TSR/SHR News

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – The Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway has long been one of the “crown jewel” races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, along with the Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, the Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway and since 1994 when stock cars debuted at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Brickyard …

NEW EGYPT, N.J. – World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship leader Daryn Pittman is having the best season of his career, but he outdid himself Tuesday night in the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic at New Egypt Speedway. First he led 17 drivers in shattering the nearly 12-year-old track record in qualifying, then worked past …

by Dick Jordan INDIANAPOLIS — This week’s “Hoosier Hundred” ushers in a new era of Traxxas USAC Silver Crown racing and for the first time the race will occur on a new weeknight – Thursday. The 100-mile race on the 1-mile dirt Indiana State Fairgrounds oval has tradition and history rivaling any other American dirt …

by Dick Jordan INDIANAPOLIS — Wednesday night’s 43rd “Tony Hulman Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track renews one of America’s most revered Sprint racingtraditions, one which dates back to 1971 when George Snider won the inaugural. It’s been 20 years since Dave Darland tasted the victory in the Terre Haute classic, but he’ll …

KANNAPOLIS, N.C.  – It could be argued that there’s no track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit Ryan Newman feels more at home than at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. It was at the 1.5-mile track where Newman first made a big splash. And there’s no doubt Newman has made himself right at home in …

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Racing on Memorial Day weekend is nothing new for Danica Patrick as she’s done it at the professional level for nine years. But for 2013, just as it was in 2012, the car, location, track length and distance will be a bit different than what she became accustomed to from 2005 to …