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Weekend Racing Recap: Lutz Wins At Jennerstown; PPMS Gets Rain And More!
PITTSBURGH, PA (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Tuesday’s Racing Recap looks back at a busy weekend of racing and gets you up to speed both locally and nationally.
Joy, Weaver, Speer Victorious at Tri-City:
- Nick Joy earned his first Tri-City victory in the Modified division feature during “Sunday Thunder” at Tri-City Raceway Park. Jeremy Weaver won for the first time at Tri-City in the RUSH Sprint Car division feature. Dillon Speer continued to dominate the Mini Stock division by picking up his sixth win of 2020. The evening’s events were held in memory of Brandon Hawkins, the young Sprint Car ace who passed away recently. Sunday, August 30th, the BRP Modified Tour makes a first visit of 2020 to Tri-City, for the “Rick Hall Memorial Race”, the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, the Junior Sprint Cars and Vintage Modifieds with racing action set to launch at 6pm. For more information visit, www.TriCityRacewayPark.com
Craig Lutz Takes NASCAR Whelen Modified Win At Jennerstown:
- Craig Lutz captured the victory in the inaugural running of the “Laurel Highlands 150” for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Saturday night at the Jennerstown Speedway Complex. Joe Maruca, of Slickville, PA parked in Stoney’s Beer Victory Lane for the first time in his Martella’s Pharmacies Late Model career, becoming the fifth different winner of the year. Five divisions of racing return Saturday night, August 29, at 6 p.m. After the races, the final round of the Ron’s Collision Center Enduro Series will be contested. For more information visit www.jennerstown.org.
Greg Dobrowsky Captures The “Mav Classic” At Mercer:
- Greg Dobrosky beat Jim Morris, Jeremy Kornbau and John Partner to win the “Mav Classic” Saturday night at Michael’s Mercer Raceway. Jake Gomola appeared to be cruising to a victory when he made contact with a lap car coming out of turn 4 and couldn’t continue the race. The race was a tribute to the late 305 Sprints racer Brandon Hawkins. Over $4,000 was raised to benefit Hawkins’ son Maverick. Rex King Sr. won the Big Block Modified over Rex King Jr and Dave Murdick. Brian Schaffer won the FASTRAK modifieds feature.
Mother Nature Red Flags PPMS:
- Mother Nature spoiled a good start to a night of racing Saturday at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. The track was able to get the 410 Sprint, RUSH Sprint Cars, RUSH Late Model Series and Pro Stock heat races in before the skies opened up to ruin the night at “Dirt’s Monster Half Mile”. Carl Bowser and Jack Sodeman Jr. picked up 410 Sprint heat wins. Zach Morrow and Alan Dellinger picked up RUSH Sprint Car Series heat wins. Zach Gunn, Justin Lamb, and Ben Policz took wins in RUSH Late Model Series heats and Nick Kocuba took the heat win in the Pro-Stocks.
Fab 4 Friday At Lernerville:
- Friday night at Lernerville Speedway saw some familiar names visit Terry Bowser Victory Lane. “The Crusher Kid” Mike Norris picked up his second Late Model feature win of the season and Joey Zambotti managed his third “Action Track” victory of 2020. John Mollick picked up his second Big Block Modified win of the year. Dan Shetler picked up a popular victory in 410 Sprint Car action returning to Lernerville victory lane for the first time since 2017.
Takuma Sato Wins His 2nd Indy 500:
Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick wins NASCAR Cup Races At Dover:
- The NASCAR Cup Series visited Dover International Raceway this past weekend and two of the best Cup cars this season parked it in victory lane. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin won Saturday’s Drydene 311 and Stewart Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick won Sunday’s Drydene 311.
PORTLAND, OR (August 7, 2026) – Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou is fastest on the speed charts after the first NTT IndyCar Series practice at the Grand Prix of Portland.
Palou’s fast lap of 58.5716-seconds (120.714 mph) in the No. 10 DHL Honda was 0.0886-seconds quicker than Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood in the No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda.
“Good day, great start,” said Palou, who leads the Championship standings. “I think there’s some work to do with the alternates (Firestone Firehawk tires), but we were really good on primaries, so I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
“We definitely came here with a much different car than we’ve ever ran here, and hopefully it’s paying off,” said Kirkwood. “Early days, but it’s promising. Compared to where we were last year, this is a big step in the right direction.”
Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Rinus VeeKay continues his impressive season for one of the smaller teams in the paddock posting a 58.7996-seconds lap around the 12-turn, 1.964-mile circuit, which put him third on the speed chart.
Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian’s Marcus Armstrong and Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward each spent time in the pits after clipping the Armco barrier at the apex of Turn 1 in separate incidents.
NTT P1 Award qualifying is Saturday at 7 p.m. ET (FS1) and the INDYCAR Radio Network powered by Only Bulls.
The 110-lap race starts at 4 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX and FOX Deportes. FOX One and INDYCAR Radio.
PORTLAND, OR (August 7, 2026) – Chip Ganassi Racing’s Niels Koolen is atop the speed charts after the first Indy NXT by Firestone practice at the Grand Prix of Portland.
Koolen’s best lap of 1-minute, 3.0405-seconds in the No. 10 CGR car was .0456-seconds quicker than Andretti Global’s Seb Murray, who posted a 1:03.0861 in the No. 27 Megatron machine.
“It seems all the prep we did as a team for this track paid off so far,” said Koolen, who sits 16th in the Championship standings. “Let’s see if we can keep this up for the rest of the weekend.”
SEE: Practice Results
Murray’s teammate Lochie Hughes, was third at 1:03.1374 in the No. 26 Andretti Global entry.
JM Correa was fourth at 1:03.1984 in the No. 68 Cusick Morgan Motorsports car. Myles Rowe rounded out the top five at 1:03.3058 in the No. 99 Abel Motorsports with Force Indy machine.
Points leader Nikita Johnson was 13th at 1:03.5915 in the No. 21 Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR entry.
“Traffic was a little bit difficult,” series rookie Johnson said. “(The circuit) is so flowy that it’s kind of hard to see in your mirrors sometimes, and even I messed up, as well, on some of these laps. It’s kind of hard for everyone to see who’s behind. A little bit of traffic here and there, but we had the car in a better window at the end.”
Enzo Fittipaldi, just one point behind Johnson in second, was 18th at 1:03.9284 in the No. 67 HMD Motorsports car.
His fellow rookie teammate Tymek Kucharcyzk, 25 points behind Johnson in third, was the quickest of the tight trio atop the standings in 12th at 1:03.5783 in the No. 71 HMD Motorsports entry.
All three of the title contenders can take solace in knowing less than one second separated the top 20 drivers on the speed chart.
Koolen’s teammates may want to take a look at his set-up and data because they have some work to do. Bryce Aron was 15th in the No. 9 car. James Roe was 19th in the No. 8 and rookie Carson Etter was 24th in the No. 11 car.
A second practice session is scheduled for noon ET Saturday, followed by qualifying at 3 p.m. ET. The 35-lap race starts at 2 p.m. ET Sunday. FS1, FOX One and INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls are broadcasting the remaining sessions this weekend.
LEBANON, TN (July 18, 2026) – Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood is sitting atop the speed chart after the first NTT IndyCar Series practice at Nashville Superspeedway.
Kirkwood’s No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda turned a fast lap of 23.7447 (197.097 mph) around the 1.33 mile oval to best Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, who turned a fast lap of 23.7605 (196.996) in the No. 10 DHL Honda.
Team Penske’s David Malukas was third quick with a 23.8362 (196.340) in the No. 12 Verizon Chevrolet. Malukas’ car however got loose in Turn 2 and slammed backwards into the wall.
Malukas exited the vehicle under his own power and walked to the AMR Safety Vehicle. Malukas was taken to the infield care center. NTT IndyCar Series officials issued an update a short time later saying he was being taken to a local hospital by private vehicle for further testing. He has not been cleared to return to the cockpit at this point.
Malukas was also assessed a nine-place grid penalty for an unapproved engine change entering this weekend.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon rounded out the Top 10 with a quick time of 23.9932 (195.055) in the No. PNC Bank Honda. Palou and Dixon’s CGR teammate Kyffin Simpson was 20th at 193.346.
Qualifying takes place at 3:00 p.m. on Fox and the IndyCar Radio Network.
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