Drag racing is returning to the Douglas area this month.

Coming up on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, Central Wyoming Motorsports is hosting Spring Fling, from 8:00 am until 7:00 pm.

The Spring Bling Facebook event page states:

Cars must be street legal according to Wyoming laws and have plates and insurance. Must complete mandatory 25 mile cruise before elimination rounds. Must have working lights including turn signals. Must be on a hard tire or drag radial and NO slicks or any bias ply tire. Max 28 x10.5 or 275. No tube chassis or back halved cars. Must retain stock frame rails. No fiberglass front end (unless stock original). Fiberglass hoods are OK. No firewall mods to move engine further back allowed. Must fit the spirit of the class, no pure race cars!
** For questions regarding ST/BT/TS shootout please reach out to Amber Woods 307-262-2796**

General admission is $10.00 per spectator, with children under 12 free. All spectators and racers must sign a waiver upon admission. You will be given a wristband to wear, which must be on at all times on premises (no exceptions).

Event Details are as follows:

• WHEN: 8:00 am | Saturday, May 17th, 2025
• WHERE: Douglas Motorsports Park – 1399 Richards Street, in Douglas, WY 82633
• COST: Spectators – $10.00 | Children 12 years old and under – FREE

For more details on race requirements, prizes and safety, visit the event page here.

Mark those calendars and get ready for a family-friendly day of drag racing fun.

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Team Penske’s Joey Logano won Sunday’s Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, marking his first win of the 2025 season and the 37th of his NASCAR Cup Series career. This victory also represents Ford’s 744th all-time win in NASCAR Cup Series history and the 103rd Cup Series triumph for Team Penske with Ford.

“Congratulations to Roger, Mike, Paul, Joey, and everyone at Team Penske on the race win at Texas,” said Doug Yates, President and CEO of Roush Yates Engines. “It was impressive to see the No. 22 Ford Mustang work its way through the field and fight for the checkered flag. We’re proud to partner with Ford Performance to provide the power that helps bring these victories to life.”

“I am so proud of the team. Proud to finally get AAA Insurance into victory lane. They have been a partner of mine since I have been at Penske, so 13 or 14 years and we have yet to win with them so it was awesome to get that done here. The JL Kids Crew is here so we will have fun with them in victory lane. A lot of people here. My family is at home, but hey, Brittany and the kids, I love you guys. It is going to be a fun night,” commented Logano.

Team Penske’s Austin Cindric started Sunday’s Wurth 400 from P3 with Wood Brothers Racing’s Josh Berry in P7. Stage 1 set the tone for an action-packed race, with Austin Cindric leading the charge. Cindric, fresh off a victory at Talladega, showcased his momentum by leading the early laps of the race. After leading 49 consecutive laps, Tyler Reddick briefly took the lead on lap 74, but Cindric reclaimed the lead to secure the Stage 1 win with a 0.687-second advantage over Reddick.

Wood Brothers Racing’s Josh Berry finished the stage in P3 and RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher finished in P5. Josh Berry led the field into Stage 2 after a strong pit stop performance. After several cautions, 3 Ford Performance drivers finished Stage 2 in the top 10: RFK Racing’s Ryan Preece in P4, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in P8, and Team Penske’s Joey Logano in P9. The Team Penske teammates continued to surge to the front to close out the race. With four laps remaining, Logano passed Michael McDowell for the lead. Shortly after, a late caution sent the race into overtime. On the final restart, Logano and Blaney led the field to green. Logano surged ahead through the first two turns, while Ross Chastain advanced into second place. Logano maintained his advantage, crossing the finish line 0.346 seconds ahead of Chastain.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney finished the race in P3.

The Xfinity Series also raced at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, where Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer finished in P5, AM Racing’s Harrison Burton finished in P6, and RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg finished in P8.

The Xfinity Series takes a two-week break while the Cup Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas this week and races at Kansas Speedway.

RYE PR

By JENNA FRYER

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The new Cadillac F1 team officially announced its arrival at a glitzy South Beach extravaganza packed with industry executives and influencers and highlighted by a musical showcase from Janelle Monáe and actor Terry Crews Jr., who shared an anecdote about how he’d never been born had his father not relocated at age 20 to Flint, Michigan, in search of a job with General Motors.

A splashy video ultimately unveiled the Cadillac F1 team logo at a multimillion-dollar party jammed elbow-to-elbow in the Queen Miami Beach venue.

What wasn’t revealed? Cadillac’s car, a bit of a disappointment for those who expected to see all the bells and whistles at the brand launch introduction to F1’s newest team.

No worries, promised the leaders of the new team: Cadillac F1 is on pace to be on the grid in 2026.

“We’re building cars, we’ve been in the wind tunnel for a long time,” said Dan Towriss, CEO of TWG Motorsports, the team owner. “Chassis has arrived, we’re continuing to add (personnel) to the team, there are so many work streams that are happening all at once. But I want to make sure everybody understands just how deep the partnership is with General Motors and with Cadillac. I think that’s something that really will set apart this team, this entry, on the grid.”

Cadillac will debut in 2026 with a two-car lineup that will push the F1 field to 22 cars — the first time since 2016 the grid will have more than 20 cars.

A long drive

It was a long road for Cadillac F1 to get to this point. The project started with Michael Andretti, who failed to buy Sauber in his effort to create a true American team that would feature at least one American driver. When he didn’t close the Sauber deal, Andretti petitioned F1 and governing body FIA to expand the field for Andretti Global, which led to the equivalent of an IRS audit during a grueling application process.

F1 denied the application.

Towriss and Cadillac pressed on — they spent the last year saying work on the project “continues on pace” — and when Towriss bought out Andretti late last year, F1 changed course and the new team was suddenly fast-tracked.

General Motors President Mark Reuss was finally able to attend an F1 race — the Miami Grand Prix over the weekend — in an official capacity. So geeked to finally be in the club, Reuss pulled out his phone to play an audio clip for reporters of the first Cadillac engine being fired.

Cadillac will initially race with Ferrari engines before GM’s power unit is ready for 2029. Reuss said the Cadillac approach is deliberate to have a reliable, fast engine rather than rush one out for next season.

“You have to go slow to go fast,” Reuss said.

Cadillac will have the largest U.S. presence of any F1 team and will operate out of facilities in Fishers, Indiana, as well as in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team also has a satellite facility at Silverstone, England.

Who will drive for Cadillac F1?

When Andretti first launched this project, he was adamant it was for an American driver, specifically California native and current IndyCar driver Colton Herta.

Now the list of potential drivers is rather long. Towriss and Reuss were adamant they’ve yet to sign a driver amid reports that Sergio Perez has already signed. The need for there to be an American is not a pressing issue to TWG.

“There’s a lot of interest in this team and we’re very appreciative of that,” Towriss said. “We want that person set up for success, and want that seat respected when that American driver does come in for the team. … We’ll find the right way and the right time to bring the right driver into Formula 1.”

IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward, who races under the Mexican flag but spent most of his childhood in Texas, wants a seat. Towriss said they had a funny run-in two weeks ago at the Indianapolis 500 open test when the elevator Towriss was in opened and there was O’Ward; they joked they would talk.

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown said he wouldn’t prevent O’Ward from pursuing a seat with Cadillac. O’Ward drives for McLaren in IndyCar and is the team’s F1 reserve driver.

“I wouldn’t like it, but I wouldn’t stop him,” Brown said.

Valtteri Bottas, now an F1 reserve driver for Mercedes, told The Associated Press he is very interested while IndyCar driver Colton Herta has recently hedged on whether he wants the seat.

There are a number of Americans who could be candidates, especially if the team is willing to wait until deeper into its existence to hire one. NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch, an 18-year-old quickly climbing through the stock car series’ ladder system, initially pursued European racing in his career. Sebastian Wheldon, who is deep into the Andretti Global driver development program, on Saturday won his debut Italian F4 race at Misano with Prema Racing.

Another idea could put a long-debated topic to the test: NASCAR champion Kyle Larson, who often comes up as potentially the only driver in the world who could match F1 standout Max Verstappen in talent.

When AP asked Reuss about the possibility of Larson, Reuss said “let’s focu on Indianapolis first.” Larson will run for McLaren and Chevrolet for a second consecutive year in the Indianapolis 500 later this month.

Potential effect of tariffs

Reuss said GM’s F1 efforts will not be affected by President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs despite a potential $5 billion (£3.8bn) impact. Despite reversing a number of the planned tariffs on imports in recent weeks, a 25% tariff is still in place.

“This is a long-term footprint that we have that are very old in some cases, that have been there a long time,” Reuss said. “So we’re working to bring as much as we can into the United States and avoid the tariffs. But not at all cost, and it doesn’t happen overnight. There’s no light switch that says, ‘Oh, all of a sudden we’re tariff-free.’

“You probably would have seen over the last few days, we did earnings on the early part of the week, and then we came back and did the earnings review and guidance. In that second one, there’s about $5 billion of impact for us. But it’s not going to affect this (F1) project.”

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Josh Berry and the No. 21 Würth Mustang Dark Horse got off to a fast start in Sunday’s Würth 400 Presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway. But their great run ended prematurely when Berry, the race leader, spun while passing a lapped car.  Berry, who led 41 of the 125 laps he had completed at that point, took the Würth Mustang to the garage and returned to the race 85 laps in arrears. He picked up five positions to finish 32nd.

Berry started Sunday’s 400-miler from seventh place and fell in line in sixth place once the green flag flew. He moved to second place after a round of pit stops following a spin by Erik Jones at Lap 25. He held that spot for most of the remainder of Stage One, eventually ending that 80-lap segment in third place and earning eight Stage points.

Berry took the lead on a round of pit stops during the Stage break, pulled away from the pack and led 41 straight circuits before his spin.

“The car was really good,” Berry said in a televised interview. “I could tell early on that our car was really strong, especially after the first pit stop when we made an adjustment. It was really good and we got out front and felt really good about it.”

 Then came the incident that put him out of the race.

“Just started to approach the lapped traffic,” he said. “You have no choice but to run the opposite lane. Your car is never going to turn if you follow them. I went around the 62 and felt pretty decent about it. Then caught the 51 and was working on the 51 and hit that bump and got loose.

“Obviously in these cars, especially at a place like this, if you are going to be fast, it is going to be uncomfortable and you are going to be on edge. Unfortunately it bit us today.”

Berry said he hated the way things turned out, especially with his sponsor, Würth, also being title sponsor of the race, but he didn’t apologize for being aggressive.

“I definitely have to look back and see what I could have done differently, but in the end I think I am more afraid of being slow than spinning out like that,” he said. 

Berry and the No. 21 team will regroup and head to Kansas Speedway for next Sunday’s AdventHealth 400.

WBR PR

• Dean Wilson notches third consecutive top-10 450SX result
• Jo Shimoda leads 250SX Red Riders with a ninth-place finish

Round 16 of the AMA Supercross series brought the action to high elevation in Denver, where riders faced the unique demands of racing at altitude. In the 450SX class, Honda placed three riders inside the top eight, while 250SX West racing saw Jo Shimoda represent Honda HRC Progressive with a ninth-place finish.

In the 250SX West main event, Shimoda launched out of the gate in fifth aboard his CRF250RWE, then made it into fourth on the first lap. He held position in the early laps before gradually slipping back, ultimately crossing the line in ninth. Phoenix Racing Honda’s Gavin Towers finished 14^th, and SLR Honda’s Parker Ross came through in 16th.

In the 450SX main event, Quad Lock Honda Racing’s Shane McElrath led the Red Rider effort with a sixth-place finish. Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis and Quad Lock’s Joey Savatgy followed close behind in seventh and eighth, respectively, making it three Honda riders in a row. Honda HRC Progressive’s Dean Wilson battled throughout the race and secured his third-straight top-10 finish. Valley Motorsports’ Jeremy Hand rounded out the group in 20th.

NOTES

• Honda HRC Progressive’s Jo Shimoda and Dean Wilson both took part in Friday’s Media Day activities in Denver, participating in scheduled press interviews and riding sessions ahead of Saturday’s event.
• Peak Honda World, a powersports dealership based in Littleton, Colorado, set up a pop-up activation booth in the Honda HRC Progressive pits, where they displayed a CRF450R and a CRF250R, and engaged with fans and customers.
• Former Honda champion and current test rider Trey Canard was inducted into the Legends and Heroes Moto Museum Hall of Fame at Denver.
• With regular mechanic Cameron Camera unavailable due to a family emergency, Christien Ducharme–normally Jett Lawrence’s mechanic–stepped in to support Dean Wilson for the Denver round and will continue in the role at the Salt Lake City finale. Camera was originally slated to cover all five fill-in races for Wilson, while Ducharme typically works alongside Jett, and Camera with Hunter Lawrence.
• In 250SX West qualifying, Shimoda led the Red Riders with the eighth-fastest time. Phoenix Racing Honda’s Gavin Towers posted the 18th-best time, followed by SLR Honda’s Parker Ross in 23rd and Brandon Ray (Raylentless Racing) in 29th.
• In 450SX qualifying, Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis paced the Honda contingent with the seventh-best time. Quad Lock Honda Racing teammates Joey Savatgy and Shane McElrath followed in ninth and 10th, respectively, with Wilson clocking the 12th-best lap. Valley Motorsports’ Jeremy Hand was 22nd, followed by Next Level Redline Oil Hammer Nutrition riders Justin Rodbell and Hunter Schlosser in 25th and 32nd. RSR/Fusion Motorsports’ Zack Williams was 37th, while KTR Moto’s Mason Kerr rounded out the group in 38th–all inside the top 40 cutoff.
• In 250SX West heat 1, Shimoda was stuck behind downed riders on the first lap, but he was able to come back to a solid fifth-place finish, with Towers close behind in seventh—both securing direct transfers to the main event. Ross secured the final transfer spot to the main event with a fourth-place finish in the LCQ.
• In 450SX heat 1, McElrath finished fifth, followed by Wilson in sixth and Hand in ninth. In heat 2, Ferrandis turned in a fourth-place finish. Savatgy claimed his transfer spot with an LCQ win.
• Next, AMA Supercross heads to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the season finale—round 17. The event will feature an East/West Showdown in the 250SX class, with both Jo Shimoda and Chance Hymas competing for Honda HRC Progressive, alongside 450SX rider Dean Wilson in his final outing with the squad.

Dean Wilson
“My day in Denver was pretty good overall. I struggled a bit in qualifying—just couldn’t quite connect with the track or flow through the corners—but things got better in the night show. In the heat race, I got pushed back when a Tuff Block got kicked out in front of me, but I managed to salvage sixth. In the main, I had to work my way through the pack and was in a good battle the whole race. I didn’t even know what position I was in most of the time, but I ended up 10th. I was close to getting ninth on the last lap but just couldn’t make it happen. That’s three top-10s in a row, so I can’t complain. I just need to put myself in a better position off the start, and I know I can keep improving. Big thanks to the whole team—they were awesome all day—and to Christian for stepping in as my mechanic. It was a good night, and I’m happy with it.”

Jo Shimoda
“Honestly, tonight was probably one of my worst rides. I’m not even sure how to explain it—it just wasn’t there. There’s a lot of work to do before next weekend, and not much more to say about this one. I’m just focused on finishing the season strong in Salt Lake City.”

Lars Lindstrom – Team Manager
“Our day in Denver was pretty uneventful, but it was great to have a nice day with fantastic weather, which isn’t a guarantee in Colorado. At this altitude, the bikes make about 20 percent less power, and more tuning is required; I think we did well as a team to compensate for that, and I’d like to send a shoutout to the engine and mapping guys for doing a great job all weekend.”

Media contact:
Tati Ziemer // Jonnum Media // tati@jonnummedia.com // +1 (707) 888-9418
 
450SX Results

1. Chase Sexton (KTM)
2. Cooper Webb (Yam)
3. Justin Cooper (Yam)
4. Malcolm Stewart (Hus)
5. Aaron Plessinger (KTM)
6. Shane McElrath (Hon)
7. Dylan Ferrandis (Hon)
8. Joey Savatgy (Hon)
9. Mitchell Oldenburg (Bet)
10. Dean Wilson (Hon)

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20. Jeremy Hand (Hon)