Last weekend was the longest off-road race in the United States—the 2013 Best in the Desert, Vegas to Reno. Jesse Jones in the #76 FOX Trick Truck started the 543-mile race across the Nevada desert third off the line and the first Trick Truck out of 33.
CAPPS REBOUNDS FOR FUNNY CAR VICTORY: Ron Capps and his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger team rebounded from the dissapointment of not qualifiying for the event in Seattle to win the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway (BIR). With the win, Capps, who narrowly defeated his teammate Matt Hagan, moves to second in the points and earned a berth in the Countdown to the Championship.
MINNESOTA NATIVES LOOK FOR SUCCESS AT LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS; LUCAS AND CAPPS ATTEMPT TO DEFEND THEIR CHAMPIONSHIPS: Greg Anderson and Jason Line, natives of Duluth, Minnesota, will be racing in front of numerous family and friends during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, August 15–18. Anderson has three wins at the track and is looking for continued improvement for he and Line.
NASCAR Back at Irwindale Speedway
The Lucas Oil Late Models will run the sixth of their nine-race 2013 series with only six points separating No. 48 Ryan Partridge from No. 90 Toni McCray. Partridge holds 242 points and McCray has 236. No. 17 Mike Johnson is back a few markers at 206.
The Lucas Oil Late Models will run the sixth of their nine-race 2013 series with only six points separating No. 48 Ryan Partridge from No. 90 Toni McCray. Partridge holds 242 points and McCray has 236. No. 17 Mike Johnson is back a few markers at 206.
LUCAS RACES TO FIRST WIN OF 2013; HAGAN AND NOBILE SCORE AT LAST RACE OF WESTERN SWING: Morgan Lucas powered to his first Top Fuel win of the season in his third final-round appearance of the year when he defeated David Grubnic at the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries. This was the second consecutive final-round appearance for Lucas and his first win since the 2012 Brainerd, Minnesota, event.
When the final round of W.E. Rock Trail-Gear Western Pro Rock Crawling started in Goldendale, Washington, last week, three ProMod drivers were tied for first place. The Eastern Series wraps up in Dayton, Tennessee, August 9–10, then the East meets the West at the Grand Nationals in Cortez, Colorado, September 28–29.
CAPPS SECURES FOURTH WIN AT SONOMA RACEWAY; LANGDON, NOBILE AND ARANA JR. TAKE HOME NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS VICTORIES: Behind the wheel of his NAPA Dodge Charger Funny Car, Ron Capps continued his mastery of Sonoma Raceway when he defeated John Force for his fourth win in wine country. The win moved him to second in Funny Car points just behind his teammate Matt Hagan.
Jason Frank, of Racine, Wisconin, won his first Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Super Challenge at the Toledo (Ohio) Express Airport. Laura Campbell, of Madison, Alabama, also took home top honors, winning the Ladies Challenge.
Driver "EZ" Rick Mooneyham claimed first place at the recent American Rocksports Challenge, held at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, finishing nearly 45 seconds ahead of Shannon Campbell. The American Rocksports Challenge is the third and final race in the Trail-Gear Western Regional ULTRA4 Series. Campbell finished second and 2013 Rookie Jake Hallenbeck took his first podium finishing in third. The top 10 non-qualified drivers also earned a spot in the 2014 Griffin King of The Hammers.
JOHNSON WINS FOURTH PRO STOCK RACE OF SEASON; MASSEY, C. PEDREGON AND GANN WIN AT MOPAR MILE-HIGH NATIONALS: Defending Pro Stock world champion Allen Johnson continued his mastery of Bandimere Speedway during the Mopar Mile-High Nationals with his fifth win at the track and his fourth win of the 2013 season. Johnson started eliminations last Sunday as the No. 1 qualifier for the fifth time at the track and parlayed it into the win.