• Online and live auctions, featuring a one-of-a-kind custom surfboard, 50/50 offerings, Laps for Charity, Monster Mile After Dark tours, and more coming to the Monster Mile.
• All proceeds benefit children in need in Delaware and the region.
• Visit DoverMotorSpeedway.com to order NASCAR tickets, camping and parking.

DOVER, Del. (July 8, 2025) – Dover Motor Speedway fans have several opportunities to help children in need and enjoy unique Monster Mile experiences during the upcoming July 18-20 NASCAR weekend with Speedway Children’s Charities events.

“In only our fourth year, Speedway Children’s Charities here at Dover Motor Speedway has already made a significant impact in our community,” said Gary Camp, SCC-Dover’s executive director. “We have a full slate of events that will add to the fan experience on race weekend while helping us raise funds and awareness for children in need. Through exclusive track tours, laps around the Monster Mile, online and live auctions and a 50/50 raffle, presented by BetRivers, fans can join us and participate across race weekend to help us make a difference.”

The following events are planned by the Speedway Children’s Charities, Dover Motor Speedway chapter for race weekend:

• SCC Dover Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400Online Auction
  • The SCC Online Auction gives you the opportunity to support children by bidding on one-of-a-kind items, including autographed memorabilia! Visit DoverMotorSpeedway.com to view the items as they are placed and place your bids for unique items! Items include:
    • One-of-a-kind surfboard designed by renowned surf artist and photographer Brian White of Lewes, Del. The one-of-one design celebrates the track’s “Monster Mile Summer ‘25” and includes a space for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR Cup Series race winner to commemorate it with his autograph following the race.
    • Other items include a helmet signed by the Hendrick Motorsports drivers (Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson and William Byron), an opportunity to be in Victory Lane for the Saturday and Sunday races including a photo with the race winner, and more!
• SCC Dover Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400Live Auction, Sunday, July 20
  • Signed items and once-in-a-lifetime NASCAR experiences will be auctioned off Sunday at the Monster Monument at Victory Plaza.
• 50/50 Raffle, presented by BetRivers: Try your luck throughout the weekend and help area children with this Speedway Children’s Charities, Dover Motor Speedway chapter The winning ticket will be drawn and announced on Monday, July 21.
  • Rules:
    • You must claim prize within 30 days of draw date.
    • 50 percent of the proceeds will go to help local children; the other 50 percent will be YOURS!
  • Purchase Options:
    • 2 tickets for $10
    • 20 tickets for $20
    • 80 tickets for $40
    • BONUS BUY: 400 tickets for $100

Purchase near the Track Treasures Trailer adjacent to the Monster Monument, or from teams selling raffle tickets in BetRivers gear, who will be positioned throughout the Speedway on race weekend.

• Laps for Charity, Thursday, July 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  • Drive your personal vehicle on the high banks of the Monster Mile’s concrete oval. There are two ways you can take on the World’s Fastest One-Mile Oval:
  • REGULAR SESSION: For $75 per vehicle, participants will take five laps around the track behind a Dover track vehicle.
  • PACE CAR RIDE: For $50, take a spin as a passenger for five laps in Dover’s Ford Mustang Pace Car.
  • REGISTER: speedwaycharities.org/events/dover/laps-for-charity-july/

Additional opportunities for fans to drive the Monster Mile will be available after race weekend, including Saturday, Oct. 4.

• Monster Mile After Dark Tours
  • The perfect opportunity to see a NASCAR weekend at Dover from an entirely different perspective. Monster Mile After Dark tours, led by experienced, full-time track personnel, start as our team picks you up at your campsite (or designated location) and visits rarely seen areas of the Monster Mile. Your group can see the following exclusive locations:
    • Inside, and on, the Monster Monument
    • Walk the banking of the Monster Mile
    • Victory Lane
    • Infield Media Center
    • Monster Bridge overlooking the backstretch and the Turn 3 entrance.
    • The spotters stand over the frontstretch
    • And more!

Cost for this unique experience is $300 per person. Email [email protected] to register or to receive more information.

• Track Treasures Trailer, Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, July 20
  • Featuring mementos, NASCAR collectibles, one-of-a-kind autographed items, clothing, advertising banners and more for sale, with all proceeds benefiting SCC-Dover. Look for the trailer near the Monster Monument at Victory Plaza throughout race weekend.
  • For more information, visit www.SpeedwayCharities.org/Dover.

Dover Motor Speedway’s ownership group, Speedway Motorsports, established the first Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC) chapter in 1982. Since then, SCC chapters across the United States have raised more than $72 million in grants for organizations that assist children.

NASCAR TICKETS:

Dover Motor Speedway’s full 2025 race schedule includes:

• Friday, July 18: General Tire 150 ARCA Menards Series race (5 p.m., FS1)
• Saturday, July 19: BetRivers 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race (4:30 p.m., The CW, Performance Racing Network)
• Sunday, July 20: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR Cup Series race (2 p.m., TNT, Performance Racing Network)

Visit DoverMotorSpeedway.com to buy tickets or register for the Speedway’s email list to receive updates and announcements.

The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR Cup Series race is race No. 4 in NASCAR on TNT’s debut five-race in-season tournament, which runs five consecutive weeks from June 28 (Atlanta) through July 27 (Indianapolis).

2025 marks 56 consecutive years that Dover Motor Speedway has hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race. The Monster Mile is one of only 10 tracks in the country to host 100 or more NASCAR Cup Series races.

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In five NASCAR Cup Series appearances at Sonoma Raceway, Spire Motorsports has logged one top-15 and five top-20 finishes. Corey LaJoie earned a team-best 11th-place finish in last season’s 350-kilometer race. Spire Motorsports fields the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet ZL1s in the Cup Series for Justin Haley, Michael McDowell and Carson Hocevar, respectively.
The 20th of 36 points-paying races on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series calendar will be televised live on TNT and streamed on MAX, Sunday, July 13 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The radio broadcast will be transmitted live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Justin Haley – Driver, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet ZL1

Justin Haley will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 NationsGuard Chevrolet ZL1 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.
Haley has made four NASCAR Cup Series starts at Sonoma Raceway, highlighted by a 12th-place finish in June 2022. The 26-year-old racer has recorded one top-15 and one top-25 result at the 1.99-mile Sonoma County road course. He holds an average starting position of 25.3 and an average finish of 25.0.
Sonoma marks the fourth of six road-course events on the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Haley opened the year with a 16th-place finish at Circuit of the Americas followed by a 17th-place result at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.
Last weekend, Haley finished 22nd in the Grant Park 165. He raced as high as 15th in the running order before late-race contact with another competitor damaged the rear suspension of his Gainbridge Chevy, stalling his bid for a top-20 finish on the streets of downtown Chicago.
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Haley’s best Cup Series result at Sonoma Raceway came in the 2022 edition of the division’s annual visit to California wine country where he finished 12th. He earned seven stage points by finishing fourth in Stage One and was competitive throughout the 110-lap event.
Haley is one of just 41 drivers to have won races in all three of NASCAR’s national touring series. The driver of Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevy has collected one win in the NASCAR Cup Series, four in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and three in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
The Indiana native is a veteran of 163 Cup Series starts and has notched one win, five top fives, 16 top 10s and led 103 laps in NASCAR’s premier division.
In total, Haley has made 62 Cup Series starts for Spire Motorsports, including his first start in NASCAR’s premier division at Talladega Superspeedway on his 20th birthday.

Justin Haley Quote
What are your thoughts heading to Sonoma?
“I feel like Sonoma is a good road course for me. We need to execute on Saturday during qualifying. That race is always about track position. We’ve had good cars at all the road races this season and I think if we can do a good job in qualifying on Saturday, we can be competitive and pick up a good finish on Sunday. The trip to Sonoma is always a lot of fun and it’s a track I enjoy.”
Atop the No. 7 Box – Crew Chief Ryan Sparks

Ryan Sparks serves in a dual role as both Spire Motorsports Competition Director and crew chief for driver Justin Haley and the team’s No. 7 Chevrolet ZL1. He was first paired with Haley at Bristol Motor Speedway in September 2024.
The Winston Salem, N.C., native has called 185 NASCAR Cup Series races where he’s earned three top-five and nine top-10 finishes.
In total, Sparks has called four Sonoma races and collected three top-20 finishes. His best finish came last season when he guided Corey LaJoie to an 11th-place showing.

Michael McDowell – Driver, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet ZL1

Michael McDowell will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 71 Gainbridge Project Zin Chevrolet ZL1 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Sonoma Raceway.
As part of its continuing efforts to support impactful cultural and community initiatives across the nation, Gainbridge will partner with Project Zin to serve as co-primary sponsors aboard Michael McDowell’s No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1 for the NASCAR Cup Series annual visit to Sonoma (Calif.) County.
Project Zin, now in its 15th year, takes place August 15-16 in Sonoma County at Bricoleur Vineyards and offers a series of dining events hosted by Chef Charlie Palmer, Clay Mauritson and some of the industry’s most elite winemakers.
The two-day celebration will feature dishes and wine pairings from some of the most illustrious chefs and eclectic vintners in the Bay Area with all proceeds benefiting the Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area and its mission to empower, inspire, and support individuals and families in the Down Syndrome community.
McDowell’s No. 71 Chevrolet will have Brady Mauritson’s name displayed above the passenger side door of the Gainbridge/Project Zin machine to continue the mission of raising awareness of children and families affected by Down Syndrome.
The Glendale, Ariz., native owns 12 starts at the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course, where he’s earned two top-five and three top-10 finishes in NASCAR Cup Series competition.
In his last three qualifying attempts at the famed venue, the 2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Champion posted an average starting position of 6.3 with only one start outside of the top-five, when he qualified 12th for the 2024 contest.
Over his past three attempts at the picturesque track, the Cup Series veteran has an average finish of 4.0, including three consecutive top-10 results.
Before making the move to the Charlotte, N.C., area, the father-of-five spent a good portion of his young career in Sonoma and Northern California building his racing resume while in local race shops outside of Sonoma Raceway, looking to make the next big step in his racing career.
No. 71 Tire Specialist and Third Engineer, Colin Markle grew up a few hours away from the track in Hanford, Calif. The Indiana State University graduate returns to the 10-turn asphalt track looking for a win in his home state.
The 2021 Daytona 500 Champion will have a familiar voice on the spotter stand this week where McDowell’s cousin, Jason Noll, will assist primary spotter Michael Fisher during the Cup Series’ visit to the newly repaved road course.
McDowell qualified second, and led 31 laps in last weekend’s Grant Park 165 before the Spire Motorsports team suffered a broken throttle cable on lap 31, essentially ending the day for the No. 71 DePaul University Chevrolet.
The 31 laps led last weekend by the No. 71 team marked the most in a single race of the 2025 season.
While the No. 71 Chevrolet dominated the opening Stage in Chicago, the team also picked up Spire Motorsports’ first Stage win in the team’s young history
The two-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner has 47 road-course starts over 18 seasons and has logged a 17.7 average start and a 20.4 average finish, a career-best at any track configuration.
McDowell collected the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Road America, where he led 24 of 48 laps on an overcast Saturday afternoon, before securing the win in his lone start behind the wheel of Richard Childress Racing’s No. 2 Chevrolet.
The No. 71 team earned a $100,000 payday and a trip to Victory Lane after winning the Mechanix Wear Pit Crew Challenge during NASCAR’s All-Star Weekend at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway. The crew’s blazing 12.587-second stop topped all entries for both the NASCAR All-Star Open and NASCAR All-Star Race, earning the title of the fastest team on pit road.
McDowell has claimed three Xfinity Fastest Lap awards this season, clocking the fastest lap in the Daytona 500, Phoenix Raceway and Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
McDowell secured Spire Motorsports’ first Busch Light Pole Award at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March. His 28.833-second lap marks the fastest lap in NASCAR’s seventh-generation Cup Series car (2022-present) at the 1.5-mile Nevada oval.

Michael McDowell Quote
What are the keys to getting around Sonoma?
“Sonoma is a lot of fun. It’s one of those tracks where I have a lot of seat time and spent a lot of time there. Before going NASCAR racing, my wife and I actually lived not too far from there for a season of life. When I was young and kind of coming up through formula cars, I worked outside of Turn 11. For me, the track is super straightforward. It’s one line, there’s not a lot of tricks, You have to manage your tires and be technical to be fast. So, I enjoy it, and it’s been good for us the last couple of years. I think we finished second and third the last few years. I think we are close. So, it’s just a place that I am comfortable with. I know my marks, I know my rhythm, and it all comes together well. I do think it’s still one of the tracks if you save your tires, it will pay off. At Watkins Glen now, every lap is like qualifying, just hammer down, which is fun, too. Sonoma is its own fun where you still have that technical aspect where you have to manage everything pretty well to have a shot at the end.”
Atop the No. 71 Box – Crew Chief Travis Peterson

Travis Peterson has two starts as a crew chief at Sonoma Raceway, where he earned a second-place finish in 2024 and a seventh-place result in 2023.
In addition to calling McDowell’s second-place finish last season, Peterson played a key role in Chris Buescher’s 2022 runner-up effort while serving as a race engineer for RFK Racing.
In 12 road course starts, the Wisconsin native has participated in one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes across his young career.
Peterson called McDowell’s win in the 2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 34-year-old Cup Series topkick has earned a 14.7 average finish at road courses, his best average finish at any track type with a minimum of 10 attempts.

Carson Hocevar – Driver, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet ZL1

Carson Hocevar will make his second start on the 1.99-mile, 10-turn Sonoma Raceway. In last year’s race, Hocevar started 13th and finished 17th to capture his best road-course finish to date, prior to his third-place finish at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International last September.
The Portage, Michigan native owns one prior NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start at Sonoma. He qualified on the pole one week after sustaining a leg injury at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. He was credited with a sixth-place result.
Hocevar earned the third starting spot for last weekend’s Grant Park 165 in Chicago. It was his best Cup Series qualifying effort on a road course.
In three road course starts this season, Hocevar has a best finish of 13th at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
With 19 races complete on the 2025 campaign, Hocevar has earned two top-five and four top-10 finishes. He also earned his career-first Cup Series pole at Texas Motor Speedway on May 3.

Carson Hocevar Quote
Sonoma was repaved prior to last season’s visit. Does the newer surface make you adjust your approach?
”It is different than what it used to be, but I thought it was fun last year with how much grip there was. I do miss how worn out it was before. I think it has its own challenges. You are going faster and have to be more aggressive to be on the limit with that speed, but have to avoid overdriving the corner.”
Atop the No. 77 Box – Crew Chief Luke Lambert

Crew chief Luke Lambert will call his 40th Cup Series road course race from atop the ‘war wagon,’ nine of which have come in Napa Valley. He and driver Ryan Newman secured a venue-best eighth-place finish in 2016.
While the Mount Airy, N.C., native has yet to visit Victory Lane as the winning crew chief on a road course, he’s collected a total of two top-five and four top-10 finishes in the Cup Series and four top fives and seven top 10s in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

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NASCAR’s time on the streets of Chicago could have come to an end, with the three-year deal between the organization and the city having expired following the recent Grant Park 165. However, 23XI Racing co-owner and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin would sooner see a return to the Windy City over other remaining road courses.

Following the third and potentially final weekend of NASCAR action in downtown Chicago, which was swept by New Zealand’s Shane van Gisbergen who won from pole in both the Cup and Xfinity Series, Hamlin reflected on the importance of the city to his and Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing.

“It’s a very important partner city,” Hamlin said on his ‘Actions Detrimental’ podcast. “So there were three main ones this weekend that, you know, this was a big deal for them. McDonald’s, obviously, is headquartered there. You have the Jordan brand for obvious reasons, and then it was an important one for Robinhood as well.”

Hamlin later added that Robinhood, which joined 23XI Racing as an official partner in January, “Had a bunch of people out” on Sunday, going on to explain, “So it matters to us, and in a world where you know, if we don’t sell sponsorship, we don’t have a business. It’s important, no doubt.”

A commercially crucial location for 23XI Racing, Hamlin also said he prefers the event to some of the other current road course offerings, citing it’s “important to exposing new fans.” Reflecting on the most recent race weekend in Chicago, he felt “it was a good weekend overall.”

“Seemed like still a lot of fans there. A lot of new fans. It seems like the area is starting to embrace it,” he said. “It seemed like the build wasn’t quite…it didn’t have quite the build-out that it had before. It was probably easier to, put up and take down.

“I thought NASCAR definitely tried to oversell the premium experience, maybe. Remember they had that big thing on the front straightaway, and they were trying to sell these packages, like an F1 race. It just didn’t have quite the demand that they had. So, they didn’t have that, that I saw, but there was quite a few hospitality trailers and whatnot on the back.

“I don’t know, it still felt really good to me. Walking down the front stretch, you still feel like you’re at a legit racetrack. I don’t know, hopefully, they’ve got a two-year option, I guess, on this. The city has that option.

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“They’ll need to talk about it, for sure, and see if it makes financial sense for everyone involved. I certainly hope that we go back.”

The future of the event remains unclear, with NASCAR seemingly unlikely to renew its deal with the city as it flirts with the potential of moving the street race to San Diego. 

However, as hinted at by Hamlin, Chicago still has the ability to trigger a two-year extension, which Mayor Brandon Johnson remains “open to,” as per CBS News. This would, in part, come down to whether or not any future races could be held on a different date, to avoid clashing with other events during the 4th of July weekend. Johnson would also want to ensure the event would be able to benefit not only the tourism industry but also the broader public interest, such as disadvantaged areas beyond downtown.

Spire Motorsports will field an ARCA Menards Series West entry for Corey Day who will drive the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet SS in Friday afternoon’s General Tire 200 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. The race will mark the team’s first appearance in a stand-alone ARCA Menards Series West race.
The General Tire 200 will be streamed live on FloRacing Friday, July 11 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Radio coverage for the sixth of 12 events on the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West calendar will also be streamed live on ARCARacing.com.

Corey Day – Driver, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet SS

Corey Day will be at the controls of Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet SS in Friday’s General Tire 200 at Sonoma Raceway.
The Clovis, Calif., native will pull double duty this weekend and also compete in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Pit Boss/Foodmaxx 250 in the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports.
The 64-lap event will mark Day’s sixth start in the key developmental series. He competed in three ARCA Menards Series events in 2024 for Pinnacle Racing Group and the opening two rounds of the 2025 campaign for Spire Motorsports. He will round out his four-race slate later this season at Kansas Speedway (Sept. 26). In his five prior starts, Day has tallied one top five and three top 10s, including a career-best fourth-place finish at Kansas Speedway.
In Day’s most recent ARCA Menards Series start, the open-wheel standout was forced to start 29th after inclement weather washed out qualifying but raced his way to a 10th-place finish to earn his third top 10 in ARCA competition.
Day has gained valuable road-racing experience in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series. He’s raced a Scott Lagasse-prepared HendrickCars.com M1 Chevrolet in four of seven events thus far in 2025. In the division’s most recent stop at Road America, Day collected his first TA2 top-five finish with a third-place result joining Spire Motorsports development driver and current points leader Tristan McKee on the podium.
In his lone Sonoma start when the TA2 Series made its yearly visit to the famed 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course, Day qualified fourth but sustained damage to the nose of his machine early in the event and was forced to settle for a 26th-place result.
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Day has competed in 10 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series events, six of which have come at the controls of Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Silverado with veteran crew chief Brian Pattie calling the race. He secured a career-best fifth-place finish in his last appearance with the team at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway. He will return to the series later this month at Indianapolis Raceway Park (July 25) and round out his eight-race slate at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (Aug. 30).
The Hendrick Motorsports development driver has started three races behind the wheel of the team’s No. 17 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and finished 11th in his most recent start at Nashville Superspeedway.
Day has collected victories at some of the west coast’s most prestigious races, including the 2024 Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura (Calif.) Speedway, 2024 Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup at Skagit (Wash.) Speedway, 2023 Abreu Vineyards Trophy Cup at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif., 2022 David Tarter Memorial at Silver Dollar Speedway and 2022 Cotton Classic at Keller (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Corey Day Quote
What are your thoughts heading into a doubleheader weekend at Sonoma?
“I am super excited to get back in the ARCA and Xfinity car this weekend. I’ve had a little bit of time off to do some Sprint Car and Trans Am racing. I’m a lot more confident in my road course ability after those Trans Am races, so I’m super excited to get back in those cars. I know both teams will bring me a great piece, and I’m super excited to get a home race in. I made a Trans Am start at Sonoma earlier this year, but this is NASCAR weekend, so a lot more of my friends and family and people that have watched me race Sprint Cars in California for the past four years will be there. It’ll be super cool to race on such a big stage in front of them.”

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By The Associated Press

All Times Eastern

NASCAR CUP SERIES

Challenge Round 3 – Toyota / Save Mart 350

Site: Sonoma, California.

Track: Sonoma Raceway.

Race distance: 110 laps, 218.9 miles.

Schedule: Saturday, practice, 1:30 p.m., qualifying, 2:35 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (TNT and MAX).

Last year: Kyle Larson took his second win at Sonoma and third of the season while taking the lead after a three-car battle with eight laps to go.

Last race: Pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen earned his second victory of the weekend and marked a first series sweep from the pole since Kyle Busch’s performance in 2016.

Next race: July 20, Dover, Delaware.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250

Site: Sonoma, California.

Track: Sonoma Raceway.

Race distance: 79 laps, 156.95 miles.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 4 p.m., qualifying, 5:10 p.m.; Saturday, race, 4:30 p.m. (CW).

Last year: Pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen secured the win, leading a race-high 32 laps while taking the lead late after contact with Austin Hill.

Last race: Van Gisbergen held off teammate Connor Zilisch after a late-race restart, giving him his first Xfinity victory with JR Motorsports.

Next race: July 19, Dover, Delaware.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES

Last race: Pole sitter Corey Heim locked in his fifth win of the season while dominating 99 out of 100 laps at Lime Rock Park.

Next race: July 25, Indianapolis.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

FORMULA ONE

Last race: Lando Norris scored his first victory at his home race after capitalizing on teammate Piastri’s 10-second penalty amidst a safety-car restart.

Next race: July 26, Stavelot, Belgium.

Online: http://www.formula1.com

INDYCAR

SYNK 275

Site: Newton, Iowa.

Track: Iowa Speedway.

Race distance: 275 laps, 245.85 miles.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, practice, noon, race 1, 5 p.m. (FOX); Sunday, race 2, 1 p.m. (FOX).

Last year: Will Power earned his 43rd career win after overtaking leader Alex Palou during the final pit stops.

Last race: Relying on a fuel-saving strategy, Scott Dixon capitalized on a mistake made by Palou with five laps to go giving him his first win of the season.

Next race: July 20, Toronto.

Online: http://www.indycar.com

NHRA DRAG RACING

Next race: July 20, Kent, Washington.

Online: http://www.nhra.com

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Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Dac Vitamins and Minerals

Next events: July 18 – 19, Rossburg, Ohio.

Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com

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