SALEM, Ohio — Quaker City Motorsports Park is set to host the “Big Buck Nationals” on August 8-10. There is a $5,000-to-win, 64-car Shootout scheduled for Friday, Aug. 8. There are 32 No Box cars and 32 Box cars, which will run separately until the final round.

As per the name, racers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas will compete for big bucks Saturday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug 10. The Top (Box) class features $10,000-to-win races, and the Mod (No Box) class will race for $5,000-to-win each day. In addition, the Junior Dragsters will have $600 Summit Bucks for the winner’s purse.

Although rain has been a nuisance of late with washouts the last two Saturdays, Tom Edinger and Jerry Coblentz were the big winners on Friday, July 18. Edinger raced to the top prize in the Top (Box) class as he captured the final-round win over Mike Alfman. Coblentz took the victory in Mod (No Box) with Tim Miller the runner-up.

Unfortunately, rain also washed out racing last Saturday night, but Quaker City was able to get in Gamblers races on Friday. Alfman was the Top (Box) winner with Dan Hageman runner-up. Tim Singer scored the win in Mod (No Box) as Steve Tigelman also advanced to the final round.

There is another test-and-tune, along with Gamblers races scheduled for this Friday night. It is followed by IHRA Summit SuperSeries points races on Saturday.

Click here to check out the track’s Facebook page for the latest up-to-date information about these and other exciting events at Quaker City Motorsports Park.

• NASCAR will not return to Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in 2026.
• Chicagoland Speedway is expected to replace the Mexico City race on the 2026 NASCAR schedule.

NASCAR in Mexico City will remain a one-off for now.

Wow is there are plenty of headlines across all of NASCAR. Both stemming from Indianapolis and just within the sport alone. Here is your NASCAR News Flash for July 28th through August 3rd.

Austin Hill Suspended, an Injury, and a Schedule Change: NASCAR News Flash

While JR Motorsports was celebrating its 100th win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Others had their focus on what was going to happen to Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill. The devastating right-rear hooking incident was seen by everyone. The question remained: would Hill be suspended? We certainly got that answer this week. Time and time again, the sport has been forced to step in in these situations, and what Austin did this past weekend was clear. The judgment came down on Tuesday, but that isn’t the only massive news in the sport worth talking about.

A massive schedule change for NASCAR is also making waves, plus other driver news.

No Surprise: NASCAR Suspends the Driver of the No. 21

Like anyone with a brain is surprised, NASCAR brought down the official punishment for RCR’s Austin Hill on Tuesday. Hill has officially been suspended for this weekend’s Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway. The suspension comes after he purposefully right-reared Aric Almirola into the wall in the closing laps of the Verizon 250 at the Brickyard this past Saturday.

It falls in line with other very similar incidents that saw Bubba Wallace and Chase Elliott suspended in the past. Unlike those drivers, there isn’t a waiver this time, and more importantly, Hill had quite the playoff points built up on the season, having won three races, plus a handful of stage wins. But he kissed those points goodbye the moment he wrecked Aric, plus telling the sport to f-off probably didn’t help his case.

Yep, he has lost all his playoff points. That is a killer for a driver that arguably could win at any track in the series. He’s going to have a huge climb once he’s back from serving the suspension this weekend.

In a statement, RCR released on X, they said they would not appeal, and that they were focused on helping Hill try and win the 2025 Xfinity Series Championship. An odd stance, especially after the comments team owner Richard Childress said following the incident on Saturday. They also stated that Austin Dillon would be behind the wheel of the No. 21 this weekend.

A Horrible Crash Leaves Truck Series Veteran on the Shelf

Stewart Friesen is a well-respected racer in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. When he’s not racing trucks, he’s somewhere racing on dirt. That was no different this week. He was back in his homeland of Canada, racing his dirt modified. He was involved in a very ugly crash that saw him flip massively, hit the wall, and the car caught fire.

#NASCAR Truck Series driver #StewartFriesen was involved in a scary accident during Monday night’s #DIRTcar Series #KingOfTheNorth race at #AutodromeDrummond in #Canada. He was alert & talking with officials before being transported to a hospital to be evaluated for injuries.🙏 pic.twitter.com/4ZTJofgv3y

— Last Lap Insider. (@LastLapInsider) July 29, 2025

He was pulled from the car and taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation. After awaiting news, Stewart’s wife Jessica offered an update Tuesday morning via his social media.

“Stewart has suffered an unstable open-book pelvic fracture, meaning his pelvis is broken in two or more places, with a large hematoma on the area,” Jessica said. ” Stewart also has a fractured right leg.”

A tough situation for the driver of the No. 52 Halmar Truck, who is locked into the Truck Series playoffs with his win at Michigan earlier this season. But this incident certainly puts into question what will happen with the team while Stewart recovers.

They are a small team, and obviously, he will need time to heal. Let’s just say it has been a tough couple of days for the Friesens. Especially after he got D’Q following Friday night’s race at IRP.

Read More: Layne Riggs Near Unstoppable in Truck Series Win at IRP

Farewell, Mexico City. Hello, Chicagoland?

Everyone knows NASCAR is always up to changing its racing schedule. That appears to be the case once again for 2026. Following up on the historic announcement of moving the Chicago Street Course date to San Diego. NASCAR appears to have found a way to keep the Chicago market open.

According to the Athletic’s Jordan Bianchi, Mexico City is off the 2026 NASCAR schedule. That leaves a hole in the schedule, which Chicagoland Speedway appears to be filling.

The race in Mexico City proved to have plenty of buzz and excitement this season. However, after a lot of issues with the logistics of getting everything and everyone to Mexico, with a date that works with other races on the schedule, it proved to be too challenging. NASCAR raced there in June this season, but that ultimately wouldn’t work in 2026, as Mexico City is one of the hosts for the FIFA World Cup. With five matches scheduled between June 11th and July 5th, there wouldn’t be space for NASCAR to race then.

NASCAR doesn’t want to completely abandon racing in Mexico City. Thus, they are looking to return in 2027, according to Bianchi. There is no official word from NASCAR about Chicagoland, but it seems to be the buzz right now.

I’m sure there will be plenty more to talk about as NASCAR heads to Iowa Speedway this weekend.

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Main Image: Logan Riely, Getty Images

Recording Date: 4/26/2025

The 2026 NASCAR schedule is beginning to take shape. Last week, it was the news of NASCAR bringing all three of its national series to Naval Base Coronado in San Diego.

Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic then reported Wednesday that NASCAR won’t return to Mexico City next season. Chicagoland Speedway, which last hosted a Cup Series race in 2019, is expected to take its spot on the schedule. Dale Earnhardt Jr. may not be an insider, but he’s hearing things.

“And this ain’t the last big domino to fall I hear,” Earnhardt wrote on X.

The San Diego street course and Chicagoland are replacing the Chicago Street Race and Mexico City, respectively. NASCAR previously announced that the season finale will take place at Homestead-Miami Speedway, switching places with Phoenix Raceway. The season-opening Clash exhibition is returning to Bowman Gray Stadium.

Beyond that, NASCAR has explored the possibility of bringing its show to Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal has also been rumored for a return to the schedule, at least in the Xfinity and Truck Series.

NASCAR 2026 schedule looking to have several changes

NASCAR unveiled the 2025 schedule in late August of last year, so we’ll know pretty soon the full 38-week schedule. For now, fans can look forward to the return of the 1.5-mile Chicagoland oval. The Next Gen car generally pairs well with intermediate tracks such as Chicagoland, and its return should be popular among drivers.

“It’s awesome; it’s such a cool track,” Joey Logano said last month. “We bring everything else back these days, let’s bring that one back. That’d be cool.”

Chicagoland hosted an annual Cup race from 2001-2019. Tony Stewart won the race three times (2004, 2007 and 2011), and four drivers won the race twice. Those four drivers are Kevin Harvick (2001, 2002), Brad Keselowski (2012, 2014), Martin Truex Jr. (2016, 2017) and Kyle Busch (2008, 2018). Alex Bowman won the last race in 2019. The 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Audi Formula 1 Team has signed fintech giant Revolut as its title sponsor for when the German marque makes its championship debut in 2026. 

Revolut, a British-based online bank that was valued at $45billion last year, has agreed what’s been dubbed as a “landmark” long-term agreement.

It comes ahead of Audi’s F1 debut next year, as the manufacturer will complete a full takeover of Swiss outfit Sauber.

Revolut will be more than just a traditional sponsor on Audi’s cars and equipment though, as it will also be integrated into the team’s financial operations and support fan offerings. 

Team boss Jonathan Wheatley said: “With Revolut, we have found a partner that shares our core ethos of innovation and relentless ambition.

“This is more than a brand fit; it is a strategic alliance, engineered to challenge conventions in motorsport. 

“From 2026, Revolut’s digital-first solutions will power key areas of our operations while also redefining how fans and communities engage with our team – delivering a seamless and engaging experience on and off the track.”

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Photo by: Steven Tee / LAT Images via Getty Images

This will be Revolut’s first F1 sponsorship since its founding in 2015 and will replace Sauber’s current deal with sports betting company Stake and its associated streaming platform Kick.

Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky said: “This is a monumental partnership for Revolut and the future Audi F1 Team.

“We’re accelerating towards 100 million customers, and we’ll be bringing them into Formula 1 with unforgettable experiences at a pivotal time for the sport.

“As Revolut continues to challenge the status quo in global finance, the future Audi F1 Team is set to do the same in motorsport.

“With a shared outlook, global ambition and relentless drive for progress, this partnership will define what’s possible in Formula 1.”

Audi will make its F1 debut during the first year of the new technical regulations, which include a bigger focus on electric energy. 

The German manufacturer is operating its power units department out of its Neuburg plant in Germany, with other locations in Hinwil, Switzerland and Oxfordshire, England. 

Editor’s Note: In a nod to our 90 years of history, each week SPEED SPORT will look back at the top stories from 15, 30 and 60 years ago as told in the pages of National Speed Sport News.

15 Years Ago — 2010

News: Once playing with the big boys International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports, Inc., Dover Motorsports continued to fade away this past week with the announcement it would no longer hold auto races at the 1.25-mile oval at Gateway lnt’l Raceway and that it would seek a buyer for the facility.

A final decision has not been made regarding the adjacent drag strip, which hosts an annual NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, but it seems likely based on Dover’s woes the past few years that it would attempt to make a clean break from the facility.

The first sign of trouble for Dover Motorsports came in late May 2008 when Marathon Partners, the largest outside stockholder in Dover Motorsports, asked the company to explore selling all of the company’s properties, even going as far to suggest it sell to ISC or SMI. The letter to Dover Motorsports also stated that “Dover Motorsports must finally divest itself of its money-losing Midwest motorsports facilities,” which no doubt included Gateway lnt’l Raceway, Nashville Superspeedway and Memphis Motorsports Park.

Last fall, Dover Motorsports, a publicly traded company, closed Memphis Motorsports Park, giving up NHRA and NASCAR dates at the multi-purpose facility which has not been sold and remains shuttered.

Dover sold its rights to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in 2005, thus its signature Dover (Del.) lnt’l Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway and GIR are the only tracks remaining it its portfolio.

On July 28, Dover Motorsports, Inc. officials informed NASCAR that they would not be asking for sanction for Gateway next season.

Winners: Roush Fenway Racing crew chief Greg Irwin knew early that strategy would play a role in their finishing position Sunday at the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. He just didn’t know how much.

When the 3M Ford team took two tires for the second time in the 500-mile race, exiting the pits in second, Greg Biffie felt confident that he would have a shot at the victory.

And with just six green-flag laps on his left side tires, both Biffle and Irwin knew their call would provide the right mix of track position and handling. After all, he watched the two-tire strategy beat him at Indianapolis Motor Speedway the previous week.

But he also knew clearing Penske Racing’s Sam Hornish Jr., who chose not to pit, would be the key. He needed to separate himself from the drivers back in the field that elected to take four tires.

He did.

Just after the restart, Biffle cleared Hornish and set sail en route to a 3.598-second victory over Tony Stewart, who took four tires on the final stop.

The victory capped an emotional week for the Roush Fenway Racing team after co-owner

Jack Roush suffered injuries in a plane crash at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis.

It also was the first non-restrictor plate victory for Ford since February 2009 and the first Sprint Cup Series triumph for the manufacturer this season.

Stewart was second in a Chevrolet with Carl Edwards third in another Roush Fenway Ford. Point-leader Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin completed the top five.

“It’s been a hell of a day,” Biffle said. “Hitting the wall on the first turn of the first lap, coming off turn one I just scraped it and I knew it was gonna be a long day from there … Late in the race, I don’t know if it was the cool weather or the mist or what, but when it started cooling off, to me, that thing was like a completely different race car. I don’t know what happened to it, but it simply took off.”

30 Years Ago — 1995

News: The .555-mile, high-banked Salem Speedway will reopen next week after sitting idle 3 months.

New owners Owen and Beverly Thompson have set Aug. 20 as the opening date as owners. The first event held under the Thompsons’ aegis will be the Joe James/Pat O’Connor ‘Memorial for Loctite/USAC sprint cars.

Owen Thompson, who also owns Sigma Six, a mechanical engineering firm in nearby Louisville, said the first priority for the new ownership team replacement of a 400-foot section of guardrail along the backstretch. Several accidents have occurred at that point on the track, and one was fatal.

“We want to bite off at least that chunk before we start back up,” Thompson told the Louisville Courier·Journal last week. He also indicated another 1,000 feet of turn guardrail will be replaced with concrete.

The Thompsons bought the facility June 30 in a sealed-bid auction conducted by the Internal Revenue Service. The previous owners, the Gettelfinger family, filed for bankruptcy after the IRS had seized the family trucking business and, eventually, the race track.

“Everything’s ours now,” Thompson told the Courier·Journal. “The town (of Salem) has pitched in like we were raising a barn. People have come out every day with their lawnmowers, weed eaters and paint brushes.”

Thompson also plans to add more security fencing both inside and outside the track and repaint everything.

Don Gettelfinger Jr., who promoted races at Salem since 1987, will continue to run programs at the track for Thompson this season.

“I’ll try to point him in the right direction,” he told the paper. “And, I’d like to stay involved.”

Winners: Dale Earnhardt let it be known he wasn’t about to concede NASCAR’s top spot to the younger generation.

After a four-hour rain delay, the 44-year old Earnhardt fought off a tight race car and the rest of the field to claim victory in Saturday’s second NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“I guess I’m not too old to win the Brickyard after all,” he told his crew after roaring past starter Doyle Ford’s checkered flag.

Driving a new Chevrolet Monte Carlo built expressly for Indianapolis, Earnhardt passed Rusty Wallace just after their last green-flag pit stops, then dodged a spinning Jeff Burton on lap 132 to claim his third victory of the season and 66th of his career.

Earnhardt’s winning speed of 155.218 mph was a race record, erasing Jeff Gordon’s 131.977 of the inaugural last year.

“I just basically ran a consistent race all day and stayed in the hunt,” Earnhardt said. “The last pit stop was the key. The crew got us off pit road and got us in front.”

Earnhardt, who pitted on lap 129, was aided by Wallace’s near-miss on pit road a lap later to catch the accelerating Miller Genuine Draft Ford on the backstretch.

Wallace got caught behind Joe Nemechek and Rich Bickle, who collided at the end of pit road. “Dale just got by me and that was all,” Wallace said. “Track position was everything.”

Four Fords separated Earnhardt and defending champion Jeff Gordon at the finish. Behind Wallace, Dale Jarrett was third in the Texaco Havoline entry, Bill Elliott was fourth in the McDonald’s car and Mark Martin, who passed Gordon late in the race, was fifth in the Valvoline-Cummins car.

60 Years Ago— 1965

News: It was “thanks for putting us on the map” day Friday in Nazareth, Pa.

That was the theme as Mario Andretti, rookie of the year, was honored at a massive parade attended by more than 20,000 proud natives of this fair borough.

Riding in a convertible, Andretti headed the parade. His Indianapolis car, plus several stock cars, midgets and motorcycles, were displayed on trailers.

Mayor Wainwright Diehl, during brief ceremonies at the parade reviewing stand, thanked Mario for putting Nazareth on the map. On Saturday night the racing hero was honored at a banquet and presented with a gold wristwatch “from the people of Nazareth.”

William Kraemer, longtime friend of Andretti, was chairman of the programs which were sponsored by the Borough Service Group.

Winners: Richard Petty won the eighth annual Western North Carolina 500 Sweepstakes at Ashville-Weaverville Speedway in a 1965 hemi-powered Plymouth that was so swift it left the nearest competition more than a mile behind.

Two of Petty’s closest competitors-In fact, the only two to share the lead with him after the eighth lap-were removed from competition in accidents.

Junior Johnson’s 1965 Ford blew a right front tire on the 193rd lap and smashed the wall in the fourth turn and David Pearson’s 1965 Dodge fell out with a broken axle on the 398th lap.

Ned Jarrett, who led the first seven laps, finished second in a 1965 Ford, two laps behind Petty.

Dick Hutcherson was third in a 1965 Ford three laps behind. Then came Buddy Baker 12 laps behind in a 1965 Plymouth and Cale Yarborough in a ’65 Ford, a lap to the rear of Baker.

Ironically, in this age of Ford dominance of NASCAR racing, the only carried that really worried Petty after Johnson’s wreck was Pearson’s Dodge.

“As soon as Pearson fell out, I slowed up,” Petty said. “I knew I had a couple of laps on the others so I just backed off and paced myself the rest of the way.”

A crowd of 10,000 watched Petty maneuver skillfully through traffic on the steeply banked, half-mile track, running the 250 miles in three hours, 21 minutes and 45 seconds at an average speed of 74.349 mph.