Defending USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series champion Robert Ballou will not undergo surgery for his broken neck, sustained in a non-wing sprint car flip during the Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga Speedway, his team announced on Tuesday.
Defending USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series champion Robert Ballou will not undergo surgery for his broken neck, sustained in a non-wing sprint car flip during the Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga Speedway, his team announced on Tuesday.
Following the conclusion of Sunday night’s 67th annual Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, NASCAR announced that the Chevrolets of both Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson and Richard Childress Racing’s Ryan Newman failed post race laser inspection.
When you take a look at the list of 81 drivers who don’t yet know where they’ll be racing in the ‘alphabet soup’ of Saturday’s 56th annual 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals championship program, one could argue that the field of those still racing to get in is arguably more impressive than the 26 drivers who know where they will start in 24 hours’ time.
In search of his first-career 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores victory, Owosso, Oklahoma’s Daryn Pittman will start Saturday night’s 50-lap main event from the pole after topping the preliminary point standings through two nights of action.
Tim Kaeding started close to the front and never let up during Toyota Qualifying Night at the 56th annual 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals, charging past polesitter Dale Blaney in a near-dead heat on lap eight before seizing the point for good en route to victory in Thursday’s 25-lap preliminary feature.
Terry Senneker Jr. made Kalamazoo Speedway his personal playground again on Wednesday night, scoring his fifth career win in the Kalamazoo Klash for outlaw super late models at the three-eighths-mile oval.