SPEEDWAY, Ind.—Running a race he knew he could win, Michael McDowell held off Chase Elliott in Sunday’s Verizon 200 at the Brickyard a grabbed a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.  The driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford led 54 of 82 laps at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course in […]

Forty years before the first modern-era stock cars took to the track in anticipation of a race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR founder “Big Bill” France was ushered ignominiously out of the Indianapolis 500 garage.  That was in 1954, and France, along with fellow NASCAR Hall of Famer Junior Johnson, was paying a visit to […]

Purdue Returns to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Showcase New Urban Campus as Primary Partner for Driver Ryan Preece and No. 41 Ford Mustang Speeding toward the official launch of its first comprehensive urban campus in 2024, Purdue University has partnered with Stewart-Haas Racing and driver Ryan Preece for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard NASCAR Cup […]

BROOKLYN, Mich. – Saving his best performance for the last round of qualifying, Christopher Bell sped to the pole position for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).  Bell covered the 2.0-mile distance in 37.232 seconds in Saturday’s money round, […]

It was a no-brainer. How could you keep a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion with 83 career victories out of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility? Clearly, the Hall of Fame Voting Panel agreed with the absurdity of that prospect, electing Jimmie Johnson overwhelmingly to the Class of 2024. Joining […]

David Pearson may have been the Dominator at Darlington Raceway in his native South Carolina, but the NASCAR Hall of Famer had a home away from home in the Irish Hills of Michigan. Pearson won 10 poles and nine races at Michigan International Speedway—both track records—and during his tenure with the Wood Brothers in the […]