Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

JOHN FORCE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER UNPARALLELED NHRA CAREERWinningest driver in NHRA history officially hangs up his firesuit

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

JOHN FORCE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER UNPARALLELED NHRA CAREERWinningest driver in NHRA history officially hangs up his firesuit

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (Nov. 14, 2025) – Legendary drag racer John Force, 16-time Funny Car champion and the winningest driver in NHRA history, announced Thursday during a media luncheon at his race shop in Yorba Linda that he is officially retiring from competition 17 months after suffering injuries in a devastating crash during competition at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Va. The numbers Force accumulated over a career that began in the 1970s speak for themselves: 16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion (1990-91, 1993-2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013); 157 event wins; 269 final-round appearances; 166 No. 1 Qualifiers; 1,460 round wins in competition. “I really love NHRA but I am officially done with driving,” said Force. “I’ve said so many times, ‘Until this race car kills me, they’re gonna have to drag me out of the seat.’ But the truth is, I was dragged out of the seat at Richmond and they thought it killed me then. So, I’m lucky that I’m back walking. They always say never say never, but I have grandchildren with Courtney and Graham, with Ashley and Danny, and now Brittany’s retired because she wants to have children.” “It’s time for me to retire. I had medical stuff that I had to address and ‘do I want to get back in the car and get hit in the head,’ and I don’t. So, I guess it’s official, I’m done. I won’t say I won’t ever get in a car to warm it up or maybe even make a burnout. Don’t know. I guess it’ll be the response from the fans. If they cheer loud enough, I’ll hear ya.” Force will continue to oversee John Force Racing, the 23-time championship winning organization based in Brownsburg, Ind., and it’s three champion drivers: Brittany Force, two-time Top Fuel Champion who is fourth in the point standings in the Monster Energy dragster; Austin Prock, reigning Funny Car Champion who has a 101-point lead going into the Finals in the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car; and 2012 Funny Car Champion Jack Beckman who took over the driving duties for Force in the Peak Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car and is third in the point standings. Brittany Force announced September 12 that she would be stepping away from competition at the end of this season to focus on starting a family with husband Bobby Lyons, Jr. John Force Racing announced Oct. 15 that five-year veteran Top Fuel driver Josh Hart will be driving for its Top Fuel team in 2026.  The luncheon was held to promote this weekend’s NHRA In-N-Out Burger NHRA Nationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

DETROIT – Chevrolet will hit the track for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season sporting an updated design of its Camaro ZL1 racecar, with its competition debut set to come in February at the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray.

The latest edition Camaro ZL1 racecar will feature upgraded styling that is aligned with Chevrolet’s recently released Camaro ZL1 Carbon Performance Package accessories kit for owners to optimize the performance capabilities of the sixth-generation Camaro ZL1 production car. Chevrolet collaborated with NASCAR and its teams on this update. The most prominent racecar changes are a larger hood power dome, a revised front grille, and more pronounced rocker panels along the sides of the car. These mirror the new Carbon Performance Package’s carbon-fiber hood insert and rockers, plus ZL1 1LE-spec front grille and splitter.

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Racecar Set to Debut New Look for2026 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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DETROIT – Chevrolet will hit the track for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season sporting an updated design of its Camaro ZL1 racecar, with its competition debut set to come in February at the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray.

The latest edition Camaro ZL1 racecar will feature upgraded styling that is aligned with Chevrolet’s recently released Camaro ZL1 Carbon Performance Package accessories kit for owners to optimize the performance capabilities of the sixth-generation Camaro ZL1 production car. Chevrolet collaborated with NASCAR and its teams on this update. The most prominent racecar changes are a larger hood power dome, a revised front grille, and more pronounced rocker panels along the sides of the car. These mirror the new Carbon Performance Package’s carbon-fiber hood insert and rockers, plus ZL1 1LE-spec front grille and splitter.

Dating back to 1955, Chevrolet has competed with 14 different nameplates in the NASCAR Cup Series – recording 881 all-time victories, 34 Driver Championships, and 44 Manufacturer Championships, including the past five Manufacturer titles, to earn the title as the winningest manufacturer in the series’ history.

DETROIT (November 14, 2025) – Cadillac Racing statement regarding 2026 aerodynamic updates to its three IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) cars and two Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA Hypercars: As part of its ongoing development to improve performance in the pursuit of podiums and wins, Cadillac has joined other manufacturers in aligning timing of EVO use with the updated aerodynamic homologation for 2026. While the V-Series.R retains signature V-Series production design elements, notable changes include removal of front dive planes and winglets and reshaping the rear wing profile. Three GTP cars with the updates are participating in the November 14-15 IMSA-sanctioned test at Daytona International Speedway:

SAPULPA, OK (Nov. 13, 2025) — Creek County Speedway has seen plenty of evolution in 40 years of operation, but one thing remains the same. It’s home for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS).

It’s where owner/founder and former racer Emmett Hahn spawned the idea of the traveling Sprint Car tour. It’s where 34 Series events have taken place in the 34-year history of the country’s only national 360 Sprint Car organization. It’s where the 10th running of Fuzzy’s Fall Fling gets the green flag in the season finale for both the national Series and the ASCS Sooner Region this Friday–Saturday night.

And to think the idea of the track was born one night at nearby Port City Raceway.

“I was still racing at the big track then, and I had a pretty good following, and I had about 12 of my people and fans come out just to watch races,” Hahn said. “One of them had stopped by a convenience store and got a soft drink, and (the owner) wouldn’t let him in with that soft drink. And so, I thought, ‘You know, I think I can just build my own racetrack.’ So that’s the reason I bought it.”

In 1985, Hahn officially opened the track — originally named “66 Raceway Park” — as a 1/5-mile oval for Micro Sprint competition, and it didn’t take long for the track to establish itself as the place to race around the Tulsa area.

“I got a lot of cars,” Hahn said. “My first Fall Fling when I was running one class of Micros, I had 273 in one class.”

Six years after its establishment, Hahn began expansion of the track to its current 1/4-mile configuration, which was first raced in 1991. While the Micro Sprint division remained, Hahn’s aim was to attract a wider variety of cars and spectators.

“Me being smart — I thought well I’ll just build me a bigger track, and I can run bigger cars and make bigger money,” Hahn said with a laugh. “Never made much money after I made it bigger.”

Since then, the track has operated on a weekly basis for a variety of different car types including Modifieds, Street Stocks and more, in addition to nearly 100 ASCS events. For the 2025 season, Hahn turned the day-to-day operations of the facility over to grandson Matt Ward and his wife Ashleigh, who have been helping around the track for years in addition to their duties as directors of Hahn’s marquee Chili Bowl Nationals and Tulsa Shootout events.

As several others in the region will echo, there’s a reason the track has garnered continuous support for over four decades.

“It’s short bullring, it’s tight, and it just produces great racing here,” Ward said. “I just tell everybody to come out. If you want to see great racing, come here.”

The Wards spearheaded a renovation project at Creek County before the start of the 2025 weekly season that made several improvements to the property, including new lights in the pit area and around the racetrack, new poles, cables and fencing on the frontstretch and in front of the pit grandstands, new guardrails, added handrails in the main grandstands, and a new concession stand for alcoholic beverage sales — much to Hahn’s approval.

“We upgraded a lot of things in a short amount of time,” Ward said. “Thankfully, for a great team out here, we got them all accomplished. We still have some offseason projects this year that we’re gonna do, and we’re gonna continue to grow this place and improve it and carry on my family’s legacy here.”

“When we finished last year, they started tearing a lot of the stuff down because it had been there for a long time,” Hahn said. “They basically rebuilt that whole racetrack. New poles, new lights, new fence. They’ve really made some nice improvements on it and they’ve done a good job of running it this year. A real good job.”

This weekend, Creek County hosts one of the biggest events on its schedule in Fuzzy’s Fall Fling. It’s an event that not only caps the ASCS season but honors the life and legacy of Emmett Hahn’s wife, Wokeeta “Fuzzy” Hahn — one which Ward takes as much pride in putting on as any of his other involvements throughout the year.

“I want it to be where my grandpa can come out here and relax and enjoy himself,” Ward said. “I don’t want him stressing about what we need to do to the racetrack, or if this thing’s handled or that. I want everything do already be done so when he gets here and he comes and asks me or Ashleigh, we’re already there to tell him that it’s already handled and everything’s good to go.”

Hahn still projects his wife’s spirit around Creek County to this day. Her name was added to the Fall Fling event after her passing in 2021, honoring her dedication to her family’s beloved tradition of dirt track racing.

“They say, ‘Behind all men is a good woman.’ She worked out there every bit as hard as I did,” Hahn said. “She had a lot of good ideas. We thought we’d just name this Fall Fling after her.”

WHERE THE HEART IS: Creek County’s Evolution from Micro Sprint Hotspot to ASCS Homeland

SAPULPA, OK (Nov. 13, 2025) — Creek County Speedway has seen plenty of evolution in 40 years of operation, but one thing remains the same. It’s home for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS).

It’s where owner/founder and former racer Emmett Hahn spawned the idea of the traveling Sprint Car tour. It’s where 34 Series events have taken place in the 34-year history of the country’s only national 360 Sprint Car organization. It’s where the 10th running of Fuzzy’s Fall Fling gets the green flag in the season finale for both the national Series and the ASCS Sooner Region this Friday–Saturday night.

And to think the idea of the track was born one night at nearby Port City Raceway.

“I was still racing at the big track then, and I had a pretty good following, and I had about 12 of my people and fans come out just to watch races,” Hahn said. “One of them had stopped by a convenience store and got a soft drink, and (the owner) wouldn’t let him in with that soft drink. And so, I thought, ‘You know, I think I can just build my own racetrack.’ So that’s the reason I bought it.”

In 1985, Hahn officially opened the track — originally named “66 Raceway Park” — as a 1/5-mile oval for Micro Sprint competition, and it didn’t take long for the track to establish itself as the place to race around the Tulsa area.

“I got a lot of cars,” Hahn said. “My first Fall Fling when I was running one class of Micros, I had 273 in one class.”

Six years after its establishment, Hahn began expansion of the track to its current 1/4-mile configuration, which was first raced in 1991. While the Micro Sprint division remained, Hahn’s aim was to attract a wider variety of cars and spectators.

“Me being smart — I thought well I’ll just build me a bigger track, and I can run bigger cars and make bigger money,” Hahn said with a laugh. “Never made much money after I made it bigger.”

Since then, the track has operated on a weekly basis for a variety of different car types including Modifieds, Street Stocks and more, in addition to nearly 100 ASCS events. For the 2025 season, Hahn turned the day-to-day operations of the facility over to grandson Matt Ward and his wife Ashleigh, who have been helping around the track for years in addition to their duties as directors of Hahn’s marquee Chili Bowl Nationals and Tulsa Shootout events.

As several others in the region will echo, there’s a reason the track has garnered continuous support for over four decades.

“It’s short bullring, it’s tight, and it just produces great racing here,” Ward said. “I just tell everybody to come out. If you want to see great racing, come here.”

The Wards spearheaded a renovation project at Creek County before the start of the 2025 weekly season that made several improvements to the property, including new lights in the pit area and around the racetrack, new poles, cables and fencing on the frontstretch and in front of the pit grandstands, new guardrails, added handrails in the main grandstands, and a new concession stand for alcoholic beverage sales — much to Hahn’s approval.

“We upgraded a lot of things in a short amount of time,” Ward said. “Thankfully, for a great team out here, we got them all accomplished. We still have some offseason projects this year that we’re gonna do, and we’re gonna continue to grow this place and improve it and carry on my family’s legacy here.”

“When we finished last year, they started tearing a lot of the stuff down because it had been there for a long time,” Hahn said. “They basically rebuilt that whole racetrack. New poles, new lights, new fence. They’ve really made some nice improvements on it and they’ve done a good job of running it this year. A real good job.”

This weekend, Creek County hosts one of the biggest events on its schedule in Fuzzy’s Fall Fling. It’s an event that not only caps the ASCS season but honors the life and legacy of Emmett Hahn’s wife, Wokeeta “Fuzzy” Hahn — one which Ward takes as much pride in putting on as any of his other involvements throughout the year.

“I want it to be where my grandpa can come out here and relax and enjoy himself,” Ward said. “I don’t want him stressing about what we need to do to the racetrack, or if this thing’s handled or that. I want everything do already be done so when he gets here and he comes and asks me or Ashleigh, we’re already there to tell him that it’s already handled and everything’s good to go.”

Hahn still projects his wife’s spirit around Creek County to this day. Her name was added to the Fall Fling event after her passing in 2021, honoring her dedication to her family’s beloved tradition of dirt track racing.

“They say, ‘Behind all men is a good woman.’ She worked out there every bit as hard as I did,” Hahn said. “She had a lot of good ideas. We thought we’d just name this Fall Fling after her.”

Tickets to the 10th running of Fuzzy’s Fall Fling will be sold at the track on race day. If you can’t be there, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

Atlanta, GEORGIA — November 13, 2025 – The 2025 season has been a defined by determination, passion, and victory for Burtin Racing, TOP LINER® and Adam Andretti. From unforgettable performances in the Trans Am Series to the launch of an exciting new grassroots driver competition, the year has marked a new chapter of success both on and off the track. Now, that story culminates with the TOP LINER® Top Driver Challenge on Sunday, December 7, an event that promises to deliver excitement, inspiration, and fan engagement at its best.The Top Driver Challenge Finalists:Arun K.Kristofer C.Darrell L.William G.Jeremy H.Steven M.Dena B.Nicholas R.Michael P.Sarah V.Riley T.Adarius R.Earlier this year, Adam Andretti produced what many called the drive of the season at Barber Motorsports Park, claiming victory in the Trans Am TA Class after an astonishing comeback from half a minute off the pace. The win was a testament to Andretti’s skill, focus, and never-say-die attitude — and to the precision engineering and preparation of the Burtin Racing team. Adam finished the season in the runner-up spot in the Driver’s Championship and aims to go one better in 2026.“Barber was a special moment,” said Adam Andretti. “It showed what’s possible when you have faith in your team and your equipment. This entire season has been about pushing forward, overcoming challenges, and celebrating what makes motorsport great — the people, the passion, and the pursuit of excellence.”TOP LINER Top Driver Challenge Grand Final: A Celebration of Talent and FansTo cap off this remarkable season, Burtin Racing, TOP LINER®  and the Andretti Indoor Karting and Games family are inviting fans to join them for the TOP LINER® Top Driver Challenge Grand Final at Andretti Indoor Karting and Games in Buford, GA., an event designed to raise the profile of TOP LINER® spray-on bedliner products and showcase the excitement of Trans Am racing with prizes and autographs. All are welcome to attend and watch in person.Hopeful drivers entered the inaugural Top Driver Challenge in 2025, a nationwide search for emerging racing talent. Now, 12 finalists will battle it out on the karting circuit for the ultimate prize — an all-expenses-paid trip to Florida for the opening round of the 2026 Trans Am season at Sebring International Raceway, including behind-the-scenes access with Burtin Racing and Adam Andretti.December 7 Event Schedule and Fan HighlightsThe Top Driver Challenge takes place at Andretti Indoor Karting and Games in Buford, GA and promises an action-packed evening for both competitors and spectators.4:00 PM – Registration OpensAttendees are welcomed to the event and can sign in for the afternoon’s activities. Every fan in attendance will receive a free Burtin Racing hat signed by Adam Andretti — a token of appreciation for their support throughout the season.4:05–4:40 PM – Meet & Greet with Adam AndrettiFans will have a rare opportunity to meet Adam, take photos, and hear firsthand about his incredible 2025 season and upcoming plans with Burtin Racing.4:40 PM – Driver Briefing and Practice SessionThe 12 Top Driver finalists will be briefed before hitting the track for practice laps, qualifying session, preparing for the decisive timed session and the chance to win the Grand Prize.5:30 PM – Official Timed SessionThe pressure peaks as the finalists compete in a race against the clock. Their fastest laps will determine who takes home the coveted grand prize.6:00 PM – Appetizers and Media InterviewsWhile results are tabulated, all attendees and participants can enjoy complimentary appetizers and mingle with the Burtin Racing team, sponsors, and fellow racing fans.6:30 PM – Awards Ceremony and Winner AnnouncementThe day concludes with the presentation of trophies, celebration of all finalists, and the crowning of the 2025 TOP LINER Top Driver Challenge Champion.A Partnership Fueled by Performance and PassionThe partnership between Burtin Racing and TOP LINER®  has delivered tremendous results throughout 2025, both in the Trans Am paddock and within the broader motorsport community. Together, they’ve built a program that bridges professional racing and grassroots opportunity — and the Grand Final stands as a celebration of that shared vision.“This challenge has shown how much talent and enthusiasm there is out there,” said Claudio Burtin, founder of Burtin Racing. “It’s been incredible to watch it grow, and we can’t think of a better way to close the season than to share this event with the fans and our partners.”Event: TOP LINER® Top Driver Challenge Grand FinaleLocation: Andretti Indoor Karting and Games – Buford, GADate: Sunday, December 7, 2025Time: Starts at 4:00 PMAdmission: Free for all attendeesPerks: Free autographed hat for every attendee, complimentary appetizers and refreshments

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2025) – This weekend at the NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, Top Alcohol Dragster driver Melanie Johnson will pay tribute to her family’s deep agricultural roots with a special Johnson Farms decal on the side of her dragster.

The moment carries extra meaning, not only does it mark the final race of the 2025 season, but also 30 years since her uncle, Blaine Johnson, earned his first Top Fuel win at the same event in Pomona back in 1995.

Blaine Johnson (in cockpit) and his brother Alan, won for the first time in Top Fuel 30 years ago at the NHRA Finals, photo credit NHRA/National Dragster

“My family has been farming on the Central Coast of California for four generations,” said Johnson. “My great-grandfather immigrated from Denmark and bought land in Santa Maria to start a dairy farm. Over time, the family transitioned to growing produce, most notably strawberries, and we’re proud to continue being stewards of the land today.”

The Johnson Farms decal design is inspired by the classic Johnson Racing logo that appeared on the Top Alcohol Dragster her father, Alan Johnson, and uncle Blaine raced together in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

Top Alcohol Dragster standout Melanie Johnson will be honoring her family’s business and racing legacy this weekend, photo credit Melanie Johnson

Melanie Johnson Honors Family’s Farming Heritage at NHRA Finals in Pomona

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2025) – This weekend at the NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, Top Alcohol Dragster driver Melanie Johnson will pay tribute to her family’s deep agricultural roots with a special Johnson Farms decal on the side of her dragster.

The moment carries extra meaning, not only does it mark the final race of the 2025 season, but also 30 years since her uncle, Blaine Johnson, earned his first Top Fuel win at the same event in Pomona back in 1995.

Blaine Johnson (in cockpit) and his brother Alan, won for the first time in Top Fuel 30 years ago at the NHRA Finals, photo credit NHRA/National Dragster

“My family has been farming on the Central Coast of California for four generations,” said Johnson. “My great-grandfather immigrated from Denmark and bought land in Santa Maria to start a dairy farm. Over time, the family transitioned to growing produce, most notably strawberries, and we’re proud to continue being stewards of the land today.”

The Johnson Farms decal design is inspired by the classic Johnson Racing logo that appeared on the Top Alcohol Dragster her father, Alan Johnson, and uncle Blaine raced together in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

Top Alcohol Dragster standout Melanie Johnson will be honoring her family’s business and racing legacy this weekend, photo credit Melanie Johnson

“Drag racing has always been a family passion,” Johnson continued. “To close out my rookie Top Alcohol Dragster season by honoring where we came from, both in farming and in racing, feels really special. This weekend, our family and friends will come together in Southern California once again to celebrate an incredible season and remember the legacy that brought us here.”

The tour’s 48th season of racing delivered plenty of memorable moments and noteworthy storylines

CONCORD, NC (November 13, 2025) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season is a long and winding road.

A nine-month journey that annually takes the nation’s top Sprint Car talent to roughly 40 tracks in 20 states promises to be filled with memorable moments and fruitful storylines, and that was exactly the case in 2025.

From a teenager topping the sport’s biggest race to a driver in their 60s winning with a head-turning setup to a dominant year punctuated by a historic championship, this year delivered a little bit of everything.

Let’s look at some of the season’s top stories:

BACK-2-BACK: David Gravel finally secured his first World of Outlaws title in 2024 after so many years of trying, and it appears he was only getting started.

The Watertown, CT native and his Big Game Motorsports team came out even stronger in 2025. They opened the season with 14 consecutive top-five finishes, including five victories. They didn’t miss the top 10 until the 29th race of the campaign. When the year wrapped up, Gravel’s stat sheet showed 17 wins, 40 podiums, 56 top fives, 64 top 10s, and a 4.13 average finish in 68 starts.

That was more than enough to earn Gravel his second straight championship. He joined Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Donny Schatz, Jason Meyers, and Brad Sweet as only the sixth competitor ever to go back-to-back. With a pair of titles and 120 victories on his résumé at only 33 years old, Gravel is well on his way to establishing himself as one of the best to ever get behind the wheel of a Sprint Car.

ROOKIE WAR: Announcements kept coming over the off-season that new drivers were signing on for their first World of Outlaws tour, assembling one of the most competitive rookie classes in Series history.

The final tally was seven as Cole Macedo, Garet Williamson, Chris Windom, Skylar Gee, Zach Hampton, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Conner Morrell readied to battle for the coveted Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year honor.

While none of them were able to pick off a Feature win, several had close calls. Macedo led laps twice. Morrell appeared bound for victory at Ohsweken before Gravel spoiled the party as Morrell settled for second. Williamson, Windom, and Gee all landed on the podium once.

Ultimately, consistency carried Williamson to earning the Rookie of the Year. Windom led for much of the season’s first half, but a solid summer stretch of nine top 10s in 13 races helped Williamson take the top spot and pull away. The Columbia, MO native ended the year with seven top fives and 26 top 10s aboard the Fischer Motorsports No. 23 and forever cemented his name in the history books.

RIVALRY REKINDLED: Sprint Car fans rejoiced when it was announced that Joe Gibbs would be allowing his drivers to dabble in the dirt again. This meant Christopher Bell could return to his roots and rekindle his rivalry with Kyle Larson. It didn’t take long for the duo to deliver.

The second night of the season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals came down to the wire between Bell and Larson. Bell was aboard Pennsylvania’s famous Kreitz Racing No. 69K while Larson wheeled the familiar Silva Motorsports No. 57. Bell led when the white flag waved, and Larson got a run coming to the checkered flag, but it wasn’t quite enough as Bell held on in a finish that brought the fans to their feet.

Bell won the battle, but it was Larson triumphing in the war as he went on to win the next two nights and add the Big Gator championship trophy to his collection.

COMING BACK TO CANADA: After eight years away, opportunity opened for the World of Outlaws to return to Canada in 2025.

The always exciting Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario welcomed the tour back for two nights of midweek May action. Fans packed the stands, and a healthy field of more than 30 Sprint Cars filled the pit area.

The weekend belonged to David Gravel who broke out the broom and swept both nights. While Gravel might’ve won, regulars in the region had their share of the spotlight as Harding, PA’s Jordan Thomas made the trip across the border and led laps of the opener before finishing fifth. The following night, it was Canada’s own Dylan Westbrook pacing 14 circuits before a podium result.

BUDDY’S BOOMING BANK: The 2025 BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals is a week that Michael “Buddy” Kofoid will never forget.

The two events in one began with the Huset’s Hustle on June 18-19. A podium on night one positioned him well for the next night when he won and pocketed $100,000. The next two nights brought the High Bank Nationals, and Kofoid finished second in the prelim before winning the finale and banking a massive $250,000 paycheck. He became only the third driver in Sprint Car history to earn a pair of six-figure paydays in the same week, joining Brent Marks and David Gravel.

It also put the finishing touches on Kofoid’s tale of redemption at Huset’s with the Roth Motorsports crew. Two years ago, when they’d just partnered, Kofoid lost an engine while leading with less than 10 laps to go for $250,000. Since then, the Brandon, SD track has hosted a trio of six-figure races, and Kofoid and the No. 83 team have taken all of them.

SHOCKING THE WORLD: An 18-year-old winning the sport’s biggest race likely wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card to start 2025, but that’s exactly what happened.

Teenager Ryan Timms looked like the most poised of veterans all week long at the 64th running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. It began with a drive from eighth to victory on his prelim night with the Liebig Motorsports crew. That lined him up on the pole for Saturday’s finale, and Timms put together a flawless 50 laps to become a Knoxville Nationals champion.

The Oklahoman became the second youngest winner of the event, trailing only Kenny Weld. Timms is also the only driver that can claim their first official World of Outlaws Feature victory is the Knoxville Nationals.

END OF AN ERA: The Sprint Car world was rocked in August when it was announced that Donny Schatz and Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) would be parting ways.

Since joining forces in 2008, the pairing amassed eight World of Outlaws titles, 234 Series victories, nine Knoxville Nationals, five Kings Royals, and a pair of National Opens. It’s undoubtedly one of the most dominant driver-team combinations in Sprint Car history.

But after more than half a season combatting struggles, the two sides went different directions after the Knoxville Nationals. TSR hired Kerry Madsen to complete the campaign. Schatz drove for Tod Quiring, Dave Lunstra, and Kevin Kozlowski over the next month before climbing aboard a second Sides Motorsports entry for the final 11 races of his 29th World of Outlaws season.

Schatz ended the season winless for the first time since his rookie season in 1997.

61 YEARS YOUNG: Fans saw history made on a late October Saturday at Sharon Speedway.

The Blaney family owns and operates the northeastern Ohio oval, and Dave Blaney put brother Dale Blaney behind the wheel of his famed No. 10 for the World of Outlaws tilt. With an experimental setup obvious to the eye, the “Low Rider” put on a show. He drove from fifth to victory, holding off Buddy Kofoid for a popular win at Blaney’s home track.

It marked Dale’s first World of Outlaws score in a decade, and at 61 years of age, he became the oldest driver to win a World of Outlaws race.

FINISHING STRONG: Schatz and TSR’s split wasn’t the only silly season news to shock the sport during the year. In September, Sheldon Haudenschild announced that he’d be departing Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing (SJMR) after his eighth season with the team concluded.

That didn’t slow Haudenschild over the last couple months of the campaign as he aimed to finish his SJMR tenure strong. Haudenschild bagged the final leg of Sprint Car racing’s triple crown in October, winning $75,000 at Williams Grove Speedway’s National Open. Four races later, Haudenschild took the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 to Victory Lane again at Angell Park Speedway.

Haudenschild finished up the year fifth in points, his fourth time in the top five. The Wooster, OH native ended his time with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Richard and Jennifer Marshall’s team with 46 checkered flags. Spencer Bayston is set to move to SJMR in 2026, while Haudenschild has yet to reveal his plans.

POSSE PREVAIL: The World of Outlaws had gotten the better of the Pennsylvania Posse in 2023 and 2024, but the “Keystone State” turned the tides in 2025.

Mother Nature limited the rivalry to six battles, and the Posse topped four of them to the World of Outlaws’ two. The Posse can largely thank Anthony Macri for the upper hand. The Dillsburg, PA driver was responsible for three of the four scores with wins at Williams Grove Speedway in May, BAPS Motor Speedway in July, and Lincoln Speedway in October.

The one other Posse triumph came courtesy of Chase Dietz, who earned his first World of Outlaws Feature victory at October’s National Open prelim.

2025 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Christopher Bell (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (2)
5. Sun, March 2 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
6. Mon, March 3 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2)
7. Fri, March 7 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Bill Balog (1)
8. Sat, March 8 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / David Gravel (3)
9. Fri, March 14 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
10. Sat, March 15 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Michael Kofoid (1)
11. Fri, March 21 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (4)
12. Sat, March 22 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (5)
13. Fri, March 28 / Lawton Speedway / Lawton, OK / Michael Kofoid (2)
14. Fri, April 11 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (2)
15. Sat, April 12 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Logan Schuchart (1)
16. Sat, April 19 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Rico Abreu (1)
17. Fri, April 25 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Kyle Larson (3)
18. Sat, April 26 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
19. Fri, May 2 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (6)
20. Wed, May 7 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Michael Kofoid (3)
21. Sat, May 10 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Anthony Macri (1)
22. Wed, May 14 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (7)
23. Thurs, May 15 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (8)
24. Sat, May 24 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Logan Schuchart (2)
25. Mon, May 26 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Carson Macedo (3)
26. Fri, May 30 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Michael Kofoid (4)
27. Sat, May 31 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
28. Wed, June 4 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
29. Fri, June 6 / Plymouth Dirt Track / Plymouth, WI / Rico Abreu (2)
30. Sat, June 7 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Brad Sweet (1)
31. Fri, June 13 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
32. Sat, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
33. Wed, June 18 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Kyle Larson (4)
34. Thurs, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (5)
35. Fri, June 20 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Bill Balog (2)
36. Sat, June 21 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (6)
37. Fri, June 27 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / David Gravel (10)
38. Sat, June 28 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Carson Macedo (5)
39. Sat, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Michael Kofoid (7)
40. Tues, July 15 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Carson Macedo (6)
41. Fri, July 18 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (3)
42. Sat, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Anthony Macri (2)
43. Wed, July 23 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / Anthony Macri (3)
44. Sun, July 27 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (11)
45. Fri, Aug 1 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (7)
46. Sat, Aug 2 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Michael Kofoid (8)
47. Wed, Aug 6 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Ryan Timms*
48. Thurs, Aug 7 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson*
49. Fri, Aug 8 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel*
50. Sat, Aug 9 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Ryan Timms (1)
51. Fri, Aug 15 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Carson Macedo (8)
52. Sat, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (9)
53. Tues, Aug 19 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / David Gravel (12)
54. Fri, Aug 22 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Michael Kofoid (9)
55. Sat, Aug 23 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (10)
56. Sun, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (10)
57. Fri, Sept 5 / Vado Speedway Park / Vado, NM / David Gravel (13)
58. Fri, Sept 12 / Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (11)
59. Sat, Sept 13 / Perris Auto Speedway / Perris, CA / Bill Balog (3)
60. Sat, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
61. Fri, Sept 26 / Millstream Speedway / Findlay, OH / David Gravel (15)
62. Sat, Sept 27 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Dale Blaney (1)
63. Fri, Oct 3 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Chase Dietz (1)
64. Sat, Oct 4 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
65. Fri, Oct 11 / New Egypt Speedway / New Egypt, NJ / Carson Macedo (11)
66. Sat, Oct 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Anthony Macri (4)
67. Fri, Oct 17 / Lincoln Park Speedway / Putnamville, IN / David Gravel (16)
68. Sun, Oct 19 / Angell Park Speedway / Sun Prairie, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
69. Thurs, Nov. 6 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / Rico Abreu (4)
70. Fri, Nov. 7 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / David Gravel (17)
71. Sat, Nov. 8 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / Michael Kofoid (12)

The 2026 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season will begin on Feb. 4-7 at Volusia Speedway Park’s (Barberville, FL) Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap in 2026 live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/looking-back-2025-world-of-outlaws-year-in-review/

LOOKING BACK: 2025 World of Outlaws Year in Review

The tour’s 48th season of racing delivered plenty of memorable moments and noteworthy storylines

CONCORD, NC (November 13, 2025) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season is a long and winding road.

A nine-month journey that annually takes the nation’s top Sprint Car talent to roughly 40 tracks in 20 states promises to be filled with memorable moments and fruitful storylines, and that was exactly the case in 2025.

From a teenager topping the sport’s biggest race to a driver in their 60s winning with a head-turning setup to a dominant year punctuated by a historic championship, this year delivered a little bit of everything.

Let’s look at some of the season’s top stories:

BACK-2-BACK: David Gravel finally secured his first World of Outlaws title in 2024 after so many years of trying, and it appears he was only getting started.

The Watertown, CT native and his Big Game Motorsports team came out even stronger in 2025. They opened the season with 14 consecutive top-five finishes, including five victories. They didn’t miss the top 10 until the 29th race of the campaign. When the year wrapped up, Gravel’s stat sheet showed 17 wins, 40 podiums, 56 top fives, 64 top 10s, and a 4.13 average finish in 68 starts.

That was more than enough to earn Gravel his second straight championship. He joined Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Donny Schatz, Jason Meyers, and Brad Sweet as only the sixth competitor ever to go back-to-back. With a pair of titles and 120 victories on his résumé at only 33 years old, Gravel is well on his way to establishing himself as one of the best to ever get behind the wheel of a Sprint Car.

ROOKIE WAR: Announcements kept coming over the off-season that new drivers were signing on for their first World of Outlaws tour, assembling one of the most competitive rookie classes in Series history.

The final tally was seven as Cole Macedo, Garet Williamson, Chris Windom, Skylar Gee, Zach Hampton, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Conner Morrell readied to battle for the coveted Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year honor.

While none of them were able to pick off a Feature win, several had close calls. Macedo led laps twice. Morrell appeared bound for victory at Ohsweken before Gravel spoiled the party as Morrell settled for second. Williamson, Windom, and Gee all landed on the podium once.

Ultimately, consistency carried Williamson to earning the Rookie of the Year. Windom led for much of the season’s first half, but a solid summer stretch of nine top 10s in 13 races helped Williamson take the top spot and pull away. The Columbia, MO native ended the year with seven top fives and 26 top 10s aboard the Fischer Motorsports No. 23 and forever cemented his name in the history books.

RIVALRY REKINDLED: Sprint Car fans rejoiced when it was announced that Joe Gibbs would be allowing his drivers to dabble in the dirt again. This meant Christopher Bell could return to his roots and rekindle his rivalry with Kyle Larson. It didn’t take long for the duo to deliver.

The second night of the season at Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals came down to the wire between Bell and Larson. Bell was aboard Pennsylvania’s famous Kreitz Racing No. 69K while Larson wheeled the familiar Silva Motorsports No. 57. Bell led when the white flag waved, and Larson got a run coming to the checkered flag, but it wasn’t quite enough as Bell held on in a finish that brought the fans to their feet.

Bell won the battle, but it was Larson triumphing in the war as he went on to win the next two nights and add the Big Gator championship trophy to his collection.

COMING BACK TO CANADA: After eight years away, opportunity opened for the World of Outlaws to return to Canada in 2025.

The always exciting Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario welcomed the tour back for two nights of midweek May action. Fans packed the stands, and a healthy field of more than 30 Sprint Cars filled the pit area.

The weekend belonged to David Gravel who broke out the broom and swept both nights. While Gravel might’ve won, regulars in the region had their share of the spotlight as Harding, PA’s Jordan Thomas made the trip across the border and led laps of the opener before finishing fifth. The following night, it was Canada’s own Dylan Westbrook pacing 14 circuits before a podium result.

BUDDY’S BOOMING BANK: The 2025 BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals is a week that Michael “Buddy” Kofoid will never forget.

The two events in one began with the Huset’s Hustle on June 18-19. A podium on night one positioned him well for the next night when he won and pocketed $100,000. The next two nights brought the High Bank Nationals, and Kofoid finished second in the prelim before winning the finale and banking a massive $250,000 paycheck. He became only the third driver in Sprint Car history to earn a pair of six-figure paydays in the same week, joining Brent Marks and David Gravel.

It also put the finishing touches on Kofoid’s tale of redemption at Huset’s with the Roth Motorsports crew. Two years ago, when they’d just partnered, Kofoid lost an engine while leading with less than 10 laps to go for $250,000. Since then, the Brandon, SD track has hosted a trio of six-figure races, and Kofoid and the No. 83 team have taken all of them.

SHOCKING THE WORLD: An 18-year-old winning the sport’s biggest race likely wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card to start 2025, but that’s exactly what happened.

Teenager Ryan Timms looked like the most poised of veterans all week long at the 64th running of the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. It began with a drive from eighth to victory on his prelim night with the Liebig Motorsports crew. That lined him up on the pole for Saturday’s finale, and Timms put together a flawless 50 laps to become a Knoxville Nationals champion.

The Oklahoman became the second youngest winner of the event, trailing only Kenny Weld. Timms is also the only driver that can claim their first official World of Outlaws Feature victory is the Knoxville Nationals.

END OF AN ERA: The Sprint Car world was rocked in August when it was announced that Donny Schatz and Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) would be parting ways.

Since joining forces in 2008, the pairing amassed eight World of Outlaws titles, 234 Series victories, nine Knoxville Nationals, five Kings Royals, and a pair of National Opens. It’s undoubtedly one of the most dominant driver-team combinations in Sprint Car history.

But after more than half a season combatting struggles, the two sides went different directions after the Knoxville Nationals. TSR hired Kerry Madsen to complete the campaign. Schatz drove for Tod Quiring, Dave Lunstra, and Kevin Kozlowski over the next month before climbing aboard a second Sides Motorsports entry for the final 11 races of his 29th World of Outlaws season.

Schatz ended the season winless for the first time since his rookie season in 1997.

61 YEARS YOUNG: Fans saw history made on a late October Saturday at Sharon Speedway.

The Blaney family owns and operates the northeastern Ohio oval, and Dave Blaney put brother Dale Blaney behind the wheel of his famed No. 10 for the World of Outlaws tilt. With an experimental setup obvious to the eye, the “Low Rider” put on a show. He drove from fifth to victory, holding off Buddy Kofoid for a popular win at Blaney’s home track.

It marked Dale’s first World of Outlaws score in a decade, and at 61 years of age, he became the oldest driver to win a World of Outlaws race.

FINISHING STRONG: Schatz and TSR’s split wasn’t the only silly season news to shock the sport during the year. In September, Sheldon Haudenschild announced that he’d be departing Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing (SJMR) after his eighth season with the team concluded.

That didn’t slow Haudenschild over the last couple months of the campaign as he aimed to finish his SJMR tenure strong. Haudenschild bagged the final leg of Sprint Car racing’s triple crown in October, winning $75,000 at Williams Grove Speedway’s National Open. Four races later, Haudenschild took the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 to Victory Lane again at Angell Park Speedway.

Haudenschild finished up the year fifth in points, his fourth time in the top five. The Wooster, OH native ended his time with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Richard and Jennifer Marshall’s team with 46 checkered flags. Spencer Bayston is set to move to SJMR in 2026, while Haudenschild has yet to reveal his plans.

POSSE PREVAIL: The World of Outlaws had gotten the better of the Pennsylvania Posse in 2023 and 2024, but the “Keystone State” turned the tides in 2025.

Mother Nature limited the rivalry to six battles, and the Posse topped four of them to the World of Outlaws’ two. The Posse can largely thank Anthony Macri for the upper hand. The Dillsburg, PA driver was responsible for three of the four scores with wins at Williams Grove Speedway in May, BAPS Motor Speedway in July, and Lincoln Speedway in October.

The one other Posse triumph came courtesy of Chase Dietz, who earned his first World of Outlaws Feature victory at October’s National Open prelim.

2025 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Christopher Bell (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (2)
5. Sun, March 2 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
6. Mon, March 3 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2)
7. Fri, March 7 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Bill Balog (1)
8. Sat, March 8 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / David Gravel (3)
9. Fri, March 14 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
10. Sat, March 15 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Michael Kofoid (1)
11. Fri, March 21 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (4)
12. Sat, March 22 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (5)
13. Fri, March 28 / Lawton Speedway / Lawton, OK / Michael Kofoid (2)
14. Fri, April 11 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (2)
15. Sat, April 12 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Logan Schuchart (1)
16. Sat, April 19 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Rico Abreu (1)
17. Fri, April 25 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Kyle Larson (3)
18. Sat, April 26 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
19. Fri, May 2 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (6)
20. Wed, May 7 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Michael Kofoid (3)
21. Sat, May 10 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Anthony Macri (1)
22. Wed, May 14 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (7)
23. Thurs, May 15 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (8)
24. Sat, May 24 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Logan Schuchart (2)
25. Mon, May 26 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Carson Macedo (3)
26. Fri, May 30 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Michael Kofoid (4)
27. Sat, May 31 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
28. Wed, June 4 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4)
29. Fri, June 6 / Plymouth Dirt Track / Plymouth, WI / Rico Abreu (2)
30. Sat, June 7 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Brad Sweet (1)
31. Fri, June 13 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9)
32. Sat, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1)
33. Wed, June 18 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Kyle Larson (4)
34. Thurs, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (5)
35. Fri, June 20 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Bill Balog (2)
36. Sat, June 21 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (6)
37. Fri, June 27 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / David Gravel (10)
38. Sat, June 28 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Carson Macedo (5)
39. Sat, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Michael Kofoid (7)
40. Tues, July 15 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Carson Macedo (6)
41. Fri, July 18 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (3)
42. Sat, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Anthony Macri (2)
43. Wed, July 23 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / Anthony Macri (3)
44. Sun, July 27 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (11)
45. Fri, Aug 1 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (7)
46. Sat, Aug 2 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Michael Kofoid (8)
47. Wed, Aug 6 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Ryan Timms*
48. Thurs, Aug 7 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson*
49. Fri, Aug 8 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel*
50. Sat, Aug 9 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Ryan Timms (1)
51. Fri, Aug 15 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Carson Macedo (8)
52. Sat, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (9)
53. Tues, Aug 19 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / David Gravel (12)
54. Fri, Aug 22 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Michael Kofoid (9)
55. Sat, Aug 23 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (10)
56. Sun, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (10)
57. Fri, Sept 5 / Vado Speedway Park / Vado, NM / David Gravel (13)
58. Fri, Sept 12 / Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (11)
59. Sat, Sept 13 / Perris Auto Speedway / Perris, CA / Bill Balog (3)
60. Sat, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14)
61. Fri, Sept 26 / Millstream Speedway / Findlay, OH / David Gravel (15)
62. Sat, Sept 27 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Dale Blaney (1)
63. Fri, Oct 3 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Chase Dietz (1)
64. Sat, Oct 4 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
65. Fri, Oct 11 / New Egypt Speedway / New Egypt, NJ / Carson Macedo (11)
66. Sat, Oct 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Anthony Macri (4)
67. Fri, Oct 17 / Lincoln Park Speedway / Putnamville, IN / David Gravel (16)
68. Sun, Oct 19 / Angell Park Speedway / Sun Prairie, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (4)
69. Thurs, Nov. 6 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / Rico Abreu (4)
70. Fri, Nov. 7 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / David Gravel (17)
71. Sat, Nov. 8 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / Michael Kofoid (12)

The 2026 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season will begin on Feb. 4-7 at Volusia Speedway Park’s (Barberville, FL) Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap in 2026 live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/looking-back-2025-world-of-outlaws-year-in-review/

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Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2025) – John Force Racing’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car team is focused on serving up an incredibly unique win with driver Jack Beckman at the Nov. 13-16 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, a feat that could come straight out of the legendary burger joint’s secret menu.

The 2012 NHRA Funny Car Champion, currently third in the 2025 point standings, is seeking a fifth straight win at his home track, In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. Beckman won the 2019 Finals and the 2020 Winternationals but there was no race at Pomona in the fall of 2020 because of the COVID pandemic. He sat out the next three seasons so his next Pomona appearance wasn’t until the 2024 Finals, which he won John Force Racing, and then he won this year’s Winternationals.  So, though it’s taken seven years, Fast Jack has four straight wins at Pomona and is working on five as the defending race champion.

The 2025 NHRA Funny Car point standings heading into the season finale are: Austin Prock, 2,594; Matt Hagan, 2,493; Jack Beckman, 2,416; Ron Capps, 2,370; Daniel Wilkerson, 2,369; Paul Lee, 2,289; Chad Green, 2,288; Cruz Pedregon, 2,283; Spencer Hyde, 2,272; Bob Tasca III (2,264).

Notes

• Fast Jack has earned the Funny Car No. 1 Qualifier four times at In-N-Out Pomona Dragway, three in the Finals (2006, 2016, 2017) and the 2016 Winternationals.
• Beckman’s two NHRA Sportsman wins also came at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, both in Super Comp at the Winternationals (1998 and 2003). 
• John Force Racing drivers have won 34 times at Pomona … 31 times in Funny Car, twice in Top Fuel (Brittany Force, 2017; Austin Prock, 2022) and once in Top Alcohol Dragster (Ashley Force Hood, 2004) … 15 of those wins have come in the Finals

Quotes

What are your memories of last year’s Finals win against your teammate?

“Pomona is a unique race in that there’s no permanent lighting there, so they have to bring temporary lighting. NHRA tries to have the final rounds wrapped up well before sunset, but they didn’t last year. We got delayed and delayed. It was well into night when we ran that final, and the track was getting cool to the point that it was getting outside of our data set. I think that affected Austin’s car. They went out there and shook and he had to lift, and I went the quickest run in my career on that pass, so it was kind of a icing on the cake, not just to close the season, but do it with a career-best run.”

You’re now just 67 back of Hagen and with points and a half. What would it mean to you to get past to get back around him and to wrap up your season?

“Well, I’m still stinging about Las Vegas because we shouldn’t be 67 points behind him. My reaction times the last two or three races have been subpar. I think we’ve had a PEAK Chevy that could win any of those races and we didn’t so it would mean some redemption for me after putting us in a tough position. Even with points-and-a-half at Pomona, Hagan’s still more than two rounds ahead of us unless we can gather back at least eight points on him in qualifying, which is a pretty full order. So, at the end of the day, unless we race him in the first or second round, we can’t control whether we get around him in the points, so our goal is just to race smart and leave with a trophy.”

With this being Britney’s last race, reflect on her as a teammate and what she’s meant to the NHRA during her career?

“Let me describe the character of Britney: I’ll go back to the Dallas event in 2024, where Sunday morning I spent all day in the emergency room with vertigo and never even went out to the racetrack. I wasn’t able to show up for first round and Brittany went up there and stood in the lane I would’ve been in for the first round as a show of support. She’s a class act. I wish her and Bobby well in whatever they do from this point on. I would love to see her in some way, shape or form to still be involved with JFR and maybe come to a couple of races a year. She’s been an awesome teammate. I loved watching her win last event in Las Vegas, because you never know if your last win was your last win, but what a great way for her to wind down what’s been a double championship career. She’s got one more shot at a win, and I like nothing more than to stand in the winner’s circle with both of us holding trophies at Pomona.”

In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Statistics

Jack Beckman	Race Result	Qualified	Event Round Record
2005 (TF)	1st round	14th	0-1
2006 (FC)	Runner-up	1st	3-2
2007 (FC)	2nd round	2nd	4-3
2008 (FC)	Semi-finals	10th	6-4
2009 (FC)	1st round	11th	6-5
2010 (FC)	1st round	7th	6-6
2011 (FC)	2nd round	8th	7-7
2012 (FC)	Semi-finals	3rd	9-8
2013 (FC)	1st round	11th	9-9
2014 (FC)	1st round	7th	9-10
2015 (FC)	Semi-finals	2nd	11-11
2016 (FC)	Semi-finals	1st	13-12
2017 (FC)	Semi-finals	1st	15-13
2018 (FC)	Semi-finals	2nd	17-14
2019 (FC)	Winner	2nd	21-14
2020(FC)	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2021	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2022	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2023	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2024 (FC)	Winner	3rd	25-14

Starts: 15

Wins: 2 (2019 & 2024)

No. 1 Qualifiers: 3 (2006, 2016, 2017)

Final rounds: 3

Event Round Record: 25-14

Quickest time:  3.812 seconds, Nov. 17, 2024

Fastest speed: 336.23 mph, Nov. 17, 2024

Event records: 3.804 seconds by Austin Prock, Nov. 16, 2024; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. 17, 2024

Track & TV Schedules

Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying will feature two rounds Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT, and the final two rounds on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT. Final eliminations are scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. PT.

BECKMAN SEEKS SECRET MENU 5×5 AT In-N-Out BURGER NHRA FINALS

Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2025) – John Force Racing’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car team is focused on serving up an incredibly unique win with driver Jack Beckman at the Nov. 13-16 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, a feat that could come straight out of the legendary burger joint’s secret menu.

The 2012 NHRA Funny Car Champion, currently third in the 2025 point standings, is seeking a fifth straight win at his home track, In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. Beckman won the 2019 Finals and the 2020 Winternationals but there was no race at Pomona in the fall of 2020 because of the COVID pandemic. He sat out the next three seasons so his next Pomona appearance wasn’t until the 2024 Finals, which he won John Force Racing, and then he won this year’s Winternationals.  So, though it’s taken seven years, Fast Jack has four straight wins at Pomona and is working on five as the defending race champion.

The 2025 NHRA Funny Car point standings heading into the season finale are: Austin Prock, 2,594; Matt Hagan, 2,493; Jack Beckman, 2,416; Ron Capps, 2,370; Daniel Wilkerson, 2,369; Paul Lee, 2,289; Chad Green, 2,288; Cruz Pedregon, 2,283; Spencer Hyde, 2,272; Bob Tasca III (2,264).

Notes

• Fast Jack has earned the Funny Car No. 1 Qualifier four times at In-N-Out Pomona Dragway, three in the Finals (2006, 2016, 2017) and the 2016 Winternationals.
• Beckman’s two NHRA Sportsman wins also came at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, both in Super Comp at the Winternationals (1998 and 2003). 
• John Force Racing drivers have won 34 times at Pomona … 31 times in Funny Car, twice in Top Fuel (Brittany Force, 2017; Austin Prock, 2022) and once in Top Alcohol Dragster (Ashley Force Hood, 2004) … 15 of those wins have come in the Finals

Quotes

What are your memories of last year’s Finals win against your teammate?

“Pomona is a unique race in that there’s no permanent lighting there, so they have to bring temporary lighting. NHRA tries to have the final rounds wrapped up well before sunset, but they didn’t last year. We got delayed and delayed. It was well into night when we ran that final, and the track was getting cool to the point that it was getting outside of our data set. I think that affected Austin’s car. They went out there and shook and he had to lift, and I went the quickest run in my career on that pass, so it was kind of a icing on the cake, not just to close the season, but do it with a career-best run.”

You’re now just 67 back of Hagen and with points and a half. What would it mean to you to get past to get back around him and to wrap up your season?

“Well, I’m still stinging about Las Vegas because we shouldn’t be 67 points behind him. My reaction times the last two or three races have been subpar. I think we’ve had a PEAK Chevy that could win any of those races and we didn’t so it would mean some redemption for me after putting us in a tough position. Even with points-and-a-half at Pomona, Hagan’s still more than two rounds ahead of us unless we can gather back at least eight points on him in qualifying, which is a pretty full order. So, at the end of the day, unless we race him in the first or second round, we can’t control whether we get around him in the points, so our goal is just to race smart and leave with a trophy.”

With this being Britney’s last race, reflect on her as a teammate and what she’s meant to the NHRA during her career?

“Let me describe the character of Britney: I’ll go back to the Dallas event in 2024, where Sunday morning I spent all day in the emergency room with vertigo and never even went out to the racetrack. I wasn’t able to show up for first round and Brittany went up there and stood in the lane I would’ve been in for the first round as a show of support. She’s a class act. I wish her and Bobby well in whatever they do from this point on. I would love to see her in some way, shape or form to still be involved with JFR and maybe come to a couple of races a year. She’s been an awesome teammate. I loved watching her win last event in Las Vegas, because you never know if your last win was your last win, but what a great way for her to wind down what’s been a double championship career. She’s got one more shot at a win, and I like nothing more than to stand in the winner’s circle with both of us holding trophies at Pomona.”

In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Statistics

Jack Beckman	Race Result	Qualified	Event Round Record
2005 (TF)	1st round	14th	0-1
2006 (FC)	Runner-up	1st	3-2
2007 (FC)	2nd round	2nd	4-3
2008 (FC)	Semi-finals	10th	6-4
2009 (FC)	1st round	11th	6-5
2010 (FC)	1st round	7th	6-6
2011 (FC)	2nd round	8th	7-7
2012 (FC)	Semi-finals	3rd	9-8
2013 (FC)	1st round	11th	9-9
2014 (FC)	1st round	7th	9-10
2015 (FC)	Semi-finals	2nd	11-11
2016 (FC)	Semi-finals	1st	13-12
2017 (FC)	Semi-finals	1st	15-13
2018 (FC)	Semi-finals	2nd	17-14
2019 (FC)	Winner	2nd	21-14
2020(FC)	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2021	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2022	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2023	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2024 (FC)	Winner	3rd	25-14

Starts: 15

Wins: 2 (2019 & 2024)

No. 1 Qualifiers: 3 (2006, 2016, 2017)

Final rounds: 3

Event Round Record: 25-14

Quickest time:  3.812 seconds, Nov. 17, 2024

Fastest speed: 336.23 mph, Nov. 17, 2024

Event records: 3.804 seconds by Austin Prock, Nov. 16, 2024; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. 17, 2024

Track & TV Schedules

Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying will feature two rounds Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT, and the final two rounds on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT. Final eliminations are scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. PT.

Television coverage begins Friday, Nov. 14, from 6:30-8 p.m. ET on FS1. Sunday’s coverage on FS1 includes a second qualifying show from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET and final-round coverage from 5-8 p.m. ET.

Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2025) – Austin Prock and his John Force Racing Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team roll into In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragway for the Nov. 13-16 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with the exact same approach they started the season with back in March at Gainesville: turn on the win light every pass down the track and take home a second consecutive NHRA Funny Car Championship.

The reigning champion has a 101-point lead on the strength of nine event wins, three runner-up finishes and seven No. 1 qualifying positions in the previous 19 races of the 2025 season. Those stats merely add to last year’s championship stats when he won eight races, finished runner-up four times, and was the No. 1 Qualifier a record 15 times … in his rookie Funny Car season.

The 2025 NHRA Funny Car point standings heading into the season finale are: Austin Prock, 2,594; Matt Hagan, 2,493; Jack Beckman, 2,416; Ron Capps, 2,370; Daniel Wilkerson, 2,369; Paul Lee, 2,289; Chad Green, 2,288; Cruz Pedregon, 2,283; Spencer Hyde, 2,272; Bob Tasca III (2,264).

Notes

• No matter what Matt Hagan does, Prock can wrap up his second straight championship by reaching the semifinals at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. 
• Prock had earned the No. 1 qualifier in his last two appearances at Pomona and is the track record holder for ET (3.804 seconds) and speed (341.68 mph), standards he established at last year’s Finals.  The speed is the national record as well.
• John Force Racing drivers have won 34 times at Pomona … 31 times in Funny Car, twice in Top Fuel (Brittany Force, 2017; Austin Prock, 2022) and once in Top Alcohol Dragster (Ashley Force Hood, 2004) … 15 of those wins have come in the Finals.

Quotes

With a win and four runner-up finishes at Pomona since just 2019, what is it that’s created the strong list of runs there so early in your career?

“I’ve got a pretty good streak of efforts there. Obviously, I’d like all those runner-up finishes to be wins but our package in both Top Fuel and in Funny Car has been really good there and that place has a special place in my heart. As a kid growing up around the sport, it was always a treat to go out to Pomona, California, and see my dad or family race for a world championship. I’d be plenty happy with at least a runner-up finish there this year to solidify us as world champion so, hopefully, we can have another strong effort there this year.”

Have you put the runner-up finish at Las Vegas behind you or are you using it as is fuel for Pomona?

“Well, it definitely stung not getting the win. Like I said afterward, that would’ve wrapped pretty much wrapped up the championship. So, the fact that we have to go into Pomona and make sure we don’t stumble is a little bit more stressful than we’d like, but we still do have a 101-point lead.  In any other circumstance that you rolled into Pomona with a 101-point lead, you’d be ecstatic, but the fact that we had the opportunity to just put it to bed and we missed it just stinks. But it is behind us. All we can do is just keep moving forward. I mean, what we did at Dallas was exactly what we needed to. We just missed the final little cherry on top. Matt Hagan’s team did an outstanding job. I had a gut feeling rolling in there that morning that we were going to have to go to the finals because Hagan was going to the finals and it worked out just how I thought it would and just come up short. That was just one of those runs that just wasn’t meant to be. I feel like if we could drag it back up there, it would go right down the racetrack, so I don’t think we need to change our approach or anything.”

What would it mean to you and your team to win back-to-back championships? 

“It would be huge, and it would put me in a pretty elite group of NHRA drivers to win back-to-back championships. I think there’s only seven pro drivers that have ever done it, or I would be the seventh, so that’s a pretty huge accolade that would really boost my career. But it’s every guy on this team. Everyone but one is the same as last year so to add that to their résumé would be unbelievable. I’m really proud of the team and the fact that we even are in the talk of becoming two-time world champs Is pretty incredible. I thought a lot last week in Las Vegas that the pressure you feel when you’re racing for these championships is a privilege. Kids just dream of trying to be in a position like this and the fact that we’re looking at possible back -to-back years is a pretty cool feeling.”

What are your thoughts about Brittany Force as a teammate and what she’s meant to the NHRA?

“She’s huge in NHRA. She’s got the last name, she’s the winningest female in the in the history of Top Fuel and is a two-time world champion and she’s been a great teammate to me. I don’t know what driving one of these race cars is like without her by my side. She was my first teammate, and she’s been my teammate ever since and we’ve you become great friends.  I’m going to miss seeing her at the racetrack. I’m going to miss our conversations, and the sport is going to feel her absence. I don’t know if everyone quite understands the impact that she has on the sport. I go to appearances with her, and people lose their mind to see Britney Force. So yeah, it’s going be different. I’m not looking forward to not having her by my side signing autographs and cracking jokes. It’s going to be different, but change is good sometimes and I’m excited for what’s coming in her life because she’s going to be a great mother.”

In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Statistics

Year	Result	Qualified	Round Record
2019 (TF)	1st round	10th	0-1
2020 (TF)	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2021	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2022 (TF)	Winner	5th	4-1
2023 (TF)	2nd round	1st	5-2
2024 (FC)	Runner-up	1st	8-3

Wins: 1 (2022 – TF)

No. 1 Qualifiers: 2 (2023 – TF, 2024 – FC)

Quickest time: 3.804 seconds, Nov. 16, 2024

Fastest speed: 341.68 mph, Nov. 17, 2024

Starts: 4

Final rounds: 2

Won-Lost Record: 8-3

Track records: 3.804 seconds by Austin Prock, Nov. 16, 2024; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. 17, 2024

Track & TV Schedules

Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying will feature two rounds Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT, and the final two rounds on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT. Final eliminations are scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. PT.

PROCK ROCKET READY FOR LAUNCH AT NHRA FINALS

Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2025) – Austin Prock and his John Force Racing Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team roll into In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragway for the Nov. 13-16 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with the exact same approach they started the season with back in March at Gainesville: turn on the win light every pass down the track and take home a second consecutive NHRA Funny Car Championship.

The reigning champion has a 101-point lead on the strength of nine event wins, three runner-up finishes and seven No. 1 qualifying positions in the previous 19 races of the 2025 season. Those stats merely add to last year’s championship stats when he won eight races, finished runner-up four times, and was the No. 1 Qualifier a record 15 times … in his rookie Funny Car season.

The 2025 NHRA Funny Car point standings heading into the season finale are: Austin Prock, 2,594; Matt Hagan, 2,493; Jack Beckman, 2,416; Ron Capps, 2,370; Daniel Wilkerson, 2,369; Paul Lee, 2,289; Chad Green, 2,288; Cruz Pedregon, 2,283; Spencer Hyde, 2,272; Bob Tasca III (2,264).

Notes

• No matter what Matt Hagan does, Prock can wrap up his second straight championship by reaching the semifinals at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. 
• Prock had earned the No. 1 qualifier in his last two appearances at Pomona and is the track record holder for ET (3.804 seconds) and speed (341.68 mph), standards he established at last year’s Finals.  The speed is the national record as well.
• John Force Racing drivers have won 34 times at Pomona … 31 times in Funny Car, twice in Top Fuel (Brittany Force, 2017; Austin Prock, 2022) and once in Top Alcohol Dragster (Ashley Force Hood, 2004) … 15 of those wins have come in the Finals.

Quotes

With a win and four runner-up finishes at Pomona since just 2019, what is it that’s created the strong list of runs there so early in your career?

“I’ve got a pretty good streak of efforts there. Obviously, I’d like all those runner-up finishes to be wins but our package in both Top Fuel and in Funny Car has been really good there and that place has a special place in my heart. As a kid growing up around the sport, it was always a treat to go out to Pomona, California, and see my dad or family race for a world championship. I’d be plenty happy with at least a runner-up finish there this year to solidify us as world champion so, hopefully, we can have another strong effort there this year.”

Have you put the runner-up finish at Las Vegas behind you or are you using it as is fuel for Pomona?

“Well, it definitely stung not getting the win. Like I said afterward, that would’ve wrapped pretty much wrapped up the championship. So, the fact that we have to go into Pomona and make sure we don’t stumble is a little bit more stressful than we’d like, but we still do have a 101-point lead.  In any other circumstance that you rolled into Pomona with a 101-point lead, you’d be ecstatic, but the fact that we had the opportunity to just put it to bed and we missed it just stinks. But it is behind us. All we can do is just keep moving forward. I mean, what we did at Dallas was exactly what we needed to. We just missed the final little cherry on top. Matt Hagan’s team did an outstanding job. I had a gut feeling rolling in there that morning that we were going to have to go to the finals because Hagan was going to the finals and it worked out just how I thought it would and just come up short. That was just one of those runs that just wasn’t meant to be. I feel like if we could drag it back up there, it would go right down the racetrack, so I don’t think we need to change our approach or anything.”

What would it mean to you and your team to win back-to-back championships? 

“It would be huge, and it would put me in a pretty elite group of NHRA drivers to win back-to-back championships. I think there’s only seven pro drivers that have ever done it, or I would be the seventh, so that’s a pretty huge accolade that would really boost my career. But it’s every guy on this team. Everyone but one is the same as last year so to add that to their résumé would be unbelievable. I’m really proud of the team and the fact that we even are in the talk of becoming two-time world champs Is pretty incredible. I thought a lot last week in Las Vegas that the pressure you feel when you’re racing for these championships is a privilege. Kids just dream of trying to be in a position like this and the fact that we’re looking at possible back -to-back years is a pretty cool feeling.”

What are your thoughts about Brittany Force as a teammate and what she’s meant to the NHRA?

“She’s huge in NHRA. She’s got the last name, she’s the winningest female in the in the history of Top Fuel and is a two-time world champion and she’s been a great teammate to me. I don’t know what driving one of these race cars is like without her by my side. She was my first teammate, and she’s been my teammate ever since and we’ve you become great friends.  I’m going to miss seeing her at the racetrack. I’m going to miss our conversations, and the sport is going to feel her absence. I don’t know if everyone quite understands the impact that she has on the sport. I go to appearances with her, and people lose their mind to see Britney Force. So yeah, it’s going be different. I’m not looking forward to not having her by my side signing autographs and cracking jokes. It’s going to be different, but change is good sometimes and I’m excited for what’s coming in her life because she’s going to be a great mother.”

In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Statistics

Year	Result	Qualified	Round Record
2019 (TF)	1st round	10th	0-1
2020 (TF)	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2021	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2022 (TF)	Winner	5th	4-1
2023 (TF)	2nd round	1st	5-2
2024 (FC)	Runner-up	1st	8-3

Wins: 1 (2022 – TF)

No. 1 Qualifiers: 2 (2023 – TF, 2024 – FC)

Quickest time: 3.804 seconds, Nov. 16, 2024

Fastest speed: 341.68 mph, Nov. 17, 2024

Starts: 4

Final rounds: 2

Won-Lost Record: 8-3

Track records: 3.804 seconds by Austin Prock, Nov. 16, 2024; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. 17, 2024

Track & TV Schedules

Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying will feature two rounds Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT, and the final two rounds on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT. Final eliminations are scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. PT.

Television coverage begins Friday, Nov. 14, from 6:30-8 p.m. ET on FS1. Sunday’s coverage on FS1 includes a second qualifying show from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET and final-round coverage from 5-8 p.m. ET.

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2025) – Brittany Force will step out of the seat of her Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster for the final time at the conclusion of the Nov. 13-16 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Nationals at her home track In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragway to blaze a new personal path with her husband Bobby but the accomplishments she achieved with her John Force Racing team will be etched in the history books.

Here are just some of the statistics: two-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion (2017, 2022); 2013 NHRA Rookie of the Year; 19 event titles, making her the winningest female Top Fuel driver in NHRA history; 21 runner-up finishes; 319 round wins; the elapsed time national record (3.623 seconds); the national record speed (343.51 mph); the first driver in NHRA history to eclipse 340 mph (April 25, 2025); 12 runs at more than 340 mph; reset the national speed record four times in 2025 alone.

She has one more race at Pomona Dragway, where it all began, to add to those already amazing numbers.

The 2025 NHRA Top Fuel point standings heading into the season finale are: Doug Kalitta, 2,607; Shawn Langdon, 2,463; Justin Ashley, 2,444, Brittany Force, 2,415; Tony Stewart, 2,364; Clay Milliken, 2,335; Steve Torrence, 2,297; Shawn Reed, 2,290; Antron Brown, 2,275; Josh Hart, 2,185.

Notes

• Force made her Top Fuel debut at the 2013 Winternationals at Pomona, qualifying 15th before losing a first round match to Brandon Bernstein. 
• Force earned her only trip to the winners’ circle at the 2017 NHRA Finals, a win that secured the first of her two series championships. 
• In addition to eight No. 1 starts at Pomona in Top Fuel, Force qualified No. 1 in Top Alcohol Dragster at the 2010 Winternationals
• John Force Racing drivers have won 34 times at Pomona … 31 times in Funny Car, twice in Top Fuel (Brittany Force, 2017; Austin Prock, 2022) and once in Top Alcohol Dragster (Ashley Force Hood, 2004) … 15 of those wins have come in the Finals

Quotes

What are your thoughts about the Las Vegas win, making you the winningest female Top Fuel driver ever, now that you’ve had some time to reflect on it?

Our victory in Las Vegas marked my 19th career win making me the winningest female in Top Fuel history. I’m so proud to share such a monumental win with my team and to have made a little bit of history last weekend. Becoming the winningest female in Top Fuel really makes me reflect on my career and how far I’ve come. 2013 was my rookie season and to now fast forward to 2 champions and 19 wins is unreal. I’m very thankful for my team, my family, the sponsors, JFR, NHRA and the racing community for making that possible.

You’re now just 48 points behind Langdon for 2nd place so talk about what it would mean to you and your team to achieve that position in the point standings?

My team’s goal has been to finish the 2025 season strong. Winning Las Vegas, our goal was met, but we still have one race left at the final race in Pomona. Our plan remains the same: to qualify in the Top 3 and to turn four win lights on on race day. 

What would a win at Pomona, your first home track, mean to you to close out at least the first part of your career?

A win in Pomona would be icing on the cake to an amazing 13-year ride. I don’t know what the future holds for me, but I know I’m leaving the door open to driving in the future. That is a decision ahead of me, once I get there. But finishing with a win at my home track would be incredibly special, and that is exactly what we will be chasing down. 

From a competition standpoint, will it be the two championships, the 19 or 20 wins, or the 340+ mph runs that people will remember most about you?

I hope, more than wins, people remember me as one of their favorite drivers … a driver who inspired people by driving my race car and doing what I love.

In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Statistics

Year	Result	Qualified	Round Record
2013	Semi-finals	8th	2-1
2014	DNQ	18th	2-1
2015	1st round	12th	2-2
2016	1st round	8th	2-3
2017	Winner	1st	6-3
2018	Semi-finals	3rd	8-4
2019	2nd round	8th	9-5
2020	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2021	1st round	13th	9-6
2022	Semi-finals	1st	11-7
2023	1st round	9th	11-8
2024	Semi-finals	1st	13-9

Number starts: 10

Wins: 1 (2017)

No. 1 Qualifiers: 3 (2017, 2022, 2024)

Event Round Record: 13-9

Quickest time: 3.641 seconds, Nov. 11, 2022

Fastest speed: 338.94 mph, Nov. 11, 2022

Event record: 3.631 seconds by Leah Pritchett, Nov. 10, 2018; Track record: 338.94 mph by Brittany Force, Nov. 11, 2022.

Track & TV Schedules

Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying will feature two rounds Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT, and the final two rounds on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT. Final eliminations are scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. PT.

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2025) – Brittany Force will step out of the seat of her Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster for the final time at the conclusion of the Nov. 13-16 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Nationals at her home track In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragway to blaze a new personal path with her husband Bobby but the accomplishments she achieved with her John Force Racing team will be etched in the history books.

Here are just some of the statistics: two-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion (2017, 2022); 2013 NHRA Rookie of the Year; 19 event titles, making her the winningest female Top Fuel driver in NHRA history; 21 runner-up finishes; 319 round wins; the elapsed time national record (3.623 seconds); the national record speed (343.51 mph); the first driver in NHRA history to eclipse 340 mph (April 25, 2025); 12 runs at more than 340 mph; reset the national speed record four times in 2025 alone.

She has one more race at Pomona Dragway, where it all began, to add to those already amazing numbers.

The 2025 NHRA Top Fuel point standings heading into the season finale are: Doug Kalitta, 2,607; Shawn Langdon, 2,463; Justin Ashley, 2,444, Brittany Force, 2,415; Tony Stewart, 2,364; Clay Milliken, 2,335; Steve Torrence, 2,297; Shawn Reed, 2,290; Antron Brown, 2,275; Josh Hart, 2,185.

Notes

• Force made her Top Fuel debut at the 2013 Winternationals at Pomona, qualifying 15th before losing a first round match to Brandon Bernstein. 
• Force earned her only trip to the winners’ circle at the 2017 NHRA Finals, a win that secured the first of her two series championships. 
• In addition to eight No. 1 starts at Pomona in Top Fuel, Force qualified No. 1 in Top Alcohol Dragster at the 2010 Winternationals
• John Force Racing drivers have won 34 times at Pomona … 31 times in Funny Car, twice in Top Fuel (Brittany Force, 2017; Austin Prock, 2022) and once in Top Alcohol Dragster (Ashley Force Hood, 2004) … 15 of those wins have come in the Finals

Quotes

What are your thoughts about the Las Vegas win, making you the winningest female Top Fuel driver ever, now that you’ve had some time to reflect on it?

Our victory in Las Vegas marked my 19th career win making me the winningest female in Top Fuel history. I’m so proud to share such a monumental win with my team and to have made a little bit of history last weekend. Becoming the winningest female in Top Fuel really makes me reflect on my career and how far I’ve come. 2013 was my rookie season and to now fast forward to 2 champions and 19 wins is unreal. I’m very thankful for my team, my family, the sponsors, JFR, NHRA and the racing community for making that possible.

You’re now just 48 points behind Langdon for 2nd place so talk about what it would mean to you and your team to achieve that position in the point standings?

My team’s goal has been to finish the 2025 season strong. Winning Las Vegas, our goal was met, but we still have one race left at the final race in Pomona. Our plan remains the same: to qualify in the Top 3 and to turn four win lights on on race day. 

What would a win at Pomona, your first home track, mean to you to close out at least the first part of your career?

A win in Pomona would be icing on the cake to an amazing 13-year ride. I don’t know what the future holds for me, but I know I’m leaving the door open to driving in the future. That is a decision ahead of me, once I get there. But finishing with a win at my home track would be incredibly special, and that is exactly what we will be chasing down. 

From a competition standpoint, will it be the two championships, the 19 or 20 wins, or the 340+ mph runs that people will remember most about you?

I hope, more than wins, people remember me as one of their favorite drivers … a driver who inspired people by driving my race car and doing what I love.

In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Statistics

Year	Result	Qualified	Round Record
2013	Semi-finals	8th	2-1
2014	DNQ	18th	2-1
2015	1st round	12th	2-2
2016	1st round	8th	2-3
2017	Winner	1st	6-3
2018	Semi-finals	3rd	8-4
2019	2nd round	8th	9-5
2020	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete	Did Not Compete
2021	1st round	13th	9-6
2022	Semi-finals	1st	11-7
2023	1st round	9th	11-8
2024	Semi-finals	1st	13-9

Number starts: 10

Wins: 1 (2017)

No. 1 Qualifiers: 3 (2017, 2022, 2024)

Event Round Record: 13-9

Quickest time: 3.641 seconds, Nov. 11, 2022

Fastest speed: 338.94 mph, Nov. 11, 2022

Event record: 3.631 seconds by Leah Pritchett, Nov. 10, 2018; Track record: 338.94 mph by Brittany Force, Nov. 11, 2022.

Track & TV Schedules

Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying will feature two rounds Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT, and the final two rounds on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT. Final eliminations are scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. PT.

Television coverage begins Friday, Nov. 14, from 6:30-8 p.m. ET on FS1. Sunday’s coverage on FS1 includes a second qualifying show from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET and final-round coverage from 5-8 p.m. ET.

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE Martinsville Speedway October 24-26, 2025

The playoff pressure has peaked as all three NASCAR national touring series will head to Martinsville Speedway to determine the four drivers that will have the chance to compete for the 2025 championship titles in each division.

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Chevrolet will enter the final elimination race of the playoffs as the only manufacturer with representation in the top-four of the playoff rankings across all three series. Despite a disappointing ending to his 400th career Cup Series start, Kyle Larson still managed to maintain a 36-point advantage over the cutline as he closes in on his pursuit for a second championship title in NASCAR’s top division. In the Xfinity Series, it’s an all-Chevrolet top-four with the JR Motorsports duo, Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier, leading the way with already guaranteed spots in the Championship Four. With three positions still up for grabs in the Craftsman Truck Series Championship Four, Team Chevy’s Rajah Caruth and Tyler Ankrum currently sit in positions above the cutline as the pair looks to make their first-ever Championship Four appearance.

Larson Inches Closer to Second Title AttemptWhile their streak of top-seven playoff finishes has come to an end, Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team is still among a top title contender – entering the Martinsville race weekend ranked fourth in the playoff standings with a 36-point cushion over the cutline. Since joining Hendrick Motorsports, the 33-year-old Elk Grove, California, native has turned one of his statistically weakest tracks into one of his strongest. Larson has earned top-six results in seven of his nine career Martinsville starts with the No. 5 team, including an active streak of six-straight. Among those results includes his first Martinsville triumph (Apr. 2023) and four podium appearances. On tracks measuring less than one-mile this season, Larson has tallied top-six results in three of the six events, including his dominate victory in the sport’s spring visit to Bristol Motor Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Martinsville History: Hendrick Motorsports’ storied NASCAR history took off at the very site of this weekend’s event. With Geoff Bodine behind the wheel, the Chevrolet organization made its first trip to victory lane in NASCAR’s top division at Martinsville Speedway (Apr. 1984). Now over 40 years later, Hendrick Motorsports has earned the title as the series’ winningest organization with 319 all-time victories, with 29 of those triumphs coming at Martinsville. In the series’ past 10 appearances at “The Paperclip”, it has been a Hendrick Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet that captured the iconic clock in half of those events, with all four of the organization’s current drivers claiming their first win at the track within that time span. The organization’s most recent Martinsville victory came alongside William Byron in April 2024, with the Charlotte, North Carolina, native leading the organization to a podium sweep with Kyle Larson (second) and Chase Elliott (third).

Byron Steady in the Season-Long Standings: While a rocky Round of Eight for William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team has put them in an unfavorable points position, a trip to Martinsville Speedway might just be what they need to make a third-straight Championship Four appearance. It’s been a season of consistency for the 27-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, native. Starting his 2025 campaign with a second-straight DAYTONA 500 title, Byron went on to score his first career regular-season championship and has yet to fall out of the top-six in the points ranking. There’s no better place to turn their playoffs around than at Martinsville Speedway, with the Team Chevy driver earning top-eight results in more than half of his career starts at the track. Byron is tied for second among the series’ active drivers with two Martinsville victories – both of which have come in the Next Gen era.

Elliott’s “Paperclip” Past: There’s one task at hand for Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team this weekend – a trip to victory lane. Sitting in a ‘must-win’ situation to compete for his second championship title, it’s a position that Elliott has been faced with and conquered once before. In 2020, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native turned a double-digit points deficit into a season-changing victory that led him to his first Championship Four appearance and his first career title in NASCAR’s top division. The victory kickstarted an exceptional 10-race run at Martinsville Speedway – earning eight top-10 results, including an active streak of three-straight finishes in the top-four.

Team Chevy Takeover in the Xfinity Series StandingsWith an already historic NASCAR Xfinity Series season in the making, Chevrolet enters the final elimination race of the playoffs in the best position possible – occupying all four positions above the cutline. Among those includes a pair of already guaranteed berths into the Championship Four with JR Motorsports’ Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier, with the teammates capitalizing on an already substantial points lead to solidify their title chances following the Talladega race last weekend. Since the elimination-style playoff format was introduced to the series in 2016, Chevrolet has been the only manufacturer to sweep the entire Championship Four lineup – accomplished for the first time in 2017 by JR Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing, with the pair of organizations having the opportunity to accomplish the feat for the Bowtie brand once again this season.

Love Boosts Back-to-Back Strong Points Runs: Sitting in the most comfortable points position heading into the Martinsville race weekend is Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love. Tapping into his Talladega prowess, the 20-year-old Menlo Park, California, native exactly doubled his points cushion to now 40-markers over the cutline as the Team Chevy driver sits just within reach of his first career Championship Four appearance. Yet another solid points day is all the No. 2 team needs to punch their ticket into the title-deciding race. With track position at a premium at Martinsville, Love’s qualifying strength at the Virginia short-track delivers just that. In his three career Martinsville starts, Love has started no worse than 11th, including back-to-back fourth-place qualifying efforts.

Hill, RCR Set for Xfinity Series Owner’s Championship Fight: Richard Childress Racing could be in position to fight for two championship titles at Phoenix Raceway next weekend. The superspeedway ace, Austin Hill, completed the Talladega season sweep – officially locking Richard Childress Racing into the Championship Four for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Owner’s Championship. The victory marked Hill’s fourth of the season (second-most of the series) and his record-extending 10th all-time on the circuit’s drafting-style tracks. The 31-year-old Winston, Georgia, native will carry the momentum to yet another track where he’s found recent success. In the series’ spring visit to Martinsville Speedway, a last-lap pass saw the No. 21 team steal the checkered flag to deliver Richard Childress Racing its milestone 100th all-time Xfinity Series win – all of which have been earned under the Chevrolet banner.

Caruth, Ankrum Eyes First Title Opportunity The closest title battle lies within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with three positions in the Championship Four still up for grabs. Surviving Talladega with a pair of top-10 finishes, Team Chevy’s Rajah Caruth and Tyler Ankrum were able to maintain their positions above the playoff cutline as they move one step closer to their first Championship Four appearances.

While the trip to Talladega put Daniel Hemric and Grant Enfinger in a ‘must-win’ position, the veterans will be able to lean on their past successes at Martinsville Speedway to keep their respective teams in title contention, with the drivers being two of the three remaining playoff contenders that are past Martinsville winners. For Hemric, that feat came earlier this season when the 34-year-old Kannapolis, North Carolina, native earned his first win with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.

Part Two of the 2025 ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ CampaignLast weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, the pink Corvette Stingray made its on-track debut as the NASCAR Cup Series’ official pace vehicle for the first of two races in the 2025 ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ campaign. Driving donations for the initiative, every caution lap the pink Corvette Stingray completes in the two participating races generates a donation of $500 (up to $25,000). A special addition was added to this year’s campaign with Chevrolet also pledging to donate an additional $1,500 (up to $25,000) for each Team Chevy driver that earns a top-10 finish at Talladega and Martinsville. With 28 caution laps made and one Team Chevy top-10 finisher at Talladega, the current campaign total sits at $15,500 heading into the Martinsville race weekend.

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 34 NASCAR Cup Series races complete: Wins: 14Poles: 12Laps Led: 3,624Top-Fives: 61Top-10s: 136Stage Wins: 25

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 31 NASCAR Xfinity Series races complete: Wins: 25Poles: 20Laps Led: 3,674Top-Fives: 106Top-10s: 206Stage Wins: 47

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 23 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races complete: Wins: 6Poles: 2Laps Led: 956Top-Fives: 47Top-10s: 106Stage Wins: 8

BOWTIE BULLETS:·        Chevrolet will serve as the official pace vehicle for the tripleheader weekend at Martinsville Speedway: NASCAR Cup Series: Specially-themed pink Corvette Stingray in support of the American Cancer Society and its ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ initiative NASCAR Xfinity Series: Silverado RSTNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Silverado RST ·        Active Chevrolet drivers with a NASCAR Cup Series win at Martinsville Speedway:  Kyle Busch – two wins (2016 & 2017)William Byron – two wins (2022 & 2024)Kyle Larson – one win (2023)Alex Bowman – one win (2021) Chase Elliott – one win (2020) ·        In 153 NASCAR Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway, Chevrolet has recorded 61 victories and 56 pole wins – both of which are series-leading records. Among those victories includes victories in three of the seven races contested in the Next Gen era at the track – earned by current playoff drivers William Byron and Kyle Larson.  ·        Chevrolet has earned at least half of the top-10 finishing results in 14 of the 34 points-paying races thus far this season, including a season-high seven top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.  ·        In 142 points-paying races in the Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 66 victories – a winning percentage of 46.5%. ·        With its 43 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 880 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history.

TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of Eight: Elimination RaceXfinity 500Sunday, October 26, at 2 p.m. ET(NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)  NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of Eight: Elimination RaceIAA and Ritchie Bros. 250Saturday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m. ET(CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs Round of Eight: Elimination RaceSlim Jim 200Friday, October 24, 6 p.m. ET(FS1, NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)

QUOTABLE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletThis weekend is another anniversary of the “Hail Melon” and it now seems people can final see the car in person?“So many people have asked where the Hail Melon car is at and if it’s going to be on display. We installed it in the Trackhouse lobby a few months ago. We also got a piece of the wall from track and put the car up against the wall to recreate the moment. Its on display for everyone to see and take pictures with. It’s fun to have that piece of history in the lobby for everyone to see.” Do you enjoy going to Martinsville?“Martinsville has been pretty good to me since driving for Trackhouse. Obviously, I’ve had one of the biggest moments of my career there but we’ve been consistently strong there over the last few years. Whatever Phil Surgen does to the car it really fits my driving style there. I can remember going to race at Martinsville just a few years with a car that had parts and pieces the other teams were throwing away, so I’ve definitely come a long way and it’s so much fun to drive a fast car at Martinsville. I enjoy driving to the track instead of getting on a plane and flying. It’s a great drive, especially in the fall with all of the leaves changing and then you arrive in Martinsville and the track sits down the hill, it’s really cool.”   Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletShort track racing has been the highlight of the season for the No. 3 team. While Richmond Raceway is much different than Martinsville Speedway, do you have confidence going into that race with a shot at a good result?“I love short tracks, and Martinsville Speedway has been solid for us over the years. We have had opportunities to run really well there. One of the first Next Gen races there, I had a shot to win and ran third or fourth. You have hard braking and it’s hard to get around that little paperclip. It’s a fun track to race at.”   Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat is your outlook heading to Martinsville?“Martinsville is always a challenge. The No. 7 guys have been working hard to improve our performance there, and I appreciate the effort they put in all year. I want to thank NationsGuard for their continued support and I hope we can put together a strong run this weekend.”   AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet“Martinsville is a racetrack that’s been challenging to us over the last couple years with this car. We’ve made some gains there, so I’m looking forward to getting on track to see if we’ve found more speed. I thought in the spring, we had some positive takeaways. We’re looking to build off what we learned in the spring and keep working hard to finish these last two races strong.”   Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet“Talladega didn’t turn out the way we had hoped, but we’re excited to have Jack Link’s back on the car this weekend at Martinsville.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat do you remember about your first start and your most recent start at Martinsville Speedway?“My first start, I remember it was cold. It started snowing. I thought that I was just cold and that’s why I was shaking. I told myself that it wasn’t because of nerves. Then my last fall Martinsville start was my 500th cup start, so, it was fun to be my first and 500th start. Mostly because my career’s been fairly tough, you know. It’s hard to stay in a seat and it’s so hard to stay in this sport. So, when I made my 500th start, I felt like that was a really big accomplishment, because in the beginning, it didn’t feel like I would get to 100, let alone 500.”   Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat makes the fall Martinsville race more intense than the spring?“I think we will see a lot of what we saw in the spring, but turned up another notch. It is 100 laps longer, meaning 100 more laps for you to manage your temper as guys are running into you. Since it is the Championship 4 cut, you have six guys who are going to do everything possible to transfer, alongside 30 other guys who want to get a win as the season winds down. The race will be unpredictable, and no spot on the track is safe, front or back of the field, pit road, or the tricky asphalt-to-concrete transitions into the turn. We just have to run our race and focus on our strategy. We’ve improved on every track type this year, so there’s no reason we can’t survive the Martinsville chaos and finish the season out strong.”   Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhy is Martinsville Speedway an oval that seems to come a bit more natural to you?“It’s still difficult but there is more downshift and a bit more technique with braking, and how you can use your tools and how you get the car into the corners. I am able to influence it (the car) a little more as a driver, unlike, the big ovals. You still see the regular oval drivers that are amazing at Martinsville. It’s a tough track. I got a decent result there last year, 12th, with some strategy. It’s a crazy race, I really enjoy racing there.” How eager are you to check off a Cup Series Oval win?“Yes, but I have to earn it. It’s hard to say I don’t have an oval win yet, but there are a lot of drivers in the field that don’t have a Cup (series) oval win, so I’m not alone. I know I still have a lot of work to do to get better on ovals. I feel like we’ve made some big steps the last couple of months, and we’ve had some really good runs going, but obviously want to get that oval win.”   Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletHow challenging is racing at Martinsville Speedway?“I like Martinsville a lot. It’s a tricky little track but it’s amazing. I have had great runs and very bad runs there. The track at Martinsville changes so much because of temperature and rubber buildup and it might be our most temperature-driven racetrack. You have to base your plans on history. That’s why you see the same guys running well there all the time. Martinsville is really tough because you are in traffic all day long. Guys around you and bumping and shoving and it’s easy to lose patience and do something that can ruin your day. Qualifying well there is huge because track position and pit selection are very important. It’s critical to have a good pit stall because pit road there is so challenging there.”    Connor Zilisch, No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet“I love Martinsville. It’s definitely a driver’s track and you have to hustle the car. I just like short track racing a lot. It’s one of the skills that you have to gain as a driver and a lot of guys struggle with it that are really talented. The last time we were at Martinsville we qualified on the pole and led over 100 laps and had a really good chance of winning until chaos ensued. That is just part of Martinsville and something that you have to expect, especially with it being a cutoff race. It’s tough to expect what to happen but sometimes you have to go in there with the mindset of you have to be the aggressor and force other people to make mistakes.”

Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series Statistics Manufacturers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 43First title for Chevrolet: 1958Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)Most recent: 2024 Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Drivers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 33First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)Most recent: Kyle Larson (2021) Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 Event Victories:Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007)                2025 STATISTICS:                                                                                                    Wins: 14Poles: 12Laps Led: 3,624Top-Fives: 61Top-10s: 136Stage Wins: 25 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet Race Wins: 880 (1949 to date)Poles Won to Date: 765Laps Led to Date: 256,335Top-Fives to Date: 4,430Top-10s to Date: 9,143                                                                                                          Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date:                    General Motors: 1,214           Chevrolet: 880           Pontiac: 154           Oldsmobile: 115           Buick: 65            Ford: 846                                                                                          Ford: 746           Mercury: 96           Lincoln: 4            Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467           Dodge: 217           Plymouth: 191           Chrysler: 59            Toyota: 203

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCEMartinsville SpeedwayOctober 24-26, 2025

The playoff pressure has peaked as all three NASCAR national touring series will head to Martinsville Speedway to determine the four drivers that will have the chance to compete for the 2025 championship titles in each division.

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Chevrolet will enter the final elimination race of the playoffs as the only manufacturer with representation in the top-four of the playoff rankings across all three series. Despite a disappointing ending to his 400th career Cup Series start, Kyle Larson still managed to maintain a 36-point advantage over the cutline as he closes in on his pursuit for a second championship title in NASCAR’s top division. In the Xfinity Series, it’s an all-Chevrolet top-four with the JR Motorsports duo, Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier, leading the way with already guaranteed spots in the Championship Four. With three positions still up for grabs in the Craftsman Truck Series Championship Four, Team Chevy’s Rajah Caruth and Tyler Ankrum currently sit in positions above the cutline as the pair looks to make their first-ever Championship Four appearance.

Larson Inches Closer to Second Title AttemptWhile their streak of top-seven playoff finishes has come to an end, Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team is still among a top title contender – entering the Martinsville race weekend ranked fourth in the playoff standings with a 36-point cushion over the cutline. Since joining Hendrick Motorsports, the 33-year-old Elk Grove, California, native has turned one of his statistically weakest tracks into one of his strongest. Larson has earned top-six results in seven of his nine career Martinsville starts with the No. 5 team, including an active streak of six-straight. Among those results includes his first Martinsville triumph (Apr. 2023) and four podium appearances. On tracks measuring less than one-mile this season, Larson has tallied top-six results in three of the six events, including his dominate victory in the sport’s spring visit to Bristol Motor Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Martinsville History: Hendrick Motorsports’ storied NASCAR history took off at the very site of this weekend’s event. With Geoff Bodine behind the wheel, the Chevrolet organization made its first trip to victory lane in NASCAR’s top division at Martinsville Speedway (Apr. 1984). Now over 40 years later, Hendrick Motorsports has earned the title as the series’ winningest organization with 319 all-time victories, with 29 of those triumphs coming at Martinsville. In the series’ past 10 appearances at “The Paperclip”, it has been a Hendrick Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet that captured the iconic clock in half of those events, with all four of the organization’s current drivers claiming their first win at the track within that time span. The organization’s most recent Martinsville victory came alongside William Byron in April 2024, with the Charlotte, North Carolina, native leading the organization to a podium sweep with Kyle Larson (second) and Chase Elliott (third).

Byron Steady in the Season-Long Standings: While a rocky Round of Eight for William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team has put them in an unfavorable points position, a trip to Martinsville Speedway might just be what they need to make a third-straight Championship Four appearance. It’s been a season of consistency for the 27-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, native. Starting his 2025 campaign with a second-straight DAYTONA 500 title, Byron went on to score his first career regular-season championship and has yet to fall out of the top-six in the points ranking. There’s no better place to turn their playoffs around than at Martinsville Speedway, with the Team Chevy driver earning top-eight results in more than half of his career starts at the track. Byron is tied for second among the series’ active drivers with two Martinsville victories – both of which have come in the Next Gen era.

Elliott’s “Paperclip” Past: There’s one task at hand for Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team this weekend – a trip to victory lane. Sitting in a ‘must-win’ situation to compete for his second championship title, it’s a position that Elliott has been faced with and conquered once before. In 2020, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native turned a double-digit points deficit into a season-changing victory that led him to his first Championship Four appearance and his first career title in NASCAR’s top division. The victory kickstarted an exceptional 10-race run at Martinsville Speedway – earning eight top-10 results, including an active streak of three-straight finishes in the top-four.

Team Chevy Takeover in the Xfinity Series StandingsWith an already historic NASCAR Xfinity Series season in the making, Chevrolet enters the final elimination race of the playoffs in the best position possible – occupying all four positions above the cutline. Among those includes a pair of already guaranteed berths into the Championship Four with JR Motorsports’ Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier, with the teammates capitalizing on an already substantial points lead to solidify their title chances following the Talladega race last weekend. Since the elimination-style playoff format was introduced to the series in 2016, Chevrolet has been the only manufacturer to sweep the entire Championship Four lineup – accomplished for the first time in 2017 by JR Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing, with the pair of organizations having the opportunity to accomplish the feat for the Bowtie brand once again this season.

Love Boosts Back-to-Back Strong Points Runs: Sitting in the most comfortable points position heading into the Martinsville race weekend is Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love. Tapping into his Talladega prowess, the 20-year-old Menlo Park, California, native exactly doubled his points cushion to now 40-markers over the cutline as the Team Chevy driver sits just within reach of his first career Championship Four appearance. Yet another solid points day is all the No. 2 team needs to punch their ticket into the title-deciding race. With track position at a premium at Martinsville, Love’s qualifying strength at the Virginia short-track delivers just that. In his three career Martinsville starts, Love has started no worse than 11th, including back-to-back fourth-place qualifying efforts.

Hill, RCR Set for Xfinity Series Owner’s Championship Fight: Richard Childress Racing could be in position to fight for two championship titles at Phoenix Raceway next weekend. The superspeedway ace, Austin Hill, completed the Talladega season sweep – officially locking Richard Childress Racing into the Championship Four for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Owner’s Championship. The victory marked Hill’s fourth of the season (second-most of the series) and his record-extending 10th all-time on the circuit’s drafting-style tracks. The 31-year-old Winston, Georgia, native will carry the momentum to yet another track where he’s found recent success. In the series’ spring visit to Martinsville Speedway, a last-lap pass saw the No. 21 team steal the checkered flag to deliver Richard Childress Racing its milestone 100th all-time Xfinity Series win – all of which have been earned under the Chevrolet banner.

Caruth, Ankrum Eyes First Title Opportunity The closest title battle lies within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with three positions in the Championship Four still up for grabs. Surviving Talladega with a pair of top-10 finishes, Team Chevy’s Rajah Caruth and Tyler Ankrum were able to maintain their positions above the playoff cutline as they move one step closer to their first Championship Four appearances.

While the trip to Talladega put Daniel Hemric and Grant Enfinger in a ‘must-win’ position, the veterans will be able to lean on their past successes at Martinsville Speedway to keep their respective teams in title contention, with the drivers being two of the three remaining playoff contenders that are past Martinsville winners. For Hemric, that feat came earlier this season when the 34-year-old Kannapolis, North Carolina, native earned his first win with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.

Part Two of the 2025 ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ CampaignLast weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, the pink Corvette Stingray made its on-track debut as the NASCAR Cup Series’ official pace vehicle for the first of two races in the 2025 ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ campaign. Driving donations for the initiative, every caution lap the pink Corvette Stingray completes in the two participating races generates a donation of $500 (up to $25,000). A special addition was added to this year’s campaign with Chevrolet also pledging to donate an additional $1,500 (up to $25,000) for each Team Chevy driver that earns a top-10 finish at Talladega and Martinsville. With 28 caution laps made and one Team Chevy top-10 finisher at Talladega, the current campaign total sits at $15,500 heading into the Martinsville race weekend.

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 34 NASCAR Cup Series races complete: Wins: 14Poles: 12Laps Led: 3,624Top-Fives: 61Top-10s: 136Stage Wins: 25

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 31 NASCAR Xfinity Series races complete: Wins: 25Poles: 20Laps Led: 3,674Top-Fives: 106Top-10s: 206Stage Wins: 47

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 23 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races complete: Wins: 6Poles: 2Laps Led: 956Top-Fives: 47Top-10s: 106Stage Wins: 8

BOWTIE BULLETS:·        Chevrolet will serve as the official pace vehicle for the tripleheader weekend at Martinsville Speedway: NASCAR Cup Series: Specially-themed pink Corvette Stingray in support of the American Cancer Society and its ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ initiative NASCAR Xfinity Series: Silverado RSTNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Silverado RST ·        Active Chevrolet drivers with a NASCAR Cup Series win at Martinsville Speedway:  Kyle Busch – two wins (2016 & 2017)William Byron – two wins (2022 & 2024)Kyle Larson – one win (2023)Alex Bowman – one win (2021) Chase Elliott – one win (2020) ·        In 153 NASCAR Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway, Chevrolet has recorded 61 victories and 56 pole wins – both of which are series-leading records. Among those victories includes victories in three of the seven races contested in the Next Gen era at the track – earned by current playoff drivers William Byron and Kyle Larson.  ·        Chevrolet has earned at least half of the top-10 finishing results in 14 of the 34 points-paying races thus far this season, including a season-high seven top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.  ·        In 142 points-paying races in the Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 66 victories – a winning percentage of 46.5%. ·        With its 43 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 880 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history.

TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of Eight: Elimination RaceXfinity 500Sunday, October 26, at 2 p.m. ET(NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)  NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of Eight: Elimination RaceIAA and Ritchie Bros. 250Saturday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m. ET(CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs Round of Eight: Elimination RaceSlim Jim 200Friday, October 24, 6 p.m. ET(FS1, NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)

QUOTABLE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletThis weekend is another anniversary of the “Hail Melon” and it now seems people can final see the car in person?“So many people have asked where the Hail Melon car is at and if it’s going to be on display. We installed it in the Trackhouse lobby a few months ago. We also got a piece of the wall from track and put the car up against the wall to recreate the moment. Its on display for everyone to see and take pictures with. It’s fun to have that piece of history in the lobby for everyone to see.” Do you enjoy going to Martinsville?“Martinsville has been pretty good to me since driving for Trackhouse. Obviously, I’ve had one of the biggest moments of my career there but we’ve been consistently strong there over the last few years. Whatever Phil Surgen does to the car it really fits my driving style there. I can remember going to race at Martinsville just a few years with a car that had parts and pieces the other teams were throwing away, so I’ve definitely come a long way and it’s so much fun to drive a fast car at Martinsville. I enjoy driving to the track instead of getting on a plane and flying. It’s a great drive, especially in the fall with all of the leaves changing and then you arrive in Martinsville and the track sits down the hill, it’s really cool.”   Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletShort track racing has been the highlight of the season for the No. 3 team. While Richmond Raceway is much different than Martinsville Speedway, do you have confidence going into that race with a shot at a good result?“I love short tracks, and Martinsville Speedway has been solid for us over the years. We have had opportunities to run really well there. One of the first Next Gen races there, I had a shot to win and ran third or fourth. You have hard braking and it’s hard to get around that little paperclip. It’s a fun track to race at.”   Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat is your outlook heading to Martinsville?“Martinsville is always a challenge. The No. 7 guys have been working hard to improve our performance there, and I appreciate the effort they put in all year. I want to thank NationsGuard for their continued support and I hope we can put together a strong run this weekend.”   AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet“Martinsville is a racetrack that’s been challenging to us over the last couple years with this car. We’ve made some gains there, so I’m looking forward to getting on track to see if we’ve found more speed. I thought in the spring, we had some positive takeaways. We’re looking to build off what we learned in the spring and keep working hard to finish these last two races strong.”   Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet“Talladega didn’t turn out the way we had hoped, but we’re excited to have Jack Link’s back on the car this weekend at Martinsville.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat do you remember about your first start and your most recent start at Martinsville Speedway?“My first start, I remember it was cold. It started snowing. I thought that I was just cold and that’s why I was shaking. I told myself that it wasn’t because of nerves. Then my last fall Martinsville start was my 500th cup start, so, it was fun to be my first and 500th start. Mostly because my career’s been fairly tough, you know. It’s hard to stay in a seat and it’s so hard to stay in this sport. So, when I made my 500th start, I felt like that was a really big accomplishment, because in the beginning, it didn’t feel like I would get to 100, let alone 500.”   Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat makes the fall Martinsville race more intense than the spring?“I think we will see a lot of what we saw in the spring, but turned up another notch. It is 100 laps longer, meaning 100 more laps for you to manage your temper as guys are running into you. Since it is the Championship 4 cut, you have six guys who are going to do everything possible to transfer, alongside 30 other guys who want to get a win as the season winds down. The race will be unpredictable, and no spot on the track is safe, front or back of the field, pit road, or the tricky asphalt-to-concrete transitions into the turn. We just have to run our race and focus on our strategy. We’ve improved on every track type this year, so there’s no reason we can’t survive the Martinsville chaos and finish the season out strong.”   Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhy is Martinsville Speedway an oval that seems to come a bit more natural to you?“It’s still difficult but there is more downshift and a bit more technique with braking, and how you can use your tools and how you get the car into the corners. I am able to influence it (the car) a little more as a driver, unlike, the big ovals. You still see the regular oval drivers that are amazing at Martinsville. It’s a tough track. I got a decent result there last year, 12th, with some strategy. It’s a crazy race, I really enjoy racing there.” How eager are you to check off a Cup Series Oval win?“Yes, but I have to earn it. It’s hard to say I don’t have an oval win yet, but there are a lot of drivers in the field that don’t have a Cup (series) oval win, so I’m not alone. I know I still have a lot of work to do to get better on ovals. I feel like we’ve made some big steps the last couple of months, and we’ve had some really good runs going, but obviously want to get that oval win.”   Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletHow challenging is racing at Martinsville Speedway?“I like Martinsville a lot. It’s a tricky little track but it’s amazing. I have had great runs and very bad runs there. The track at Martinsville changes so much because of temperature and rubber buildup and it might be our most temperature-driven racetrack. You have to base your plans on history. That’s why you see the same guys running well there all the time. Martinsville is really tough because you are in traffic all day long. Guys around you and bumping and shoving and it’s easy to lose patience and do something that can ruin your day. Qualifying well there is huge because track position and pit selection are very important. It’s critical to have a good pit stall because pit road there is so challenging there.”    Connor Zilisch, No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet“I love Martinsville. It’s definitely a driver’s track and you have to hustle the car. I just like short track racing a lot. It’s one of the skills that you have to gain as a driver and a lot of guys struggle with it that are really talented. The last time we were at Martinsville we qualified on the pole and led over 100 laps and had a really good chance of winning until chaos ensued. That is just part of Martinsville and something that you have to expect, especially with it being a cutoff race. It’s tough to expect what to happen but sometimes you have to go in there with the mindset of you have to be the aggressor and force other people to make mistakes.”

Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series Statistics Manufacturers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 43First title for Chevrolet: 1958Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)Most recent: 2024 Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Drivers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 33First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)Most recent: Kyle Larson (2021) Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 Event Victories:Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007)                2025 STATISTICS:                                                                                                    Wins: 14Poles: 12Laps Led: 3,624Top-Fives: 61Top-10s: 136Stage Wins: 25 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet Race Wins: 880 (1949 to date)Poles Won to Date: 765Laps Led to Date: 256,335Top-Fives to Date: 4,430Top-10s to Date: 9,143                                                                                                          Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date:                    General Motors: 1,214           Chevrolet: 880           Pontiac: 154           Oldsmobile: 115           Buick: 65            Ford: 846                                                                                          Ford: 746           Mercury: 96           Lincoln: 4            Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467           Dodge: 217           Plymouth: 191           Chrysler: 59            Toyota: 203

The final weekend before World Finals puts the spotlight on America’s HeartlandPARK CITY, KS (October 22, 2025) – The 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series campaign is winding down with only five races remaining in the 48th season of showcasing the country’s best Sprint Car drivers.This weekend’s agenda is a trip to the country’s Heartland and fires off at 81 Speedway in Wichita, KS on Friday, Oct. 24. The 3/8-mile dirt track has hosted the World of Outlaws on 15 occasions, including once in each of the past two years.Then, it’s a drive from the “Sunflower State” down to the “Sooner State” where Colcord, OK’s Arrowhead Speedway awaits to host the seventh running of the Jason Johnson Classic presented by FK Rod Ends on Saturday, Oct. 25. The night is all about honoring one of the best men to ever grace the sport of Sprint Car racing. Jason Johnson embodied professionalism as he built Jason Johnson Racing from the ground up and, powered by passion, grew his organization into one of the sport’s top teams. The drivers will battle for the honor of being known as a Jason Johnson Classic champion and a $20,000 payday at the Oklahoma oval.What started with Florida in February continues to motor toward a conclusion at The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s World of Outlaws World Finals (Nov. 5-8).BUY 81 SPEEDWAY TICKETS HERE BUY JASON JOHNSON CLASSIC TICKETS HEREWATCH LIVE ON DIRTVisionLet’s look at the weekend’s top storylines:ONE WICHITA WINNER: The odds favor 81 Speedway fans seeing a new face in the track’s Victory Lane on Friday. Only one former World of Outlaws winner at the Kansas track is expected to be in the pit area.It’s no surprise that the lone victor is Donny Schatz. A pair of his 316 career wins have come at 81. The Fargo, ND driver topped back-to-back Series visits separated by 11 years (2006 & 2017). He’s one of three multi-time winners alongside Sammy Swindell (six) and Rico Abreu (two).Schatz badly wants a third 81 trophy Friday as sand continues to fall in the hourglass of his chances at making sure he ends the season with at least one win. He’s won a World of Outlaws race in 27 consecutive seasons, and a 28th would tie Steve Kinser for the longest streak ever.RACIN’ FOR THE RAGIN’ CAJUN: There’s one simple goal for Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnon Racing team on Saturday: win. They’ve got no interest in settling for second or any other position.The JJR team won the event once before, and in the most storybook fashion possible. David Gravel took the No. 41 to Victory Lane in the inaugural running at Lake Ozark Speedway in 2019.This weekend will mark Macedo’s fifth Jason Johnson Classic since joining the “Ragin’ Cajun’s” team. He was fifth with them in 2021. When the event shifted to 81 Speedway in 2023, Macedo came one spot away from victory. The Lemoore, CA native finished fifth last year when it moved to its current home of Arrowhead.KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: Donny Schatz might be the only current World of Outlaws competitor with an 81 Speedway victory, but don’t be surprised if David Gravel adds his name to that list on Friday.The defending Series champion has done everything but win in three appearances at the 3/8 mile. It began with a drive from seventh to third in his 2017 track debut with CJB Motorsports. Gravel returned in 2023 with his current Big Game Motorsports team, and the result was the same – the final step of the podium. The Watertown, CT native climbed a spot last year with an 81 runner-up.Gravel and the No. 2 crew have had speed everywhere they’ve been this year as they continue to close on another title. They’ve been on the podium in more the half of the races with 38 top threes in 65 Features. Gravel’s average finish is a stellar 3.89. His 16 wins also lead the Series.PARITY PATTERN: Parity has been the theme through six runnings of the Jason Johnson Classic as we’ve seen six different winners, and two of them will be in attendance Saturday at Arrowhead, aiming to break the trend.As mentioned above, David Gravel claimed the first edition in 2019. He wheeled from sixth to second in his Arrowhead debut last year, narrowly missing out on becoming the first repeat winner.Sheldon Haudenschild is the defending event champion. He and Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing took home the trophy and $20,000 check last year as Haudenschild debuted at Arrowhead. The Wooster, OH native enters this weekend with the momentum of an Angell Park victory on Sunday and gets his first shot at a second Jason Johnson Classic triumph.BATTLES BREWING: With only five races to go, several spots in the points are all but locked up, but a few battles rage on for fans to watch unfold.The one with the most stakes is between Carson Macedo and Logan Schuchart. Macedo sits third but has Schuchart within striking distance with 62 markers separating the two. A recent expired engine on the JJR No. 41 at Lincoln Speedway tightened the gap. Schuchart and the Shark Racing team have been stout in the season’s second half, finishing worse than seventh only once in the last 22 races.Donny Schatz has fought some struggles as he’s spent time in four different cars since separating from Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing in August. Those coupled with a surge from Bill Balog have brought the “North Pole Nightmare” to Schatz’s tail tank for sixth in points as 48 points are between the two. Balog has 14 top 10s in the last 18 races, including four podiums.Garet Williamson has all but locked up the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, but Cole Macedo is making a late run at the season’s second-best rookie spot. The Californian has trimmed the margin between himself and Chris Windom to 24 markers. It’s been an up-and-down campaign for Macedo aboard the TwoC Racing No. 2C, but he’s found his footing in recent weeks with five top 10s in his last seven Features.Windom and Macedo aren’t the only rookies with a spot to settle as Zach Hampton has a slim 32-point lead over Skylar Gee.THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCEWHEN AND WHERE  Friday, Oct. 24 at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS Saturday, Oct. 25 at Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, OKON THE INTERNET World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series X – @WorldofOutlaws Instagram – @WoOSprint Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsSprintCarSeries YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com – Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/monthCURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (68/73 Races): 1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (8916 PTS) 2. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-138 PTS) 3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-298 PTS) 4. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-360 PTS) 5. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-564 PTS) 6. Donny Schatz – Sides Motorsports No. 15 (-862 PTS) 7. Bill Balog – B2 Motorsports No. 17B (-910 PTS) 8. Garet Williamson – Fischer Motorsports No. 23 (-1148 PTS) 9. Chris Windom – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-1274 PTS) 10. Cole Macedo – TwoC Racing No. 2C (-1296 PTS)NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (16 Drivers):  16 Wins – David Gravel 11 Wins – Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo 4 Wins – Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri, Sheldon Haudenschild 3 Wins – Rico Abreu, Bill Balog 2 Wins – Logan Schuchart 1 Win – Christopher Bell, Giovanni Scelzi, Brad Sweet, Corey Day, Ryan Timms, Dale Blaney, Chase Dietz SPLIT-FIELD PRELIM NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (3 Drivers): 1 Win – Ryan Timms, Kyle Larson, David GravelFEATURE LAPS LED (29 Drivers): 396 Laps – David Gravel 321 Laps – Michael Kofoid 314 Laps – Carson Macedo 175 Laps – Bill Balog 167 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild 127 Laps – Anthony Macri 108 Laps – Logan Schuchart 98 Laps – Kyle Larson 82 Laps – Rico Abreu 62 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi 50 Laps – Ryan Timms 33 Laps – Kerry Madsen 31 Laps – Corey Day 27 Laps – Emerson Axsom 26 Laps – Cole Macedo 20 Laps – Dale Blaney 17 Laps – Brad Sweet 15 Laps – Spencer Bayston 14 Laps – Dylan Westbrook 12 Laps – Conner Morrell 11 Laps – Jordan Thomas 9 Laps – Sam Hafertepe Jr. 8 Laps – Christopher Bell, Aaron Reutzel 5 Laps – Christopher Thram 4 Laps – Kaleb Montgomery, Chase Dietz 1 Lap – Donny Schatz, Garet WilliamsonSIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (24 Drivers): 23 Quick Times – David Gravel 7 Quick Times – Carson Macedo 6 Quick Times – Rico Abreu 3 Quick Times – Logan Schuchart, Michael Kofoid 2 Quick Times – Sheldon Haudenschild, Giovanni Scelzi, Garet Williamson, Anthony Macri 1 Quick Time – Emerson Axsom, Kyle Larson, Danny Sams III, Aaron Reutzel, Chase Dietz, Donny Schatz, Zach Hampton, Tyler Courtney, Austin McCarl, Kerry Madsen, Bill Balog, Lance Dewease, Brad Sweet, Ashton Torgerson, Cole MacedoHEAT RACE WINNERS (61 Drivers):  42 Heat Wins – David Gravel 33 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo 20 Heat Wins – Michael Kofoid 19 Heat Wins – Bill Balog 17 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild 13 Heat Wins – Logan Schuchart 8 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi 7 Heat Wins – Kyle Larson, Anthony Macri 6 Heat Wins – Chris Windom 5 Heat Wins – Garet Williamson 4 Heat Wins – Christopher Bell, Tyler Courtney, Conner Morrell, Rico Abreu, Emerson Axsom 3 Heat Wins – Brad Sweet, Brian Brown, Danny Dietrich, Skylar Gee, Christopher Thram, Cole Macedo 2 Heat Wins – Jacob Allen, Austin McCarl, Ryan Timms, Hunter Schuerenberg, Zach Hampton, Ashton Torgerson, Donny Schatz, Lance Dewease 1 Heat Win – Bryce Lucius, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Aaron Reutzel, Tanner Thorson, Chase Dietz, Justin Whittall, Danny Sams III, Jy Corbet, Tim Kaeding, Andy Pake, Kasey Jedrzejek, Freddie Rahmer, Ryan Turner, Tanner Holmes, Kaleb Johnson, Landon Crawley, Chris Martin, Blake Hahn, Gage Pulkrabek, Tasker Phillips, Josh Schneiderman, Brady Bacon, Brandon Wimmer, Kerry Madsen, Mark Dobmeier, Spencer Bayston, Dale Blaney, Daison Pursley, Daryn Pittman, Darin Naida, Logan JulienTOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (74 Drivers): 54 Dashes – David Gravel 44 Dashes – Carson Macedo 34 Dashes – Michael Kofoid 31 Dashes – Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild 24 Dashes – Bill Balog 16 Dashes – Giovanni Scelzi 10 Dashes – Chris Windom, Emerson Axsom, Garet Williamson 9 Dashes – Anthony Macri, Cole Macedo 7 Dashes – Kyle Larson, Donny Schatz 6 Dashes – Rico Abreu, Zach Hampton, Skylar Gee, Kerry Madsen 5 Dashes – Brian Brown, Tyler Courtney, Aaron Reutzel, Hunter Schuerenberg, Danny Dietrich 4 Dashes – Conner Morrell, Brad Sweet, Ryan Timms, Chase Dietz 3 Dashes – Christopher Bell, Danny Sams III, Austin McCarl, Parker Price-Miller, Ashton Torgerson, Christopher Thram, Spencer Bayston, Lance Dewease 2 Dashes – Jacob Allen, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Kelby Watt, Tanner Thorson, Sam Henderson, Corey Day, D.J. Netto, Ryan Turner, Justin Whittall, Brent Marks 1 Dash – Justin Peck, Bryce Lucius, Carson McCarl, Brady Bacon, Lucas Wolfe, Jordan Thomas, Jonathan Preston, Dylan Westbrook, Cory Turner, Cole Duncan, Tim Kaeding, Justin Henderson, Scotty Thiel, Zane DeVault, Freddie Rahmer, Ryan Smith, Cory Eliason, Andy Pake, Mark Dobmeier, Riley Goodno, Kaleb Montgomery, Dale Blaney, Daison Pursley, Daryn Pittman, Chad Trout, Brock Zearfoss, Darin Naida, Logan Julien, Bryce NorrisMICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (40 Drivers): 4 LCS Wins – Garet Williamson, Cole Macedo 3 LCS Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Ashton Torgerson, Christopher Thram 2 LCS Wins – Donny Schatz, Ryan Timms, Bill Balog, Skylar Gee, Brad Sweet, Conner Morrell, Zach Hampton, Chris Windom, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sheldon Haudenschild 1 LCS Win – Chris Martin, Anthony Macri, Bryce Lucius, Blake Hahn, J.J. Hickle, Emerson Axsom, Matt Campbell, Joe Trenca, Darin Naida, Mark Dobmeier, Tim Kaeding, Brady Bacon, Landon Crawley, James McFadden, Logan Schuchart, Alex Therrien, Rico Abreu, Michael Kofoid, Justin Whittall, Brent Marks, Scott Broty, Landon Brooks, Danny Kuriger, Lance Dewease, Kerry MadsenKSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (34 Drivers):  7 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart 6 Hard Chargers – Donny Schatz 4 Hard Chargers – Ryan Timms, Michael Kofoid, Cole Macedo, Chris Windom 3 Hard Chargers – Garet Williamson, Sheldon Haudenschild, Skylar Gee, Hunter Schuerenberg 2 Hard Chargers – Bill Balog, Tanner Thorson, David Gravel 1 Hard Charger – Zach Hampton, Lance Dewease, Dylan Westbrook, Kalib Henry, Cap Henry, Jade Hastings, Carson Macedo, Rico Abreu, Anthony Macri, Giovanni Scelzi, Danny Varin, Landon Crawley, Corey Day, Brad Sweet, Dominic Gorden, Kaleb Montgomery, Darin Naida, Emerson Axsom, Troy Wagaman Jr., Tyler Ross, Kerry MadsenPODIUM FINISHES (35 Drivers):  38 Podiums – David Gravel 30 Podiums – Michael Kofoid 25 Podiums – Carson Macedo 14 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild 13 Podiums – Logan Schuchart 10 Podiums – Kyle Larson 9 Podiums – Bill Balog 6 Podiums – Donny Schatz, Rico Abreu, Anthony Macri 5 Podiums – Anthony Macri 3 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi, Kerry Madsen, Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz 2 Podiums – Christopher Bell, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Tyler Courtney, Spencer Bayston, Emerson Axsom 1 Podium – Aaron Reutzel, Jacob Allen, Brady Bacon, Cole Macedo, Conner Morrell, Dylan Westbrook, Skylar Gee, Chris Windom, Cole Duncan, Brad Sweet, Corey Day, Garet Williamson, Tanner Thorson, Dale Blaney, Lance DeweaseTOP 10 FINISHES (69 Drivers):  62 Top 10s – David Gravel 56 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid 51 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart 50 Top 10s – Carson Macedo 42 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild 36 Top 10s – Bill Balog 33 Top 10s – Donny Schatz 29 Top 10s – Giovanni Scelzi 25 Top 10s – Garet Williamson 21 Top 10s – Chris Windom 20 Top 10s – Cole Macedo 16 Top 10s – Emerson Axsom  15 Top 10s – Hunter Schuerenberg 13 Top 10s – Anthony Macri, Kerry Madsen 11 Top 10s – Brad Sweet, Kyle Larson 10 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu 9 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Skylar Gee 6 Top 10s – Zach Hampton 5 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Tanner Thorson, Spencer Bayston, Danny Dietrich 4 Top 10s – Austin McCarl, Justin Peck, Chase Dietz, Parker Price-Miller 3 Top 10s – Conner Morrell, Brady Bacon, Ashton Torgerson, Corey Day, Mark Dobmeier, Brent Marks, Justin Whittall, Troy Wagaman Jr. 2 Top 10s – Christopher Bell, Jacob Allen, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Tim Kaeding, Brian Brown, Freddie Rahmer, Landon Crawley, Tanner Holmes, Dominic Scelzi, Ryan Turner, Cory Eliason 1 Top 10 – Danny Sams III, Jordan Thomas, Dylan Westbrook, Jordan Poirier, Kalib Henry, Cole Duncan, Kelby Watt, Ryan Smith, Zach Sobotka, Danny Varin, Kaleb Johnson, D.J. Netto, Kaleb Montgomery, Kasey Jedrzejek, Dale Blaney, Lance Dewease, Daryn Pittman, Brock Zearfoss, Cameron Smith, Chad Trout2025 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR WINNERS: No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins) 1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1) 2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Christopher Bell (1) 3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (1) 4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (2) 5. Sun, March 2 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1) 6. Mon, March 3 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2) 7. Fri, March 7 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Bill Balog (1) 8. Sat, March 8 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / David Gravel (3) 9. Fri, March 14 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1) 10. Sat, March 15 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Michael Kofoid (1) 11. Fri, March 21 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (4) 12. Sat, March 22 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (5) 13. Fri, March 28 / Lawton Speedway / Lawton, OK / Michael Kofoid (2) 14. Fri, April 11 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (2) 15. Sat, April 12 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Logan Schuchart (1) 16. Sat, April 19 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Rico Abreu (1) 17. Fri, April 25 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Kyle Larson (3) 18. Sat, April 26 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Sheldon Haudenschild (1) 19. Fri, May 2 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (6) 20. Wed, May 7 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Michael Kofoid (3) 21. Sat, May 10 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Anthony Macri (1) 22. Wed, May 14 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (7) 23. Thurs, May 15 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (8) 24. Sat, May 24 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Logan Schuchart (2) 25. Mon, May 26 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Carson Macedo (3) 26. Fri, May 30 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Michael Kofoid (4) 27. Sat, May 31 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Sheldon Haudenschild (2) 28. Wed, June 4 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (4) 29. Fri, June 6 / Plymouth Dirt Track / Plymouth, WI / Rico Abreu (2) 30. Sat, June 7 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, WI / Brad Sweet (1) 31. Fri, June 13 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel (9) 32. Sat, June 14 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Corey Day (1) 33. Wed, June 18 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Kyle Larson (4) 34. Thurs, June 19 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (5) 35. Fri, June 20 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Bill Balog (2) 36. Sat, June 21 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (6) 37. Fri, June 27 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / David Gravel (10) 38. Sat, June 28 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Carson Macedo (5) 39. Sat, July 12 / Wilmot Raceway / Wilmot, WI / Michael Kofoid (7) 40. Tues, July 15 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Carson Macedo (6) 41. Fri, July 18 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Rico Abreu (3) 42. Sat, July 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Anthony Macri (2) 43. Wed, July 23 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA / Anthony Macri (3) 44. Sun, July 27 / Weedsport Speedway / Weedsport, NY / David Gravel (11) 45. Fri, Aug 1 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (7) 46. Sat, Aug 2 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Michael Kofoid (8) 47. Wed, Aug 6 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Ryan Timms* 48. Thurs, Aug 7 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Kyle Larson* 49. Fri, Aug 8 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / David Gravel* 50. Sat, Aug 9 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Ryan Timms (1) 51. Fri, Aug 15 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / Carson Macedo (8) 52. Sat, Aug 16 / Jackson Motorplex / Jackson, MN / Carson Macedo (9) 53. Tues, Aug 19 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / David Gravel (12) 54. Fri, Aug 22 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / Michael Kofoid (9) 55. Sat, Aug 23 / Red River Valley Speedway / West Fargo, ND / Carson Macedo (10) 56. Sun, Aug 31 / Huset’s Speedway / Brandon, SD / Michael Kofoid (10) 57. Fri, Sept 5 / Vado Speedway Park / Vado, NM / David Gravel (13) 58. Fri, Sept 12 / Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway / Bakersfield, CA / Michael Kofoid (11) 59. Sat, Sept 13 / Perris Auto Speedway / Perris, CA / Bill Balog (3) 60. Sat, Sept 20 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / David Gravel (14) 61. Fri, Sept 26 / Millstream Speedway / Findlay, OH / David Gravel (15) 62. Sat, Sept 27 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Dale Blaney (1) 63. Fri, Oct 3 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Chase Dietz (1) 64. Sat, Oct 4 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Sheldon Haudenschild (3) 65. Fri, Oct 11 / New Egypt Speedway / New Egypt, NJ / Carson Macedo (11) 66. Sat, Oct 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Anthony Macri (4) 67. Fri, Oct 17 / Lincoln Park Speedway / Putnamville, IN / David Gravel (16) 68. Sun, Oct 19 / Angell Park Speedway / Sun Prairie, WI / Sheldon Haudenschild (4) *denotes unofficial split-field prelim race.For the remaining 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/what-to-watch-for-penultimate-weekend-of-the-year-takes-world-of-outlaws-to-81-arrowhead/EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4547749, https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4547763 TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=81%2BSpeedway, https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Arrowhead%2BSpeedwayFAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/

NASCAR CUP SERIES TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. QUOTES OCTOBER 22, 2025

It was announced today that Team Chevy driver, Daniel Suarez, will join Spire Motorsports for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, taking over the driving duties for the organization’s No. 7 Chevrolet entry.

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NASCAR CUP SERIESTEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. QUOTESOCTOBER 22, 2025

It was announced today that Team Chevy driver, Daniel Suarez, will join Spire Motorsports for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, taking over the driving duties for the organization’s No. 7 Chevrolet entry.

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Press Conference Quotes:  Moderator: Moving into 2026, we continue to bolster our competition efforts with fresh talent and dedicated partnerships. Joining us today are Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson; CEO of Freeway Insurance, Cesar Soriano; and multi-time NASCAR Cup Series winner and 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, Daniel Suarez. As the first foreign-born NASCAR National Series champion, Daniel has set the standard for young drivers looking to advance through NASCAR’s international ladder system. He brings 9 years of Cup Series experience at the highest level of our sport and a devoted fan base that surpasses borders. Freeway Insurance has been a partner of Daniel since 2021. They continue to build their brand within NASCAR over the last 5 seasons and will continue to do so moving forward. We are excited to have both Daniel and Freeway Insurance join the Spire Motorsports family for the 2026 season, and we can now officially announce that Daniel Suarez is the new driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series.  We’ll start with Jeff. Jeff, if you could just tell us about the decision to bring Daniel to Spire Motorsports for next season.Jeff Dickerson: “Yeah, I think his resume obviously speaks for itself. He’s been a mainstay in the garage for several years. I think when it came down to it, it’s just a thing where I think we need each other. I think all of us love a good story of redemption and giving people a platform to prove doubters wrong, so I think in this case, I think Daniel wants to show everybody that this year was an outlier and we wanted to show everybody that the No. 7 car’s performance this year is an outlier, as well.”  Daniel, Freeway Insurance has been with you for several seasons. What does it mean to continue representing a brand that’s grown alongside your career?Daniel Suarez: “It’s been a huge privilege to be able to not just represent Freeway Insurance, but also to take it to the next level and be able to connect with my community. I believe that my relationship with Freeway Insurance goes further than just a sponsorship. We have very similar goals. For me, it’s something very personal to be able to connect with my community and to give back to my community; to represent my community and to inspire my community. Freeway Insurance, as we all know, that’s one of their goals, as well. They have a large percentage of Hispanic customers and employees, so for me, that’s a very big deal. It’s very, very personal. They’ve been a huge support of myself for a handful of years now.  We were talking about this last night. For me, it’s like a Cinderella story with how we started together in a one-specimen deal, and then it just continued to grow. And right now, here we are making this move to Spire Motorsports with Freeway Insurance as a primary sponsor. I’m sure that we’re going to continue to work together. I can’t thank Cesar Soriano and Rose enough for all the love and support, and I can’t wait to continue to write this story together.”  Cesar, we know that Daniel has a very loyal fan base, and I know Freeway’s fan base has also grown over the years. We’ve emphasized hard work and perseverance as big goals of your company and your values, and those are also values that Daniel shares with you. He’s become a role model for so many in the Latino communities, which also represents your brand, as well. How do those shared values strengthen the partnership as you move forward? Cesar Soriano: “You know, in addition to the hard work and perseverance that you mentioned, for us, we were looking for somebody that would represent and, more importantly, take a personal approach to be our brand ambassador. And when you think about it, when you think about my own employees or teammates and our customers, it’s about living the American dream. There’s no better driver, in my personal opinion, than Daniel Suarez, who is living that dream. He demonstrates that with hard work, perseverance, loyalty, and trust, you can achieve all your goals, and he’s doing it today. Loyalty works both ways, and we’ve stayed loyal with him.”   Daniel, what made this the right fit for you personally?Daniel Suarez: “To be quite honest with you, it was a no-brainer. If you look at the last three years, how Spire Motorsports has grown in the last three years. I mentioned this to Jeff (Dickerson). I said, Jeff, three years ago, I probably wasn’t looking at Spire Motorsports as an option. Right now, I believe that it’s the fastest growing team in NASCAR, and I want to be part of that. I know that they are not even close to being done. They are just getting started. The way that they are building the team, I can see that the foundation is strong. Everything that Jeff and the entire team at Spire Motorsports have been able to do in a very short period of time, it’s quite impressive to look at it from the outside. I was just very, very excited to see this new chapter and this opportunity. Just like Jeff mentioned, this year, it was not the way that I wanted it to go with my team, and the same thing with the No. 7 team. I believe that we both have some things that we want to get back in place, and we are hungry to do that. I’ve been extremely, extremely anxious to get this day and to get to work because I know that it’s going to take some work. This off-season is very busy. But I just can’t wait to get to work with this group because I know that they are capable of a lot, and I can’t wait to get going.”  Why is Daniel the right fit for No. 7 team to help maximize that potential in 2026? Jeff Dickerson: “Yeah, I mean having a veteran voice that’s got some roots in that garage. Obviously our stats prove that we’ve had a really good year, so it’s like we’re just at a different place in our journey, right? We’re not like a problem that needs to be solved anymore. We’ve got the speed, we need the execution. That’s what’s really holding us back this year.  I think that’s what Daniel sees with us. We just need kind of like a veteran steady hand that can offer his wisdom, so we’re looking to tap into that. And like you said, I don’t think six months ago either one of us thought that we would be sitting in this studio. But I think there’s a real power here in showing everybody that, I guess in some ways, both of us are better than what we showed this year.”  Jeff, when you talk about that execution part, what is it you’ve seen from Daniel that gives you that full confidence he’s going to be able to provide that steady hand you’re looking for? Jeff Dickerson: “Yeah, he just maximizes his days, right? I don’t think he makes any really big mistakes. We’ve kind of been watching him here; trying to listen on the radio and just kind of watching how he does it. He’s going to fit in perfect. You know, I think in these situations, I don’t think we have to do anything really that much different, and I don’t want Daniel doing anything different. Daniel knows how to do this. Daniel’s won races at every level and won a championship. So we don’t need him to be anybody that he’s not. I don’t want to press him. I think obviously we’re going to build a good team around him, and then just let him do his thing and I think it will be fine.”   Ryan Sparks has been splitting his time between the crew chief role and the competition director. Has any decision been made on whether he’ll stay with Daniel, or are you going to be looking for a crew chief?Jeff Dickerson: “I don’t know that we’ve made a decision just yet. We’ve been trying to see what’s happening in the garage, right? I’m not necessarily interested in any more dual roles. I feel like we’ve been out of balance here a little bit since we moved on from Rodney (Childers). I think the biggest thing is just getting everybody back in one place and just let us go forward.”  Daniel, what relationship do you have with Michael (McDowell), Carson (Hocevar), anyone you’re going to be working with next year?Daniel Suarez: “Yeah, Michael and I, we became very close after we got into a fight in 2019 (laughs). I mean, it’s kind of funny, but it’s true. Before then, Michael and I were just two drivers. And after that incident, we actually became good friends. Michael called me this morning. I’ve been actually talking to him quite a bit about the system, the processes, the people. So, I believe that Michael and I are going to be able to brainstorm a lot, not just in our individual teams, but in everything as an organization, as well. I haven’t had the opportunity to talk to Carson yet, but he’s an extremely talented driver. You can see his raw speed. Although he’s very young, he’s still learning a lot of different things. I think it’s going to be exciting to have the opportunity to work with two drivers that, to me, are actually quite different.  I’m super excited for the opportunity. It’s a great opportunity for me. Honestly, right now, I feel like it’s kind of like my first year in the Cup Series. I just feel like everything is new. I have a lot of butterflies in my stomach. I’m super excited to get going. I know that we still have a couple races left this year, and I always say that you’re as good as your last race, so I want to close my chapter strong this year. But I can’t wait to start working towards 2026.”  Daniel, when did this talk start with Spire, and how did this come about?Daniel Suarez: “Yeah, so I was in a little bit of a tricky situation this year because I knew there was going to be a change for a while, but I couldn’t talk to anyone. So, really, conversations started once I was able to start having conversations, contractually, with people. And the very first person I tried to reach out was Jeff and Dan Towriss because, like I said, I have seen what these guys have been able to build in a very, very short period of time. These things don’t happen by coincidence or by luck. Everything planned. I believe that they are far from their full potential. I mentioned this to Jeff… I said, Jeff, I’m seeing this train going up. I want to jump in it, so make a space for me because I really want to be part of that. I can see how this organization has a good, solid foundation. Every single year, they break their own records, and I can’t wait. I was talking to Dan Towriss, actually, last week. And he said, man, this year has been very good. But we haven’t won yet. We want to win races. And eventually, we want to be real contenders for championship. Not just make the playoffs to say that we make the playoffs and, okay, that’s it…. No, no, no. It’s to be real contenders. So, what do we have to do to be able to get there? And I believe that the foundation is right to be able to do that, and I can’t wait to be part of it.”  Jeff, even before the Next Gen car, engineering became so important. Aside from, obviously, driving the cars, what is the role of drivers today?Jeff Dickerson: “That’s a good question. I mean, you know what? They make it go. I think drivers are as important now than ever, right? Certainly, the car has to give them what they want, right? And in a lot of cases, you’re just trying to give them a feel that they can just go out and race with. But when we’re chasing the smallest margins, I’m telling you, I think drivers are way more important now than they’ve ever been. I think it’s backwards. I think on restarts, it’s a lot easier to pass them when you’re coming at the speed. I think as tight as it is, it’s really just like making no mistakes and giving good feedback. Tt’s building a chemistry with your team. It revolves all around them. I mean, who are we kidding? This is a driver-focused sport, and they make it go.”   As far as I can tell from the release, it’s a one-year deal. Why just one year to start? Is that the case?Jeff Dickerson: “We have a path forward for multiple years, that’s for sure.”  Daniel Suarez: “Yeah, like Jeff mentioned — right now, today, we’re in the position where we want to prove to each other that we can do this together. But my goal, and I’m sure that it’s Spire Motorsports’ goal and Jeff’s goal, to make this a long-term relationship, and hopefully we can write a great chapter together; win races, fight for championships and start to hang banners in the race shop.”

By Evander Espolong October 22, 2025

The legendary California Hot Rod Reunion kicks off this weekend at Famoso Dragstrip, and the action just got even more intense thanks to Automotive Racing Products (ARP). The industry-leading fastener manufacturer is stepping up once again to support grassroots nostalgia drag racing, announcing a bonus program for competitors at the Bakersfield event.ARP is putting serious cash on the line for the winners in the quickest classes. A $1,000 bonus awaits the champions in Top Fuel, Nitro Funny Car, and the wild AA/Fuel Altereds. To sweeten the pot even further, ARP will award a $250 bonus to every single Eliminator Class Winner throughout the weekend. It’s a huge boost for the sportsman racers who form the backbone of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series.

But the bonuses don’t stop there. ARP is also recognizing dedication and showmanship with three unique $250 awards. One will go to the Sportsman competitor with the Longest Tow to the event – a nod to the hardcore racers who travel cross-country for this race. The other two $250 bonuses will reward the drivers who pull off the Longest Gasser Wheelstand in both the D/Gas and Hot Rod classes during eliminations. To qualify for any of the ARP bonuses, racers just need to make sure they display the ARP Special Event Participant Sticker on their car throughout the weekend.ARP’s Robert Florine emphasized the company’s dedication, stating, “ARP has always stood behind sportsman racing. The Hot Rod Reunion is the perfect finale for the Heritage Series, and we’re proud to help challenge the best of the best.” Darr Hawthorne of BANGshift.com added to the excitement, noting, “2025 has been incredibly competitive in the Hot Rod Heritage Series, in all classes. I can’t wait to hand out those big ARP checks after qualifying and eliminations wrap up!”

ARP Posts Big Bonuses for California Hot Rod Reunion

By Evander Espolong October 22, 2025

The legendary California Hot Rod Reunion kicks off this weekend at Famoso Dragstrip, and the action just got even more intense thanks to Automotive Racing Products (ARP). The industry-leading fastener manufacturer is stepping up once again to support grassroots nostalgia drag racing, announcing a bonus program for competitors at the Bakersfield event.ARP is putting serious cash on the line for the winners in the quickest classes. A $1,000 bonus awaits the champions in Top Fuel, Nitro Funny Car, and the wild AA/Fuel Altereds. To sweeten the pot even further, ARP will award a $250 bonus to every single Eliminator Class Winner throughout the weekend. It’s a huge boost for the sportsman racers who form the backbone of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series.

But the bonuses don’t stop there. ARP is also recognizing dedication and showmanship with three unique $250 awards. One will go to the Sportsman competitor with the Longest Tow to the event – a nod to the hardcore racers who travel cross-country for this race. The other two $250 bonuses will reward the drivers who pull off the Longest Gasser Wheelstand in both the D/Gas and Hot Rod classes during eliminations. To qualify for any of the ARP bonuses, racers just need to make sure they display the ARP Special Event Participant Sticker on their car throughout the weekend.ARP’s Robert Florine emphasized the company’s dedication, stating, “ARP has always stood behind sportsman racing. The Hot Rod Reunion is the perfect finale for the Heritage Series, and we’re proud to help challenge the best of the best.” Darr Hawthorne of BANGshift.com added to the excitement, noting, “2025 has been incredibly competitive in the Hot Rod Heritage Series, in all classes. I can’t wait to hand out those big ARP checks after qualifying and eliminations wrap up!”

With extra money and bragging rights on the line thanks to ARP, the competition at this year’s California Hot Rod Reunion is sure to be fiercer than ever. It’s the perfect way to cap off the nostalgia drag racing season.

DALLAS (October 22, 2025) — NHRA fan favorite and driver of the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car, Buddy Hull, is set to return to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series at the Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals, October 31 – November 2, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The second year Funny Car driver has been sidelined following a serious incident at the Sonoma Nationals in late July that injured his left hand. Over the past 10 weeks Hull has participated in physical and occupational therapy in Dallas, Texas, with an eye on returning to the seat. In his absence veteran driver Alex Laughlin has been driving the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car.

 Fan favorite Buddy Hull will be back in the Funny Car seat for the final two races of the NHRA season, 
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Buddy Hull Set for Return to Racing at
Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals

DALLAS (October 22, 2025) — NHRA fan favorite and driver of the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car, Buddy Hull, is set to return to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series at the Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals, October 31 – November 2, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The second year Funny Car driver has been sidelined following a serious incident at the Sonoma Nationals in late July that injured his left hand. Over the past 10 weeks Hull has participated in physical and occupational therapy in Dallas, Texas, with an eye on returning to the seat. In his absence veteran driver Alex Laughlin has been driving the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car.

 Fan favorite Buddy Hull will be back in the Funny Car seat for the final two races of the NHRA season, 
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“First I want to thank Alex for stepping in and keeping the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car on track while I have been healing and rehabbing,” said Hull. “I have been doing my best to stay active at the track but there is no substitute for the 320 mph rush of racing for Big Jim Dunn. I want to finish our 75th season strong and I thank all our fans who have reached out with well wishes and support over the past few months.”
 
Hull will race in Las Vegas and the season finale in Pomona as the team finishes the season strong with another Countdown playoff appearance. The season finale at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip will be a significant event for the Southern California based team as Jim Dunn Racing closes out another memorable season of a Hall of Fame racing career.
 
“To be able to be the driver Jim Dunn Racing has been incredible and I wanted to get back in the Funny Car as soon as possible so I could close out the season in Pomona,” said Hull. “Jim Dunn Racing has so much history in Pomona and across Southern California I am honored to be back behind the wheel.”
 
Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team will be on track October 31 for two qualifying runs at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Fans interested in tickets can visit www.nhra.com.
 

(10/20/25 – Andrew Kunas) Bakersfield, CA … The closing stretch of the 2025 NARC 410 Sprint Car Series campaign continues with the October Classic this Saturday (October 25th), as the series makes its only appearance of the season at the Bakersfield Speedway dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway.

The October Classic combo-show also features the CARS Tour and the “Harvick Showdown” with NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick and his son Keelan racing against each other in late models on the half-mile asphalt oval. The NARC show will follow that event on the neighboring dirt track, located just outside of turn four.  Race fans can purchase a $30 ticket to get into both events.  The pavement race starts at 6:00 p.m., the NARC show at approximately 7:30 p.m.

NARC last visited the Kern Raceway dirt track this time last year, but since then the old Bakersfield Speedway in nearby Oildale closed and its operations transferred over to the dirt track at Kern.  The dirt track facility now operates as Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. The facility has also undergone improvements since NARC’s last visit, including additional seating.

No matter the official name of the track, action will be hot on Saturday night with much at stake. Things remain tight at the top of the NARC standings with only two events remaining. D.J. Netto of Hanford picked up an enormous victory on October 11th at Antioch Speedway to increase his point lead over Oroville’s Sean Becker, who finished fourth in that race. Just 12 points now separate the two former series champions.

Netto has three NARC wins on the season, including winning both Antioch races. Becker is winless on the season but has been strongly consistent all season and more than once has knocked on the door of victory. Even with Netto winning in NARC’s last outing, one misstep by Netto coupled with a strong outing by Becker – or even better, a win for him – could really shake things up for the November 1st finale at the Stockton Dirt Track.

WHO TO WATCH

In last year’s October Classic at Kern Raceway, it was San Jose’s Tim Kaeding picking up the victory. The veteran racer and former NARC champion led every lap, but had to withstand a number of race stoppages and challenges for the lead along the way. Kaeding, long one of the most popular and exciting racers out of California, will be one to watch again.

Another Kaeding to watch will be Tim’s brother Bud, who sits third in the NARC points. The Campbell driver won his 23rd NARC feature event of his career, winning the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway in August.

Clovis driver Dominic Gorden ran a strong second in the race at Antioch and set fast time in qualifying earlier that evening. Having won the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial earlier this season and posting other podium finishes, Gorden is hoping to capture a second NARC victory on the season before the season is up.

Having opened in 2015, the Kern Raceway dirt track has hosted numerous sprint car races and other open wheel events on its 1/3-mile clay oval. Shane Golobic was a NARC winner in 2022 and the following year it was Corey Day picking up a win there on his way to the 2023 NARC championship. Future NARC champion Justin Sanders picked up a win there in 2021.

Mariah Ede is expected to race and will look to all but wrap up NARC Rookie of the Year honors. The young lady from Fresno has had her struggles during his first year in a 410 sprint car, but has shown speed at times also. Former NARC champion Dominic Scelzi of Fresno is expected, along with Oregon driver Tanner Holmes, Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery, Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia, Redding’s Max Mittry, Windsor’s John Clark, Gilroy’s Jarrett Soares, and Benicia’s Billy Aton.

FAN INFO

The Bakersfield Speedway dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, nearby the Interstate 5 / Hwy 43 interchange. The 1/3-mile clay oval sits just to the north of the half-mile asphalt track. WMR midgets and the SoCal dwarf cars will be joining NARC on Saturday.

General admission is $30 for adults. Front gates at the dirt track open at 6:00 p.m. with racing scheduled for approximately 8:00 p.m.

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

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Jim Allen Promotions, Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash, Mettec Titanium, MyRacePass, Red Rose Transportation, Tarlton & Son, WEDG High Performance Karts, Williams Roofing, and Winters Performance Products.

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 25 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES – 10/19/25)

1. DJ Netto, Hanford – 3244
2. Sean Becker, Roseville – 3232
3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell – 3205
4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis – 3178
5. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) – 2782
6. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore – 2712
7. Caeden Steele, Fresno – 2614
8. Justin Sanders, Aromas – 2592
9. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) – 2550
10. Shane Golobic, Fremont – 2318
11. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno – 2282
12. Billy Aton, Benicia – 2160
13. John Clark, Windsor – 2128
14. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR – 1903
15. Max Mittry, Redding – 1964
16. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso – 1881
17. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ – 1684
18. Jesse Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA – 1612
19. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley – 1610
20. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton – 1585

Upcoming Events
November 1 – The Stockton Dirt Track (Tribute to Gary Patterson)
November 2 – Championship Celebration @ Brookside Country Club – Stockton, CA

(10/20/25 – Andrew Kunas) Bakersfield, CA … The closing stretch of the 2025 NARC 410 Sprint Car Series campaign continues with the October Classic this Saturday (October 25th), as the series makes its only appearance of the season at the Bakersfield Speedway dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway.

The October Classic combo-show also features the CARS Tour and the “Harvick Showdown” with NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick and his son Keelan racing against each other in late models on the half-mile asphalt oval. The NARC show will follow that event on the neighboring dirt track, located just outside of turn four.  Race fans can purchase a $30 ticket to get into both events.  The pavement race starts at 6:00 p.m., the NARC show at approximately 7:30 p.m.

NARC last visited the Kern Raceway dirt track this time last year, but since then the old Bakersfield Speedway in nearby Oildale closed and its operations transferred over to the dirt track at Kern.  The dirt track facility now operates as Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. The facility has also undergone improvements since NARC’s last visit, including additional seating.

No matter the official name of the track, action will be hot on Saturday night with much at stake. Things remain tight at the top of the NARC standings with only two events remaining. D.J. Netto of Hanford picked up an enormous victory on October 11th at Antioch Speedway to increase his point lead over Oroville’s Sean Becker, who finished fourth in that race. Just 12 points now separate the two former series champions.

Netto has three NARC wins on the season, including winning both Antioch races. Becker is winless on the season but has been strongly consistent all season and more than once has knocked on the door of victory. Even with Netto winning in NARC’s last outing, one misstep by Netto coupled with a strong outing by Becker – or even better, a win for him – could really shake things up for the November 1st finale at the Stockton Dirt Track.

WHO TO WATCH

In last year’s October Classic at Kern Raceway, it was San Jose’s Tim Kaeding picking up the victory. The veteran racer and former NARC champion led every lap, but had to withstand a number of race stoppages and challenges for the lead along the way. Kaeding, long one of the most popular and exciting racers out of California, will be one to watch again.

Another Kaeding to watch will be Tim’s brother Bud, who sits third in the NARC points. The Campbell driver won his 23rd NARC feature event of his career, winning the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway in August.

Clovis driver Dominic Gorden ran a strong second in the race at Antioch and set fast time in qualifying earlier that evening. Having won the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial earlier this season and posting other podium finishes, Gorden is hoping to capture a second NARC victory on the season before the season is up.

Having opened in 2015, the Kern Raceway dirt track has hosted numerous sprint car races and other open wheel events on its 1/3-mile clay oval. Shane Golobic was a NARC winner in 2022 and the following year it was Corey Day picking up a win there on his way to the 2023 NARC championship. Future NARC champion Justin Sanders picked up a win there in 2021.

Mariah Ede is expected to race and will look to all but wrap up NARC Rookie of the Year honors. The young lady from Fresno has had her struggles during his first year in a 410 sprint car, but has shown speed at times also. Former NARC champion Dominic Scelzi of Fresno is expected, along with Oregon driver Tanner Holmes, Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery, Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia, Redding’s Max Mittry, Windsor’s John Clark, Gilroy’s Jarrett Soares, and Benicia’s Billy Aton.

FAN INFO

The Bakersfield Speedway dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, nearby the Interstate 5 / Hwy 43 interchange. The 1/3-mile clay oval sits just to the north of the half-mile asphalt track. WMR midgets and the SoCal dwarf cars will be joining NARC on Saturday.

General admission is $30 for adults. Front gates at the dirt track open at 6:00 p.m. with racing scheduled for approximately 8:00 p.m.

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

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Jim Allen Promotions, Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash, Mettec Titanium, MyRacePass, Red Rose Transportation, Tarlton & Son, WEDG High Performance Karts, Williams Roofing, and Winters Performance Products.

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 25 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES – 10/19/25)

1. DJ Netto, Hanford – 3244
2. Sean Becker, Roseville – 3232
3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell – 3205
4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis – 3178
5. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) – 2782
6. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore – 2712
7. Caeden Steele, Fresno – 2614
8. Justin Sanders, Aromas – 2592
9. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) – 2550
10. Shane Golobic, Fremont – 2318
11. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno – 2282
12. Billy Aton, Benicia – 2160
13. John Clark, Windsor – 2128
14. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR – 1903
15. Max Mittry, Redding – 1964
16. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso – 1881
17. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ – 1684
18. Jesse Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA – 1612
19. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley – 1610
20. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton – 1585

Upcoming Events
November 1 – The Stockton Dirt Track (Tribute to Gary Patterson)
November 2 – Championship Celebration @ Brookside Country Club – Stockton, CA

NARC 2025 Winners
March 8 – D.J. Netto at Stockton Dirt Track (Salute to Leroy Van Connett)
April 12 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (Mini Gold Cup)
May 10 – D.J. Netto at Antioch Speedway (Contra Costa County Clash)
May 16 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway
May 17 – Tanner Holmes (Race 1) & Caeden Steele (Race 2) at Thunderbowl Raceway (Morrie Williams Memorial)
May 31 – Dominic Gorden at Placerville Speedway (Dave Bradway Jr Memorial)
June 7 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (David Tarter Memorial)
June 11 – James McFadden at Southern Oregon Speedway
June 12 – James McFadden at Douglas County Dirt Track
June 13 – Jesse Schlotfeldt at Cottage Grove Speedway
June 14 – James McFadden at Willamette Speedway
June 15 – James McFadden at Grays Harbor Raceway (Timber Cup)
June 19 – Levi Klatt at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 1)
June 20 – Justin Sanders at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 2)
June 21 – Trey Starks at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup finale)
July 12 – Tim Kaeding at Petaluma Speedway (Dave Lindt Memorial)
July 18 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 1)
July 19 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 2)
July 26 – Kaleb Montgomery at Santa Maria Speedway
August 2 – Bud Kaeding at Ocean Speedway (Johnny Key Classic)
August 30 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 1)
August 31 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 2)
September 6 – Justin Sanders at Placerville Speedway (Pay Dirt Showdown)
October 4 – Tanner Holmes at Thunderbowl Raceway (Chris & Brian Faria Memorial)
October 11 – DJ Netto at Antioch Speedway (Open Wheel Octoberfest)

STRATFORD, ONT (October 20, 2025) —- Canadian drag racer Spencer Hyde has taken the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series by storm during his rookie season. The Stratford, Ontario, resident has proven himself to be a standout first year driver piloting the Head Inc. Funny Car owned and tuned by Hall of Famer Jim Head. Hyde has won the Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals Mission #2Fast2Tasty event, raced to a fist-full of semifinals and two final rounds, qualified for the 2025 Countdown in the Top Ten and secured the No. 1 qualifier at the Reading Nationals, the first Countdown playoff race.   “I feel like I have proven myself race after race driving this Funny Car, which arguably is the toughest race car to drive,” said Hyde, an accomplished multi-class driver. “I have won a lot of races leading up to my jump to Funny Car, but this was a whole new animal. Thanks to Jim and the team for giving me a good car I think I proved myself in one of the toughest classes in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.” Rookie Spencer Hyde won the Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals Mission #2Fast2Tasty race, photo courtesy of Auto ImageryHyde’s self-evaluation is echoed by the opinions of some of his toughest competitors. Throughout the season Hyde has held his own against numerous Funny Car world champions including Jack Beckman (1-1), Ron Capps (2-2), and Austin Prock (1-1). The rookie has a winning record in his lone meetings with world champions Matt Hagan (1-0) and Cruz Pedregon (1-0).   “Spencer came from the Pro Mod side of things much like myself, so I have a little bit of love there for him because I ran a Pro Mod for six years before stepping up in the Funny Car,” said Matt Hagan, four-time Funny Car world champion. “He’s showing that he can handle the race car. He keeps it in his lane, cuts good lights and he’s a great competitor so I’m always looking forward to racing that guy and he’s good for the sport. We need new young guys out here who are eager and hungry. He’s doing a great job behind the wheel, so I think he’s a great candidate for rookie of the year. I’ve been out here 20 years, and I’ve seen a lot of people come and go. Spencer is one that seems like he is a real natural fit in the car and is doing a good job.”   Hyde has also impressed two-time Funny Car world champion and noted instructor at the Frank Hawley Drag Racing School Jack Beckman. The veteran driver has taught for over two decades and has raced against almost every Funny Car world champion since 1985.   “I think there’s only one viable candidate. I said it on stage during driver intros at St. Louis when Spencer and I were introduced together,” said Beckman. “I said, ‘I don’t gamble but, if I had to bet money, I’m standing next to the rookie of the year this year.’ That’s how good Spencer has been. He has run the full season and is in contention for the championship. He gets better every single race and drives one of the best cars out there. I just think that’s the perfect storm and he represents himself and the sport very well.”   Hyde will be looking to close out his rookie season with a victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the site of his Mission #2Fast#Tasty victory earlier this season. The Head Inc. Funny Car and Hyde will be back on track October 31 – November 2 for the Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals.

The two trade the top spot several times before Haudenschild secures it and hangs on for his fourth win of the season

SUN PRAIRIE, WI (October 19, 2025) – It was quite the weekend for Buckeyes in the state of Wisconsin.

A day after Ohio State football rolled into the “Badger State” and dominated against the home team, Wooster, OH’s Sheldon Haudenschild gave Ohio another reason to celebrate.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars returned to Sun Prairie, WI’s Angell Park Speedway for the first time in nine years for a Sunday showdown, and the historic track didn’t disappoint.

Haudenschild and Emerson Axsom gave the packed house exactly what they came for. Axsom fired off from the pole for the 35-lapper after winning the Toyota Dash, and Haudenschild started a row behind him. Axsom pulled ahead early and rolled the bottom while Haudenschild started to search for speed up top. It didn’t take him long to find it as he ripped by David Gravel for second despite tapping the Turn 2 wall once while making the pass.

It took Haudenschild only two more circuits to track down Axsom and make the pass on the cushion, but just like the Indiana Hoosiers aren’t ready to bow down to the Buckeyes this year, Axsom, a native of Franklin, IN, wouldn’t go away easily. He fired a slider at the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 that cleared. The two went back and forth for the next several laps before Haudenschild finally gained the upper hand and pulled away. Axsom closed in late to make things interesting but couldn’t find a route by as Haudenschild took the checkered flag.

It’s been a tough couple weeks for Haudenschild working with an entirely new crew following the National Open, but he won’t let that slow him down. He was happy to take Kyle Pruitt, Nate Repetz, and Cole Neuhalfen to Victory Lane.

“I said from the start when I told these guys I was leaving that I’m still going to focus on winning these races,” Haudenschild said. “I’ve stuck to my word on finishing the year out on this thing. A little uncomfortable for me with a whole new set of guys in there, but the crew did a good job.

“I kind of figured I had to run the top in (Turns) 1 and 2, and it about bit me there a couple times. I could enter really good, and it was just really powdery off the top. I just think there was a little bit of a benefit to starting third there and kind of get to see what the other guys were doing. Once I started sliding across the track I didn’t feel good. I started on the top over here and was able to turn down, and I felt it latching up a little bit. I kind of figured he’d try and slide me, and I’d be able to do that.”

The victory was Haudenschild’s fourth of the year and the 46th of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt.” He also kept his perfect record at Angell Park alive. Haudenschild debuted at the Wisconsin track in 2014 with a victory aboard Chris Hartnell’s Sprint Car, and Sunday’s visit was his first since that night.

Emerson Axsom came home with the runner-up spot for his fourth career World of Outlaws podium as he continues to bang on the door of that first Series victory. The Klaasmeyer/Petry Motorsports pilot came away happy with the speed but also a little disappointed to night end the evening celebrating a victory.

“I was racing with him,” Axsom said. “And he just kept leaving the bottom open, and it allowed me to, with how the track is shaped, to build speed below him and not really break my momentum. He must’ve got a run on me, and then David got by me. I got back by David just trying stuff. It’s just bittersweet. Our stuff is really good right now.”

David Gravel took the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 to a third place finish, marking his Series-leading 38th podium of 2025. The Watertown, CT native’s point lead stands at 138 markers with just five races to go as he closes on a second straight championship.

“It was interesting,” Gravel said. “I felt like the bottom was going to be the place to be in (Turns) 1 and 2 the whole time. Sheldon showed us the top was the place to be, and I saw him almost crash that one time outside of me. I thought maybe he just had a hero lap, but then the next lap he drove around me. Then I kind of got up there and followed him.”

Logan Schuchart and Buddy Kofoid completed the top five.

Donny Schatz took the Sides Motorsports No. 15 from 20th to 12th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

David Gravel claimed his 23rd Simpson Quick Time of 2025 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying and set a new track record.

Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Emerson Axsom (Real American Beer Heat Two), and Buddy Kofoid (WIX Filters Heat Three).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Emerson Axsom.

Axsom also topped the Toyota Dash.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Conner Morrell.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to the Heartland for trips to Wichita, KS’ 81 Speedway on Friday, Oct. 24 and Colcord, OK’s Arrowhead Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 25 for the $20,000-to-win Jason Johnson Classic presented by FK Rod Ends. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

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

FEATURE RESULTS:

SUN PRAIRIE SHOOTOUT: Sheldon Haudenschild Bests Emerson Axsom in Angell Park Thriller

The two trade the top spot several times before Haudenschild secures it and hangs on for his fourth win of the season

SUN PRAIRIE, WI (October 19, 2025) – It was quite the weekend for Buckeyes in the state of Wisconsin.

A day after Ohio State football rolled into the “Badger State” and dominated against the home team, Wooster, OH’s Sheldon Haudenschild gave Ohio another reason to celebrate.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars returned to Sun Prairie, WI’s Angell Park Speedway for the first time in nine years for a Sunday showdown, and the historic track didn’t disappoint.

Haudenschild and Emerson Axsom gave the packed house exactly what they came for. Axsom fired off from the pole for the 35-lapper after winning the Toyota Dash, and Haudenschild started a row behind him. Axsom pulled ahead early and rolled the bottom while Haudenschild started to search for speed up top. It didn’t take him long to find it as he ripped by David Gravel for second despite tapping the Turn 2 wall once while making the pass.

It took Haudenschild only two more circuits to track down Axsom and make the pass on the cushion, but just like the Indiana Hoosiers aren’t ready to bow down to the Buckeyes this year, Axsom, a native of Franklin, IN, wouldn’t go away easily. He fired a slider at the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 that cleared. The two went back and forth for the next several laps before Haudenschild finally gained the upper hand and pulled away. Axsom closed in late to make things interesting but couldn’t find a route by as Haudenschild took the checkered flag.

It’s been a tough couple weeks for Haudenschild working with an entirely new crew following the National Open, but he won’t let that slow him down. He was happy to take Kyle Pruitt, Nate Repetz, and Cole Neuhalfen to Victory Lane.

“I said from the start when I told these guys I was leaving that I’m still going to focus on winning these races,” Haudenschild said. “I’ve stuck to my word on finishing the year out on this thing. A little uncomfortable for me with a whole new set of guys in there, but the crew did a good job.

“I kind of figured I had to run the top in (Turns) 1 and 2, and it about bit me there a couple times. I could enter really good, and it was just really powdery off the top. I just think there was a little bit of a benefit to starting third there and kind of get to see what the other guys were doing. Once I started sliding across the track I didn’t feel good. I started on the top over here and was able to turn down, and I felt it latching up a little bit. I kind of figured he’d try and slide me, and I’d be able to do that.”

The victory was Haudenschild’s fourth of the year and the 46th of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt.” He also kept his perfect record at Angell Park alive. Haudenschild debuted at the Wisconsin track in 2014 with a victory aboard Chris Hartnell’s Sprint Car, and Sunday’s visit was his first since that night.

Emerson Axsom came home with the runner-up spot for his fourth career World of Outlaws podium as he continues to bang on the door of that first Series victory. The Klaasmeyer/Petry Motorsports pilot came away happy with the speed but also a little disappointed to night end the evening celebrating a victory.

“I was racing with him,” Axsom said. “And he just kept leaving the bottom open, and it allowed me to, with how the track is shaped, to build speed below him and not really break my momentum. He must’ve got a run on me, and then David got by me. I got back by David just trying stuff. It’s just bittersweet. Our stuff is really good right now.”

David Gravel took the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 to a third place finish, marking his Series-leading 38th podium of 2025. The Watertown, CT native’s point lead stands at 138 markers with just five races to go as he closes on a second straight championship.

“It was interesting,” Gravel said. “I felt like the bottom was going to be the place to be in (Turns) 1 and 2 the whole time. Sheldon showed us the top was the place to be, and I saw him almost crash that one time outside of me. I thought maybe he just had a hero lap, but then the next lap he drove around me. Then I kind of got up there and followed him.”

Logan Schuchart and Buddy Kofoid completed the top five.

Donny Schatz took the Sides Motorsports No. 15 from 20th to 12th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

David Gravel claimed his 23rd Simpson Quick Time of 2025 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying and set a new track record.

Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Emerson Axsom (Real American Beer Heat Two), and Buddy Kofoid (WIX Filters Heat Three).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Emerson Axsom.

Axsom also topped the Toyota Dash.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Conner Morrell.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to the Heartland for trips to Wichita, KS’ 81 Speedway on Friday, Oct. 24 and Colcord, OK’s Arrowhead Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 25 for the $20,000-to-win Jason Johnson Classic presented by FK Rod Ends. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

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

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[2]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo[9]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[14]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson[16]; 11. 7S-Chris Windom[6]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[20]; 13. 21H-Brady Bacon[12]; 14. 15S-Kerry Madsen[17]; 15. 6-Zach Hampton[11]; 16. 18-Cory Eliason[13]; 17. 99-Skylar Gee[18]; 18. 85J-Logan Julien[10]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[15]; 20. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[19]; 21. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]; 22. O9-Clayton Rossmann[23]; 23. 7-Lance Fassbender[24]; 24. 28M-Conner Morrell[22]

For the first two Stages of Sunday’s YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Josh Berry was wheeling a blazing-fast eero Ford Mustang Dark Horse.After starting sixth, Berry took the lead from polesitter Michael McDowell on the second lap and went on to lead six more times for a total of 27 laps. Even when the No. 21 wasn’t out front, it was a fixture inside the top 10 — and often among the top five.Near the end of Stage 1, Berry avoided a large multi-car crash and pitted just before the end of the 60-lap segment. He restarted the second Stage from third and immediately retook the lead, but mechanical issues soon began to take their toll. His promising day came to an early end shortly after the start of the final Stage, leaving him with a 33rd-place finish.Despite the disappointment, Berry’s performance added to an impressive stat line. His 27 laps led at Talladega pushed his season total to 207 — the most for the No. 21 team since Ryan Blaney led 301 laps in 2017, and the second most since 1982 when the late Neil Bonnett led 412.Berry and the Wood Brothers Racing team now turn their focus to Martinsville Speedway for next Sunday’s Xfinity 500 — but before that, the team will host its 75th Anniversary Fan Day on Friday, Oct. 24, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wood Brothers Racing Museum in Stuart, Va.The celebration will feature driver appearances, Q&A sessions, autograph opportunities, raffle prizes, trivia, giveaways and more. Nine drivers are expected to attend, including Berry, Donnie Allison, Trevor Bayne, Ryan Blaney, Harrison Burton, Dale Jarrett, Paul Menard, Elliott Sadler and Michael Waltrip.The museum is located at 21 Performance Drive, Stuart, VA 24171. For more details and a full schedule of events, visit woodbrothersracing.com.

NASCAR Cup SeriesTalladega Superspeedway Round of Eight: Race Two Team Chevy Post-Race Report October 19, 2025

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·        In an overtime finish, it was Carson Hocevar that led Chevrolet with a sixth-place finish in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway – earning is ninth top-10 result of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.   ·        In his 400th career NASCAR Cup Series start, Kyle Larson was in contention for his first superspeedway win when he fell just short on fuel on the final lap – ultimately resulting in a 26th-place finish. Leaning on a strong points cushion heading into the weekend, the 33-year-old Elk Grove, California, native will enter the Round of Eight elimination race ranked fourth in the playoff standings and 36-points above the cutline as the Team Chevy driver continues his pursuit for his second career championship in NASCAR’s premier series.   ·        Looking for a playoff upset, Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell topped Saturday’s qualifying session to earn the pole position for today’s 188-lap race. Electing the outside lane to take the green flag, McDowell edged out the field to lead the first lap of the race as a third lane quickly developed. Leading the bottom lane was Kyle Busch, who found the top position by Lap Four as a tight battle ensued among the leaders. In typical speedway fashion, there was a shuffle throughout the top of the leaderboard, but with fellow Team Chevy driver, Shane van Gisbergen, in tow, Busch took over the top position once again by Lap 17. Sitting in lead, Busch was among the group to hit pit road at Lap 45 for a 4.8-second fuel-only stop, but a pit road speeding penalty forced the No. 8 Chevrolet back to pit road for a pass through penalty. Once the first green-flag pit cycle was complete, calamity ensued in the closing laps that ended in a multi-car accident at the front of the pack. Among those collected included Team Chevy playoff contender, Chase Elliott, with the damage ultimately taking the No. 9 team out of contention for the remainder of the race.   ·        Despite a setback in running position after a late-stage pit road penalty, Kyle Busch quickly found his way back to the front for much of the next 60-lap run – ending Stage Two with a combined 26-laps led (second-most of the race at the conclusion of the stage). Team Chevy playoff drivers, Kyle Larson and William Byron, made their presence known in the second stage – collecting second- and fourth-place points, respectively.

Team Chevy Unofficial Top-10 ResultsPos.     Driver 6th – Carson HocevarChevrolet’s season statistics with 34 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 14Poles: 12Top-Fives: 61Top 10s: 136Stage Wins: 25

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of Eight will conclude at Martinsville Speedway with the Xfinity 500 on Sunday, October 26, at 2 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Post-Race Driver Quotes: Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 13th “It’s not often you can leave Talladega in one piece and have a fairly uneventful day so that feels good. We had a pretty good Busch Light Hunting Chevrolet today. It was a little tight when I was trying to follow the car in front of me really close, but overall, it was pretty comfortable to drive. We’ll take 13th place and move on to Martinsville next weekend.”   Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 27th “We had a fast No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, so great effort by everyone at RCR and ECR for all of the preparation leading into the race. We ended up with damage in a Stage 2 wreck and it put us behind. We weren’t able to recover and settled for 27th. It’s a shame but that’s how these speedway races go sometimes.”   Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 26th You were a little tight on fuel, when did it start sputtering on you? “It was flashing at me through (turns) one and two. I was just hoping that maybe we could make it, but midway down the back, it started stumbling and I just got out of the way. It’s unfortunate. I’d rather have a bigger points cushion heading into next weekend, but we’ll regroup and focus on Martinsville (Speedway).”    Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 19th “We had a fast No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet today at Talladega Superspeedway. We qualified up front, the car drove great and we led laps. I gambled on the top line at the end and it didn’t payoff. We still have two races left in 2025 to get our Richard Childress Racing machine back to victory lane and that remains the focus.”   Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage One. Finished: 40th Elliott on the accident that ended the No. 9 Chevrolet team’s day in Stage One: “I saw someone get turned sideways. I was trying to get slowed up like normal. I ended up getting turned sideways into some other cars, and then they slid back into me. I’m not really sure… I hate it. I felt like we had ourselves in a good spot before the pit cycle. I didn’t feel like we executed the cycle very well and that put us back in the back again. I’m not sure if that would have helped us miss the wreck or not. Obviously, all of that is very circumstantial, but nonetheless, it is what it is. I can’t change it now, so we’re just all eyes on Martinsville (Speedway) and we’ll try to go there and get a win.”  Did you feel the energy coming at the end of the stage, or did it just come out of nowhere?“The energy was definitely picking up. Pretty much everything after the pit cycle was getting pretty crazy, so I wasn’t super surprised by it. Maybe I should have got out… I wasn’t going to get any points where I was out. We were right on that cusp of if your lane really goes forward and catches the back part of the top-10, but it probably wasn’t worth the risk at the end of the day. It was really wild from the get-go. Even when we were saving fuel, we were running four-wide and getting a lot of confidence up.”   AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage One. Finished: 37th What was the view from your seat? “I feel alright, it just knocked the air out of me. As I stopped, it felt like the car was catching on fire, so I got out and tried to get my breath back. I feel OK now, probably just going to be sore from a hard hit for the whole body.  I am proud of this No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team. We got it up front there. You get to the front and hope that maybe you’ll run to the end of the stage. I think we were leading there. Joey (Logano) was doing a really good job of pushing me in the right areas. I felt like we could kind of direct both lines. Obviously, Noah (Gragson) was next to me, and it looked like Noah got turned getting into the corner and it turned me straight into the fence. It’s disappointing, but it’s part of this racing. At least we were up front a little bit there. You always expect the worst here (at Talladega Superspeedway) and hope for the best, but today we got the worst.”   William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 25th“Certainly, a finish would have helped us be a little bit closer on the points side of things. We just lost control of the race. We just couldn’t get the pushes going the way we needed to on the bottom lane. We got the outside lane clear down in front of us, and then the No. 5 (Kyle Larson) ran out of fuel there on the backstretch and that kind of broke up the energy a little bit more. We just couldn’t get it linked back together. It was just wrong place, wrong time. I felt like we were in a good spot where I was on the bottom, but we just couldn’t get linked up.”    Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 22nd “We had our United Rentals Chevrolet in position for the win in the closing laps, being the second car in the outside lane. The No. 17 must have got tight and went wide into the corner, but we were connected and I was pushing like heck. By the time I looked in the mirror, the No. 77 was already inside. It sucks because we were going to have a shot at it. On the overtime restart, we couldn’t make ground up. I’m proud of everyone on this No. 33 team, everyone at RCR and ECR though. We made improvements in our five Cup Series starts together this season and proved that we can race well on Sundays. Really grateful to Richard Childress for the opportunity.”   Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage One. Finished: 38th Stenhouse Jr. on the accident that ended the No. 47 Chevrolet team’s day early in Stage One: “I didn’t see anything but the No. 4 (Noah Gragson), unfortunately. We were leading that top lane. I felt like I did everything I needed for our team there; got off pit road really well and saved a lot of fuel. We were battling for a top-10 coming to the stage end. Maybe the No. 43 (Erik Jones), for some reason, pushed the No. 4 in the corner. I felt like it was a little early for that. I think up to that point, everyone was racing hard, but weren’t putting anybody in bad spots. It just looked like he got him on the right-rear side of the bumper and spun him there.”

NASCAR Cup SeriesTalladega SuperspeedwayRound of Eight: Race TwoTeam Chevy Post-Race ReportOctober 19, 2025

Hocevar Leads Chevrolet with Top-10 Finish at Talladega Superspeedway

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·        In an overtime finish, it was Carson Hocevar that led Chevrolet with a sixth-place finish in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway – earning is ninth top-10 result of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.   ·        In his 400th career NASCAR Cup Series start, Kyle Larson was in contention for his first superspeedway win when he fell just short on fuel on the final lap – ultimately resulting in a 26th-place finish. Leaning on a strong points cushion heading into the weekend, the 33-year-old Elk Grove, California, native will enter the Round of Eight elimination race ranked fourth in the playoff standings and 36-points above the cutline as the Team Chevy driver continues his pursuit for his second career championship in NASCAR’s premier series.   ·        Looking for a playoff upset, Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell topped Saturday’s qualifying session to earn the pole position for today’s 188-lap race. Electing the outside lane to take the green flag, McDowell edged out the field to lead the first lap of the race as a third lane quickly developed. Leading the bottom lane was Kyle Busch, who found the top position by Lap Four as a tight battle ensued among the leaders. In typical speedway fashion, there was a shuffle throughout the top of the leaderboard, but with fellow Team Chevy driver, Shane van Gisbergen, in tow, Busch took over the top position once again by Lap 17. Sitting in lead, Busch was among the group to hit pit road at Lap 45 for a 4.8-second fuel-only stop, but a pit road speeding penalty forced the No. 8 Chevrolet back to pit road for a pass through penalty. Once the first green-flag pit cycle was complete, calamity ensued in the closing laps that ended in a multi-car accident at the front of the pack. Among those collected included Team Chevy playoff contender, Chase Elliott, with the damage ultimately taking the No. 9 team out of contention for the remainder of the race.   ·        Despite a setback in running position after a late-stage pit road penalty, Kyle Busch quickly found his way back to the front for much of the next 60-lap run – ending Stage Two with a combined 26-laps led (second-most of the race at the conclusion of the stage). Team Chevy playoff drivers, Kyle Larson and William Byron, made their presence known in the second stage – collecting second- and fourth-place points, respectively.

Team Chevy Unofficial Top-10 ResultsPos.     Driver 6th – Carson HocevarChevrolet’s season statistics with 34 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 14Poles: 12Top-Fives: 61Top 10s: 136Stage Wins: 25

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of Eight will conclude at Martinsville Speedway with the Xfinity 500 on Sunday, October 26, at 2 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Post-Race Driver Quotes: Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 13th “It’s not often you can leave Talladega in one piece and have a fairly uneventful day so that feels good. We had a pretty good Busch Light Hunting Chevrolet today. It was a little tight when I was trying to follow the car in front of me really close, but overall, it was pretty comfortable to drive. We’ll take 13th place and move on to Martinsville next weekend.”   Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 27th “We had a fast No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, so great effort by everyone at RCR and ECR for all of the preparation leading into the race. We ended up with damage in a Stage 2 wreck and it put us behind. We weren’t able to recover and settled for 27th. It’s a shame but that’s how these speedway races go sometimes.”   Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 26th You were a little tight on fuel, when did it start sputtering on you? “It was flashing at me through (turns) one and two. I was just hoping that maybe we could make it, but midway down the back, it started stumbling and I just got out of the way. It’s unfortunate. I’d rather have a bigger points cushion heading into next weekend, but we’ll regroup and focus on Martinsville (Speedway).”    Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 19th “We had a fast No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet today at Talladega Superspeedway. We qualified up front, the car drove great and we led laps. I gambled on the top line at the end and it didn’t payoff. We still have two races left in 2025 to get our Richard Childress Racing machine back to victory lane and that remains the focus.”   Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage One. Finished: 40th Elliott on the accident that ended the No. 9 Chevrolet team’s day in Stage One: “I saw someone get turned sideways. I was trying to get slowed up like normal. I ended up getting turned sideways into some other cars, and then they slid back into me. I’m not really sure… I hate it. I felt like we had ourselves in a good spot before the pit cycle. I didn’t feel like we executed the cycle very well and that put us back in the back again. I’m not sure if that would have helped us miss the wreck or not. Obviously, all of that is very circumstantial, but nonetheless, it is what it is. I can’t change it now, so we’re just all eyes on Martinsville (Speedway) and we’ll try to go there and get a win.”  Did you feel the energy coming at the end of the stage, or did it just come out of nowhere?“The energy was definitely picking up. Pretty much everything after the pit cycle was getting pretty crazy, so I wasn’t super surprised by it. Maybe I should have got out… I wasn’t going to get any points where I was out. We were right on that cusp of if your lane really goes forward and catches the back part of the top-10, but it probably wasn’t worth the risk at the end of the day. It was really wild from the get-go. Even when we were saving fuel, we were running four-wide and getting a lot of confidence up.”   AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage One. Finished: 37th What was the view from your seat? “I feel alright, it just knocked the air out of me. As I stopped, it felt like the car was catching on fire, so I got out and tried to get my breath back. I feel OK now, probably just going to be sore from a hard hit for the whole body.  I am proud of this No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team. We got it up front there. You get to the front and hope that maybe you’ll run to the end of the stage. I think we were leading there. Joey (Logano) was doing a really good job of pushing me in the right areas. I felt like we could kind of direct both lines. Obviously, Noah (Gragson) was next to me, and it looked like Noah got turned getting into the corner and it turned me straight into the fence. It’s disappointing, but it’s part of this racing. At least we were up front a little bit there. You always expect the worst here (at Talladega Superspeedway) and hope for the best, but today we got the worst.”   William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 25th“Certainly, a finish would have helped us be a little bit closer on the points side of things. We just lost control of the race. We just couldn’t get the pushes going the way we needed to on the bottom lane. We got the outside lane clear down in front of us, and then the No. 5 (Kyle Larson) ran out of fuel there on the backstretch and that kind of broke up the energy a little bit more. We just couldn’t get it linked back together. It was just wrong place, wrong time. I felt like we were in a good spot where I was on the bottom, but we just couldn’t get linked up.”    Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 22nd “We had our United Rentals Chevrolet in position for the win in the closing laps, being the second car in the outside lane. The No. 17 must have got tight and went wide into the corner, but we were connected and I was pushing like heck. By the time I looked in the mirror, the No. 77 was already inside. It sucks because we were going to have a shot at it. On the overtime restart, we couldn’t make ground up. I’m proud of everyone on this No. 33 team, everyone at RCR and ECR though. We made improvements in our five Cup Series starts together this season and proved that we can race well on Sundays. Really grateful to Richard Childress for the opportunity.”   Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage One. Finished: 38th Stenhouse Jr. on the accident that ended the No. 47 Chevrolet team’s day early in Stage One: “I didn’t see anything but the No. 4 (Noah Gragson), unfortunately. We were leading that top lane. I felt like I did everything I needed for our team there; got off pit road really well and saved a lot of fuel. We were battling for a top-10 coming to the stage end. Maybe the No. 43 (Erik Jones), for some reason, pushed the No. 4 in the corner. I felt like it was a little early for that. I think up to that point, everyone was racing hard, but weren’t putting anybody in bad spots. It just looked like he got him on the right-rear side of the bumper and spun him there.”