Pair of TF Sport Corvettes looking to make their way through LMGT3 field STAVELOT, Belgium (May 9, 2025) – TF Sport’s No. 81 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R will lead the two-Corvette attack on the Six Hours of Spa on Saturday after qualifying Friday for the third round of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship.

Tom Van Rompuy will start 11th in the 18-car LMGT3 field following the 15-minute initial qualifying session with a  lap of 2:20.215 (111.723 mph). He missed getting into the 10-car Hyperpole session for the third straight race by a little less than a half-second. He and teammates Rui Andrade and factory driver Charlie Eastwood are looking to continue their momentum from a sixth-place class result and its first finish in the points of the year last time out in Imola three weeks ago. Meanwhile, the LMGT3 championship-leading No. 33 Corvette of Daniel Juncadella, Jonny Edgar and Ben Keating will start 17th in class after Friday’s qualifying. A winner at the season-opening round in Qatar, the No. 33 entry has started outside the top-10 at each round so far.  Despite being the heaviest car in class at all three races this season – including by 51 pounds at Spa due to the class’s mandatory success handicap – the strategy and execution by the No. 33 team has offset that disadvantage, resulting in a victory to start 2025 and a seventh-place finish at Imola. This is the fifth straight year for the Corvette program at the Six Hours of Spa with a best result of runner-up in the 2023 GTE Am class… an entry that Keating was part of. As is the case every year, Spa is a key race for WEC teams as it is the final dress-rehearsal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Corvette Racing as a program has nine class victories at the French classic, and TF Sport is anxious to use Spa as one last competitive test before this year’s 24 Hours. The Six Hours of Spa is scheduled for 8 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. CET on Saturday. Full live streaming coverage will be available on the FIA WEC app and the MAX app in the U.S., and Radio Le Mans also will stream audio coverage of the race live.

TF SPORT POST-QUALIFYING QUOTESDANI JUNCADELLA, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “This is always a nice track. I have some very good memories, love the track and love the place. Unfortunately pace has been a little bit off all weekend. We are missing a little bit of pace in general and running too much in the back in general. Hopefully in the race we can find a way with strategy and benefitting from others’ mistakes. If it’s a very clean race, I feel we will struggle to score (points). That would be the main goal for tomorrow.”

CHARLIE EASTWOOD, NO. 81 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “This is the best track in the world for me. The conditions have been amazing… sunshine but still quite cool so the track is fast. We’re not as fast as we’d like to be, but at Imola we maximized the strategy and all three drivers showed up on the day. Hopefully we can push to the front with another perfect race. We’ll take things as they come.”

Corvette Racing at Spa-Francorchamps2021 – No. 63 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Oliver Gavin – 4th in GTE Pro 2022 – No. 64 Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner/Nick Tandy – 4th in GTE Pro 2023 – No. 33 Corvette C8.R: Nicky Catsburg/Ben Keating/Nico Varrone – 2nd in GTE Am  2024 – No. 81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Charlie Eastwood/Rui Andrade/Tom Van Rompuy – 17th in LMGT3 (DNF)No. 82 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Daniel Juncadella/Sebastien Baud/Hiroshi Koizumi – 12th in LMGT3

May 7, 2025 | Featured, Megan Meyer, Pre-Race Releases

After nearly two years away from competitive racing, two-time NHRA World Champion Megan Meyer is set to strap back into her GUNK Top Alcohol Dragster this weekend for the highly anticipated Top Alcohol Shootout at Cecil County Dragway.

Teaming up for the first time with Gary Pritchett, the duo is ready to make noise in one of the most exciting independent drag races of the year. Known for precision and proven performance, Megan and Gary both have their sights set on a strong comeback — and a big payday.

“I’ve been looking forward to this weekend for months,” said Meyer. “It’s been almost a year since I’ve been behind the wheel of my GUNK dragster, and almost two years since I’ve raced competitively, but this one is different. There’s money on the line, serious talent in the field that I used to race against in the NHRA, and a real chance to remind people what I’m capable of.”

The Cecil County Shootout brings together the best in Top Alcohol Dragster racing for a heads-up, high-stakes format — no NHRA points, just bragging rights, $15,000 to win, and all the pressure and prestige of a winner-take-all showdown.

Meyer will compete in her family-owned Randy Meyer Racing A/Fuel Dragster, backed by GUNK engine cleaners and degreasers — the same car currently leading national points with Matt Cummings behind the wheel and known for consistent 5.1-second runs. Pritchett, a veteran crew member with over a decade of professional experience, returns to the Randy Meyer camp after an impressive rookie season as a driver and is ready to light up the scoreboards once again.

 “This race gives us a chance to just go all out and have fun doing what we love,” said Pritchett.

Fans can follow behind-the-scenes action, live updates, and exclusive race content through Megan Meyer Racing’s official social media channels and inside the TEAM RMR private fan group.

Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying kicks off on Friday, and eliminations begin Saturday, May 11 at Cecil County Dragway.

CONCORD, NC (May 8, 2025) – A weekend in the northeast is next up on the itinerary for the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision, and no member of this year’s roster knows their way around the tracks in the area quite like Max Blair.

The Centerville, PA native finds himself 13 races into his second season as a full-time Outlaw, three years removed from his 2022 rookie campaign that saw him earn two wins and a third-place finish in the standings. Blair’s comeback to the World of Outlaws trail got off to a similarly hot start with four top 10s in five starts at Volusia Speedway Park between DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals and Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals.

His pace slowed down once the tour left Florida though, as a ninth-place run at Farmer City Raceway is his lone top 10 in the eight races since Volusia. That trend would leave many teams searching for answers, but the Centerline Motorsports squad knows exactly where they’ve been lacking and what needs to improve.

“We suck. We ran really good in Florida, but man, we’ve been terrible since,” Blair said. “Got to qualify better. You can’t start in the back half of the field every night and think you’re going to run well against these guys.”

Luckily for Blair, the next four nights of the schedule take place at tracks he’s become very familiar with throughout his two-decade Late Model career, which he believes could go a long way in putting the No. 111 at the top of the board right out of the box.

First up is the Great Lake Showdown at Raceway 7 on Thursday, May 15, where Blair won three-straight FASTRAK Late Model track championships from 2010 to 2012. Track position is typically at a premium around the fast 7/16-mile oval, making it even more crucial that Blair makes gains in his single-lap speed.

“Same deal, you better qualify well,” Blair said. “Nowadays, I think that’s just the biggest part almost no matter where you’re at. We’re trying, we’ll see if we can’t get better and hopefully put on a good show when we get back around the house there.”

Once the checkers fall on Thursday night, the Series will load up and make the 2.5-hour drive south to Marion Center Raceway for the Connor Bobik Memorial on Friday and Saturday, May 16-17. One of the region’s biggest Late Model races will reach new heights in 2025 as it becomes a two-day event for the first time, pays a record $30,000 to Saturday’s winner and is one of nine events making up the inaugural Coltman Farms Racing Cup.

As a two-time United Late Model Series winner at Marion Center, Blair knows how to find speed around the 1/4-mile. Some misfortune in his first two World of Outlaws starts at the track prevented him from putting that on full display on the national stage, but he’s optimistic that the third time will be the charm.

“Need some stuff to fall our way,” Blair said. “One year we were pretty good, good enough to run well inside the top five when we ended up getting wrecked and going to the back. We came back and I think we ran ninth that time, so we’ll just see what happens.”

The OH-PA swing wraps up with the first Sunday night showdown of the season, the Billy Winn Classic at Bedford Speedway on May 18. As one of the largest tracks in Late Model racing, the 5/8-mile requires a unique skill set – one that Blair plans on putting to good use as he chases his first World of Outlaws win in three years.

“That place is definitely different,” Blair said. “It’s kind of uphill one way, downhill the other and each corner is different. We have raced there a decent amount over the last few years, so I’m hoping experience will play in my favor.”

The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision season resumes next weekend at Raceway 7 (May 15), Marion Center Raceway (May 16-17) and Bedford Speedway (May 18). Tickets will be available at the gate on all four nights.

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

The driver of the Roth Motorsports machine held off a charging Chase Dietz in the closing laps

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (May 7, 2025) – The first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series battle with the Pennsylvania Posse of 2025 lived up to the hype.

Lincoln Speedway’s Gettysburg Clash delivered all you could ask for. One of the current stars of the World of Outlaws tour leading the way. A hungry Posse member chasing his first Series win. Traffic tightening the gap up front late. The fans going crazy.

This was the story on Wednesday as The Greatest Show on Dirt made its first stop of the year in the “Keystone State.” Penngrove, CA’s Michael “Buddy” Kofoid started on the pole of the 35-lap finale in the Roth Motorsports No. 83 and drove away to an early advantage, but York, PA’s Chase Dietz was ready to give him a challenge.

Dietz started sixth and wasted no time beginning his charge. He was third by Lap 3. One rotation later around the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway he took over the runner-up spot. The local managed to briefly swipe the lead from Kofoid on a restart, sending the crowd into a frenzy. But Kofoid wasn’t shaken by the moment as he took it right back and drove away.

Kofoid looked to be on his way to a cozy victory with a one-second advantage with three laps to go, but some late struggles with traffic brought Dietz closer and closer. When the white flag waved, the Stehman Motorsports No. 23D was within striking distance. Dietz threw it in hard in the final set of corners but just didn’t have enough to get by. Kofoid held on. World of Outlaws: 1. Posse: 0.

“It was difficult,” Kofoid said of navigating traffic late. “Not so much in (Turns) 3 and 4 just because the cushion was easier to run, and there was more distance from me to the fence. (Turns) 1 and 2 always seems to get really slick where you kind of feel like, even when you get set in, you have a tendency to slide to the cushion if you’re down there. I felt really good on the top, and there were times where even if I didn’t feel great, I still feel like I could make good speed and wasn’t losing as far as the lappers on the bottom. When it gets that slick into (Turn) 1, I feel like it’s good to cut across here. Then at the end I kind of got back higher, and that kind of felt just as good again. I’m kind of out of breath.”

Kofoid is up to three World of Outlaws wins in 2025 with Dennis and Teresa Roth’s crew, which puts him in a tie for the second most. His 13th career victory equals him with Brooke Tatnell and Terry McCarl for 39th all-time. He joins Brad Sweet and Rico Abreu as only the third Californian to top a World of Outlaws race at the Abbottstown, PA oval.

“I was glad we were able to just start clicking laps off,” Kofoid said. “A car this good that’s Dylan, Nate, and John. I’m just lucky I get to drive it. I feel like I could move around good. This is a place where you’ve got to watch the track and see what it’s going to do.”

Dietz’s runner-up marked a career best finish with the World of Outlaws. He’s finished second or better in four of his five races at Lincoln this year including local shows. Dietz undoubtedly wanted to be the one standing in Victory Lane, but he kept his head high after making the Posse fans proud. He and his team have shown they can contend with the best. He knows their time will come.

“Right at the end I got right to him, and the lane just didn’t clear enough for me there to get to at least attempt a slider there,” Dietz said. “I’m just extremely proud of these guys… I’m really tired of finishing second. I can tell you that. We’re pushing like hell. They’re going to come. We’re learning. We’re getting some of these experiences and putting ourselves in these positions. It’s helping me as a driver. We’re going to pull them off.”

Anthony Macri completed the top three to give the Posse possession of two thirds of the podium. The Dillsburg, PA driver snuck by David Gravel on the final circuit to complete a strong night with The Greatest Show on Dirt.

“I just kind of pulled my wing back with about three laps to go and committed myself to running the bottom,” Macri said. “The more I got my wing back the more I could pick my pace up and the harder I could run. Fortunately for me, he got bottled up with those lapped cars, and I got a good run coming off (Turn) 2 and just drove it in there as hard as I could and hoped he didn’t cross me over and have a good run down the straightaway. It panned out for us.”

David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top five.

A 20th to ninth effort gave Logan Schuchart his Series leading fourth KSE Racing Hard Charger of 2025.

Chase Dietz claimed his third career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.

Heat Races went to Chase Dietz (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Danny Dietrich (Real American Beer Heat Two), Skylar Gee (WIX Filters Heat Three), and Giovanni Scelzi (TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Four).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Michael Kofoid.

Kofoid also topped the Toyota Dash.

Matt Campbell won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

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

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to the historic Williams Grove Speedway on May 9-10 for the HVAC Distributors Morgan Cup with $20,000 going to Saturday’s winner. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to Williams Grove on Friday, NOS Energy Drink and the World of Outlaws are joining forces to power the World’s Largest Sprint Car Watch Party on Friday, May 9, from historic Williams Grove Speedway. Fans can watch with viewers around the world at watchworldofoutlaws.com or on the RACER Network platforms, DIRTVision, and World of Outlaws social media channels for FREE at 7 p.m. (ET) in what will be the largest number of viewers to watch a Sprint Car race.

For the remaining 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.

Every World of Outlaws lap all season long is broadcast live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 23D-Chase Dietz[6]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]; 4. 2-David Gravel[2]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[12]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[11]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[3]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[20]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich[4]; 11. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[10]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[14]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[18]; 14. X-Matt Campbell[21]; 15. 23-Garet Williamson[25]; 16. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[26]; 17. 99M-Kyle Moody[9]; 18. 2C-Cole Macedo[15]; 19. 6-Zach Hampton[17]; 20. 7S-Chris Windom[24]; 21. 4-Zane DeVault[22]; 22. 95-Kody Hartlaub[19]; 23. 71-Parker Price Miller[13]; 24. 69K-Ryan Smith[16]; 25. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5]; 26. 28M-Conner Morrell[23]; 27. 51-Freddie Rahmer[27]

CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES SONSIO GRAND PRIX ROAD COURSE AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA TEAM CHEVY RACE ADVANCE MAY 9-10, 2025 DETROIT (May 7, 2025 – Chevrolet teams and drivers are prepped and ready for the Sonsio Grand Prix on the Road Course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Being back home again in Indianapolis, Indiana the stage is set for the next NTT INDYCAR SERIES event that marks the start of a busy “Month of May,” for the Series, teams and competitors.  Before the main event, the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Memorial Day weekend, Team Chevy, along with their teams and drivers, will take on a different challenge at the Brickyard, the 2.439-mile, 14-turn infield road course.  “Heading to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Sonsio Indy Grand Prix on the road course is the perfect segue to our ‘Month of May,” said Mark Stielow, Director Motorsport Competition Engineering. “Momentum from a win in the GP has played out more than once for a Team Chevy driver – Will Power in 2018 and Simon Pagenaud in 2019 – after winning the GP, both ended up with their faces etched on the Borg-Warner Trophy. Being at the Brickyard allows the Chevrolet INDYCAR engineering group and our Ilmor technical partners to acclimate to the historical surroundings. A win on the road course would create the momentum needed to win the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day weekend.” Team Chevy drivers have found victory lane in nine of the 16 races on the road course, including a NTT INDYCAR SERIES best five wins by Team Penske’s Will Power. The Aussie also leads all drivers with pole wins, starting from inside the front row on the famous 5/8ths mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway front straight six times.  One of the newest members of Team Chevy, Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard, who has a string of three straight podium finishes, has past success on the track he made his NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut at in 2021. The Dane has the highest average starting (3.8) and finishing (5.7) of drivers who have made at least three starts on the infield road course.  Lundgaard’s veteran Arrow McLaren teammate, Pato O’Ward, will want to convert his outstanding qualifying efforts into podium results after starting in the top five in his last six races at this track. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will change the tire usage requirement for this weekend’s Sonsio Grand Prix to promote all-out, driving-on-the-limit racing. The sanctioning body will require each entry to utilize two sets of new or used alternate (red) compound tires and new or used primary (black) compound tires from Firestone. The previous requirement mandated that each driver use one new set of red and black tires during the race. Tune-In AlertFriday, May 9, 2025·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #1 – 9:30am (ET)/8:30am (CT)/7:30am (MT)/6:30am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 ·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #2 – 1pm (ET)/noon (CT)/11am (MT)/10am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying – 4:30pm (ET)/3:30pm (CT)/2:30pm (MT)/1:30pm (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218Saturday, May 10, 2025·      NTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm Up – 11:30am (ET)/10:30am (CT)/9:30am (MT)/8:30am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218·      Sonsio Grand Prix (85 laps) – 4:30pm (ET)/3:30pm (CT)/2:30pm (MT)/1:30pm (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 Team Chevy by the numbers since 2012·      7 – NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver championships·      9 – NTT INDYCAR SERIES manufacturer championships·      9 – wins on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course·      11 – earned poles on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course·      20 – podiums on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course·      122 – NTT INDYCAR SERIES wins ·      137 – earned NTT INDYCAR SERIES poles·      219 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races ·      342 NTT INDYCAR SERIES podiums Team Chevy wins on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseChevrolet IndyCar V6 powered entries have won nine of the 16 races on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course·      2021 (August) – Will Power – Team Penske·      2021 (May) – Rinus VeeKay – Ed Carpenter Racing·      2020 (October) – Will Power – Team Penske·      2020 (October) – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·      2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske·      2018 – Will Power – Team Penske·      2017 – Will Power – Team Penske·      2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske·      2015 – Will Power – Team Penske Team Chevy poles on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseDrivers powered by Team Chevy have won 11 of the 16 poles on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course ·      2022 (July) – Felix Rosenqvist – Arrow McLaren·      2022 (May) – Will Power – Team Penske·      2021 (August) – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren·      2020 (October) – Will Power – Team Penske·      2020 (October) – Rinus VeeKay – Ed Carpenter Racing·      2020 (July) – Will Power – Team Penske·      2018 – Will Power – Team Penske·      2017 – Will Power – Team Penske·      2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske·      2015 – Will Power – Team Penske·      2014 – Sebastian Saavedra – KV Racing Technology Podiums by Team Chevy drivers and teams at Barber Motorsports Park since 2012: 20Drivers: Will Power (8), Simon Pagenaud (3), Helio Castroneves (2), Pato O’Ward (2), Rinus VeeKay (2), Juan Montoya (1), Josef Newgarden (1), Alexander Rossi (1)Teams: Team Penske (15), Arrow McLaren (3), Ed Carpenter (2) WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES): A.J. FOYT RACING David Malukas, No. 4 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet: “Feels good to finally be back in the Month of May! We’ve had some unlucky moments to start this season, however we’ve made great progress with our car and know we have the pace to be running up at the front. We’ve already had a test at the Indy GP a few weeks back so we have a good baseline to work with. Hopefully we can get some luck on our side and show the pace that this car has at the Indy GP!”Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing/Sexton Properties Chevrolet:“We did the test there. The car feels pretty good. It’s hard to say what’s gonna happen. It’s always a very unique weekend in that respect, but I feel confident. I think Mike (Armbrester, his race engineer) and I are making a lot of really good strides in figuring out what I need in the car setup. It’s always nice to kick off the 500 with the GP and hopefully we’ll get a good result there.” ARROW MCLAREN Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: “Last weekend was a decent result for us, and it’s definitely something we want to keep building on. The Indy GP always feels like the real start of the Month of May, and there’s just an energy around Indianapolis that’s hard to beat. We’re locked in and ready to make the most of it.”Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: “Barber was definitely our strongest weekend of the year so far, and it feels like we’re starting to hit our stride as a team. The momentum we’re carrying into Indy GP is a big confidence boost, and I’m looking forward to building on that progress. Every session is another opportunity to grow and keep pushing toward where we want to be.”Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: “I always enjoy racing at the Indianapolis road course — it’s a track that suits my style, and I’ve had strong performances here in the past. We’re carrying good momentum into this weekend from Barber and I’m confident we can be in the fight for the podium and hopefully, a win. It’s the biggest month of the year, and we’re aiming to keep building toward even bigger results.” ED CARPENTER RACING Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet: “The crazy part of the season is upon us, but so is the Month of May! Both ECR and I have had strong performances at the IMS road course so we have very high expectations of our potential. We need to keep working to execute a complete race weekend and no better place to do that than at home.”Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet: “I’m looking forward to officially kicking off the Month of May with the Sonsio Grand Prix this weekend! Everything is moving in the right direction and we’re getting stronger as the season progresses. I’m excited to head to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend and

May 10-11, 2025

NASCAR will head to the heartland for the first time this season with the Cup and Craftsman Truck Series pairing up for a doubleheader event at Kansas Speedway.

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The Bowtie brigade is coming off of a strong showing in part one of back-to-back intermediate oval events, with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Daniel Hemric leading the manufacturer to runner-up finishes in their respective divisions at Texas Motor Speedway. Chevrolet will carry that momentum to the Midwest with the Truck Series kicking off the weekend under the lights with Saturday’s Heart of Health Care 200. On Sunday, the Chevrolet camp will be targeting a Kansas three-peat in NASCAR’s top division in the AdventHealth 400.  Subbing in for the injured Connor Zilisch, Cup Series regular, Kyle Larson, drove the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to the manufacturer’s fourth-straight Xfinity Series victory of the season at Texas Motor Speedway. Already entering a double-digit win count with 10 victories in 12 races this season, the division will remain idle for two weekends before rejoining the tour at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 24, with the BetMGM 300.  Team Chevy Targeting a Three-Peat

Chevrolet is a 15-time winner in NASCAR’s top division at Kansas Speedway – a record that leads its manufacturer competitors. Hendrick Motorsports accounts for nine of those victories, making the four-car stable the series’ winningest organization at the 1.5-mile venue. Among those triumphs include back-to-back triumphs by Career Chevrolet driver, Jeff Gordon, in the series’ first-two appearances at the track. Kyle Larson is the most recent driver to tally a triumph under the Hendrick Motorsports banner at the track, which came one year ago when the 32-year-old California native edged out Ford’s Chris Buescher by a mere 0.001 seconds for the victory in what became the closest finish in NASCAR history. Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain went on to deliver Chevrolet a season sweep at Kansas Speedway by driving his No. 1 Chevrolet to a playoff upset win in Sept.

LEADING IN AVERAGESConsistency continues to be key in the race for the regular season title. With 11 points-paying races complete, five drivers from three different Chevrolet organizations have earned positions in the top-10 rankings for the best average finish thus far. Topping the list includes a trio of Hendrick Motorsports drivers, with William Byron and the No. 24 Chevrolet team earning the only single-digit average finish of 8.91. Following his series-leading seventh top-five finish of the season at Texas Motor Speedway, Kyle Larson sits second with an average finish of 10.64, with Chase Elliott rounding out the top three at 11.36. Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain garnered his season-best finish of second in the Lone Star State to boost his average finish to 13.55 (seventh-best), with Hyak Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. entering the top-10 following a sixth-place finish at Texas to bring the team’s average to 17.18.

LARSON CONTINUES TO BE A FORCE ON INTERMEDIATES Intermediate ovals continue to be a strong suit for Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team. In three of four races contested at non-drafting intermediate ovals, Larson has garnered finishes no worse that ninth, including his first trip to victory lane of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Those results came with a strong overall points day for the team, earning top-five points in each stage of those events, including two of his series-best six stage wins (Las Vegas and Texas). The 32-year-old California native has also led laps in each of those three events, including a race-high 61 laps led at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 90 laps led at Texas Motor Speedway.

DILLON EXTENDS TOP-10 STREAKRichard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon is hitting a steady stride towards the NASCAR Cup Series’ playoff cutline, with the No. 3 Chevrolet team bringing home their season-best finish of seventh at Texas Motor Speedway. The result marks the 35-year-old North Carolina native’s third-straight top-10 finish. The streak comes from results at three distinctly different race track configurations, with the Chevrolet driver’s Texas result being accompanied by a 10th-place finish at both Bristol Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. Over the trio of strong outings, Dillon has made the jump from 27th to 21st in the points standings and now just 28-points below the playoff cutline. Kansas Speedway is yet another good opportunity for Dillon to continue to chip away at the points standings, with the Chevrolet driver earning top-15 finishes in 12 of his 23 career starts at the track, including a streak of five-straight recorded between Oct. 2020 – May 2023.

HEMRIC HITTING STEADY GAINSFalling just short of his second trip to victory lane, Daniel Hemric and the No. 19 Chevrolet team led the Bowtie brigade with a runner-up result at Texas Motor Speedway. The 34-year-old North Carolina native has already seen steady gains at his new home of McAnally-Hilgemann Racing – recording top-fives in half of his starts with the Chevrolet organization this season. Among those results include podium finishes in three of the past four races, dating back to his win at Martinsville Speedway in March. A pair of fourth-place stage points and a second-place finish in the Lone Star State was enough to move Hemric up one position to third in the series’ points standings to lead the Chevrolet camp heading into the Kansas race weekend.

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 11 NASCAR Cup Series races complete: Wins: 3Poles: 6Laps Led: 1,386Top-Fives: 22Top-10s: 53Stage Wins: 9

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 12 NASCAR Xfinity Series races complete: Wins: 10Poles: 8Laps Led: 1,763Top-Fives: 40Top-10s: 76Stage Wins: 19

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 8 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races complete: Wins: 4Poles: 2Laps Led: 504Top-Fives: 20Top-10s: 37Stage Wins: 5

BOWTIE BULLETS:·       Active Chevrolet drivers with a NASCAR Cup Series win at Kansas Speedway: Kyle Larson – two wins (2024, 2021)Kyle Busch – two wins (2021, 2016)Ross Chastain – one win (2024)Chase Elliott – one win (2018) ·       Chevrolet has garnered 30 all-time wins in the NASCAR national ranks at Kansas Speedway, including 15 NASCAR Cup Series wins (series-best), five Xfinity Series wins and 10 Craftsman Truck Series wins. The manufacturer heads back to the heartland as the track’s defending winners in NASCAR’s top division, courtesy of a 2024 season sweep by Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson (May) and Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain (Sept.).  ·       For the past three-consecutive races, Chevrolet has earned no worse than five top-10 finishes, with four different Chevrolet organizations contributing to those results in each event. The Bowtie brand has now earned at least half of the top-10 finishing results in seven of the 11 races thus far this season, including a season-high seven top-10 finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.  ·       In 119 points-paying races in the Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 55 victories – a winning percentage of 46.2%.  ·       With its 43 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 869 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history.

TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400Sunday, May 11, at 3 p.m. ET(FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)  NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesHeart of America 200Friday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. ET(FS1, NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90)

QUOTABLE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletHow does it feel to go back to Kansas after a win there last year?“Last year’s win at Kansas was so much fun. Riding up against the wall makes it a fun track to race at. Getting to victory lane is always a huge deal but it was a ton of fun at Kansas. It’s fun to spend time with the crew and our sponsors and enjoy a couple Busch Lights in victory lane.” What is a lap around Kansas Speedway like?“Kansas is a really smooth racetrack. There’s really only a bump at the top of turn 1 and that’s where you have to commit to. In qualifying and when you have clean air, you can run right against the wall, above the top seam, there’s two seams on the racetrack and three lanes I’ll call it, there’s enough room for four cars. But when you run the very top lane in the Cup cars, the rear will bottom out and that’s where you’ll see guys get loose and get into the wall in turns 1 and 2. Sometimes off of turn 2 if there’s a crosswind, there could be wind that pushes you into the wall. A very smooth track but a lot of details that go into running good there.”   Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletHow unique is Kansas Speedway compared to some of the other 1.5-mile tracks, and how will you attack the track this weekend?“Kansas Speedway has its own personality for sure. Even though it’s a mile-and-a-half like some other tracks, the surface has aged a bit, so you get a lot of tire fall-off and have to manage your run. It’s wide, which gives you options—up by the wall or down on the bottom—so you can move around depending on how your car’s handling. This weekend, we’ll focus on getting the balance right early in the run and try to keep the speed over the long haul. If we can do that, I think we’ll be in good shape.” You ran well in the fall race last year at Kansas Speedway.?“Yeah, we had a solid run at Kansas Speedway in the fall last year. That race gave us a lot of confidence, just being able to run up front and have good speed throughout the day. We learned a lot about our setup and how the track changes over a long run, which will definitely help us come back stronger this weekend.” You have three top-10 finishes in a row. How much confidence does that give you entering this weekend?“Having three top-10s in a row definitely gives our whole team a boost. We’ve been clicking lately, the pit crew has been fast, the strategy has played in our favor, and our Chevrolets have had speed. It’s all coming together. That kind of momentum is huge in this sport, especially heading into a place like Kansas Speedway, where you need confidence to run the high line and make aggressive moves. We just want to keep that rhythm going and see if we can take another step forward this weekend.”   Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletYou have to feel good about a top-15 last weekend and Spire Motorsports’ overall performance at Texas Motor Speedway. How does that buoy your optimism coming into this weekend? “When you look at the speed Spire Motorsports has at the mile-and-a-halves and if you look at how the team performed as a whole last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, there’s no reason not to be optimistic about Kansas.”   AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet“Obviously we had a tough weekend in Texas, so we need to reset and get some momentum back. On the positive side, we’ve shown our mile-and-a-half program is really strong. Our plan is to go to Kansas, have speed, and execute like we have been to put together a solid run.”   Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports ChevroletWhat do you think of Fun Pops being a new sponsor this weekend at Kansas?“I ate these as a kid, especially in the summer. It’s always good to welcome new partners to the sport. We plan to give them a good ride in Kansas.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat are your thoughts about heading to Kansas Speedway this weekend? “Kansas is a great track and it has a lot of lanes. Everybody migrates towards the wall, which is always high intensity. The track changes a lot throughout the weekend, it usually starts out really fast and then by the time the race comes around, it drops off and you start to slide and move around. It’s been a good track in the past. It’s hard to hit it just right, but I feel like the speed that we’ve had at Vegas and Texas this past weekend gives us a good baseline to keep building momentum and confidence, so we are coming into it with high hopes.”   Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat are your expectations for Kansas after a solid weekend at Texas?“I think we’ll have another good weekend. We seem to be heading in the right direction on our intermediate track program and it’s been a lot of fun to show people that we are improving. I felt like running the truck race at Texas was a big help as far as getting laps on track and getting into the racing mindset early in the weekend, so I’m excited to do that again at Kansas and try to make up for how last weekend ended.”   Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on Kansas Speedway?“Kansas was one of my favorite tracks last year and we ran pretty decent in the Xfinity race. I really enjoyed how you can run all over the track and try to find grip and speed. Looking forward to getting there. It’s a pretty fast track, so should be a bit of fun!” How are you celebrating your birthday?“Behind the wheel of a race car, which is what I love to do the most. Kansas City is home to a SafetyCulture office and we’re going to visit the team on Friday. It’s awesome to be carrying SafetyCulture on the car again this weekend. Our No. 88 Chevrolet looks great and is easy to spot on the track. We’re hoping to build off our finish last weekend (in Texas) and get a good result in Kansas.”   Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on the season so far?“We all have high standards and high goals and we know we have a lot of work to do. We haven’t started the season as consistently and as fast as we wanted to as a company, but we almost won Las Vegas, and we had good finishes last weekend in Texas. It’s tough because we have had some spikes of speed but more spikes of no speed. That’s something that we have to work on. We change a lot of things in the offseason, processes, and structure of the team. I don’t feel we are seeing the results of that just yet. I think it will come, but we aren’t there just yet. We just have to continue to work and hopefully that will show on the track.” Should we watch NASCAR Full Speed Season 2 that premiers Wednesday on Netflix?“I think so. You will see most of what myself and the other drivers went through on and off the track during the playoffs last year. It is the most behind-the-scenes you will ever get, both the good and the bad. It’s a real-life look and our lives.” Suarez on racing on Mother’s Day: ”I won’t get to see my mom this weekend, but we talk a lot on the phone, and of course, I will wish her Happy Mother’s Day. She’s super excited, and watching the races every single weekend in front of the TV, in front of the iPad, listening to me, she can understand half of what I’m saying, but she’s listening, and it’s kind of fun how much support she has given me. She will be with my two sisters, and they will have a good time. She and my father made many sacrifices to help me get to America and start my racing career. If it wasn’t for her, there is no way I would be where I am today. I’d love to win the race and tell her that in the television interview from victory lane.”

Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series Statistics Manufacturers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 43First title for Chevrolet: 1958Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)Most recent: 2024 Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Drivers Championships:Total (1949-2024): 33First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)Most recent: Kyle Larson (2021) Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 Event Victories:Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007)                2025 STATISTICS:                                                                                                    Wins: 3Poles: 6Laps Led: 1,386Top-Fives: 22Top-10s: 53Stage Wins: 9 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet race wins: 869 (1949 to date)Poles won to date: 759Laps led to date: 254,097Top-fives to date: 4,391Top-10s to date: 9,060                                                                                                          Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date:                    General Motors: 1,203           Chevrolet: 869           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 reigning champion credits working with Toyota Gazoo Racing over the season as key to his early success

SAPULPA, OK (May 7, 2025) – Reigning Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota champion Cannon McIntosh returns to familiar ground for a chance to climb back into title contention during the Series’ triple-header weekend, May 8-10. 

The Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports driver currently sits 16th in points after the World of Outlaws Illini 100 season-opener, where issues forced a 15th-place finish on the first night and a 21st-place finish on the final night. But past stats should bring hope for the next three races. 

First, the Series will return to the Bixby, OK driver’s home state with a debut at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK on Thursday, May 8. Then, it’ll return to Kansas’ Humboldt Speedway on Friday, May 9 – where he finished third last year – and 81 Speedway on Saturday, May 10 – where he scored a win last year. 

While the Series will debut at Creek County, McIntosh will be one of few drivers entering with a notebook. He has 22 Feature starts there and has amassed one win, 13 top-five finishes and 18 top 10s. 

Despite the home track feelings, he’ll experience at the Sapulpa, OK track, McIntosh admitted he’s still trying to master the 1/4-mile bullring. 

“I don’t know, I really feel like I’ve always struggled there,” McIntosh said. “It’s a bit different. Turns 1 and 2 is a lot different shape than Turns 3 and 4, so it’s hard to get a hold of and there’s not a lot of grip.  

“We were finally able to get my first win there in a Midget, so it definitely gives us confidence going back there now. But it’s a tricky place to understand, so I think if you can figure it out, you’ll have a really good advantage.” 

The 2025 season brought new changes with Beau Binder replacing team owner Keith Kunz as crew chief for the No. 71K squad. Their first race paired together ended with a win at the Turnpike Challenge at Creek County Speedway in March, and two podiums in the following events at Port City Raceway. 

He also opened the season with a top-five result in a Stock Non-Wing Micro at the Tulsa Shootout and a Feature win at Port City Raceway in a Winged Outlaw Micro. 

McIntosh credited the resources at his disposal at Toyota Racing Development in North Carolina, which have helped him maintain a consistent training schedule during the offseason and while he’s busy racing. 

“I’ve been trying to stay active during both the off season and while we’re racing,” McIntosh said. “I take training pretty seriously at the Toyota facility. So, I do that about every day during the week, playing pickup basketball, keeping my body moving and fit, so it really helps me with staying focused and staying sharp.” 

Despite sitting 16th in the Series standings and 132 points back from leader Karter Sarff, McIntosh said he and Binder are working together to find the spark they need to get their season back on track. 

“It’s been good (with Beau) so far,” McIntosh said. “Beau and I are working together and understand what both of us need from each other, and it’s tough just jumping right in and trying to win night in and night out with limited experience together. 

“We won our first race out, but we’ve struggled a little bit. Like (Farmer City), we definitely struggled just trying to get our feet under us. But I think once it clicks and we really figure it out, it’s gonna be a dangerous combo. I look forward to when that happens, and it would be nice to get the ball rolling.” 

McIntosh climbs back into his KKM Mobil 1 No. 71K for Xtreme Outlaw Midget competition at Creek County Speedway on May 8, Humboldt Speedway on May 9, and 81 Speedway on May 10. 

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Giovanni Scelzi and Chase Dietz reflect on the impact of Milton Hershey School and the unique opportunity the event provides

HERSHEY, PA (May 7, 2025) – This week isn’t only about the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Pennsylvania Posse battling it out for bragging rights. In fact, the two sides will unite in the name of community off the track.

The third Hershey Sprint Car Experience is set for Thursday, May 8 before the World of Outlaws head to Williams Grove Speedway for the weekend (May 9-10). It’s a day defined by giving Milton Hershey School (MHS) students and Pennsylvania race fans a unique experience and access to the best Sprint Car drivers in the country.

MHS was founded in 1909 and is a top-tier private school for qualifying students in pre-K through 12th grade, offering life-changing opportunities and experiences. This includes Thursday’s Sprint Car Experience that will begin with drivers joining students in class to partake in activities.

KCP Racing’s Giovanni Scelzi has been a part of the classroom experience in both 2023 and 2024. The time has opened Scelzi’s eyes to the power of MHS’ mission and the benefit to all involved with the Hershey Sprint Car Experience.

“I think first off what Milton Hershey School does for kids is unbelievable,” Scelzi said. “When I went there for the first time two years ago, I had no idea the backstory of anything that happened at that school. It was amazing to see what they do with kids not only while they’re in school but after school with offering them jobs and giving them real life skills because the biggest question we get when we go to schools or talk to kids is, ‘How do I become a race car driver?’ or ‘How do I work on race cars?’ or ‘How do I get into the sport?’ It’s really a million-dollar question, but it starts with deals like this.

“I think any time you can engage kids and kids that aren’t really much younger than me into what racing is and how cool it is and the travel and the lives we get to live, it really gets them motivated to either want to go watch races or one day be involved in it.”

It’s not only about the World of Outlaws competitors getting involved. The Hershey Sprint Car Experience brings many PA Posse drivers, too. This is their local community, and the teams and drivers understand the importance of elevating the experience for both the students and fans.

York, PA’s Chase Dietz is one of the Posse’s best, and he took part in the classroom activities last year that featured a visit to Milton Hershey School’s Auto Shop program. Like Scelzi, it was an eye-opening time for Dietz.

“Honestly, it provided me more information on Milton Hershey, the kids at Milton Hershey, and how that program works,” Dietz said. “It was very interesting to learn about that and also get a chance to meet some of the kids and see what they do while they’re there. The biggest thing for this entire event is to get the community involved. First off, it allows the kids at Milton Hershey to see what we do, but also it allows them to relate a little bit. There are some of those kids that are involved in some type of automotive industry and looking at that kind of stuff to do in the future. You can get them more interested and also get some that aren’t even maybe aware of that industry or racing and kind of take a look at what we do and what’s around right in their backyard. Along with that, it allows the community to come together and learn more about Milton Hershey.”

Drivers joining the classrooms will again be a part of the event this year. Then in the afternoon MHS students will first have the opportunity to visit and interact with the many teams that put their cars on display at Hersheypark Stadium. The event will open to the public for free at 5 p.m. and be open through 7 p.m. And like the past two years, the day is set to provide an impactful community event benefitting all involved.

“To get the younger generations involved in anything is massive,” Dietz said. “Those kids are going to be us in 10, 15, 20 years. They’re going to be the ones basically running society at that point, so we want to teach them what’s going on in their community and what’s there as far as opportunities go. All in all, the event is awesome from both ends. I’m definitely excited to be a part of it again this year.”

For more information on the Hershey Sprint Car Experience and to make your plans to attend, CLICK HERE.

Fans can then go see the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race at the historic Williams Grove Speedway, Friday-Saturday, May 9-10. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to Williams Grove on Friday, NOS Energy Drink and the World of Outlaws are joining forces to power the World’s Largest Sprint Car Watch Party on Friday, May 9, from historic Williams Grove Speedway. Fans can watch with viewers around the world at watchworldofoutlaws.com or on the RACER Network platforms, DIRTVision, and World of Outlaws social media channels for FREE at 7 p.m. (ET) in what will be the largest number of viewers to watch a Sprint Car race.

Saturday’s $20,000-to-win Morgan Cup finale will be broadcast live on DIRTVision.

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Mission AFT SuperTwins rider and current points leader Briar Bauman (3) [Photo: American Flat Track/Tim Lester] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 6, 2025) – Progressive American Flat Track, sanctioned by AMA  Pro Racing, is cranking open the gates for the Short Track at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, on Saturday, June 7. The “Diamond of Dirt Tracks” steps onto the national stage as Round 6 of the 2025 championship, where Mission AFT SuperTwins,AFT Singles presented by KICKER and Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. will throw down on the 3/8‑mile clay under the lights.  Lucas Oil Speedway was built for big‑league spectacles, boasting an HD Jumbo‑Tron, stadium‑style lighting, a buzzing midway and 21 climate‑controlled VIP Luxury Suites overlooking the oval. Suite packages will be announced soon, so keep those refresh fingers handy. “We are excited to bring our fans a different type of racing and look forward to bringing AFT to the speedway for their first event with us,” said Danny Lorton, General Manager at Lucas Oil Speedway. “Lucas Oil Speedway has earned a reputation for hosting marquee events, and this flat track event will only add to the high-energy racing our fans have come to love.” CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE

VIP Luxury Suites – private indoor/outdoor seating, catered F&B, dedicated parking – on‑sale soon. Set your alarms; these will disappear faster than a holeshot.   Grab your tickets now HERE.  MORE THAN RACING  Fans will feast on a full slate of off‑track action: a high‑energy Fan Zone, post‑race fireworks, a bumping DJ set between sessions, and a live Rider Q&A that puts you face‑to‑face with the sport’s fastest risk‑takers.   Don’t just watch it on FloRacing – feel it trackside when the bikes unleash thunder in the Ozarks on June 7. Follow @AmericanFlatTrack on social for suite‑on‑sale alerts and all things two‑wheeled and sideways.

CONCORD, NC (May 5, 2025) – NOS Energy Drink and the World of Outlaws are joining forces to power the World’s Largest Sprint Car Watch Party on Friday, May 9, from historic Williams Grove Speedway.

When the World of Outlaws superstars duel with the vaunted PA Posse, the stands should be packed at the Mechanicsburg, PA, half-mile dirt track. For those who can’t attend in person, watch with viewers around the world on the RACER Network platforms, DIRTVision, and World of Outlaws social media channels for FREE at 7 p.m. (ET) in what will be the largest number of viewers to watch a Sprint Car race.

This broadcast will mark the first time a World of Outlaws event has been broadcast for FREE on RACER Network’s worldwide platforms, from the FAST Channels RACER Select, RACER International, and RACER Brasil, to the new RACER+ streaming App. Fans can also watch on DIRTVision — home to The Greatest Shows on Dirt — and on the World of Outlaws social media channels.

“The passion runs deep for World of Outlaws versus PA Posse races and our fans want to share that feeling,” said World Racing Group CEO Brian Carter. “With NOS Energy Drink’s support, we’re able to provide a free broadcast across not only all of our platforms but also the RACER Network’s, ensuring our fans across the world get a taste of this rivalry, and can easily share the excitement of The Greatest Show on Dirt with their friends.”

“We are constantly looking for innovative approaches to serve race fans, so when Brian approached with this idea, we jumped at the chance to collaborate,” said CJ Olivares, President of RACER Network. “By teaming up with the World of Outlaws to stream the race free across our global platform, we’re making good on our mission to bring world-class racing to fans everywhere.

On track, the bitter rivalry between the Outlaws and the Posse will be renewed for the 48th consecutive year as they battle over the famed Morgan Cup trophy, which the Posse claimed in 2024. Fans will get to watch Outlaws like last year’s PA winners David Gravel, Donny Schatz, Carson Macedo and “Buddy” Kofoid battle with Posse members such as Danny Dietrich, Freddie Rahmer, Lance Dewease, Anthony Macri, Brock Zearfoss and more.

Last year, T.J. Stutts stunned the Sprint Car world by outdueling Gravel to win the Cup and his first Series victory. However, the Outlaws won three of the four races at the track

MATOS VICTORIOUS IN TA2 WHILE BACON WINS ELDORA USAC SPRINT

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (May 5, 2025) – Hot off a second-place finish last weekend at Sonoma, Chris Dyson scored a convincing win Sunday in the Trans Am by Pirelli race at Laguna Seca, finishing 8.349 seconds ahead of Adam Andretti, his surprise CD Racing teammate for the weekend. It was Dyson’s 27th career Trans Am win and his first of the 2025 season. Dyson shadowed early leader Paul Menard for the first half of the race before pouncing just after the halfway mark and then steadily opening up a lead on the Sonoma race winner. A pair of yellow flags bunched up field and on the restart following the second one Menard made a move on Dyson that saw Menard spin himself out of contention for the win, though he recovered to take the final place on the podium. “Since the track’s repaving (in 2023), we really didn’t have a lot of information to apply from the past races here, and with so little practice, we had a few unknowns heading into the race. But we made some changes overnight and today the car was fantastic — just so hooked up,” Dyson said in the GYM WEED Winners Circle. “To come to California and set fastest lap and have a great fight with Paul (Menard) in Sonoma and then come here at Laguna and win. I am pumped after this one!” The victory, at the wheel of his #16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang, served as further confirmation that Dyson is fully recovered from the injuries he suffered in the season-opening race at Sebring. “Three weeks ago I wasn’t even sure I’d be able to drive (in the West Coast races),” Dyson admitted, turning to gaze at the second-place CD Racing Mustang driven by Andretti, who is locked in a battle with Menard for the season championship point lead. “Look at #21 car parked here. What a great race for Adam!” The deal to drive the team’s second car came after Andretti’s regular Burtin Racing ride was too badly damaged in a serious crash at Sonoma to be repaired in time for Laguna Seca. “The Dyson family and Andretti family are great friends and Adam and I are especially close” Dyson noted. “So when Claudio Burtin called and wanted to put Top Liner behind Adam this weekend to keep him in the title race, it was an easy decision to add him to the roster.” “This was the best possible outcome for us,” Andretti said. “I can’t thank Chris enough,” also noting “the #16 car was the class of the field. Chris never put a wheel wrong all weekend. I’m proud to bring this 1-2 home for the team.” Sunday’s Laguna Seca 1-2 capped one of the most successful race weekends in CD Racing’s partnership history, with triumphs also coming in TA2 and USAC National Sprint car racing. Matos Takes First TA2 Win of Season in Concord American Flagpole Entry Defending TA2 series champion Rafa Matos scored a decisive triumph at Laguna Seca, taking his first win of the season and vaults to the top of the championship points standings. At the green flag Matos took a strong lead. And while two yellow flags for incidents in the hard-fought race behind him bunched up the field, each time the track went green Matos pulled away from the field. A third yellow saw Matos shuffled back to fourth place as the green flag signaled a two-lap shoot-out to the checker. On the final lap Matos seized the lead at the circuit’s famed Corkscrew and held it to the finish. “Just super proud of the Concord American Flagpole Silver Hare Racing boys,” Matos said following the race, “This should put us in a good position for the championship. Hopefully, we’ll keep plugging away and this will be our year.” Bacon Scores Big Eldora Win in USAC Sprint Car Race Friday evening at Ohio’s legendary half-mile dirt Eldora Speedway USAC sprint car ace Brady Bacon drove the Chris Dyson Racing/Concord American Flagpole entry to a dominant victory. From his third-place starting spot Bacon passed the two front row starters before the first lap was completed and went on to lead the rest of the 30-lap event. An accident with five laps remaining bunched up the field – yellow flag laps don’t count in short-track racing – but when the track went green Bacon pulled away from his closest pursuers by more than a half-second per lap on his way to his 60th USAC National Sprint Car Series victory and first at Eldora since 2018. “The restart really made me nervous,” Bacon acknowledged. “I didn’t really know what I should do, so I tried to maybe catch (2nd place Justin Grant) off guard. I knew if I cleared him, I was going to have to make some pretty big mistakes to lose.” Bacon, still in the prime of his career, is now just two victories behind the career total of retired USAC legend Dave Darland. “I am so proud of my crew chief Sean Michael and our oval Racing program’s success,” Dyson said. “Brady Bacon is making history this season and we are helping him do it. Really, what a remarkable weekend for our affiliated team programs across the board. You have to savor weekends like this whenever they come, and aim to repeat this special feeling as much as possible.”

FORT WORTH, TX – May 5, 2025 – Team Penske’s Joey Logano won Sunday’s Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, marking his first win of the 2025 season and the 37th of his NASCAR Cup Series career. This victory also represents Ford’s 744th all-time win in NASCAR Cup Series history and the 103rd Cup Series triumph for Team Penske with Ford.

“Congratulations to Roger, Mike, Paul, Joey, and everyone at Team Penske on the race win at Texas,” said Doug Yates, President and CEO of Roush Yates Engines. “It was impressive to see the No. 22 Ford Mustang work its way through the field and fight for the checkered flag. We’re proud to partner with Ford Performance to provide the power that helps bring these victories to life.”

“I am so proud of the team. Proud to finally get AAA Insurance into victory lane. They have been a partner of mine since I have been at Penske, so 13 or 14 years and we have yet to win with them so it was awesome to get that done here. The JL Kids Crew is here so we will have fun with them in victory lane. A lot of people here. My family is at home, but hey, Brittany and the kids, I love you guys. It is going to be a fun night,” commented Logano.

Team Penske’s Austin Cindric started Sunday’s Wurth 400 from P3 with Wood Brothers Racing’s Josh Berry in P7. Stage 1 set the tone for an action-packed race, with Austin Cindric leading the charge. Cindric, fresh off a victory at Talladega, showcased his momentum by leading the early laps of the race. After leading 49 consecutive laps, Tyler Reddick briefly took the lead on lap 74, but Cindric reclaimed the lead to secure the Stage 1 win with a 0.687-second advantage over Reddick. Wood Brothers Racing’s Josh Berry finished the stage in P3 and RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher finished in P5. Josh Berry led the field into Stage 2 after a strong pit stop performance. After several cautions, 3 Ford Performance drivers finished Stage 2 in the top 10: RFK Racing’s Ryan Preece in P4, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in P8, and Team Penske’s Joey Logano in P9. The Team Penske teammates continued to surge to the front to close out the race. With four laps remaining, Logano passed Michael McDowell for the lead. Shortly after, a late caution sent the race into overtime. On the final restart, Logano and Blaney led the field to green. Logano surged ahead through the first two turns, while Ross Chastain advanced into second place. Logano maintained his advantage, crossing the finish line 0.346 seconds ahead of Chastain.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney finished the race in P3.

The Xfinity Series also raced at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, where Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer finished in P5, AM Racing’s Harrison Burton finished in P6, and RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg finished in P8. The Xfinity Series takes a two-week break while the Cup Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas this week and races at Kansas Speedway.

41 CHAMPIONSHIPS – 480 WINS – 438 POLES

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA confident heading to free flowing circuit in BelgiumDETROIT (May 5, 2025) – Will Stevens is looking to take the No. 12 Hypercar to Victory Lane for the second consecutive year in the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa. Driver, car number and core team remain the same as the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, with JOTA Sport undergoing an off-season makeover from privateer to works team with the Cadillac 5.5-liter DOHC V8 engine as the backbone of the Hypercar entries. Change has abounded, but the primary goal of victory holds consistent.

Stevens will partner with Alex Lynn and Norman Nato to drive the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R this weekend in the third race of the WEC. The companion No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R is driven by Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais and Jenson Button. Stevens and Callum Ilott triumphed last May on the 7.004-kilometer (4.532-mile), 19-turn Spa-Francorchamps circuit in a 1-hour, 44-minute run to the checkers following a lengthy red flag. The drivers were the first duo line-up to win a top class WEC race since 2014 and were the first all-British winners since 2017. Hertz Team JOTA scored its first outright WEC victory as well as the first for a privateer entry in the Hypercar era. “For me, it was one of our greatest wins as we didn’t have the fastest car on that day, but we did have the boldest strategy which is what won us the race,” said Sam Hignett, founder and director of JOTA Sport, which is celebrating its 25th year in motorsport.

Media resources* French version of preview* Event media guide* 2025 WEC statistics* All-time Cadillac statistics* Driver photos Windshield viewsSee what the drivers see in the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa HERE. 8 a.m. ET/2 p.m. CEST Saturday, May 10.

“That said, the result did pile on a lot of pressure going into Le Mans.” The lone Cadillac V-Series.R entry in the 2024 race qualified second and had good pace before retiring on Lap 95 of 141 because of contact. “We saw the Cadillac was good there last year and the fast, flowing nature of Spa should suit us,” Hignett added. “The big unknown is that some areas have been resurfaced since we were all last there.” In its WEC Spa debut in 2023, the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R (Bamber, Lynn, Richard Westbrook) placed fifth after qualifying fourth. The Cadillac Racing trio went on to earn a podium in the next race at Le Mans. Hertz Team JOTA placed sixth in the 2023 race after qualifying seventh.

What they’re saying No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Alex Lynn: “We know we have a lot of tracks coming up that suit our car and package, so we look forward to that. I think for any race driver to go to Spa is an honor, it’s a privilege and a track that I personally have always done well at. This car goes well there as well, so we’re going to continue to work hard and look forward to going there.” Norman Nato: “We want to come back stronger. I think Spa is a track that should fit our car better, but again it’s a new team, a new project so it’s really important that race after race we make progress and that’s what we’re going to try to do for Spa.” Will Stevens: (2024 victory) “Winning as a customer team was a really special moment for us as JOTA. It was obviously a chaotic race with the red flag and everything that went on, but I think we executed a good strategy to ultimately win the race. It was a nice achievement to get the first overall win in WEC for us. So, it will be cool going back to Spa. (about 2025) “It’s a circuit as drivers that we love driving it and it’s a track that we know the Cadillac has run strongly there before. So, I think it’s a track that will suit us much better than Imola, so hopefully we can head into the race weekend with confidence that we are going to turn up with a better package and be competitive and be at the front again. I think the fact that it was resurfaced last year it seems to have high grip, so I imagine the pace of the circuit is going to be quicker than what we experienced last year. And I think the high-grip nature that we are expecting should suit the Cadillac pretty well. Overall, the team is optimistic and looking forward to the challenge of going back to Spa.”No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Earl Bamber: “Hopefully we can regroup at Spa, where we saw the car was quite good last year. We qualified second and had a quick car throughout the weekend. I’m looking forward to going back to Spa to challenge for the podium.” Sebastien Bourdais: “I think we tend to do better where the grip is higher, so hopefully we can find something. Imola is a very specific track with curb riding and you have to make a lot of compromises on platform and everything. Spa is more of a straightforward exercise, and we’ll look to find a happy balance for everybody and get a clean weekend where can go race.”Jenson Button: “Lots of info from Imola to take on board and hopefully come out in Spa swinging and stronger. The car seemed to work well there last year, which is good to see, and JOTA did a great job there last year winning the race. Lots of great memories and hopefully we can bring that all together and have a good race.”

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA confident heading to free flowing circuit in BelgiumDETROIT (May 5, 2025) – Will Stevens is looking to take the No. 12 Hypercar to Victory Lane for the second consecutive year in the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa. Driver, car number and core team remain the same as the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, with JOTA Sport undergoing an off-season makeover from privateer to works team with the Cadillac 5.5-liter DOHC V8 engine as the backbone of the Hypercar entries. Change has abounded, but the primary goal of victory holds consistent.

Stevens will partner with Alex Lynn and Norman Nato to drive the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R this weekend in the third race of the WEC. The companion No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R is driven by Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais and Jenson Button. Stevens and Callum Ilott triumphed last May on the 7.004-kilometer (4.532-mile), 19-turn Spa-Francorchamps circuit in a 1-hour, 44-minute run to the checkers following a lengthy red flag. The drivers were the first duo line-up to win a top class WEC race since 2014 and were the first all-British winners since 2017. Hertz Team JOTA scored its first outright WEC victory as well as the first for a privateer entry in the Hypercar era. “For me, it was one of our greatest wins as we didn’t have the fastest car on that day, but we did have the boldest strategy which is what won us the race,” said Sam Hignett, founder and director of JOTA Sport, which is celebrating its 25th year in motorsport.

Media resources* French version of preview* Event media guide* 2025 WEC statistics* All-time Cadillac statistics* Driver photos Windshield viewsSee what the drivers see in the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa HERE. 8 a.m. ET/2 p.m. CEST Saturday, May 10.

“That said, the result did pile on a lot of pressure going into Le Mans.” The lone Cadillac V-Series.R entry in the 2024 race qualified second and had good pace before retiring on Lap 95 of 141 because of contact. “We saw the Cadillac was good there last year and the fast, flowing nature of Spa should suit us,” Hignett added. “The big unknown is that some areas have been resurfaced since we were all last there.” In its WEC Spa debut in 2023, the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R (Bamber, Lynn, Richard Westbrook) placed fifth after qualifying fourth. The Cadillac Racing trio went on to earn a podium in the next race at Le Mans. Hertz Team JOTA placed sixth in the 2023 race after qualifying seventh.

What they’re saying No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Alex Lynn: “We know we have a lot of tracks coming up that suit our car and package, so we look forward to that. I think for any race driver to go to Spa is an honor, it’s a privilege and a track that I personally have always done well at. This car goes well there as well, so we’re going to continue to work hard and look forward to going there.” Norman Nato: “We want to come back stronger. I think Spa is a track that should fit our car better, but again it’s a new team, a new project so it’s really important that race after race we make progress and that’s what we’re going to try to do for Spa.” Will Stevens: (2024 victory) “Winning as a customer team was a really special moment for us as JOTA. It was obviously a chaotic race with the red flag and everything that went on, but I think we executed a good strategy to ultimately win the race. It was a nice achievement to get the first overall win in WEC for us. So, it will be cool going back to Spa. (about 2025) “It’s a circuit as drivers that we love driving it and it’s a track that we know the Cadillac has run strongly there before. So, I think it’s a track that will suit us much better than Imola, so hopefully we can head into the race weekend with confidence that we are going to turn up with a better package and be competitive and be at the front again. I think the fact that it was resurfaced last year it seems to have high grip, so I imagine the pace of the circuit is going to be quicker than what we experienced last year. And I think the high-grip nature that we are expecting should suit the Cadillac pretty well. Overall, the team is optimistic and looking forward to the challenge of going back to Spa.”No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Earl Bamber: “Hopefully we can regroup at Spa, where we saw the car was quite good last year. We qualified second and had a quick car throughout the weekend. I’m looking forward to going back to Spa to challenge for the podium.” Sebastien Bourdais: “I think we tend to do better where the grip is higher, so hopefully we can find something. Imola is a very specific track with curb riding and you have to make a lot of compromises on platform and everything. Spa is more of a straightforward exercise, and we’ll look to find a happy balance for everybody and get a clean weekend where can go race.”Jenson Button: “Lots of info from Imola to take on board and hopefully come out in Spa swinging and stronger. The car seemed to work well there last year, which is good to see, and JOTA did a great job there last year winning the race. Lots of great memories and hopefully we can bring that all together and have a good race.”

(5/5/25 -Andrew Kunas) Antioch, CA … After some unscheduled time off thanks to Mother Nature, the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series gets back to action this Saturday, May 10th, with the Contra Costa County Clash at Antioch Speedway.

Saturday’s event is the first of two NARC events scheduled at the ¼-mile clay oval this year, the other being on October 11th. Saturday’s show is one of the rare opportunities fans in Antioch have to watch the 900-plus horsepower winged sprint cars in action.

Former series champion D.J. Netto, aboard the Netto Ag No. 88N, goes into the event with a five-point advantage over Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery. Netto won the NARC season opener March 8th at Stockton Dirt Track and backed that up with a fourth place run at the Mini-Gold Cup on April 12th at Silver Dollar Speedway.

The energetic young Montgomery, with a pair of top five finishes in different cars, is knocking on the door of his first 410 sprint car victory. Veteran racer Shane Golobic sits two points back of Montgomery in third place.

Justin Sanders, winner of last month’s Mini-Gold Cup, was the winner in last year’s Contra Costa County Clash at Antioch Speedway, and it was the first of his series leading seven wins on his way to a NARC championship in 2024.

WHO TO WATCH

Shane Golobic, from Fremont, is one to be watched on Saturday. Golobic finished second to Sanders at Antioch last year. This season, Golobic has been competitive everywhere he has raced, having picked up wins in sprint cars in non-NARC competition and in a midget recently. Driving the Matt Wood Racing No. 17w, Golobic figures to be one of the favorites. Golobic has 16 NARC victories to his credit.

Two-time NARC “King of the West” Dominic Scelzi of Fresno is another driver to watch on Saturday. Scelzi, a winner of 23 NARC main events in his career, had problems in last year’s Contra Costa County Clash, but in 2023 he was victorious at Antioch. The charismatic fan favorite looks to add another Antioch triumph to his resume on Saturday aboard the Gary Scelzi Motorsports No. 41.

Dylan Bloomfield of Oakley could be considered a dark horse on Saturday. The young driver of the Vertullo Racing No. 83v finished third in last year’s race at Antioch, and a couple other times last season he was in contention for his first NARC victory. Saturday’s race could be another opportunity for Bloomfield to finally break through.

A full field of sprint car teams are expected to fill the pit area. Other drivers expected to compete include Roseville’s Sean Becker and Ryan Bernal, Tanner Carrick of Lincoln, Clovis drivers Dominic Gorden and Mariah Ede, Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Tyler Thompson from Oregon, Lemoore’s Caeden Steele, Gauge Garcia of Fresno, Benicia’s Billy Aton, Windsors John Clark, and many more.

FAN INFO

Antioch Speedway is located at 1201 W 10th Street in town near Hwy 4.

It will be an exciting open wheel night for fans as the Graunstadt Memorial for the BCRA and WMR Midgets are also on the card. General admission is $35 for adults, and $25 for seniors, military and kids. Front gates open at 4:00 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6:00 p.m.

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)

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 TWO EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES – 5/5/25)

1. DJ Netto, Hanford – 280
2. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton – 275
3. Shane Golobic, Fremont – 273
4. Sean Becker, Roseville – 270
5. Tanner Carrick, Lincoln – 269
6. Tim Kaeding, San Jose – 268
7. Justin Sanders, Aromas – 268
8. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR – 267
9. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley – 264
10. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) – 260
11. Chance Grasty, Suisun City (R) – 258
12. Andy Forsberg, Auburn – 257
13. Dominic Gorden, Clovis – 256
14. Bud Kaeding, Campbell – 252
15. Billy Aton, Benicia – 251
16. Max Mittry, Redding – 245
17. John Clark, Windsor – 245
18. Ashton Torgerson, Glendale, AZ (R) – 244
19. Caeden Steele, Fresno (R) – 240
20. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore – 238

UPCOMING EVENTS: 
May 16 – Ocean Speedway – Salute to First Responders
May 17 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Morrie Williams Memorial Twin 20’s
May 31 – Placerville Speedway – Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial
June 7 – Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico) – David Tarter Memorial

Josh Berry and the No. 21 Würth Mustang Dark Horse got off to a fast start in Sunday’s Würth 400 Presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway. But their great run ended prematurely when Berry, the race leader, spun while passing a lapped car.  Berry, who led 41 of the 125 laps he had completed at that point, took the Würth Mustang to the garage and returned to the race 85 laps in arrears. He picked up five positions to finish 32nd.Berry started Sunday’s 400-miler from seventh place and fell in line in sixth place once the green flag flew. He moved to second place after a round of pit stops following a spin by Erik Jones at Lap 25. He held that spot for most of the remainder of Stage One, eventually ending that 80-lap segment in third place and earning eight Stage points.Berry took the lead on a round of pit stops during the Stage break, pulled away from the pack and led 41 straight circuits before his spin.“The car was really good,” Berry said in a televised interview. “I could tell early on that our car was really strong, especially after the first pit stop when we made an adjustment. It was really good and we got out front and felt really good about it.” Then came the incident that put him out of the race.“Just started to approach the lapped traffic,” he said. “You have no choice but to run the opposite lane. Your car is never going to turn if you follow them. I went around the 62 and felt pretty decent about it. Then caught the 51 and was working on the 51 and hit that bump and got loose.“Obviously in these cars, especially at a place like this, if you are going to be fast, it is going to be uncomfortable and you are going to be on edge. Unfortunately it bit us today.”Berry said he hated the way things turned out, especially with his sponsor, Würth, also being title sponsor of the race, but he didn’t apologize for being aggressive.“I definitely have to look back and see what I could have done differently, but in the end I think I am more afraid of being slow than spinning out like that,” he said. Berry and the No. 21 team will regroup and head to Kansas Speedway for next Sunday’s AdventHealth 400.

NASCAR CUP SERIES TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT MAY 4, 2025

Four Different Chevrolet Organizations Record Top-10 Finishes

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS.     DRIVER2nd – Ross Chastain4th – Kyle Larson 6th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.7th – Austin Dillon10th – Daniel Suarez

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·       Ross Chastain earned his season-best finish at Texas Motor Speedway, driving his No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet to a runner-up finish in the Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY. Chastain led the Bowtie brigade to five top-10 finishes in the series’ 12th race of the 2025 season, with Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet team tallying a fourth-place finish; Hyak Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in sixth; Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon in seventh; and Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez rounding out the top-10.   ·       Taking the green flag from the fourth starting position, Kyle Larson remained steady in the top-five through much of the opening stage – ultimately taking the first green-white checkered flag in the fourth position. Reporting loose conditions in Turns One and Two in the closing laps of Stage One, crew chief Cliff Daniels brought the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet down pit road during the stage break for four tires, fuel and a round of adjustments. Gaining one position in the race off pit road, Larson took the inside line of the second row to take the green flag for Stage Two. Wasting no time, Larson quickly settled into the second position behind then-race leader Josh Berry, going on to inherit the lead when Berry spun to bring out the caution. The 32-year-old Elk Grove, California, native went on to stay atop the leaderboard to tally his series-leading sixth stage win of the season. After a four-tire stop during the final stage break, Larson lined up in the fourth position for the final 96 laps around the 1.5 Texas oval. Staying steady at the front of the field, a series of late-race cautions proved to be a challenge for Larson, but the former series champion rallied home with a fourth-place finish.  ·       Following his first career pole in NASCAR’s top division, Carson Hocevar and the No. 77 Spire Motorsports team remained a steady fixture in the top-10 throughout the first two stages – tallying sixth-place points in each stage. A strong day went south when Hocevar was caught up in a multi-car accident with just 31 laps remaining. Going to work on their Chevrolet-powered machine, Hocevar only fell two laps down to salvage a 25th-place finish. 

Chevrolet’s all-time NASCAR Cup Series statistics at Texas Motor Speedway:  Wins: 18Poles: 17Top-Fives: 82Top-10s: 192Chevrolet’s season statistics with 12 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 3Poles: 6Top-Fives: 22Top 10s: 53Stage Wins: 9

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Kansas Speedway with the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday, May 11, at 3 P.M. ET. Live coverage can be found on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Post-Race Driver Quotes:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 2nd“Starting 31st, we wanted to go +30 positions today. It’s all on this crew – the engineering group at Trackhouse Racing and the group at Chevrolet. We made an adjustment during the race and it fixed the car. All the problems we had yesterday and the start of the race, they were gone. I was confident. I was not confident yesterday.. you heard me in the booth say it. With just one adjustment, it brought this Tootsies Chevy to life and that’s why you keep fighting.”    Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 4th “(Michael) McDowell just did a really good job of timing the restarts. He left pretty much when I did, and he had a push behind him. He got clear to the lead and I just lost control of the race there. It was a bummer to do that. If I could have kept the lead, we would have been hard to beat in clean air like that. Just a little frustrated with myself, but all-in-all, it was a good points day for us today. The No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet team did a great job today. The car was good. We’ll just study it and try to do a better job next time.”   Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in the final stage. Finished: 35th Bowman on the accident that ultimately ended his day early in the finale stage: “I just saw guys wrecking in front of me. I tried to get high. The No. 16 (AJ Allmendinger) came back across the track and we all piled in there. I hate that for this team. We had a really fast No. 48 Ally Chevrolet. I think we passed more cars than anyone’s ever passed at Texas (Motor Speedway). We just shouldn’t have been back there to begin with. Really bummed, but we’ll move onto the next one.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 26th “I just really hate it for everyone on this No. 71 Delaware Life Chevrolet team. We were giving it everything we had there to try to keep track position. Joey (Logano) got a run there, and I tried to block it. I went as far as I think you could probably go. When (Ryan) Blaney slid in front of me, it just took the air off of it and I just lost the back of it. I still had the fight in me, but I probably should have conceded at that point.  Just proud of everyone at Spire Motorsports. I know that’s not the day that we wanted, but we had the opportunity to win the race. I’m really proud of everyone at the Hendrick Motorsports engine shop – you guys saw those restarts, the motors were ripping. Just hate that we didn’t get it done, but we knew we had to go for it.”    Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 22nd“A decent finish today for my SafetyCulture team. Just wasn’t comfortable with the car there at the start and struggled to find speed. Thanks to my 88 crew for never giving up and continuing to work to make my Chevrolet better and better. We will learn from this and continue to make improvements.”    Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 10thSuarez on his two consecutive top-10 finishes: “It was a good day for this No. 99 Kubota Chevrolet team. We had decent speed out there. I think that we potentially had a little bit more, but we were struggling a lot on restarts all day long, except for the start of the race for some reason. All-in-all, it was a decent day and it’s good to get back-to-back top-10 finishes.”

May 4, 2025 — BIRMINGHAM, AL

• Alex Palou scores his third victory in four races to open the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season
• HRC-liveried machine finds victory lane in debut outing, bringing awareness to HRC US performance parts business
• Rinus VeeKay scores impressive fourth place for Dale Coyne Racing
• Honda wins first four races of 2025

Alex Palou continued his impressive start to the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, winning for the third time in four races aboard his #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda—this time sporting a striking Honda Racing Corporation livery.

After starting on pole, Palou led 81 of 90 laps in today’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix from Barber Motorsports Park to put the HRC Honda in victory lane. The win today is Palou’s second at Barber, after scoring his first-career victory at the facility in 2021.

Palou now has three victories in four races to start the season, with a worst finish so far this year of second. His championship lead sits at 60 points as he tries to defend his 2024 championship win and score his fourth title in five years.

Dale Coyne Racing’s Rinus VeeKay also had a strong day for Honda. After starting fifth, the Dutch driver came up just three tenths shy of a podium finish in just his fourth race for the team.

Honda has scored four victories in a row to start the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season—Palou in St. Petersburg, Thermal and Barber, and Kyle Kirkwood at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach last month.

Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Honda Race Results

1st Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
4th Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing Honda
7th Colton Herta	Andretti Global Honda
11th Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global Honda
12th Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
13th Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
14th Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
17th Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
20th Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global Honda
21st Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
24th Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
26th Louis Foster-R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
27th Jacob Abel-R	Dale Coyne Racing Honda

R – Rookie

Quotes

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished first: “Number one! Feels great! First time that we have the #10 HRC livery, which looked amazing on track and looked even better in victory lane. It was a perfect weekend with the pole position and then just managing the race. The pace was really, really good, and we just had to manage the different tires and fuel strategies. And we made it happen! It’s been a great start for Honda and CGR and hopefully we can continue that in Indy.”

Rinus VeeKay (#18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda) finished fourth: “That was good, that was really fun! Great call by the team in the end of the second stint to stay out longer and save some fuel and then get some really good laptimes in the pit sequence. I was able to hold off Will Power on cold tires and that was a pretty fierce battle. I had a really good time out there. The #18 askROI Honda was incredibly fast. I have to thank Dale Coyne Racing and Honda for giving me the tools I needed to battle for a podium position. Great start to the month of May! I can’t wait to hopefully go even better next week in Indianapolis.”

Kelvin Fu (Vice President, Honda Racing Corporation USA): “An amazing day for HRC and Honda. Thanks to everybody at the factory for all of their hard work this year, we are four for four this year! Huge thanks to Alex and CGR. I don’t even know what to say right now, I’ve gotten so many excited texts from everybody back in the factory after seeing this car in victory lane. Thank you to everybody for making this happen—the livery looked great. Alex drove an amazing race. And for us to win with the HRC livery on the car is amazing for Honda and HRC.”

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The 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Championship kicks off the Month of May with the Sonsio Grand Prix on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next weekend, followed by preparations for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. 

CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA INDY GRAND PRIX BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING RECAP MAY 3, 2025 Christian Lundgaard and Scott McLaughlin finish second and third respectively Birmingham (May 4, 2025) – Christian Lundgaard and Scott McLaughlin drove their Chevy power to podium finishes in the third consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES race that ran green to checkered caution free. Lundgaard, in only his fourth race driving the No. 7 Velo Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, continued his string of podium finishes scoring the runner-up position in today’s 90-lap race around the 2.3 mile/17-turn Barber Motorsports Park.  It is the third podium for one of the newest Team Chevy drivers. Two-time Barber winner Scott McLaughlin brought the No. 3 Good Ranchers Chevrolet to the finish in third place.  A total of seven Chevrolet drivers scored top-10 finishing positions in the fourth race of the season as the series now heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Following race winner Alex Palou, Lundgaard and McLaughlin were Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet in fifth, Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finishing sixth.  In eighth, ninth and 10th were Alexander Rossi,, No. 20 Java House Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet. Next up in a busy “Month of May” for Team Chevy’s drivers and teams in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is the Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on May 9-10, 2025.  Practice for the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, starts on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Lundgaard utilized the undercut perfectly, gaining a few spots in the pits, but also making some impressive passes, including a memorable move into the final corner to grab second place. The second-place finish is the Arrow McLaren driver’s third straight podium after finishing third at Thermal and Long Beach. He now has six career podiums. McLaughlin’s drive to third place in the No. 3 Team Penske Good Ranchers Chevrolet is his third straight at Barber Motorsports Park and the 20th trip to the podium in his NTT INDYCAR SERIES career. Lundgaard’s three straight podiums moved him into second place in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship battle. His Arrow McLaren teammate Pato O’Ward and Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin, join the Danish driver in the top five on the championship table.The two Team Chevy podiums are the manufacturer’s 341st and 342nd since rejoining the series in 2012. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers and teams have now completed 339 straight green flag laps and today’s race on the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course is the third straight without a caution, the longest stretch since 1986.  Children’s Of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Results

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, finished 2nd: “It’s everything we could have hoped for and much better. The No. 7 Velo Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew has done an awesome job all year, I think in Thermal we proved it straight on pace. (Our) strategy was good, but the 10 (Álex Palou) car still beat us. We put the car in the wall in qualifying at Long Beach, and we raced our race forward to the podium. The crew did an awesome job on strategy, and once again, today, we did so. We knew we could go aggressive after yesterday. The car hasn’t really been as good all week as it was at the test when we tested here, so it’s just been tough mentally, dealing with that.”  “I think everything about our strategy worked today.  We did a change overnight that we’ve kind of been speculating on or the entire weekend, and we didn’t really pull the trigger early enough. We did it overnight, and that was really the deal breaker. The car was so much better this morning and just so much better in the race. So it’s awesome to, to finish like this.” Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Good Ranchers Team Penske Chevrolet, finished 3rd: “The Good Ranchers Chevy has been fast the last three years. We didn’t have enough today. Props to Alex (Palou) and Lundgaard as well, who was super quick. We had the third best car today. It was a very interesting race, but I wish we had a little bit more tire life on our car. But overall we’re all good.” What can you do to stop Álex Palou?  “I think when the guys on top of this game, you just can do the best you can in that regard. I feel like week in and week out, we can challenge him, but if he keeps executing like that, all we can do is execute as well. Props to his team. It’s a long season, and it’s way too early to be even worried about points. We’ve just got to keep being there, and if we’re there, we’ll be okay.” Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, finished 5th:  “If we saved fuel, we could have gone a lap longer. We should have tried to cover VeeKay. There was a bit of hard racing there. It was still a good day with the strategy. We could have over cut and got a couple of people. It was difficult decision, but still a good day.” Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, finished 6th: “It was a very strong points day for all of us. It was great to see all three cars in the top 10. It was a pretty boring race I would say. The highlight was seeing Christian go through the Penske’s while I was struggling. But great job to Christian and Nolan. From the our side, I felt like we were behind playing catch-up and we kept making things better and better but for the race, that was the most I could get out of it. We recovered some good points for the championship, and I’m excited to go to the Indy Road Course and the Indy 500, which is just an amazing event to be a part of.” Alexander Rossi, No. 20 Java House ECR Chevrolet, finished 8th: “The Java House team called a great race from pit lane and that was about as much as we could do on the day. I am still a bit disappointed on our performance yesterday, I did think we had a quicker car than that. Ultimately, we knew we were going to have a tough stint on the black tires at some point because of where we started. We tried to get as much track position as we could on the alternate red tires and build a big enough gap that it wouldn’t hurt us too much, then did the black tires at the end. It was a lot of work to keep going and keep those guys behind us, but we managed.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, finished 9th: “It was good to get a solid result on the board. Everyone did a really good job this weekend. I’m happy with how the weekend went and it was just smooth the entire time. That was a solid result and we can build from there. There was opportunity for more, and it always sucks to have a good result that doesn’t feel good because you think there was more in it. But that’s ultimately a good thing, and we’ll push for more in Indy.” Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet, finished 10th: “Just a decent day. At least got a decent result. P10-nothing to brag about. At least we got some points and a clean day which is probably the most important at the moment. Lacked a little bit of speed in the race. The team executed really well. We just wanted to get as much as we could. Just disappointed we couldn’t drive forward a little bit more. Sometimes its all you have on a weekend. Everyone did a great job. We rallied pretty aggressively on Saturday just to try to compensate for the hybrid issue. The team did a good job sticking with it and getting what we could out of it. Again, just brought home a solid result. Something we can build on to get a podium or a victory here hopefully soon.” Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 Splenda ECR Chevrolet, finished 15th: “Tough weekend, I think. We thought we would roll off better than we did with how our recent test here went, but it seemed like nothing from the test correlated to the race weekend which put us on the back foot from the start. Qualifying P17 wasn’t great and with an all green race again, we become limited on what we can do. We maximized what we had with what we could do on strategy to end today’s race.” David Malukas, No. 4 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet, finished 16th: “Really unfortunate from a whole weekend as whole. We’re just not having any luck this season. The car was mega all weekend, we found a really good car heading into qualifying and just got stuck behind people in traffic and couldn’t get a lap in, and ended up being in the back and then, yet again in the race. Every time we came into the pits, we just couldn’t get clean air, even though we tried, and just kept getting stuck behind people. So, really fast car, but couldn’t show it, but hopefully we get some luck in the next one.” Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing/Sexton Properties Chevrolet, finished 18th: “Obviously, one of those days that’s tough to swallow. Everybody did a phenomenal job, crew, engineering, the car was amazing. We were so quick. Just had an issue with some electronic stuff in the pits that had us had a short fill. Just some bugs that we’re gonna work out going into Indy and I think we will be really good. Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet, finished 19th: “In the beginning, we got blocked by another car and then got hit on lap one, so that kind of killed our momentum a little bit, which is a shame because I thought I had a great start! Honestly our first two stints felt great. The pace on reds is good. We just need to improve our pace on the primary tire, and we’ve got to figure out the best possible strategies for these all-green (flag) races. It seems like we are just missing a little bit on clear track and a few opportunities there. Honestly I think actually we learned quite a lot. Gotta figure out what happens at the next race. But we will be in good shape when we go to Indy.” Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet, finished 22nd: “Barber this year-we finished the race. Something we haven’t been able to do the last couple of years so that is good. It is nice to have seen the second half of the race here. I think there was a lot to learn. It seems like INDYCAR is holding trend to no yellows – which is unbelievable.   “Good job to the team to work hard this weekend. It was a long day day out there. We kept fighting but unfortunately ended up in the same spot. That was just kind of the way the day went. Everyone was on the same strategy. Not a lot of variability. But made it fun to race against those guys. Hopefully we can go into Indy road course with some lessons learned.” Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet, finished 23rd: “The first lap was tough as we were on the hard tires. I had a little tap into turn two which destabilised me, and then there was a bigger hit from behind which caused some damage and made the rest of the race tough. Once I got going the pace was good, especially on the softer tire and I was able to move forwards a bit. Our pit stops are an area that we need to improve on, in my last stop I lost two or three positions which put us on the back foot for the final stint. Another finish for both cars though which is important and while we didn’t quite execute enough in the race, I think there was a lot of things learnt, both positive and negative.” Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet, finished 25th: “It was a difficult race, and I would say it wasn’t my best. I’ve struggled with the car all weekend, which I was expecting as we had similar struggles during the test here. There is something that isn’t working well with the stability of the car, but I don’t want to get too focused on this weekend. We have to learn from this, and I hope that the team can go away and analyse everything so that we can come back next weekend with a clear idea of what we can change on the car to help it be more under control and fast.” NTT INDYCAR SERIES at Barber Motorsports ParkMay 4, 2025Post-race transcriptChristian Lundgaard and Scott McLaughlin: THE MODERATOR: We are joined now by Scott McLaughlin, his first podium of the season. Scott led three of the 90 laps this afternoon. It’s his 20th podium of his career, third straight podium at Barber.Christian Lundgaard with a race-high 16 passes on the track today. Second in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES points standings.Christian, your thoughts, a busy afternoon for you, have to be happy with another podium to start this year.CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Yeah, absolutely. I think the progression we made since the Sebring test earlier this year, it’s been moving forward and going in the right direction. The team has been doing an awesome job.The pace in the car is there, and it’s just about execution. We didn’t really execute in qualifying yesterday, so we were frustrated and wanted to make up for it. We did today. THE MODERATOR: Some of the passes out there, which did you enjoy the most?CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: I mean, I enjoyed the pass on Scottie Mac here, but I really did enjoy the one I had on Pato into five, around the same pit sequence. It was kind of all three cars, the 5, the 12 and Scott coming out sort of like a lap after each other. I pitted before them. I had warm tires. It was just kind of chipping one off at the time.I had a great time out there, for sure. THE MODERATOR: Scott, another podium for you at Barber Motorsports Park. Your thoughts on a third-place finish?SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: I think we were just third place today. Didn’t quite have the pace from the get-go really. From lap two I tried to push Alex. He just had a lot of speed.Yeah, I just didn’t feel I had much grip. But the car was still okay. It was still pretty fast. Just wasn’t as quick as the front guys, front two.Hey, it’s good points. We got to just keep keeping on and being at the front as much as we can. That was a solid race for us from the pace we had. If you want to build a championship campaign, that’s how you have to do it. THE MODERATOR: Third straight all-green race this season. As physically demanding as this racecourse is, it’s amazing.SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Yeah. But I think we all feel pretty good like now. It’s just like match fitness. All your muscles are going. If this is the first race of the year, it would be pretty hard.I think ultimately very surprised by INDYCAR that we have no yellows right now. It’s a credit to the racing, credit to clean racing that we’re having, and obviously the hybrid. We’re able to restart when we spin or something like that, so… THE MODERATOR: Christian, you agree?CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Absolutely. THE MODERATOR: We’ll open it up for questions.Q. Scott, you said something on pit lane that as long as you keep executing, eventually you’ll catch up with Alex. How frustrating is it to know you’re out there doing as good as you can, and he’s just doing that much better?SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: It’s not frustrating. At the end of the day you can only do as much as you can. I mean, I’m driving the thing as fast as I can. Christian is doing the same thing. Alex is doing the best job he can. That turns out to be a really good job and solid. We all know it was going to be that way.When a guy is at the top of his game, all you can do is try to be at the top of yours. We had a third-place car and we came in third. That’s all we can do. Nothing more, nothing less. I learnt that when I was racing Supercars, championship campaigns. You just got to be there.It is all swings and roundabouts. We’ll be strong at places he won’t. Just got to capitalize. Q. Any other season, you’d be the story of the season so far. Alex is on fire. How do you put that in perspective?CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Yeah, I mean, I think it’s just about putting that aside and focusing on yourself. The 10 car is doing a great job. We’ve seen that in years in the past.I would say we’re trying to raise our own bar, and we’re doing so. We’re performing better and better. On top of that, I had a team change. Getting to know a bunch of new people, getting to work with a bunch of new people. It’s a different car to drive.I’m very pleased with the job that I’ve done so far, the work that we’ve done. I mean, I don’t think I could have dreamed of three podiums in four races, four first races. Q. Scott, on lap two you were within half a second of Alex Palou. By lap four, you had fallen back to two seconds. What happened there?SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Just pace purely. That was it. I just didn’t have enough pace.I mean, at the end of the day I pushed him, then sort of settled into a rhythm. Ideally I wanted to stay in that two-second bracket. Alex just had really good speed there, yeah. Q. Christian, what was your thought process with the power move on Scott McLaughlin on lap 43?CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Yeah, I mean, ultimately you’re just trying to get by. It’s a pit sequence. It’s the one real opportunity you have, ’cause as soon as everybody settles in, you need to rely on people making a mistake and you can’t do that.It was about doing it when it counted. I was close enough to Scottie. I think we all know as soon as we get to the high speed on cold new tires, we’ll kind of bottom out. I pitted a couple of laps before, so I’d gone through that. When I caught Scott there, I knew game was on. I knew he was going to work for it, but always clean racing with Scott. Q. Scott, for the future races, you and your team, do you have any idea how to break the dominance of Alex, which areas you have to improve the car?SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: Pure speed, man. I think those guys are executing. They’re just knocking good lap times out, qualifying well, then executing in the race. Great strategy.Props to Barry and the team that they run on the 10 car. They’re doing a great job. Obviously they’ve got a really good driver. I think Alex is one of the best racing car drivers I’ve ever come across. He’s the whole deal. That doesn’t mean we can’t beat him, as I said.Yeah, we know where we can improve, different facets that I can’t really expose. Ultimately I think if we just keep knocking on the door. Everyone has a bad race at some point. You got to try and keep knocking on the door there.Like I said, the people on the 10 car, Barry, Alex, all the guys, they’re doing a fantastic job. All you can do is just sort of be there, if you can. Q. Christian, you said earlier the biggest change in your performance has been the team change. What behind the scenes has really allowed you to step up your game this year?CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: I think ultimately not a lot is really different from my own approach. I would say it’s keeping things very simple and just focus on what you can control, master the basics really.I think the car is purely faster than what I’ve been doing for the past three years. I think we’ve seen that just purely from the results across the last three years.But no, it’s just good and nice to see it come into reality, really just executing when we have the pace. I think we’ve done so. I think we got more out of Long Beach than we anticipated waking up Sunday morning. At the end of the day that’s how you fight for championships. Q. Christian, you said your car wasn’t as good as the test. The team made some changes last night. At what point did you know, or did you know, that those changes made a huge difference and could get you on the podium?CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: I’d say straightaway in warm-up this morning. I’ve been battling with the same balance issue all weekend. We had an issue on the car in P1, which kind of forced us not to be able to really try much in P1. So we didn’t get to try some things that we wanted to try. We were kind of stuck for the rest of the weekend with what we had, because there was a bunch of other stuff we needed to test. It kind of decreased in our list of things we wanted to try.I said last night we need to do something if I want to have a good race car. We did it for warm-up this morning. It was just clearly better. I said that was probably one of the biggest game changers I’ve had in a car. It’s a relatively small change. A little surprising for us.The car felt at least a lot better. Q. Scott, I don’t have an Alex Palou question.SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: You can (smiling). Q. In advance of this event you went to the Children’s Hospital in this community. Talk about how emotional, inspiring that was, how you felt when you got home and hugged your own child?SCOTT McLAUGHLIN: That was really like I guess a sobering experience, realizing how lucky we do have it. At the same time how many angels work in that hospital. It’s an amazing thing. The kids were so positive. The kids that I met.Anything that you can do as a racing driver, as a role model or anyone, you’re kind of like a Super Hero at that point when you come in and hang out and play Hot Wheels, play Mario Kart. I’m quite good at Mario Kart I might add.I had a great time. I would like to do that again. It was a really cool thing. Yeah, I think you just appreciate the people that work in the hospital. As much as the kids are going through, they have amazing people that look after them. The Children’s Hospital of Alabama do a fantastic job with that.THE MODERATOR: Thanks, guys.

FOUNTAIN CITY, WI (April 30, 2025) – It wasn’t long ago when Jake Timm spent his summers off from high school mowing the grass at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, dreaming of wheeling something with about 800 more horsepower around the track.

At that point, the Fountain City, WI facility was unknown to most outside the region, and the Timm family bought it to save it from closing. Fast forward a few years, and the track’s outlook is brighter than ever.

Mississippi Thunder is now home to a plethora of marquee events, highlighted by this weekend’s $75,000-to-win Dairyland Showdown for the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision.

“With our family owning it and being associated with it for so long, I saw where it was when they got it,” Timm said. “The track was shut down; somebody had bought it and opened it for a year or two and then they were going to shut it down again. Dad took it over, and to see what it’s become, all the work he’s put in that didn’t really pay off for a long time. To see a race like this, and then the World of Outlaws [NOS Energy Drink] Sprint Cars coming later, the $100,000 Modified race. What it’s turned into, what it’s become, seeing all his hard work finally pay off, Tyrone [Lingenfelter] and everybody involved with it. It’s really cool to see.”

While Timm has driven everything from a lawn mower to a Super Late Model around Mississippi Thunder, he’s turned more laps in a Modified than any other chariot. The Winona, MN native competed in the division every Friday night for several seasons before hitting the road with the United States Modified Touring Series, which he won with at Mississippi Thunder in 2022.

Of course, Timm also knows how to win in a Late Model – he took the checkers four times in Fountain City with the Dirt Kings Late Model Tour and nearly won a World of Outlaws preliminary Feature at the 2023 Dairyland Showdown before crashing out on the final lap.

Even though he’s been successful in both, Timm said the similarities are nearly non-existent, particularly around the high banks of Mississippi Thunder.

“The two cars just drive so different,” Timm said. “The Modified, I feel like you’ve got to drive it a lot straighter most of the time. In the Late Model, there’s times when you want to drive it straighter yet, but there’s a lot more times when you’ve got to bend in and wheelspin a lot more. It just brings a whole new set of challenges. And then also, everybody in a Late Model just races so much harder. Not that Modified guys aren’t good racers or don’t race hard, but these guys, they’re on their toes. If you make one little mistake, they’re going to eat you up.”

The massive payday on Saturday night isn’t the only reason the Dairyland Showdown has taken on a new meaning in 2025 for Timm. He’s always been one of the regional stars who circled the event on their calendars as their chance to take on the World of Outlaws when they came to town. Now, he is an Outlaw.

When Timm signed up to chase the MD3 Rookie of the Year Award, he knew he was in for the biggest challenge of his racing career. With 11 races in the books, the No. 49 team have fought through their share of struggles but remain optimistic that improvements are on the horizon.

“I knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” Timm said. “These guys are the best in the business and the best race car drivers in the world, so we knew what we were up against. The biggest thing is just staying positive, keep pushing forward to try and get better and make progress. It’s hard to stay positive when you’re getting your butt kicked every night. But I think as of late, we’ve definitely been starting to make a little bit of progress.”

As if battling the best Late Model drivers in the country every weekend wasn’t hard enough, Timm has been doing so with a blank notebook and zero experience at the track prior to Hot Laps.

“We still haven’t been to a track this year that we’ve been to before, so everything’s been new to us,” Timm said. “The biggest thing is asking for help from the people at Longhorn or just other resources we have that are willing to give us some advice as far as setting the car up and things like that. As far as driving it, the biggest thing is just knowing where to be, how the track races and what to expect at different points of the night behind the wheel. There’s no substitute for that kind of experience.”

With the summer portion of the World of Outlaws calendar containing several Midwestern tracks Timm has experience at, he’s confident that the toughest stretch of the year is behind him. He knows his goal of being a regular contender at the front of World of Outlaws races is within reach, and he’s excited to take a big step in that direction this weekend.

“Just looking forward to this weekend for a lot of different reasons,” Timm said. “It’s going to be nice to race at home in front of our own fans and people we know. Going from tracks that I’m not familiar with at all to the track I’m most familiar with is hopefully going to make a big difference in how I perform and our results. After this, there’s a lot more tracks on the schedule that we’ve been to before like Deer Creek [Speedway], Cedar Lake [Speedway], so I’m just excited.”

The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision season resumes this weekend at Mississippi Thunder Speedway with the Dairyland Showdown, Thursday-Saturday, May 1-3. Tickets will be available at the gate.