Justin Ashley picked up the win in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge as part of the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, also racing to the No. 1 qualifier position in Top Fuel to close out Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. In the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, Chad Green (Funny Car) and Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) also picked up wins in the bonus event in Pomona. Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car) and Camrie Caruso (Pro Stock) qualified No. 1 at the third of 21 races during the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Ashley went 3.707s at 330.15mph in his 11,000-horsepower ..read more

Nick Sanchez led an absolutely dominant 168 of 172 laps in Saturday’s SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway, but the 21-year old rookie and reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith collided at the front of the field after taking the white flag and Carson Hocevar instead drove through to take his first career victory in double overtime. The 20-year old Hocevar led only that last overtime lap in the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet to claim his first win by 1.628s over Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chase Purdy – career best finishes for both drivers. OFFICIAL: Carson Ho ..read more

Reigning Fanatec GT World Challenge Pro-Am champions Ashton Harrison and Mario Farnbacher finished third on their Pro debut after starting deep in the field from Sonoma Raceway. A disappointing qualifying result caused by a red flag and a battle for track position with another car left the team toward the rear of the grid, but the group’s race pace was an encouraging sign early in the season for Harrison. “It’s unfortunate — we had to start 14th overall and last in Pro,” Harrison said of the qualifying. “Before I came into pitlane we were up to sixth or seventh overall and we had made up all o ..read more

Eric Filgueiras built a lead and Steven McAleer protected it as the No. 28 RS1 Porsche 911 GT3 dominated the first race of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America season from Sonoma Raceway. With just one safety car in the first ten minutes of the race, Filgueiras took advantage of the clean air his pole position awarded him to build a 9s margin once he handed the controls to McAleer. Despite Elliott Skeer’s efforts in the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3, he was unable to reel in McAleer in the second half of the race, leaving Skeer and Adam Adelson to settle for second overall but a ..read more

The three TC America powered by Skip Barber Racing School classes, TCX, TC and TCA, crowned the first winners of 2023 at Sonoma Raceway. A 40-minute first race was relatively drama-free and featured close racing from class to class. Clouds moved into the Sonoma valley lowering temperatures and giving drivers and teams perfect conditions to push on their Pirelli Tires. TCX Pole sitter and drift champion Dai Yoshihara of Japan was the only victim in race one. An unknown issue ended Yoshihara’s race early and took him out of the lead. Colin Garrett of Rooster Hall Racing in the No. 44 BMW M2 CS ..read more

Rookie Chandler Smith earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday afternoon at Richmond (Va.) Raceway holding off John Hunter Nemechek on a final race restart with six laps remaining to hoist the ToyotaCare 250 trophy. Smith’s No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet led a race best 83 of the 250 laps – the bulk of that early in the race. But the 20-year year old Georgia native was able to run among the top five for most of the day and ultimately drive his Chevy around Nemechek’s No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on that last restart, pulling away to a 0.298s victory after some intense s ..read more

Callum Ilott wasn’t sure about the new form of racing he was having to learn. At this time last year, the lifelong road racer — part of Scuderia Ferrari’s Formula 1 testing and development program prior to joining the Juncos Hollinger Racing team for his rookie IndyCar campaign — was preparing to venture out onto the steep banking at Texas Motor Speedway and wind his No. 77 Chevy up to 220mph with 27 other crazies. Among the shocks to the Briton’s system was the sheer speed at TMS; laps around the 1.5-mile oval were being completed every 23 to 24 seconds—relentless whipping around the oval—whi ..read more

Seth Lucas has plunged into the deep end of sports car racing, opting to continue his post-karting motorsports career in GT and prototype machinery rather than the traditional junior open-wheel categories. In the last six months, the 17-year-old Lucas has run the Indianapolis 8 Hours where he and Zelus Motorsports won the Am class. He then finished second in the GT3 Pro-Am class at the Dubai 24 Hours and raced in the Sebring 12 Hours before embarking on a fulltime Fanatec GT World Challenge America campaign with MDK Motorsports in GT3 Pro. Lucas, who is managed by his father Chris — a former o ..read more

Daniel Suarez did not expect NASCAR officials to fine him $50,000 earlier this week but understood their reaction while he also focused more on the actions of his fellow drivers that led to his frustration. On the cooldown lap at Circuit of The Americas, Suarez went on the hunt for Trackhouse Racing teammate Ross Chastain and Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman. Suarez first knocked Chastain out of the way coming to pit road to get to Bowman and then repeatedly ran into the back of Bowman as a NASCAR official was directing the field. Suarez was fined but not docked championship points. “No ..read more

Arrow McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist captured his second consecutive pole at Texas Motor Speedway in qualifying for the PPG 375 NTT IndyCar series race and will have plenty his teammates close by when the green flag waves on Sunday at 12:15pm ET. The Swede’s two-lap average of 220.264mph edged Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, who produced a 219.972mph in the No. 9 Honda. McLaren’s Alexander Rossi will line up third in the No. 7 Chevy and have another member of the Bowtie family — Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in the No. 2 entry — alongside in fourth. McLaren’s Pato O’Ward was fifth fastest in th ..read more