Race Weekend Central

Josef Newgarden Not Concerned About Qualifying 13th for INDYCAR Grand Prix

Josef Newgarden 2019 Indycar Grand Prix

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Josef Newgarden will start Saturday’s INDYCAR Grand Prix from the 13th position, an uncharacteristic start toward the rear for Newgarden. The qualifying start for Newgarden is his second outside the top 10 this season. He started 16th at Barber in April and brought home a fourth-place finish. It’s just his fourth start outside the top …

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Felix Rosenqvist Earns 1st Career Pole; Chip Ganassi Racing Sweeps Front Row

Felix Rosenqvist 2019 Indycar Grand Prix Of Indianapolis

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Felix Rosenqvist has been impressive so far this season and on Friday afternoon (May 11), he put his No. 10 on the pole position with a lap at 128.597 mph. In just his fifth start, Rosenqvist tallied his first carer pole and will run alongside teammate Scott Dixon. Rosenqvist’s lap was just two-hundredths of a …

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Music City 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions Postponed to Sunday; Starting Lineup Set by Practice Speeds

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway racetrack NASCAR

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ARCA Menards Series officials announced Saturday afternoon (May 4) that the Music City 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions has been pushed to Sunday, May 5th. The rain waited until just before the late model race slated before the ARCA race. As they were pushing cars onto the grid a light rain turned to a …

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Nashville 2019 ARCA Race Gives Fans Hope for Eventual NASCAR Return

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville 2018 Music City 200

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The city of Nashville has been in NASCAR news a lot as of late. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series awards banquet will be moving to the city starting this year. In the meantime, discussion has heated up as to whether Speedway Motorsports, Inc. can get NASCAR to return to the Nashville Fairgrounds racetrack. If …

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ARCA Preview: Music City 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville 2018 Music City 200

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The ARCA Menards Series heads to Nashville this weekend for the 2019 Music City 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions at Fairgrounds Speedway. The race makes it’s May debut after cold conditions have made recent races at Nashville almost unbearable. Last season, Zane Smith held off eventual ARCA Menards Series champion Sheldon Creed for his …

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After Runner-Up Finish at Talladega, Gray Gaulding Is ‘Not Laying Down For Anybody’

Gray Gaulding 2019 Moneylion 300 At Talladega Superspeedway

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Gray Gaulding tallied his career-best finish of second-place on Saturday (April 27) in the MoneyLion 300 at the Talladega Superspeedway. The SS-Greenlight Racing driver has had some strong runs this season while also picking up sponsors in the form of Panini Trading Cards, NASCAR Racing Experience, Flywheel Technologies and others. The result was Gaulding’s second …

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Lack of Teammates, Hendrick Motorsports Duo Keep Joey Logano from Talladega Victory

Joey Logano & Hendrick Motorsports 2019 Geico 500

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Joey Logano and his team have “clicked” at Talladega Superspeedway, winning three races at the 2.66-mile oval since 2015. On Sunday, it looked like Logano’s No. 22 team might continue their winning trend at the superspeedway. Logano kept his car up front, but without the help of a teammate, he was left on an island …

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Bubba Wallace, Michael McDowell, and Others Collected in Lap 11 Accident

Michael Mcdowell 2019 Geico 500 Accident

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The start of the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was controlled chaos until a Chevrolet attempted to push a Ford. Bubba Wallace Jr., in his Chevrolet Camaro, attempted to push the No. Ford of Ryan Blaney, and it just didn’t work. The pointed nose of Wallace’s No. 43 on the rear of Blaney’s No. 12 …

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Gray Gaulding Earns Runner-Up Finish at Talladega

Gray Gaulding 2019 Moneylion 300 At Talladega

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This season has been all about improvement for Gray Gaulding and that was on full display in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race. With the race closing, Gaulding began shuffling his way up through the field, finding any openings and taking them. The No. 08 got a push late that would propel him to second. From that …

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Ross Chastain, Ryan Sieg Lead Xfinity Practices at Talladega

Ross Chastain 2019 Moneylion 300 At Talladega

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Ross Chastain and Ryan Sieg led the way in Friday’s (April 26) practice sessions for the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway. Chastain paced the field in pack practice, while Sieg turned the fastest lap in the single-car session. Both sessions ended cleanly with zero incidents taking place on the track. Chastain, who is racing …

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Takuma Sato Leads Way in Indianapolis 500 Open Test, Colton Herta Leads Rookie/Refresher Test

Takuma Sato 2019 Indianapolis 500 Open Test

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Despite rain causing issues all day long, the NTT Data IndyCar Series completed its first test for next month’s Indianapolis 500 on April 24. Just 11 minutes into the session, rain showed interfered. Four hours later, the track had dried and cars went back on track. Drivers like defending Indianapolis 500 champion Will Power, Takuma …

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ARCA Preview: General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway

Arca Menard's Series Garage Logo

The ARCA Menards Series heads to Talladega Superspeedway to start the kick off of Talladega’s 50th anniversary season. History was made the last time ARCA was on the high banks of the Talladega Superspeedway when Zane Smith and Joe Graf Jr. battled it out to the finish line and became the closest finish ever in …

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