith – Dade City, FL – $87519 – 20 – 99-18 – Jesse Sobbing – Malvern, IA – $85020 – 19 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – $82521 – 13 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – $80022 – 23 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – $90023 – 3 – 18 – Chase Junghans – Manhattan, KS – $80024 – 5 – 76N – Blair Nothdurft – Renner, SD – $800 Race Statistics Entrants: 31Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Brandon OvertonMD3 Lap Leaders: Brandon Overton (Laps 1-17); Garrett Alberson (Laps 18-20); Brandon Overton (Laps 21-30); Hudson O’Neal (Laps 31-40)Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Garrett AlbersonWieland Feature Winner: Hudson O’NealMargin of Victory: 0.616 secondsHellraizer Jacks Cautions: Blair Nothdurft (Lap 20); Josh Rice (Lap 30); Brandon Overton (Lap 34); Dan Ebert (Lap 34 restart); Chase Junghans (Lap 37)MyRacePass Series Provisional: Daniel Hilsabeck; Brenden SmithFast Time Provisional: n/aEmergency Provisionals: n/aTrack Provisional: n/aBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon SheppardPenske Shocks Top 5: Hudson O’Neal, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Max Blair, Jonathan DavenportBehrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon SheppardPEM 4th Place Feature: Max BlairDiversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Jonathan DavenportWilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Devin MoranWehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Cory LawlerVelocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Josh RiceXS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Tad PospisilHoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Advanced 13 positions)MD3 Most Laps Led: Brandon Overton (27 Laps)Sunoco Race Fuels Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O’NealMidwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Hudson O’NealO’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Dillon McCowanPro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Overton | Lap 3 | 13.921 secondsFK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Daniel HilsabeckVictory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Garrett AlbersonOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason DurhamARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Tyler Bruening | 13.728 secondsTime of Race: 25 minutes 46 seconds Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:Pos – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Points – Earnings1 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – 2945 – $146,2002 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – 2855 – $154,9993 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – 2780 – $107,1004 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – 2695 – $88,2505 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – 2650 – $62,6756 – 111 – Max Blair – Centerville, PA – 2650 – $58,9007 – 3s – Brian Shirley – Chatham, IL – 2410 – $43,9008 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – 2405 – $46,6759 – 40B – Kyle Bronson – Brandon, FL – 2325 – $36,37510 – 11 – Josh Rice – Crittenden, KY – 2300 – $38,17511 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – 2285 – $48,42512 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – 2235 – $37,85013 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – 2185 – $36,37514 – 8 – Dillon McCowan – Urbana, MO – 1955 – $23,40015 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – 1920 – $22,87516 – 19M – Brenden Smith – Dade City, FL – 1895 – $24,12517 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – 1735 – $15,225

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McCreadie Clears Troutman Late for Sand Hill Showdown Victory at Selinsgrove

May 15, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

SELINSGROVE, PA (May 14, 2026) – For the first time in almost four months, Tim McCreadie is back in Victory Lane.

The 2006 champion of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision kicked off the season with a win at Volusia Speedway Park during DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals. Since then, the Briggs Transport Racing team has had several strong nights, but a second win never materialized.

The Watertown, NY native knew that this week’s northeast swing was a prime chance to kick his season into high gear. That’s exactly what happened last year, as he won his first two races of the year at Raceway 7 and Bedford Speedway in the same stretch.

Selinsgrove Speedway in particular has been a strong track for McCreadie, as he won a World of Outlaws race there in 2014 and finished in the top 10 in four of his five previous Series starts. Despite the most recent one coming in 2015, McCreadie picked up right where he left off more than a decade ago when he returned for the Sand Hill Showdown.

A Heat Race victory locked McCreadie into the Redraw, and he turned it into his first Bilstein Pole Award of the season. It was a battle between youth and experience on the front row with McCreadie and Drake Troutman, and although McCreadie led the opening circuits, he surrendered the top spot to Troutman 11 laps in.

After slotting into second, McCreadie never gave Troutman an inch of breathing room. He tried a variety of lines through the corners and briefly got side-by-side with Troutman on multiple occasions, but struggled to find a way by. But with eight laps remaining, McCreadie powered around the top of Turns 3 and 4 to get to Troutman’s outside exiting the corner with enough speed to clear him down the frontstretch.

From that point onward, it was all McCreadie en route to his 41st World of Outlaws win, breaking a tie with Chris Madden for seventh on the all-time list.

“It’s always fun to race back home, close to home,” McCreadie said. “All the people come, lot of Modified people, I know a lot of Sprint Car people too, it’s pretty cool. We don’t get to go to New York where maybe I’d get to have an advantage on these guys. I know I’ve been running these cars 20-plus years, but those tracks up there, I’m really good at. If I ever went up there, I think we’d make some hay. But that’s OK, we’ll take Pennsylvania as a close second.”

Troutman settled for second after leading 27 laps, bringing his total to 99 on the year without a win to show for it. Regional standout Mason Zeigler was third, scoring his best World of Outlaws finish since his runner-up at Path Valley Speedway Park in 2024. Daulton Wilson was the MD3 Rookie of the Race in fourth, while Nick Hoffman finished fifth to regain the points lead by six over Bobby Pierce, who finished 10th.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision heads to Marion Center Raceway for the Connor Bobik Memorial on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16. More event information can be found by clicking here.

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

RACE NOTES:

Nick Hoffman set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Nick Hoffman won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Drake Troutman won Heat 1.

Lane Snook won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Mason Zeigler won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Tim McCreadie won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Dylan Yoder and Ethan Dotson won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Tim McCreadie won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Ryan Gustin won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Drake Troutman was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.

Mason Zeigler was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Daulton Wilson was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Lane Snook was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Ross Robinson was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Dustin Sorensen was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Logan Zarin was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Kyle Lee was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Justin Weaver was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (45 Laps): 1. 9M-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman[2]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[4]; 4. 58V-Daulton Wilson[7]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[5]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[16]; 7. 23-Lane Snook[3]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 9. 19-Dustin Sorensen[10]; 10. 32-Bobby Pierce[13]; 11. 74X-Ethan Dotson[18]; 12. 1Z-Logan Zarin[11]; 13. 14-Trey Mills[15]; 14. 15K-Kyle Lee[22]; 15. 1-Tyler Erb[20]; 16. B1-Brent Larson[14]; 17. 0-Andrew Yoder[25]; 18. 32J-Justin Weaver[24]; 19. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[9]; 20. 24Y-Dylan Yoder[17]; 21. 22-Gregg Satterlee[12]; 22. 55E-Eli Johnson[21]; 23. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[6]; 24. 4S-Danny Snyder[23]; 25. 92-Jeff Rine[19]

McCreadie Clears Troutman Late for Sand Hill Showdown Victory at Selinsgrove

SELINSGROVE, PA (May 14, 2026) – For the first time in almost four months, Tim McCreadie is back in Victory Lane.

From that point onward, it was all McCreadie en route to his 41st World of Outlaws win, breaking a tie with Chris Madden for seventh on the all-time list.

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

RACE NOTES:

Nick Hoffman set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Nick Hoffman won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Drake Troutman won Heat 1.

Lane Snook won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Mason Zeigler won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Tim McCreadie won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Dylan Yoder and Ethan Dotson won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Tim McCreadie won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Ryan Gustin won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Drake Troutman was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.

Mason Zeigler was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Daulton Wilson was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Lane Snook was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Ross Robinson was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Dustin Sorensen was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Logan Zarin was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Kyle Lee was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Justin Weaver was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/mccreadie-clears-troutman-late-for-sand-hill-showdown-victory-at-selinsgrove/

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Chevy racing–INDYCAR–thursday Practice Recap

May 15, 2026 ARP Trish Leave a comment

CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbrdige 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana Practice Day (Thursday) Report May 13, 2026 Indianapolis, Ind. (May 13, 2026) – The third day of practice for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, the last day before the boost gets turned up for Fast Friday and qualifying weekend, was led by Chevrolet-powered driver Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet with a lap at 227.308mph. It was a smooth day,” said O’Ward after stepping out of the car at the end of the day. “We got some race running, qualifying simulations in. The car is in a good balance window. Tomorrow when the boosts come up, it does change quite a bit. Yeah, so far it’s been very smooth.” On the non-tow timesheet, a lap of 223.378mph during a four-lap qualifying simulation by Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet was the second best and fastest for the Bowtie badged drivers. “Solid day today in qualifying (trim),” said McLaughlin. “Overall, the Pennzoil Chevy feels pretty strong in race, and now qualifying trim. Always a nervous sort of energy before you drop it in qual trim. We’ll find out again tomorrow when we turn up the boost. Overall, the Chevy power feels good and the car feels in a nice spot. We’ll see what we have come tomorrow.” Joining O’Ward as one of the ten quickest drivers of the day were Alexander Rossi in No. 20 Java House Chevrolet, Sting Ray Robb in the No. 77 Juncos Hollinger – Goodheart Chevrolet, Caio Collet in the No. 4 Combitrans Amazonia Chevrolet, and Ed Carpenter in the No. 33 SlimFast Special Chevrolet. David Malukas in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Rinus VeeKay in the No. 76 WedBush – JHR – DRR Chevrolet, Josef Newgarden in the No. 2 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet, O’Ward and Conor Daly, in the No. 23 DRR KINGSPAN Chevrolet, joined McLaughlin to make it six of the top ten unaided laps. VeeKay led the way in the speed trap at the Start/Finish line, crossing the Yard Of Bricks at 239.347mph.

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES News ConferenceThursday, May 14, 2026Pato O’Ward (w/Helio Castroneves)Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Pato O’Ward quickest today. Driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. Next Sunday will be his seventh Indianapolis 500. Of course is a two-time runner-up. Finished third here last year. Pato, not only quickest today, but seventh no-tow.And Helio Castroneves, no introduction needed, in 06 Cleveland Cliffs Honda for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian. The Drive for Five is on. Very quick today, second quick today, and doing it all in group runs as well.
We’ll start with Pato. Tell us about your day. You happy?
PATO O’WARD: It was a smooth day. We got some race running, qualifying simulations in. The car is in a good balance window. Tomorrow when the boosts come up, it does change quite a bit. Yeah, so far it’s been very smooth.

Q.  The hybrid being a little different in terms of are you doing anything different with the strategy? I know some teams are using it on different areas of the track that they may not have used last year?PATO O’WARD: This year we have to because the strategy we used last year was removed from the toolbox by INDYCAR, I believe. Yeah, we’re doing something different. I haven’t really paid attention to what the other guys are doing, but yeah.
Q.  Is it more aggressive the strategy you’re using? Are you doing it in the turns to keep the speeds up?PATO O’WARD: You’re more active for sure. Last year you saw a lot of the cars do one single deploy slowly. This year you see the cars more on double ends of the track.
Q.  For both of you, when you get the extra boost tomorrow, all of a sudden the car is going 10 miles an hour faster. What’s that first sensation like when Turn 1 gets here a lot quicker than it did Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday?PATO O’WARD: What I think is a pretty cool feeling is when you map out from your prep map into the full boost. When you see the data and you just see the thing just skyrocket, it’s really cool. It really is cool.
HELIO CASTRONEVES: I just mentioned to my other guys, like you guys went too fast on the prep. It’s like, no, no, just because tomorrow it’s going to go so much faster.PATO O’WARD: Well, we noticed today is maybe does it over the course of two corners. Isn’t it like half a lap? But tomorrow you’ll go from the start of the exit of 2 to enter to 3 almost like full beans. So it’s cool
Q.  For yourself, Pato, what’s it like having Ryan Hunter-Reay with you on the team, and what does that bring to the team?PATO O’WARD: I’ve really enjoyed working with Ryan. He’s obviously somebody that knows exactly what he wants around here. He’s obviously very well achieved at this track. It’s very interesting to see his point of view and how sensitive he is to certain things that maybe I haven’t been in the past.
So I’m definitely keeping close touch with him and really listening to what he has to say because you got to listen to guys like that, guys like Ryan, Helio. It really is a fine line around here what is fast but also needs to be comfortable in order to either carry a car for 200 laps and/or in qualifying.
Q.  Pato, talking about Felix Rosenqvist, what happened on Saturday in lap 1. You all are obviously good friends. You worked with each other on Day 1 a lot, but getting over that first wreck, how does the conversation with Felix go there? With you all being great friends, of course, off the track.PATO O’WARD: He came to talk to me right after the race, and these things happen. Like I’ll be the last guy that’s going to be like, wow, you screwed up. I can make that mistake very easily as well. You can miss the judging in a braking zone where maybe one side of the car isn’t as hot as the other. It’s so sensitive, especially when you don’t have clean air in your wings. It can get a bit tight.
So I know for a fact he didn’t do it on purpose, and I know he felt really bad about it, but I told him like, man, those things can happen. It probably won’t be the last time that it happens to me regardless of it — that time it was Felix, but I’ve been a pretty good client of turn 1.
I feel like the amount of times I’ve been taken out here in turn 1 at the road course have been more than like all the other tracks combined for some reason. I don’t know, maybe it’s something I’m doing.
HELIO CASTRONEVES: I’ve done it. I know. I’ve done it.
PATO O’WARD: It sucks. You qualify well, and it’s just like, well.
Q.  Just a few for you. Obviously when the hybrid was brought in last year, one of the main concerns was when you were fifth or sixth in the pack, it was quite difficult to overtake. We saw that in the race. There’s been a few changes this year. What are your thoughts when you are fifth or sixth in the pack? Is it a little bit easier to overtake them than it was last year, for example?PATO O’WARD: Still tough. Still very tough, especially if at that point in the race, you will be up against the best four cars. If you’re fifth in line, you’re going to be up against the best four cars in line.
Maybe sometimes you might have one in there that kind of snuck his way in, but at that point — I mean, Helio’s got so much more experience, but from what I’ve seen in the past, like good cars always find their way to being in that fight.Is it much easier? I probably wouldn’t say that it’s changed much. It’s still difficult. I do think the track temp has a big part of what the ability’s going to be behind a bunch of cars. If it gets really hot, I think you will start seeing some cars degrade.
But today it’s just — it’s been too — it’s been beautiful. It’s been beautiful. The track temp didn’t really go above 115, 110. It’s been around there the whole day. Not everybody was doing the race runs when it was that temperature.Just like the car changes so much when you increase the boost, it does change a lot when the track temp goes from 93 to 115 or 120. I would expect it to get harder and harder the hotter the track temp gets.
Q.  We’ve got this updated qualifying format where some cars could run up to four times possibly depending on how they run. I want to get your two thoughts on the format. Are they in position to qualify in potentially difficult positions considering you have to use a different set of tires and do more running?HELIO CASTRONEVES: I’m still trying to understand the qualifying to be honest.PATO O’WARD: I thought it only changed — wait.HELIO CASTRONEVES: It’s raising from 16 to 33, right?PATO O’WARD: Is there a limit of attempts now?THE MODERATOR: No. Well, on Sunday there are. Sunday you get one shot.PATO O’WARD: One shot at each?THE MODERATOR: Yes, but Saturday is the same.PATO O’WARD: Yeah, obviously you want to get into the Fast 15, right? Fastest 15. But if you’re in the bubble, you’ll probably see what –HELIO CASTRONEVES: It’s 9. You want to be in the fastest 9.PATO O’WARD: No 15 on Sunday.HELIO CASTRONEVES: Well, but the top 9.THE MODERATOR: Are into the top 12 the next day. The top 9 on Saturday are locked into the top 12 on Sunday.PATO O’WARD: So the fastest 15 on Saturday move on to Sunday in a Q1, Q2, Q3 format basically.HELIO CASTRONEVES: Then you have the second one –PATO O’WARD: So all 15 go first and then –THE MODERATOR: No. Six battle for the final three spots in the top 12.PATO O’WARD: So the front guys don’t have to do that again?THE MODERATOR: You’re locked in.PATO O’WARD: How many attempts — if you’re in the fastest 10, how many attempts do you have, two?THE MODERATOR: Two. You get a Top 12 and then Fast 6. We’ll go have dinner. I’ll explain it to you.PATO O’WARD: Honestly, if I’m — just — yeah, just keep going. Just keep going as fast as you can, see where you can go.

Q.  Pato, forgive me if I missed this. Seems like you guys have the car in the right window, 8th on the no-tow, P1 today. I know you worked on some things the past two days to get it up there. Do you think you have it in the right window going into this weekend?
PATO O’WARD: Yeah, yeah, I think we’re definitely in a good — the starting point, I think, has been one of the best balances that I’ve had, at least with the first few qualifying sims we’ve done into a qualifying weekend.
I have had it in the past where it feels good on the low boost, but then you put the higher boost and things do change. We’ll see what we’ve got tomorrow. Hopefully it will be good enough to have our first run in a high boost in the window to just pepper it in a little bit.
Yeah, so far it’s been good and smooth.
Q.  For Pato, we saw today, drivers when they were doing their mock runs, different philosophies on when to engage the hybrid. Do you expect that to be the same on Saturday, or by Saturday will everybody be doing the same thing?PATO O’WARD: I think you’ll see people doing different things. You might see like engine camps doing more similar things. So you might see Chevys doing something similar, and you might see Hondas doing something else.To start off the runs, you probably will see more of a variance, then I think everybody will probably pay attention to what the fast cars are doing, and they’ll probably just apply that.
Q.  Is any part of you getting impatient to get to Sunday?PATO O’WARD: Me?
Q.  Let’s just get this and do this race and see if I can win it.PATO O’WARD: No, I love the whole process. I love the whole month. Like the practice days, going into qualifying, like the whole thing of having qualifying its own weekend, I love that. Like I think it’s a great way for us as well. Like I really enjoy watching as well, and it’s cool to see big runs, big numbers, and then going out there yourself and trying to beat that and match to keep on transferring.
It’s a whole part of the event. I love it.
THE MODERATOR: You get another shot at it tomorrow in practice. Thanks for coming up, guys.
Tune-In Guide
Thursday, May 14·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – noon (ET)/ 11am (CT)/ 10am (MT)/ 9am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – 4pm (ET)/3pm (CT)/2pm (MT)/1pm (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218
Friday, May 15 (Fast Friday)·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – noon (ET)/11am (CT)/10am (MT)/9am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – 3pm (ET)/2pm (CT)/1pm (MT)/noon (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – 5pm (ET)/4pm (CT)/3pm (MT)/2pm (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218
Saturday, May 16 (PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend)·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – 8:30am (ET)/7:30am (CT)/6:30am (MT)/5:30am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying Day 1 – 11am (ET)/10am (CT)/9am (MT)/8am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying Day 1 – 2pm (ET)/1pm (CT)/noon (MT)/11am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying Day 1 – 4pm (ET)/3pm (CT)/2pm (MT)/1pm (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218
Sunday, May 17 (PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend)·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice – 1pm (ET)/7:30am (CT)/6:30am (MT)/5:30am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying Day 2 – 4pm (ET)/3pm (CT)/2pm (MT)/1pm (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218

CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbrdige2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway ovalSpeedway, IndianaPractice Day (Thursday) ReportMay 13, 2026 Indianapolis, Ind. (May 13, 2026) – The third day of practice for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, the last day before the boost gets turned up for Fast Friday and qualifying weekend, was led by Chevrolet-powered driver Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet with a lap at 227.308mph. It was a smooth day,” said O’Ward after stepping out of the car at the end of the day. “We got some race running, qualifying simulations in. The car is in a good balance window. Tomorrow when the boosts come up, it does change quite a bit. Yeah, so far it’s been very smooth.” On the non-tow timesheet, a lap of 223.378mph during a four-lap qualifying simulation by Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet was the second best and fastest for the Bowtie badged drivers. “Solid day today in qualifying (trim),” said McLaughlin. “Overall, the Pennzoil Chevy feels pretty strong in race, and now qualifying trim. Always a nervous sort of energy before you drop it in qual trim. We’ll find out again tomorrow when we turn up the boost. Overall, the Chevy power feels good and the car feels in a nice spot. We’ll see what we have come tomorrow.” Joining O’Ward as one of the ten quickest drivers of the day were Alexander Rossi in No. 20 Java House Chevrolet, Sting Ray Robb in the No. 77 Juncos Hollinger – Goodheart Chevrolet, Caio Collet in the No. 4 Combitrans Amazonia Chevrolet, and Ed Carpenter in the No. 33 SlimFast Special Chevrolet. David Malukas in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Rinus VeeKay in the No. 76 WedBush – JHR – DRR Chevrolet, Josef Newgarden in the No. 2 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet, O’Ward and Conor Daly, in the No. 23 DRR KINGSPAN Chevrolet, joined McLaughlin to make it six of the top ten unaided laps. VeeKay led the way in the speed trap at the Start/Finish line, crossing the Yard Of Bricks at 239.347mph.

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Chevrolet History at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval General Motors Wins – 18 Chevrolet Wins – 13 2024 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2023 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske2018 – Will Power – Team Penske2015 – Juan Montoya – Team Penske2013 – Tony Kanaan – KV Racing Technology-SH Racing2002 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1992 – Al Unser, Jr. – Galles/Kraco1991 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1990 – Arie Luyendyk – Doug Shierson Racing1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing1988 – Rick Mears – Team Penske Oldsmobile Wins – 5 2001 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske2000 – Juan Montoya – Chip Ganassi Racing1999 – Kenny Brack – A.J. Foyt Racing1998 – Eddie Cheever, Jr. – Team Cheever1997 – Arie Luyendyk – Treadway Racing General Motors Poles – 20 Chevrolet Poles – 14 2025 – Robert Shwartzman – PREMA Racing2024 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske2018 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing2015 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing2014 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing2013 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing2012 – Ryan Briscoe – Team Penske2002 – Bruno Junqueira – Chip Ganassi Racing1991 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1990 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1989 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1988 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1987 – Mario Andretti – Newman Haas Racing Oldsmobile Poles – 5 2001 – Scott Sharp – Kelley Racing2000 – Greg Ray – Team Menard1999 – Arie Luyendyk – Treadway Racing1998 – Billy Boat – A.J. Foyt Racing1997 – Arie Luyendyk – Treadway Racing Buick Poles – 1 1992 – Roberto Guerrero – King Motorsports General Motors Podiums – 54 Chevrolet Podiums – 38 Chevrolet Driver Podiums – Emerson Fittipaldi (4), Helio Castroneves (3), Josef Newgarden (3), Pato O’Ward (3), Tony Kanaan (2), Arie Luyendyk (2), Rick Mears (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Will Power (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Michael Andretti (1), Ed Carpenter (1), Santino Ferrucci (1),Felipe Giaffone (1), Scott Goodyear (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Charlie Kimball (1), David Malukas (1), Juan Montoya (1), Carlos Munoz (1), Bob Rahal (1), Paul Tracy (1), Al Unser (1) Chevrolet Team Podiums – Team Penske (15), Arrow McLaren (3), A.J. Foyt Racing (2), Andretti Global (2), ECR (2), Galles Racing (2), KV Racing Technology (2), Patrick Racing (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (1), Doug Shierson Racing (1), Granatelli Racing (1), Kraco Enterprises (1), Mo Nunn Racing (1), Newman Haas Racing (1), Team Green (1), Walker Racing (1) Oldsmobile – 15 Oldsmobile Driver Podiums – Buddy Lazier (2), Jeff Ward (2), Michael Andretti (1), Billy Boat (1), Kenny Brack (1), Helio Castroneves (1), Eddie Cheever, Jr. (1), Gil de Ferran (1), Scott Goodyear (1), Steve Knapp (1), Arie Luyendyk (1), Juan Montoya (1), Eliseo Salazar (1) Oldsmobile Team Podiums – A.J. Foyt (3), Hemelgarn Racing (2), Team Cheever (2), Team Penske (2), Treadway Racing (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (1), ISM Racing (1), Team Green (1), Pagan Racing (1) Buick – 1 Buick Driver Podiums – Al Unser (1) Buick Team Podiums – Team Menard (1) General Motors Laps Led – 3709 Chevrolet Laps Led – 2699 Chevrolet Driver Laps Led – Emerson Fittipaldi (348), Mario Andretti (193), Simon Pagenaud (169), Ed Carpenter (144), Will Power (140), Tony Kanaan (133), Michael Andretti (132), Rick Mears (119), Helio Castroneves (98), Pato O’Ward (96), Danny Sullivan (95), Marco Andretti (90), Scott Dixon (87), Conor Daly (82), Josef Newgarden (69), Rinus VeeKay (65), Scott McLaughlin (64), Al Unser Jr. (52), Felix Rosenqvist (47), Arie Luyendyk (37), Bob Rahal (36), Bruno Junqueira (32), Alexander Rossi (30), Al Unser (27), Juan Montoya (26), A.J. Allmendinger (23), Sting Ray Robb (23), Ryan Briscoe (15), Gil de Ferran (13), Santino Ferrucci (12), Felipe Giaffone (12), James Hinchcliffe (12), Carlos Munoz (12), Alex Barron (10), Charlie Kimball (10), Christian Rasmussen (9), Robert Shwartzman (8), Spencer Pigot (7), JR Hildebrand (6), Callum Ilott (6), Oliver Askew (4), Kevin Cogan (4), Sage Karam (4), Kyle Larson (4), Jack Harvey (3), Scott Sharp (3), Rubens Barrichello (2), David Malukas (2) Chevrolet Team Laps Led – Team Penske (1019), Newman Haas Racing (325), ECR (306), Chip Ganassi Racing (179), Arrow McLaren (168), Patrick Racing (158), Andretti Global (140), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (85), A.J. Foyt Racing (56), Galles Racing (56), KV Racing Technology (43), Doug Shierson Racing (37), Kraco Enterprises (35), Mo Nunn Racing (35), Juncos Hollinger Racing (18), King Motorsports (15), Prema Racing (8), Blair Racing (7), Kelley Racing (4), Team Cheever (3) Oldsmobile Laps Led – 996 Oldsmobile Driver Laps Led: Juan Montoya (167), Arie Luyendyk (129), Greg Ray (116), Kenny Brack (89), Tony Stewart (78), Eddie Cheever, Jr. (76), Helio Castroneves (52), Jeff Ward (52), Robby Gordon (50), John Paul, Jr. (39), Mark Dismore (29), Gil de Ferran (27), Buddy Lazier (27), Michael Andretti (16), Robbie Buhl (16), Billy Boat (13), Jimmy Vasser (5), Buzz Calkins (4), Sam Schmidt (4), Davey Hamilton (3), Scott Goodyear (2), Robbie McGehee (2) Oldsmobile Team Laps Led : Team Menard (207), Chip Ganassi Racing (185), Treadway Racing (137), Team Cheever (125), A.J. Foyt Racing (124), Team Penske (79), Team Pelfrey (39), Kelley Racing (29), Hemelgarn Racing (27), Genoa Racing (18), Team Green (16), Bradley Racing (4), Nienhouse Motorsports (3), Pagan Racing (3) Buick Laps Led – 14 Buick Driver Laps Led: Jim Crawford (8), Al Unser (4), Scott Brayton (1), Stephane Gregoire (1) Buick Team Laps Led: King Motorsports (8), Team Menard (4), Brayton Engineering (1), Formula Project (1) Manufacturer History at the Indianapolis 500 Wins (with competition) 27 – Offenhauser (1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1941, 1937, 1935)18 – General Motors 13 – Chevrolet (2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2013, 2002, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988)12 – Miller (1938, 1936, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1926, 1923, 1922)10 – Honda (2025, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2005, 2004)10 – Cosworth (1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978)8 – Ford (1996, 1995, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1965)5 – Oldsmobile (2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997)3 – Duesenberg (1927, 1925, 19243 – Peugeot (1919, 1918, 1913)2 – Mercedes (1994, 19152 – Maserati (1940, 1939)2 – Frontenac (1921, 1920)1 – Toyota (2003)1 – Foyt (19771 – Sparks (1946)1 – Delage (1914)1 – National (1912)1 – Marmon (1911) Earned Poles (with competition) 23 – General Motors18 – Offenhauser (1976, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1950, 1946, 1937)14 – Miller (1938, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922)14 – Chevrolet (2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2002, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)9 – Cosworth (1986, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977)8 – Honda (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2005, 2004)7 – Ford (1993, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964)5 – Oldsmobile (2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997)4 – Buick (1996, 1995, 1992, 1985)3 – Ballot (1921, 1920, 1919)2 – Foyt (1975, 1974)2 – Novi (1951, 1949)2 – Winfield (1948, 1940)2 – Maserati (1947, 1941)2 – Sparks (1939, 1936)2 – Wisconsin (1912, 1911)1 – Toyota (2003)1 – Mercedes (1994)1 – Pratt & Whitney (1968)1 – Cummins (1952)1 – Studebaker (1931)1 – Peugeot (1916)1 – Stutz (1915)1 – Sunbeam (1914)1 – Mercer (1913)

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BY THE NUMBERS: Eldora’s World of Outlaws History

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ROSSBURG, OH (May 14, 2026) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Eldora Speedway go way back.

The two have been connected since Earl Baltes welcomed Ted Johnson’s band of travelers for the tour’s second race ever. At the time, nobody knew that the foundations of The Greatest Show on Dirt were forming, but Baltes saw promise in Johnson’s plan to organize the country’s best Sprint Car drivers.

That race on April 16, 1978 was the beginning of a long and fruitful connection between the World of Outlaws and the “Big E.” The iconic 1/2 mile has been a mainstay on the schedule ever since. From Baltes’ continued growth of the track to Tony Stewart pushing it to new heights over the last couple decades, the World of Outlaws remained a fixture.

The longstanding tradition between the tour and track continues this Friday-Saturday, May 15-16 with #LetsRaceTwo presented by LGMG. The weekend brings worlds together as the World of Outlaws meet up with the USAC National Sprint Cars on the high banks of Eldora for two nights of a Sprint Car fan’s dream.

The World of Outlaws will be back at Eldora on July 17-18 for the 43rd running of the Kings Royal with $200,000 going in the champion’s bank.

Let’s look at the World of Outlaws and Eldora’s history by the numbers:

242 – the number of World of Outlaws races contested at Eldora Speedway. It’s one of only three tracks to host at least 200 nights and trails Williams Grove Speedway by just one for the most visited track in World of Outlaws history.

51 – the number of drivers that have won a World of Outlaws race at Eldora.

47 – the number of seasons the World of Outlaws have visited Eldora. That’s all but one in the history of the Series. The only reason for no perfect attendance is the pandemic prevented a 2020 trip.

41 – the number of World of Outlaws wins at Eldora Steve Kinser collected in his legendary career. It’s only fitting that Eldora sits tied alongside Knoxville Raceway at the top of the list where “The King” won most often in his career.

11 – the number of World of Outlaws races at Eldora in 1980, the most the tour has visited the “House that Earl Built” in a single season.

11 – the number of Ohio natives that have won at Eldora – Dave Blaney, Jac Haudenschild, Rick Ferkel, Kenny Jacobs, Dale Blaney, Sheldon Haudenschild, Randy Ford, Chad Kemenah, Greg Wilson, Brad Doty, and Danny Smith. A total of 16 drivers from the “Buckeye State” have topped at least one World of Outlaws race, and 69% of them have done so in their home state at Eldora.

9 – the number of times the World of Outlaws raced at Eldora during the inaugural 1978 season, more than any other track. The first campaign set the stage for Eldora to be a frequent stop annually.

9 – the number of seasons the World of Outlaws and USAC have come together at Eldora for #LetsRaceTwo presented by LGMG.

7 – the number of drivers that have won both a World of Outlaws Sprint Car race and USAC National Sprint Car race at Eldora – Tyler Courtney, Jac Haudenschild, Rickey Hood, Steve Kinser, Kyle Larson, Danny Smith, and Brad Sweet. This weekend showcases the best of the Wing and Non-Wing worlds, and only a select few have been able to conquer both Series at the “Big E.”

6 – the number of drivers that have topped double digit World of Outlaws races at Eldora – Steve Kinser (41), Sammy Swindell (30), Donny Schatz (18), Doug Wolfgang (15), Joey Saldana (13), and Dave Blaney (10).

6 – the number of wins during #LetsRaceTwo weekend for Donny Schatz, more than any other competitor.

5 – the number of current Series full-timers that have won a World of Outlaws race at Eldora – Donny Schatz, David Gravel, Logan Schuchart, Carson Macedo, and Sheldon Haudenschild.

For tickets to this weekend’s #LetsRaceTwo presented by LGMG, 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.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/by-the-numbers-eldoras-world-of-outlaws-history/

EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4549538
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Eldora%2BSpeedway

BY THE NUMBERS: Eldora’s World of Outlaws History