OCALA, FLA. (June 4, 2025) — Josh Hart is a businessman and team owner that is always in motion. Whether it is overseeing his growing business, Burnyzz Speed Shop, in Ocala, Florida with his wife Brittanie, or running 330 mph in the TechNet R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. This weekend at the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Hart will showcase his multi-tasking skills racing Top Fuel and his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak in the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown class while also promoting Burnyzz Speed Shop with a midway display. Additionally, Hart will be spending time with fans at free autograph appearances before and during the race.

The TechNet/R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster will be back in action this weekend at Bristol Dragway,
photo credit Krista Zivcic Photography

“I don’t know if I could pack more into this weekend,” said Hart, from the Burnyzzz Speed Shop office. “We raced in Epping last weekend and I flew home right after the race. I have been at Burnyzz and we’ll head to Bristol in a couple days. I spent some time with my family, and we’ll be off again before we know it. Sometimes it seems like a lot, but I also know I am blessed to be able to pursue all these passions. There is no way I could do this without the support of my wife, Brittanie, and three great teams; the team at Burnyzz, my Top Fuel team and the guys at DHDR on the Flexjet side.”

Hart will be looking to continue to move up the Top Fuel point standing racing his red, white and blue TechNet Top Fuel dragster at Bristol Dragway. In four of the previous five races Hart raced to the quarterfinals. Last weekend he dropped his first round race but the early exit will not diminish his focus to get back into the Top Fuel winner’s circle.

“We are just past the halfway point of the regular season and there are a group of teams all bunched up in the bottom half of the Top Ten,” said Hart. “A good weekend in Bristol could move us to the top of that group and then we can start reeling in more drivers. There is a regular season championship on the line and then once we get into the Countdown anything can happen.”

Hart’s history at Bristol Dragway has been challenging since he made his first appearance in 2021. In 2023 he raced to the quarterfinals from the No. 12 spot defeating Mike Salinas in the first round before losing in the second round to eventual race winner Justin Ashley. Last year Hart and the TechNet/R+L Carriers team started from the No. 10 qualifying position and lost a close first round race to Billy Torrence. His best qualifying start at the Thunder Valley Nationals was No. 3 in 2022.

“Bristol hasn’t been very kind to our team but every year we get more data,” said Hart. “Ron and Jason will put their heads together and we will be ready when we come off the trailer on Friday. I am glad we are getting four qualifying runs and I’ll also be on track for the Flextjet series so I will be in race mode all the time. I love being busy at the track so this will be a good weekend for us.”

This will be Hart’s fourth Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series race running under the David H Davies Racing banner. Hart’s eye-catching Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger has been making consistent progress since its first race at the Gatornationals. The driving skill required is dramatically different from his 12,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragster but the veteran driver who has won in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Fuel has enjoyed the challenge.

Josh Hart will also be looking to go rounds in the Flextjet Factory Stock Showdown class in the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger, photo credit Auto Imagery

“Driving the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger has been eye-opening and a lot of fun,” said Hart. “When that car come off the line with a nice wheel stand and starts accelerating down the track it’s pretty cool. The guys at DHDR have been awesome to race with and I am looking for more progress in Bristol. In addition to seeing the Burnyzz Dodge on the track we’ll have a Burnyzz Speed Shop display in the midway.”

Hart will join all the stars of the NHRA on Saturday night for a free driver autograph session in the pits that will start 30 minutes after the final qualifying session. This annual event gives hundreds of fans the chance to meet their favorite drivers and get a photo or autograph.

“The great thing about the NHRA is the fan access and the sponsor support,” said Hart. “I am looking forward to seeing the fans on Saturday night after qualifying and then hopefully they will come by the trailer during the race on Sunday.”

Qualifying for Hart and all the Top Fuel teams will start on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. with two more qualifying sessions on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Hart will also be hitting the track for Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown qualifying runs Friday at 2:45 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. with a Saturday session at 11:15 a.m. Eliminations for the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series will start Saturday afternoon and the Top Fuel eliminations will commence on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. The race will be broadcast nationally on FS1 starting at 3:00 p.m. ET. For more information fans can check out www.nhra.com.

No. 13 Corvette set for Le Mans debut after taking IMSA Bob Akin Award, Rolex 24 victory DETROIT (June 4, 2025) – With one victory in a 24-hour endurance classic already in-hand, Corvette Z06 GT3.R team AWA is hoping lightning strikes twice, this time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in its debut at the French classic. The team, its No. 13 Corvette and driving trio of Matt Bell, Orey Fidani and Lars Kern are part of the 24-car field in the LMGT3 class of the famed French enduro. AWA’s Corvette is one of three Z06 GT3.Rs entered for this year’s Le Mans alongside FIA WEC full-season entrant TF Sport, which is supplying logistical support to the AWA effort.

First up for the team is Sunday’s Test Day, which features a pair of three-hour sessions of running around the famed Le Mans circuit.  It also provides the first time for the No. 13 Corvette to run in its predominantly red race livery, highlighting the team’s Canadian heritage. The AWA driving trio are at Le Mans via Fidani’s win in the 2024 Bob Akin Award, which goes to the top-scoring Bronze driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. This year’s Le Mans will be the third for Bell – who podiumed in the 2022 LMP2 Pro-Am race – but the first for both Fidani and Kern. Fidani and Kern did, however, race last year at the event in the Road to Le Mans support race in anticipation of a potential invite to this year’s race.

CORVETTE RACING MEDIA INFO Corvette Racing media information is updated and available ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for both AWA and TF Sport.  Materials include Corvette Racing event advance and quotes, Corvette Racing stats and figures, Corvette Z06 GT3.R racecar comparisons, Corvette Racing Fast Facts, factory driver biographies and Corvette Racing photography, among other items. Editors: A pre-event advance regarding TF Sport will be distributed Thursday.

Not only did that invitation come to pass, AWA won this year’s Rolex 24 At Daytona in IMSA’s GTD class with its Corvette. In addition, Fidani again is leading the Akin Award standings heading into the next IMSA event at Watkins Glen the weekend following Le Mans. The AWA team will get its first laps around the 8.47-mile circuit during Sunday’s Test Day. It’s the first time since last year’s final lap that cars will have the chance to run on the full Le Mans layout – a mix of permanent racetrack and public roads. The Test Day is valuable with only a three-hour Free Practice on Wednesday ahead of the first round of qualifying later in the day. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. CET on Saturday, June 14. MotorTrend will air the full race live in the U.S., with full live streaming coverage of all on-track sessions – including qualifying and Hyperpole – will be available through the MAX app in the U.S. Radio Le Mans also will provide live streaming audio coverage of all sessions as well.

AWA PRE-EVENT QUOTESMATT BELL, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “Le Mans is the pinnacle of our sport. It’s the biggest, most prestigious race in the world, there’s just something extra special about it. There are amazing endurance races everywhere, but Le Mans is the crème de la crème. I’ve done it twice and was fortunate to be on the podium my first time. I’ll be looking to replicate that with AWA and Corvette. We’ve got a strong team, and I’m really looking forward to my first GT run with AWA at Le Mans.”(The team’s confidence) “I have huge belief in this team, and everyone on the team does too. We’re a confident group, especially after the Daytona win. We always felt we could compete at that level, and now we’ve proven it. That win definitely raised the bar for us going into Le Mans. I think we’re shooting for a podium, minimum.”

OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “We completed a test ahead of heading to Le Mans and it went very well. We’re feeling confident as a team and doing everything we can to be as prepared as possible. I’m incredibly excited to be back on track soon and getting to return to Circuit de la Sarthe for the big show this time. It’s truly amazing what this group has accomplished in the past year, and now we get to show what we’re made of and represent Canada in the biggest endurance race in the world.”

LARS KERN, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “It still feels a bit like a dream. I’ve always said I wouldn’t believe I was racing at Le Mans until the moment I left pit lane. For years, making it to the Le Mans grid felt out of reach. It’s the pinnacle of sports car racing, and I wasn’t sure I belonged there.“Coming here after a Daytona 24 win, driving a Corvette in LMGT3, still feels surreal. But here we are. I can’t thank everyone enough for the trust they’ve put in me, especially Orey and the entire AWA team. They’re an incredible group, and I wouldn’t want to race with anyone else.“Now let’s put that Maple Leaf Corvette Z06 GT3.R on French tarmac and make Canada proud.”

CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: By the Numbers• 2: Number of victories for TF Sport at Le Mans (2020 and 2022 in GTE Am)• 3: Number of wins for the Corvette C5-R – 2001, 2002, 2004• 4: Number of wins for the Corvette C6.R – 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011• 4: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at Le Mans since 2000 – Corvette C5-R (2000-04), Corvette C6.R (2005-13), Corvette C7.R (2014-2019) and Corvette C8.R (2021-2023) / Corvette Z06 GT3.R (2024-current)• 11: Number of combined 24 Hours of Le Mans starts for the No. 81 Corvette trio of Charlie Eastwood (five), Rui Andrade (four) and Tom Van Rompuy (two)• 9: Class victories for Corvette Racing at Le Mans – all since 2001• 12: Number of drivers who have won races at Le Mans for Corvette Racing – Olivier Beretta, Nicky Catsburg, Ron Fellows, Antonio Garcia, Oliver Gavin, Ben Keating, Jan Magnussen, Tommy Milner, Johnny O’Connell, Scott Pruett, Jordan Taylor and Nico Varrone• 14: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since 2001• 30: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, Charlotte Motor Speedway, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Chang International Circuit (Thailand), Daytona, Detroit, Houston, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Lusail International Circuit (Qatar), Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia), Miami, Mid-Ohio, Monza, Portimão, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Sonoma, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres, Utah, VIR, Washington DC and Watkins Glen• 33: Number of drivers to compete for Corvette Racing at Le Mans. That number grows this year with the additions of all three AWA Corvette drivers• 70: Number of drivers in Corvette Racing entries since 1999. The latest to join the list was Ben Green in GT World Challenge Asia for Johor Motorsports Racing at Mandalika (Indonesia)• 72: Years since Corvette was introduced to the world on Jan. 17, 1953 in New York City. A total of 300 cars were produced that year• 144: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 117 in IMSA, nine at Le Mans, four in the FIA WEC, 12 in GT World Challenge America and two GT World Challenge Asia• 115,625.48: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing entries in 25 previous trips to Le Mans. That represents 13,708 laps… or almost five full trips around the Earth at its equator. Corvette Racing combined to go over the 100,000-mile mark at Le Mans in the 2021 race.• 425,552.38: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing since its inception. To put that in perspective, Corvette Racing is more than halfway to the distance traveled by Apollo 13 – the longest manned spaceflight in history: 622,268 miles. That means Corvette Racing has raced to the moon… and then some! Corvette Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (wins in bold)2000 – No. 63 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Chris Kneifel/Justin Bell – 4th in GTSNo. 64 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon – 3rd in GTS 2001 – No. 63 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Scott Pruett – 1st in GTSNo. 64 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon – 2nd in GTS 2002 – No. 63 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GTSNo. 64 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon – 2nd in GTS 2003 – No. 53 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Franck Freon – 3rd in GTSNo. 50 Corvette C5-R: Oliver Gavin/Kelly Collins/Andy Pilgrim – 2nd in GTS 2004 – No. 63 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Max Papis – 2nd in GTSNo. 64 Corvette C5-R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GTS  2005 – No. 63 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Max Papis – 2nd in GT1No. 64 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT1 2006 – No. 63 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Max Papis – 7th in GT1No. 64 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT1 2007 – No. 63 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Jan Magnussen – 2nd in GT1No. 64 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Max Papis – 14th in GT1 2008 – No. 63 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Jan Magnussen – 2nd in GT1No. 64 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Max Papis – 3rd in GT1 2009 – No. 63 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O’Connell/Antonio Garcia – 1st in GT1No. 64 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Marcel Fässler – 4th in GT1 2010 – No. 63 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O’Connell/Antonio Garcia – 12th in GT2 (DNF)No. 64 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin/Emmanuel Collard – 10th in GT2 (DNF) 2011 – No. 73 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Tommy Milner/Antonio Garcia – 1st in GTE ProNo. 74 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen/Richard Westbrook – 14th in GTE Pro (DNF) 2012 – No. 73 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 5th in GTE ProNo. 74 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Richard Westbrook – 6th in GTE Pro 2013 – No. 73 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 4th in GTE ProNo. 74 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Richard Westbrook – 7th in GTE Pro 2014 – No. 73 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 2nd in GTE ProNo. 74 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Richard Westbrook – 4th in GTE Pro 2015 – No. 63 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Ryan Briscoe – DNS (Qualifying crash)No. 64 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Jordan Taylor – 1st in GTE Pro 2016 – No. 63 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Ricky Taylor – 7th in GTE ProNo. 64 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Jordan Taylor – 10th in GTE Pro (DNF) 2017 – No. 63 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 3rd in GTE ProNo. 64 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fässler – 8th in GTLM 2018 – No. 63 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Mike Rockenfeller – 4th in GTE ProNo. 64 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fässler – 15th in GTE Pro (DNF) 2019 – No. 63 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia/Mike Rockenfeller – 8th in GTE ProNo. 64 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fässler – 16th in GTE Pro (DNF) 2021 – No. 63 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor/Nicky Catsburg – 2nd in GTE ProNo. 64 Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner/Nick Tandy/Alexander Sims – 6th in GTE Pro 2022 – No. 63 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor/Nicky Catsburg – 7th in GTE Pro (DNF)No. 64 Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner/Nick Tandy/Alexander Sims – 6th in GTE Pro (DNF) 2023 – No. 33 Corvette C8.R: Nicky Catsburg/Ben Keating/Nico Varrone – 1st in GTE Am (Keating pole, Varrone fastest race lap) 2024 – No. 81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Charlie Eastwood/Rui Andrade/Tom Van Rompuy – 15th in LMGT3No. 82 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Daniel Juncadella/Sebastien Baud/Hiroshi Koizumi – 11th in LMGT3

TEXARKANA, AR (June 3, 2025) — On the heels of a highly attended race weekend in Kansas for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) comes a first visit of the season to Texarkana 67 Speedway in Arkansas this Saturday, June 7.

A $4,000 check is in store for the winner of the 13th Series event in history to be contested at the 1/4-mile oval. The Sprint Cars will be supported by the Mod Lites of Arkansas and the local Sportster division. Pit gates will open at 3 p.m., grandstand gates at 5 p.m. and Hot Laps are set for 7 p.m.

Series appearances at the track began with the debut of the national 360 Sprint Car stars in 1998, when three-time champion Tim Crawley took the checkered flag in the event over Mike Ward and Pete Butler. Crawley went on to win twice more there in Series competition (2005, 2009), tying him with Gary Wright — who three-peated in 2000, 2001 and 2002 — for most wins at the track.

Tickets for the event are on sale in advance at the link below and will also be available for purchase at the track on race day. If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

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Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:

CHASING 128 — One week past recording his 80th career American Sprint Car Series Feature win last Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park, Sam Hafertepe Jr. begins the march toward the top of the all-time wins this weekend.

Hafertepe, the five-time Series champion from Sunnyvale, TX, took sole ownership of the No. 2 rank on the Series’ all-time wins list, breaking the tie between himself and the late Jason Johnson. He now sits 48 wins behind four-time champion Gary Wright, who tops the list with 128 wins.

Historically, Hafertepe has produced mostly top-10 results at Texarkana with four top-10s in six recorded starts with the National Series and in regional competition as well. He’s also the defending National Series winner, topping the field in June of last year.

HOME SWEET HOME — Arkansas native Jordon Mallett will be back in action with the Series this week, now officially a part of the full-time roster.

Mallett, 32, of Greenbrier, AR, has attended each Series event (post-Volusia) thus far and has decided to return to the roster for his fourth chase at a first career national points championship. In four starts on tour so far, he’s recorded three top-10 finishes with a best result of seventh — twice — at Salina Highbanks Speedway and Dodge City.

Despite the track’s location in his home state, Mallett has recorded only two touring event starts at Texarkana with a best result of sixth in the Series’ return last June.

FAMILIAR FACE — Matt Covington has seen success at Texarkana before and will need more this weekend as he continues to hunt Hafertepe for the lead in the points standings.

Covington, 34, of Glenpool, OK, has made nine career starts in ASCS competition, winning once with the former ASCS Lone Star Region in 2012. Last June, Covington drove from ninth on the starting grid to finish third in the national Series event.

He currently trails Hafertepe in the national standings by 61 points and will need a strong finish this weekend after results of seventh and sixth in last weekend’s events.

LOOKING UP — Austyn Gossel recorded his best career finish with the Series on Saturday at Dodge City, crossing the finish line second to Hafertepe to collect his first career national 360 Sprint Car podium.

The 25-year-old from Fort Collins, CO, advanced to ninth in the Series points standings with the finish and now turns his focus to Texarkana, where he recorded his previous best finish in a 17th-to-eighth drive last June.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

WHEN AND WHERE 

Friday, June 7 at Texarkana 67 Speedway in Texarkana, AR

TRACK FACTS

• Semi-banked, 1/4-mile oval

• Track Record — 13.226 seconds set by Josh McCord on June 11, 2024

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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (5/41 Races)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (577pts)
2. Matt Covington 516pts (–61
3. Blake Hahn 505pts (–72)
4. Kyler Johnson 479pts (–98)
5. Seth Bergman 478pts (–99)
6. Jordon Mallett 460pts (–117)
7. Zach Blurton 458pts (–119)
8. Jason Martin 454pts (–123)
9. Austyn Gossel 450pts (–127)
10. Harli White 426pts (–151)

FEATURE WINNERS (4 Drivers):

1. Justin Peck (3 wins)
2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2 wins)
3. Matt Covington, Zach Blurton (1 win)

FEATURE LAPS LED (5 Drivers)

1. Justin Peck (65 laps)
2. Matt Covington (30 laps)
3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (50 laps)
4. Zach Blurton (25 laps)
5. Brian Brown (15 laps)

QUICK TIME AWARDS (5 Drivers)

1. Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Kyler Johnson, Seth Bergman, Matt Covington, Roger Crockett (1 award)

HEAT RACE WINNERS (17 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (6 wins)
2. Justin Peck, Matt Covington (3 wins)
3. Scotty Thiel, Blake Hahn, Whit Gastineau (2 wins)
4. Hank Davis, Chris Martin, Cole Macedo, Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Seth Bergman, Sean McClelland, Caleb Saiz, Bradley Fezard, Garrett Benson, Bryan Gossel, Jake Bubak (1 win)

DASH APPEARANCES (30 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7 appearances)
2. Blake Hahn, Matt Covington (4 appearances)
3. Justin Peck, Kyler Johnson, Whit Gastineau (3 appearances)
4. Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Thiel, Danny Dietrich, Cole Macedo, Brady Bacon, Daison Pursley, Seth Bergman (2 appearances)
5. Hank Davis, Jordan Thomas, Scotty Thiel, Chris Martin, Brian Brown, Sean McClelland, Caleb Saiz, Chance Morton, Bradley Fezard, Zach Blurton, Bryan Gossel, Garrett Benson, Austyn Gossel, Jake Bubak, Jordon Mallett, Roger Crockett (1 appearance)

SMITH TITANIUM LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (5 Drivers)

1. Blake Hahn, Emerson Axsom, Tyler Clem, Kyle Clark, Bryant Wiedeman, Jason Martin (1 win)

HARD CHARGER AWARDS (6 Drivers)

1. Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Blake Hahn, Landon Britt, Jordon Mallett, Brady Baker, Jason Martin (1 award)

PODIUM FINISHES (14 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5 podiums)
2. Justin Peck, (3 podiums)
3. Brian Brown (2 podiums)
4. Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo, Austin McCarl, Seth Bergman, Sean McClelland, Matt Covington, Jason Martin, Zach Blurton, Blake Hahn, Austyn Gossel, Kyler Johnson (1 podium)

2025 SCHEDULE + WINNERS

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

1. Thu, Jan. 30 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (1)
2. Fri, Jan. 31 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (2)
3. Sat, Feb. 1 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (3)
4. Sat, April 12 / Salina Highbanks Speedway / Salina, OK / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1)
5. Sat, May 10 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Matt Covington (1)
6. Fri, May 30 / Salt City Speedway / Hutchinson, KS / Zach Blurton (1)
7. Sat, May 31 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, KS / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2)

Pete Stephens has been a consistent piece of Tod Quiring’s team throughout the years

BRANDON, SD (June 3, 2025) – Throughout Big Game Motorsports’ history, there’s been a quiet, reliable presence working hard to help ensure Tod Quiring’s cars remain some of the fastest in the country. 

While a handful of drivers have come and gone, crew member Pete Stephens has almost always been there. He may have had some stints with other teams, but Big Game has remained a priority for 15 years.

That commitment led to him being tapped as the new car chief for David Gravel and the defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champions. He stepped into the role after Stephen Hamm-Reilly vacated the position at the end of the 2024 season.

Stephens’ path to becoming a car chief began in his home state of Washington. He’s from the town of Mount Vernon, which is just a 15-minute drive down I-5 from Skagit Speedway. Attending races with his family evolved into helping a local team to get his foot in the door.

“I started out at Skagit with Chad Hillier when he was young,” Stephens recalled. “He started in the Sportsman class out there. I just knew him through friends and everything and started working with him in the mid to late 90s, probably. I just kind of raced at Skagit with him for a long time.”

Eventually, Hillier got the opportunity to expand his operation nationally, which also allowed Stephens to hit the road for the first time.

“Chad got a chance to go out and run World of Outlaws stuff in 2007,” Stephens said. “I had a business back there at that time, and I always thought working on a World of Outlaws Sprint Car team was one of those things like, ‘Oh man, if I could do anything, that’s what I would do.’ So, he got a break to go run that stuff, and I just kind of called him one time and asked if he knew anybody looking for help because I’d maybe like to go try it, and he said they were. It was basically him and Tyler Swank at the time, so I went out with those guys for a bit and liked it.”

The business Stephens mentioned is part of what instilled his work ethic. He started a hoof trimming operation for cattle, which makes Sprint Car maintenance feel easy by comparison.

“You’re usually up by five-thirty or six in the morning,” Stephens said of a regular day in the hoof trimming business. “You usually got half an hour to an hour drive to your job site. You set up, and you’re usually there for eight to 10 hours, and you’re physically moving non-stop because in the hoof trimming world, if you’re not moving, you’re not making money. You’re physically working most of the day. We did dairy cows, and with the farms getting the size they are, it’s a very labor-intensive job.”

The time on the tour allowed Stephens to make some connections and led to working with one of the sport’s legends in 2009. Sammy Swindell was driving for Tom Rolfe, and Stephens joined the crew. The next domino to fall was heading to Lonnie Parsons’ team with Danny Lasoski in late 2009. Oddly enough, that’s where Stephens first met current Big Game crew chief Cody Jacobs as they both worked with Barry Jackson on the No. 6. The following year, Swindell joined forces with Big Game, and Stephens reunited with “Slammin’ Sammy” in Quiring’s camp for what became a hugely successful stretch.

“That was a lot of fun when Sammy got into that deal,” Stephens said. “We had a good time. We finished 2010 and started 2011 with a pretty light crew. There was only two of us, me and Scott Green was the kid’s name who did tires and stuff like that. That was a lot of fun, 2010, ’11, ’12. We won a lot of races and had a good time.”

Stephens worked for a different team following the run with Swindell but was quickly back in the Big Game shop, this time on Craig Dollansky’s car. But he wasn’t done with Swindell as Stephens returned to the No. 1 team in 2014.

In the late 2010s, Stephens made the decision to head home and focus on business as well as raising his child, but it wasn’t long until involvement with Big Game was back on his calendar. When Cody Jacobs went to the team in 2020, the two talked, and Stephens returned part-time, a period that birthed a nickname.

“Once Cody got here, the joke was kind of that I would only go to the big events,” Stephens said with a laugh. “My one friend Nate, he nicknamed me “Big Money Pete.” So, yeah, I’d go to the larger events and help out and stuff like that.”

Fast forward to the off-season heading into 2025, and Big Game was looking for a full-time car chief. Originally, Stephens had no plans of being on the road this season, but the team’s first candidate backed out. So, Stephens agreed to help get them ready for the season opener and navigate the opening portion of the season. But one thing led to another, and he agreed to come aboard for the entire season of their title defense.

It’s been the right move so far as the No. 2 team has been all but unstoppable in 2025. They’ve already piled up eight wins, 17 podiums, and 23 top fives through 27 races. Their average finish is third, and their worst result is seventh. Gravel owns a healthy 188-point advantage atop the standings.

There’s no doubt Big Game Motorsports is at the height of their powers. The team’s history features many successful chapters, but none quite as impactful as the last four-plus years since Gravel came aboard. Stephens has been around for nearly every step of the way, and he remains a key contributor – a rewarding journey for a Washington kid who wanted more than anything to work with a World of Outlaws team.

“It’s been pretty cool to see it built,” Stephens said. “So many people don’t realize how hard it is. These things are built over time. I don’t care how much money you’ve got; spending money is not going to win a race. It’s people. It’s engines. It’s all the small things that have to come together and work. It’s been really neat to kind of watch Tod and Cody. I mean, I knew Cody when he was in his mid-20s and have watched him grow into this and do what he’s done with Tod. It’s been a lot of fun.”

Stephens, Gravel, and the entire Big Game Motorsports team continue their quest for back-to-back World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car titles this week with four races in five nights. First up is Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex on Wednesday, June 4, for the FENDT Showdown. Then, the Badger State Triple takes teams to three Wisconsin tracks in three nights with visits to Plymouth Dirt Track (June 6), Beaver Dam Raceway (June 7), and Angell Park Speedway (June 8) on the calendar. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

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

Three Cadillac V-Series.R GTP entries seek to make up ground in 100-minute raceDETROIT (May 30, 2025) – Cadillac Racing’s three Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) entries in Saturday’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic will have to contend with traffic from the outset to climb to the front of the pack. And they’ll have to do it efficiently in a 100-minute sprint on a tight and bumpy 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit around the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit to contend for the victory in the fifth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

Jack Aitken, who topped the practice 1 time sheet among the 11 GTP entries, led the Cadillac Racing contingent with a best lap of 1 minute, 06.835 seconds in the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R for seventh on the grid in the 100-minute race. The No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R driven by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque qualified eighth. Louis Deletraz, who will share driving duties with Jordan Taylor in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R, qualified ninth. Both GTP entries lost their quickest qualifying lap because of causing a red flag in practice – the No. 40 in the initial session and the No. 10 in the second — according to IMSA rules. Albuquerque posted a second-best lap of 13 total of 1:06.916. Deletraz’s second-best was 1:07.553. The No. 93 Acura ARX-06 earned its first pole of the season with a best lap of 1:05.762. Jordan and Ricky Taylor have combined for nine sports car racing victories on temporary street circuits in Detroit (Belle Isle and downtown). Ricky Taylor and Albuquerque won the race in 2024 with another manufacturer. A Cadillac DPi won four races and was runner-up in the other at Detroit (Belle Isle) since joining IMSA prototype competition in 2017. There was no race in 2020 because of the pandemic and the GTP class did not compete on the downtown street course in 2023.

Peacock will provide flag-to-flag coverage in the U.S. at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday (internationally via IMSA.TV and IMSA Official YouTube channel). IMSA Radio will broadcast the race live at IMSA.com, XM 206 and SiriusXM Online 996. Media resources* On-track photos for editorial use * Cadillac at Detroit guide. * Cadillac at Detroit results* 2025 Cadillac IMSA stats. * Cadillac Racing victories. * Cadillac driver photos

What they’re saying

No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque: “Great effort from the team. I think we did a good lap that was P4, which was only three-tenths off pole position, and the same position that we started last year. Unfortunately, I made a mistake in FP2 that caused a red flag. So, that lap was deleted. And because I got traffic as well in qualifying, I couldn’t do a second great lap. It’s heartbreaking a little bit. I feel sorry for the team because it’s completely on me that mistake. We are between walls trying to search for the limit and it happens.” No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken: “I think the car was not bad. Just searching for a bit more pace in general. We did make some changes, which would have been nice to preview in FP2, and if we had another stab it I think we could have been even better. We’re going to make the best of it tomorrow and, as they say, anything can happen.”

No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R Louis Deletraz: “Tough qualifying and not the result we expected. We have some work to do in the race. It’s tough to pass, so we’ll probably do some different strategy and try to work our way to the front. The Cadillacs run well over bumps and it’s very bumpy here, so we can try to attack and make some good overtakes tomorrow for bringing that Cadillac at home at the front.”

CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES CHEVROLET DETROIT GRAND PRIX STREETS OF DETROIT DETROIT, MICHIGAN TEAM CHEVY FRIDAY PRACTICE MAY 30, 2025 Chevrolet-powered drivers Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 TireRack.comTeam Penske Chevrolet, Will Power in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Josef Newgarden in the No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevrolet and Christian Lundgaard in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet held spots in the top five of Friday’s first practice on the tight 1.645-mile, 10-turn, downtown Detroit street circuit, in the shadow of General Motors global headquarters. David Malukas, in No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet (A.J. Foyt Racing), was the quickest driver in the full field session, where the drivers utilized the harder Firestone primary tires (Blacks) with a lap at 62.819 seconds, with McLaughlin and Newgarden were also in the top four. To decrease traffic during the driver’s runs on the softer Firestone alternate tires (Greens), the field was split into two and given 12 minutes to complete a quick lap. Power, Newgarden and Lundgaard were the fastest in the first portion, while the second portion saw McLaughlin and Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet second and third quickest. Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Friday Practice Results:

Tune-In Alert SaturdayNTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #2 – 9am (ET)/8am (CT)/7am (MT)/6am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying – noon (ET)/11am (CT)/10am (MT)/9am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 SundayNTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm Up – 9:30am (ET)/8:30am (CT)/7:30am (MT)/6:30am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (85 laps) – 12:30pm (ET)/11:30am (CT)/10:30am (MT)/9:30am (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218  WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES): A.J. FOYT RACING David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet: “It seems that the momentum from the five hundred and indy, the whole month of may, i think we did a good job building the chemistry with the team, and it seems like we’re carrying that momentum here in detroit. We had a good session, obviously, very tough to get track time and try to put it all together. but overall, i thought we were fast. Kind of hard to tell roughly where we’re at, since I think a lot of guys are struggling to get laps in but that’s just the characteristic of Detroit, so very happy to start off this weekend and we’ll carry it into tomorrow.” Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties / A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet: “Okay. Honestly, nice to be back in Detroit, you know, we were just very locked down with the Chevy. Other than that, I’m pretty happy with a bunch of other changes we made, I think we know what the big thing is coming into free practice two tomorrow. Should be fun.”  ARROW MCLAREN Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:  “Back in bumpy Detroit, and we need to make the car a little bit better in the window for Qualifying. We’ll see what we can make better overnight.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:  “Practice 1 was a bit hectic. We’re back in the swing of things on the street course. I don’t think our pace is bad. I didn’t really do a lap on the Firestone Alternates, at least not a lap that I was happy with. No concerns for the rest of the weekend. I think we’ll figure it out. There is pace in the car. I just need to put it altogether. It’s my first time in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES here, so I’ll give myself a learning session, and we’ll be back at it tomorrow.” Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: “At the end of the day, we have a really good package. We’ve had a good package all year. We’ve scored very good points. We’re third in the championship, coming off a career best Indy (500). We’re here to be competitive once again and that’s our main goal. I think my Chevy feels great. We had a good morning session here. I think that’s the first time this year we’ve rolled off relatively competitive, so I think there is a lot of positives to come for the rest of the weekend.”  PREMA Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet: “I have completed the first free practice here in Detroit. The first free practice for me at this track. I had quite a bit of fun. I finally managed to do a full practice session, which was the first achievement. Later on, we tried a few things. Getting used to the bumps, the turns. Overall, we’re not as bad as I would expect. I think we can have some good potential. Obviously, not with the top, top guys, but to battle in the mid (pack), we can have a chance. Overall, it went pretty decent. We need to have a look at the data. Overall the car and engine felt really good. Thanks Chevy for that. The car overall feels quite good, we just need to find the way to tune it a bit better for the bumps. Hopefully, the car will be a bit faster tomorrow.” Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet: “Overall, a good start to the weekend. The car felt good straightaway and we were able to make quick improvements with the car on the damper side and some other little things. Over the bumps, that is the main thing to get right. I think the team has done a good job and the Chevy engine pulls quite well down the straight. Let’s see what we can do tomorrow.”  TEAM PENSKE Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 TireRack.com Team Penske Chevrolet:  “Pretty solid day for us in the TireRack.com Chevy. We went through our paces and went through our laps and we’ve got a pretty good car. I really want to do this for Chevy on their home ground.” Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet:  “The Verizon Chevy was very good on the softer tire. Struggled a bit on blacks to get it exactly right. Yeah. Big, big difference. The soft tires are not bad. They lasted three, four laps, like, pushing really hard. So maybe that bodes well for the race. You can actually use them. The first two street courses we’ve done, they’ve degraded a lot, but that didn’t feel terrible. That may be okay. But my car is certainly better on reds. We just have to work out what to do for blacks. There’s always a lot of traffic here, a lot of chaos.”  David MalukasPress Conference THE MODERATOR: David Malukas, driver of the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet for AJ Foyt Enterprises. Sunday will mark his third Detroit GP, P1 in that alt car session to lead things off here this weekend. Car acting well, are you happy so far? DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, I’m really happy. We managed to get some laps in the beginning. It’s a bit tough to kind of judge where we are compared to everybody else because I think everybody is struggling to get laps. But we got a good lap in, and the lap time was there at the start.Second time around, we were struggling, but I also kind of flew off the track a couple times and didn’t myself.But I think we’re in a happy spot and very comfortable with the car. Q.  Can you elaborate on that a little bit more? Seemed like Turn 1 got you twice.DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, so actually it was kind of just driver error. I started losing the rears on the primaries, so ended up having a moment initially there, so I moved the bias more to the rear because I locked the fronts on the primaries, but then we put the alternates on and then i locked the rears because I never put it back.Yeah, learned my lesson. I think I’ve done that too many times now, so that was kind of the issue we won.Overall, yeah, we’re kind of trying to judge the movement going from primaries to alternates. Didn’t really get that right. We were looking at that first group, seemed like people were taking a little bit of time to get it up to temp and get that peak tire, but for us it kind of came in immediately and we weren’t really expecting that, so caught us off guard. Q.  Is it frustrating when you can only get one lap in during that session? Maybe it’s your fault, maybe it’s other people’s fault, but is it frustrating to only have that one lap on those tires?DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, but it’s kind of just how it’s going to be for qualifying and how it’s kind of been for the street courses.Yeah, it’s frustrating, but it’s kind of been like that so far this season, so… Q.  They went back to the original tire rules. There was that change for Indy Grand Prix. Does it matter to you?DAVID MALUKAS: I think it’s just I prefer the way it is now because I feel like in Indy GP they were kind of cutting us a little bit from options when it comes to race strategy, forcing those rules.But I think here having the option to choose what we want for the race is preferable. Q.  In recent years, this track has been known to create some mayhem. Do you see more or less happening this Sunday?DAVID MALUKAS: Well, with this season, it seems like everything has been a lot less when it comes to yellows. But I’ll be surprised if there’s not going to be a yellow for this race. It’s very — with the way it’s set up, Turn 1, it’s very wide on entry and it looks inviting and then all of a sudden it gets very, very tight on the exit, and it happens a lot around this track.It’s going to be — we’ll see. I’m not going to say anything because I’ve been saying and looking at data and the data says 100 percent chance that it’s not going to be a yellow, and we do setups for it and then there isn’t a yellow and then there is a yellow, and then the data has been incorrect with how it’s been this year. So I don’t know what to say. Q.  Also they’ve changed the start zone. What do you think of that?DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, I think it’s better. Kyle reached out to me, and I think all the drivers have got to give some feedback beforehand. I think it’s a good change, and obviously we’ll see how it goes when we get on track. Q.  Can you just kind of elaborate on that and describe the challenge of this track, how you manage the bumps, obviously the narrowness of it? How hard is this place to drive around, especially coming from Indy to here and the reset that you’ve got to make?DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, it’s very difficult. Thankfully I went on the simulator before coming here and did over 100 laps to kind of prepare for it just because I know that transition is very tough from previous years, going for a whole month on an oval and now coming to I think one of the most technical courses for us.I had a little bit of preparation beforehand but it’s just so tough because the way this track is, all the bumps tend to be mid to out when you’re trying to accelerate, and those bumps throw you what is a wall.It gets very tough, especially entering 8 where the alt start line is. That bump is a big one and it’s very aggressive, so I think it’s catching a lot of people off guard. That’s kind of the one that we’re heavily focused on, but that’s just the general layout of this entire track is all the exits are a little bit more those bumps.But yeah, I enjoy it. The margin for error is very small. Q.  Obviously a really strong 500, but the season before that maybe hadn’t been where we’d seen the team last year on the Santino side. What are the improvements that maybe had to be made from those first five rounds of the season, and are you confident now, especially with the momentum coming from the 500 that a bit of an upswing can be seen?DAVID MALUKAS: I’ve kind of said throughout the start of the entire season that we really are looking forward to the month of May because we’re with the team for the entire month. We can really build on the car and work on the chemistry of each other and really understand what we want and start building some momentum for the second half of the season.I feel like that’s kind of what’s happened, and it’s something that I’ve experienced on my first year in INDYCAR where really things didn’t turn around for me until the month of May. That’s just kind of being with a new team, how it is. We’ve made really good improvements with the setup and different things that we wanted throughout the month of May, and I think it’s going to be shown for us this week. Q.  I’m pretty sure you were the car that Power and Kirkwood went past during their little incident?DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, that was really cool. Q.  What was your view of that?DAVID MALUKAS: I mean, for a second, getting back in the car, for me it just felt like I was back playing iRacing or rFactor. I was like, yeah, I’d totally do that in a video game. It was pretty cool to see him just push Ericsson, and actually in my peripheral vision, because Ericsson went off and Power just blasted through, and I just drove by and I just see Ericsson’s hand like going in the air, like, what the hell is going on.But it was interesting to see. I couldn’t believe it. I was very confused at the start. I thought something was wrong with Ericsson and Power was towing him across like the “Cars” movie. It was interesting at first but then I realized it was not that, so… Q.  Can you elaborate maybe on the dust issue? Is that kind of the nature of street circuits, or is it maybe the time of day —DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, I keep coughing right now because there’s a bunch of dust inside of me. Yeah, it’s always the first session just with the air tube coming in. There’s just a lot of dust and cleaning that we have to do. Unfortunately that dust comes off of that car and goes straight into that tube and straight into my face. That’s the one downside to having the Darth Vader mask, but I only have that issue for the first practice session, and then the rest I just look really cool. Q.  David, at St. Pete the tires for the alternates were the ones that the drivers said were one-lap wonders, and in terms of getting up to speed and then the speed falling off after one lap in qualifying, what do you think they’re going to be like here? Is it a similar situation?DAVID MALUKAS: I think so. We were thinking it was maybe going to take a little bit longer, but it seemed for us it was coming in pretty fast, so I think it’s going to be something very similar. Q.  David, to go back to the whole dust thing, is it exacerbated here because you have IMSA and INDY NXT? At St. Pete you have all different Road to Indy series, MX-5 Cup, limited running here from everybody else to help clean up the track beforehand, quote-unquote?DAVID MALUKAS: Yeah, I mean, that could probably be it, yeah. But I don’t really know. All I know is there’s a lot of dust going in my face, so…

Cruz Pedregon

NHRA – NHRA New England Nationals

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

Fresh off a strong semifinal finish in Chicago, our team is fired up to keep the momentum going as we head into Epping. While Epping is still a relatively new addition to the NHRA circuit, the track itself is rich with history, dating back to the 1970s. As a kid following Eastern funny car racing, this place holds a special spot in my heart. We’d love nothing more than to add our name to the list of winners at such a storied venue.

The whole Snap-on team is really starting to gel, and we’re hitting our stride. That performance we showed in Chicago has given us a boost of confidence. We’re optimistic about continuing that solid run in Epping.

My weekend will kick off with a visit to Park’s Performance up in Maine on Thursday. From there, it’s all about getting ready for qualifying runs on Friday and Saturday and then going all in on race day Sunday. Let’s keep this roll going!

We’re bringing back the new Makers and Fixers paint scheme that our primary sponsor Snap-on designed to encourage all of us who make and fix things for a living to share our stories. It’s important to Snap-on and to us as a team to share stories of professionals who keep race cars and the world running.

Name on the side of Cruz’s car – Snap-on Nitro Franchisee Jacob Ashline

● On the side of Cruz’s Snap-on^® Dodge^® Hellcat^® you’ll see the name of this week’s Nitro Franchisee, Jacob Ashline, who was born and raised in the area.

●In Jacob’s early career, he was a Maker and Fixer, like the design on Cruz’s car…he was a subcontractor in the building trades.

●He took on his Snap-on franchise a year ago and says his favorite thing about owning the business is his customers.

●Cruz is getting to interact with several of those customers at a local shop when Jacob hosts a “Meet and Greet” Thursday before the race.

CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES CHEVROLET DETROIT GRAND PRIX STREETS OF DETROIT DETROIT, MICHIGAN TEAM CHEVY RACE ADVANCE MAY 29, 2025 DETROIT (May 29, 2025) – The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear, the seventh round of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, brings to a close a stretch of five straight weekends of on-track activity with a Motor City street skirmish on deck.  For the 14 Chevrolet powered cars, it is a literal street fight on the tight 1.645-mile, 9-turn, downtown Detroit circuit utilizing the public roads around General Motors Global Headquarters, the iconic Renaissance Center. “Racing on the Streets of Detroit, in the shadow of the Ren Cen with that extra-large Bowtie on the side, makes this a special and important weekend for the Chevrolet-powered teams in the NTT INDYCAR Series,” said Mark Stielow, Director of Motorsports Competition Engineering. “Team Chevy’s home track is a typical downtown street circuit, featuring surface changes, bumps, concrete canyons with ever-present walls, and the longest straightaway of the year, with top speeds approaching 190 mph. Our dedicated engineering group, along with our partners and teams, have been preparing for the unique challenges of the 1.645-mile, 10-turn Detroit street circuit and will be ready for the 100 laps of tough competition.”  Across the three tracks that have brought world-class racing to Detroit – the 2.5-mile downtown street circuit, The Raceway On Belle Isle, and the current 1.645-mile street circuit – Chevrolet-powered drivers have achieved 13 wins, 13 poles, and 35 podiums. Will Power, the driver of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, leads all drivers with three wins and eight podium finishes in the Motor City. His teammate, Josef Newgarden, behind the wheel of the No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevrolet, is tied with Michael Andretti for the overall lead, with three poles each in Detroit.  Of note:  ·       Team Penske leads all teams with 35 podiums in Detroit and is the only team that has stood on the podium on all three Detroit circuits. ·       After an NTT INDYCAR SERIES announcement on Monday that infractions in Indianapolis 500 post-race technical inspection moved three cars to the back of the field,  A.J. Foyt Racing’s David Malukas and the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet arrive at the streets of Detroit as the runner-up finisher in the Indy 500, the best finish for the iconic team since Kenny Brack won the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing” in 1999. The No. 14 Homes For Our Troops Chevrolet, driven by Santino Ferrucci, moved from seventh to fifth, improving the 26-year-old’s average finish in his seven Indianapolis 500 starts to an impressive 6.1. ·       Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet improved his final standing to third, making it three top-three finishes in his last four starts on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.  The Corvette E-Ray, with eAWD capability, is a great choice to pace the field on a tricky street circuit, where having all four wheels working means better drivability. Designed for all-season performance, the E-Ray features the powerful 6.2L LT2 small-block V8 powering the rear axle and an electric drive unit with a 1.9 kWh lithium-ion battery powering the front axle. Overall, the Corvette E-Ray boasts 655 horsepower, contributing to a lightning-fast 0 to 60 mph time of only 2.5 seconds.

The 2024 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear paced by the Corvette E-Ray

Tune-In Alert FridayNTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #1 – 3:pm (ET)/2pm (CT)/1pm (MT)/noon (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218  SaturdayNTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #2 – 9am (ET)/8am (CT)/7am (MT)/6am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying – noon (ET)/11am (CT)/10am (MT)/9am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 SundayNTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm Up – 9:30am (ET)/8:30am (CT)/7:30am (MT)/6:30am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (85 laps) – 12:30pm (ET)/11:30am (CT)/10:30am (MT)/9:30am (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 What they’re saying before the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear (QUOTES)  A.J. FOYT RACING On the improved drivability of the Chevrolet engine on street circuits this year. David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Techonologies Chevrolet: “I think Chevy has taken a big step going into this year. Driving the Honda in the second half of last season to the Chevy now, the tools that we have at our disposal and all the adjustments that we can make as a driver, it’s pretty ranged, so it’s been very good. I’ve worked very strong with Derek (Miller, Chevrolet Trackside Engineer) on different ideas and improvements on what things we can do. And it’s going to be big. I think Detroit’s going to be a good, true test to that drivability, all those tools that we have. So that’s going to be one of the main things we focus on going through between the two practice sessions.” Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing / Sexton Properties Chevrolet: “I think it’ll be easier to put power down, and it should be a lot easier to control the car and the wheel spin. So that’s going to be a good thing for us.”  ARROW MCLAREN Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:  “The Indy 500 is always a big one; while we fell short, there were some positives to take away. There is plenty of racing in front of us, and the focus is now on winning races and fighting for the championship. We’re going to do everything we can to put ourselves in a position to score big starting this weekend in Detroit. We’d love nothing more than to put a Chevrolet on the top step here in their backyard.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 onsemi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:  “I learned so much throughout the Month of May and being part of my first Indianapolis 500 was an incredible experience. Of course, I’m disappointed with how the final lap ended, but we had a productive race. Now, the focus shifts towards continuing to build from here and putting everything together to fight at the front consistently. The team found some pace here last year, so hopefully that continues and we can contend from the get-go.” Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: “We’ve been quite consistent this year, and sitting third in the championship shows we’re in a good place. But our goal is to fight for wins, and we’re focused on exactly that at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. There’s plenty of racing ahead, and I’m excited for what it may bring for the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren crew.” ED CARPENTER RACING Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet: “Last weekend at Indy was a tough one. The No. 20 Java House Chevrolet was strong, but things didn’t fall our way. That said, the focus now is on bouncing back strong in Detroit. We’ve shown we have the pace, it’s just about putting together a complete weekend. Detroit can be always a bit unpredictable, but the team’s been firing on all cylinders. We need to minimize mistakes, execute in every session, and if we do that, there’s no reason we can’t be fighting for the podium.” Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet: “Coming off a strong Indy 500, I’m really excited for the rest of the season. The No. 21 Splenda Chevrolet crew has some solid momentum and we’re ready to build on that. Detroit was an awesome event last year, racing through the streets around General Motors headquarters. Even though the race didn’t go our way, we showed great pace and I’m confident we can bring that speed back this weekend!”  JUNCOS HOLLIGER RACING Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet: “Heading to Detroit we obviously want to make Chevrolet proud and get them some trophies. That would be really awesome, and you know I’m excited to get there. I love racing in Detroit, obviously my first podium in IndyCar came in Detroit, obviously on Belle Isle, but still enjoy the fans and the event up there. Such a great turnout and yeah we want to make Chevy proud after a good Indy 500 finish for us and we’ve got some great momentum going, so definitely excited to get up there and get back to work.” Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet: “Detroit’s just different…gritty, raw, and it makes you earn everything. Racing here with Chevy power, where American horsepower got its start, feels like being part of something way bigger than just a race. It’s not just about going fast, it’s about hard work, legacy, and heart.”  PREMA Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet: “After an eventful Indy 500 where we managed to take pole position, we’re heading straight to Detroit, Chevy’s home race. It’ll be my first time in Detroit and my first time racing there, so I’m really excited for this one. From what I’ve seen, the track looks pretty bumpy, and we’re back to turning right again. The goal is to keep building on the progress we’ve made with the car keep learning and continue moving in the right direction, just as we’ve been doing since the start of the season.” Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet: “I’m really looking forward to heading back to Detroit. Last time I went there in 2023 it didn’t go the way I hoped, I barely got going in the race so I’m hoping to turn things around this year. It’s a tough track with all the different surfaces and bumps, but that’s part of what makes it so unique and exciting. The racing was pretty intense last year from what I saw, so hopefully it’s a bit more controlled this time. Either way, it should be a great weekend for the fans.”  TEAM PENSKE  Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevrolet:  “It’s always great to race here in Detroit. I love seeing the development of the city since I started coming here in 2012. Moving the race to downtown has been a big plus and helped elevate the event in so many ways. We take a lot of pride in coming here to represent all of our partners, Team Penske and Team Chevy and want to do a great job. I’m excited to get on track. We’ve done our homework and can deliver a big result.” Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 TireRack.com Team Penske Chevrolet:  “So happy to be here in Detroit. Obviously, Chevy’s home race around the basically, the capital of Chevy. Team Chevy have been working really hard together to be better and improve every race. We’re just getting better and better. And what a place to get going, here at the home race.”  Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet:  “Looking forward to this weekend. I think every Chevy driver is wanting to get Chevy’s first win for the season. It’s certainly been a rough start, but we’re here at the home of Chevrolet, and the home of Roger Penske. So, we really want to perform well for many reasons.”

Chevrolet-powered results in Detroit Wins: 13 The Raceway On Belle Isle (1992-2002) 2022 – Will Power – Team Penske2021 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren (Race #2)2019 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske (Race #1)2016 – Will Power – Team Penske (Race #2)2016 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology (Race #1)2015 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology (Race #2)2014 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske (Race #2)2014 – Will Power – Team Penske (Race #1)1993 – Danny Sullivan – Galles Racing1992 – Bob Rahal – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Pato O’Ward celebrates a 2021 win in Detroit at The Raceway On Belle Isle

2.5-mile downtown street circuit (1989-1991) 1991 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1990 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing Poles: 13 The Raceway On Belle Isle (1992-2022) 2022 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2021 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske (Race #2)2021 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren (Race #1)2019 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske (Race #2)2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske (Race #2)2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske (Race #1)2015 – Juan Montoya – Team Penske (Race #2)2015 – Will Power – Team Penske (Race #1)2014 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske (Race #1)2013 – EJ Viso – Andretti Global (Race #1)  2.5-mile downtown street circuit (1989-1991) 1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1990 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing1989 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing  Podiums: 35 Driver Podiums 1.645-mile downtown street circuit (2023-2024): Will Power (1) and Felix Rosenqvist (1) Driver Podiums Raceway On Belle Isle (1992-2022): Will Power (7), Josef Newgarden (3), Sebastien Bourdais (2), Pato O’Ward (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Raul Boesel (1), Helio Castroneves (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Stefan Johanson (1), Tony Kanaan (1), Charlie Kimball (1), Juan Montoya (1), Bob Rahal (1), Danny Sullivan (1), and Rinus VeeKay (1)  Driver Podiums 2.5-mile downtown street circuit (1989-1991): Emerson Fittipaldi (2), Bob Rahal (2), Mario Andretti (1), Michael Andretti (1), Eddiie Cheever (1) and Arie Luyendyk (1).  Team Podiums 1.645-mile downtown street circuit (2023-2024): Arrow McLaren (1) and Team Penske (1) Team Podiums Raceway On Belle Isle (1992-2022): Team Penske (14), Arrow McLaren (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (2), KV Racing Technology (2), Andretti Global (1), Bettenhausen Racing (1), Dick Simon Racing (1), Ed Carpenter Racing (1), Galles Racing (1), and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (1) Team Podiums 2.5-mile downtown street circuit (1989-1991): Galles Racing (2), Newman Haas Racing (2), Doug Shierson Racing (1), Chip Ganassi Racing (1), Patrick Racing (1), and Team Penske (1).  Team Chevy by the numbers 2025: 346: NTT INDYCAR SERIES podiums since the introduction of the current engine formula in 2012 257: laps led during the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season 222: NTT INDYCAR SERIES races as an engine supplier since the introduction of the twin-turbo V6 formula in 2012135: NTT INDYCAR SERIES earned poles since the introduction of the current engine formula in 2012 122: NTT INDYCAR SERIES wins since the introduction of the current engine formula in 2012 63.1%: of the possible poles since the introduction of the current engine formula in 201255%: of the possible wins since the introduction of the current engine formula in 2012 35: the number of INDYCAR races across the 2.5-mile downtown street circuit (1989-1991), The Raceway On Belle Isle (1992-2022) and the current 1.645-mile, 10-turn street circuit (2023-2024). 19: All-time driver championships13: Chevrolet-powered wins in the manufacturer’s hometown of Detroit since 1989  13: Chevrolet-powered wins in the manufacturer’s hometown of Detroit since 1989  10: out of a possible 18 podiums during the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season 9: manufacturer’s championships in the 13 seasons of competition with the twin-turbo 2.2L V6 engine formula, including the last three

HUTCHINSON, KS (May 28, 2025) — The summer stretch of racing begins this weekend for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) with a swing through Kansas at Salt City Speedway and Dodge City Speedway.

Salt City Speedway, located at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, KS, has never hosted the stars of the national 360 Sprint Car circuit and will play host to a standard-purse event on Friday, May 30. ASCS will be joined by IMCA Stock Cars and Super Stocks. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m.; Hot Laps at 6:30 p.m.

The Series then shifts its attention to Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, KS, on Saturday, May 31 for the 15th running of the Steve King Memorial. A $4,000 grand prize will go to the winner of the memorial event, run in remembrance of the life and career of Steve King — a local 360 Sprint Car racer from Jetmore, KS, who was killed in a crash at the 2006 Knoxville Nationals. The IMCA Northern Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks will support the ASCS program. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m.; Hot Laps set for 6 p.m.

Read Also — American Sprint Car Series Salutes Local Hero Steve King in Memorial Event at Dodge City

Tickets for the event at Salt City Speedway are on sale in advance at the link below and will also be on sale at the gate on race day. Dodge City tickets will be sold at the gate only.

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If you can’t be at the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:

DODGE THIS — Sam Hafertepe Jr. is one of only two drivers in Series history to win in back-to-back fashion at Dodge City and will try for a three-peat this Saturday.

The 39-year-old from Sunnyvale, TX, swept both Series races at the venue last year — first taking the checkers in June after early leader Matt Covington dropped out after a collision with a lapped car. He won again in August, leading all 30 laps of the Steve King Memorial, making him the second driver to win back-to-back races at the track after Jeff Swindell did it in consecutive nights in 2012.

The five-time Series champion has also been competitive in 410 Sprint Car competition at the track in the past, collecting five top-10 finishes in 11 appearances with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, including a best finish of third there in 2009.

WEEKEND WINNER — After a third-place run with the Series at Paducah, Jason Martin continued the swing of good momentum into US 36 Raceway last Friday, where he won with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint League.

Martin, the 2023 Series champion from Liberal, KS, collected his first Feature win of the year at the Missouri oval, topping a field that included Knoxville Raceway champion Austin McCarl, and various Midwest Sprint Car regulars like Kameron Key, Noah Gass and Ayrton Gennetten.

Historically, Martin has been strong at Dodge City, winning nine total Features with various different organizations including with URSS, two with the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) and one with the American Sprint Car Series in 2023.

HOME STATE HEROES — Kyler Johnson and Zach Blurton are another two Kansas natives racing around home this weekend at two tracks where they’ve turned laps at and won before.

Johnson, 21, of Quinter, KS, has one appearance at Salt City in his career, resulting in a fifth-place finish with the United Rebel Sprint Series (URSS) in 2020. He’s had success in both a Sprint Car and a Midget at Dodge City, topping a URSS race there in 2021 in addition to two wins with the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association.

Blurton, 30 — also from Quinter — won Salt City’s marquee Hutchinson Grand Nationals in 2022 with URSS and has amassed seven total URSS wins at Dodge City, dating back to his first in 2013. Last year, Blurton posted top-10 finishes in both American Sprint Car Series visits.

HEATING UP — Matt Covington topped the field the last time out, collecting his 20th career Series victory in the return to Paducah International Raceway on May 10. This broke a 21-month-long streak of being shut out of ASCS Victory Lane, dating back to August 2023.

The 34-year-old ASCS regional champion from Glenpool, OK, has had past success at Dodge City with four top-five finishes in five career starts, including a Western Plans Region win last year and a win with the national Series in 2023.

Recently, Covington has been contesting weekly 360 Sprint Car events at Knoxville Raceway, recording a third-place run against the locals on May 3 and a 10th-place finish last Saturday.

305 KING — Rookie of the Year contender Ryder Laplante clinched the inaugural IMCA RaceSaver Speedweek points championship this past weekend, which hosted five consecutive nights of racing at five different tracks across Arkansas and Texas.

The 18-year-old from Calera, OK, posted an average finish of 4.4 over the five-race stretch with the 305 Sprint Car group, including a win Thursday at Rocket Raceway Park.

He returns to ASCS competition this weekend after taking the last Series event at Paducah off — as permitted by the one-race drop stipulation for perfect attendance drivers — and will take on Dodge City on Saturday, where he qualified for the ASCS main event last year.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

WHEN AND WHERE 

Friday, May 30 at Salt City Speedway in Hutchinson, KS

Saturday, May 31 at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, KS

TRACK FACTS

• Salt City — semi-banked, 1/2-mile oval

• Dodge City — semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval

• Salt City Track Record — none established

• Dodge City Track Record — 13.444 seconds set by Sam Hafertepe Jr. on June 1, 2024

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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (4/41 Races)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (292pts)
2. Matt Covington 275pts (–17)
3. Blake Hahn 255pts (–37)
4. Seth Bergman 246pts (–46)
5. Jordon Mallett 235pts (–57)
6. Landon Britt 235pts (–57)
7. Jason Martin 233 (–59)
8. Harli White 230 (–62)
9. Austyn Gossel 214 (–78)
10. Kyler Johnson 214 (–78)

FEATURE WINNERS (3 Drivers):

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

FEATURE LAPS LED (4 Drivers)

1. Justin Peck (65 laps)
2. Matt Covington (30 laps)
3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (25 laps)
4. Brian Brown (15 laps)

QUICK TIME AWARDS (3 Drivers)

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

HEAT RACE WINNERS (14 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5 wins)
2. Justin Peck (3 wins)
3. Scotty Thiel, Matt Covington (2 wins)
4. Hank Davis, Blake Hahn, Chris Martin, Cole Macedo, Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Seth Bergman, Sean McClelland, Caleb Saiz, Bradley Fezard (1 win)

DASH APPEARANCES (23 Drivers)

1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5 appearances)
2. Justin Peck, Blake Hahn (3 appearances)
3. Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Scotty Thiel, Danny Dietrich, Cole Macedo, Brady Bacon, Daison Pursley, Matt Covington, Seth Bergman (2 appearances)
4. Hank Davis, Jordan Thomas, Scotty Thiel, Chris Martin, Brian Brown, Whit Gastineau, Sean McClelland, Caleb Saiz, Chance Morton, Kyler Johnson, Bradley Fezard (1 appearance)

SMITH TITANIUM LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (4 Drivers)

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

HARD CHARGER AWARDS (5 Drivers)

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

PODIUM FINISHES (10 Drivers)

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

2025 SCHEDULE + WINNERS

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

1. Thu, Jan. 30 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (1)
2. Fri, Jan. 31 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (2)
3. Sat, Feb. 1 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (3)
4. Sat, April 12 / Salina Highbanks Speedway / Salina, OK / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1)
5. Sat, May 10 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Matt Covington (1)

Making the trek to the outskirts of Music City, Tennessee, all three NASCAR national touring series will take the stage at Nashville Superspeedway for a trio of races under the lights.

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The tripleheader weekend will mark the sport’s fifth trip to the 1.33-mile Tennessee tri-oval since finding an annual spot on each series’ schedule during the 2021 season. For the Bowtie brigade, Sunday’s Cracker Barrel 400 will be a shot at redemption after falling just one spot short of staying undefeated in NASCAR’s top division at the track last season.  Chevrolet at Nashville SuperspeedwaySince NASCAR’s return to Nashville Superspeedway in 2021, Chevrolet has been the only manufacturer that’s paid a visit to victory lane at the track in all three divisions.

When the NASCAR Cup Series hit the track for its first-ever appearance in 2021, it was Chevrolet that made the inaugural trip to victory lane with a dominating performance by Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team – a win that was accompanied by a podium sweep for the Bowtie brand with Ross Chastain (2nd) and William Byron (3rd). The victory kickstarted a Team Chevy three-peat at the Tennessee track, with Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott taking the victory in 2022 and Trackhouse Racing’s Chastain following suit in 2023. Larson and Chastain’s victories are accompanied by series-leading statistics that automatically put them at the forefront of top contenders heading into the weekend. In four Cup Series races held at Nashville Superspeedway, Larson is the only driver to finish within the top-10 in each of his starts. While a late-race incident took him out of contention last season, Chastain powered his Trackhouse Racing-prepared Chevrolet to top-five results in the series’ first three events at the track, including a runner-up finish in the inaugural race and his win in 2023.

Hitting the Halfway MarkAt the drop of the checkered flag at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series has officially raced its way into the second-half of its regular season schedule. With Chastain’s crown jewel triumph, Chevrolet has collected a series-high five wins this season, with the 32-year-old Alva, Florida, native joining his fellow Team Chevy teammates, William Byron and Kyle Larson, with an early ticket into the 2025 playoffs. Dating back to just the third race of the season at Circuit of The Americas, Byron took over the series’ points lead and has been a fixture among the top-two positions ever since – ultimately regaining the lead from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Larson, following a strong points day and a runner-up finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Chevrolet also holds a commanding lead in a variety of statistical categories including stage wins (14), top-10s (60), laps led (1,976) and pole wins (7).  On the ReboundWith eight different winners thus far this season, eight opportunities remain to secure a playoff position by virtue of a win. Among those looking for their first trip to victory lane of the season includes a handful of Team Chevy drivers that are hitting a stride as we enter the second-half of the regular season.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finds himself in the 13th position in the points standings after falling just short of a top-10 finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Consistency has been key for the No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet team, which has positioned the single-car organization in a provisional playoff position heading into the second-half of the regular season. In 13 points-paying races this season, Stenhouse Jr. has completed all but three laps, as well as tallied four top-12 results, including two in the top-six. The Mississippi native is well on his way to a career-best season-long average finish, heading to Nashville Superspeedway with a 16.8 average.

After a tough set of results, AJ Allmendinger rebounded with his best finish of the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway – taking the checkered flag in the fourth position in the sport’s longest race. The finish was accompanied by a 49-point day – the third-highest among the field. There’s no better place to carry that momentum than yet another intermediate oval – a track configuration that has delivered the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team three of their four top-10 finishes of the season.

Intermediate IconsFresh off the Coca-Cola 600 victory, Chevrolet continues to prove to be a force to be reckoned with on the circuit’s intermediate ovals this season. In seven races on non-drafting intermediate ovals, the Bowtie brand has made three trips to victory lane including Chastain’s Charlotte Motor Speedway win and a pair of victories by Kyle Larson at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Kansas Speedway. Qualifying has been a strong suit for the Chevrolet camp, with five of the manufacturer’s series-leading seven pole wins coming on the configuration – each earned by a different driver. In five of the six intermediate oval races thus far this season, Chevrolet has recorded at least four top-10 results in each, including a season-high seven top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Dialing-In Double-DigitsWilliam Byron’s dream of winning at his home track became reality when he took the checkered flag in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 27-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, native became the seventh different Chevrolet driver to find victory lane in the Xfinity Series this season – delivering the Bowtie brand its 11th win in just 13 races. Among those triumphs includes five full-time competitors that have also earned an early playoff berth, including both Richard Childress Racing entries, Austin Hill and Jesse Love, as well as three JR Motorsports drivers with reigning champion Justin Allgaier, ‘Rookie of the Year’ contender Connor Zilisch, and Sammy Smith.  Looking ahead to Nashville Superspeedway, the Bowtie brigade heads into the weekend with 10 wins in 25 appearances by the Xfinity Series at the Tennessee track – two of which have come since the track’s revival in 2021 (Justin Allgaier – 2022; AJ Allmendinger – 2023). With his victory in 2022, Allgaier holds the honors as the series’ only past winner that will compete in Saturday’s 250-mile race.

Honeycutt Hits Career-Best FinishNiece Motorsports’ Kaden Honeycutt turned in his season-best finish of third at Charlotte Motor Speedway last weekend. The result came after an intense battle with the series’ points leader, Corey Heim, and a pair of Team Chevy Cup Series regulars, Ross Chastain and Kyle Busch. Collecting a strong 50-point day, the 21-year-old Willow Park, Texas, native, made yet another jump up in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ points standings, with the No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet team heading to Music City seventh in the rankings with seven races left in the regular season.  Chevrolet will enter the weekend with five all-time Truck Series wins at Nashville Superspeedway, including an active streak of two-in-a-row courtesy of victories by Niece Motorsports (Carson Hocevar – 2023) and McAnally-Hilgemann Racing (Christian Eckes – 2024). While all of the full-time competitors are still seeking their first Nashville triumph, there is one entrant that is very familiar with victory lane at the Tennessee track – the series’ winningest driver, Kyle Busch.  The 40-year-old Las Vegas, Nevada, native is a two-time winner at Nashville Superspeedway in both the Xfinity and Truck Series.

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 13 NASCAR Cup Series races complete: Wins: 5Poles: 7Laps Led: 1,976Top-Fives: 27Top-10s: 60Stage Wins: 14

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 13 NASCAR Xfinity Series races complete: Wins: 11Poles: 8Laps Led: 1,940Top-Fives: 44Top-10s: 84Stage Wins: 21

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 11 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races complete: Wins: 5Poles: 2Laps Led: 685Top-Fives: 28Top-10s: 55Stage Wins: 7

BOWTIE BULLETS:·       Victories by active Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville Superspeedway:  Kyle Larson – one win (2021)Chase Elliott – one win (2022)Ross Chastain – one win (2023) ·       Chevrolet is the only manufacturer to accomplish a tripleheader sweep across all three NASCAR national divisions this season – earned at Homestead-Miami Speedway courtesy of victories by Kyle Larson (Cup and Truck Series) and Justin Allgaier (Xfinity Series).  ·       Chevrolet has earned at least half of the top-10 finishing results in eight of the 13 points-paying races thus far this season, including a season-high seven top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.  ·       In 121 points-paying races in the Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 57 victories – a winning percentage of 47.1%.  ·       With its 43 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 871 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history.

TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400Sunday, June 1, at 7 p.m. ET(Amazon Prime, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)  NASCAR Xfinity SeriesTennessee Lottery 250 Saturday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. ET(CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)  NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesRackley Roofing 200 Friday, May 30, 8 p.m. ET(FS1, NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)

QUOTABLE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletHow much fun is it to go to the Nashville area this weekend?“I love country music and live music, so that’s a fun time. I always stay after the race and go to Tootsies down on Broadway and that’s always a good time. Tootsies has been a longtime supporter of Trackhouse so it fun to go down there and spend time. I get to Nashville a couple of times each year, usually for sponsor things, so I’m very familiar with the area and it’s a lot fun.” Why have you had so much success at Nashville?“The track is very unique. It feels like it’s a mile-and-a-half but it’s not so it takes me some time to get acclimated. But I’ve had fast cars there to be honest. If my cars aren’t good, I can’t go fast. We’ll look to build off of things we’ve learned more recently about these cars and try to keep moving the needle. I’m running the Xfinity race so that’s exciting and a challenge. I’m running a JRM car with Acceptance Insurance on Saturday night and that will allow me to get some more reps in at the track.” Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on Nashville Superspeedway?” Nashville is a very awesome town. The racetrack is concrete, which makes it unique from some of the other tracks we race at. It’s become a good race on our schedule. I’ve won a truck race there, so looking forward to trying to win another guitar. The track surface is one of those surfaces that really chews up a little bit of tire, so you definitely have to do a very good job at putting heat in the car.”  The No. 3 team seems to be figuring things out lately. What has changed over the past several weeks? And what do you still need to improve on?“We’re starting to click as a team. We do a good job adjusting on our Chevy during the race, but if we can hit the setup earlier in the weekend, we can have better track position, which will help a lot during the race. We had a top 10 streak going and I really thought we were going to have another top 10 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but we unexpectedly ran out of fuel at the end of the race. Our finish doesn’t reflect how well we ran. Nashville is another track that has been good to us in the past, and I think with the way this team is performing right now, we should be able to continue our positive momentum.” What has Kyle Busch been like as a teammate? Specifically, this year as RCR continues to restructure things and move forward. What has he brought to the organization?“I feel like Kyle Busch gives you what you expect, which is that he’s a hard worker. He’s fiery. He wants the best for the cars. He wants to get to victory lane constantly and will push everyone to figure out how to make that happen, even himself, on the track. But as far as being in the meetings with him after practice and on Mondays in our team debriefs, he’s very helpful. He asks good questions at the right time about what your car is doing, and he provides information that you can make your car better off of. From that standpoint, you couldn’t ask for a more helpful teammate when it comes to his knowledge of the game and what he is providing from an informational standpoint.” Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletHow do you feel about Garner Trucking coming back to Nashville for Sunday’s race underneath the lights?“Everyone at Spire Motorsports appreciates the support from Sherri and the entire team at Garner Trucking. Our trucks stand tall going up and down the road and when they pull into the race track for the weekend. We’re looking forward to representing Garner for the next two weekends. I feel like our cars keep getting better and Nashville and Michigan should be good tracks for us, so I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how we stack up.” Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletHow do you think the racing has evolved at Nashville Superspeedway since we started going in 2021?“I think the racing in Nashville has been really good. I remember years ago, a long time back in the Xfinity days, it was a one-groove racetrack around the bottom of the racetrack. It wasn’t really conducive to a whole lot of side-by-side racing and whatnot. But the last few years it’s really been good there. The track really widens out. There’s guys that are running all the way up at the top groove. So it’s been a good show. So hopefully the fans enjoy it. I hope it’s not too hot next week. Perfect weather here this weekend in Charlotte. So I look forward to Nashville.” Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet“Nashville Superspeedway is always a race I look forward to. The atmosphere is incredible, and the fans bring a lot of energy. We’ve been focused on getting the No. 47 NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet dialed in, and the team’s been working hard to get us where we need to be. I’m confident we can put together a strong run this weekend and give everyone something to cheer about.” Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletTalk about earning your first top-10 of the season last week in the Coca-Cola 600.“We have been really good at 1.5-mile tracks, I’m glad to get that top 10. We have been in position to get those finishes, but haven’t been able to get to the end. It was a long night after missing my pit box and starting Stage Two at the back. It was tough to get back to the front, but we slowly and methodically worked our way forward with some big help from out pit crew. I’m proud of our guys, our ability to execute a sold night, and getting to the end of a long race with a good finish. We have some more to work on, but I am proud of the effort from our Spire Motorsports team. We have some momentum to ride into Nashville this week.” What are your thoughts as we head into Nashville this weekend?“Nashville is fun. I’ve been able to race there a bunch over the years with both the ARCA Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. When I started in Cup, that was the track where we went and tested at a bunch. It’s a fun race track and it’s a challenge to get around. The race is like a hybrid of a short track and a big track, but in these cars, it’s pretty cool because you’re downshifting, up shifting, there are a lot of opportunities. I think that it’s one of my better tracks, even though we don’t have the Cup results to show for it. Speed wise, it’s been a fun track for us. We just haven’t had the finishes, whether we got tied up in wrecks or we had a transmission explode there last year. I haven’t had great luck but felt like we’ve had good speed.” Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat is your outlook for Sunday’s race at Nashville?“I think we’ll have a good car and hopefully another shot at a win, without the bad luck this time. We’ve reached a point where it doesn’t matter what type of track we go to, we are consistently up front and running some of the fastest lap times. Eventually everything balances out and we’ll start having the finishes to match those runs. Nashville is a really fast track and I think it plays into my driving style, having to keep up with the track changes and making moves when the opening is there. I feel like we’re going to have another really good race.” Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletAfter a solid performance at Charlotte, how do you feel your aggression is growing on ovals?“I think we are showing improvement now. It has been difficult results wise, but I do feel like we are getting somewhere, getting better and better. To me, I know I have a lot to learn but I don’t feel like I’m forcing it or driving outside my limits. Every week I’m being methodical about it. I feel good about the way it’s going.” There are three road course races over the next two months. Are you looking forward to this part of the season?“I’m looking forward to some right handers, that’s for sure (laughs). Got some good tracks coming up, tracks I know, but obviously Mexico City is a fresh one for everyone. But these ovals have been a big learning process the last couple of months, so it will be nice to have a break and turn right.” Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on Trackhouse Racing’s 300th start this weekend in Nashville?“That’s amazing. It all started as Justin’s (Marks, owner) dream and we’ve grown from a single car team to what we are now. The men and women who work at Trackhouse should be very proud. We are a very young team competing against the Gibbs, Penske, Hendrick and Childress teams of the world who have been successful for so long.” What are your thoughts on Nashville this weekend?“We want to celebrate Sunday night at Tootsie’s like Ross did in 2023. Maybe we will drive our Tootsie’s Chevrolet from victory lane and park it right on Broadway. Nashville is a special place for us. It’s Tootsie’s hometown, Justin’s hometown, and a really fun town. There would be no better place to win.” Connor Zilisch, No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet“I’m really excited to go to Nashville for the first time. It’s such a cool city and I’ve raced at the Fairgrounds before, but this will be my first time racing at the NASCAR track in Nashville. I have some laps on the simulator and it’s definitely a technical racetrack and is one of the few concrete tracks that we go to. I’m looking forward to figuring it out quickly and keeping the momentum up from Charlotte. We had a really good day running inside the top three in both stages and finished second. The Blues Hog team is starting to fire on all cylinders and I’m looking forward to putting races together and getting more good finishes through the summer.”

Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series Statistics Manufacturers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 43First title for Chevrolet: 1958Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)Most recent: 2024 Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Drivers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 33First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)Most recent: Kyle Larson (2021) Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 Event Victories:Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007)                2025 STATISTICS:                                                                                                    Wins: 5Poles: 7Laps Led: 1,976Top-Fives: 27Top-10s: 60Stage Wins: 14 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet race wins: 871 (1949 to date)Poles won to date: 760Laps led to date: 254,687Top-fives to date: 4,396Top-10s to date: 9,067                                                                                                          Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date:                    General Motors: 1,205           Chevrolet: 871           Pontiac: 154           Oldsmobile: 115           Buick: 65            Ford: 843                                                                                        Ford: 743           Mercury: 96           Lincoln: 4            Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467           Dodge: 217           Plymouth: 191           Chrysler: 59            Toyota: 194

The Series heads to a pair of North Dakota staples to begin a stretch up north

GRAND FORKS, ND (May 28, 2025) – The northern part of the United States hasn’t seen The Greatest Show on Dirt in 2025, but that’s about to change in a big way.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is trucking from southern Ohio after a Memorial Day stop at Atomic Speedway, all the way up to North Dakota for a weekend in the “Peace Garden State.”

First on the agenda is the always exciting River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND on Friday, May 30, for the Gerdau Metals Recycling presents the Don Mack Classic. The tight bullring never fails to deliver thrilling action. There’s a reason it’s atop longtime Series announcer Johnny Gibson’s list of favorite tracks out of the more than 400 he’s visited.

Saturday, May 31, takes the tour an hour south down I-29 where Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway awaits to host the Ellingson presents the Rumble on the Red. The 3/8-mile dirt track is the most visited North Dakota track for the World of Outlaws, and this weekend will mark 70 trips to Red River Valley. That will give it sole possession of the eighth most visited track overall in the long history of The Greatest Show on Dirt.

The north has been waiting, and now it’s their turn for the country’s best Sprint Car drivers to invade.

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HOME SWEET HOME: A weekend in North Dakota means racing in front of home state fans for Minot native and now Fargo resident Donny Schatz.

Schatz grew up attending World of Outlaws races in his home state with hopes of one day competing himself, and he’s followed those dreams to 10 championships, more than 300 wins, and cementing himself as one of the best to ever get behind the wheel.

Home turf has always been kind to Schatz as he’s assembled his legendary résumé. His River Cities record is nearly impeccable. He’s taken part in all 33 World of Outlaws races at the bullring and bagged a dozen victories, 23 podiums, and 30 top fives. His average River Cities finish is 2.8, and his worst result is eighth. Red River Valley is home to six of Schatz’s checkered flags with The Greatest Show on Dirt.

BREAK OUT THE BROOM: Recent history at River Cities and Red River Valley says a driver just might break out the broom.

The last two weekends at the pair of North Dakota tracks have resulted in sweeps. First, it was Logan Schuchart in 2023, taking both nights, giving him two scores at River Cities and his first at Red River Valley. Then, Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing group swept last season, giving the Lemoore, CA native two checkered flags at both ovals.

The only driver to pull off a weekend sweep so far in 2025 is David Gravel, and the defending Series champion has done so three times already.

WINNERS ON THE RIVER: The three drivers above aren’t the only current full-time World of Outlaws competitors that have enjoyed success in North Dakota.

David Gravel is a two-time River Cities winner. The current point leader came out on top with CJB Motorsports in 2017 and then again in 2023 with his current Big Game Motorsports crew. The Watertown, CT native is yet to win at Red River Valley but has landed on the podium three times, including a pair of runner-ups.

Last year, Giovanni Scelzi went to River Cities Victory Lane in only his third attempt at the 1/4 mile. “Hot Sauce” hasn’t finished worse than eighth in four tries in Grand Forks, ND. Like Gravel, he’s still in search of a win at Red River Valley, peaking at fourth in 2023 with KCP Racing.

ROOKIES ON THE RISE: The last couple weeks have proven to be very productive for many among the stout 2025 class chasing the Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year.

Chris Windom is leading the recent charge. After no top fives and five top 10s in the first 21 races of the campaign, the Canton, IL native has reeled off a pair of top fives and four top 10s over the last four races in the Sides Motorsports No. 7S. He’s fresh off a personal best second-place finish at Atomic Speedway. “Big Daddy’s” lead atop the rookie points has grown to 52 markers. He’ll debut at both River Cities and Red River Valley this weekend.

Another former wingless ace, Hunter Schuerenberg, heads to North Dakota with the momentum of his best result of the year. He steered the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 to fourth on Memorial Day at Atomic. That came after a solid 11th at Attica, completing a weekend that allowed him to pass Cole Macedo for third among the rookies. Schuerenberg grabbed a River Cities top 10 with the World of Outlaws back in 2018, and he came home 11th at Red River Valley the same weekend.

The Bill Rose Racing rookie duo of Zach Hampton and Conner Morrell have also turned heads. Hampton’s last seven nights have led to a trio of top 10s. Morrell was runner-up at Ohsweken two weeks ago and followed that with an Attica top five. Neither driver has been to either track on this weekend’s agenda.

Skylar Gee and Logan Fenton Racing found plenty of speed in Ohio this past weekend. The Leduc, AB, Canada driver came away from Attica with his first World of Outlaws podium. He backed it up with an Atomic top five two nights later.

NOSA NAMES: Expect many local drivers that compete regularly with the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) to face off with the World of Outlaws this week.

Grand Forks, ND’s own Mark Dobmeier is always a name to watch. He’s a three-time World of Outlaws Feature winner but is still looking to capture one at his home track of River Cities, where he’s racked up dozens of local checkered flags. He’s been in the top five on six occasions, including a pair of podiums with The Greatest Show on Dirt at the bullring.

Fellow Grand Forks native Jade Hastings is already a River Cities winner in 2025, topping this past weekend’s NOSA event. He also won there four times a year ago. Hastings’ lone World of Outlaws top 10 came at River Cities in 2018.

From right across the river in East Grand Forks, MN is another recent River Cities winner, Nick Omdahl. He topped a pair of NOSA visits last year and is a frequent competitor with the World of Outlaws when they roll into town. Omdahl made the Toyota Dash last August.

Other local drivers likely to be in attendance this weekend are Brendan Mullen (Grand Forks, ND), Blake Egeland (Climax, MN), Jack Croaker (East Grand Forks, MN), and more.

THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

WHEN AND WHERE 
Friday, May 30 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND
Saturday, May 31 at Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND

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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (25/81 Races):
1. David Gravel – Big Game Motorsports No. 2 (3556 PTS)
2. Michael Kofoid – Roth Motorsports No. 83 (-182 PTS)
3. Logan Schuchart – Shark Racing No. 1S (-182 PTS)
4. Carson Macedo – Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 (-206 PTS)
5. Sheldon Haudenschild – Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 (-238 PTS)
6. Donny Schatz – Tony Stewart/Curb Agajanian Racing No. 15 (-342 PTS)
7. Giovanni Scelzi – KCP Racing No. 18 (-354 PTS)
8. Bill Balog – B2 Motorsports No. 17B (-490 PTS)
9. Chris Windom – Sides Motorsports No. 7S (-526 PTS)
10. Garet Williamson – Fischer Motorsports No. 23 (-578 PTS)

NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (11 Drivers): 
8 Wins – David Gravel
3 Wins – Kyle Larson, Michael Kofoid, Carson Macedo
2 Wins – Logan Schuchart
1 Win – Christopher Bell, Bill Balog, Giovanni Scelzi, Rico Abreu, Sheldon Haudenschild, Anthony Macri

FEATURE LAPS LED (19 Drivers):
180 Laps – David Gravel
100 Laps – Michael Kofoid
91 Laps – Logan Schuchart
76 Laps – Kyle Larson, Carson Macedo
57 Laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
39 Laps – Giovanni Scelzi
29 Laps – Anthony Macri
19 Laps – Bill Balog
17 Laps – Emerson Axsom, Rico Abreu
16 Laps – Cole Macedo
14 Laps – Dylan Westbrook
12 Laps – Conner Morrell
11 Laps – Jordan Thomas
9 Laps – Sam Hafertepe Jr.
8 Laps – Christopher Bell, Aaron Reutzel
1 Lap – Donny Schatz

SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS QUICKTIME AWARDS (14 Drivers):
9 Quick Times – David Gravel
2 Quick Times – Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild, Carson Macedo
1 Quick Time – Emerson Axsom, Kyle Larson, Danny Sams III, Anthony Macri, Aaron Reutzel, Rico Abreu, Michael Kofoid, Chase Dietz, Garet Williamson, Donny Schatz

HEAT RACE WINNERS (30 Drivers): 
13 Heat Wins – David Gravel
11 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo
9 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
8 Heat Wins – Bill Balog, Logan Schuchart
5 Heat Wins – Giovanni Scelzi
3 Heat Wins – Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Michael Kofoid
2 Heat Wins – Brian Brown, Jacob Allen, Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Anthony Macri, Danny Dietrich, Garet Williamson, Conner Morrell, Skylar Gee, Chris Windom
1 Heat Win – Hunter Schuerenberg, Bryce Lucius, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Donny Schatz, Aaron Reutzel, Tanner Thorson, Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney, Zach Hampton, Chase Dietz, Justin Whittall

TOYOTA DASH APPEARANCES (48 Drivers):
22 Dashes – David Gravel
17 Dashes – Logan Schuchart
14 Dashes – Carson Macedo
13 Dashes – Sheldon Haudenschild
11 Dashes – Bill Balog, Giovanni Scelzi
10 Dashes – Michael Kofoid
6 Dashes – Emerson Axsom 
5 Dashes – Brian Brown, Garet Williamson
4 Dashes – Kyle Larson, Cole Macedo, Anthony Macri, Donny Schatz, Conner Morrell, Chris Windom, Hunter Schuerenberg, Skylar Gee
3 Dashes – Christopher Bell, Aaron Reutzel, Tyler Courtney, Donny Schatz, Danny Dietrich
2 Dashes – Danny Sams III, Jacob Allen, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Rico Abreu, Parker Price-Miller
1 Dash – Justin Peck, Brad Sweet, Ryan Timms, Spencer Bayston, Bryce Lucius, Christopher Thram, Tanner Thorson, Carson McCarl, Brady Bacon, Zach Hampton, Kelby Watt, Ashton Torgerson, Lucas Wolfe, Chase Dietz, Justin Whittall, Jordan Thomas, Jonathan Preston, Dylan Westbrook, Cory Turner, Cole Duncan

MICRO-LITE LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (18 Drivers):
3 LCS Wins – Giovanni Scelzi, Garet Williamson
2 LCS Wins – Donny Schatz, Christopher Thram, Ryan Timms
1 LCS Win – Chris Martin, Anthony Macri, Bryce Lucius, Conner Morrell, Blake Hahn, J.J. Hickle, Zach Hampton, Emerson Axsom, Matt Campbell, Ashton Torgerson, Joe Trenca, Darin Naida, Bill Balog

KSE HARD CHARGER AWARDS (15 Drivers):
4 Hard Chargers – Logan Schuchart
3 Hard Chargers – Ryan Timms, Chris Windom
2 Hard Chargers – Skylar Gee, Garet Williamson, Donny Schatz
1 Hard Charger – Cole Macedo, Zach Hampton, Bill Balog, Hunter Schuerenberg, Michael Kofoid, Lance Dewease, Dylan Westbrook, Kalib Henry, Cap Henry

PODIUM FINISHES (27 Drivers):
15 Podiums – David Gravel
10 Podiums – Carson Macedo
8 Podiums – Logan Schuchart
6 Podiums – Kyle Larson, Michael Kofoid
4 Podiums – Sheldon Haudenschild
3 Podiums – Giovanni Scelzi
2 Podiums – Christopher Bell, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Anthony Macri
1 Podium – Aaron Reutzel, Jacob Allen, Bill Balog, Emerson Axsom, Donny Schatz, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Tyler Courtney, Donny Schatz, Cole Macedo, Chase Dietz, Danny Dietrich, Conner Morrell, Dylan Westbrook, Skylar Gee, Chris Windom, Cole Duncan

TOP 10 FINISHES (45 Drivers): 
25 Top 10s – David Gravel
20 Top 10s – Logan Schuchart, Carson Macedo, Michael Kofoid
17 Top 10s – Sheldon Haudenschild, Giovanni Scelzi
15 Top 10s – Donny Schatz
10 Top 10s – Bill Balog
9 Top 10s – Chris Windom
7 Top 10s – Emerson Axsom
6 Top 10s – Kyle Larson, Cole Macedo, Hunter Schuerenberg
5 Top 10s – Tyler Courtney, Anthony Macri, Garet Williamson
4 Top 10s – Aaron Reutzel, Brad Sweet, Zach Hampton, Skylar Gee
3 Top 10s – Ryan Timms, Justin Peck, Parker Price-Miller, Conner Morrell
2 Top 10s – Christopher Bell, Jacob Allen, Spencer Bayston, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Danny Dietrich
1 Top 10 – Danny Sams III, Tanner Thorson, Kerry Madsen, Brian Brown, Chase Dietz, Freddie Rahmer, Justin Whittall, Troy Wagaman Jr., Jordan Thomas, Dylan Westbrook, Jordan Poirier, Kalib Henry, Cole Duncan

2025 WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR WINNERS:
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Wed, Feb 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
2. Thurs, Feb 8 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Christopher Bell (1)
3. Fri, Feb 9 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (1)
4. Sat, Feb 10 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Kyle Larson (2)
5. Sun, March 2 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (1)
6. Mon, March 3 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / David Gravel (2)
7. Fri, March 7 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / Bill Balog (1)
8. Sat, March 8 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / David Gravel (3)
9. Fri, March 14 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Giovanni Scelzi (1)
10. Sat, March 15 / Kennedale Speedway Park / Kennedale, TX / Michael Kofoid (1)
11. Fri, March 21 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (4)
12. Sat, March 22 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / David Gravel (5)
13. Fri, March 28 / Lawton Speedway / Lawton, OK / Michael Kofoid (2)
14. Fri, April 11 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Carson Macedo (2)
15. Sat, April 12 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / Logan Schuchart (1)
16. Sat, April 19 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Rico Abreu (1)
17. Fri, April 25 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Kyle Larson (3)
18. Sat, April 26 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
19. Fri, May 2 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / David Gravel (6)
20. Wed, May 7 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Michael Kofoid (3)
21. Sat, May 10 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Anthony Macri (1)
22. Wed, May 14 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (7)
23. Thurs, May 15 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, ON / David Gravel (8)
24. Sat, May 24 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Logan Schuchart (2)
25. Mon, May 26 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Carson Macedo (3)

For the complete 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.

CONCORD, NC (May 28, 2025) – This year’s list of newcomers to the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision was billed as one of the best in recent memory.

Sixteen races into the season, the quartet of MD3 Rookie of the Year contenders have been living up to those expectations since the drop of the green flag in January.

Hailing from four different corners of the United States, each of them has been on their own unique path to the pinnacle of dirt Late Model racing, and they’re each on their way to becoming household names with The Most Powerful Late Models on the Planet.

Here’s a look at where each rookie stands four months into the year:

Drake Troutman – 1st in rookie points, 4th in overall points: After joining forces over the winter, Drake Troutman and Team22 Motorsports have both reached new levels of competitiveness in the first portion of 2025.

The pairing burst onto the scene by nearly winning the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals finale at Volusia Speedway Park. Troutman led the first 39 laps of the Feature before coming up one spot short in a fierce battle against one of the all-time greats in Jonathan Davenport.

A pair of top fives at Swainsboro Raceway a month later further cemented Troutman’s status as a regular at the front of the field. At the next stop on tour at Farmer City Raceway, Troutman experienced a bit of déjà vu from Volusia, as he led the first half of the Illini 100 before it was ripped out of his hands late in the going, this time by five-time Series champion Brandon Sheppard.

If Troutman wants to close the gap to the likes of Bobby Pierce, Nick Hoffman and Ryan Gustin in the coming months, the name of the game will need to be consistency. While he’s collected five top fives, Troutman has also finished 13th or worse nine times. That will require plenty of learning on the fly in the coming weeks, as I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park is the only one of the next seven tracks on the schedule Troutman has raced a Late Model at before.

Ethan Dotson – 2nd in rookie points, 8th in overall points: For the first time in two years, a rookie has already gone to World of Outlaws Victory Lane in 2025 thanks to Ethan Dotson’s performance at Farmer City Raceway.

The Californian’s first Series triumph was the culmination of a year’s worth of effort since he teamed up with ASD Motorsports in May of 2024. The No. 74X team won four times at the regional level in the second half of last season to give themselves a head of steam entering their first full World of Outlaws campaign, and they didn’t let off the gas once the calendar turned to 2025. Dotson picked up two top fives at Volusia to put himself atop the rookie table leaving Florida, and while he stumbled a bit with some tough nights in March, his Farmer City score thrusted him right back into the Rookie of the Year conversation.

Three top fives in the seven World of Outlaws races since then may not have been the stat line Dotson was aiming for, but things are trending back in the right direction. A fifth-place run at Marion Center Raceway was Dotson’s best finish since the win, and he followed that up with a runner-up in regional action at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Memorial Day weekend.

Much like Troutman, Dotson is also new to the upcoming tracks on the June schedule. But once he gets through that stretch, July brings some places Dotson knows his way around – he’s a former Modified winner at both Deer Creek Speedway and Fairbury Speedway.

Jake Timm – 3rd in rookie points, 15th in overall points: Jake Timm knew he was in for a challenge taking on the entire World of Outlaws schedule in his first full season in the Late Model ranks, but confidence is growing by the week in the No. 49 camp.

The former United States Modified Touring Series star experienced his fair share of growing pains in the opening weeks of the year at tracks that were all brand new to him, only making the Feature three times in the first 10 races. The Dairyland Showdown at Timm’s home track of Mississippi Thunder Speedway was supposed to be a get-healthy weekend, but a flat tire on Friday and a spin on Saturday knocked him down to 19th and 20th, respectively.

Timm notched his best run of the season when he finished 11th in his first visit to Marion Center, and he’ll be chasing more solid showings during the Midwest swing that features multiple tracks he’s familiar with. Timm has raced at I-94 emr Speedway three times in USMTS competition, and he has two USMTS wins and plenty more local success an hour from home at Deer Creek.

Austin Smith – 4th in rookie points, 17th in overall points: Rounding out the rookie class is Austin Smith, who is chasing the World of Outlaws tour with the support of 2015 Series champion Shane Clanton and the Capital Race Cars team behind him.

After a rough start to the season, the No. 11 team turned a corner during the Ohio-Pennsylvania swing. Smith finished top 20 in back-to-back races for the first time at Raceway 7 and Marion Center before rounding out the weekend in 11th at Bedford Speedway, matching his performance at Weedsport Speedway in 2016 as his career best with the World of Outlaws.

Smith will continue his chase for his first top 10 as the season wears on, and there’s one track in particular he has circled on the calendar – Fairbury. Last season, in his first Prairie Dirt Classic appearance in eight years, Smith finished third in his Showdown Feature on Friday night to lock down a spot in the 100-lapper on Saturday, and he’ll be looking to build on that run in his first PDC as a full-time World of Outlaws driver.

Troutman, Dotson, Timm, and Smith will resume their World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision rookie campaigns at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park in the St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff on Friday and Saturday, June 20-21. Click here to get your tickets today.

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

Josh Berry and the No. 21 Freightliner team are headed to Nashville Superspeedway, the 1.33-mile concrete oval that is about a 30-mile drive from Berry’s hometown of Hendersonville, Tenn., for Sunday evening’s Cracker Barrel 400. Berry, who qualified on the outside pole last year in his only Cup start at Nashville, said he’s looking forward to returning to the track and continuing the run he and the Freightliner team have had on intermediate-length ovals this season. That includes a win on the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.  “I feel good about where we’ve been on the intermediates,” Berry said. “We’ve shown a lot of speed and been really competitive. The goal is to keep building on that, especially in qualifying and continuing to learn with the playoffs in mind. Nashville and Michigan are two tracks I’m looking forward to. I felt like we ran well there last year, so I see them as great opportunities to put together some solid results and keep improving.”  Practice for the Cracker Barrel 400 is set for Saturday at 3:35 p.m. Central Time (4:35 Eastern) to be followed by qualifying at 4:45 (5:45 Eastern). Sunday’s 399-mile race is expected to get the green flag just after 6 p.m. (7 p.m. Eastern), with Stage breaks planned for Laps 90 and 185. Amazon Prime will carry the TV coverage all weekend.

 

LONG BEACH, CA (May 28, 2025) — NHRA Funny Car driver Buddy Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team are set to turn heads as they roll into the NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway, May 30-June 1. Their striking 75^thanniversary Mooneyes livery, making its third appearance this season, will make its furthest eastward debut, bringing a new level of style and performance to the east coast. Longtime sponsor Compass Facility Services will also be featured more prominently on the back wing of the nitro Funny Car for this race and the Thunder Valley Nationals.
 
Hull, who has been steadily building momentum throughout the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, is eager to capitalize on the team’s progress. With strong qualifying performances and consistent gains in power and precision, Hull is ready to put his Funny Car through its paces on the legendary New England track.

 Jim Dunn Racing and Buddy Hull will be bringing iconic Mooneyes look to Epping this weekend

“The Mooneyes livery is not just eye-catching – it’s a tribute to the spirit of hot rodding and the roots of our sport,” said Hull. “To bring this iconic design to the fans in New England, for the first time this far east, is something really special. We’ve been making solid progress with the Jim Dunn Racing team all year, and I’m feeling confident heading into Epping. We’re ready to show what this car can do.”
 
Jim Dunn, a legend within the sport of drag racing, continues to support Hull’s growth as a competitive force in the Funny Car ranks. The team has been fine-tuning its setup to meet the unique challenges of the Epping track, and fans can expect an exciting weekend of high-speed action. During the second round of qualifying on Friday night, Hull will be competing for the No. 1 Clawifier Award that comes with a large lobster for himself and a lobster dinner for the team, presented by NAPA.
 
“I love when tracks do something a little different to help differentiate their race from the 19 others on tour,” said Hull. “It makes it more fun for the drivers, but also the fans. I want to be able to sit on that lobster pot throne and take home the inaugural No. 1 Clawifier prize.”
 
The NHRA New England Nationals promises a weekend filled with side-by-side racing, dramatic launches, and the roaring spectacle of nitro-fueled Funny Cars. For Hull, it’s a chance to build on the season’s progress and make a statement on one of the East Coast’s most electrifying dragstrips. Hull is excited that Mooneyes fans will get to experience the thrilling on-track action, as well as be able to purchase all kinds of iconic Mooneyes merchandise at the Mooneyes trailer that is also making the trip out east. Jim Dunn Racing is running a limited-edition Mooneyes New England Nationals hero card this weekend. And Buddy Hull fans can catch him on the NHRA stage doing New Fan Orientation with Hannah Rickards on Friday at 3:45 p.m.
 
This weekend is the home race for Jim Dunn Racing partner Compass Facility Services (CFS). CFS has provided quality-driven building maintenance services for the corporate market for over forty-seven years. They proudly employ over 700 people and realize the reputation of their company lies in the qualified supervision of well-trained field personnel. Achievement of this goal, together with pride in their work has led to many years of success.
 
In addition to Mooneyes and CFS, Hull will also be representing in New England season-long sponsors Lescure Mechanical Services, Blaze Exhaust Probes, KGC Construction, Vertex Roofers and General Contractors, Crow Safety, Koppl Pipeline Services, True Brand, USD and Wiley X.
 
“You know it’s going to be a great weekend if the Mooneyes car is on the track, and the finals are on FOX,” said Hull. “We’re ready to show off and show out, in front of a fantastic east coast crowd and the Compass crew. I can’t wait to get the weekend started.”
 
Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team will have two qualifying runs on Friday, May 30 and then two more qualifying runs on May 31 at New England Dragway. The 16 Funny Cars with the quickest elapsed times after four rounds of qualifying will advance in competition for a chance at a Wally and lobster pot buoy trophy on Sunday, June 1 at 11 a.m. ET with the finals on FOX. For tickets or more information on the NHRA New England Nationals visit nhra.com.

 

OCALA, FL (May 28, 2025) — Over the past four NHRA national events, dating back to the Winternationals in late March, Josh Hart is one of only two Top Fuel competitors to advance out of the first round at every race. That four-race streak will be put to the test this weekend when the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series heads to the northeast for the NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway. The R+L Carriers Top Fuel team will be making their fourth attempt to race to the winner’s circle at one of the most historic tracks on the circuit. Hart has enjoyed success in the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks racing to three consecutive final rounds in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series winning at the track located just north of Boston in 2017 and 2019
 
“New England Dragway has been around for a long time, and we have had some success there with my Top Alcohol Dragster. I have only raced there three times with my Top Fuel operation, and we are looking to get back into the winner’s circle,” said Hart, a multi-time Top Fuel national event winner. “It is a smaller venue, but the fans up there are super passionate about their drag racing. We have been making some good runs, and the temperatures should be cooler. We have found a solid cooler track temperature tune up so hopefully we will be able to put it to good use.”

 Josh Hart and R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster launch off starting line in Chicago, photo credit Krista Zivcic

One new addition for this weekend’s race is the introduction of the “No. 1 Clawifier Award presented by NAPA.” A special chair made of lobster pots will await drivers at the top end, with the evening’s No. 1 qualifier sitting in the chair until they are replaced by a new No. 1 qualifier or claim the No. 1 Clawifier Award presented by NAPA. The driver will receive a large lobster, while the teams will be given lobster dinners to celebrate a thrilling performance under the lights on Friday night.
 
To cap it off, a special New England Nationals lobster pot buoy trophy will await event winners on Sunday, along with the iconic Wally trophy.
 
“Lots of tracks are stepping up their game on special trophies or award which makes me even more eager to get this R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster into the winner’s circle,” said Hart. “As a team we want to come out with quick runs on Friday because that sets you up for a strong weekend. It there are extra prizes on the line that just makes it a cooler experience for everyone from the crew guys to the fans.”
 
In the three previous R+L Carriers appearances at the NHRA New England Nationals Hart has experienced a wide array of on-track results. In his first appearance in 2022 as the No. 5 qualifier racing Shawn Langdon, Hart’s 12,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragster suffered a major engine event right off the starting line. In 2023 the event was a complete washout and Hart was a part of a contingent of drivers who lobbied the NHRA to move the event to Bristol Dragway the following weekend rather than wait out a problematic rain forecast. As the No. 4 qualifier he was then upset in the first round by Brittany Force. Last year he raced to the quarterfinals from the No. 11 spot outrunning Justin Ashley in the first round before falling to 8-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher in the quarterfinals.
 
“We really haven’t had a normal race in Epping yet,” said Hart. “I know my R+L Carriers guys are ready to get back on track after a week off. We have some good momentum going and we just want to build on that. We will have four qualifying sessions hopefully if the weather cooperates but regardless, we are going to give it our all.”
 
Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team will be on track for two qualifying runs on Friday, May 30, at 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and the final two qualifying runs will be contested Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Final eliminations will commence on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. with the race being broadcast nationally on 6:00 p.m. ET on FOX.

May 28, 2025

Detroit, MI
Sunday, June 1, 2025 12:30 PM ET
Live on Fox

• Indianapolis 500 Glory: Honda retuned to victory lane at the Indianapolis 500 this year, with reigning and three-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou giving Honda their 16th Indy 500 win—and the first Indy 500 victory in the hybrid era. The win comes as part of a record-shattering season from the Spaniard, which has seen him win five of the first six races so far this year. Palou holds a 112-point advantage in the drivers’ championship going into this weekend’s race in Detroit thanks to his five victories and worst finish of P2 so far this year.
• Honda winning streak continues: Honda has kicked off the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES with a perfect winning record thus far—with Alex Palou taking victory at St. Petersburg, Thermal, Barber Motorsports Park and the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in addition to his Indy 500 victory. Honda’s Kyle Kirkwood took the honors at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in American Honda’s backyard in April. This is the first time since the return of multi-manufacturer competition in 2012 that one engine manufacturer has swept the first six races of the year. Honda holds a 102-point lead in the manufacturers’ championship leaving Indianapolis, 539-437.
• Detroit Domination: Honda drivers and teams are two for two since the Detroit Grand Prix moved to the downtown street circuit for the 2023 edition of the race. Alex Palou took victory in 2023 in the first race on the new circuit, while his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Scott Dixon, led a Honda 1-2-3-4 in last year’s event. Between the new downtown circuit and the previous track at Belle Isle, Honda holds 18 victories in the Detroit Grand Prix.
• Honda’s IndyCar engine scores 100th win: Alex Palou’s victory at the Indianapolis 500 has pushed Honda’s HI22TT engine series past the century mark in victories since its introduction in 2012. The 2.2-liter, six-cylinder, twin-turbocharged engine has powered Honda to 100 IndyCar series wins, eight Indianapolis 500 victories, six drivers’ championships and four manufacturers’ championships.

2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Honda Lineup

Andretti Global	#26 Colton Herta (W) #27 Kyle Kirkwood (W) #28 Marcus Ericsson (I) (W)
Chip Ganassi Racing	# 8 Kyffin Simpson # 9 Scott Dixon (C) (I) (W) #10 Alex Palou (C) (I) (W)
Dale Coyne Racing	#18 Rinus VeeKay (W) #51 Jacob Abel (R)
Meyer Shank Racing	#60 Felix Rosenqvist (W) #66 Marcus Armstrong
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	#15 Graham Rahal (W) #30 Devlin DeFrancesco #45 Louis Foster (R)

C—Series Champion I—Indianapolis 500 winner W—Race Winner R—Series Rookie

Where to Watch

• You can watch the teams and drivers of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES battle on the streets of downtown Detroit Sunday, June 1, 2025 on Fox beginning at 12:30 PM ET.

MATTOON, IL (May 27, 2025) – Since the 1950s in Illinois, the town of Mattoon has witnessed dirt Midget racing grow from a regional to a national level. 

The town welcomed the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota to Coles County Speedway for the first time last year, and this year the premier Midget series returns for the inaugural King of Coles event, May 30-31. 

Competition begins with a $4,000-to-win Feature in the weekend’s opener on Friday. Then, Saturday night’s $5,000-to-win finale will crown the “King of Coles County Speedway.” 

Both nights will also count toward the Xtreme-POWRi Challenge Series. They’ll be the third and fourth races of the 10-race series, which started at Farmer City Raceway in April and continues at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park (Jun. 20-21, Aug. 1-2), Doe Run Raceway (Sept. 5) and the finale at Highland Speedway (Sept. 6). 

KING OF COLES TICKETS 

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Here are the top storylines to keep an eye on: 

Inaugural Coronation – The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets visited Coles County Speedway for the first time in 2024, with the year’s Rookie of the Year Ashton Torgerson winning the night’s Feature. 

Upping the stakes in its second year with the Series, the track will award the status of King of Coles for this year’s main event winner. 

Alongside the racing in Mattoon, IL, the Honest Abe Roofing Cookout will provide food and refreshments for drivers and teams to enjoy at the Xtreme weekend on Friday night. 

Holding Strong – Series points leader Jacob Denney’s time at Airport Raceway did not go the way he wanted. Trouble early on in the race resulted in his drive from 16th to eighth by the checkered flag. 

His recovery helped him maintain his points lead. He left Garden City with a 57-point advantage over Chase McDermand. 

Similar to the four tracks that the Series has raced in 2025, the pilot of the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) No. 67 will climb into his car at Coles County for the first time to chase the first monarch honors in the track’s history. 

Cannon’s Takeoff – Cannon McIntosh needed a spark to get his 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Midgets season back in full song after leaving Farmer City Raceway 16th in points. Since then, the Bixby, OK driver has garnered a top-five finish at Humboldt Speedway, a podium finish at 81 Speedway, and then his first win of the season at Airport Raceway – his second career Midget Roundup victory.

The reigning Series champion’s May comeback helped him jump 10 positions in the standings to sixth place as he looks to score his second win of the season at a track that saw him pick up a top five and a podium finish in 2024. 

Challenge Royale – The King of Coles weekend sets up the third and fourth races of the 2025 Xtreme-POWRi Challenge Series schedule – the first events since Farmer City Raceway in April. 

Mason City, IL’s Karter Sarff leads the standings entering the weekend, with Denney behind the Toyota-powered No. 21K by a single point. 

The top five drivers sit within 26 points of each other, with 2023 champion Zach Daum in third (20 points), Chase McDermand in fourth (24 points), and fifth-place rookie Kameron Key in tow. 

Flying Rookies – Several rookies of the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets have shone through the first quarter of the season as they knock on the door toward their first Series Feature win. 

Hayden Wise became the first 2025 Series rookie to lead laps in a Feature after starting the Midget Roundup on the pole and leading the opening 14 laps before finishing fourth for her first top five. 

Trifecta Motorsports’ Michael Faccinto scored his second straight top five, while 21-year-old Alex Karpowicz has scored top 10s in every Series race contested in Kansas. 

When and where 

Friday-Saturday, May 30-31, at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, IL 

On the internet 
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota 
Twitter/X – @Xtreme_Outlaw 
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw 
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG 

Live broadcast 
DIRTVision – visit DIRTVision.com or download the DIRTVision app. 

Current Xtreme Outlaw Midgets Points Standings (View Full Standings) 

1. Jacob Denney: 1103 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 67
2. Chase McDermand: -57 points | Chase McDermand Racing No. 40
3. Gavin Miller: -97 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 97
4. Kameron Key: -117 points | Trifecta Motorsports No. 9U
5. Michael Faccinto: -124 points | Trifecta Motorsports No. 5U
6. Cannon McIntosh: -137 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 71K
7. Alex Karpowicz: -159 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 72
8. Colton Robinson: -192 points | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 67K
9. Hayden Wise: -224 points | Ninety-Four Motorsports No. 94
10. Tyler Edwards: -234 points: Mounce/Stout Motorsports No. 56E

Toyota Feature winners (3 drivers) 

3 wins – Jacob Denney 

1 win – Cannon McIntosh, Karter Sarff 

Toyota Feature laps led (7 drivers) 

56 laps – Jacob Denney 

22 laps – Chase McDermand 

16 laps – Karter Sarff 

14 laps – Hayden Wise 

11 laps – Cannon McIntosh 

7 laps – Gavin Miller 

4 laps – Zach Daum 

Smith Titanium Quick Time Awards (5 drivers) 

1 award – Gavin Miller, Jacob Denney, Chase McDermand, Corbin Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff 

Heat Race winners (11 drivers) 

2 wins – Thomas Meseraull, Cannon McIntosh, Jacob Denney 

1 win – Colton Robinson, Gavin Miller, Bradley Cox, Hayden Wise, Kameron Key, Zach Daum, Brandon Carr, Chase McDermand 

High-Points Honors (4 drivers) 

2 honors – Jacob Denney 

1 honor – Thomas Meseraull, Chase McDermand, Hayden Wise 

Summit Racing Equipment Hard Charger Awards (4 drivers) 

2 awards – Tyler Edwards 

1 award – Chase McDermand, Jacob Denney, Kameron Key 

Podium finishes (9 drivers) 

3 podiums – Jacob Denney, Gavin Miller 

2 podiums – Karter Sarff, Cannon McIntosh 

1 podium – Chase McDermand, Corbin Rueschenberg, Kameron Key, Zach Daum, Thomas Meseraull 

Top-10 finishes (20 drivers) 

5 top-10s – Jacob Denney, Chase McDermand 

4 top-10s – Kameron Key, Michael Faccinto, Colton Robinson 

3 top-10s – Gavin Miller, Cannon McIntosh, Alex Karpowicz 

2 top-10s – Karter Sarff, Zach Daum, Trevor Cline, Tyler Edwards, Corbin Rueschenberg, Brandon Carr, Hayden Wise 

1 top-10 –  Kyle Jones, Cale Coons, Brecken Reese, Bradley Cox, Thomas Meseraull 

2025 XTREME OUTLAW MIDGET SCHEDULE 

No. | Date | Track | Location | Winner (Total Wins) 

* Denotes Xtreme-POWRi Challenge Series 

*Friday, April 11 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL | Jacob Denney (1) 

*Saturday, April 12 | Farmer City Raceway | Farmer City, IL | Karter Sarff (1) 

Friday, May 9 | Humboldt Speedway | Humboldt, KS | Jacob Denney (2) 

Saturday, May 10 | 81 Speedway | Park City, KS | Jacob Denney (3) 

Saturday, May 24 | Airport Raceway | Garden City, KS | Cannon McIntosh (1) 

Three Cadillac V-Series.Rs aim for victory in home race on downtown circuitDETROIT (May 27, 2025) – Brothers Jordan and Ricky Taylor, who have combined for nine sports car racing victories on temporary street circuits in Detroit, will attempt to add to that total with Cadillac Racing in the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. Ricky Taylor teamed with Filipe Albuquerque in 2024 to win the 100-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race on the temporary circuit around the Renaissance Center with another manufacturer. This weekend, they’ll be driving the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R.

A Cadillac DPi won four races and was runner-up in the other at Detroit (Belle Isle) since joining IMSA prototype competition in 2017. There was no race in 2020 because of the pandemic, and the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class did not compete on the 1.654-mile, nine-turn street course in 2023. “The track is challenging. We had a great race last year, but so many things can happen here in just 100 minutes,” Taylor said. “But we’ll try to repeat the success we had last year and send ourselves for a good lead up to Le Mans.” Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz, who placed fifth last year with another manufacturer, will share the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R. Jack Aitken, who won the DTM race Sunday at Lausitzring, and Earl Bamber will drive the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R campaigned by Action Express Racing, which is seeking its 100th IMSA podium. 

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Aitken teamed with Pipo Derani to recover from 10th on the starting grid to finish sixth in 2024, three positions lower than the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R. “Detroit is one of the most important races of the year for us with it being in General Motors’ and Cadillac’s back yard,” said Jordan Taylor, who will be making his 180th IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship start. “We have high expectations for the weekend. I feel like we’ve been learning and making progress every time we are on track with this car, so hopefully we can roll off the truck in a good spot and have a strong weekend at home.” The Taylors co-drove to victory on the Belle Isle circuit in 2014 and 2016 with the Corvette DP and in 2017 in the Cadillac DPi, which resonates as a career highlight in their IMSA championship season. They led a 1-2 Cadillac sweep in the No. 10 Cadillac DPi V.R for Wayne Taylor Racing for a fifth consecutive triumph. “I actually crashed in qualifying and lost my best lap time. I had to start at the back, and so we thought it wasn’t going to happen. But it had a happy ending,” Ricky Taylor said. Added Jordan, who has also won in the Motor City in 2013 with the Corvette DP and in 2012 in the GT class: “I think after the qualifying crash we thought that our win streak was going to be over, but I think that year we were so strong. It was the first year of DPi and I felt like as a team working with Cadillac and Dallara developing the car we felt like we were in such a good position performance-wise all through those races. Detroit came and I think Ricky made a couple positions on track and then the guys made a good strategy late in the race.” Peacock will provide flag-to-flag coverage in the U.S. at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, May 31 (internationally via IMSA.TV and IMSA Official YouTube channel). IMSA Radio will broadcast the race live at IMSA.com, XM 206 and SiriusXM Online 996.

What they’re saying

No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque: “Last year we won on the new circuit in Detroit. Obviously, now being a Cadillac driver, it would mean much more for us to win in front of the GM building with the Cadillac V-Series.R. Let’s see how it goes. We have been learning more and more about the car, so let’s hope we are competitive. We are going to push for everything. It’s a short race and strategies can happen with short yellows. You cannot be unlucky there because you pay a big price. It’s obviously hard to overtake so we will see how it starts with qualifying. We will be heads down and try to bring a big result for Cadillac.” Ricky Taylor: “Detroit is one of the biggest races of the year for us. Racing for Cadillac while racing around the Renaissance Center is so important for the team and for the brand. So hopefully we can repeat last year’s success and also turn the momentum of our year around for the second half of the season.” No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R

Jack Aitken: “Very excited about the Detroit GP. A home race for Cadillac and GM in general. We’ve had a solid season but still looking to break through for that first result on the top step and it would be incredible if we could do it on home soil with so many of our fans and family in attendance. That always makes a race more special. I enjoyed it last year, even though we didn’t get the result we wanted. The racing was really competitive and close through streets, and the character of the circuit with the bumps and walls so close is a tough one to get right. It will be challenging and hopefully we will qualify stronger this time and not rely so much on our forward progress in the races that has been really good this year.” Earl Bamber: “I’m looking forward to racing in Detroit. It’s a big weekend for the team and Cadillac, and a big opportunity for the 31 Whelen V-Series.R to get its first win of the season. The past three race results have been encouraging, but we want to consistently challenge for the victory. The street course is short, tight and the race is only 100 minutes, so anything can happen with yellows. Our car has shown proper race pace. Hopefully, we’ll qualify well and be at the front throughout the race.” No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R

Jordan Taylor: “Detroit is one of the most important races of the year for us with it being in General Motors’ and Cadillac’s back yard. We have high expectations for the weekend. I feel like we’ve been learning and making progress every time we are on track with this car, so hopefully we can roll off the truck in a good spot and have a strong weekend at home.” Louis Deletraz: “I’m excited for Detroit, a street track but also a home race for Cadillac. We’re getting stronger and stronger as a team and I’m hoping we can get a good result. Detroit is bumpy and usually the Cadillac V Series GTP.R deals well with that. Let’s go get some silverware.”

(5/26/25 – Andrew Kunas) Placerville, CA … One of the most prestigious sprint car races on the West Coast is next for the NARC Racing Series, as the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series competes in the 34th running of the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial on Saturday night at Placerville Speedway.

The event honors the memory of a popular young sprint car racer who lost his life at age 28 in a crash at the 1987 Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway. Dave Bradway Jr was a winner of several NARC main events, his first coming at Petaluma Speedway in 1982, and he also won a track championship at the old Baylands Speedway. First run in 1991 and held every year but once since, the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial for a long time has been considered one of NARC’s signature events and a staple on the West Coast sprint car scene.

As has been the case every year, extra payout – a lot of it – will be up for grabs for the racers. Everything from bonuses for winning heat races, to cash for leading specific laps, to drawing specific pills, to quick qualifying time, to bonuses for just winning the race, and much more, will all be going out on Saturday night. With bonuses, Saturday’s 40-lap main event will pay at least $5,500 to win.

D.J. Netto of Hanford is the NARC points leader going into Saturday’s race, having won twice so far this season as he picked up wins at the Stockton Dirt Track and Antioch Speedway. The former NARC champion will be looking to win the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial for the first time aboard the Netto Ag No. 88N.

Fremont’s Shane Golobic, second in the points, should be one to watch aboard the Matt Wood Racing No. 17w as he has seen a lot of success at Placerville Speedway in his career and has won twice there already this season in non-NARC competition. Golobic led much of the way in last year’s Bradway, but this time hopes to win it for the first time.

The list of past winners of the Bradway features many of the best to ever do it, including National Sprint Car Hall of Famers Brent Kaeding, Jimmy Sills and Paul McMahan. McMahan won the inaugural Bradway in 1991, while Kaeding has four to his credit, with Bradway victories coming in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2007. No one, however, has won more than former series champion Jonathan Allard, who has five Bradway victories on his resume, picking up checkered flags in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2012.

WHO TO WATCH

The 2025 season in NARC competition for reigning series champion Justin Sanders has been nothing short of a roller coaster. Sanders, out of Aromas, has won two NARC features this season but has also experienced a number of lows across the way, including twice spinning out while racing for the lead.

Sanders though has seen success at the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial, being a two-time winner of the event including last year’s barn burner when he picked off a number of cars in the late laps to win it. Having a low moment the last NARC outing, Sanders hopes the roller coaster ride swings back up in the form of a third Bradway win for him aboard the Mittry Motorsports No. 2x.

Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia is still hunting for his first NARC 410 sprint car victory, and Placerville Speedway could be the place where that happens. Garcia led laps in last year’s Dave Bradway Jr Memorial main event. Garcia and the Keller Motorsports No. 2k team hope that it happens again, only this time they stay up front and pick up a special victory.

FAN INFO

The NARC program will include qualifying, four 8-lap heat races, a 6-lap Trophy Dash, a 12-lap Last Chance Qualifier and a 40-lap main event.

Placerville Speedway is located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds at 100 Placerville Drive, in town just off U.S. Hwy 50. General admission is $28 for adults. Tickets are $25 for seniors 62 and older, military and kids ages 12 to 17. Kids ages 6 to 11 are in for only $10 and young children 5 and under are in for free. The fairgrounds is charging $10 for parking.

There is more sprint car action on Friday night as well for fans to check out. The inaugural Davy Thomas Memorial, honoring the NorCal sprint car superfan who also supported NARC, will feature SCCT 360 sprint cars action that night.

ABOUT NARC

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

NARC 2025 WINNERS
March 8 – D.J. Netto at Stockton Dirt Track (Salute to Leroy Van Conett)
April 12 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (Mini Gold Cup)
May 10 – D.J. Netto at Antioch Speedway (Contra Costa County Clash)
May 16 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway
May 17 – Tanner Holmes (Race 1) & Caeden Steele (Race 2) at Thunderbowl Raceway (Morrie Williams Memorial)

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

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES
(AFTER FIVE EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES – 5/26/25)

1. DJ Netto, Hanford – 692
2. Shane Golobic, Fremont – 683
3. Tim Kaeding, San Jose – 670
4. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) – 663
5. Sean Becker, Roseville – 660
6. Bud Kaeding, Campbell – 653
7. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton – 649
8. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore – 641
9. Billy Aton, Benicia – 634
10. Dominic Gorden, Clovis – 633
11. Justin Sanders, Aromas – 628
12. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) – 606
13. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR – 546
14. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno – 525
15. Tanner Carrick, Lincoln – 520
16. John Clark, Windsor – 499
17. Caeden Steele, Fresno – 494
18. Jarrett Soares, Gilroy – 489
19. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso – 398
20. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley – 395

Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial Race winners:
2024- Justin Sanders
2023- Colby Copeland
2022- Corey Day
2021- Dominic Scelzi
2019- Justin Sanders
2018- Willie Croft
2017- Rico Abreu
2016- Kyle Hirst
2015- Bud Kaeding
2014- Rico Abreu
2013- Rico Abreu
2012- Jonathan Allard
2011- Peter Murphy
2010- Shane Stewart
2009- Jonathan Allard
2008- Tim Kaeding
2007- Brent Kaeding
2006- Sean Becker
2005- Jonathan Allard
2004- Jason Statler
2003- Jonathan Allard
2002- Tim Kaeding
2001- Jonathan Allard
2000- Brent Kaeding
1999- Brent Kaeding
1998- Randy Tiner
1997- Jimmy Sills
1996- Paul McMahan
1995- Brent Kaeding
1994- Randy Tiner
1993- Eric Rossi
1992- Greg DeCaires
1991- Jason McMillen

UPCOMING EVENTS:
June 7 – Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico) – David Tarter Memorial

June 11 – Southern Oregon Speedway (Medford, OR) – Fastest Five Days in Motorsports
June 12 – Douglas County Dirtrack (Roseburg, OR) – Fastest Five Days in Motorsports
June 13 – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) – Fastest Five Days in Motorsports
June 14 – Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR) – Fastest Five Days in Motorsports
June 15 – Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA) – Fastest Five Days in Motorsports

June 19-21 – Skagit Speedway (Burlington, WA) – $100,026 to win Super Dirt Cup

Inside Line Promotions – CHICO, Calif. (May 26, 2025) – Dominic Scelzi earned a pair of podium results at Silver Dollar Speedway last weekend during the Silver Dollar Fair.

The two third-place finishes doubled his season total of podium outings from two to four.

“We changed a lot on the race car and it had a different feel, but we qualified where we have been,” Scelzi said. “But racing-wise, I think we’re really good.”

Scelzi opened Friday’s competition by qualifying 11 ^th quickest. He then won a heat race from the third starting position to garner the pole position for the main event.

“The bottom got reworked before the feature,” he said. “I ran around the bottom and when I moved up it was a lap too late. (Justin) Sanders had a big run and was able to get around me. I followed him around for 10 or 12 laps. Then I hit a little bit of the hole into turn one and (Shane) Golobic got by me.”

Scelzi’s third-place finish put him in a good position entering Saturday’s event finale. He won a heat race to advance into the dash. A seventh-place result in the dash lined Scelzi up on the inside of the fourth row in the A Main.

“We had a really good race car and ran ourselves up to third,” he said. “We weren’t bad to start. Everyone else faded and we just didn’t. The longer the race went the better we got.”

Scelzi’s third-place outing marked his fifth top five of the season.

“We are racing really good,” he said. “We know what we need to focus on. We know where we need to get better. Qualifying has been our hinderance. We made a lot of changes last weekend in Chico and will continue to work hard at it.”

Scelzi plans to head to Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif., this Friday for the Davy Thomas Memorial with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour and Saturday for the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series.

“We’ve raced good there over the last few years consistently,” he said. “It’ll come down to qualifying. We have to be able to qualify well to put ourselves in position. If we can do that I have no doubt we can race for wins.”

QUICK RESULTS –

May 23 – Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. – Qualifying: 11; Heat race: 1 (3); Feature: 3 (1).

May 24 – Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. – Heat race: 1 (1); Dash: 7 (7); Feature: 3 (7).

SEASON STATS –

18 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 14 top 10s, 18 top 15s, 18 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Friday and Saturday at Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif., for the Davy Thomas Memorial with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour and the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series

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