Speedway Digest

Tyler Ankrum recorded a 13th-place finish on Saturday night in his third start at Richmond Raceway. The driver of the No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota Tundra TRD Pro was tied for the 10th-most points earned among all drivers in the field and maintained the 12th position in the championship standings, while gaining five markers on 11th place.

Chase Purdy turned in a 14th-place result in his second appearance at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. The driver of the No. 61 AISIN Toyota Tundra TRD Pro collected his 11th top-15 finish of the season, which extends a career high, and marked his fourth such finish in the past five events. After 17 starts and five events remaining, Purdy continues to maintain the fifth position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings.

Hailie Deegan qualified 24th for the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation in her second career appearance at Richmond Raceway. The 21-year-old hovered around her starting position for the race's opening laps, telling Crew Chief Jerry Baxter and the No. 1 team that she was struggling with a loose condition on corner entry and exit. A pit crew violation would send Deegan to 32nd on the subsequent restart, forcing her to claw through field in order to reach 21st position by the conclusion of stage two. A commitment line violation on the next round of pit stops would relegate Deegan to back of the pack for the final stage, relegating the Temecula, CA native to a 26th-place finish.

Derek Kraus led the way among a trio of McAnally-Hilgemann Racing drivers competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race under the lights at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. Kraus drove the No. 19 NAPA AutoCare Chevrolet Silverado to a 12th-place finish in the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier...

Grant Enfinger, No. 23 SureDone / Auto Parts 4Less Chevrolet Silverado RST. Quote: It seems like you guys are starting to build momentum, getting consistent speed with this truck a couple weeks in a row now, are things turning the tide here?. "I think we are turning the tide a...

The first truck off pit road controlled the race. That was the story of Chandler Smith’s dominating victory in Saturday night’s Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond Raceway. Smith took charge of the second event in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff when he won the race off pit road under caution on lap 75—during the break between the first and second stages.

Brett Kressley of Orefield, Pa. took command of the feature race with a pass of Ron Haring Jr. of Alburtis, Pa. on lap twenty, then raced on to win his second Forrest Rogers Memorial 50-lap T.P. Trailer Modified feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. The race, which paid Kressley...

Burt Myers continued his hot streak Saturday night, and Jonathan Brown picked up his fifth win of the season as both drivers split the twin 50-lap races in the Brad's Golf Cars Modified Series. In the first 50-lap race, Lee Jeffreys won the pole - and after the top-six qualifiers...

The next event on the Grandview Speedway schedule is next Saturday, August 20, featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds and the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman in another NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series double-header starting at 7:30 pm. Pit gates will open at 4 pm. with grandstand gates...

It all starts with qualifying. At least for the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models and the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds, it does. The other divisions draw for their starting positions. As for Rodney Standerfer in the BillingleyRewards.com Modifieds, qualifying was just the beginning of his success. Of the 17 cars in his division, Standerfer was the quickest car across the 1/5th mile track. That helped set him up on the front row of his heat race due to the division going fastest-to-slowest in order. After the eight laps, Standerfer had a win. Thanks to a dice roll inversion, Standerfer started in the third position, second row inside, and needed a good start to move past Jeremy Nichols and Tim Luttrell for the lead. He managed to do so and then held off the rest of the cars to nab his fourth feature win of 2022 and extend his points lead in the division over Guy Taylor. Taylor entered the night 24 points behind Standerfer for the track championship and the lead would grow as Taylor finished behind Luttrell and Cody Stillwell.

Chandler Smith claimed his third win of the 2022 season in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway. With the win, Smith punched his ticket into the second round of the NASCAR Playoffs. Smith’s dominant performance leading 176 laps (of 250) en route to the win, showcasing the strength of Kyle Busch Motorsports heading into the next round of the Playoffs. Fellow Toyota Tundra drivers John Hunter Nemechek (second), Ty Majeski (third) and Corey Heim (fifth) also scored top-five finishes.

After an encouraging practice session, Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy Mustang will have to start Sunday’s 65th annual Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway from the rear of the pack. The Menards/Dutch Boy team showed good speed in Saturday’s practice session. Burton posted the 12th-fastest...

NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver Josef Newgarden pretty much has figured out World Wide Technology Raceway. In the space of five years, he’s won the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 three times. Going back to 1997, when Indy cars began racing at WWTR, no one else has won more than once at the egg-shaped oval. Considered a short oval by INDYCAR drivers, the track presents unique challenges: Turns 1 and 2 and different from Turns 3 and 4. It doesn’t seem to bother Newgarden – he’s dialed in at WWTR.

Kyle Larson was a man on the move on Saturday at Richmond Raceway. First off, he won the pole position for Sunday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 (3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Shortly thereafter, Larson left on a plane for Knoxville, Iowa, where he was...

· Kyle Larson clocked-in a lap of 23.042 seconds, at 117.177 mph, to capture the pole position for tomorrow’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway. · This marks Larson’s third NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season, and thirteenth of his career in Cup. ·...

COLE CUSTER, No. 41 Jacob Construction Ford Mustang -- Qualified 7th. “It was nice to get a solid run. We were a little too tight in qualifying but I think that we had pretty good long-run speed in practice. I am looking forward to the race. We have a solid Mustang, so we just have to keep the track position. That is so big in these cars now. We have to stay up front and have some good pit stops and execute the race with no mistakes. This year has been interesting with things not going right. I think tomorrow is the day we can turn it all around.”

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was made available to media prior to the Richmond Raceway race this Saturday:. KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing. Is there anything you do to try to change you luck from your routine or anything else?. “No, not...

Western Midget Racing presented by Masters Design and Construction points leader Blake Bower scored his tenth win of the 2022 season and his 18th career triumph, topping Fresno’s TJ Smith in a thrilling race at Ocean Speedway on Friday night. Smith made his series debut in the No. 11...

Watsonville’s Rickey Sanders continued his hunt for the 2022 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo championship, scoring his first-career series win in the penultimate weekend of action for the 360 Sprint Car Series on Friday night. Sanders held off Bud Kaeding through lapped traffic on several occasions en route to the 30-lap triumph.

On a track that was as demanding and technical as any the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series has competed on in 2022, Eddie Tafoya Jr. finished eighth in the main event last Saturday night at the Santa Maria Raceway. The finish allowed him to get closer to the drivers ranked second and third in the championship point standings.