Plano, Texas (December 4, 2024) – After over two decades of on-track success, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) will conclude its participation in NHRA Drag Racing competition following the upcoming 2025 season.
Members of the Speedway Children’s Charities’ Board of Trustees and representatives of area nonprofits, celebrated a record year during Tuesday’s Night of Joy event. In 2024, SCC raised and distributed more than $1.4 million to 67 deserving charities across the region.
CONCORD, N.C. (Dec. 3, 2024) – During its annual Night of Joy celebration, the Charlotte chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities hosted area nonprofits and their supporters at Speedway Christmas presented by Atrium Health Tuesday night, to deliver holiday cheer and much-needed grant funding to organizations making a direct impact on the lives of area children in need. Following a record year of fundraising, SCC Charlotte officials announced that more than $1.4 million will be distributed to Charlotte area nonprofits this holiday season.
- Brown gets fourth TF title, first since 2016
- Anderson gets title in PS winner-take-all final
- Herrera rolls to second straight PSM title
Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2024) – For the fourth time in his Top Fuel career and for the first time as a team owner, Antron Brown is a world champion in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, clinching an emotional title following his semifinal round win on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip at the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 16, 2024) – Brittany Force made the quickest Top Fuel run of the 2024 season on Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, qualifying No. 1 for the fourth time in the past five races at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
Austin Prock (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 at the last of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and the sixth race in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
Jack Beckman heads Funny Cars going into Saturday's qualifying sessions
Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2024) – Racing was called on Friday during the first qualifying session due to weather at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.
A veteran NASCAR reporter once said that the championship didn't need a complex points system. He suggested that the champion be the driver with the most wins, so we went back to the records and compiled a comparison. This was first written as an exercise in historical research. Since then, we’ve tried to keep it updated. In light of past seasons’ somewhat controversial endings, especially where the 2004 championship is concerned, here’s the version for the 2024 season.)
(AVONDALE, AZ – NOV 10, 2024 – RIS) Joey Logano became a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, leading 107 of the 312-laps at Phoenix, winning the race ahead of the 2023 champion Ryan Blaney, who chased his teammate to the checkered flag. Logano became the tenth driver to win three or more championships and the sixth three-time champion, joining Cale Yarborough, Lee Petty, Tony Stewart and David Pearson. His win gave owner Roger Penske his fifth NASCAR Cup championship.
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AVONDALE, AZ – RIS – Jutin Allgaier wins the 2024 Xfinity Championship after a wild overtime finish. Allgaier finished in second place in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. Riley Herbst won the race in overtime after leading 116 of the 213 laps.
Robert Arthur (Bobby) Allison passed away November 9, 2024 at his home in Mooresville, NC. Allison was a member of the ‘Alabama Gang’ of racers that included Red Farmer, Bobby and Bobby’s brother, Donnie. Allison was one of the most versatile racers of his era, running a total of 718 NASCAR Cup races, 43 Xfinity races, 17 GN East, 21 various ARCA races, six Champ Car (Indycar) races, plus winning the 1980 IROC championship and numerous other races, including a win in the 1982 Busch Clash at Daytona.
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AVONDALE, AZ – RIS – Martin Truex, Jr won the pole for Sunday’s Championship race at Phoenix. Truex earned pole with a 26.718s lap, besting Joey Logano by 0.010s in the final round of qualifying. The veteran driver is set to retire from full-time competition at the end of the year, but he hopes to leave Joe Gibbs Racing with one last checkered flag after going winless through the first 35 races of the year. It was his 25th career pole, stealing a bit of the spotlight from the title challengers.
AVONDALE, AZ – RIS - William Sawalich won the pole Saturday (Nov. 9) for the Xfinity Series Championship Race with a lap at 134.168 mph. It is his first career pole in only his third career NXS start. He is driving a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Sawalich’s lap was .148 seconds faster than teammate Sheldon Creed. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst will start third, followed by Chandler Smith and the best of the Championship 4 contenders, Austin Hill.
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AVONDALE, AZ – RIS - Ty Majeski held off Grant Enfinger, Corey Heim and Christian Eckes to win his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Friday night at Phoenix Raceway. The championship run comes in Majeski’s second appearance in the final four drivers.
(PHOENIX, AZ – NOV 8, 2024 – RIS) Ryan Blaney led the final NASCAR Cup Series practice of 2024, edging out Martin Truex by 0.032 second and Kyle Larson by another 0.027 second. Blaney, William Byron, Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick, the four drivers racing for the championship, placed first, fourth, ninth and 21st after the session.
Las Vegas (Nov. 3, 2024) – Force gets first TF win in two years
Prock sews up eighth FC win
Stanfield takes over PS lead after victory
Herrera rolls to 10th PSM win of 2024
Two-time Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force won for the first time in 39 races on Monday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, defeating reigning world champion Doug Kalitta in the final round of the 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals.
(MARTINSVILLE, VA – NOV 3, 2024 – RIS) Ryan Blaney headed only 32 of the 500 laps at Martinsville Speedway’s Xfinity 500, but led the final fifteen before earning his second grandfather clock for winning the Fall race at the ‘paperclip.’ Christopher Bell gained one finishing position on the final lap, potentially bumping William Byron out of the Championship Four, but his move around a slowing Bubba Wallace sent the No. 20 Toyota into the wall and he bounced along it, similar to Ross Chastain’s move a couple of years ago. After long deliberation, including listening to radio transmissions and looking at multiple video angles, NASCAR ruled that he had committed a safety violation, leaving Byron as fourth driver eligible for the Cup championship.
Las Vegas – Due to weather and unfavorable track conditions following a lengthy cleanup after an on-track incident, the conclusion of the 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be completed on Monday.
(MARTINSVILLE, VA – NOV 2, 2024 – RIS) Aric Almirola will have a new timepiece at home after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series National Debt Relieve 250 on the narrow paperclip track. The winner’s trophy is the traditional locally-made grandfather clock. Almirola led 150 of the 250 laps in the race, including the final 70 laps, through the final four cautions. The race was punctuated by 13 cautions totaling 84 laps. “It was so hooked up today – this is by far my favorite race track,” said Almirola post-race.
LAS VEGAS, NV – RIS – Just on week ago, Joey Logano was eliminated from the NASCAR Cup championship race. Then, Alex Bowan , the driver that led to Logano not making the next round, was disqualified in after race tech, and Logano was in. Today, Logano persevered to the Championship Four with a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano passed Daniel Suarez with five laps to go and held on to win the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series playoff race Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano held off a charge from Christopher Bell in the final laps. Bell finished second after leading a race-high 156 laps, and Logano led the final six laps.
Las Vegas (Nov. 2, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock broke John Force’s record for most No. 1 qualifiers in a single season on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, powering to his 14th top spot of the 2024 season at the 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals.
(MARTINSVILLE, VA – NOV 2, 2024 – RIS) Martin Truex Jr topped both rounds of qualifying for NASCAR’s Xfinity 500 Cup Series race, setting a first-round time of 19.584 seconds at 96.691 mph and then a second-round lap of 19.686 seconds at 96.190 mph to beat Chase Elliott’s round two lap by 0.072 second. In practice, Truex had the strongest ten-lap average as well, at 94.068 mph, just ahead of Denny Hamlin’s 93.834 mph average.
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 1, 2024) – With John Force returning to the track on Friday for the first time since his crash in June, team drivers Brittany Force and Austin Prock both went to the top in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively, securing the provisional No. 1 spots at the 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
(MARTINSVILLE, VA – NOV 1, 2024 – RIS) Christian Eckes, after taking the pole position in qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200, went on to lead 188 of the 200 laps in the race before using a restart bump and run to move Taylor Gray up the track and out of the lead with fewer than five laps left in the race.
(MARTINSVILLE, VA – NOV 1, 2024 – RIS) Parker Retzlaff topped qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series National Debt Relief 250, setting a pole time of 19.901 sec at 95.101 mph, beating out Anthony Alfredo by only 0.012 second for the pole. Chandler Smith, the top Playoffs driver in the field, starts third. In Craftsman TRuck Series qualifying for the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200, Christian Eckes headed a quartet of Playoffs-qualified racers with his best time of 19.556 seconds at 96.830 mph to beat out Ty Majeski by a thin five thousandths of a second.
HOMESTEAD, FL – RIS – Tyler Reddick passed Ryan Blaney on the last lap to win the NASCAR Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Reddick went high and overtook Ryan Blaney on the final turn to win and secure a spot in NASCAR’s winner-take-all finale in Arizona in two weeks. Reddick led 98 of the 267 laps, the last of them the one that mattered most.
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LAS VEGIS, NV – RIS – Just on week ago, Joey Logano was eliminated from the NASCAR Cup championship race. Then, Alex Bowan , the driver that led to Logano not making the next round, was disqualified in after race tech, and Logano was in. Today, Logano persevered to the Championship Four with a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano passed Daniel Suarez with five laps to go and held on to win the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series playoff race Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano held off a charge from Christopher Bell in the final laps. Bell finished second after leading a race-high 156 laps, and Logano led the final six laps.
Saturday's winner AJ Allmendinger (left) and Austin Hill talk during Friday's sessions at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
(LAS VEGAS, NV – OCT 19, 2024 – RIS) AJ Allmendinger locked himself into the Championship Four for the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series by winning the Ambetter Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win also served as a birthday present for team owner Matt Kaulig. Ryan Sieg, Justin Allgaier, Chandler Smith and last weekend’s disappointed Parker Kligerman were the rest of the top five finishers.
Christopher Bell, here shown in ROVAL practice, won the pole for the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
(LAS VEGAS, NV – OCT. 19, 2024 – RIS) Christopher Bell won the pole for the South Point 400, his lap of 29.135 seconds and 185.344 mph beating out Tyler Reddick by a scant 0.007 second.
Here pictured at last week's ROVAL, Brandon Jones took the pole for the LVMS Ambetter 302 Xfinity Series race
(LAS VEGAS, NV – OCT 18, 2024 – RIS) Brandon Jones outran all the Playoffs-qualified drivers to win the pole for Saturday’s Ambetter Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jones’ qualifying time of 29.439 sec beat out Cole Custer for the pole by 0.039 second.
CONCORD, NC - RIS - Sunday’s surprising news that Alex Bowman’s No. 48 Chevrolet had been DQ’d after the Cup Race on Sunday. The cost was dear for driver Alex Bowman and Hendrick Motorsports. The team thought that all four Hendrick cars had qualified for the next round of the playoffs, but the disqualification now pushes Joey Logano into the final round of the playoffs.
CONCORD, NC – RIS – Kyle Larson dominated the race at the road course within Charlotte Motor Speedway and won as the dominate car. Now, only eight drivers remain in the championship hunt following Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL.
- Ashley moves into Top Fuel points lead
- Hagan wins in Dallas for second straight year
- Coughlin slips past longtime rival Anderson in PS
- Herrera nets 20th PSM win in just 34 starts
Ennis, Texas (Oct. 12, 2024) – Justin Ashley moved into the Top Fuel points lead on Sunday at Texas Motorplex, holding off Clay Millican in the final round and winning in Dallas for the third time in four years at the 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.
Adam Boatman ruled the HSR classic stock car race to end Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway's ROVAL
CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2024) - With pit road lined with all shapes and sizes of older model race cars, a 20-car field in four different classes competed in the Historic Stock Car Racing Association's first visit to Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
CONCORD, NC – In a very competitive NASCAR XFINITY Series race, a desperate Sam Mayer finished first and stayed alive for the playoffs. The controversial finish controversial overtime finish Saturday that allowed Mayer to advance in the Xfinity Series playoffs. Parker Kligerman was leading and headed toward the white flag that would have signified the final lap of the race when Leland Honeyman ran into the tire barrier. NASCAR could have thrown the caution immediately -- that's how deep into the tire barrier Honeyman was -- but the yellow inexplicably didn't flash until the split-second Kligerman was about to cross under the white flag that would have made the race official. The race then into overtime.
ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 12, 2024) – Force picks up 50th career No. 1 qualifier, Prock ties John Force for most No. 1 spots in a single season in Funny Car history.
Two-time Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force clinched her 50th career No. 1 qualifier on Saturday at Texas Motorplex, hanging on to the top position at the 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.
CONCORD, NC – RIS – Shane van Gisbergen, in a dramatic last run, will srart first on the grid for the Bank of America NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Sunday. The pole, coming in his 12th Cup start, came with a speed of 99.246 mph.
The New Zealander won the Xfinity pole hours before the Cup qualifying session, sweeping the poles for both series this weekend.
ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock made the quickest Funny Car run in seven years on Friday at Texas Motorplex, setting the track record and taking the provisional No. 1 spot for John Force Racing at the 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.
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CONCORD, NC - RIS - Shane van Gisbergen lived up to the hype and won the pole for Saturday's Xfinity Series race at CCharlotte Moltor Speedway's ROVAL road course. The Chevrolet driver put up a speed of 97.11 mph in his Kaulig Racing No. 97 racer to claim his third pole of his rookie Xfinity season, all coming at road courses.
CONCORD, NC (Oct. 10, 2024) – In a first-of-its-kind partnership combining unparalleled motorsports history, automotive heritage and business expertise, officials with Speedway Motorsports and business leader Rick Hendrick today announced the creation of the Ten Tenths Motor Club, a 100-acre complex designed to attract automotive enthusiasts and manufacturers from around the world. Operated by Speedway Motorsports, the Ten Tenths Motor Club will include the Ten Tenths Circuit, a purpose-built, lighted road course with three configurations for high-performance driving; the Ten Tenths Clubhouse, a 20,000-square foot special event facility; a members’ garage featuring secure, climate-controlled storage, cigar lounge, bourbon bar and putting course; and expansive off-road driving trails.
(CONCORD, NC – OCT 9, 2024 – RIS) The big screen at Charlotte Motor Speedway has just been upgraded since its construction in 2011. The new screen’s resolution has been upped from the original 720p resolution and the individual panels are more weather-resistant than the ones installed thirteen years ago.
Simon on a tour of Daytona a few years ago
(TALLADEGA, AL – OCT. 8, 2024 – RIS) Simon Lynch, a track flag marshal from Coventry England and his wife attended the race at Talladega on Sunday. They’re both long-time marshals at all forms of races, from F1 and Lemans to club events, and have attended NASCAR and NHRA races as well. Here are Simon’s comments on the Cup race at Talladega Sunday:
