CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES

NTT INDYCAR SERIES OPEN TEST

INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

FAST FRIDAY SIM TEST AND TESTING DAY TWO RECAP

APRIL 24, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS (April 24, 2025) – 

·       For the first time in the history of the Indianapolis 500 Open Test, the 18 Chevrolet powered teams and drivers took part in 2.5 hour Fast Friday Sim session on the famed 2.5-mile oval

·       The boost level was turned up to 1.5 bar (from normal 1.3 bar) which adds approximately 90 horsepower

·       First time Team Chevy drivers have had the opportunity to utilize the hybrid system with the added boost

·       Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 Chevrolet posted the fastest lap of the session – an impressive 232.686 mph/38.6788 seconds

·       McLaughlin’s teammate Will Power was third on the timesheets with a lap at 232.278mph/38.7467 seconds. 

·       The No. 3 Team Penske Pennzoil Chevrolet of McLaughlin was quick everywhere around the 2.5-mile oval, with the Kiwi having the quickest trap speeds at the start finish line (237.976mph) and Turn 1 (237.496mph) and was second quickest in Turn 3 (238.326mph). His Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden was the quickest in the Turn 3 speed trap (238.534mph)

·       Kyle Larson, making his second attempt at the H1100, racing in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca Cola 600 on May 25, 2025 hit the Turn 1 wall and again at the Turn 2 wall ending his day mid-way through the session

·       After a two-hour break for the crews to prepare the cars for race running, the track was open for three hours of testing. With no yellow flags, the 2.5-mile oval was busy with 2436 laps (6090 miles) completed. Team Chevy drivers turned 1199 laps (2997.5 miles). 

·       The quickest Team Chevy driver with the boost lowered was Conor Daly, whose lap of 223.298mph was the fourth best of the afternoon. 

·       Up next for Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR Series is Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama May 2-4, 2025

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES):

A.J. FOYT RACING

David Malukas, No. 4 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet:

“First run with qualifying power and the boost – a lot of technical difficulties once again that we kind of ran through, but we know exactly what we had to do, so for our part we’re more here for trying to make sure we have a car for racing. I’m very comfortable with the car when it came to the qualifying and the boost, just other perspectives of technical difficulties which kind of lost us the pace there for those few laps but nothing to really worry about. We know exactly what to fix so now after the one run, we’re going to bring the car back and get focused on this afternoon because that’s what we’re training for. “

Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet:

“Obviously a very interesting day with the hybrid and the high boost. Feels pretty good, the cars are definitely quick. I don’t think were going to be as quick as we were the previous season just due to the weight of things, but overall very technical, very difficult as a driver to get all the systems right, but driving-wise, trying to find the balance with the car is also not the easiest thing, but overall pretty happy with it.”

ARROW MCLAREN

Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: 

 “Just finished two days of testing at IMS. It was the first time at the open test that we had the boost up, at least in the morning, so that was cool. We know what to expect a little more on Fast Friday. We got through our program; we got through a lot of things. Alone running and traffic running. Feeling super happy for May coming up. I think this will be a great starting point to build on.”

Kyle Larson, No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: 

“I was starting my qualifying laps there and, just got really tight and just a bunch of understeer through Turn 1, and ran out of space off of Turn 1. I kind of fought the understeer feeling yesterday and, yeah, carry over to the day. So, honestly, though, I’m happy to crash my first IndyCar and, live through it. We’ll just work on it and try and get the balance more comfortable. I just didn’t quite feel like I had the feeling I needed yesterday, and then it really carried over today. I think when you’re going faster, you know, it really stood out. Just a bummer, but, also, you know, encouraging that it didn’t feel I know it wasn’t like a big hit or anything, but it didn’t feel anything different than what I was expecting.”

DRYER & REINBOLD RACING

Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 23 Dryer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet:

“It’s been great to get back to work with everybody at Team Chevy and Ilmor. We’ve been working on the big ticket items, the fundamental stuff, the intricacies of the hybrid and the new procedures. Getting the team used to it, getting myself used to it, working in traffic, working on qualifying. The whole group has done a good job checking the boxes off. I’m looking forward to coming back in May and putting what we learned to use.”

Jack Harvey, No. 24 Dryer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet:

“I’ve been a competitor against Chevy for most of my NTT INDYCAR SERIES career, so it was cool to turn laps under the bow tie for the first time at as famous a race track as you could ever do it at. So far, mostly so good. Unfortunately, we had a hybrid issue yesterday that was a new issue for Chevy as well, so hopefully, they were able to learn something from it. Today has been a pretty smooth day on the whole.”

ED CARPENTER RACING

Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet:

“I feel like I’ve grown a lot and as a team everything is starting to come together. For this event in particular, there are a lot of nerves for the first one. Coming back knowing what to expect and having done it all before is a pretty good feeling.”

JUNCOS HOLLIGER RACING

Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet

“It was quite an adventure. The high boost stuff was kind of – our four-lap average was not that bad; we weren’t that fast overall, but we had a really good four-lap run, and our last lap was our best, so we were pretty good right out of the gate. But then it got a little messy so we decdied to get to the race running. 

“We have a lot of work to do in race running. We’re trying to figure out the best way to get through the field, get through the pack and get through the dirty air. To be the fastest Chevy is cool. We know that not everyone is going to show their stuff, but I saw those veterans getting big tows all day long, so they are hustling to get the lap time. Everyone is doing the same thing. We had a car that was fast enough to be flat when it mattered. That’s good.”

Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet

“IMS is a crazy track to drive an INDYCAR around. You’re either having the best time of your life, or you’re scared out of your mind. We had a little bit of everything today, which is great, but that also means we have some work to do. I’m really happy with our qualifying car. We had good speed in the car naturally, which is nice. In race trim, we have some work to do, but between the 77 and 76 we learned a lot. We’re going to come back for the “Month of May” a lot better off, which is good considering we’re already doing alright.”

TEAM PENSKE

Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet: 

“It was a pretty productive morning starting off day two at the open test. It’s been nice to have a high boost session. We don’t typically get this, and it’s interesting to have a simulation of what Fast Friday will be like. Just get an early touch on the car and what the high boost does. I felt pretty comfy and definitely felt some differences from last year to this year with the hybrid and the weight of the car. We’ve got something to digest as we come back to the “Month of May” and hopefully qualify on the front row again for Team Penske.”

Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet: 

“It’s cool to turn up the boost; the car feels pretty similar to last year, which is a nice feeling. Just working through the motions and learning the hybrid system under qualifying conditions at full boost. It’s always nice to turn the boost up here around Indy. The Team Chevy engine feels fast.”

Will Power, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet: 

“Just did a couple of quali sims to get us prepared for the qualifying weekend in May. We got a good feel for it and are trying to work out how to best use the hybrid. We’ll go back and look at the data to see what the best strategy is.”

Scott McLaughlin 

Press Conference Transcript

THE MODERATOR: Join now by Scott McLaughlin. Last year’s pole winner for the Indianapolis 500. First of all, welcome back. Good to see you back. Car seems to be doing okay?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah, we had a really good day. A good couple days. Felt like we got through a lot from a hybrid perspective.

Then yeah, I felt like the morning qualifying session, high boost session, was a bit of a crapshoot, you could say. Couple yellows. When the track got better, it was a bit dirty from some of the shunts as well. Then everyone was trying to cram a lot in in 40 minutes.

Yeah, look, overall really solid balance to kick off the month of May. The car is certainly different with the extra weight and whatnot. I think speaking to a lot of the drivers, I think we all concur the same thoughts: it’s different.

It’s fine, fun to get used to and understand it. I feel like I really honed in on a lot of things at a low intensity level just to feel out the car and see where we’re at.

Qualifying is going to be proper in terms of just what you need to do on the lap and thinking about what the car’s doing, the degradation of the tires with the heavier car. It’s going to be a lot of fun.

I think as well, if we have a hot day for the 500, it’s going to be pretty fun. Yeah, just trying to get comfortable with the race car. Hopefully we’re good.

THE MODERATOR: Questions for Scott.

Q. You’ve picked up where you left off last year. A lot of drivers have said they’ve really had to yard sale their car, haven’t been able to use anything from last year. How much of the race car from last year have you been able to use this year?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Same car. Exactly same car. Hasn’t touched a piece of tarmac since May here. Pretty happy to have that. It shows in some of the balance numbers as well. We had a pretty solid race car or read straightaway. That’s a good feeling.

For me as a driver, getting out and up to speed, understanding all this other stuff that comes with it. As I said, it’s going to be a lot busier now, which is cool, but you want to be on top of things.

I feel like having that opportunity to come here with a similar car and get going has been good.

Q. Kyle said the traffic seemed like it was difficult. How much difficulty did you get have getting clean laps?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: In the boost session?

Q. Yes.

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: I concur with him. A couple of the new teams, you can pick who they are, rolled out today in some pretty peculiar spots. Oh, well, somebody is not going to be happy with you. It was interesting to watch. Actually, one of those new teams pulled out in front of me, though. I was a little pissed.

Overall, you understand everyone’s in the same boat. Everyone is trying to get laps and do whatever. You can only be so sportsmanlike to a point. You got to get going. That’s why I say, once the time came down and the crashes happened, only 40 or so minutes left to go, I knew it was going to be a bit of a crapshoot.

Yeah, but I thought we got enough done to look at it, come back. Definitely think I needed to do more single-lap qualifying stuff just to practice it. It was a good initiation.

Kudos to INDYCAR for giving us the opportunity to run the high boost. Weird running it now. Super weird. But it was cool.

Q. You had May-like weather the past two days. You’re a seasoned veteran now. How good is it for you to have that accurate weather?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah, I said to my guys before, it’s so nice going here and sort of understanding what I want, what feels right, remembering changes we made before. Definitely experience is a good thing.

But yeah, I think this is the best weather we’ve had in probably three, four years, at least the time I’ve been here doing the Open Test. Warm, much like what we might see in May. But you just never know with Indiana.

Yeah, we’ll look at the data and figure it all out. I think we’re in a really good spot.

Q. You said kudos to INDYCAR for giving you that morning session. A lot of people wanted to see if it was going to be too slow or too fast, balance way off. Are you content with where it’s at?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah, you just try to get a feel for not only yourself but manufacturers, everything like that, to see where everything sits.

I think with the parameters we ran at from a team perspective, we didn’t throw everything to the wall today. I don’t think anyone would have.

It was a good read with a heavier car. The biggest thing that has changed now is the heaviness of the car. It’s very different. It feels weird. Not weird, but just feels different to usual.

To do that and be able to have an extra session at high boost rather than throwing it out on Fast Friday, who knows there could be rain on Fast Friday. You never know here. It’s nice to come out here in reasonable conditions, n

ot too much wind, have a feel for it, get an introduction to what it’s going to be like.

Q. Are the changes you’re making on the car, are you able to predict what they’re going to do?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: You’re talking about weight jacker and bar?

Q. Yeah. Is it doing what you would expect or what worked a year ago in a change is not going to work now?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: No, it’s lefty loose-y, righty tight-y. The weight jacker still works the same.

There’s some nuances to the setup that we had to change, for sure. Not change, but like move to I guess you could say. Yeah, it’s still fundamentally what you feel in the car when you’re out in front compared to in traffic, what you need to change for that. It’s very similar.

Q. Your setup with the extra boost this morning, how close do you think that’s going to be to what you run in qualifying? Was it relatively close? A lot of changes you still got to make to it?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: I guess you could say it’s somewhat close if you get a read. We didn’t go out there completely different. Certainly trying different things underneath the car that you guys can’t see, no one can see. It’s more of a feel inside the team.

I mean, yeah, all three cars, we had a crack, but within the limits.

Q. How much would you have to change from yesterday’s car to this afternoon’s session? Speeds were up a little bit in the afternoon.

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: From yesterday’s car? Yeah, the car was pretty similar to yesterday, to be honest. I just didn’t quite get the best run yesterday. I mean, you can be a hero and try to get a massive tow today, but it doesn’t really feel good.

Q. I heard during commentary the fact that New Zealand has the second highest number of drivers in the Indy 500 with three, along with the UK, then the U.S. with 15. As a Kiwi, how does that make you feel?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah, it’s awesome. A little country that punches above our weight, as you know. One of those guys is an absolute legend of the sport, probably the greatest of all time in Scott Dixon. He’s done an amazing job of putting New Zealand on the map. Having Marcus here and now myself, it’s a cool thing.

I think it’s exciting for the Kiwis back home. Yeah, hopefully we can pull out the front for them.

Q. Looking slightly more towards the month of May, your pit box is going to move probably multiple times. Also then wondered the way you’re going to come into the pits using the pit-in, how hard are they adjust to, those variables?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah, I guess the pit-in for one, we don’t get to practice that really until Monday of race week. That’s probably the only thing. I think all us drivers would probably want to practice it say today on the hot stops. Because we had too many cars in pit lane, the safety is to bring the speed limiter closer into the pylon, into the attenuator. That does take a little bit to get used to. Want to practice that pretty hard on Monday and Carb Day.

The pit box thing, you’ve just got to deal with it. You have marks to practice in and out laps, wherever you’re going to be. I don’t think I’ve ever had the same pit box here ever. Hopefully we can have the same one this year as last year because that was pole.

Q. Looking away from this, Barber next week, then the Grand Prix, how difficult is it to change your mindset from what you spent two days doing to get back in the thick of things thinking about the championships?

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah, no, it definitely takes a couple laps to sort of get acquainted to a road course again. Your head is moving around a little bit more. It won’t take too long. We had a test there not long ago.

Yeah, Barber and Indy, for me Indy GP hasn’t been that kind too me, particularly in qualifying. Trying to tidy that up a little bit. We’ll be okay. Need to get back on track a little bit.

Had a solid run at Long Beach and hopefully can keep going.

Q. Try to avoid the mannequins at Barber.

SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: That helped me last year (smiling).

The USAC Triple Crown Champion explores why wingless drivers excel at Tri-State Speedway and his transition to wing racing

HAUBSTADT, IN (April 24, 2025) – Wing and Non-Wing 410 Sprint Cars may fundamentally be the same type of race cars, but the racing styles are completely different.

Rarely do you see drivers with an extensive background on one side jump in the other car and succeed right away. Time and practice are required to learn the nuances of each style.

But for the “non-wingers,” Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway has proven to be an equalizer time and time again. Carson Short topped The Greatest Show on Dirt there in 2020. Kevin Thomas Jr. led early in the 2018 race before losing a wheel. Four-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Brady Bacon has won the last two. The list goes on and on.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series heads to the Indiana 1/4 mile on Saturday, April 26, after a stop at Illinois’ Jacksonville Speedway the night before.

So, what is it about this paperclip-shaped bullring that levels the playing field? Who better to ask than USAC Triple Crown champion and current Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year leader Chris Windom?

“Well, I think some of it for Haubstadt is that even for a Non-Wing car, you have to do different stuff to get your car to work there and think kind of outside the box just because the surface is so much different than anywhere we really go,” Windom explained. “So, I think some of those guys like Brady that do a lot of their own setup kind of do different things than maybe what a standard Wing crew chief would do. Also, the fact that they’ve just raced there so much in Non-Wing.

“Funny enough I’ve raced there a ton, and Haubstadt was always one of my worst tracks in a Non-Wing car,” Windom added with a laugh. “I never looked forward to going there. I won one USAC race there out of all the races I raced in a Non-Wing. I never enjoyed Haubstadt in a Non-Wing car. I like it more in a Wing car. I’ve got to go there once or twice now in a Wing car.”

Windom highlights the track surface as a key contributor to previous results. It’s unique, and the Non-Wing drivers get plenty of laps on it throughout the year.

“For one, it’s just a different dirt than what most tracks have,” Windom said. “It seems like there is grip, but it’s always also got like a layer of almost what I would call grease lying on top of the racetrack all the time. I’ve always just described it as you haul off in there, pitch the car in, and you slide and hope you stop sliding before the next guy, and then you’re going to be faster than him. There’s really no line per se that you run at that place. That’s why I never really enjoyed it much in a Non-Wing car. I was always the guy that slid through the corner and never stopped sliding and just got passed by the next person, but the wings obviously help that a little bit and make it more fun to race. The surface is different than really any other track in the country, in my opinion.”

Every race on the schedule is another step for Windom as he continues to adjust to wings after many years without them. Despite the plan to join forces with Sides Motorsports for 2025 coming together late, the Canton, IL native has found a comfortable home with the Jason Sides-owned team and leads a stacked rookie class with 16 races in the books.

“It’s definitely been the toughest transition or toughest car that I’ve ever driven in my whole career,” Windom said. “With wing racing, a lot of people know but some maybe don’t know, it takes the whole package between driver, team, car, engine. You’re not going to go out and outspend somebody in wing racing. Everybody has got the nicest stuff out there. It really just takes the whole package.

“As far as being happy with it being a new team and kind of getting thrown together late, I think we got the deal done less than two months before the opener at Volusia. I am definitely happy with the speed. I didn’t know for sure what was going to come about going into this deal, and I feel like it’s exceeded my expectations as far as the car speed we’ve had at half miles, quarter miles, really all tracks we’ve gone to.”

This year has already offered several new tracks to Windom as he navigates his first season with the World of Outlaws. And while Tri-State might not have been his favorite track to visit in his USAC days, he’s looking forward to the familiarity.

“That’s been some of my struggles to start the year, just a lot of the tracks we went to I’d never seen or been to,” Windom said. “I think it definitely helps showing up to a place like Haubstadt even not necessarily having anymore wing laps than any of the guys there but just having the amount of laps and times that I’ve been there and just kind of knowing what the track’s going to be like and what lines seem to work. Really, it seems to me like in Non-Wing cars and Wing cars kind of race similar there as far as lines to where it’s really not like that at a lot of tracks. I feel like there’s times that I know when something is going to come in later in the race or be there compared to a guy that runs a Wing car at most tracks wouldn’t think to try that at Haubstadt. I definitely think there’s some advantage to going there with all of the experience I’ve had.”

Windom and his Sides Motorsports team continue the 2025 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car season this weekend at Jacksonville Speedway on Friday, April 25, and Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, April 26. For Jacksonville tickets, CLICK HERE. For Tri-State tickets, call (812) 768-6025.

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

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/wingin-it-chris-windom-on-haubstadts-uniqueness-adjusting-to-winged-sprint-cars/

EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4547753
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Tri-State%2BSpeedway

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EASTABOGA, AL (April 24, 2025) – When Ethan Dotson took the checkers at Farmer City Raceway to become a winner with the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision, it was more than the latest line on his resume – it was the culmination of his life’s work.

“Since I was a little kid, I’ve been dreaming of being able to have the opportunity, being able to succeed at the highest level of the sport that I wanted,” Dotson said. “I never really liked NASCAR or wanted any part of that; I just love dirt racing. Growing up racing Modifieds, I just loved Super Late Models. Watching them and just dreaming of one day being able to drive one, and then one day being able to race Outlaw races. Then being able to win with some of the best, I’m just super lucky.”

Hitting the road with the World of Outlaws and winning races has always been the end goal for Dotson, but a few phone calls a year ago turned that dream into a realistic possibility. Last May, Dotson was tabbed as the new driver for ASD Motorsports, giving him everything he needed to go toe-to-toe with the best Late Model drivers in the nation.

“I was kind of wandering around looking for a ride and I saw on the internet that Wil [Herrington] had left here,” Dotson said. “I didn’t really know these guys at all. I got Tyler [Breshears]’ number and I got a hold of him and then he gave me John [Henderson]’s number. I called him and we chatted back and forth a little bit. Came up and checked out the shop and we talked a little bit more. It was just a good fit. Got along good and had the same goals and stuff, so it just worked out.”

When Dotson and ASD signed up for their first full season as Outlaws in 2025, they didn’t intend on merely sticking their toe in the water. Dotson knew he had the equipment and the ability to be a perennial contender, and a pair of top fives to start the season at Volusia Speedway Park let the rest of the world know it too.

From that point forward, it was only a matter of time until the Bakersfield, CA native removed his name from the list of potential first-time World of Outlaws winners. With that monkey off his back, Dotson is ready to move into the category of Series stalwarts who know how to win and are in contention to do so on any given night.

“It definitely helped,” Dotson said. “I expect a lot of myself, and I expect that every race. So, to be running up front and winning races, it’s what I need to keep doing.”

However, Dotson isn’t the only freshman off to a hot start in the opening stages of the season. Drake Troutman and Team22 Motorsports have rattled off four top fives in the first 10 races to put themselves fourth in the standings, one spot ahead of Dotson.

The two early favorites for the MD3 Rookie of the Year Award have been on mirroring career trajectories as young Modified stars who have recently graduated to the Late Model ranks. They’ve crossed paths plenty of times, and when Dotson took the win at Farmer City, Troutman was one of the first to offer his congratulations.

For Dotson, there’s no one he’d rather spend this season and beyond battling at the pinnacle of dirt Late Model racing.

“He’s like my little brother,” Dotson said. “We raced Modifieds whenever I was racing for Longhorn, and the last couple years we grew really close. He’s like a little brother to me and one of my best friends. People take it different than I see it. Obviously, I want to win and I want to beat him, but at the same time, if he beats me, I’m just as happy for him. It’s kind of a win-win for me, if I don’t get to win, my best friend gets to win.”

The fight for top rookie honors picks back up this weekend in the Alabama Gang 100 at Talladega Short Track, a place Dotson has already created plenty of good memories at in his short Late Model career. He won two of his six starts at the track with the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series, and he’ll look to put that expertise to good use in his World of Outlaws debut on the Alabama red clay.

“Usually the top gets good, it kind of gets a little sketchy around the top and it’s a lot of fun,” Dotson said. “But I went there a couple weeks ago, and it was completely different than how it normally is. So, it’ll be interesting to see this weekend to see if it’s more like how it’s been or if it’s how it was earlier this month. I kind of don’t know, and then we go in here with this new tire; I haven’t gotten to run it yet. Just a lot of unknowns, but we’ll try to do our deal, win us a race and run up front.”

The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision resumes with the Alabama Gang 100 at Talladega Short Track, Friday-Saturday, April 25-26. For tickets, click here.

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

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/first-world-of-outlaws-trophy-in-hand-dotson-ready-continue-rise-to-stardom/

EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/schedule/event-info/?event=4547660
TRACK INFO: https://www.talladegashorttrack.com/

CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES NTT INDYCAR SERIES OPEN TEST INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA TESTING DAY ONE RECAP APRIL 23, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS (April 23, 2025) – As the “Month of May” at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway quickly approaches, 18 Chevrolet powered teams and drivers, took advantage of the first day of a two-day open test to prepare for the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. It’s the first time the 34-car field has had the opportunity to test the impact of the hybrid power unit on the famed 2.5-mile oval Josef Newgarden, the winner of the last two Indianapolis 500s, ended the first day of testing second on the time charts and was the quickest of the Team Chevy drivers, turning a lap at 225.125mph. His Team Penske teammate and last year’s pole-sitter Scott McLaughlin went 218.899mph without a tow, the fourth best in the field and the quickest of the Team Chevy drivers. Team Chevy drivers had the three fastest trap speeds at the start/finish line.  1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske – 238.431mph2 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske – 238.077mph3 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing – 235.824mph  Kyle Larson made his first laps in his No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet in preparation for the H1100 – running both the Indy 500 and Coca Cola 600 on Sunday, May 25, 2025·       A trio of Team Chevy drivers had a little extra work before they were allowed on the track with the other 31 drivers. PREMA Racing’s Robert Shwartzman easily completed the three phases of Rookie Orientation Program (ROP. At the same time, his teammate Callum Ilott and Larson had no problems completing the two phases of their veteran refreshers.·       The 34 drivers turned 2805 laps of the iconic 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, with Team Chevy drivers and teams having 1422 of the total laps. Shwartzman completed 322.5 miles (133 laps) of running, the most of any driver. ·       Josef Newgarden ended as the quickest driver in the last four (2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024) Indianapolis 500 open tests, going on to win the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing” the last two years. ·       The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will return at 9:30 am on Thursday with the boost turned up to qualifying levels until noon, with race running from 2 pm – 5 pm. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES):A.J. FOYT RACING David Malukas, No. 4 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet”First day is done. It’s been a long time. I didn’t run last year, but I got comfortable within the first few laps. It took some time to get the first few laps. We had some car issues that we had to go through. The first time in this car and the first time being back here. We got going. I don’t think there is anything to be worried about. We’re right where we need to be. We need to figure out a set-up. I think we’re a little uncomfortable with where we are now. We need to get our heads down, and by the time the “Month of May” comes we should be good to go. We still have tomorrow, and that quali pace, so we’ll see how the car handles then.” Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet:”Obviously an interesting day. We had to change a motor, but the boys got it done. Got out there. One set up change and I was able to hold it flat and quick one for Chevrolet.”  PREMA Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet:“All good, honestly; pleasantly surprised. I think we have a good baseline. Obviously, we’ve been building up a bit. Pretty happy. Going through some items that we needed to. We got through it cleanly.”  TEAM PENSKE  Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet:  “Great to be back out here at IMS. This open test means we are right around the corner from the “Month of May.” It was a really solid first day, and I’m excited about tomorrow. We’ll have some high boost running, almost like a Fast Friday simulation, which we’ve never had for an open test. A little different complexion than what we’ve had in past years. I think we’re in a really good window to start out. Chevrolet has done such a good job going back to reviewing everything to make sure we have a good game plan for 2025. I’m excited for the month to start in a week or so.”  Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet:  “Overall, a pretty good day. Just getting into the swing of things at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Our car felt pretty good. We’re just learning the new hybrid system and working through that as a team. Overall, a good first day. It’s good to be back.”  Will Power, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet:  “Really nice to get back out on the Speedway, get the car in a reasonable window with the weight and all that. It’s obviously a big change from last year. So I think we felt good at the end. Really interested to see how it feels in quali trim tomorrow.”  Kyle LarsonPress Conference THE MODERATOR: Kyle Larson joins us, who finished 11th quick on the speed chart at 223.430 miles an hour, returning for his second 500, driver of the No. 17 Hendrickcars.com Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. Last year, as you may recall, he started fifth, finished 18th. 11th on the speed chart so far. How would you describe your return to IMS thus far? KYLE LARSON: It was good. Good to get back behind the wheel. It doesn’t seem like that long ago, and figured it would feel normal when I got back in, but it definitely took some getting accustomed to, so it’s honestly good to go through the ROP. I feel like it would be hard to commit to wide open anyway the first couple laps. Yeah, still just trying to get the hang of it. Definitely I feel like — I haven’t talked to any of the teammates yet, but I feel like it feels a little different handling-wise this year. I don’t know if that’s the hybrid stuff and the weight of that or what I’m feeling, but it feels a little different, so not quite the same balance that I had last year, so just got to kind of think through that and how you want to adjust to it, if you want to get it to a point like we were last year or not. Yeah, but overall I felt comfortable, but still a little rusty on things, small detail things, hitting buttons and trying to really get the dash setup to where it processes quick to my eyes and brain and little details like that. Good to get all that out of the way today, and hopefully tomorrow will go smoother. Q. Last year we got rained out the second day. You’ve got time to refresh for another day tomorrow, right? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, absolutely. I think anytime you’ve got a night to sleep on anything, you usually come back a little more comfortable the next day. I’m sure that’ll be the same for the team, as well. We had a lot of radio communication issues on the box and a couple different engine things happening, so all stuff you probably expect the first day. Q. I know coming into your debut 500 last year, you were doing lots of simulation work. You had some on-track tests that you went through even before we got to the month of May. Can you tell us a little bit of since last May what kind of work or what things have you done between May — the end of May last year and late April over the last 11 months to prepare yourself for 2025? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, nothing really. Yeah, nothing at all. I didn’t do any sim stuff. They have a new steering wheel, so I got molded for that. That’s about all that I’ve done Indy related. Yeah, I mean, you have so much track time here that you kind of can build into it anyway. Maybe if I got in the sim, buttons and all that would have been a little bit easier to kind of set up the way I wanted, but like I said, you have enough time here that I don’t really feel like it’s that necessary, and then the overall — like sim, car balance I think for oval staff, it doesn’t relate to real life. I think a lot of times you can just trick yourself in there. Even on the NASCAR side of things, I don’t really use the sim. Yeah, I didn’t do anything. But there’s going to be plenty of track time to figure it out. Q. I know you made some comments earlier in the year about feeling like this was maybe a two-year chapter for you in terms of trying to compete in the double and do the Indy 500. Is that something that you feel like is set in your mind or set in your team’s mind in terms of this being the last time you might do the 500 for a while, or is that still up in the air? KYLE LARSON: I don’t know. I haven’t really had a sit-down discussion with anybody about that. So I don’t know. I can’t really fully answer that. In my head, yeah, I’m going into this thinking it’s at least for the time being, in the near future, the final Indy 500. But I am still young, and I mentioned on Dale Jr.’s Download thing that maybe someday when I’m not full-time Cup and I can really devote all my mind to Indy, I’d like to do it again. But we’ll see. If I happen to win the Indy 500, I’d probably just ride off into the sunset, too. I don’t know, it’s such a cool event. I think once you run it enough, I think, and you don’t, you probably have a lot of FOMO and want to come back. It’s hard to fully answer that right now. Q. The hybrid is new for you; what do you think of it? Did you notice it? Did you feel it? What were the things that surprised you about it? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, we messed around with it a little bit there. Hearing them describe it to me was a little bit confusing, but once I got out there and all that, it was okay. I didn’t really feel like it does much of anything to help you. It definitely helps; it doesn’t hurt. But it’s not like you get this massive boost down the straightaway or anything like that. I feel like whenever I would hit it, I’d get like an initial kind of handful of horsepower and then it just flattens out to normal. You get kind of close and then you just kind of stall out. Then yeah, like I mentioned about the balance stuff, I don’t know if what I’m feeling there is due to the hybrid stuff. I think it’s a fair bit heavier than last year and rearward, as well. I feel like that’s what I might be feeling. But I just would like to talk to my teammates, see what they felt to see if it’s similar. Q. During your refresher laps, was the radio issue or the engine issue the one that may have kept you from cruising through it quicker? KYLE LARSON: All of it probably. I would say more so the engine stuff. I don’t know what exactly was going on, but we made kind of a shorter first run, and yeah, we were having our radio problems, which we still kind of have currently. Then we were getting ready to go out for what I thought was going to be we were just going to bang some laps out and get it done, and I left pit road and the engine wasn’t running crisp, so came in and that took 30 minutes or so. Yeah, so whatever. We got it in. Q. When you get done with Indy, you have a real white knuckler type of race at Talladega. That’s always a handful in itself. How do you look at that, going from here to Talladega? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, I don’t know. Just hope and pray you miss a wreck and can get to the front and stay up front. I’ll not sure. Talladega is a — I haven’t had a whole bunch of luck, but out of the superspeedways we have, it’s probably the one that I finish okay at the most. We’ll see. Our car is really fast at those places, and I feel like we have a good understanding of it, we’ve just got to execute. Q. Coming in here today, how much more do you feel like you knew about the car versus coming to this test a year ago? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, I think just a little less anxiety probably of the unknown of what to expect. I still think there was definitely things I didn’t fully know what to expect on. It is a little different car with the hybrid system, so there was things that I didn’t know. But just getting laps last year, I think INDYCAR feels like an INDYCAR, and you can get somewhat the speed. But yeah, I think the open test, it’s like — I feel like for the month of May when you come here, everybody builds into bigger pack running and stuff, where like today, it was like everybody was out there in a pack, so you kind of got to get your mindset up to speed a little quicker than I guess I was expecting. But it’s still all good to get there. But yeah, I don’t know. Still a bit rusty, I felt, out there. But it’s good to sleep on it tonight. Q. During the long wait to get in the car, did you see NASCAR announced the All-Star rules today, the format? Did you see where it’s a 250-lap race and a break at lap 100, and then between lap 101 and 220, they’re going to let Marcus Smith throw a caution whenever he wants without telling you when it’s going to be. I’m curious what your thoughts are on it. KYLE LARSON: I don’t know, I did read it just quickly once. I don’t know, it sounded about normal. Gimmicky All-Star Race. It is what it is. You kind of come to expect that with the All-Star format. I don’t mind it. It’s such an oddball rule that I hope that the core fans aren’t — which I’m sure they’re probably mad but aren’t thinking this is something we’re going to adopt every week because I’m sure we won’t. Q. With all the different competitors you’ve raced against, midgets and sprint cars, NASCAR, here, is it difficult to keep in your mind the different tendencies certain drivers have when you’re racing around them at 200 miles an hour or however fast you’re going at whatever track you’re running on? KYLE LARSON: I don’t know, I think if you’re at a track other than Indy maybe it would show up a little bit more, but Indy is a pretty straightforward kind of track. I think the thing that — like I’m still trying to get used to when I’m out there, I don’t know what the common courtesy is as far as little things like blending on to the racetrack if you’re trying to get into a pack and all that sort of thing. So I hope I’m not making people upset when I’m out there trying to blend in and going slow — I just don’t really know what to do. There’s that side of things. It’s all stuff that you get used to when you do it often like these drivers have. Where I’m coming from, NASCAR, it seems a little different on how you blend into a pack. Just trying to figure that out, and I need to just go talk to some people. Other than that, it’s racing, and I’m very fortunate that I get to race with, in my opinion, a lot of the best race car drivers in the world spread across a lot of different varieties of race cars. It’s just a really cool thing. I don’t think there’s many drivers that can get the opportunity to race with the crop of drivers I get to. Q. Through your career you’ve had massive events, Chili Bowl, Knoxville, competed here, Daytona 24 hours. What’s next on the Kyle Larson racing bucket list tour? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, I don’t know. I think obviously get through this. But it’s tough, it’s really tough to run big races because I’m racing 54 weekends of the year pretty much. I don’t know, one that kind of stands out to me and hopefully we can kind of put it together down the road would be — I’d like to run a Supercar, in particular in Adelaide. It’s their finale. They have a sprint car track in the city, as well, so I could do both. I would like to do that. There’s been some conversations. We’ll see where it kind of goes. For right now, it’s hard to look that far ahead because I’ve got Indy, which is a big deal right now, and we’re pretty engrained in the Cup season, as well. Q. Obviously FOX is blowing up INDYCAR right now. The first three races there’s been a lot of momentum, a lot of promotion from FOX. Have you felt that on the NASCAR side, and have a lot of your NASCAR colleagues shown a little bit more interest in you running the 500 this year? Have you had those conversations with other drivers inside of the Cup paddock? KYLE LARSON: Not yet. I think probably after this open test. When you’re fully into NASCAR it’s hard to see outside of it, so I doubt many of them even knew that the open test was coming up. When you think of Indy you think of May, and we’re not in May yet. I haven’t really had anybody talk to me yet. But I’m sure after this open test and cars on track, getting to Talladega this weekend people will have lots of questions and start getting excited about it. Q. You told me last year you didn’t know who you were around. When you’re in a Cup car you can see the sponsor and the number. Did you feel like you knew who you were around today and did you remember back to last year, okay, I’ve driven behind this guy before, I can kind of trust his tendencies? Did you feel that more today? KYLE LARSON: It wasn’t like that intense out there, so there wasn’t really any non-trust in people. But I felt like I recognized names a little quicker and easier than I probably would have day one of the open test last year. But it was so hard to hear all my radio anyway, so it was kind of hard to know where people were, how far back they were, who was coming, all that sort of stuff. Q. Kyle, this is your first time coming back here since getting to experience the 500 for the first time but also getting to win the Brickyard 400. Does that change your appreciation or the way you look at this track getting to come back here as a veteran but also as a winner at this track? KYLE LARSON: Yeah, I don’t know. Because I’m here in INDYCAR, I feel like it’s a totally different environment, so I haven’t really thought about the Brickyard and winning that. But no, I mean, it is great to know that I’ve won here on the oval, and it would be even neater to win in INDYCAR now. But yeah, that Brickyard 400 was one of my most special wins for sure, just getting to win at an iconic venue like this with all the history between everybody who’s raced here and won here. Yeah, it was an awesome experience, and looking to add to it hopefully next month. Q. You mentioned the process of knocking the rust off throughout the day. It looked like you were getting more confident in traffic as the day went on. Describe that process of reacclimatizing yourself to the speed of an INDYCAR. KYLE LARSON: Yeah, yeah. Like I mentioned earlier, the ROP is — it’s funny for guys who have done it, raced in this race 10 plus years, but for me, I actually — I’m curious what they think, too. I’m sure they probably enjoy not having to go wide open right away. Yeah, it was nice to build into it. But once you kind of break through that barrier of running wide open for a full lap, everything kind of slows down quickly and you can trust everything a little bit better. But once you get in traffic, just kind of like feeling the runs and the air and all that is a challenge. My balance wasn’t where I would have liked it to be, so that made traffic really tough for me. I couldn’t really be close to anybody. I felt like we got a little bit better there at the end, but I think that was more the track temp probably coming down. So yeah, that’s an area where I think we need to work quite a bit on is the traffic balance, which I’m sure everybody would love to be perfect in traffic, but that’s hard to do here. But we’ll see. Like I said, we’ll go back and have a debrief with the teammates, see what they felt, see if anything what I’m feeling is similar to what they are. I would imagine it probably is. Yeah, talk through it and just try and get better as a team and just communicate well. THE MODERATOR: We’ll see you back here tomorrow morning. Thanks, Kyle.

Cruz Pedregon

NHRA 4-Wide Nationals – zMax Dragway

Pre-Race Report

Quotes for NHRA 4-Wide Nationals – zMax Dragway

Cruz Pedregon, two-time Funny Car World Champion, says:

Without a doubt, this is the best our Snap-on Funny Car has performed with consistency and speed in years, so we’re optimistic about our chances at the four-wide this weekend in Charlotte. 

We are once again qualified in the Mission event on Saturday, and, after finishing runner-up a couple of weeks ago in Vegas, we feel like we’ve got a good shot to close the deal and win it. The extra points and bonus dollars the team shares definitely add up. It also gives us an extra confidence boost entering the rounds on Sunday. 

We’ve had some big wins in the past at this Charlotte track. It’s a state-of-the-art facility and probably one of the smoothest tracks on the circuit.

After a grueling three-race West Coast swing, the team had a week off to get charged back up for this event before another mini-break prior to the Chicago race.

Name on the side of Cruz’s car – Snap-on Nitro Franchisee Randy Crewz

●      Randy Crewz is the Snap-on Nitro Franchisee on the side of Cruz’s Funny Car this week.

●      The Snap-on Dodge pays tribute to “Makers and Fixers,” and that’s how Randy got his start in the world of tools, as a machinist for a large company, before his daughter introduced him to Snap-on as a franchise opportunity.

●     After graduating college, she went to work for Snap-on and later took on her own franchise…later encouraging him to do the same. She now works with him on his truck.

●    Crewz has been a longtime fan of the race here in Charlotte and will be having dinner in Cruz’s pit, along with out-of-town friends who are fans he’s invited to join them.

April 26-27, 2025

Returning from its one and only off-weekend of the season, the NASCAR Cup Series is now full throttle towards the race for the championship with the trek to Talladega Superspeedway marking the 10th points-paying race of 2025.

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The doubleheader weekend, which also features the Xfinity Series, is the first of two stops for NASCAR’s top two divisions at the 2.66-mile Alabama venue, with all three series returning to the superspeedway in October for the penultimate race of the final playoff elimination round. Chevrolet returns to the sports’ biggest and fastest track as the winningest manufacturer, as well as the track’s defending winners, in both the Cup and Xfinity Series.

Numbers in the Next Gen Era: Hyak Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the most recent driver to add to Chevrolet’s winning ways at Talladega Superspeedway – delivering the manufacturer its 45th all-time Cup Series win at the Alabama venue (Oct. 2024).  Chevrolet’s success at Talladega spans across NASCAR’s 55-year history at the track, including a record-setting streak of 13-straight trips to victory lane (April 1999 to May 2005). That success carried over into the series’ Next Gen era, with the Bowtie brand collecting wins in four of the six races since the car’s competition debut – a record earned by four drivers from four different Chevrolet organizations.

Stringing Together a Double-Digit Streak:  JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith continued Chevrolet’s dominance in the Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway last fall by earning the manufacturer its 25th all-time victory at the venue. The win also extended the brand’s active record-setting streak to 11-straight Xfinity Series victories at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. The run began in April 2018 with Spencer Gallagher behind the wheel of a GMS Racing Chevrolet entry, and over the past seven years, nine different drivers have added to the Bowtie brand’s now double-digit streak.

ALLMENDINGER MAKING THE MOST OF CUP SERIES RETURNAfter completing a full-time Xfinity Series campaign in 2024, Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger made the jump back up to NASCAR’s top division this season and the veteran is proving that he hasn’t missed a beat. The 43-year-old California native will enter the 17-race stretch of the regular season with a trio of top-10 results earned in the past five races, with the most recent coming just before the off-weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway where the driver took the No. 16 Chevrolet entry to a ninth-place finish. Despite being known as a road course phenom, Allmendinger has become a silent threat on a variety of track configurations, with two of his top-10 finishes this season coming on an intermediate oval. While superspeedway-style racing presents a platter of unknowns, the Kaulig Racing driver has a boost of confidence as a past winner at Talladega Superspeedway – earning a Xfinity Series victory with the Chevrolet organization in Oct. 2022.

STACKING SUPERSPEEDWAY STATSChevrolet’s uncanny success on superspeedways in recent years spans across both of NASCAR’s top two divisions.  With the introduction of a new car and era of racing at the beginning of the 2022 season, Chevrolet quickly found its footing in the art of superspeedway-style racing – collecting wins in five of the six superspeedway races. Now entering the fourth season of competition for the Next Gen car, the Bowtie brand continues to pave the way for its manufacturer competitors with 12 wins in 20 superspeedway-style races – earned by seven drivers representing four different Chevrolet organizations.  The Bowtie brand has earned at least one trip to victory lane at Talladega Superspeedway since the car’s competition debut, including a sweep of the 2022 events with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain (April) and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott (Oct.). Chevrolet shares an even greater success in superspeedway-style racing in the Xfinity Series with 10 drivers from six different Chevrolet organizations garnering wins in 18 of the past 23 superspeedway-style races. Over that time span, Chevrolet is the only manufacturer among its competitors to earn multiple superspeedway triumphs each season. Heading into the Alabama race weekend, the Bowtie brand sits at a streak of four-straight superspeedway wins in the division – dating back to Austin Hill’s Atlanta win in Sept. 2024. This season, it’s been an all-RCR victory lane on superspeedway’s with Jesse Love’s win in the series’ season-opener at Daytona International Speedway and Hill’s win at Atlanta Motor Speedway just one week later.

HILL, LOVE AMONG SUPERSPEEDWAY STUNNERSTo no surprise, the pair of Richard Childress Racing teammates, Austin Hill and Jesse Love, have commanded every major statistical category on superspeedway’s this season. The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season opened with a set of superspeedway-style events, with each RCR driver earning his first win of the season and an early berth into the playoffs (Love – Daytona International Speedway; Hill – Atlanta Motor Speedway). Other notable achievements included stage win sweeps by Hill and the No. 21 Chevrolet team for both events, as well as a pole win by Love at Atlanta. The pair also topped the laps led count in each event, with Love and Hill leading a combined 86 of 125 laps at Daytona, as well as 159 of 163 laps at Atlanta just one week later. Love is one of just three full-time competitors that is a past Talladega winner in the Xfinity Series, with the 20-year-old California native picking up his first career win at the track one year ago.

FULL THROTTLE IN RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPWith just one idle weekend on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, drivers and teams will be nonstop in the race for the championship title, with this weekend’s trip to Talladega Superspeedway marking a 17-race stretch to the end of the series’ regular season and a guaranteed ticket into the playoffs.  Here’s a look at a few of Chevrolet’s early season highlights:

·       Chevrolet leads its manufacturer competitors in a variety of statistical categories including: pole wins (five), laps led (1,167) and top-10 finishes (41).  ·       Kyle Larson’s dominating Tennessee triumph marked Chevrolet’s third NASCAR Cup Series win of the 2025 season, each of which have been recorded on a distinctly different track configuration. Among that list includes William Byron’s win at the 2.5-mile superspeedway of Daytona International Speedway, as well as Larson’s win at the 1.5-mile intermediate oval of Homestead-Miami Speedway.  ·       Chevrolet has earned at least four top-10 finishes in six of the nine points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races thus far this season, with five of those events seeing representation by three or more different Chevrolet organizations in those results. The manufacturer hit a season-high seven top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – earned collectively by three different Chevrolet organizations. The series’ second race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway saw a season-high five different Chevrolet organizations represented in the top-10. At the conclusion of just the fifth points-paying race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, every full-time Chevrolet organization had scored a top-10 finish this season.

Chevrolet’s season statistics with nine NASCAR Cup Series races complete: Wins: 3Poles: 5Laps Led: 1,167Top-Fives: 17Top-10s: 41Stage Wins: 7

Chevrolet’s season statistics with nine NASCAR Xfinity Series races complete: Wins: 8Poles: 7Laps Led: 1,477Top-Fives: 33Top-10s: 64Stage Wins: 15

Chevrolet’s season statistics with six NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races complete: Wins: 4Poles: 2Laps Led: 456Top-Fives: 17Top-10s: 32Stage Wins: 4

BOWTIE BULLETS:·       Active Chevrolet drivers with a NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega Superspeedway: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – two wins (2017 & 2024) Kyle Busch – two wins (2023 & 2008)Chase Elliott – two wins (2022 & 2019)Ross Chastain – one win (2022)  ·       Chevrolet is the winningest manufacturer in both of NASCAR’s top two divisions at Talladega Superspeedway, heading into the weekend with 45 Cup Series wins and 25 Xfinity Series wins.  ·       Since the debut of the Next Gen car in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022, Chevrolet has won 12 of the 20 superspeedway-style races – recorded by seven drivers from four different Chevrolet organizations. ·       Since the beginning of the 2021 season, Chevrolet has won 18 of the past 23 superspeedway-style races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series – recorded by 10 drivers from six different Chevrolet organizations. ·       Chevrolet continues to dominate in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with Sammy Smith becoming the sixth different Chevrolet driver to earn a victory this season with his win at Rockingham Speedway. In 10 races, Chevrolet has also amassed a manufacturer-leading seven pole wins; wins in 15 of the 20 stages; 33 top-fives; 64 top-10s; and 1,477 laps led. ·       In 117 points-paying races in the Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 55 victories – a winning percentage of 47%.  ·       With its 43 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 869 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 Jack Link’s 500Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. ET(FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90) NASCAR Xfinity SeriesAg-Pro 300Saturday, April 26, at 4 p.m. ET(CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)

QUOTABLE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on Talladega?“I’m looking forward to getting back to Talladega because it’s one of those track where everything is so unpredictable but that can also make it fun. I’ve been on both sides of it at Talladega. The win in 2022 is obviously a memorable moment but there’s been a few times where I’ve been in the garage well before the end of race. Talladega is one of those tracks where you have to expect the unexpected and just take everything as it comes. Jockey is on the car this weekend and I would love nothing more than to take them to victory lane.” Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletYou’ve won on superspeedways. What kind of race do you expect we will see at Talladega Superspeedway?“I love racing at Talladega Superspeedway and can’t wait to get on track in the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet. At Talladega, there’s a lot of movement in the draft, the packs are big and wide, and with the way this package works, there is more two-lane racing around the bottom. You can do certain things throughout that race to put yourself in a better position, but it’s one of those tracks you go into knowing that there’s probably a 75% chance that you could be in a wreck.” How does racing at Talladega Superspeedway compare to racing at Daytona International Speedway?“Talladega Superspeedway is a little bit different real estate than Daytona International Speedway. At Daytona, you’re packed in there, and it’s hard to get to someone’s inside or outside, and there is less movement in the draft. You’re kind of holding on at times, waiting to see what happens. Everybody is pushing, and you’re hoping you can get through the mess.” Do you feel the “big one” coming, or does it happen so fast that you’re just in it?“It depends. Sometimes you’re in it, and there is nothing you can do about it because you know time is running out and you’re in it either way. It’s an odd feeling knowing your putting yourself out there and something is about to happen. It’s an issue of timing. You’re hoping you just get through it. I’ve been fortunate to sneak through some of them, or be in front of some of them. You usually know when the intensity is rising and the pack is starting to get a little bit out of control. You try to do your best to give yourself an out or be in front of it.” Did you enjoy the Cup off weekend? Does it provide a nice break, or stall the momentum your team has been building?“I definitely enjoyed the off weekend. Just spending time with family, getting outdoors and recharging. We have some great momentum heading into Talladega following our performance at Bristol Motor Speedway, and I still think we will be able to build on that this weekend.”   Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletYou’ve seen plenty of success at Talladega. What do you need to get the job done this weekend?“We need to qualify fast, stay up front and hope for the best. But, you can’t be too far up front because you have to save fuel. It’s honestly more mind games than it’s ever been. There is a balance of frustration and challenges. Winning it would be rewarding because you did everything right. That’s the goal.”   Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletHow do you utilize the draft to make runs and can you explain that kind of process to fans that might not know what drafting is?“The draft is a big deal and honestly the energy in the draft now is not necessarily coming from ahead of you, it’s more so coming from behind you. Two, three, four, five cars behind you is where that energy really develops and you get pushed forward from that energy. So, the draft is different than what it used to be. Years ago, you would suck up to the guy in front of you and slingshot past him and make him move that way. Now, you’re really relying on everything happening behind you and building from behind.” Talk about the importance of a spotter and communication at superspeedways. What is that communication like and how important is that to you?“Communication with your spotter is the ultimate. There’s nothing else that you really use as much as your spotter on speedway racing. You can use your mirrors and look in the camera and look behind you and whatnot. But, trying to figure out a way of being able to understand the energy that’s coming rows back behind you, the only way to get that is from your spotter. When you’re in traffic and you’re three or four rows back, you’re trying to understand what the gaps are in front of you so you know how hard to push the guy in front of you to get your lane moving forward.” Pit stops are big at plate tracks as well. You wouldn’t think about a superspeedway as just about going fast, but also coming down pit road, that communication and the team communication and working together. What is that like in a superspeedway race nowadays with fuel savings and things like that?“The strategy to superspeedway racing has entirely changed. The fuel save action and what you have to do to try to prolong your time on track, to cut your time on pit road, to do the leapfrog strategy is what we call it. It is really different. I would say we all want to go out there and run as hard as we can, as fast as we can, pass and mix it up and do all that sort of stuff. But a lot of times it’s just better and it’s easier and it’s safer to just ride in line, part throttle and save fuel. So it’s definitely a whole new arena that we’ve got to get used to of what speedway racing is.”   Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet“Talladega has been a track that I have been quite successful at in my career. I’ve had a really good average finish at Talladega over the years and come close a few times but just haven’t been able to cross the finish line first yet. I did win an ARCA race at Talladega a few years back. I think we’re going to have a good chance this weekend. Our car was very fast at Daytona; we led laps and ran up front. Hopefully we have that same speed for qualifying on Saturday and then on Sunday we’ll be able to keep our car up front and have a shot at the win.”   AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet“Talladega is a place that has been very hit or miss for me. It still comes down to execution and a bit of luck to not be involved in the big one. All we can do is show up with the speed we had in Daytona, and I feel confident that that’s what we’re going to do.”   Anthony Alfredo, No. 62 Beard Motorsports ChevroletExplain what the process is like racing at the superspeedway tracks.“Superspeedway racing is high-speed chess. That’s why I love it, but that’s also why it’s difficult. It’s fun because of the strategy and knowing when to be aggressive and when to be patient. Obviously, it can be very difficult to control the outcome of your race because so much can happen that’s out of your control – more so at those races than any other. It’s not solely just about having raw speed. It’s also about having teammates, having help and a little bit of luck.” You’ve raced at both Talladega and Daytona a number of times. While the tracks are similar in style, they can produce very different types of races. What is so different about the two tracks?“Talladega is different from Daytona for a few reasons. I think the first and most obvious thing is the characteristics of the track. Talladega is wider. It’s a little bit longer and provides a little more room for three- and four-wide racing. What also comes with that is that it’s a little bit less of a handling track than what Daytona is. Daytona gets hot and slick where, at Talladega, handling is not as important. I think, with this NextGen car, you have to have good drive quality to be able to get over the bumps, to be able to push and be pushed aggressively. It’s a little bit less chaotic in the draft because there is a little more room. You can run three-wide around there pretty comfortably, whereas at Daytona it’s pretty tight. It’s not uncommon to even see four-wide at Talladega. I think that’s just the plain difference. As far as the strategy and the job behind the wheel, though, it kind of remains the same because superspeedway races ultimately come down to that manufacturer battle, teammates and, really, fuel mileage. That’s been everything the last few years.” Even after all of that, where does Talladega rank among your favorite tracks?“It is definitely one of my favorites. I have a really good track record there with top-five finishes in Xfinity and multiple Cup Series top-10 finishes. Last year, we finished sixth there with the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevy. There are a lot of positives to build on and I have a lot of confidence heading into Talladega. I feel like I know what I need to do behind the wheel to execute, or at least to position myself. From there, it’s a matter of seeing what happens. Sometimes all you can do is put yourself in position and hope that it works out. We’ve learned some things now the last few races at Talladega and Daytona as far as what we can do as a team at Beard Motorsports. And with the cars we’ve been bringing, I think we all expect to be competitive and have a shot.” How much does your performance at Talladega last spring boost your confidence going into the weekend?“It’s a big confidence boost because last year there were a lot of unknowns for the team, and me. I was a new driver to them. We had gone to Daytona, so that got the ball rolling but, going to a new track together, I was still learning the NextGen car on a superspeedway-style track and I think there was just a lot of learning going on, and it still went exceptionally well. So I think this time we have a higher expectation. We certainly had that going into Daytona, it just didn’t work out there. But going into Talladega, we still have the same goal and it’s to go there and put ourselves in position to win the race.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat have you learned about the challenges of winning at a superspeedway in your last handful of starts?“You only get one move and you’re only one bad block away. We were fast, and last year I could obviously see the checkered flag, but I didn’t get there. We have a lot of confidence going into Talladega. I’ve been in position to win those races, and I’ve finished second, third and fourth, but we have been close to seeing that that checkered flag. I enjoy the challenge of going there and putting yourself in position to fight for the win on the last lap. Hopefully we’ll have another opportunity to do it again. You always learn what you could have done differently, how you would approach that differently and whether you think you’re right or wrong. It doesn’t matter; we didn’t win. If you didn’t win, you didn’t do it right. You always go back and analyze how you would do it differently, how you could make better choices and what led to those choices. We feel confident going back there and look forward to having a shot at it.”   Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletThe last time the Cup Series visited a drafting track, you left Atlanta with a runner-up finish and a change of view on your approach to superspeedways. Explain what changed between the first race at Daytona and the second at Atlanta, and how that applies at Talladega.“I’ve just never been a fan of superspeedways and drafting. That type of racing isn’t something I enjoyed, up until this year. Even at Daytona, my approach was stay out of trouble and hope to be there at the end when everyone else starts wrecking. That didn’t really work out for us and we ended up not finishing the race. Then at Atlanta, I decided I was just going to race as hard as I could and get as many points as I could. I don’t know if that will always work. These tracks are so different and Talladega is different from Daytona. It really just comes down to what the racing is like that day and how well your car is handling in the draft. I’d love to say we’re going to get stage points and battle for a win, and I hope that is the case. This type of racing is just so unpredictable and you never know what you’re going to get until you’re there.”   Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on Talladega?“Oh, Talladega is epic! There is nothing else like it. The drafting tracks have been a challenge for me because it’s just a different type of racing. I remember my first start at Talladega, people would put me four wide just to leave me out to dry, because I guess they didn’t want me in there. Now I feel like I can flow with the guys, have the right momentum, and judge the runs a bit better. The last Talladega I was pushed to the lead and held it a while. Definitely feel like I’m part of it and that I’m better at it now. Happy that I don’t have yellow stripes on my car.” You have to make very quick decisions at superspeedway tracks. How do you balance being analytical versus committed and knowing that you have it without overthinking?“It’s all in the preparation. You got to have a clear mind when you’re racing, things become instincts. There’s a lot of teamwork, too, with the spotter because he is going to be guiding me. Spotters are probably the most important thing when superspeedway racing. I just trust Josh’s (Williams) guidance. But you also have to make sure you have friends in this kind of racing, make sure you got the right kind of cars behind you, make sure it’s a teammate or a Chevrolet. It’s just a different kind of racing.”   Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on Talladega this weekend?“I love Talladega. At first I really didn’t like superspeedway racing but the more I did it the more I started to enjoy it. We have been so close so many times on the superspeedway. One of these days we are going to win one of these races and I hope it is Sunday.” How did you spend your off weekend?”I spent the off-week in Mexico. I was working in Mexico City, where we did a lot of race promotion and unveiled the Telcel Chevrolet we will be racing there, and then it was vacation time in Monterrey, where I got to see my family and just hang out with everyone I hadn’t seen in a while. It was good to kind of get a break, recharge, and get ready for Talladega and other upcoming races.”   Connor Zilisch, No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet“I’m looking forward to Talladega this weekend. This race can be a tossup, but I know all of the JR Motorsports drivers and teams are going to work together and try to get good results for everyone. My goal is to survive and make it to the end of the race in our WeatherTech Chevrolet. I’ve run three superspeedway races in my career and I’ve yet to finish one. Hopefully we can get some stage points and stay upfront all day on Saturday and stay out of the mess, but you never know at Talladega.”

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: 3Poles: 5Laps Led: 1,167Top-Fives: 17Top-10s: 41Stage Wins: 7 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet race wins: 869 (1949 to date)Poles won to date: 758Laps led to date: 253,878Top-fives to date: 4,386Top-10s to date: 9,048                                                                                                          Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date:                    General Motors: 1,203           Chevrolet: 869           Pontiac: 154           Oldsmobile: 115           Buick: 65            Ford: 841                                                                                        Ford: 741           Mercury: 96           Lincoln: 4            Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467           Dodge: 217           Plymouth: 191           Chrysler: 59            Toyota: 194

Next month promises to be a grind with a wide variety of tracks and racing

CONCORD, NC (April 23, 2025) – It’s going to be a busy month of May for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.

There’s a little bit of everything on the agenda as the year nears summer. Next month will be jam-packed with action as The Greatest Show on Dirt is set to take on 13 races ­– including iconic Ohio venues, Sprint Car racing’s best rivalry renewed, a long-awaited return to Canada, and closing it out with a weekend in North Dakota. There’s plenty of reason for excitement when the calendar turns the page to May.

Here’s a look at what’s ahead:

Eldora Speedway | #LetsRaceTwo (May 2-3): The most visited track in World of Outlaws history is up first. The tour heads to the high speeds of Rossburg, OH’s Eldora Speedway on May’s opening weekend. They’ll meet up with the USAC National Sprint Cars to give fans the best of both worlds at #LetsRaceTwo. The pair of races will be the 240th and 241st in Series history at “The House that Earl Built.”

Ohio’s own Sheldon Haudenschild topped Friday’s Feature a year ago. Then Saturday served up a thriller with David Gravel and Donny Schatz trading the lead in the final laps before Gravel prevailed. Schatz’s 18 World of Outlaws victories at Eldora rank third most all-time.

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Lincoln Speedway | Gettysburg Clash (May 6): The World of Outlaws face off with the Pennsylvania Posse for the first time in 2025 in the scenic Pigeon Hills as Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway is the site for the Gettysburg Clash. The midweek battle will mark the 55th visit to The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway for The Greatest Show on Dirt.

The World of Outlaws swept two nights at Lincoln in 2024. David Gravel took May’s Gettysburg Clash to give Tod Quiring 100 Series wins as an owner. Then, Donny Schatz beat the Posse when the tour returned in October.

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Williams Grove Speedway | HVAC Distributors Morgan Cup (May 9-10): After Lincoln, the World of Outlaws and PA Posse rivalry shifts venues to the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. The two sides square off for two nights, going after bragging rights and possession of the Morgan Cup.

The Cup currently resides at Williams Grove thanks to one of the biggest upsets in Series history. Liverpool, PA’s T.J. Stutts stunned the Sprint Car world by holding off David Gravel for his first World of Outlaws win. Chants of “T-J!” roared from the front straightaway grandstands as Stutts celebrated.

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Ohsweken Speedway | Federated Auto Parts Showdown (May 14-15): After eight long years exclusively on U.S. soil, the World of Outlaws will finally return to Canada. Ontario’s Ohsweken Speedway is the destination as the world’s best Sprint Car drivers make the trip across the northern border for the first time since 2017. The two nights of midweek action culminate in a $20,000 finale.

Logan Schuchart claimed the most recent Series visit to Ohsweken. Nobody owns more checkered flags from the Canadian facility than Donny Schatz’s four. Ohsweken is also home to two of Tony Stewart’s three career World of Outlaws wins.

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Cornwall Motor Speedway | Cornwall Clash (May 18): The Canada trip isn’t over when Ohsweken wraps up. Before the tour heads back across the border, a Sunday visit to Long Sault, ON’s Cornwall Motor Speedway awaits. The World of Outlaws have made two previous stops at Cornwall, and this year’s will be the first since 2014.

Both previous nights at Cornwall belonged to Donny Schatz as he and Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing were victorious in 2012. They followed it up with another win two years later.

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Attica Raceway Park | Attica Sprint Car Showdown (May 23): An all Ohio Memorial Day weekend kicks off with a northern visit to Attica Raceway Park. It’s the first of two stops at the “Buckeye State” 1/3 mile as the Series returns in July for the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic.

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid claimed a thriller last May when he slid Carson Macedo in the final set of corners coming to the checkered flag. Then, in July, David Gravel made his way to Victory Lane at “The Doty.”

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Sharon Speedway | Sharon Sprint Car Showdown (May 24): The second stop of the weekend is northeast Ohio’s Sharon Speedway. Like Attica, it’s the opener for a pair of dates on the schedule as the World of Outlaws head back on Sept. 27 for the final Ohio stop of the year.

David Gravel got the win in May last year at Dave Blaney’s track before Mother Nature spoiled the fun in September. Sharon has seen nine different winners through 14 previous World of Outlaws Features.

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Atomic Speedway | Chillicothe Classic (May 26): The three-race Ohio stay wraps up in the state’s southern region at Atomic Speedway on Memorial Day. The high-banked Ohio oval has hosted a dozen previous World of Outlaws races.

David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild split Friday and Saturday Features at the Chillicothe, OH dirt track in 2024. There’ll be one shot at Atomic Victory Lane this time around. Donny Schatz has won a third of the races in Series history there with four Atomic trophies in his collection.

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River Cities Speedway | Gerdau presents the First Leg of the Northern Tour (May 30): It’s a long drive north once the Ohio weekend concludes as River Cities Speedway opens two nights in North Dakota. The bullring routinely produces some of the most exciting, wheel-to-wheel racing of the year for the World of Outlaws.

The Series has competed at the Grand Forks, ND oval 33 previous times, and Donny Schatz leads the “W” category by a wide margin with a dozen wins at the track in his home state. The two 2024 visits belonged to Giovanni Scelzi and Carson Macedo.

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Red River Valley Speedway | Ellingson presents the Rumble on the Red (May 31): The busy month closes out on the final day of May with a stop at West Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway. It’s been a regular stop of the tour since the Series debut in 1981, and Red River Valley’s 69 World of Outlaws races rank in a tie for the eighth most all-time.

To no surprise, Sprint Car legends Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell have had the most success there with “The King” claiming 16 checkered flags and Swindell’s tally at 14. Carson Macedo topped last August’s event to complete a North Dakota weekend sweep of both River Cities and Red River Valley.

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OCALA, FLA. (April 23, 2025) — Josh Hart has built his professional and motorsports career on overcoming obstacles with a positive attitude and a never give up mindset. His debut Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown national event driving the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger was a lesson in turning a negative into a positive. The first race of the season, the NHRA Gatornationals, was heavily impacted by weather and his team’s limited time preparing for the race was a perfect storm of frustration and missed opportunity. However, the business owner from Ocala, Florida, who teamed up with David H. Davis Racing (DHDR) to field the factory stock entry has already put that event behind him as he focuses on this weekend’s American Rebel Light Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway. “I don’t even look at the Gatornationals as a race honestly,” said Hart, who has competed in a variety of classes in the NHRA. “I am focusing on this weekend’s Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals as my real debut. This Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger never really got a good opportunity in Florida with the rain. I am really looking forward to this weekend.” Josh Hart and the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger are eager to take on Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte this weekend, photo credit Krista Zivcic Hart has owned the Dodge Challenger he will be campaigning this weekend since the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series was announced over five years ago. Over the offseason Hart and Davies, a veteran of the factory stock class, talked about how they could work together to get Hart behind the wheel in one of the most competitive door-slammer classes in the NHRA. The plan came together quickly after the first of the year and DHDR has contributed mightily to getting Hart’s operation ready. “We made huge strides just getting ready for Gainesville from me getting my license to getting the car set up,” said Hart. “We really needed every run to shake the car down and we got hammered by the weather. We knew what we needed to fix we just didn’t get the chance to get on the track. We will be ready for this weekend, and I have to thank everyone at DHDR for all their hard work.” Hart will be pulling double duty at the American Rebel Light Four-Wide Nationals competing in the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series as well as driving the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. For the entrepreneur from Florida the added runs only help him focus on the task at hand. “I love being busy at the racetrack,” said Hart. “We will be racing in two classes plus Burnyzz Speed Shop, our factory stock sponsor, will also have a display. All these racing programs work together, and we are also working on some exciting additional programs with David and DHDR for later in the season.” Hart and the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger will make qualifying runs Friday, April 25, at 2:00 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. with additional qualifying passes on Saturday, April 26, at 11:40 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. giving Hart one shot at each lane for competition. The category will contest one round of eliminations on Saturday night at 5:15 p.m. to close out the second day of racing action. The final two rounds of four-wide competition will be completed on Sunday, April 27. For information about tickets or schedule updates visit www.nhra.com.

After a weekend off for Easter, Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are headed to Talladega Superspeedway hoping to build on what they’ve accomplished in the nine points-paying Cup Series races so far this season. Entering Sunday’s Jack Link’s 500, Berry and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team have a win at Las Vegas and a fourth-place finish at Phoenix, have led 116 laps and qualified in the top five in a third of the races so far this year. They enter this weekend 17th in the overall points standings and own six Playoff points.Berry says racing at Talladega presents a unique set of hurdles for drivers and crews.“Speedway racing has its own style and challenges, but you see the same guys up front at these tracks for a reason,” Berry said. “They know how to position themselves and make the right moves. For us, it’s about continuing to build off the momentum we’ve had this year. The communication and chemistry within the No. 21 team has been strong, and that’s a big part of putting ourselves in a position to contend. You need a car that handles well – one that can push, be pushed, and execute the right strategy when it counts.”Per NASCAR rules for superspeedways like Talladega, there is no pre-race practice scheduled. Qualifying is set to start at 9:30 a.m. Central Time (10:30 Eastern Time) on Saturday with TV coverage on Amazon Prime. Sunday’s 188-lap, 500.8-mile race is scheduled to get the green flag just after 2 p.m. (3 p.m. Eastern) with TV coverage on FOX. Stage breaks are planned for Laps 60 and 120.

CONCORD, NC (April 23, 2025) – The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision will cover plenty of ground next month with a schedule stretching from southwest Wisconsin to Pennsylvania.

The May calendar includes seven nights of racing across four tracks, and plenty of massive paydays will be up for grabs along the way.

Here’s a look at what’s ahead:

Mississippi Thunder Speedway | Dairyland Showdown (May 1-3): The annual trip to the banks of the Mississippi River has quickly become one of the biggest events on the springtime agenda, and that will reign true even more this year.

The Saturday portion of the event will pay a record $75,000 to the winner in 2025, making it the second-largest top prize on the schedule behind the $100,000-to-win USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway in August.

The top three drivers in the 2025 standings – Bobby Pierce, Ryan Gustin and Nick Hoffman – are also the only three full-timers with a World of Outlaws win at Mississippi Thunder to their credit. Pierce took the checkers in 2022, while Gustin and Hoffman split the victories last season.

The Dairyland Showdown will be a home game for a pair of Outlaws in Dustin Sorensen and Jake Timm, who both grew up racing at Mississippi Thunder every Friday night. It’s also one of the closest tracks to Brent Larson’s Lake Elmo, MN home, and the site of his first podium finish with the World of Outlaws in 2021.

Both nights of the event will award points toward the Coltman Farms Racing Cup miniseries championship as well.

Raceway 7 | Great Lake Showdown (May 15): For the second-straight season, the World of Outlaws will head to Conneaut, OH for a Thursday night stop at Raceway 7.

The track has been a regular stop on Late Model schedules for decades, and the list of winners is a who’s who of legends from the region and beyond. Raceway 7’s Victory Lane has welcomed names like Chub Frank, Donnie Moran, Rick Eckert, and Series director Steve Francis, who won an Xtreme DIRTcar Series event in 2003.

More recently, Chris Madden led all 40 laps of the first World of Outlaws Feature at the track on his way to the win. Several current Outlaws are no stranger to Raceway 7 success, as Kyle Bronson and Tim McCreadie are both former Late Model winners at the track and neither has finished worse than fourth in three starts each.

Marion Center Raceway | Connor Bobik Memorial (May 16-17): After finishing up at Raceway 7, teams will make the 2.5-hour tow to Marion Center Raceway for the Connor Bobik Memorial.

Now in its fourth season on the World of Outlaws schedule, the race has expanded to a two-night show for the first time – both awarding points toward the Coltman Farms Racing Cup – and the amount of racing isn’t the only thing that has increased. Saturday’s finale will culminate with a $30,000-to-win Feature, double the mark from a year ago.

The Connor Bobik Memorial has been an annual tradition in western Pennsylvania since the inaugural running at Dog Hollow Speedway in 2011. Since then, the event has also been held at Hidden Valley Speedway and Thunder Mountain Speedway before making its way to Marion Center and appearing on the World of Outlaws calendar for the first time in 2022. Dennis Erb Jr. collected the first trophy from Marion Center on his way to the championship that year, while Gustin and Madden followed him up in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Bedford Speedway | Billy Winn Classic (May 18): The weekend closes with the first of two Sunday night events in 2025 at Bedford Speedway in southern Pennsylvania.

The track’s 5/8-mile size makes it one of the largest and fastest facilities in the sport. Tyler Bare established the track record in local competition in 2018 with an 18.490-second lap, carrying an average speed of more than 121 miles per hour.

The World of Outlaws made three trips to Bedford in the late 2000s, with Frank, Francis and Tim Fuller each picking up wins. The Series returned last summer following a 15-year hiatus, and Pierce crossed the line first for his second of six wins in a row last summer.

The rest of the field will be aiming to join Pierce as a World of Outlaws winner at Bedford, but several of them ran well at the track before. Max Blair is a former winner of the Keystone Cup – the marquee Late Model event held at the track every fall – while Hoffman wheeled a DIRTcar UMP Modified to Victory Lane in 2021.

If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap in May and all season long live on DIRTVision.

CONCORD, N.C. (April 23, 2025) — After a six-week break in the action following the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals in March, Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown competitors will be back in action this weekend at the American Rebel Light Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway outside of Charlotte, N. C. Drivers wheeling Ford Cobra Jets, Chevrolet COPO Camaros and Dodge Challenger Drag Paks will race four-wide in one of the most exciting drag racing events in the country. Returning to the state-of-the-art zMax Dragway, known as the “Bellagio of Drag Strips” reigning world champion Mark Pawuk will be looking to pick up his first four-wide victory. 

“I have raced in all the four-wide nationals going back to 2022,” said Pawuk. “The last two four-wide national events I made it to the final quad, but this year I am looking to get the win light. There is a lot going on at the starting line and you really have to keep your focus.”

Mark Pawuk is eager to get back in the winner’s circle, photo credit Auto Imagery/Gary Nastase

The first time the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series raced four-wide Bill Skillman won at zMax Dragway in 2022. The next year it was Lenny Lottig outrunning Factory Stock Showdown veterans Aaron Stanfield, Stephen Bell and Pawuk for the victory. Last year the four-wide national event was contested at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Ricky Hord winning his first Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown national event getting to the finish line first in front of David Janac, Scott Libersher and Pawuk.

This year’s edition will see Pawuk and Libersher, two championship contending teams battling a full field of Fords, Chevrolets and Dodges for the first official win of the season. The season-opening Gatornationals was postponed as the class was entering the semifinals. That race will be concluded in conjunction with the Gerber Collision & Glass Rt. 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago, May 15-18. Lee Hartman, Doug Hamp, Jason Dietsch and Lottig are still on the ladder looking to wrap up the Gatornationals title. Three of those four drivers will be in action this weekend.

“I am ready,” said Hartman. “I love racing at Charlotte. The track is amazing. We have been going over everything on the racecar like we always do. We have checked it bumper to bumper. We tested some last week. I can’t wait to get back in action. I wish we could have finished the Gatornationals in March, but you can’t control the weather. We’ll get after it at this four-wide race and then really get into the season.” 

 Lee Hartman is looking for his first Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown win, photo credit Auto Imagery

As the eighth season of NHRA Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown competition gets underway it continues to be a fan favorite with all three manufacturers battling for supremacy on the track. The class has wowed fans with some of the best competition between Chevrolet COPO Camaros, Ford Mustang Cobra Jets and Dodge Mopar Challenger Drag Paks. The three manufacturers will be front and center at NHRA national events across the country. 

This weekend the class will receive four qualifying runs allowing each team to get data from every lane used in competition. Friday, April 25 will feature qualifying runs at 2 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. and on Saturday teams will run at 11:40 a.m. and 2:45 p.m., with the first round of eliminations kicking off Saturday night at 5:15 p.m. Fans can catch all the action live from zMax Dragway or tune into the FS1 broadcast following the conclusion of the race on Sunday.

2025 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Schedule
April 25-27         NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Concord, N.C.
May 15-18         Gerber Collision & Repair Route 66 NHRA Nationals, Chicago, Ill.
            Conclusion of Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals
June 6-8        Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, Tenn.
June 26-29        Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Norwalk, Ohio
Aug. 27 – Sept. 1    Cornwell Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sept. 11-14        Reading NHRA Nationals, Reading, Pa.
Sept. 26-29        NHRA Midwest Nationals, St. Louis, Mo.

Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 23, 2025) – “Fast Jack” Beckman, who came out of retirement last season to drive John Force’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS to a second-place points finish behind teammate Austin Prock, relishes the fact that he and his team are partnered this week with HendrickCars.com at the 15th NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at ZMax Dragway.

“Rick Hendrick is a high-performance man in every sense,” Beckman said of the CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group and founder of Hendrick Motorsports. “Whatever he does, it’s 100% and it’s successful. Partnering with him at ZMax is a racer’s dream. 

“With Brittany’s dragster (and reigning NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson’s Chevy) also sporting HendrickCars.com this week, there is a very realistic possibility of giving ‘Mr. H’ a triple win,” said the two-time World Champion and 36-time Funny Car tour winner. “Our PEAK Squad is definitely up for the challenge!

“I’m looking forward to sharing some stories with him,” Beckman said of the man whose NASCAR team has won a record 315 Cup races and 14 championships. “He’s had drag boats and has been involved in drag racing for many years. This stuff is in his DNA. What you find out is, car people are car people. When you boil it down, we all are cut from the same cloth.”

Coming off a disappointing first round exit in the most recent event in the 20-race Mission Foods series, Beckman is hoping to recapture the form that made him a winner of the Charlotte 4-Wide in 2011 (a year after Force won the inaugural event featuring the non-traditional format) and 2015.

“We found our problem,” Beckman said of the glitch that led to his only first round loss in 12 races at JFR. “And I expect us to be right back into championship form this week.” 

Until it stumbled at Las Vegas, Beckman’s Chevy had been the most consistent on the circuit with a reputation for being equally adept at negotiating cool and hot racing surfaces at the direction of crew chiefs Daniel Hood, Chris Cunningham and Tim Fabrisi.

A three-time race winner for JFR and winner of the team’s 300th Funny Car race, Beckman first distinguished himself in sportsman racing where he won the 2003 World Championship in Super Comp.

On the heels of that success and after battling cancer to a standoff, the U.S. Air Force veteran got his first pro ride in a Dexter Tuttle Top Fuel dragster in 2005. A year later, he made his Funny Car debut with Don Schumacher Racing, winning 33 times from 2006 through 2020, when he lost the ride to a lack of sponsorship.

That sent him back to work as an elevator technician, the job he had left behind 22 years earlier. He never expected to take a second sabbatical, but things changed dramatically last June when Force was injured in a crash at Richmond, Va., and he was summoned to fill in.His performance, which included two wins in the Countdown, earned him a full-time shot this year at a second Funny Car championship to bookend the one he earned at DSR in 2012.

Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 23, 2025) – Rick Hendrick has had tremendous success going in circles, but the NASCAR team owner actually developed his love for motorsports in drag racing, a discipline to which he returns to this weekend as primary partner on the national record-holding Top Fuel dragster in which Brittany Force will try to win the 1,000th Top Fuel race in NHRA history.

“We’re really excited to be partnered with HendrickCars.com again and flying their colors this weekend (in the 15th running of the original NHRA 4-Wide Nationals),” Force said of a relationship that began three years ago. 

“Our team made history when we won the 900th NHRA Top Fuel race,” the two-time World Champion said of her 2019 win at Las Vegas, Nevada. “So winning this weekend and taking home the trophy from the 1000th race, especially at the Bellagio of dragstrips, ZMAX Dragway, would be a great milestone and a great highlight for the season.”

As for Hendrick, the chairman and CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group and founder of a NASCAR team that has won a record 315 Cup races and 14 championships, his interest in drag racing spans decades.

“I love drag racing,” he said. “It’s where I found a love for motorsports, going to the local dragstrip with my dad and competing in my ’31 Chevy. I’ve been a fan of John (Force) and his family for a long time, and it’s been a great collaboration. They’re terrific representatives for the HendrickCars.com brand.”

Indeed, the HendrickCars.com logo will be prominent on all three John Force Racing entries this weekend.  

The 2016 winner of the Charlotte 4-Wide, an event her dad won the first time it was contested in 2010, Brittany is seeking her first win of the current season, the 18th in a Monster of a professional career.

“This team is building momentum,” she said. “And we’ve done well in the past at four-wide events. Crew chiefs David Grubnic and John Collins and all my guys are looking to land this HendrickCars.com dragster in the winner’s circle on Sunday and make Mr. H proud.”

The only woman other than Shirley Muldowney to have won a championship in one of the NHRA’s fuel categories, Brittany will begin Friday’s qualifying ritual from the No. 5 position in the driver standings.

In addition to setting the current NHRA national records for both time and speed (3.623 seconds, 338.94 miles per hour), the 38-year-old Force is one of only a handful of drivers to have started as many as 50 NHRA tour events from the No. 1 qualifying position.

She’ll be seeking her 54th No. 1 start and second this season when qualifying begins with a pair of sessions on Friday.

Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 23, 2025) – Since sliding into the seat of the Cornwell Tools/HendrickCars.com Chevrolet SS for the first time at the start of the 2024 season, Austin Prock has been on a record-setting binge he hopes to sustain this week when he competes in the 15th renewal of the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at ZMax Dragway.

A victory two weeks ago at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his first of the new season but his ninth in his last 22 NHRA starts, made the 29-year-old the first to win four-across in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories. 

This week, he’ll try to further enhance his resume by becoming the first to win in both categories at the same four-wide event, an achievement made possible by his 2023 Top Fuel victory in the Charlotte 4-Wide in his final season at the wheel of a John Force Racing dragster. 

“Ready to get to Charlotte,” beamed the man who last year broke boss and mentor John Force’s 28-year-old single season record when he qualified his hot rod Chevy No. 1 at 15 of the 20 events in the NHRA’s Mission Foods Series.

“I love the area, and the track is one of the nicest we go to,” said the 2019 NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year.  “On top of that, it’s HendrickCars.com country. To get a win and have Mr. H (Charlotte businessman and NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick) out at the track would be extra special. 

“We’re looking forward to getting started, especially coming off a win two weekends ago,” said the man who last fall became the first to break 340 miles per hour (341.68 mph), a barrier once believed to be beyond reach.

The great grandson of Jim Prock, who raced in the Indianapolis 500, and grandson of Tom Prock, a standout Funny Car driver in the 1970s, the younger Prock tried his hand at oval racing while waiting for his opportunity in a drag racing discipline in which his dad, Jimmy, has excelled as a crew chief.  

At the age of 14, he made his first competitive appearance on an oval a memorable one when he won a heat race and the feature at the Indianapolis Speedrome in a midget prepared by his brother, Thomas. Two years later, he was Rookie of the Year in the STARS National Midget Series before graduating to a sprint car he and his brother raced out of Tony Stewart’s shop.

Nevertheless, drag racing with his dad and brother always was the goal, one ultimately realized with Force’s help and blessing.

“I’m so blessed to have John Force in my corner,” Prock said. “He loves the sport and has built a dynasty off of family racing and he gets to watch that happen with my family, too, under the same roof.

“He’s given us an outstanding facility to race out of (in Brownsburg, Ind.),” said the 13-time NHRA tour winner. “He just wants to see win lights and have fun. He knows the love I have for this sport and the love I have for Funny Cars and I’m glad to have him in my corner.”

(Aidan RoosEvans (26), Dalton Gauthier (79), Evan Renshaw (65), Tarren Santero (75), Ryan Wells (94), Ethan Kitchen (105) in Senoia; Photo: American Flat Track/Tim Lester) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 23, 2025) – The hierarchy of power in AFT Singles presented by KICKER competition finds itself very much in flux as the 2025 Progressive American Flat Track season, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, picks back up with the Memphis Shades Ventura Short Track presented by Law Tigers on Saturday, April 26, at Ventura Raceway in Ventura, California.   The Chase is On  The class’ new reality was effectively delayed until Round 3, as the Daytona double opener served as an extended, glorified victory lap for reigning triple champion Kody Kopp (No. 1 Bob Lanphere/KTM/Fastrack Racing KTM 450 SX-F), who took both wins in a one-off appearance before switching his focus to pavement.  With Kopp not in attendance in Senoia, this year’s fight began in earnest with Chase Saathoff (No. 88 RWR/Parts Plus Honda CRF450R) claiming a stirring victory from Row 3.   The win saw Saathoff become just the fifth rider in class history to complete the AFT Singles Grand Slam, now boasting one win apiece in the Mile, Half-Mile, TT, and Short Track disciplines after repeated near-misses in his attempt to earn a first-career victory.  Despite Saathoff’s heroics, the points lead belongs to archrival Tom Drane (No. 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F), who continues to rack up podiums at a record pace. Drane’s runner-up finish in Georgia was his ninth consecutive top three, the most strung together in the history of the category.  Still, a pair of seconds and a third is probably not exactly how the Australian envisioned his ‘25 getting underway. He’ll be plenty motivated to back up his win at Ventura Raceway one year ago with another this weekend.  Room for More  Last season, Kopp, Drane, and Saathoff accounted for every single victory and the vast majority of podium finishes.   With Kopp not defending his #1 plate, there was reason to believe this year could wind up a two-rider show at the front – and there’s still reason to believe that. However, there’s also more than a glimmer of hope for those wanting to see a bit more unpredictability in the quest for both race wins and championship honors.  Lurking there next in line in the early-season points standings is Trevor Brunner (No. 21 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R), who ranks among the most decorated riders in class history. He’s still finding his way to top 450cc form following a 2024 campaign spent earning the Mission AFT SuperTwins Rookie of the Year award, but there is no doubt he can go bar to bar with any rider in AFT Singles competition when fully up to speed.  There’s also the strong possibility that some newer faces fight their way to the top of the box. That chance was made all the more real when second-year ace Evan Renshaw (No. 65 1st Impressions Race Team Husqvarna FC450) earned his first-career class podium at Senoia.  There’s also Bradon Pfanders (No. 83 Hannum’s HD/Pfanders Racing KTM 450 SX-F), who looks every bit the part of a race winner and title contender should his luck finally turn around and allow him to show what he’s capable of on a more consistent basis.  California Crew  AFT Singles’ strong second group is California heavy, and back-to-back races in the Golden State will no doubt see them do everything in their power to join the first group.  Tyler Raggio (No. 55 Raggio/Sluggo/Unsettled Racing KTM 450 SX-F) leads that pack in the points. After claiming a career best finish of fourth last season, Raggio will look to score his first-ever Progressive AFT podium in front of his home state fans.  Tarren Santero (No. 75 Mission Roof Systems Honda CRF450R) broke through with a runner-up ride in last year’s Sturgis TT. The next step for him is to move up one more rung on the podium.  Meanwhile, the ‘Cali Kid’ himself, Chad Cose (No. 49 1st Impressions Race Team Husqvarna FC450) boasts the most recent podium and most recent win among Californians in the class. Cose is a threat to add to his trophy collection in any given start.  View to a Thrill… and More  Incredible racing and spectacular beachside viewing won’t be the only attractions for fans, who can also expect a multitude of vendors, big screen viewing, designated motorcycle parking, and a variety of food and beverage options.   Reserve Your Seats Today  General Admission tickets are just $50 (kids 12 and under free) all taxes and fees included. Reserved Grandstand and Premium Reserved Grandstand tickets are only $15 and $25 more (all ages), respectively. With a student ID as proof, students can purchase a General Admission ticket for just $30 at the door on the day of the event. And new for 2025, every level of ticket automatically includes paddock access.  Also available for purchase is the Opening Ceremonies Trackside Fan Experience ($105), which includes reserved seating, a guided tour of the infield podium and start/finish line, photo ops included, and up-close viewing of Opening Ceremonies and a portion of the night’s race action.  Visit https://www.tixr.com/groups/americanflattrack/events/ventura-short-track-121465 to reserve your seats today.  Gates will open for fans at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT with Opening Ceremonies scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.  How to Watch  FloRacing  For those that can’t catch the live action from the circuit, FloRacing is the live streaming home of Progressive AFT. Motorsports fans can subscribe to FloRacing to enjoy over 1,000 live motorsports events in 2025. FloSports is available by visiting https://flosports.link/aft or by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Chromecast.  FS1  FOX Sports coverage of the Memphis Shades Ventura Short Track presented by Law Tigers, featuring in-depth features and thrilling onboard cameras, will premiere on FS1 on Sunday, May 4, at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT).  For more information on Progressive AFT visit https://www.americanflattrack.com.

Press Information POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (April 23, 2025) – After missing the most recent race on the Trans Am by Pirelli schedule, three-time series champion Chris Dyson plans to be back behind the wheel of his #16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang for this weekend’s 100-mile sprint race at California’s Sonoma Raceway. Lingering effect of a hard crash in the season-opener at Sebring (caused by the loss of a front wheel) forced Dyson to withdraw from the following race at Road Atlanta. “Fortunately Matty Brabham was available when it became clear that I wasn’t yet sufficiently fit to give the 100% effort that the team deserves,” Dyson said. Brabham qualified second in Atlanta and won the 100-mile sprint race. “I’m grateful to Matty; he’s always there when we need him. And the team scored maximum points for the season championship, which is our target now.” The four-week break between the Road Atlanta race and this weekend’s at Sonoma has given Dyson the opportunity to recover from his injuries and to regain as much of his fitness as possible. “It was touch and go for me up until the last ten days, and that’s when my body started to feel somewhat healed. And then last week we were able to squeeze in a 30-minute session at the end of a club day at Lime Rock, and that run is what convinced me that racing at Sonoma was feasible,” Dyson said. “It was great to be back in the car and my body felt surprisingly good despite not a lot of conditioning. Like Sonoma, Lime Rock is physically demanding. So while I would have liked to run for a solid hour, I’m confident I’ll be good to go.” Success at Sonoma Over the Years Many Dyson-entered events at Sonoma have yielded excellent results. The team has competed at the famed Wine Country-adjacent circuit since the mid-1980s, and Dyson entries claimed memorable overall race victories in IMSA GTP, IMSA World Sports Car and American Le Mans Series events. More recently, Chris Dyson won the 2021 and 2022 Trans Am races.  When asked about contributing factors for the team’s multiple triumphs, Chris Dyson was effusive in his praise for the circuit and the demands it places on drivers and teams.  “Sonoma, with its variety of speeds and elevation changes, puts a big emphasis on chassis setup and tire management.  Fortunately our ‘truck setup’ tends to hit the track and deliver strong performance at Sonoma. Behind the wheel, the place has all the elements a driver wants in terms of challenges. There are massively fast corner entries and despite having few straight areas, the circuit has an excellent flow to it. It’s been a team favorite for all of these reasons. I’m so glad I’m going to make this one.” For more on Chris Dyson Racing.Sonoma Schedule Qualifying takes place Saturday, April 26, 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM PT (6:20 PM – 6:35 PM ET) The 100-mile race takes the green flag Sunday, March 27, at 10:35 AM PT (1:35 PM ET) Broadcast Schedule The race will be live-streamed on both SpeedTour.TV and the SpeedTour TV YouTube channel.

CRANDALL, TX (April 22, 2025) — The American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) National Tour makes its first and only trip to Texas this season for a two-night program at RPM Speedway this Friday–Saturday, April 25–26.

Two $4,000-to-win programs await the stars of the national 360 Sprint Car series this weekend, racing alongside the local Factory Stock, Limited Modified and USRA Modified classes.

This weekend will mark the third and fourth visits in National Tour history to the 1/4-mile dirt track. Last October, the Tour made its debut in a two-night program, which saw Seth Bergman win on Friday and Sam Hafertepe Jr. win Saturday’s main event.

Tickets for this weekend’s events will be sold at the track on race day. If you can’t be there, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow:

HOME GAME — Sam Hafertepe Jr. begins his quest for ASCS National Tour Feature win No. 80 this weekend at a track 20 miles away from his home in Sunnyvale, TX.

The five-time Tour champion scored his 79th career Tour victory two weeks ago in Salina to tie the late Jason Johnson for second-most all-time. An 80th win would put him in sole control of No. 2 on the all-time list, trailing only four-time Tour champion Gary Wright, who amassed 128 Feature wins with the National Tour in his 20-plus-year career competing in ASCS-sanctioned events.

Opened in 2009, RPM Speedway has become Hafertepe’s closest race place, following the shuttering of Devil’s Bowl Speedway after the 2023 season. In five recorded starts at RPM, Hafertepe has posted three podium finishes, including two wins in ASCS competition, topping a Gulf South Region race in 2018 and winning on the second of a two-night event with the National Tour last October. The night before, Hafertepe led the opening 12 laps of the main event when a fire erupted underneath the hood of the Hill’s Racing No. 15H, retiring him for the remainder of the event.

SOLID START — Three races into Seth Bergman’s 2025 campaign and he’s already tallied three podium finishes.

The 37-year-old defending champion of the ASCS National Tour started his season in late March, posting back-to-back runner-up finishes in ASCS Sooner Region events at Creek County Speedway and Enid Speedway. He followed that with a third-straight second-place finish at the National Tour event in Salina two weekends ago behind only Hafertepe — his closest competition on the Tour throughout 2024 and another threat for the season points championship again this year.

Historically, Bergman has three known starts in a 360 Sprint Car at RPM, first posting a ninth-place run with the Gulf South Region in 2017. He returned to the track last October with the National Tour and won the opening round of the two-night event before mounting a 15th-to-seventh charge in the main event on Saturday.

SO CLOSE — Last October, Blake Hahn remained the car to beat throughout Saturday night’s main event at RPM but came up one spot short of victory. This weekend, he’s coming back to avenge what he lost.

Hahn, the two-time Tour champion from Sapulpa, OK, led the first 26 laps of that Feature before Hafertepe caught and passed him for the lead after a restart in the closing circuits. This remains his best finish in four main event starts at the track, also collecting a runner-up finish and zero finishes outside the top-10.

Hahn has also been strong recently, winning once with the ASCS Sooner Region in March and posting a fourth-place run with the National Tour at Salina.

LOOKING UP — After a fifth-place finish at Salina two weeks ago, Matt Covington is poised for another positive result this weekend at RPM where he’s had success.

The 34-year-old from Glenpool, OK, ran fourth on Friday and fifth on Saturday at last year’s doubleheader at RPM. Of his four recorded starts there, he’s never finished outside the top-10.

This weekend, he’s going for his second win of the season — following a United Sprint Car Series main event win at Hattiesburg Speedway in March — but his first with the National Tour since August of 2023.

BACK IN THE SADDLE — After a rough weekend at Salina for Brogan Carder and Carson Bolden, the two teenage racers are set to get back in the seat with ASCS this weekend at RPM.

Carder, the 14-year-old Rookie of the Year contender from Sioux Falls, SD, was forced to retire from the event early after a fire in the cockpit of his car erupted at the end of his Hot Laps session. According to a post from the team’s Facebook page, Carder suffered “second-degree burns on his pinky and ring finger and a small area on his knee” in the incident but has since recovered and is set to return to competition.

Later in the program, Bolden — a fellow 14-year-old racer from Quinlan, TX — was involved in a hard crash on the backstretch during the Last Chance Showdown, making contact with the outside wall and rolling over multiple times before coming to a stop at the edge of the infield. He and his team have since made repairs and have made their plans known to race again this weekend.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

WHEN AND WHERE 

Friday–Saturday, April 25–26 at RPM Speedway in Crandall, TX

TRACK FACTS

• 1/4-mile, semi-banked oval

• Track Record — 12.766 seconds set by Seth Bergman on October 25, 2024

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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (4/41 Races)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (150pts)
2. Justin Peck (150pts)
3. Brian Brown 142pts (–8)
4. Seth Bergman 142pts (–8)
5. Cole Macedo 135pts (–15)
6. Sean McClelland 135pts (–15)
7. Blake Hahn 130pts (–20)
8. Emerson Axsom 130pts (–20)
9. Matt Covington 125pts (–25)
10. Austin McCarl 125pts (–25)

FEATURE WINNERS (2 Drivers):

1. Justin Peck (3 wins)
2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1 win)

FEATURE LAPS LED (3 Drivers)

1. Justin Peck (65 laps)
2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (25 laps)
3. Brian Brown (15 laps)

QUICK TIME AWARDS (3 Drivers)

1. Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Kyler Johnson (1 award)

HEAT RACE WINNERS (13 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4 wins)
2. Justin Peck (3 wins)
3. Scotty Thiel (2 wins)
4. Matt Covington, Hank Davis, Blake Hahn, Chris Martin, Cole Macedo, Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Seth Bergman, Sean McClelland, Caleb Saiz (1 win)

DASH APPEARANCES (21 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4 appearances)
2. Justin Peck (3 appearances)
3. Blake Hahn, Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Thiel, Danny Dietrich, Cole Macedo, Brady Bacon, Daison Pursley (2 appearances)
4. Hank Davis, Jordan Thomas, Matt Covington, Scotty Thiel, Chris Martin, Brian Brown, Seth Bergman, Whit Gastineau, Sean McClelland, Caleb Saiz, Chance Morton (1 appearance)

SMITH TITANIUM LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (4 Drivers)

1. Blake Hahn, Emerson Axsom, Tyler Clem, Kyle Clark (1 win)

HARD CHARGER AWARDS (4 Drivers)

1. Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Blake Hahn, Landon Britt (1 award)

PODIUM FINISHES (8 Drivers)

1. Justin Peck (3 podiums)
2. Brian Brown, Sam Hafertepe Jr (2 podiums)
3. Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo, Austin McCarl, Seth Bergman, Sean McClelland (1 podium)

2025 SCHEDULE + WINNERS

Race Number. Day, Date / Track / City, State / Winner (Total Wins)

1. Thu, Jan. 30 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (1)
2. Fri, Jan. 31 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (2)
3. Sat, Feb. 1 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (3)
4. Sat, April 12 / Salina Highbanks Speedway / Salina, OK / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1)

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PHOTO CREDIT: Emily Schwanke

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Inside Line Promotions – MERCED, Calif. (April 22, 2025) – Dominic Scelzi captured his first feature triumph of the season last Saturday during a Sprint Car Challenge Tour event at Merced Speedway.

The win marked the 11 ^th straight season with at least one winged sprint car victory for the Scelzi Motorsports driver.

“Last year we struggled the first three quarters of the season and then got a lot better late in the year,” he said. “Whenever you have a down season like we did last year you’re more anxious to start the next year on the right foot. To get the win with a big group of cars, it was a huge relief off my shoulders.”

Scelzi qualified fifth quickest in his group to open the program, which featured more than 40 drivers.

“The track was really slick in qualifying and slowed down pretty aggressively,” he said. “I think I was the 20 ^th car out of 22 in our group to go out. Everyone was running around the top. Jimmy (Carr) and I talked about trying the first lap around the top and the second lap on the bottom. On the first lap I felt as good as I could have. On the second lap we cut like three tenths off our time. I think that was the defining point of the night.”

Scelzi won a heat race to advance into the dash. A runner-up result in the dash started him on the outside of the front row in the main event.

“We didn’t win the start, but I did a big diamond move in turns one and two and was able to get by the leader down the back straightaway,” he said. “I led about the first 15 laps. He got by me and we had a restart soon after that. I was able to get back by with a slider a lap after the restart. There were a lot of sketchy moments in traffic, but they really nailed the track surface in the main event and you could race all over the race track. It was really fun and I was thankful we could knock off our first win of the year.”

The victory was his 10 ^th career Sprint Car Challenge Tour win.

Scelzi plans on doing double duty by racing with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series and Kings of Thunder this Saturday at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif.

“I feel very confident going back there,” he said. “I think we have a great package racing at Tulare. I’m hoping we can get our first NARC win of the season.”

QUICK RESULTS –

April 19 – Merced Speedway in Merced, Calif. – Qualifying: 5; Heat race: 1 (2); Dash: 2 (2); Feature: 1 (2).

SEASON STATS –

8 races, 1 win, 3 top fives, 6 top 10s, 8 top 15s, 8 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif., with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series and Kings of Thunder

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OCALA, FLA. (April 22, 2025) — The Four-Wide Nationals format has been a tricky transition for several teams since it was introduced at zMax Dragway over a decade ago. For Josh Hart, driver and owner of the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster team, the move from racing one competitor to three opponents at one time has been a positive work in progress. He has raced to the final quad a number of times but has yet to turn on three win lights. This weekend Hart will be looking for his first four-wide win and second win at zMax Dragway when the American Rebel Light Four-Wide Nationals gets underway with two qualifying sessions on Friday, April 25. 

“We have had success at zMax Dragway and our R+L Carriers team is moving in the right direction,” said Hart, a multi-time Top Fuel national event winner. “Las Vegas was a hot track and we have seen every kind of track conditions this season. I talked to my crew chiefs after the race and we feel like we have a tune up that can be competitive this weekend. I am looking forward to getting back out there.”

Josh Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team are ready for three win lights at zMax Dragway this weekend.

Two weeks ago Hart advanced out of the first quad and then smoked the tires in the second quad. By racing to the quarterfinals he will once again compete in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday during the third and fourth qualifying session. He will match up once again with Shawn Reed, Antron Brown and Clay Millican who is replacing Jasmine Salinas. 

“The Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge is a lot of fun and great way to start getting focused for race day,” said Hart. “Getting another shot at the drivers from Las Vegas with an extra payout and championship points is an added bonus.”

Hart’s record at zMax Dragway in the four-wide competition is impressive. In three of his previous four appearances, he has raced to the final quad. He has also started from the top half of the field in his first three appearances at the American Rebel Light Four-Wide Nationals. Getting off to a strong start in qualifying has been a focus of the R+L Carriers team as they start the 2025 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

“We want to come off the trailer on Friday with a good plan for qualifying and then run some low numbers,” said Hart. “(Crew chiefs) Ron (Douglas), Jason (McCulloch) and Joe (Barlam) have been working really well together. We have seen positive results at every race so far and we just need to keep working hard and we will see positive results.”

While Hart will be busy on the track, Burnyzz Speed Shop, his primary business, will have a display in the manufacturers midway for fans to get up close to some classic cars. Hart will also be spending time in the display talking with fans who are car collectors or might be interested in having their classic cars or trucks rebuilt or modernized by the Burnyzz Speed Shop team of experts. Hart recently announced plans to expand Burnyzz nationally building on the wild popularity and unparalleled customer service he offers at his Ocala, Florida headquarters. 

“I am always excited to talk about Burnyzz Speed Shop,” said Hart, who built the company with his wife Brittanie. “Our business has grown every year and we have a great team in Ocala. I want to expand so more people can get the full Burnyzz Speed Shop customer experience. I’ll be over in the booth throughout the weekend.”

Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team will have two qualifying runs on Friday, April 25 and then two more qualifying runs on April 26 at zMAX Dragway. The 16 quickest Top Fuel dragster after four rounds of qualifying will advance to race day on Sunday, April 27 at 12 p.m. ET with the finals live on FS1. For tickets or more information on the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals visit nhra.com. 

First up is a trip to the “Land of Lincoln” before the only Indiana visit of 2025

JACKSONVILLE, IL (April 22, 2025) – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are ready to go from a famed 1/2 mile to two of the country’s top 1/4-mile dirt tracks.

After a night at the historic Knoxville Raceway, a pair of bullrings are on the agenda as Illinois’ Jacksonville Speedway and Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway await The Greatest Show on Dirt this weekend – April 25-26.

There’s a reason many fans circled this weekend when the 2025 schedule came out. Both tracks are tight. Both tracks create some of the closest wheel-to-wheel racing you’ll see all year. Both tracks never fail to put on a show.

A year ago, the World of Outlaws made their fifth-ever visit to Jacksonville, and the result was a green-to-checkered banger with action everywhere you looked. There’s no reason to think Friday’s Hy-Vee Perks 40 won’t serve up more of the same. Tri-State Speedway has welcomed the country’s best drivers on 44 occasions, the most of any track in the “Hoosier State.” The unique, paperclip-shaped oval presents drivers with a challenge unlike any other and has entertained fans for decades.

Clear your calendars. If you like Sprint Cars, this is a weekend you don’t want to miss.

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

CUE THE JAWS MUSIC: After a tough 2024, Logan Schuchart and Shark Racing started this year strong in Florida, but the question was, is it sustainable? Through nearly a quarter of the campaign, they’ve answered that with a definitive yes.

The Hanover, PA native carries a three-race podium streak into this weekend. Schuchart earned three top threes during the entire 2024 season, and he’s already more than doubled that this year. He’s only finished worse than eighth once, and that was when an empty tail tank left him with a 17th-place finish during Bike Week at Volusia. It’s taken no time for the veteran and new crew chief Kyle Pruitt to click, and after their third-place result at Knoxville, Schuchart took over second in points and trails David Gravel by 68 markers.

Schuchart’s history at both tracks ahead isn’t filled with the best results, a trend he’ll have to end to continue cutting into Gravel’s advantage. His best finish through five tries at Jacksonville is eighth. Over at Tri-State, he owns four top 10s in a dozen attempts, but on the bright side, a trio are top fives and have come in the last five races at the quarter mile.

DOUBLING UP: There are only two current World of Outlaws competitors that have won at both Jacksonville and Tri-State Speedway, and to no surprise it’s a pair of the best.

David Gravel is one of the two. The defending champion and current point leader topped last year’s Jacksonville thriller by outdueling Kyle Larson. His Haubstadt résumé is home to a pair of victories (2016 & 2018), both with CJB Motorsports. The Watertown, CT native is yet to win one at Tri-State with his current Big Game Motorsports crew, but Tod Quiring’s team has been victorious three times at “The Class Track” ­– twice with Craig Dollansky and once with Sammy Swindell.

Carson Macedo is the other who has been to both Victory Lanes. A 2019 triumph at Jacksonville was his fifth career World of Outlaws win. The Lemoore, CA native won at Tri-State in 2020 and followed that up with victories the next two years to become the first with three straight. Macedo is in search of a rebound weekend after suffering his first DNF of 2025 at Knoxville.

A win for either Gravel or Macedo on Friday would make them the first to a pair of triumphs at Jacksonville in World of Outlaws competition.

HAUD’S HEARTBREAK: Both tracks ahead have dealt Sheldon Haudenschild their share of heartbreak in the past, but the stats say his luck could turn around.

He debuted at the track in 2016 and was running well within the top 10 before an early spin dropped him to a 17th-place result. Three years later, he started on the pole and led laps before spinning with six to go while battling for the win. Then, in 2021, Haudenschild had the lead with eight laps to go before a flat tire ended his hopes. Tri-State has dealt devastation to Haudenschild as he’s led laps in four different Features, but various factors have kept him from Victory Lane. He’s finished runner-up on three occasions.

The big question this weekend is, can he break through at either 1/4 mile. It’s clear he knows his way around both Jacksonville and Tri-State. He and the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall team have been solid with seven top fives this season, and they’re hungry for a win.

HAUBSTADT HISTORY: It took 43 World of Outlaws races at Tri-State Speedway for someone to win three straight at the Indiana oval, and now, just two races later, the opportunity is there again.

As mentioned above, Carson Macedo has claimed a trio of wins at Haubstadt (2020 – 2022) until Broken Arrow, OK’s Brady Bacon ended that streak in 2023 with his first career World of Outlaws triumph. A year later, he conquered Tri-State Speedway again, and now he has the chance to join Macedo as the only other competitor to top three in a row.

Bacon has also topped the USAC National Sprint Cars at Tri-State twice, and he claimed the Hut Hundred with the USAC Midgets when the track hosted it in 2012. The “Macho Man’s” best finish in a winged 410 Sprint Car this year is fifth.

NON-WING KNOWLEDGE: With Tri-State Speedway being a frequent stop for the USAC National Sprint Cars over the years, along with hosting various other wingless races annually, the non-wingers tend to excel at the paperclip. A couple of full-timers with The Greatest Show on Dirt aim to continue the trend.

Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year leader Chris Windom experienced a lot of success without the wings before transitioning to winged cars in the last few years. The Canton, IL native topped a USAC race at Haubstadt in 2017, and he’s been in the top five a total of eight times in wingless action.

Fellow rookie contender Hunter Schuerenberg owns a trio of Tri-State non-wing wins, and he’s also been victorious with the wing, beating MOWA in 2016. “Hunter Percent” finished runner-up with the World of Outlaws at Haubstadt in 2018, his best Series finish to date.

In addition to those two, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid hasn’t raced at Tri-State in a non-wing Sprint Car, but he’s been there several times without the wing in the form of a Midget. He’s been a runner-up three times in USAC National Midget competition. Last year, he podiumed with Roth Motorsports in his second Sprint Car start at Haubstadt.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

WHEN AND WHERE 
Friday, April 25 at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, IL
Saturday, April 26 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN

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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (16/85 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (2264 PTS)
2. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-68 PTS)
3. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-100 PTS)
4. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-140 PTS)
5. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-198 PTS)
6. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-234 PTS)
7. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-238 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B2 Motorsports No. 17B (-284 PTS)
9. Chris Windom – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-372 PTS)
10. Garet Williamson – Fischer Motorsports No. 23 (-374 PTS)

NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (9 Drivers): 
5 Wins – David Gravel
2 Wins – Kyle Larson, Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
1 Win – Christopher Bell, Bill Balog, Giovanni Scelzi, Logan Schuchart, Rico Abreu

FEATURE LAPS LED (13 Drivers):
126 Laps – David Gravel
66 Laps – Logan Schuchart
65 Laps – Michael Kofoid
51 Laps – Kyle Larson
39 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi, Carson Macedo
19 Laps – Bill Balog
17 Laps – Emerson Axsom, Rico Abreu
16 Laps – Cole Macedo
9 Laps – Sam Hafertepe Jr.
8 Laps – Christopher Bell, Aaron Reutzel

SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (9 Drivers):
8 Quick Times – David Gravel
1 Quick Time – Emerson Axsom, Kyle Larson, Danny Sams III, Logan Schuchart, Anthony Macri, Carson Macedo, Aaron Reutzel, Rico Abreu

HEAT RACE WINNERS (24 Drivers): 
9 Heat Wins – David Gravel
8 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
5 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart
4 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Heat Wins – Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson 
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Jacob Allen, Michael Kofoid, Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom
1 Heat Win – Hunter Schuerenberg, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson, Bryce Lucius, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Conner Morrell, Donny Schatz, Danny Dietrich, Aaron Reutzel, Tanner Thorson, Rico Abreu, Giovanni Scelzi

TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (34 Drivers):
14 Dashes – David Gravel, Logan Schuchart
11 Dashes – Carson Macedo
7 Dashes – Bill Balog
6 Dashes – Michael Kofoid, Sheldon Haudenschild, Emerson Axsom, Giovanni Scelzi
5 Dashes – Brian Brown
3 Dashes – Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Garet Williamson, Cole Macedo, Aaron Reutzel
2 Dashes – Danny Sams III, Jacob Allen, Anthony Macri, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Donny Schatz, Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Brad Sweet, Ryan Timms, Parker Price-Miller, Hunter Schuerenberg, Spencer Bayston, Conner Morrell, Bryce Lucius, Christopher Thram, Danny Dietrich, Tanner Thorson, Carson McCarl

MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (11 Drivers):
2 LCS Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Donny Schatz, Christopher Thram, Ryan Timms, Garet Williamson
1 LCS Win – Chris Martin, Anthony Macri, Bryce Lucius, Conner Morrell, Blake Hahn, J.J. Hickle

KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (11 Drivers):
3 Hard Chargers – Ryan Timms
2 Hard Chargers – Chris Windom, Skylar Gee, Garet Williamson
1 Hard Charger – Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart, Cole Macedo, Zach Hampton, Bill Balog, Hunter Schuerenberg, Michael Kofoid

PODIUM FINISHES (15 Drivers):
11 Podiums – David Gravel
7 Podiums – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart
5 Podiums – Kyle Larson
4 Podiums – Michael Kofoid
3 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
2 Podiums – Christopher Bell, Sam Hafertepe Jr.
1 Podium – Aaron Reutzel, Jacob Allen, Bill Balog, Sheldon Haudenschild, Emerson Axsom, Donny Schatz, Rico Abreu

TOP 10 FINISHES (34 Drivers): 
16 Top 10s – David Gravel
15 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart
14 Top 10s – Carson Macedo
11 Top 10s – Michael Kofoid
10 Top 10s – Donny Schatz, Giovanni Scelzi
9 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild
8 Top 10s – Bill Balog
5 Top 10s – Chris Windom, Emerson Axsom, Kyle Larson
4 Top 10s – Cole Macedo, Hunter Schuerenberg, Aaron Reutzel, Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney
3 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Justin Peck, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson 
2 Top 10s – Christopher Bell, Jacob Allen, Spencer Bayston, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Rico Abreu
1 Top 10 – Danny Sams III, Parker Price-Miller, Skylar Gee, Zach Hampton, Conner Morrell, Tanner Thorson, Kerry Madsen, Brian Brown

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)

For the complete 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.