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Antron Brown Leads Way At Indy Test

Clermont, IN, United States (AHN) - Drivers Antron Brown, Robert Hight and Andrew Hines topped the speed charts Wednesday during the first of two days of o Read more »pen testing at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.

The NHRA teams were utilizing the two-day test session to prepare for the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, which will be held Sept. 1-6. The event is the first of six races in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship.

Brown has the top Top Fuel best performance with a pass of 300.20 mph.

New Qualifying Format In Effect at Chicagoland Speedway

With a season-high (outside of the Indianapolis 500) 29 cars entered for Saturday night’s PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joilet, Illinois, the Indy Read more » Racing League has altered its qualifications format in order to qualify cars efficiently.

After amending Rule 8.2(F)(1), a qualification attempt is now “the total of two consecutively timed laps.”  Drivers will be allotted two warm-up laps before making a qualifying attempt.  Since 2008, qualifying has consisted of the average speed of four timed laps.

Kyle Busch Wins Three Races In Week At Bristol

Bristol, TN, United States (AHN) - Kyle Busch pulled off a rare NASCAR first when he won his third race of the week in Saturday night's Irw Read more »in Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Busch, who won the Camping World Truck Series race Wednesday night and Nationwide race Friday, pulled off the rare NASCAR hat trick when he won Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

The win allowed him to become the first driver in NASCAR history to win all three major touring series races at the same track in one weekend.

Kyle Busch Scores 10th Nationwide Win Of Season

Bristol, TN, United States (AHN) - Kyle Busch may not be running the NASCAR Nationwide Series f Read more »ulltime, but he certainly is dominating it.

Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, Busch scored his 10the Nationwide win of the season, 40th of his career and set himself up for a potential rare Bristol trifecta after winning the Truck race here Wednesday night.

If Busch is able to capture Saturday night's Irwin Tools Cup race, he would land the rare triple at Thunder Valley.

Mario Andretti Suits Up at Infineon Raceway

SONOMA, California – On August 22, the legendary Mario Andretti was bac Read more »k behind the wheel of an IndyCar giving a lucky fan the thrill of the Indy Racing Experience. Stanley Houtz of Cleveland, Ohio was the grand prize winner of Shop Honda’s “The Fastest Seat in Sports Sweepstakes, riding with Andretti at the helm for two laps.

Mario did not disappoint. “I’ll tell you, he put it down out there,” Houtz said.