Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Neal Parker was killed Friday during a high-speed accident at the NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey; American Le Mans Series-sanctioned Petit Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring will be part of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest Intercontinental Le Mans Cup next year; Audi sweeps the top three positions during the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race; and NASCAR has mandates a change to the front of the NASCAR Sprint Cup cars for the 2011 season.

NHRA news: Larry Dixon collects his sixth Top Fuel win of the season and Bob Tasca earns his first win of the season in Funny Car at the 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park; NHRA signs Lucas Oil as the presenting sponsor of the NHRA Unleashed events that will take place across the country; and upcoming events announced by the NHRA.

Dixon takes his fifth win of the season and Hagan wins second of Career in Chicago; Edwards earns sixth win of the season; and upcoming NHRA event dates announced.

New engine formula that allows for turbocharged engines at a maximum of six cylinders and a maximum displacement of 2.4 cu. l. may open the door for more manufacturers in the IZOD IndyCar Series; Levi Jones wins three of the four USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series events during “Eastern Storm” tour; Formula One World Championship leader Mark Webber signs a one-year contract extension to remain with the Red Bull Racing team; and more racing news.

With the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing series entering into a seven races in eight weeks stretch in the 2010 schedule, the competition is heating up, and so are the storylines—proof enough that this week’s United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway will be filled with plenty of excitement and action in all four categories of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

Dario Franchitti wins his second Indianapolis 500; Formula One officials announced a 10-year agreement last week that will see the return of the United States Grand Prix in 2012; Kurt Busch becomes the seventh driver to win the Sprint All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same year; and more racing news.

Robert Hight earns third-consecutive win of the season and Tony Schumacher takes the 100th drag racing win for the U.S. Army team; tickets for the highly anticipated NHRA Unleashed event in Indianapolis will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, May 29; upcoming race dates and locations; and more news from the NHRA.

PENSKE POWER: It was a good day Saturday for Roger Penske. Helio Castroneves earned Penske’s 16th pole as an owner for the Indianapolis 500 early in the day and Kurt Busch captured Penske’s second NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Larry Dixon powered his Al-Anabi Racing dragster past the likes of Steve Torrence, T.J. Zizzo, Tony Schumacher and Brandon Bernstein to pick up his 52nd career win in the Top Fuel category and fourth win of the season at the 30th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

Jimmie Johnson gets busted for pit row speeding, Kyle Busch wins Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway; Speedway Motorsports Inc. Chairman O. Bruton Smith said last week that he would like to offer a $20 million bonus to any driver who can win the Coca-Cola 600 and the Indianapolis 500 on the same day; and more racing news.