Race Wrap | TorqStorm Superchargers NMRA/NMCA Power Festival

Posted By: Mary Lendzion Jul 21, 2024

Written by Mary Lendzion

The TorqStorm Superchargers NMRA/NMCA Power Festival presented by Nitto Tire & Saturday Thrill Festival promised all-out racing, action, and activities as far as the eye could see, and by all accounts, it delivered.

The event held July 19-21, 2024 at US 131 Motorsports Park in Michigan, saw racers with gumption as well as grace under pressuregiving it their all to arrive in the winner’s circle. They have proven, time after time, that they will put in the work that it takes to push to the winner’s circle despite the caliber of competition, and that is inspiring.

It is also appreciated by all of the fans who come to the events, including this one in the Great Lakes State, which also spotlighted Jurassic Attack Monster Truck car crushes, FMX Freestyle Motocross stunt shows, Tom Bailey’s Drag & Drive Invitational, TV personality Clarence Barnes and the Win Free Stuff NMRA/NMCA Fan Experience, UPR Products Car Show and a manufacturers’ midway.

While we are recapping the fifth event on the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals tour, a separate race wrap covers this fourth event on the Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals tour.

Racers in NMRA VP Racing Lubricants Renegade and NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street shared the stage and showed exactly what they are made of. Each of the 33 was capable of earning the win among the exceptional competition, and among them were Camren Massengale and Joel Greathouse. After five hard-fought rounds, they met in the sixth and final round of eliminations, where Massengale won when Greathouse ran into trouble and coasted down-track.

Race Wrap | TorqStorm Superchargers NMRA/NMCA Power Festival Presented by Nitto Tire and Thrill Festival

Posted By: Ainsley Jacobs Jul 21, 2024

With picture-perfect weather and three days of fantastic racing, the TorqStorm Superchargers NMRA/NMCA Power Festival Presented by Nitto Tire and Thrill Festival ran at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, on July 19-21, 2024, as the fourth stop of the Red Line Synthetic Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals tour.   Qualifying began on Friday and many racers were able to achieve new personal bests. The action continued on Saturday and the standings were shaken up in many classes; when eliminations began that evening, every racer on the property had their hopes hung on staying in the game until Sunday.   Bolstering Saturday’s sun and fun on Saturday was the special Thrill Festival which included two epic Jurassic Attack Monster Truck Car Crushes, four FMX Freestyle Motocross Stunt Shows, the NMRA/NMCA Fan Experience where attendees won free swag with TV Personality & DJ Clarence Barnes, and more. Additionally, the UPR Products Car Show and the massive Manufacturer’s Midway gave attendees even more to enjoy. And, on Sunday, the race was successfully concluded with some seriously sensational side-by-side drag racing and specialty shootouts.

July 22, 2024

After a promising start to Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Draiver team were collected in a multi-car crash on a Lap 74 restart and left with a 36th-place finish.

Burton and the Draiver Mustang Dark Horse took the green flag from 16th place and ran in the top 15 throughout the first 50-lap Stage, ending that segment in 15th place.

The Draiver crew added two fresh tires and fuel to the No. 21 Mustang during the caution flag at the end of the Stage and returned to the track, again running among the top 15.

Another stop under caution at Lap 69 saw the team employ the same pit strategy, but just after the race restarted Burton was one of three drivers who saw their race come to an end due to contact on the backstretch.

Burton was able to drive the Draiver Mustang Dark Horse back around the track, but the damage to the front suspension was too much to continue.

The Cup Series now takes a two-week break during the Olympics and will return to action on Aug. 11 with the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway.
 

(7/22/24 – Ben Deatherage) Santa Maria, CA … The fire-breathing mudslinging 900+ horsepower machines of the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series are ready for lift off at the Santa Maria Speedway on Saturday, July 27th. It marks the first time since July 24th, 2021, that the series had journeyed to the scenic and beautiful Coastal Californian one-third-mile clay oval.”It’s a dream come true to have a chance to race with NARC at Santa Maria,” stated Templeton driver Kaleb Montgomery on his chance to run his first NARC race at Santa Maria. “I love Santa Maria, and it feels surreal to get the opportunity to be one of the guys that the kids today get to watch and cheer for. It’s kind of like defending my home, so I will do whatever it takes to win that race because you got to defend home when the big dogs come.”The companion division for the evening will be the BCRA Lightning Sprints, So Cal Dwarf Cars, and Hobby Stocks.Who To WatchJustin Sanders, on the basis of his victory at the Howard Kaeding Classic on July 13th, sits atop the points table of the NARC 410 Sprint Series in his quest for his first career series title. The Aromas racer has never started a race at Santa Maria, but his incredible trait of quick adaptability will undoubtedly come to good use. The pilot of the Mittry Motorsports #2X has a slim three-point lead but has won five times, including the most recently completed series event.Cole Macedo will also look to start his first feature at Santa Maria on Saturday, as he is a close second in the championship standings. From Lemoore and aboard, the Tarlton Motorsports #21X machine has a trio of wins to his credit with NARC in 2024 and is no doubt anxious to reclaim the point lead, one that he held for the first 16-races of the season.Inhabiting third in the standings, Roseville’s Justyn Cox is leading an exciting point battle with an eighteen-marker margin ahead of fourth and fifth in the standings. Cox will aim for his first start at Santa Maria also.Continuing to lead the Rookie of the Year race, Caeden Steele will add another track to his growing resume to collect his first NARC victory. Steele has been close so many times this year and continues to be on the verge of a breakthrough win. The Easton valedictorian occupies fourth in the points table.Bud Kaeding from Campbell does have some Santa Maria experience. The 2017 NARC champion has amassed nine starts and has only finished outside of the Top 10 twice. Currently fifth in points, his best result was in 2019, when he ended the night third.The last time NARC came to Santa Maria, Billy Aton hit pay dirt. It is the Benicia battler’s lone triumph with the prestigious series, but he hopes that lightning can strike twice and earn himself another victory.Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia may not live on the Central California Coast, but his car owners at Keller Motorsports do. After traveling all season long, the Paso Robles-based team will have a much-deserved home game, as their bright young star is aiming for his first career NARC victory.Making the journey down the El Camino Real is Jarrett Soares, now residing in Gilroy. Soares has a pair of starts at Santa Maria both 14th place finishes when he made the show in 2014 and 2015.The aforementioned Montgomery is looking forward to a short thirty-minute drive on the 101 to put on a performance in front of his supporters. The young standout has been in decent form in 2024 and will hope to score an electric victory.Winning the NARC title in 2019, D.J. Netto has had several consistent runs over the years. The Hanford pilot is a perfect five for five in feature starts and Top 5 finishes with a career-best third in 2015.Others expected to compete include Dylan Bloomfield from Oakley, Penngrove’s Chase Johnson, Nick Parker of Chico, Roseville’s Ryan Bernal, San Jose’s Burt Foland Jr., Tipton’s Dawson Faria, Geoffrey Strole of Hanford and many more.Fan & Competitor InfoSanta Maria Speedway is located at 1900 Hutton Road in Nipomo. The Pit Gates open at 1:00 PM, and the Front Gates open at 4:00 PM. Qualifying is set to start at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 6:00 p.m.Ticket prices are $30 for adults.The NARC 410 Sprint Series is the leading 410 Sprint Car tour west of the Rocky Mountains. Since 1960, it has enthralled countless thousands of fans at tracks up and down the Pacific Coast. For more information, visit its website at www.narc410.comAll NARC 410 Sprint Car Series events are live-streamed at Floracing.com.The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is also sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate and product award sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Diversified Machine Inc., Jim Allen Promotions, Kaeding Performance Center, Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash, KSE Racing Enterprises, Lifeline LLC, Maxim Racing Products, Mettec Titanium, Pyrotect, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Scelzi Enterprises, SCI Racing Products, Starr Property Management, System 1 Ignition, Ultra Lite Brakes, Williams Roofing, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Winters Performance Products.NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIESCHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS
(AFTER 17 EVENTS IN 23-RACE SERIES – 7/22/24)

1. Justin Sanders, Aromas – 2198
2. Cole Macedo, Lemoore – 2195
3. Justyn Cox, Clarksburg – 2128
4. Caeden Steele, Fresno (R) – 2112
5. Bud Kaeding, Campbell – 2110
6. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley – 2093
7. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore (R) – 2068
8. Dominic Gorden, Clovis (R) – 2054
9. Nick Parker, Chico – 2040
10. Chase Johnson, Penngrove – 1830
11. Tanner Carrick, Lincoln – 1808
12. Billy Aton, Benicia – 1710
13. John Clark, Windsor – 1439
14. Shane Golobic, Fremont – 1364
15. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno – 1327
16. Sean Becker, Roseville – 1209
17. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR – 1200
18. Ryan Bernal, Roseville – 1080
19. Jarrett Soares – Gilroy – 1077
20. DJ Netto, Hanford – 1076

Funny Car Point Leader Beats Veteran Paul Lee in Final Round at 35th Northwest Nationals

KENT, Wash. (July 21, 2024) – Austin Prock completed a near perfect weekend at Pacific Raceways Sunday, driving his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS past Paul Lee’s Dodge in the final round to secure a wire-to-wire victory in the 35th NHRA Northwest Nationals. “There’s nothing better than racing for family and racing for John Force,” said the runaway point leader. “An amazing day, another great day for this Cornwell Tools Camaro. I mean this year has been unreal, man. I can’t even put into words all the success that we’ve had. It’s just been a blur and I’ve been hanging on.” In becoming just the fourth driver to win the Northwest’s biggest drag race in both the Funny Car and Top Fuel categories, Prock earned the most points possible and will move on to this week’s Sonoma Nationals with a 256-point cushion over Bob Tasca III and Matt Hagan, who share second place with just three races remaining in the regular season. It was another three-hat weekend for the former oval track and Top Fuel racer who, in addition to getting a red Mission Foods hat for qualifying No. 1 and a black one for winning Sunday’s main event, also got a yellow topper for his Saturday win in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge. “(Force) told me before I got here, he said ‘hold down the fort for me,’ and we did just that,” Prock beamed.  The only thing the fourth generation racer didn’t leave with was the 3.832 second track record set in 2015 by Del Worsham. He came close, though, twice accelerating through the 1000-foot course in 3.838 seconds. His Sunday sequence on a track known for its challenges, was 3.838, 3.880, 3.884 and 3.875, the latter coupled to a speed of 334.57 miles per hour. Prock’s fourth Funny Car victory equaled his three-season production at the wheel of the Montana Brand/Rocky Mountain Twist dragster he drove as JFR teammate to Brittany Force. Rocky Mountain Twist was another of the late Frank Tiegs’ companies.  While it was not the “welcome back” result she had anticipated, getting back behind the wheel of her national record-holding Flav-R-Pac Top Fuel dragster was good therapy for Brittany in the aftermath of her dad’s 300 mph crash last month at Richmond, Va. “I’m really glad to be back after a month out of the seat,” said the two-time Top Fuel world champion, “to be back with my team and to just get back in the swing of things. It was also great being here with the Frank Tiegs family. We haven’t seen them since last year and to just be able to sit down, hang out with them and reminisce and talk about old times with Frank. He always told me ‘go out there and have fun’ and we did that today.” After missing the Summit Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, while 16-time Funny Car Champion John Force battled through the effects of a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), the 38-year-old qualified in the No. 3 position but couldn’t duplicate her qualifying performance in round one where she was eliminated by eight-time series champ Tony Schumacher after her car slowed to 4.271 seconds at only 193.21 mph. “It’s really unfortunate,” she said of the early exit. “We had a really good qualifying weekend. We qualified third and made four solid passes. I left good alongside Schumacher. We were out ahead. I couldn’t see him….and then the car just quit. Pan pressure automatically shut our car off. We had no power (and) I was just coasting to the finish line. “This was a special weekend,” she said. “My dad’s at home watching (and) Frank Tiegs and Flav-R-Pac were on the car. We wanted to do well for them.” Despite Sunday’s result, the 2013 NHRA Rookie of the Year stayed tenth in points and remained optimistic about her chances in the upcoming Countdown to the Championship.

CHEVROLET IN NHRA2024 NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS PACIFIC RACEWAYS KENT, WASHINGTON TEAM CHEVY RACE REPORT | NOTES & STATS JULY 21, 2024 AUSTIN PROCK AND JOHN FORCE RACING CONTINUE THEIR WINNING WAYS BY CAPTURING CHEVROLET’S 165TH FUNNY CAR VICTORY AT THE NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS

Notes:Austin Prock, driver of the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, raced to his fourth win in his seventh final round of the 2024 season and his first year in the category, as well as capturing his eighth career victory between Top Fuel and Funny Car.Prock’s NHRA Northwest Nationals victory is Chevrolet’s 165th in Funny Car and 85th in the Camaro SS body.Prock had a perfect weekend by capturing not only the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge but also the No. 1 qualifying position and the NHRA Northwest Nationals Wally trophy.Prock leaves Seattle continuing his strong NHRA Championship Standings points lead, now at 1,044 total points and 216 over Bob Tasca, III in second, who has 828 points. Brittany Force, driver of the Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet Top Fuel dragster, was eliminated by Tony Schumacher in Round 1 with her run of 4.271 seconds E.T. to Schumacher’s 3.986 seconds E.T. at 326.00 mph.Dallas Glenn and Jeg Coughlin, Jr. faced off in the Pro Stock finals, with Coughlin, Jr. coming out the victor with his run of 6.536 seconds E.T. at 209.95 mph to Glenn’s 6.541 seconds E.T. at 209.07 mph.Coughlin, Jr.’s win in Pro Stock was Chevrolet’s 393rd in the category as well as the 274th in the Camaro SS.Capturing both his fifth Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge victory as well as his eighth No. 1 qualifier in 11 races, Prock powered to the top with his run on Friday night qualifying that held through Saturday’s Q3 and Q4.Completing qualifying in her return at Pacific Raceways this weekend the Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet Top Fuel dragster, B. Force qualified No. 3 after her lap of 3.701 seconds E.T. at 333.08 mph.Setting pace Friday night in the first true night qualifying session at Pacific Raceways, Prock powered to the provisional No. 1 position with his run of 3.838 seconds E.T. at 328.62 mph.

Quotes:AUSTIN PROCK, DRIVER OF THE CORNWELL TOOLS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS FUNNY CAR:“It’s amazing, man. There’s nothing better than racing for family and racing for John Force. We just didn’t win today, we doubled up with John Force again here in Seattle (winning the #2Fast2Tasty Challenge and NHRA Northwest Nationals). He told me before I got in here, he said hold the fort down for me and we did just that. Just an amazing day. Another big day for this Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS. This year has been unreal, man. I can’t even put into words all of the success we’ve had. It’s just been a blur, and I’ve just been hanging on. I wasn’t leaving (the starting line) that great all weekend, but I sure was consistent. I was 67, 67, 69, 69, so all staged shallow.” BRITTANY FORCE, DRIVER OF THE FLAV-R-PAC CHEVROLET TOP FUEL DRAGSTER:“I know it’s really unfortunate. We had a really good qualifying weekend. We’ve had a really good weekend so far. We qualified third and made four solid passes down the racetrack. We had a great ladder all day long but went out in the first round. I left good alongside Schumacher. We were out ahead, I couldn’t see him next to me, and the car just quit, pan pressure automatically shut our car off. We had no power. I was just coasting to the finish line, and Schumacher was able to get around us. It’s really unfortunate. This was a special weekend. There was a lot on the line. My dad’s at home watching. He’s not here. Frank Tiegs and Flav-R-Pac were on the car this weekend. We wanted to do well for them. I’ll hang out with the rest of the family, the rest of the day, and the fans, and cheer Austin Prock on. I’m really glad just to be back after, you know, after a month out of the seat, and be back with my team. It feels so good to be back with them and just get back in the swing of things.”

Up Next:The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series next heads to Sonoma Raceway for the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals July 26-28. Eliminations air Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on FOX. Coverage of qualifying and the race stream live throughout the weekend on NHRA.tv, and is available via AppleTV, Android TV, and Roku devices.

Toyota now has 11 Top Fuel wins in the last 12 NHRA events

KENT, Wash. (July 21, 2024) – For the second year in a row, Steve Torrence captured the Wally Trophy at Pacific Raceways and the NHRA Northwest Nationals as the day concluded Sunday afternoon. This is Torrence’s first victory of the 2024 season, his first win since this race a season ago, and the 55th of his career which puts him equal with Doug Kalitta in fourth on the all-time Top Fuel wins list. Torrence’s triumph is the 11th win in the last 12 Top Fuel events for Toyota. 

Torrence had to defeat Toyota teammate, Shawn Langdon, in the finals, who made his fifth final round of the season. With the finals appearances by Torrence and Langdon, Toyota has now reached the final round in 34 consecutive NHRA events in either Top Fuel and/or Funny Car.

After Sunday’s action, Toyota still owns the top-five positions in the Top Fuel points standings, with Doug Kalitta now leading teammate, Langdon, heading to Sonoma next weekend.

In Funny Car, J.R Todd advanced to the semifinals for the seventh time in 2024 but fell to Austin Prock by 0.037 seconds in the penultimate round. In round one, Ron Capps suffered an engine explosion and made contact with the wall before coming to a stop. Capps was alert, exited the car under his own power and was examined by the NHRA Medical Team before being released.

NHRA is right back in action next weekend at Sonoma Raceway for the twelfth event of the 2024 season.

Toyota Post-Race Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

NHRA Northwest Nationals

Pacific Raceways

Race 11 of 20

TOYOTA TOP FUEL FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
Steve Torrence	CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Winner	W (3.749) v. R. Smith (4.347) Bye W (3.736) v. D. Kalitta (3.972) W (3.963) v. S. Langdon (4.171)
Shawn Langdon	Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Finalist	W (3.743) v. J. Ashley (4.685) W (3.721) v. J. Hart (3.779) W (3.771 – holeshot) v. C. Millican (3.737) W/L (4.171) v. S. Torrence (3.963)
Doug Kalitta	Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Semi-finals	W (3.670) v. B. Torrence (3.706) W (3.729) v. J. Salinas (3.738) L (3.972) v. S. Torrence (3.736)
Billy Torrence	CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	First Round	L (3.706) v. D. Kalitta (3.670)
Antron Brown	Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	First Round	L (3.745) v. J. Hart (3.742)
Justin Ashley	SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	First Round	L (4.685) v. S. Langdon (3.743)

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
J.R. Todd	DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	Semi-finals	W (3.930) v. B. Hull (4.243) W (3.867) v. B. Tasca III (3.915) L (3.921) v. A. Prock (3.884)
Alexis DeJoria	Bandero Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	First Round	L (9.113) v. B. Alexander (6.258)
Ron Capps	NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	First Round	L (5.276) v. G. Densham (4.974)

*= Non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

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

TF Final Result: Winner

Talk about that final round and what this win means.

“Man, I tell you what, you take these things for granted when you get them pretty often. We’re taking this one home to my new baby girl. My wife (Natalie)’s birthday. It’s been a while. Heck, I’m out of breath and didn’t do nothing but hit the gas like three times. Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air. Those guys have been bad-to-the-bone. I told you earlier, I was trying to take him out all day. But these CAPCO boys, Toyota, Mac Tools. We don’t have a lot of partners, but the ones we do, we think highly of and they’re the best. This is pretty cool man. One year to the day. Wasn’t sure if we were going to win one of these for a while. Richard Hogan (crew chief), Bobby (Lagana Jr., assistant crew chief). Sometimes us Torrences are hard to deal with, but them guys handle us pretty good. Thank you, guys. And all those guys from CAPCO back at home that are keeping us out here, we appreciate y’all.”

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

FC Final Result: Semifinals

Can you overview your day and your outlook for Sonoma?

“Pretty good. The car went down the track every run and we made some really good, quick runs and it was pretty consistent all weekend. Just dropped a cylinder, we’ve been dropping cylinders all weekend so if we fix that up, I think we have a really good chance of competing for a win in Sonoma.”

Going to Sonoma as the event winner, what’s that going to be like for next weekend?

“Yeah, it’s one of my favorite tracks. We’ve had a lot of success there in the past, so it’s nice to be going back to a track that we’ve won at in the past and hopefully we can compete.”

RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports

FC Final Result: First Round

Take us through that accident and how you’re feeling.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Just such a bummer. First and foremost, Guido (Dean Antonelli, crew chief) and our NAPA Auto Care guys work so hard on the safety aspect. And I know John Force is watching and he’s a big reason for a lot of the safety reasons on the car. It beat my head around pretty good. But obviously, I’m fine. Just bummed as a team owner. We run a good Toyota Supra body and unfortunately, lost that round and we were really looking forward to vying for a win here. But we’re well-prepared. Best parts in the world. Best people in the world. I was staging the car, and it had some sprinkles on the windshield. None that I was worried about, but I knew Guido was trying to put in a decent run to give us lane choice in the next round and it’s my fault for over-abusing it. I’m pretty decent at pedaling these cars. Just seeing Gary Densham out the window, I don’t think I waited long enough like I normally do to keep it rolling a nitro engine like this. We’ll be good. We’ll head to Sonoma. The backup car we had upstairs (in the hauler) is a car that won a lot of races for us the last couple years, so again, Guido and the guys are as prepared as any team out here, if not more so. We’re already ready to run. All good.”

SEATTLE, WA (July 21, 2024) — After a lengthy layoff following a tough outing at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, Josh Hart and the R+L Carriers team made major changes. This weekend at the Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways outside of Seattle, Washington, Hart had his strongest qualifying effort of the season and raced to the quarterfinals losing a close race to eventual runner-up Shawn Langdon today. Through two days of qualifying Hart’s R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster was the quickest dragster of the first qualifying session on Friday and the second quickest dragster of the final qualifying session yesterday. The team earned five bonus points for the effort and headed into race day as the No. 8 qualifier.
 
“I was very pleased with how this team bounced back after Norwalk and performed in qualifying this weekend,” said Hart, a two-time Top Fuel national event winner. “We added veteran crew chief John Stewart to work with my primary crew chief Ron Douglas, plus we tested in Indianapolis last week. Those changes are starting to pay off this weekend.”

 Josh Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster on track at Northwest Nationals,
photo credit Auto Imagery/Gary Nastase

Going into race day Hart had posted solid qualifying runs of 3.804 seconds and 3.809 seconds in similar conditions. In the Friday night session under cooler conditions Hart stepped up with a 3.748 second run and his first round opponent Antron Brown was slightly quicker with a 3.746 second pass to set him up as the No. 7 qualifier. It was an even match-up pitting two of the best leavers in the category against each other to start race day.
 
Hart and Brown were the first pair of Top Fuel dragsters to start the first round and it was Hart getting the jump off the starting line with a .065 second reaction time. Hart never trailed in the race pulling away from Brown as the R+L Carriers rocketed down the Pacific Raceways racetrack. Hart’s winning elapsed time of 3.742 seconds at 328.94 mph was almost identical to his quickest run in qualifying.
 
“That was a big win for this R+L Carriers and Burnyzz Speed Shop Top Fuel team,” said Hart, after the run. “There are a lot of guys working their tails off to move us in the right direction. I am so proud of everyone on this team that is pulling together to get us moving forward. We will have a tough competitor in the next round with Shawn Langdon, but I am feeling really good about our team.”

 Josh Hart climbs into the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster at Pacific Raceways,
photo credit Auto Imagery/Gary Nastase

In the quarterfinals Hart once again was first off the starting line with a .062 second reaction time. Both 12,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragsters were welded together at half-track and Langdon was able to get the nose of his dragster out in front as the finish line closed in. At the finish line stripe Langdon’s 3.721 second pass was just slightly quicker than Hart’s 3.779 second run.
 
“I am so blessed to be able to race at this level with this great team,” said Hart, from the top end. “All the glory goes to God and I have to thank him and all the guys working on my team. I don’t think people understand how many people are working behind the scenes to give me the opportunity to race this R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster. We made big strides this weekend and I can’t wait to get to Sonoma next weekend.”
 
In five days, Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team will be back in action at the Sonoma Nationals for two qualifying sessions on Friday, July 26 followed by another day of qualifying on Saturday, July 27 before final eliminations on Sunday, July 28 from Sonoma Raceway. Last year Hart raced to the semifinals and will be looking forward to picking up his first win of the 2024 season.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 3.804 sec, 321.65 mph; Qual. 1
Q2: 3.748 sec, 329.99 mph; Qual. 8
Q3: 4.204 sec, 206.92 mph; Qual. 8
Q4: 3.809 sec, 323.35 mph; Qual. 8
Bonus Points: +5 (Quickest of Q1 and 2^nd quickest of Q4)
 

Race Results

First Round

Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., R+L Carriers dragster, (.065), 3.742 sec, 328.94 mph def. Antron Brown, Brownsburg, Ind., Matco dragster, (.075), 3.745 sec, 330.07 mph

Second Round

Shawn Langdon, Avon, Ind., Kalitta Air dragster, (.062), 3.721 sec, 332.02 mph def. Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., R+L Carriers dragster, (.049), 3.779 sec, 329.02 mph

Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Point Standings – Top Fuel
1. Doug Kalitta            932
2. Shawn Langdon      812
3. Steve Torrence       773
4. Justin Ashley           762
5. Antron Brown         699
6. Tony Schumacher   600
7. Clay Millican           588
8. Billy Torrence          561
9. Tony Stewart          525
10. Brittany Force       464
11. Josh Hart              433
12. Shawn Reed          400
13. Jasmine Salinas     389
14. Dan Mercier          204
15. Doug Foley            158

SEATTLE (July 21, 2024) — Patience is a virtue that is often rewarded, and Funny Car driver Buddy Hull will continue to be patient. The rookie Funny Car driver for Jim Dunn Racing extended his four-race streak of solid, consistent runs that he is confident will soon turn into round wins at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, situated in the Seattle area. Racing with Alo and Jenji Boba Tea, the two wildly popular organic beverages adorning the rear wing of the Lescure Funny Car for the next two events Hull and the Jim Dunn team were looking to continue to put up strong performance numbers.
 
“I don’t think I could explain enough the confidence our team has had these last three races versus the first five or six of the year. It’s a completely different team,” said Hull. “And it’s because almost every run we’re going down the racetrack. We’re not running three second runs yet, but we’re running low fours. It’s only a matter of time before we make our first three-second run and before our first round win.”

 Buddy Hull and Lescure Funny Car launch at Northwest Nationals, photo credit Krista Zivic Photography

The Dallas-native qualified in the No. 13 spot during his inaugural appearance at Pacific Raceways. For the first time, he faced J.R. Todd in the first round on race day. Todd is the seventh different Funny Car driver Hull has raced against this season.
 
“In that run against J.R., we must have left pretty close, and it had to have been a good race because I could hear him, but I couldn’t see him,” said Hull. “We’re approaching the Countdown and we’re already thinking about U.S. Nationals. We’re still moving in the right direction, and solid runs like that one will help us get to where we need to be.”
 
Hull’s best run of the weekend came during the second round of qualifying, with a 4.076 second, 312.57 mph pass. What set this weekend apart from the others is an improvement in parts on the car.
 
“A lot of these new parts that we got started this year are doing what they’re being told to do now, and we found some little things in the racecar that weren’t so obvious initially, but were holding us back,” said Hull. “We have a brand-new supercharger we put in for this race, and it did exactly what it was supposed to do, making more boosts and it’s significantly more efficient than what we were running before. So all of that is really positive.”
 
When reflecting on his experience out West, Hull has only an optimistic outlook. This was the first of two races where he competed with a Lescure Mechanical Services car body, and he’s confident next weekend at the Sonoma Nationals he’ll be able to make his season-long sponsor even prouder.
 
“This was my first time at this track and in this area, and the first word that comes to mind is that it’s beautiful,” said Hull. “My wife’s family’s is from around here, so it was a cool opportunity to see a little bit of the area and many of her family members. And the owners of this racetrack are incredible. They truly care about their racetrack, the racers and the fans. All weekend I saw their passion, and I already can’t wait to come back next year. Each race is getting better and better, just like we are.”
 
Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team will be back in competition at the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, Calif. on July 26-28 at Sonoma Raceway. There will be two qualifying sessions on Friday, July 26 and two qualifying sessions on Saturday, July 27. For tickets or more information on the NHRA Sonoma Nationals visit nhra.com.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 10.487 sec, 69.04 mph; Qual. 14
Q2: 4.076 sec, 312.57 mph; Qual. 8
Q3: 4.313 sec, 290.69 mph; Qual. 8
Q4: No run; Qual. 13
Bonus Points: 0
 
Race Results
 
First Round
J.R. Todd, Jupiter, Fla., DHL Toyota GR Supra, (.071), 3.930, 297.75 mph def. Buddy Hull, Dallas, Tex., Lescure Mechanical Services Dodge Charger, (.097), 4.243, 236.42 mph
 
Mission Foods Drag Racing Series – Funny Car point standings
 
1. Austin Prock            1044
2. Bob Tasca III             788
2.  Matt Hagan             788
4. J.R. Todd                 766
5. John Force               693
6. Ron Capps               601
7. Dan Wilkerson        540
8.  Blake Alexander     502
9. Paul Lee                   493
9. Alexis DeJoria         493
11. Chad Green           481
12. Cruz Pedregon      419
13. Buddy Hull            310
14. Dave Richards       305
15. Bobby Bode          204

NASCAR CUP SERIES INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT JULY 21, 2024

·       In the NASAR Cup Series’ return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson became the next driver to add to Chevrolet’s legacy at the famed 2.5-mile venue – driving his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 to the win in 30th anniversary of the Brickyard 400. ·       The victory marks Larson’s fourth trip to victory lane in NASCAR’s top division in 2024 – making the 31-year-old Elk Grove, California, native the winningest driver in the series this season. ·       The trip to victory lane is Larson’s 27th triumph in 352 NASCAR Cup Series starts. This marks the 2021 champion’s third crown jewel victory, with his other crown jewel victories including the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (May 2021) and the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway (Sept. 2023). ·       Larson extended Chevrolet’s series-leading win record on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval configuration to 18 victories in 28 NASCAR Cup Series races – a winning percentage of 64.3 percent at the 2.5-mile oval. ·       Chevrolet now sits at a double-digit win count in NASCAR’s top division this season, with Larson taking the Bowtie brand to its 10th victory in 22 NASCAR Cup Series this season.  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (July 21, 2024) – Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1, added to Chevrolet’s legacy at the “Racing Capital of the World” by taking the checkered-flag in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The victory – Larson’s fourth win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and his 27th all-time in NASCAR’s top division – comes in NASCAR’s much anticipated return to the track’s famed 2.5-mile oval configuration, marking the crown jewel event’s first appearance in the Next Gen era.  “What a job by our team,” said Larson. “I mean, never gave up at all. We had the pit stop issue there early on. Just fought, dug and had things work out. Just can’t thank them enough. Hendrickcars.com, Valvoline, Chevrolet, JINYA Ramen Bar, Prime; all the fans, too. I love you, Indiana fans. I know you guys love me, too.” Larson added to an already prestigious list of drivers that have taken the Bowtie brand to victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with the 31-year-old Elk Grove, California, native delivering Chevrolet its 18th victory in 28 all-time NASCAR Cup Series races at the 2.5-mile oval. This isn’t Chevrolet’s first trip to victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this season. Larson’s victory is the manufacturer’s second crown jewel triumph at the famed oval this season, with Team Chevy’s Josef Newgarden also driving his No. 2 Chevrolet to his second-straight victory in the Indianapolis 500 just a few months ago.  The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Richmond Raceway with the Cook Out 400 on Sunday, August 11, at 6 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on the USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10:  POS.   DRIVER 1st      Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 8th      Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Freeway Insurance Camaro ZL110th    Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1WITH 22 NASCAR CUP SERIES RACES COMPLETE: Wins: 10Poles: 7Top-Five Finishes: 39Top-10 Finishes: 82Stage Wins: 12

TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE QUOTES:  Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1Finished: 1stKyle, you just won the Brickyard 400. You’ve won some big races in your career. This is Indianapolis. Is this ranked No. 1 now?“It’s for sure up there. Like you mentioned, this is just such a prestigious place.. such hallowed ground. Pretty neat to get an opportunity to race here on the oval again. What a job by our team. I mean, never gave up at all. We had the pit stop issue there early on. Just fought, dug and had things work out.  Just can’t thank them enough. Hendrickcars.com, Valvoline, Chevrolet, JINYA Ramen Bar, Prime; all the fans, too. I love you, Indiana fans. I know you guys love me, too. How about we come back next May and try to kiss these bricks in an INDYCAR?”  Does this make up for the month of May when you left disappointed?“It does.. I guess a little bit. I wish we could have got to do both and run the 600. We had a phenomenal car for that race, too. I think everything just comes full circle. Everything is meant to be. Today definitely was meant to be for us. With the way the strategy was working out, Brad (Keselowski) running out of fuel and me inheriting the front row; a lot had to fall into place. Thankfully it did. I can’t believe it. It’s surreal to win here. Can’t wait to kiss the bricks with my team. Rick Hendrick, who is here; my family, my friends. My parents are here. We’ll be celebrating these next couple weeks.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Campers Inn RV Camaro ZL1Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage Two. Finished: 37th Allmendinger on the accident that ended his day early at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: “I just saw everyone start checking up. I actually saw the No. 21 (Harrison Burton) on the bottom, so I went to go to the middle. Right as I went to the middle, the No. 24 (William Byron) was coming across. It’s just kind of the story of the year.. wrong place, wrong time.” How sketchy was it in the back of the pack?“I mean on the restarts, everyone is going to be aggressive because you know that’s the time to make up the most starts. It’s tough to pass. I felt like on our No. 16 Campers RV Chevy, we missed it. At the beginning of the race, we were really loose, so we lost some track position. We started getting it back. I felt like we kind of got into that 15th to 20th place range that we thought we would be. It’s just disappointing, but it’s part of it. The way the wreck happened, it was kind of out of my control.” William Byron, No. 24 Valvoline Camaro ZL1Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage Two. Finished: 38thByron on the accident that ended the No. 24 Valvoline Camaro ZL1 team’s race early: “We got back there in traffic. It seemed like the pit stop sequence didn’t go our way there. The No. 14 (Chase Briscoe) was just being a squirrel back in the pack. He drove up in front of me. I had to lift way off the corner and I got run over. Hate it for our team. We had an amazing No. 24 Valvoline Chevy. We were running there on the right strategy in the top two or three; got back there in the pack and got wrecked. Appreciate everybody at Valvoline, Chevrolet. We had a great car. We’ll go on over the break and try to get some more wins.” Is it even more frustrating that it’s the Brickyard? “Yeah, I mean it sucks. We put a lot of effort into this race, but we put a lot of effort in every week.” Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Kleenex 100 Years/Donors Choose Camaro ZL1Finished: 11th“Our No. 47 Kleenex 100 Years / Donors Choose Chevy was really good. Qualifying was really solid yesterday and that set us up to get points in both stages. The way those cautions fell, we could have done with one less of them. Running in the top-10 there, it sputtered a little bit coming to the white and then the caution came out, so that was a fortunate one.  All-in-all, happy about our day and good momentum going into the off weekends. We have had a solid month-and-a-half; two crashes late in the race, and a set of top-15s. Other than that, we have been battling for top-10s, so really happy.” Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1Finished: 31st“Bummer of a day. We didn’t really have a very good day going with our No. 48 Ally Camaro. We were pretty fast in clean air, but just really tight in dirty air. We were stuck in traffic there, and getting blocked all the way down the straightaway for 27th was pretty frustrating. We just didn’t need to be that far back in position. We should have been running better than that and eventually the way the strategy and the cautions fell, we got buried there. We had a lot going on and my ass was on fire at one point, so interesting day, for sure.” Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Zeigler Auto Group Camaro ZL1Finished: 12th “It was just hard to keep on the right end of it with fuel strategy and everything, but I think we did a really good job. The yellow caught us off guard, but I think that was the difference maker in us making it. Our No. 77 Zeigler Auto Group Chevy was super strong, and to be able to capitalize from Saturday was big. We put ourselves in a hole, but we were able to claw our way up when it was really hard to pass. We put together a really good day for the No. 77 team.” Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Freeway Insurance Camaro ZL1Finished: 8th“The No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevy team did a great job with the strategy. Our car wasn’t horrible, we just never had the track position that we wanted to, to show the speed of the car. We needed to be faster on the straightaways. But all-in-all, I felt like we had a decent Chevy. Still have some work to do, but the team executed a great strategy, so we will take it.”

July 21, 2024 — TORONTO, Ont., Canada

• Colton Herta scores first NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory of 2024 at Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
• Kyle Kirkwood matches Herta’s pace for 1-2 Andretti Global Honda result
• Honda drivers sweep top seven finishing positions; eight of top 10

Led by the Andretti Global duo of Colton Herta and Kyle Kirkwood, Honda drivers and teams dominated today’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, with Herta leading a Honda sweep of the top seven finishing positions for his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory in the 2024, and eighth career win.

Starting from the pole, Herta led all but four laps of the 85-lap contest, which was marked by five caution flags and a Red Flag stoppage due to multiple crashes on the demanding, concrete-lined 1.786-mile temporary street circuit. All drivers involved escaped apparent injury in the various incidents.

Herta’s Andretti Global teammate, Kyle Kirkwood, rode “shotgun” throughout the day, starting on the outside of the front row and taking the checkers second, just over three-tenths of a second behind his teammate.

The Chip Ganassi Racing Honda trio of Scott Dixon, championship points leader Alex Palou and Marcus Armstrong finished third through fifth, respectively; with David Malukas running sixth, his best result since joining Meyer Shank Racing at mid-season.

A strong run from Christian Lundgaard saw the 2023 Toronto winner finish seventh today; with his Rahal Letterman Lanigan teammate Graham Rahal rounding out the top 10.

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto Honda Race Results

1st Colton Herta	Andretti Global Honda
2nd Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global Honda
3rd Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
4th Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
5th Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
6th David Malukas	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
7th Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
10th Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
13th Linus Lundqvist-R	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
15th Toby Sowery-R	Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
17th Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda [Did not finish – contact]
21st Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global Honda [Did not finish – contact]
22nd Kyffin Simpson-R	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda [Did not finish – contact]
23rd Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing Honda [Did not finish – mechanical]
24th Hunter McElrea	Dale Coyne Racing Honda [Did not finish – contact]

R – Rookie

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers’ Championship Standings (unofficial, after 12 of 17 rounds)
1. Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing                            411 points (2 wins)
2. Will Power, Team Penske                                          -49 (2 wins)
3. Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing                -53 (2 wins) 
4. Colton Herta, Andretti Global                                  -57 (1 win)

Quotes
Colton Herta (#26 Andretti Global Honda) race winner, 1st win of 2024; 8th career INDYCAR victory: “We’ve been knocking on the door of a win for so long. 41 starts without a win is a long time. It’s been disappointing for us. I think we’re a team, Michael is an owner, that demands perfection and demands results. There are people that work for the team that demand that. I’m so happy, this Gainbridge Honda was so fast. And to finally, finally get a win for the first time in such a long time, I can’t wait—I wish we didn’t have this long break though! I want to go right back into it and win another one!”

Kyle Kirkwood (#27 Andretti Global Honda) finished 2nd: “I think the Honda-Andretti combination at street courses does very, very well. We’ve been strong all weekend long—from the beginning to the end. Our pace on starts and restarts, through the stint, and with the fuel economy we were making, it was huge. It put us in a really good spot all race long. Hats off to Honda and to everyone at Andretti. This effort that happened wasn’t just a driver effort—that’s for sure.”

Scott Dixon (#9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished 3rd: “Yesterday was just frustrating. We had a really fast car, and I bailed on a lap that would have gotten us through trying to get a gap for the next one, and I messed that up. It was pretty horrendous on my part—but I knew the car was fast. We just looked after the tires, we were getting incredible fuel mileage, as usual, with the Honda. And then once we got clean air, we could just attack and jump a lot of people. I think in those pit sequences we jumped six or eight cars throughout the race. Kudos to the team for a great car. As a points day, it wasn’t so bad. Obviously the #10 was right there, so we still have a bit of work to get to him.”

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished 4th, holds a 49-point championship lead after 12 of 17 races: “Great day for Honda! It was the first Honda win in the Hybrid Era, I think we’ve been so close at Mid-Ohio and Iowa at both races. So, I’m happy for Honda and Colton for that. And I’m happy for us at Chip Ganassi Racing. Scott recovering from 15th to third and myself from 18th to fourth and of course Marcus right there in fifth. It was a great day for the team. It was a shame we had to start down there. But, yeah, the car was amazing, we got all the fuel mileage we needed to do the strategy we wanted to! On to the next one.”

David Salters (President, Honda Racing Corporation USA) on today’s Honda 1st-7th sweep and INDYCAR hybrid street circuit debut: “First and foremost, a massive congratulations to the hardworking and very smart men and women of HRC US on a dominant weekend at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. The weekend started well by taking pole position and locking out the top 3 on the grid. We swept the podium and Honda took the first seven positions in the race. On a street course, we showed Honda’s hybrids are certainly fun to drive and a dominant force. This result is a collaborative effort with our teams and drivers working together both on the HRC simulator and at the track, particularly with the new hybrid system. It’s a great reward for everyone’s teamwork and fantastic to go into the break on a high note.” 

Fast Facts

• This weekend’s is Honda’s 13th INDYCAR victory on the streets of Toronto and second consecutive win. Christian Lundgaard claimed the win last year in his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda.
• After 12 championship rounds of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES, Honda drivers hold three of the top-four positions in the fight for the drivers’ title; including defending series champion Alex Palou (first with 411 points), teammate Scott Dixon (third with 358 points) and today’s race winner Colton Herta (fourth with 354 points).
• Run for the first time in 1986 as a Championship Auto Racing Teams [CART] event, the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto is one of the oldest street circuit events in North America. In INDYCAR, preceded only by the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. 
• Honda and the Ontario Honda Dealers have served as title sponsor of the Toronto event since it returned to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule in 2009.

Next
After a run of four races on three consecutive weekends, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES now takes a three-week break for the Summer Olympics, then resumes August 16 with the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Worldwide Technology Raceway, just outside downtown St. Louis, MO.

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Milner, Udell go back-to-back in Pro class at VIR; Sellers, Smithson take Pro-Am podium ALTON, Va. (July 21, 2024) – DXDT Racing’s Tommy Milner and Alec Udell drove their way to another Pro-class sweep with the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R in GT World Challenge America, including an overall victory at Virginia International Raceway.

Milner and Udell were overall victors in Saturday’s first 90-minute race and were second overall Sunday to cap another stellar weekend for the Pro-class Z06 GT3.R. The VIR weekend was doubly sweet for DXDT Racing as Bryan Sellers and Scott Smithson recorded their first Pro-Am podium finish in the team’s No. 08 Corvette Z06 GT3.R and second of the season. The duo finished third in class Sunday to match their best result as a pairing. The team spent the two days of testing and practice before Saturday morning’s qualifying exploring different setup options to find the optimal configuration for its two Corvettes, and that paid off with the Pro-class pole positions for Udell in Race One and Milner in Race Two. Just as it did at COTA, the DXDT team executed perfectly in Saturday’s race with the third straight win for the No. 63 Corvette. Three full-course caution periods in the opening 35 minutes kept the field packed tight before Udell pitted from second in class and third overall with 49 minutes to go. Milner held the position once he got on track, and the team was rewarded for its pit strategy when a fourth full-course yellow bunched up the field again with the top two cars having yet to pit. Milner inherited the lead with 40 minutes to go and led the rest of the way despite two restarts, including one with 10 minutes to go. Sunday, Milner led from the outset until the race’s only full-course caution with 50 minutes to go. Udell rejoined second in the overall order but moved back to the class lead inside the final 20 minutes before finishing second overall. Meanwhile, Sellers led Pro-Am early – the first time this season for the No. 08 Z06 GT3.R – and handed off to Smithson during the full-course yellow, as well. Smithson entered the race second in class and held off the fourth-place BMW for the better part of a half-hour to earn the podium finish. DXDT Racing’s next event with the Corvette Z06 GT3.R in GT World Challenge is August 16-18 at Road America.

DXDT RACING POST-EVENT DRIVER QUOTESTOMMY MILNER, NO. 63 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “The team is working very well. All the guys at DXDT have a lot of experience. They’ve been working really hard the last couple of years to put this kind of program together. It’s cool for me to be a part of it and help them get over the hump. This shows what this team is capable of. It shows what this car is capable of. Alec is doing a fantastic job, as well. We’re hitting on all cylinders right now. Everything is working really well right now, so we’ll ride this for as long as we can.”“Nothing feels like home than VIR in a Corvette. So it was a lot of fun this weekend with DXDT and the Corvette. The car wasn’t the best to start with, and we spent a lot of time with the engineers and finally sort of hit it in Race One. No changes for Race Two, and the car felt the same. Great qualifying from Alec, and a pole for me was also a great place to start from. It was a little racey at the start of Race Two with the Porsche but was able to stay out front. Alec had a little bit more of an exciting race than I did but still did an amazing job all weekend. We both had to work harder Sunday, but the car was great and the team did a fantastic job with all the right strategy calls. I’m super-happy. Going four-for-four is pretty special. The goal is to keep that rolling as long as we can. We might have a little harder time at Road America, but you never know. We’ll do our best to get two more wins.”

ALEC UDELL, NO. 63 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “We made steady progress throughout the weekend. That was really nice to see… that every time we made a change, the car would respond the way we were hoping it would. So we were able to really develop on the balance of the car all the way through the practice sessions and even into qualifying. We were all expecting rain (Saturday) and it never came, so from that perspective it would have been nice to get some running in the rain just to have that experience with the car from my side. I know that it’s going to be a good car in the wet from what I can feel. From an execution standpoint, everything that we did this weekend was great from DXDT, the support from Corvette and Pratt Miller was very helpful. We came in with some good knowledge and we were able to put it in the real world. I’m happy for the success the team has had on the Pro side and the Pro-Am side. It’s cool to see the development there. Each time out, we are gaining more knowledge from a team perspective and from my side. Tommy has a ton of knowledge with this car, and it’s helpful for me to be able to learn from some great drivers like Tommy and Bryan. I’m looking forward to what can come next. It’s special to have those four wins. We will focus on the next point that we can improve on.”

BRYAN SELLERS, NO. 08 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “I’m super-happy with how Sunday went. Scott drove a great race at the end there under a ton of pressure from the Turner BMW. He kept his cool, drove defensively really strong, and it was nice to see him take that step and gain that confidence in that scenario. I’m super-proud of the team today as a whole. When you look at the Corvette program, the sister (Mercedes) program, it was just a strong day. It makes me proud of what we are all building together. I can’t wait to see what comes down the road. I feel like we are really starting to get our heads around the Corvettes and what it takes to be successful with them. I’m excited for the next round at Road America.”

SCOTT SMITHSON, NO. 08 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: It was another great weekend of learning and processing in the No. 08 Corvette. We were kind of looking at the radar prior to this weekend wondering if it was going to be wet or dry, and in the end it stayed dry for the most part, but wet conditions off track made for a tricky Race One for us. In Race Two, though, it turned around for us. Bryan made an awesome start to get up to third and the Pro-Am lead, and then I got in under the yellow and it was basically a street fight from there on out. Philip (Ellis) and Samantha (Tan) made it by, but I was pretty determined to hold on to third. (Justin) Rothberg made it up alongside me on the final lap, but I broke a little later into Turn One, was able to hold on to the position, and now we’re able to celebrate our first podium with Corvette!”

CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES ONTARIO HONDA DEALERS INDY TORONTO STREETS OF TORONTO TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA TEAM CHEVY RACE REPORT JULY 21, 2024 After a chaotic and eventful 85-lap main event on the Streets of Toronto, Chevrolet was represented by Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay (eighth) and Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Romain Grosjean (ninth) in the top-10.Leaving Toronto, Chevrolet continues to lead the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championship standings, with the Bowtie brand at 954 points to the competition’s 941 heading to World Wide Technology Raceway.Team Chevy drivers Christian Rasmussen of Ed Carpenter Racing, Agustin Canapino of Juncos Hollinger Racing, Santino Ferrucci of AJ Foyt Racing, Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren, and Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske, were involved in late-race on-track incidents that required visits to the INDYCAR Medical Unit. All were seen and released. Scott McLaughlin, driver of the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet, led Team Chevy to the green flag in third at the start of the race.Josef Newgarden of Team Penske led Team Chevy in the morning warm-up session to kick off race day, finishing second with his fastest lap of 1:00.4076.Up next, Team Chevy and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES head to World Wide Technology Raceway for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 on Saturday, August 17. Broadcast for the 260-lap, 500-kilometer event at the 1.25-mile oval takes the green flag live on USA Network at 6 p.m. ET.  TEAM CHEVY TOP-10 RACE RESULT:Pos.   Driver8th   Rinus VeeKay9th   Romain Grosjean

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (Quotes):Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet:“First off, I’m very, very thankful for INDYCAR and the medical team. The cars are so safe. To have a scary accident like that, just to walk away fine. Tell my wife Renee I’m fine, so don’t worry too much. I know you’re not here. I never saw Pato (O’Ward). At the start of the race, I had the steering wheel bent trying to avoid Pato, and we were just left hand up, right hand down. When I came through there, I never saw Pietro (Fittipaldi) clip him. Nothing on the spotters. There was no yellow, no nothing. I didn’t know to check up. Super unfortunate. Trying to take care of equipment, trying to have a recovery day. Just a bummer, but we’re going into a couple of ovals. We’ll recover there and go for some wins.” When you look at those short ovals coming up, where does your mind go towards the end of the season?“Obviously, full steam ahead. I’m devastated for the guys. That’s not what we want to do here at AJ Foyt Racing. I think we’ll make it back. We’re going to Gateway, Milwaukee, and Nashville, and also, I love Portland. It’s a fantastic track. Just make the most of it. We’ve accomplished a ton with this Sexton Properties Chevrolet. I can’t thank this team enough for the stellar year we’ve had. There’s nothing to be lost there at all.” Sting Ray Robb, No. 41 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet:“Terrible weekend here. Very frustrated. Sad for the team, honestly. They worked their tail ends off the last few weeks, and me having that big accident last weekend, we wanted a good result. We keep building that momentum. We keep getting better every weekend. We made a step forward from qualifying into the race. Pretty happy with the car but when the clutch breaks, there’s not much you can do. Big bummer for the team. Not their fault, not my fault. Just frustrating.” Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:“I had rear-locking, spun, and that’s pretty much the end of that.” While you’re sitting there, are you just a sitting duck?“I am so surprised INDYCAR didn’t call a yellow. You’re just calling for a massive shunt. They had a solid five seconds to call the yellow and tell everybody that was coming, but I’m glad that everybody else in it is fine. Sorry for the team. Obviously, we were having a better race than what we’ve had all weekend. It’s been miserable.” “I am so surprised that they did not call a yellow, as you are just calling for a massive shunt. There was a solid five seconds of waiting before telling everyone what was coming. I am glad that everybody that was involved in it is okay. I am sorry for the team. We were having a better race than what we have had all weekend. It’s just a shame for the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:“Not what we’d hope for on the streets of Toronto. I think we had made a little bit of progress, and the last stint was actually quite good on new Firestone Greens at the end. I think that we would have been alright to pick off a few more guys, but there was nowhere to go. I’m disappointed that both cars ended up destroyed. That’s not where we wanted to be. We’ll forget about it and move on to the next race.” Théo Pourchaire, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:“It was a very tough and challenging race for me. I think we did an amazing job with the No. 7 Ryde Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew. The car was amazing, and the team did their best. I did my best, as well. With the end of the race now, I probably arrived 26 hours ago. I didn’t know the track, and I haven’t raced in about five weeks. It’s an amazing job to go from P26 to P14 and avoid major incidents. I made one small mistake during the race that cost us perhaps a top-10 finish. I am just proud of myself and the team. We showed great pace, and I am so proud and happy that I was able to race again.” Gavin Ward, Team Principal at Arrow McLaren:“I’m just glad we don’t have anymore injured drivers at the end of the day. I think INDYCAR needs to take a deep dive into the delay in going yellow. That incident started off with Pato (O’Ward) having a spin, and not going to a full-course yellow until there’s a car in the catch fence, and we’ve totally crashed two good race cars. It’s just not good enough. Thanks to Théo (Pourchaire) for jumping in a very difficult circumstance and keeping his nose clean.” Christian Rasmussen, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet:“Just a really unfortunate day. I was very proud of the work that the team put in to give me a good car and we were starting in a good place. We were hoping for another strong result and instead we have nothing to show for all of our effort. We will try to make the most of the Portland race next month and finish my season on a positive.” Rinus VeeKay, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet:“Crazy race! I avoided most of the trouble and my tires held on well. There really wasn’t that much passing, I had a few good ones but it was quite hard to get by another car. Towards the end, we chose to go to new sticker green Firehawks which was a really good call. Unfortunately, in the Turn 5 stack up I damaged the front wing. I had to pit for a new one and take the restart a bit farther back. I was able to move forward again, so I am pretty happy with where we finished! This was one of those days where you really don’t have to do too much special, you just need to finish and stay out of the problems.” Romain Grosjean, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet:“Another top-10. That was not an easy day. We had a bit of an issue on a pit stop, but I think we can be happy with our weekend. We recover well after a hard fight.” Agustin Canapino, No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet:“Unfortunately, I had a contact with (Scott) Dixon battling. Part of the race, it was a very unlucky situation, but we touched a little bit and I lost control of the car in a tight part of the track. Really unlucky, but it’s part of the racing. It’s a shame because we were in a good situation this weekend but it’s racing.” Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet:“That’s just kind of how our year has gone, unfortunately. This No. 2 Hitachi crew has been so solid all year long but we just had a communication issue on the first stop. Happens to everyone but we managed it well and fought back to get in position for a top-five finish before the late-race issue. Our Hitachi Chevy had been really good all weekend long. The Andretti cars were going to be very hard to catch but we were in a great position to maximize our day, and you never know what can happen late in one of these races. We’ll bounce back in St. Louis next month and push strong to the end of the season.” Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet:“It was just, in my opinion, a very low percentage move by Will (Power) there. We both had Palou covered and we were both going to gain points on him going into the homestretch of the season with a lot of ovals left where Team Penske is typically very strong. You never like contact with your teammate, but it happens. I ran into him at Laguna Seca so it’s hard to be very upset and hypocritical. Just frustrated when you have these moments, but the Gallagher Chevy team will move past it.” Will Power, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet:“I never want to run into a teammate. That is not something I ever set out to do and I apologize to Scott and his team for knocking them out of the race. We were both in a position to have a solid day against the two Andretti cars and I knew I had a better tire situation than Scott. Unfortunately, we got together and gifted (Alex) Palou too many points. The Verizon Chevy was solid all day, great pit stops and we are leaving without much to show for it.”

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Quotes

KENT, Wash. (July 21, 2024) – Ron Capps spoke to broadcast media following his accident during the first round of eliminations of the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.  

RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports

That was a big wreck, Ron. First off, are you okay and what happened?

“Yeah, I’m fine. Thank God we got all of the new safety stuff in there because four, five, six years ago that probably would have been – who knows – especially the head padding. John Force, I know you are at home watching – what John and his team have done have surely made that less on my body. We were up staging the car and there were some drops, and I was like ‘oh, boy.’ But I thought it wasn’t bad enough that we couldn’t run, and I know that Guido (Dean Antonelli, crew chief) was trying to throw down pretty good. It shook loose. I was trying to pedal it and couldn’t get it going. I heard Gary (Densham) over there and I knew he was a little bit in trouble, but then he started going again. I was looking out of my window and just trying to get it going again – nothing crazy, and as I rolled in, that last pedal – I’ve been there before. The explosion, the concussion and then the body is going. When I’m seeing these trees around the track, it is not a good thing in a Funny Car and then I was just hanging on. I don’t think I’ve ever had an accident like that – hitting walls. It is something I don’t think I’ve ever done in my career that bad. I was just hanging on trying not to hit hard – and then after I hit the right wall, I knew it was going to go left. I was going to go head on into the other wall, so I was able to brace for it. Guido and the guys are great about the padding around my legs. I think they got it from INDYCAR and stuff, and that surely probably kept my legs from getting hurt bad. I just wanted to get out of the car and let my wife know I’m okay. I’m sure she is at home watching on NHRA.com, my family – I love them. I just hate it. NAPA – we’ve finally turned the corner and are running great, and just felt so good about today and how we are doing. It will set us back a bit, but we have great race cars. Precision guys will get working on another car – we have got to get to Sonoma and get through me, but it definitely hurt the budget. The owner in me is really bummed, more than the driver.”

LEWISTOWN, IL (July 20, 2024) – Lining up eighth on the starting grid, racing one of the fastest tracks on the schedule and a host of talent in front of him. No problem for Cannon McIntosh.

The 21-year-old from Bixby, OK, put on a display of speed and racetrack smarts Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway, taking the lead from Hayden Reinbold late in the race and leading the rest of the way to bag the win in the finale of the Tom Knowles Memorial.

The main event, co-sanctioned by the POWRi National Midget League, stood as McIntosh’s fifth win of the season with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota and second as part of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series – both of which he now leads the points standings in.

From eighth on the grid, McIntosh also becomes the deepest-starting Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature winner this season. So, how’d he do it?

“Really just trying to go where they aren’t at that point, you’re already starting eighth and really have nothing to lose there,” McIntosh said. “I didn’t really jump all the way up there right from the beginning, I kinda was searching and got to about third and decided to just commit to the top and get on the very edge.

“It took time to build the momentum, but once I got it, I was able to get to the lead and try to run away.”

While third-starting Reinbold got out to the early lead, fending off early challenges from polesitter Ashton Torgerson, McIntosh searched for the fast lane further back in the field. By the halfway point, he was up to fourth and challenging his Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammates Gavin Miller and Torgerson for a spot on the podium and got it with a great burst of speed off the top side of Turn 2 on Lap 16.

After getting by Torgerson for third, McIntosh set his sights on Miller. By this point, McIntosh had made the decision to commit to the top side around the high-banked, 3/8-mile oval and build his speed for a run at Miller in second and Reinbold at the head of the field.

“During that long run, I could just work up to the cushion slower and slower,” McIntosh said. “Once you’re on it, you’re already in a rhythm at that point. I think it was just a matter of getting the laps together and how long it to get the speed.”

As Miller followed in Reinbold’s tracks on the bottom, McIntosh’s high side momentum began to showcase the speed as he zoomed past Miller for second on Lap 19. Two laps later, he did the same to Reinbold for the lead, beating the Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports No. 19AZ to the stripe by .225 seconds on Lap 21.

Reinbold said it was all about hitting his marks on the bottom side of the racetrack, which he said became more difficult to do as the race progressed.

“It was kind of a gamble – you could drive it hard in and it would maybe stick or maybe not, and I just took too many where I just floated it and missed it,” Reinbold said. “[Cannon] would just get out and get a run and building momentum up.”

As McIntosh began to open up a gap on the field, his progress was soon halted by a red flag displayed on Lap 23. Mark McMahill made contact with McIntosh going into Turn 1 and ended up flipping numerous times in the air before coming to a rest outside Turns 1 and 2. McMahill climbed from his car under his own power, uninjured in the incident.

On the restart, McIntosh went back to the top as the laps wound down, but he soon switched to running the low lines at both ends of the track in an effort to keep Reinbold at bay behind him.

“At the end, with the red, tires just change a little bit, and you lose your rhythm too,” McIntosh said. “I kinda struggled to get back into that rhythm and just started falling over that cushion out of (Turn) 4, and I saw the 19 car poke a nose there right at the end, so I just decided to go down and protect.”

The strategy worked as McIntosh held off all challengers to collect the win and the $5,000 prize.

Reinbold crossed the line in second, setting a new personal best finish with the Series in 2024. Try as he may on the last restart, he was unable to catch McIntosh despite his best effort.

“I knew the bottom was still there and I was gonna have a good chance, so I took time to mess with my shocks and stuff and get it dialed-in,” Reinbold said. “Tied the right-rear down, opened-up the fronts and just got better with the car. Made sure I hit my marks and gave it a good shot.”

Ohio racer Jacob Denney crossed the stripe in third after a fruitful last five laps. Coming from 11th on the grid, Denney piloted the Tom Malloy-owned No. 25 car up to fifth by the final restart. He chose the bottom lane at the drop of the green and, even after slipping back to sixth at one point, picked off three spots in the last five laps to finish third.

Inaugural Series champion Zach Daum crossed the stripe fourth in the Trifecta Motorsports No. 7U while KKM’s own Ryan Timms drove the No. 67 to a fifth-place run after winning at the track Friday night.

UP NEXT

The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets are back in action next weekend for a doubleheader in Oklahoma – Friday, July 26 at Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, and Saturday, July 27 at Tulsa Speedway in Tulsa.

Tickets for both events will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[8]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[3]; 3. 25-Jacob Denney[11]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[7]; 5. 67-Ryan Timms[6]; 6. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 7. 40-Chase McDermand[4]; 8. 56D-Mitchell Davis[10]; 9. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 10. 21K-Karter Sarff[13]; 11. 98-Gunnar Setser[15]; 12. 55-Trevor Cline[12]; 13. 14S-Tyler Edwards[2]; 14. 7T-Adam Taylor[16]; 15. 8-Zach Wigal[9]; 16. 66-Jayden Clay[17]; 17. 1K-Brayton Lynch[14]; 18. 00-John Heitzman[20]; 19. 57-Mark McMahill[18]; 20. 83-Will Armitage[19]

NASCAR CUP SERIES INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY PRACTICE REPORT JULY 19, 2024

Bowman Leads Chevrolet in NASCAR Cup Series Practice at Indianapolis

·       For the first time since the 2020 season, drivers and teams of the NASCAR Cup Series turned laps on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s oval configuration this afternoon for a 50-minute practice session in advance of Sunday’s Brickyard 400. The return of the series’ crown jewel event will mark the first for the Next Gen cars.  ·       Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman led Chevrolet on the speed chart at the conclusion of the NASCAR Cup Series practice session – posting a fastest-lap of 49.743 seconds, at 180.930 mph, in his No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 to land fifth-fastest overall.  ·       Four Team Chevy drivers posted lap times in the top-10 of the final speed chart, with Bowman leading his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson in fifth and William Byron in ninth, with Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar rounding out the top-10.

Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:  o  In 27 NCS races on the IMS oval, Chevrolet has earned 17 victories – a record more than double the next leading manufacturer, Ford, with six victories. o  Of those victories includes a streak of 12-straight, recorded between Aug. 2003 to July 2014. o  Career Chevrolet driver, Jeff Gordon, leads the series with five Brickyard 400 victories, including the inaugural event in Aug. 1994. Team Chevy Top-20 NASCAR Cup Series Practice Results:  5. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL16. Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL19. William Byron, No. 24 Valvoline Camaro ZL110. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Zeigler Auto Group Camaro ZL1

Drivers in the top-10 positions of the NASCAR Cup Series points standings, including Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron and Alex Bowman, met with the media following the series’ 50-minute practice session.  Team Chevy Driver Quotes:

William Byron, No. 24 Valvoline Camaro ZL19th fastest in practice Given your win here at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Xfinity Series and just Chevy’s dominance when it comes to Indianapolis, how do you feel about returning to the oval on Sunday? “I love it. I enjoy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It has those good memories for me, so anytime you come back here, it’s special. Obviously this place is as special as it is, but that memory in 2017 and what that did for my career, that was a really big moment for me. I enjoy coming back here.” You’ll find out where you’ll lineup after tomorrow’s qualifying session, but given the time in the practice session that you had, how do you feel about your car for Sunday? “I feel pretty good. I feel like we could stand to work on a couple little things here and there. I think we were ninth overall on speed, so not bad. We never really did a perfect lap on sticker tires. I just felt like I was always kind of missing the corner here and there. I think we can be better than that. Qualifying will be really important because track position is always big here, so I just feel like we have to work on a little tightness in our car and just try to get a little bit faster.”

Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL15th fastest in practice What are your goals for the remainder of the regular season? “Just to continue to improve our program and try to get better at the places that we lack. We weren’t amazing today, so there’s work to be done for Sunday. Really just to continue to try to make our team better and try to be ready for the playoffs.” What did you notice about how the Next Gen car goes around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval versus the Gen-6 car? “I mean, similar but different. I think a lot of throttle time, for sure. Passing is going to be super difficult. I was talking to Tyler (Reddick) on the way over here. He’s the fastest thing here by a mile and ran me down like I was tied to a post,  and I couldn’t do a damn thing. It’s going to be difficult, for sure. It’s going to be a track position race. This place is unique, right? It’s narrow. It’s really sensitive with this car. If you get a little bit too high, you’re on ice. It’s definitely tricky.” So the hope that passing might be a little bit easier because the wake wouldn’t be as bad, that’s not really panning out? “I don’t know. It’s hard because we haven’t raced here back-to-back. It’s been four years or whatever, so it’s hard to say if it’s better or worse than the last car. But it’s still extremely difficult, for sure. Anything is though, right? The INDYCAR guys get aero-tight and stuff. The INDYCAR, I feel like, gets such a big run down the straightaway compared to the Cup car. Obviously it doesn’t seem like we’re building those big runs, so it makes it tough.” Kyle Larson was saying this week that he expects restarts to be as aggressive as they’ve ever been, or more aggressive than the last time you guys were here.. “Yeah, for sure. I mean, it’s different, right? It’s so narrow, so there’s not as many options as – like into (turn) one at Pocono (Raceway), you’re five or six-wide. Hopefully we don’t get there here, right? But guys are going to be aggressive because you’re never going to get those spots back. You’re never really going to get a shot to be side-by-side with somebody I feel like, unless they mess up pretty bad. Yeah, I mean if you hit your marks and hit the line, it’s going to be really difficult for anybody to do anything with the other lines.”

The Series veterans brought their families on the road while competing through eight different states

CONCORD, NC (July 19, 2024) – Amid a grueling season with the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models, Brandon Sheppard and Cade Dillard kept their families by their side during the summertime set of events.

The two drivers sit comfortably inside the top four in Series points, with Sheppard leading the standings and Dillard 186 points back from him in fourth place.

Sheppard, a New Berlin, IL native, is grateful to have his wife, Mikala, and his three children Jase, Addison, and Baylor alongside him while keeping his focused energy on the Late Model during race nights.

“It’s really nice to have the family along for the ride,” Sheppard said. “Everybody sacrifices a lot being out on the road and I’m fortunate to be in a position where they can join me and still be able to get everything done. The crew has been a help in the process while we drive up and down the road to every track we go to. The support from my family is huge from my dad and grandpa at the track to the Riggs family and Longhorn family getting us in the right position. We just make the most out of what we got.”

Being a long way from his humble abode in Robeline, LA, Dillard savored the time he got to have with his wife, Shelby, and his two kids Evie and Caden during the Heartland Grand Tour by going on other excursions in between the days of racing.

“They don’t get to be out on the road much because of school, work and all,” Dillard said. “It means a lot to me, honestly. It seems like I always run better with them at the races because you’re gone for stretches of weeks and you get to missing them and your head gets thrown off in a hurry. So, it seems like I’m able to concentrate better because I don’t have to drive 18 or 19 hours to get home to see them. My wife has been extremely supportive and my kids love being here, so we’ve got to other adventures, water parks, campgrounds, and such. This is basically our Summer vacation and we just get to hit some races in between.”

Sheppard’s No.B5 caught heat in June and July by winning his first three Feature wins with the Series in 2024 at Thunderhill Raceway, Ponderosa Speedway, and Deer Creek Speedway. 

Since Sunshine Nationals, B-Shepp finished outside of the top-10 twice and has results inside the podium more than he has not, with 12 podium standings compared to 11 finishes of fourth or worse.

“The confidence is up, but we’re not at our peak or where we need to be right now,” Sheppard said. “Overall, we’re about as close as we can be, we’ve gotten to the stage where the chances made are minor fixes to put ourselves in a position to be there at the end of these races is the big thing and we’ve done that. It’s about the other aspects like handling lapped traffic and fine-tuning to get the last little bit we’re looking for.”

While Dillard continues his hunt for a World of Outlaws Feature win in 2024, he achieved one of the biggest wins of his career at the end of May with a $100,001 triumph in The Big Deal 24 at Mississippi Thunder Speedway behind the wheel of his No.97 CDR Race Cars Modified. He topped the scoring pylon over fellow Late Model competitors Dustin Sorensen, Bobby Pierce, and Ricky Thornton Jr.

“Anytime you can get your motivation up or team morale boosted, things seem smoother,” Dillard said. “Races like that are hard to come by and the wins are even harder. There are great drivers who go their whole career and have never gotten a payday like $100,000. It was cool to me, but more special to win it in a car that we built. We started building them about two years ago and I take more pride in the fact that so many smart minds from my team to engineers to get that machine made to win $100,000. It’s rewarding to a small business and helped a bunch with our operation.”

Dillard’s 2024 season is miles ahead of the 2023 run he had by scoring the second-most Heat race wins of all drivers with 11 and finishing inside the podium more than he’s had in the last two seasons with three on the season.

“Performance-wise, our consistency has been there,” Dillard said. “To be competitive in points, you gotta be inside the podium and top five, but there’s been wins that slip by and bad luck that’s hit us. Nonetheless, our cars had the speed, it’s all about putting it all together. It’s not for a lack of effort, it’s just things don’t go your way sometimes. We just need to keep working at it as we have normally going into these big events coming up.”

Sheppard brings momentum into the crown jewel season with Fairbury Speedway’s Prairie Dirt Classic next up for the World of Outlaws. Winning a fourth in 2024 could move him to third all-time in event wins behind Bob Pierce and Billy Moyer, who share the most PDC wins with five.

“It’s unlike anything else,” Sheppard said. “It’s an Eldora atmosphere but jammed into a small town. The hype is unreal and the fans are great and get into everything. It’s crazy the amount of people packed into that place and what they make out of Fairbury with all the fun things around the area, it’s great for families and kids, a lot of history. It’s close to me and one of those deals you got to have confidence going into.”

He expanded on the week of crown jewel races with Cedar Lake Speedway’s USA Nationals commencing a mere five days after the Prairie Dirt Classic, with Sheppard seeking a second win in the event.

“(Cedar Lake) helped make my career,” Sheppard said. “I always ran good there, and (it was) the first time I really competed for a crown jewel win. The place is awesome, the trophy is amazing, it’s like a bigger Fairbury. It’s a super fun place and the fans make it special. We’ve had a good car the past three years, it’s one of those tracks where you need enough at the end to get up on the wheel and go for the win.”

Sheppard and Dillard set all focus towards the crown jewel action with the World of Outlaws CASE Late Models at Fairbury Speedway on Friday and Saturday, July 26-27 for the 34th Annual Prairie Dirt Classic. Alongside the on-track action, there will be a golf tournament for Shriner’s Hospital for Children on Thursday, July 26, live music, an autograph session, and a VFW breakfast on Friday and Saturday. For more information on the event and tickets, CLICK HERE.

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

INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY MEDIA AVAILABILITY QUOTES JULY 19, 2024

Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series’ practice session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   Media Availability Quotes:  How do you see the regular season title playing out with four drivers still in the hunt? “Yeah, I mean obviously it’s really tight between Kyle (Larson) and I, and Denny (Hamlin) and Tyler (Reddick). And William (Byron) isn’t really far out either. There’s still a lot of racing left, is kind of how I look at it. A lot can happen in that period of time. It’s going to force all of us to be really good. You’re going to have to be really solid. You’re probably going to have to win a race or two between now and the end of it to have a legitimate chance without other guys having problems, which I don’t really see four or five guys having a ton of issues between now and then.. not all of them at least.” Have you and Alan (Gustafson) discussed a strategy? There are 15 bonus points on the line.“Oh yeah, we’re trying to win it. We’re trying to run as good as we can to accumulate as many points as possible to win the 15 points. I mean, that’s all that matters. The regular season championship is really meaningless.. it’s just the points. They could really just call it ’15 points’ and it would be the exact same as what it is now.” You mentioned a couple of years ago, when you did win the regular season championship, it did carry you through a couple of the rounds. So how important is it to win it and get those points?“Yeah, I mean it carried us the whole way, honestly. There was no shot we were ever making the final four without the amount of points that we accumulated. We fortunately had a really good first-half of the year. That was the same year, right? In 2022?  Yeah, we just had a really good first-half of the year. And then we ran really bad those last eight-and-a-half weeks. Without those points, we would have been long out of it, in my view. Mathematically, I’m not exactly sure where we would have been, obviously. Judging off the way we ran, we needed to be a lot better and that certainly helped to have some points to lean on because it would have been really, really tough without that. So they can mean a lot. You hope that you’re running good enough that you don’t need them, is the goal that everyone has. But you know, to have eight-straight weeks that nothing goes wrong, is probably not realistic.” Knowing that this track has so much history with your family and your dad having won here. What’s it like to have NASCAR back on the oval and for you to have this second chance to maybe win it? “Yeah, for sure. When we left the oval, I didn’t really think a ton of it. But I do feel like coming back, it does mean more being on the oval, for me personally. This race has always been important because it was one of the few races that I was old enough to be around that dad had one, so I think because of that, it’s always been just a little more special than the rest. And certainly, one of the few wins that I was around for. But more than that, one of the few – it was the only marquee, major if you will, win that I was around for. So it’s always been really special. I always knew how much that race meant to him. And you know because of that, I’ve always had a lot of admiration for the event. It’s always been something in my mind that I would love to match and be able to share that moment with the shoe on the other foot. I feel like that would be really, really cool. Personally, that’s been a goal of mine ever since I started racing in the NASCAR deal. When we left, I didn’t really think as much about it. But certainly coming back, I’m like, yeah – if I were to ever win this race, this is definitely how I’d want to do it, if I had a choice, for sure. Being here was great regardless, whether we raced on the road course or the oval. But I’m excited that we’re back on the oval. The race probably isn’t going to be great, from a passing standpoint. But that’s OK.. I don’t know that it ever has been super stellar in the past 10 years or so. But I think being here is a big deal. It just puts a challenge into a different bucket. You’re going to have to be really on top of things from the beginning of the weekend; have a good qualifying effort and a really good strategy. Find ways to get out front and try to control the event.” Your dad’s 2002 victory, you didn’t kiss the bricks that day? What was the reason for not kissing the bricks? “I don’t know.. I was six (years old). (Laughs) You tell me.. I have no idea why I was uninterested. But yeah, I was uninterested. I don’t really know why, I just didn’t want to do it. I don’t know if I thought it was weird or what, but I was anti-kissing the bricks that day. I just did not want to do it. If I could ask myself why six-year-old me didn’t want to do that, I’d ask and give you a better answer. I really don’t know, but I didn’t. I’d certainly be alright with it now, for sure. I’d be plenty OK with it today, so maybe we can make it happen.” A very rare speeding penalty for you last week. I’m curious if you dissected it at all, especially with the questions of whether there were any mess up with the zone? “I still don’t know, to be honest with you. I haven’t gotten a straight answer. You’re not going to get a straight answer from the NASCAR front, which is fine. But yeah, it was a bummer. I mean whether the zone was too short or the zone wasn’t short enough, we had made ‘X’ amount of pit stops throughout the day that I wasn’t speeding. And everybody else, aside from the handful of guys that got caught, didn’t speed either. So I just kind of chalk it up to mistake on my part, really at the end of the day. There’s nothing I can do about it, so what does it matter now, really? Just try not to make that mistake again. But it was certainly – from how we would typically set our pit road, that had us in a different box than what we would typically be each weekend. I just didn’t do a great job of keeping that in mind throughout the race, and ultimately it flashed red in the zone on their screen. I didn’t feel like I did anything different.. I’m not talking about my bubbles. I didn’t feel like I did anything different on my end than I had done all day. But just the timing of it and everything else, certainly sped in their book. They make the rules, right? So off we went.” This two-week break coming up. Every season is always a grind. For your crew guys, people in the shop, how important is it for the industry to be able to get away at this point in the year? “Yeah, I think it’s extremely important. You know, so often I think we forget about that and just how much of a grind it is for everybody. For you guys, this is a long time on the road. I’m sure everybody is looking forward to a couple weeks of not having to travel on Thursday or Friday, and getting home late Sunday night and being tired all day Monday. It can certainly wear on you. People have families. They have homes and things to tend to, and certainly I think we all recognize the responsibility when we sign up to come do this. I’m not disregarding that in any way, but I think for everybody to have a good mental and physical reset is certainly healthy. And I think it keeps people in a really good headspace when you come back. I think the happier that everybody is inside the garage, the healthier the sport is as a whole. So I think that ultimately, it’s a good. I also believe that less is more, from a scheduling perspective. I think the more that we spend time away from the race track, the hungrier our fans are to have us come back. I think you see that with football and some other sports that have a little bit longer break. When it comes back, you’re fired up for it more. So I think some of those things can be exemplified here a little better, but extremely important to have a break for everybody involved. Just kind of hit that reset button and get ready for the second-half.” A lot of discussion about NASCAR adding an international race next year.. Mexico or Canada. What are your thoughts on that.. racing international?“I’m totally good with it. I think it would be a lot of fun, just to do something a little different. I do think – going back to Jeff’s question about the schedule – when you start racing internationally, you’re going to have potential travel logistics that we wouldn’t typically have. So I think just keeping those things in mind.. like are we going to have another weekend backed right up to that, right? Are we going to have to get everybody’s passports to get across the border and then turn around and get ready to go somewhere else in five or six days? I think those types of things need to be thought through. But I’m all for it.. I have no issues doing anything like that. I think anytime you can tap into a new market, or a market that hasn’t seen a NASCAR race very much.. I’m not exactly sure where they’re talking about going, but I think it has potential to be good. And also, too, maybe it’ll open up some opportunities to go to places that NASCAR has never been, which I think would really be even better.”

BATAVIA, Ohio (July 19, 2024) – The 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass will be the next event in the chase for the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup. Ricky Thornton Jr. leads a close battle for the Arizona Sports Shirts Crown Jewel Cup by just 40 points over Jonathan Davenport. Devin Moran is 90 points behind the leader in third, followed by Tim McCreadie and Mike Marlar. The mini-series within the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule consists of fourteen (14) events that pay $30,000 or more to the winner. Drivers with perfect attendance on the tour will earn points in these fourteen (14) events based on their respective finishes. The driver that earns the most points at the fourteen (14) Crown Jewel Cup events will be crowned the Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Champion – earning a $15,000 cash bonus at the year-end awards banquet. The drivers who finish second through fifth in the Crown Jewel Cup standings will earn $6,000, $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000 in cash, respectively for a total point fund of $30,000 for these fourteen (14) events. Arizona Sport Shirts will continue to have a presence at all Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events as the Official Merchandise Provider for the series along with their extensive online store at https://www.gottarace.com/collections/lucas-oil-late-model-dirt-series For the latest news, results, championship standings and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, please visit www.lucasdirt.com. 2024 Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Schedule:Date – Track – City, State – To Win – Winner Sat. May 11 – Fairbury Speedway – Fairbury, IL – $30,000 – Devin MoranSat. May 25 – Lucas Oil Speedway – Wheatland, MO – $50,000 – Jonathan DavenportSat. Jun. 15 – Smoky Mountain Speedway – Maryville, TN – $50,000 – Brandon OvertonSat. Jun. 22 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver, PA – $50,000 – Ricky Thornton Jr.Sat. Jul. 20 – Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD – $53,000Sat. Aug. 10 – Florence Speedway – Union, KY – $75,000Sat. Aug. 17 – Batesville Motor Speedway – Batesville, AR – $50,000Sat. Aug. 24 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, PA – $50,000Sun. Sep. 1 – Tyler County Speedway – Middlebourne, WV – $30,000Sat. Sep. 21 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, IA – $50,000Sat. Sep. 28 – Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN – $50,000Sat. Oct. 5 – Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway – Imperial, PA – $50,000Sat. Oct. 12 – East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL – $50,000Sat. Oct. 19 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, OH – $100,000 About Arizona Sports Shirts:Founded more than four decades ago, Arizona Sport Shirts has provided bold, unique, and effective apparel for race teams, businesses, and special events. Today, Arizona Sport Shirts continues its commitment to providing cutting edge apparel and merchandise found nowhere else. More information on Arizona Sport Shirts, including online ordering details, is available at: www.ArizonaSportShirts.com.

About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesFounded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2024, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 63 events across 16 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap.  The series receives national exposure through a television package streamed live via FloRacing, with select broadcasts on MAVTV Motorsports Network.   The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com.2024 Official Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Marketing Partners

Feger joins O’Neal, Shirley, Pierce, Moyer and Babb in 30-win club

MAPLE PARK, IL (July 18, 2024) – In the 39-year history of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, only six men have eclipsed 30 Feature wins. Jason Feger added his name to that list Thursday night in the 2024 season finale at Sycamore Speedway.

Feger, the 2010 Hell Tour champion from Bloomington, IL, led every lap of the main event for his fourth win of the summer, joining fellow Summer Nationals champions Don O’Neal (39), Brian Shirley (42), Bobby Pierce (49), Billy Moyer (100) and Shannon Babb (101) as the sixth driver in series history to win 30 Features.

The $6,000 triumph came as his first ever at the 3/8-mile oval, breaking Shirley’s win streak at the track with the Summer Nationals after he swept the event in 2021, 2022 and 2023. It also marks Feger’s 21st Summer Nationals victory in his home state, where each of his four wins this summer have been.

After winning his Heat Race and redrawing the outside pole for the Feature, Feger and polesitter Shannon Babb took the green flag and raced side-by-side into Turn 1. While Babb stuck to the bottom lane, Feger made his way around the top through the first two corners and got a great drive off Turn 2 to take the lead down the backstretch.

Feger soon began to stretch his lead, which grew to almost two seconds before the first caution flag was displayed on Lap 14 for a slowing Cody Overton. On the restart, Feger got the jump he needed to keep Shirley and Dennis Erb Jr. at bay behind him.

From there, Feger began to drive away with the lead while the battle for a spot in the top-five raged on behind him between Shirley, Erb, Babb and Frank Heckenast Jr. When Erb got by Shirley to take second on Lap 23, Feger had a 1.2-second advantage on Erb. Five laps later, the gap was over 2.3 seconds.

As Feger crossed the start/finish line under the white flag, still maintaining his large lead, it looked like smooth sailing to the checkered flag. And then, red.

Contact between Sean Mattingly and Titus Sneed on the backstretch sent Sneed’s car into the outside retaining wall and into a barrel roll by the opening before Turn 3, bringing out an immediate red flag. Sneed climbed from his car uninjured while the rest was towed back to the pits.

This presented Feger with one final test and his longtime Illinois rivals with one final chance on the restart.

“Coming to get the checkers, it’s definitely frustrating, but that’s part of racing,” Feger said. “Dennis is good and [Shirley] is good, so anything can happen. You can have a tire go down or you can just mess up that one time.

“I knew the car was really good; I could go anywhere I needed. I just needed to make sure I hit my marks and not just give it away – make them earn it the hard way.”

But, as he’d done before, Feger got a strong restart, gapped Erb behind him and led the field back around to the checkered flag unchallenged to secure the win in the final Late Model race of the 2024 Hell Tour.

Though he made history with the milestone win in the season finale and two weekly points championships, Feger said in Victory Lane that he expected more from his 2024 Summer Nationals efforts.

“I felt like we’ve been really fast this summer, but it definitely wasn’t the Hell Tour we were looking for,” Feger said.

He said he and the crew found a damaged shock partial way through their Summer Nationals schedule, which may have hindered his performance in the races he ran.

“That was frustrating; I wish we could start over and bring our A-game,” Feger said. “We worked hard, we kept digging and figured out what was wrong.”

Erb held on for second while Heckenast got by Shirley for third on the final lap. Babb completed the top-five.

Feature Results (31 laps): 1. Jason Feger, 2. Dennis Erb Jr, 3. Frank Heckenast Jr, 4. Brian Shirley, 5. Shannon Babb, 6. Bob Gardener, 7. Spencer Diercks, 8. Rich Bell, 9. Mike Provenzano, 10. Jaden Fryer, 11. Mark Voigt, 12. Dale Markham, 13. Jeremy Spoonmore, 14. Mike Lofgren, 15. Doug Tye, 16. Sean Mattingly, 17. Titus Sneed, 18. Cody Overton, 19. Jeff Riddell, 20. Mike Spatola, 21. Mike Mataragas, 22. John Provenzano

BRANDON, SD (July 18, 2024) – Bobby Pierce led wire-to-wire on Thursday night at Huset’s Speedway as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series kicked off the three-day, 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals – Presented by MyRacePass. Pierce’s win was his first of 2024 with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series – scoring the $10,000 victory for his sixth win in his last seven late model feature starts. The win is Pierce’s 21st overall in 2024. Pierce was in control for all 40 laps as he beat fellow Illinois driver and defending Silver Dollar Nationals winner Brandon Sheppard to the checkers by 2.224 seconds. Daulton Wilson, the Victory Fuel polesitter finished in third rounding out the Big River Steel Podium. Devin Moran was fourth followed by Hudson O’Neal, whose two-race Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win streak was snapped, in fifth. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 18th time in his career, the 2019 Silver Dollar Nationals winner who finished second a year-ago to Sheppard is looking for a $53,000 payday on Saturday night. “I don’t know what it is, but I was beat up last year after the race and I am again. You have got to stay on the wheel I think like literally the whole time around this racetrack with how it’s shaped and with how the banking flattens off in certain spots. The second you relax is when you push and make a mistake, things happen very fast here. It’s very mentally challenging because you come off the corners in turn four and it tightens up. The only time I got the wall was off of turn four down the straightaway.” Sheppard, a two-time winner of the Silver Dollar Nationals, took over second from Wilson on lap four and trailed Pierce the rest of the way. “The engine got a little bit more on the warmer side than I like it. Thanks to Huset’s Speedway for giving us a great racetrack tonight. We had a pretty good car all night long, we didn’t qualify as good as we needed to. We’ve been working on this thing trying to get a little bit better. We keep finishing second to Bobby. His stuff is really good right now and hats off to them guys, they do a really good job.”  Wilson who held the second spot for the first three circuits of the race, which saw only one caution flag slow the action, rounded out the Big River Steel Podium. “This is a big deal for us. This place has definitely kicked my butt over the years. We were probably the only one on hard tires tonight, so we messed up a little bit there. My guys have been busting their tails and to get a night under our belt on hard tires is not a bad thing either so to be up here is a great thing.”  The winner’s Bobby Pierce Racing, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Low Voltage Solutions, Hoker Trucking, Churchill Transport, Toyota of Danville, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Rio Grande Waste Service, Collins Brothers Towing, A Plus Vacuum, Leka Tree Service, Carnaghi Towing and Repair, and Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body Shop. Completing the top ten were Tim McCreadie, Drake Troutman, Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton Jr., and Carson Ferguson. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePassThursday, July 18, 2024Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD Allstar Performance Time TrialsOverall Fast Time: Daulton Wilson | 13.4955 seconds Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 7. 111-Max Blair[7]; 8. 07-Ben Sukup[8]; 9. 10-Junior Coover[9] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 5. 25C-Chad Simpson[6]; 6. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[5]; 7. 93-Cory Lawler[7]; 8. 15C-Curt Schroeder[8] Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[5]; 7. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson[3] 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Feature Finish (40 Laps):

Race Statistics  Entrants: 25Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Daulton WilsonLap Leaders: Bobby Pierce (Laps 1-40)Wieland Feature Winner: Hudson O’NealArizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/aBrandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/aMargin of Victory: 2.224 seconds Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Debris (Lap 23)Series Provisionals: n/aFast Time Provisional: n/aSeries Emergency Provisionals: n/aTrack Provisional: n/aBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Daulton WilsonPenske Shocks Top 5: Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Daulton Wilson, Devin Moran, Hudson O’NealTodd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Garrett Alberson (Advanced 7 Positions) PEM 4th Place Feature: Devin MoranWilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Drake TroutmanDeatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Chad SimpsonMD3 Most Laps Led: Bobby Pierce (40 Laps) Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O’NealMidwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/aColtman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Bobby Pierce (Lap 1 | 13.164 seconds) Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Devin MoranMiller Welders Hard Luck Award: Mike MarlarOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Bob Pierce (Bobby Pierce)ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Racing EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Bobby Pierce (13.1250 seconds)Time of Race: 12 minutes 34 seconds 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass Point Standings After Night 1: