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Dempsey Heads To Le Mans In His New Car

Jim Pedley — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:46:23 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Patrick Dempsey sounded kind of emotional last September as he talked about his team taking it’s last ride in a Mazda RX-8 GT. For good reason: His Dempsey Racing team had raced nothing but Mazda’s since forming five years before. But any tears shed about having to move on for the [...]

Daytona To Get Massive Facelift

Info Manager — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:56:12 +0000

International Speedway Corporation today approved funding to redevelop the frontstretch of Daytona International Speedway. The multi-year project will break ground on July 5, 2013, and is targeted for completion in January 2016, in time for the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 58th Daytona 500. “We are truly creating history with this unprecedented endeavor,” said ISC’s Chief [...]

John Force Ends Drought In Thunder Valley

Info Manager — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:54:53 +0000

Funny Car star John Force ended a 31-event winless drought by racing to victory Sunday at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel) and Rodger Brogdon (Pro Stock) also were winners of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event. Force earned his fourth victory at Bristol Dragway [...]

Biffle And Ford Look Like A Thousand In Michigan

Info Manager — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:21:15 +0000

RacinToday.com Greg Biffle gave beleaguered Ford Racing and its fans something to ease the pain Sunday when he and his Roush Fenway Racing Fusion won the Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. The victory was the first of the season for Biffle, the third of the season for Ford and the 1,000th overall for Ford in [...]

Michigan Actually Is A Big Race For Ford This Time

Jim Pedley — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:21:11 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com You can count on it. In fact, it occurs with such regularly that it has become a eye-rolling cliche: Every time the Sprint Cup series arrives at Michigan International Speedway, somebody in the media will ask Ford drivers in general and Roush Fenway Racing drivers specifically about the importance of [...]

Action Express Duo Wins At Mid-Ohio

Info Manager — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:00:03 +0000

RacinToday.com Joao Barbosa gave Action Express Racing its first Daytona Prototype (DP) victory of the season, passing Spirit of Daytona driver Richard Westbrook with 29 minutes remaining in Saturday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Diamond Cellar Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Co-driving the No. 5 Corvette DP with Christian Fittipaldi, Barbosa made slight contact while making [...]

Hunter-Reay Repeats As Winner In Milwaukee

Info Manager — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:43:46 +0000

RacinToday.com Ryan Hunter-Reay earned his second consecutive victory at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday afternoon. The 32-year-old Andretti Autosport driver passed race leader Takuma Sato with 52 laps and went on to win by 4.809 seconds over Helio Castroneves. Will Power, Castroneves’ Team Penske teammate, finished third for his first podium of the season. E.J. Viso and James [...]

Pole Positions Set In Thunder Valley

Info Manager — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:22:35 +0000

RacinToday.com NHRA Pro Stock points leader Mike Edwards will go for his fifth consecutive victory at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers Sunday at Bristol Dragway from the No. 1 qualifying position. Spencer Massey (Top Fuel) and Del Worsham (Funny Car) also earned No. 1 qualifying positions and will lead their [...]

Regan Smith Pads NNS Points Lead By Winning Michigan

Info Manager — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:29:15 +0000

Nationwide Series points leader Regan Smith earned his second victory of the season Saturday by holding off Kyle Larson to win the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Parker Kligerman gambled rain would end the race short of the scheduled 125 laps but lost the lead when he had to pit with 13 to [...]

Worsham Leads Assault On Record Book At Thunder Valley

Info Manager — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:01:43 +0000

RacinToday.com With the quickest run of his career and the quickest Funny Car run in 2013, Del Worsham led a parade of track records en route to the qualifying lead on Friday at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers at Bristol Dragway. Spencer Massey (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) [...]

Taylors Sew Up Front Row At Mid-Ohio

Info Manager — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:08:38 +0000

RacinToday.com The No. 10 Velocity Worldwide Corvette Dallara DP of Wayne Taylor Racing will start Saturday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Diamond Cellar Classic from the pole for the second race in a row after qualifying Friday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington. Jordan Taylor, the recently turned 22-year-old whose 23-year-old brother Ricky Taylor made [...]

Marco Andretti P1 In Milwaukee

Info Manager — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:10 +0000

RacinToday.com Marco Andretti won the pole for Satuday’s Miwaukee IndyFest IZOD IndyCar Race at the Milwaukee Mile with a lap at 170.515 mph. Second fastest was his Andretti Autosport teammate, James Hinchcliffe. Third was Team Penske driver Will Power. “So far, that was about as good as we could run, so I’m pleased,” said Andretti, who earned his first [...]

Carl Edwards Speeds To Michigan Pole

Info Manager — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:00:23 +0000

RacinToday.com Carl Edwards won the pole on Friday for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Edwards, driving a Roush Fenway Racing Ford, laid down a lap at 202.564 mph. “We’ve been working very hard and trying to turn the corner with these Ford Fusions to make them faster,” Edwards said. “I just cannot wait to [...]

Gibbs Takes Big Swing At Keselowski, Remarks

Jim Pedley — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:15:02 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Sometimes – in racing and in life in general – success is the result of hard work and the creative application of intellect and experience. Sometimes it’s the result of thievery. Brad Keselowski clearly thinks that it is a bit of the latter which has been holding back him and his [...]

Michael Andretti Has Eyes On Formula One

John Sturbin — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:05:18 +0000

Already a championship team-owner and successful promoter in the IZOD IndyCar Series, Michael Andretti’s next order of business could be labeled – us against the world. “(I’m) always looking at expanding our racing, and, yeah, I would love to one day be in Formula One in some way,” Andretti said during a teleconference promoting this weekend’s [...]