Motorsports

Danica Patrick, one of the world’s most popular race car drivers, has just announced her decision to leave racing after the 2018 Indy 500, which takes place on Memorial Day Weekend. She also plans to race in NASCAR’s 2018 Daytona 500 that occurs in February. Patrick rose through the ranks of racing, gaining significant fame

Bo Butner has overcome the odds more than once in his life and he did so again with a thrilling come-from-behind march to the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock title. Butner entered Sunday’s event—the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals—trailing Anderson by 40 points, meaning he’d need to win two more rounds

LAS VEGAS, NV — After a three-year hiatus from NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series sponsorship following Ford Racing’s exit from NHRA’s premier racing series after the 2014 season, the Blue Oval will be back in NHRA in 2018, sponsoring Bob Tasca III, who will pilot a Ford Mustang Nitro Funny Car next season. Ford

Philipsburg, PA-based UMI Performance Inc. has acquired CNB Bank Raceway Park in Clearfield, PA where the performance chassis and suspension parts maker plans to open a road-racing and autocross motorsports facility in 2018. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The renamed UMI Motorsports Park will be largely dedicated to UMI Performance product testing, company

Defending Pro Stock world champion Jason Line found himself in the winner’s circle for the second time this season and 27th time of his career, after running a 6.548-second pass at 211.20 miles per hour in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro to take down Drew Skillman who lost on a red-light start. “The truth

NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria will retire from NHRA drag racing following the conclusion of the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series on November 12 in Pomona, CA. DeJoria, 40, said she’s leaving NHRA racing in order to focus on her family. “It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make and

There will be eight-car Pro Stock fields, instead of the customary 16, at certain NHRA events next year following NHRA’s decision this week to restrict the number of Pro Stock competitors at nine of 24 races scheduled for the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. “As the sanctioning body, NHRA is charged with making

NHRA Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson outdueled his teammate and defending category champion Jason Line in an all-Team Summit final on Sunday at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, IL near St. Louis, MO. Anderson’s third win of the season moved the four-time NHRA Pro Stock champ to the category points

WEST SALEM, OH — This past weekend was a special one for the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA). For starters, it was the 2017 IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship, the final stop of a 14-race series. Eight drivers took home IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship titles. See full race results here. The event also put