Chris Bell out- dueled Brady Bacon in lap traffic and cruised to his first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series win of 2014. Bell battled Bacon from the drop of the green flag Friday night at the 1/8th mile Port City Raceway.
Brian Scott and his No. 2 Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet Camaro qualified ninth for the TREATMYCLOT.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway. Scott was a contender for the race win early on as he battled inside the top 10.
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) made its way to victory lane Saturday night in the 62nd 12 Hours of Sebring as the No. 01 Telcel Ford EcoBoost Riley with drivers Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, and Marino Franchitti finished first overall in the team's first attempt in the 25-year history of Chip Ganassi Racing Teams.
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Auto Club Speedway ... In 72 overall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Auto Club Speedway, RCR Chevrolet teams have earned one win (Kevin Harvick - 2011)
After a shorter than usual off-season, due to January's Frozen Rush in Maine, defending Pro 4 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series champion, Carl Renezeder and his team buckled down to some intense work at the shop. The team is starting the new season with a brand new Pro-2 in the battle for the championships.
Wild West Motorsports Park, the multi-use racing facility carved out of a hilly landfill in Sparks, Nevada, already is one of the most interesting and entertaining tracks in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series presented by GEICO.
The learning curve for GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton hit a speed bump during the first round of the NHRA Gatornationals on Sunday at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville. Crampton, a rookie in Top Fuel, left a touch too soon in his matchup with Morgan Lucas Racing teammate Morgan Lucas, allowing his team owner and the man he replaced in the GEICO/Lucas Oil dragster to get the win.
The only way Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel dragster driver Morgan Lucas would have enjoyed the NHRA Gatornationals Sunday at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville any more would have been if he ended up in victory lane. Lucas came up two rounds short of that, but he was all smiles after a semifinal appearance in his first race of 2014.
The NHRA Gatornationals this weekend at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville has been a case of good news, bad news for GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton. First, the good news: The 33-year-old rookie snagged his best qualifying effort of his young career with a No. 3 spot after a pass of 3.816 seconds at 316.97 mph.
Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel dragster driver Morgan Lucas sees the positive in having to face the man who replaced him in the first round of the NHRA Gatornationals this weekend at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville.
Lucas Oil co-founder Forrest Lucas joined a long list of drag racing greats with his induction into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame on Thursday night at the Paramount Plaza Hotel & Conference Center. Lucas was part of the 2014 class of Hall of Fame members that also included John Abbott, Al Bergler, Frank Hawley, Tom Hoover, and Warren Johnson. A banquet was held in their honor Thursday night.
Morgan Lucas will carry a different mind-set into this weekend's NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville when he returns to drag racing behind the wheel of the Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel dragster. The nine-time national event winner stepped away from full-time racing in 2014 to tend to his growing family and the family business, but Lucas, 30, is first and foremost a drag racing fan, and he'll race six or seven times this season to fulfill his passion.
Richie Crampton has been a busy man since last making a pass in NHRA competition in the GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster.
After the race in Phoenix, the team had a successful test, and then Crampton headed to his home country of Australia for a week.
Lucas Oil Products co-founder Forrest Lucas will be inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2014 in a banquet on March 13 in Gainesville, Fla. The Lucas Oil Products International Drag Racing Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will take place at the Paramount Plaza Hotel & Suites on the Thursday before the NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville.