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  • • Flat Spot On: Click Here to Link Daytona, Le Mans
    By Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.com DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Race tracks in repose are often telltales, even on race weekends. At the Daytona International Speedway late on Wednesday night prior to the Rolex 24, the breeze remained stiff, bringing some much-needed warm, dry air after a rainy day of 30-degree temperatures. The mul...2020
  • • IndyCar Notes: Kimball Throwing In With Foyt
    A.J. Foyt will put veteran Charlie Kimball behind the wheel for the entire 2020 IndyCar season. (File photo courtesy INDYCAR) By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com Veteran INDYCAR driver Charlie Kimball has joined AJ Foyt Racing as fulltime driver of the No. 4 Chevrolet, the latest hit of the reset button for the team fronted by...2020
  • • Flat Spot On: Felton A Founding Star for IMSA
    Gene Felton celebrates another slaying of Porsches and Corvettes by his Camaro at Daytona. by Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.com You have to hand it to Gene Felton. He rarely, if ever, lost his cool while winning more production-based races in IMSA than any of his peers, a considerable lot including Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywoo...2020
  • • Flat Spot On: Felton A Founding Star for IMSA
    Gene Felton celebrates another slaying of Porsches and Corvettes by his Camaro at Daytona. By Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.com You have to hand it to Gene Felton. He rarely, if ever, lost his cool while winning more production-based races in IMSA than any of his peers, a considerable lot including Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywoo...2020
  • • Kyle Larson Silences Bell; Wins ‘Bad Ass’ Chili Bowl
    Kyle Larson said winning at the Chili Bowl on Saturday is bigger than winning the Daytona 500. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Andrew Coppley) By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com Kyle Larson found redemption from a last-lap loss one year ago to Christopher Bell at Tulsa Expo Raceway Saturday night, emerging from their latest one...2020
  • • 2020 Is End Of The Line For NHRA Pro Stocker
    Ken Black Racing’s Jason Line announced his impending retirement this week. (RacinToday HHP file photo by Garry Eller) By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com Three-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Jason Line will retire from the cockpit after the 2020 season as the California-based sanctioning body celebrates 50 years of...2020
  • • Flat Spot On – It’s Junior Johnson. Yes!
    Junior Johnson could beat the best drivers in NASCAR and the best drivers in the U.S. government. (Photo by RacingOne/Getty Images) By Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.com Some 10 years ago, on a Sunday prior to the start of the Daytona 500, I sat in the eating area of the Daytona track’s media center, ho-humming. Free food [.....2020
  • • New Corvette C8.R Is Ready To Roar In Daytona
    The all-new Corvette C8.R will be on the Daytona International Speedway road course this weekend for the Roar Before the 24 test sessions. (Photo by Richard Prince/Chevrolet) By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com Corvette Racing’s mid-engine C8.R will record its first public hot laps during this weekend’s Roar Before the 24, a t...2020
  • • Ten For The Road – And Also For The Ovals – In 2019
    Roger Penske tops the Top 10 Stories of 2019 in the IndyCar Series. By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com With a record 18 Indianapolis 500 victories on his resume, motorsports mogul Roger Penske basically has “owned” the storied Month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. And then he bought it! That setup and punch line ...2020
  • • Rutherford Remembers Safety Pioneer Simpson
    Bill Simpson saved the life of Johnny Rutherford and countless others in racing over the years. By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com FORT WORTH, Texas – The passing of motorsports safety pioneer Bill Simpson this week prompted three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Johnny Rutherford to pause and praise a perpetually “ornery” frie...2019

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  • • Elliotts Come Up Big On Sunday
    Chase Elliott was a winner on Sunday. As was his father. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Andrew Coppley) By Jeff Hood | Senior WriterRacinToday.com TALLADEGA, Ala. – The Dawsonville Pool Room siren rang twice on Sunday. Chase Elliott zoomed to victory in Sunday’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway while, just over 150 miles to the e...2019
  • • Langdon Gets A Heartening Win In Concord
    Shawn Langdon’s talked about his emotional Funny Car victory with nephew Caden Casner at his side. (Photo by John Davison) By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Five-year-old Caden Casner told his mother he knew his uncle Shawn Langdon would grab his first NHRA Funny Car victory Sunday in the NGK Spark Plug...2019

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    • • Carpenter Rebuilds IndyCar Driver Lineup For 2020
      IndyCar team owner/driver Ed Carpenter has finalized his driver lineup for next season. By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com Ed Carpenter Racing completed its revised NTT IndyCar Series lineup Monday with the addition of Conor Daly as driver of the No. 20 U.S. Air Force Chevrolet for the 2020 road and street course events. D...2019
    • • Logano Rolls On At Martinsville
      Joey Logano continued his successful run in qualifying at Martinsville.(RacinToday/HHP file photo by David Tulis) By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Joey Logano, driving a Ford, posted a lap of 97.830 mph Saturday at Martinsville Speedway to earn the pole for Sunday’s STP 500, his fifth No. 1 starting posi...2019
    • • John Force Racing Adds Top Tuner Grubnic
      Clay Millican became a force with David Grubnic turning the wrenches. In the upcoming NHRA season, Grubnic hopes to become a force with Force. By John Sturbin/Senior WriterRacinToday.com Veteran crew chief David Grubnic has joined John Force Racing to oversee Brittany Force’s pursuit of the 2019 NHRA Top Fuel world championship. JFR’s rev...2019
    • • Palmer Re-ups With Thompson In Top Fuel
      Scott Palmer will be back in a Tommy Thompson dragster in 2019. By John Sturbin/Senior WriterRacinToday.com Top Fuel driver Scott Palmer will remain with Tommy Thompson Motorsports for the full 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Palmer, who finished 10th in the final 2018 Countdown to the Championship point standings toppe...2019
    • • Barrichello To Do Rolex
      Rubens Barrichello will drive in the Rolex 24 in 2019. By John Sturbin/Senior WriterRacinToday.com Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello has joined JDC-Miller MotorSports’ revised and renumbered two-car lineup for the 57th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, 2019 season-opener for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The twice-ar...2018