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Monterey, CA12:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM ET Sunday, May 11, 2025Live on NBC Acura at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Acura Motorsports and Honda Racing Corporation USA have a long, successful history at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, recording 19 victories—more than at any other racing circuit—in Camel Lights, LMP1, LMP2, Prototype, GTD and DPi […]

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Acura at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

  • Acura Motorsports and Honda Racing Corporation USA have a long, successful history at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, recording 19 victories—more than at any other racing circuit—in Camel Lights, LMP1, LMP2, Prototype, GTD and DPi competition from 1992-2022.
  • In 2022, Acura scored a 1-2 finish at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, with the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 DPi class machine taking victory ahead of the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
  • This year, Acura will field two electrified ARX-06 GTP class prototypes fielded by Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian.
  • The #60 ARX-06 will be driven by part of the 2022 second-place finishing team, Tom Blomqvist, alongside 2012 Laguna Seca winner Colin Braun.
  • The #93 will be driven by Nick Yelloly and 2023 Laguna Seca winner Renger van der Zande.
  • The #93 GTP represents an increased presence from Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) within the organization as the HRC US team will strategize and engineer the racecar for the very first time in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition.
  • Both Acura MSR teams have notched podium finishes already this year with the #60 finishing second in the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona and the #93 finishing third at the Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.

 
How to Watch the TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship

  • The TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship will air on NBC beginning at 12:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM ET Sunday, May 11th for the two-hour 40-minute sprint event.
  • Internationally, fans can watch on IMSA’s YouTube channel while Radio Le Mans will have live flag-to-flag coverage via IMSA.com.

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Memo Gidley Wins Sebring GT America Race No. 1

SKI Autosports’ Memo Gidley took the lead away from Turner Motorsport’s Justin Rothberg on the first lap Saturday (May 17). From there, he held on to take his first GT America powered by AWS win of the year at Sebring International Raceway. “We had a great start and that was awesome going around the outside […]

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SKI Autosports’ Memo Gidley took the lead away from Turner Motorsport’s Justin Rothberg on the first lap Saturday (May 17). From there, he held on to take his first GT America powered by AWS win of the year at Sebring International Raceway.

“We had a great start and that was awesome going around the outside and inside [of Rothberg],” Gidley told SRO America’s Amanda Busick after the race. “Then, I found out that we had a five-second penalty. We had a couple seconds’ lead at that point, so I knew that we needed to keep pushing, pushing, pushing. We just had enough.”

The margin of victory was .364 seconds over Rothberg. GMG Racing’s Kyle Washington was third, then Mishumotors’ Mirco Schultis.

Rothberg started from pole in his BMW in a depleted field as only eight cars took the start. However, his lead did not last long as SKI Autosports’ Memo Gidley got a big run exiting turn 1.

Gidley was able to beat Rothberg into the braking zone at turn 3 and made that move stick to take the overall lead.

Once out front, Rothberg was able to keep tabs with Gidley and not let the Audi pull out. This ended up being key as 12 minutes into the race, the stewards issued Gidley a five-second post-race penalty due to a crewmember reaching into the car too close to the start of the pace lap.

As a result, all Rothberg needed to do to get the win was to simply keep Gidley in sight. However, as the race continued on, Gidley began to pull away.

Further back, Schultis was third in his Callaway Corvette and running very well until he slid off-course at turn 13. He managed to keep his car out of the wall, but dropped back to fifth.

With 12 minutes to go, Gidley had a lead of over four seconds before lapped traffic allowed Rothberg to pull in to less than three seconds back. Once the traffic was cleared, Gidley was able to open his lead to more than six seconds.

From there, Gidley held on to take the victory. The margin was ultimately large enough at the finish so that Gidley kept the victory after the five-second penalty was applied.

In GT4, JTR Motorsports Engineering’s Anthony McIntosh started from pole in his Toyota GR Supra. Much like Rothberg, his lead was short-lived as 89x Motorsports’ Michael Fitzpatrick took the lead away on the first lap.

McIntosh was able to stay with Fitzpatrick for the opening 10 minutes of the race. Then, Fitzpatrick got a little loose under braking for turn 3. That allowed McIntosh to slip back past to retake the lead.

For the rest of the race, McIntosh managed to hold onto a small lead. At times, the lead was as high as 1.5 seconds, while there was a point in which Fitzpatrick got the lead down to a little more than half a second.

In the final laps, McIntosh was able to expand his lead back out and take the win. The margin of victory was 2.249 seconds over Fitzpatrick.

Washington turned in a lap at 109.585 mph. This stood up as the fastest lap of the race and gives him the pole for Race No. 2 on Sunday.

Race No. 2 for GT America powered by AWS is scheduled for 9:05 a.m. ET Sunday morning. The race will stream live on the GT World YouTube channel.


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Outside of Frontstretch, Phil is the press officer for Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. He covers all the action on the high-banked dirt track from regular DIRTcar Modified racing to occasional visits from touring series such as the Super DIRTcar Series.



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Qualifying heat results set All-Star Race grid

Daytona Motor Mouths: Kyle Larson wins at Kansas. Next up, Indy 500 The guys start with the Indianapolis 500 and Kyle Larson’s double attempt after his win at Kansas. Then, they discuss the NASCAR All-Star Race. The heat races are over and the lineup is set (for now) for the NASCAR All-Star Race. That’s right, […]

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The heat races are over and the lineup is set (for now) for the NASCAR All-Star Race.

That’s right, heat races. Setting the lineup this way further differentiates the All-Star weekend from your normal NASCAR fare, where single-car qualifying laps determine the starting order.

Brad Keselowski, badly in need of anything positive, got it Saturday with a Heat Race win. Christopher Bell won the other, so they’ll start on the front row Sunday night.

The finishing order of Saturday’s first heat race set the lineup for the All-Star Race’s inside row, while the second heat settled the outside row order.

The 20-car field will swell to 23 following Sunday’s preliminary All-Star Open (top two finishers advance) and with final polling in a fan vote that grants one starting spot in the All-Star Race. Those three additional drivers will start from the back of the field for Sunday night’s main event.

Heat Race 1 results

  1. Brad Keselowski
  2. Ross Chastain
  3. William Byron
  4. Ryan Blaney
  5. Alex Bowman
  6. Josh Berry
  7. Tyler Reddick
  8. Austin Dillon
  9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  10. Kyle Larson (did not start)

Heat Race 2 results

  1. Christopher Bell
  2. Chase Briscoe
  3. Joey Logano
  4. Chris Buescher
  5. Kyle Busch
  6. Austin Cindric
  7. Chase Elliott
  8. Daniel Suarez
  9. Harrison Burton
  10. Denny Hamlin

All Star Lineup

Row 1

1. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

2. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 2

3. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 

4. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

Row 3

5. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

6. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 4

7. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford 

8. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Row 5

9. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 

10. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford 

Row 6

11. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

12. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Row 7

13. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

14. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 8

15. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

16. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

Row 9

17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet

18. Harrison Burton, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Row 10

19. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

20. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 11

21. All-Star Open winner

22. All-Star Open second place

Row 12

23. Fan vote winner

How to watch Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro

5 p.m.: All-Star Open (FS1).

8 p.m.: Cup Series All-Star Race (FS1).



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Chandler Smith goes from third to first to win North Wilkesboro Truck thriller

For most of the NASCAR Truck race at North Wilkesboro, Corey Heim was firmly in control. It was a dominant performance that didn’t end with a victory celebration, but bitterness and anger for the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Toyota. In an overtime finish, Heim had to deal with two Front Row Motorsports drivers […]

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For most of the NASCAR Truck race at North Wilkesboro, Corey Heim was firmly in control. It was a dominant performance that didn’t end with a victory celebration, but bitterness and anger for the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Toyota.

In an overtime finish, Heim had to deal with two Front Row Motorsports drivers harassing him for the race win. Layne Riggs got a big run from the outside and pulled underneath Heim at the white flag. He slid up and contact was made as they fought over the lead. Heim got up into the dirtier lanes and spun out, collecting some other trucks mid-pack.

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Riggs successfully took the lead, but only for a moment as fellow FRM driver Chandler Smith came out of nowhere, touching doors as he muscled by his teammate. Smith captured the victory while Riggs finished second.

“We fought and clawed today,” said Smith, who led just one lap after coming from the rear of the field. “Had to start in the back and I feel like at this place, tires kind of matter but they also kind of don’t. For us to come from the back says a lot about how good this Ford F-150 was. I didn’t think we were as good as the No. 11 [Heim], obviously. We had a tire advantage on him there and he was still able to start checking back out … Props to those guys. They had a really fast truck today.

“But that last restart, I did everything but the right thing. My teammate Layne Riggs executed perfectly and we came out on the right end of the stick. Happy we could bring one home for Front Row Motorsports.”

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North Wilkesboro NASCAR All-Star Practice Notes

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images All-Star Cars Kyle Larson – Kyle Larson didn’t practice at North Wilkesboro. He was at Indy today. Justin Allgaier practiced racing the #5. Allgaier focused on getting the #5 to handle good. Allgaier thinks Larson will have something good to race on Sunday. Allgaier won’t race in the Heat races […]

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Kyle Larson – Kyle Larson didn’t practice at North Wilkesboro. He was at Indy today. Justin Allgaier practiced racing the #5. Allgaier focused on getting the #5 to handle good. Allgaier thinks Larson will have something good to race on Sunday. Allgaier won’t race in the Heat races on Saturday. On Sunday, Larson will be starting in the rear of the field for the All-Star Race.

Tyler Reddick – Tyler Reddick had really good pace. About 30 minutes into practice, Reddick jumped up to #1 overall. Reddick ended practice #1. Reddick ran +100 laps. Reddick said his car was feeling really solid during an interview. Reddick said the track was widening out. Reddick had the best 10-lap average.

Joey Logano – Joey Logano had really good speed over a run. Logano practiced running different lines. Logano ran +100 laps so he should have a great feel for his car. Logano had the 8th best 10-lap average.

Christopher Bell – Christopher Bell had a good car in practice. Bell said his car was fast if he could get it driving a little better. He said it has a lot of potential in it but he has a little bit of work to do. Bell had the 2nd best 10-lap average.

Chris Buescher – Chris Buescher has a backup crew chief this weekend since his team is opting to begin the crew chief suspension at this time.

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Kyle Larson facing busy stretch of IndyCar-NASCAR double duty

Star driver Kyle Larson’s barnstorming begins this weekend, when he starts a trying commute between three race tracks in two national motorsports series. Larson is bidding to become the fifth driver to complete the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. To accomplish the feat, Larson will miss NASCAR All-Star Race preparations […]

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Star driver Kyle Larson’s barnstorming begins this weekend, when he starts a trying commute between three race tracks in two national motorsports series.

Larson is bidding to become the fifth driver to complete the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. To accomplish the feat, Larson will miss NASCAR All-Star Race preparations Friday and Saturday at North Carolina’s North Wilkesboro Speedway to focus on Indy 500 practice and qualifying weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After attempting to qualify for the field of 33 for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on Sunday at more than 230 mph in an IndyCar, Larson will hustle to the Indianapolis airport for a flight to the Tar Heel State, where the Hendrick Motorsports driver will race against the top-tier Cup Series’ best for $1 million in the NASCAR All-Star Race.

Larson will return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Monday practice, spend Tuesday in New York on a media tour, then bounce between Indy and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, three times from Friday to Sunday ahead of the Coca-Cola 600.

It’s a daunting journey, but Larson is ready for the harried itinerary.

The 2021 Cup Series champion has squeezed in several dozen dirt races around his annual NASCAR schedule of 38 weekends for the past decade.

“Yeah, I mean honestly it just feels like another week for me,” Larson said. “If anything, it’s a little easier of a week than normal.”

That’s in part because Indy 500 qualifying will end an hour later this year, so Larson will be unable to attempt to earn the pole position at North Wilkesboro, even if he were to advance to the final round of six drivers.

He already will be on the way to the tiny track as a favorite, along with reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano, who led 199 of 200 laps to win last year’s NASCAR All-Star Race. Larson led 145 laps to win the 2023 All-Star Race, the first time it was held at North Wilkesboro, which was once a regular stop for NASCAR but had fallen into disrepair for a revival.

After the runaway wins, NASCAR has spiced up this year’s race by adding 50 laps to the distance and a random caution flag that will bunch up the field on the 0.625-mile track.

The format changes don’t faze Larson, who has won three of the past six NASCAR All-Star Races, nor does the lack of track time. He missed practice and qualifying for last year’s event and then drove from last to fourth on the recently repaved track.

“I think you could plug any of us in without practice, and by lap 10 you’re going to be up to speed,” he said. “Last year was probably more of a disadvantage because I hadn’t made a single lap on that surface, but we were able to move forward right off the bat.”

Justin Allgaier will be behind the wheel of Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet for practice and qualifying, but the team will skip Saturday’s 75-lap heat races that set the lineup for Sunday’s main event because Larson will start from the rear for using a replacement driver Friday.

Coming off a dominant victory at Kansas Speedway last Sunday, Larson leads the Cup Series points standings with three wins this season, making him even more confident of handling his jet-setting lifestyle.

What Larson is trying to do is far from normal. He crashed Friday — after wrecking last month in a test at Indy — while trying to get up to speed with the extra horsepower that he will have in his open-wheel ride for Indy 500 qualifying.

“Obviously it’s tricky. I spun,” Larson said after leaving the care center at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “I don’t know. Kind of caught off guard a little bit there, but I think we’ll be fine. I tend to get over things pretty quickly. I know I spun, but my balance felt pretty close to being good.”

Last year, his attempt at the feat known as “The Double” was scuttled because the Indy 500 was delayed four hours by rain, preventing him from racing in the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600.

“It’s something that not many people have gotten the opportunity to do, and it’s a challenging day of racing,” he said. “I love the challenge. I’ve looked up to a lot of the guys that have done it, and you want to add your name to the record book somehow.”

Meanwhile in North Wilkesboro

Brad Keselowski rebounded from a dismal season to win his first NASCAR All-Star Race pole position. The RFK Racing co-owner and driver of the team’s No. 6 Ford beat Christopher Bell by nearly a second to earn the top starting spot in Sunday’s main event and in the first of two 75-lap heat races Saturday that will determine the rest of the starting lineup.

“It’s pretty freaking cool, man,” said Keselowski, the 2012 Cup Series champion who is 33rd in the points standings with a best finish of 11th this year. “It’s one of the things I’ve never done in my career, and to do it by so much — but a total team effort.”

Keselowkis has three runner-up finishes in the All-Star Race, tying him with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader for the most second-place showings without a win in the event.

Shane van Gisbergen captured the pole position for the All-Star Open, a 100-lap warmup race Sunday, while Carson Hocevar qualified second. The top two finishers in the All-Star Open, plus the winner of an online fan vote, will transfer into the 250-lap main event.

The All-Star Race winner has gone on to win the Cup Series championship three of the past five years (Chase Elliott in 2020, Larson in 2021 and Logano last year), which adds another layer to the race’s prestige. The select field will feature 23 drivers.

“Just being a part of the race against some of the biggest names in the series is big and important,” said Team Penske’s Austin Cindric, who missed last year’s main event. “It’s not a points race, but there’s a lot of cash on the line and definitely a cool title to go with it.”

Burton’s back (sort of)

Harrison Burton will be making his All-Star Race debut, even though he hasn’t competed in the Cup Series since the 2024 season finale. After three years in the No. 21 Ford, Burton lost his ride with Wood Brothers Racing and dropped to the second-tier Xfinity Series.

However, he was guaranteed a spot in the All-Star Race because of his Cup Series win at Daytona International Speedway last August, so Rick Ware Racing hired Burton to drive its No. 51 Ford at North Wilkesboro in a one-off deal.

“You kind of never know if an opportunity will come, and having an automatic bid into the All-Star Race is such a big deal to me,” Burton said. “Especially how my story has gone with the ups and downs. This is such a cool moment for me. I really wanted to make this deal work out, and I’m really happy it did.”

Boeck part of team victory

Michael McDowell’s team won Friday’s Pit Crew Challenge and a $100,00 bonus with a four-tire stop in 12.587 seconds. According to a NASCAR release, the winning crew members were Brandon Chapman (fueler), Dax Hollifield III (jackman), Luke Bussel (tire carrier), Max Marsh (front changer) and Ty Boeck (rear changer).

Boeck was a football standout at Soddy Daisy High School and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he was an All-Southern Conference linebacker as a senior in 2022.



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NASCAR All-Star Race weekend: What you need to know

Drivers ramp up practice and heat races while fans flood North Wilkesboro ahead of Sunday’s main event. NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — It’s NASCAR All-Star Race weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway! As drivers burn rubber during practice runs and heat races ahead of Sunday’s main event, fans from across North Carolina and beyond are pouring into […]

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NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — It’s NASCAR All-Star Race weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway!

As drivers burn rubber during practice runs and heat races ahead of Sunday’s main event, fans from across North Carolina and beyond are pouring into North Wilkesboro to be part of the action.

Local businesses prepare for the rush

WFMY News 2’s Joseph Leonard was on the ground Friday, speaking with local businesses and soaking in the excitement as race weekend gets underway.

Weekend schedule

A full slate of events is scheduled at the speedway throughout the weekend.

  • 7:30 a.m.: North Wilkesboro Speedway, NASCAR Credentials open

  • 9:00 a.m.: Fan Zone, Parking Lots, Ticket Office open

  • 9:35 a.m.: NCTS Window World 250 practice

  • 10:00 a.m.: Gates and Suites open

  • 10:35 a.m.: NCTS Window World 250 qualifying

  • 12:30–1:30 p.m.: Backstretch Crossover Gate open

  • 1:10 p.m.: NCTS Window World 250 driver introductions

  • 1:30 p.m.: NCTS Window World 250 (250 Laps)

  • 4:00–5:15 p.m.: Backstretch Crossover Gate open

  • 5:20 p.m.: NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 1

  • 6:15 p.m.: NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 2

  • Post-Race: Jake Owen concert presented by Raymer Oil

  • 9:00 a.m.: Fan Zone, Parking Lots, Ticket Office open

  • 10:00 a.m.: Gates and Suites open

  • 10:15 a.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour practice 1

  • 10:55 a.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour practice 2

  • 11:00 a.m.: Michael McDowell Appearance (Window World Tent / Fan Zone)

  • 11:30 a.m.: North Wilkesboro Speedway, NASCAR Credentials open

  • 11:30 a.m.–12:40 p.m.: Backstretch Crossover Gate open

  • 11:40 a.m.: Speedway Children’s Charities Auction with Ryan Preece (Ford Fan Zone Stage)

  • 12:45 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour qualifying

  • 1:20–2:00 p.m.: Backstretch Crossover Gate open

  • 1:50 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver introductions

  • 2:00 p.m.: FaithFest Evangelistic Ministries 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race (150 Laps)

  • 3:30–5:30 p.m.: Backstretch Crossover Gate open

  • 5:10 p.m.: NASCAR All-Star Open driver introductions

  • 5:30 p.m.: NASCAR All-Star Open

  • 7:30 p.m.: NASCAR All-Star Race driver introductions

  • 8:00 p.m.: NASCAR All-Star Race

Highlights from the track

Michael McDowell stood out during All-Star Open qualifying with a record-setting pit stop. His No. 71 Spire Motorsports crew completed a four-tire change in just 12.587 seconds, earning a $100,000 bonus.

Brad Keselowski also made headlines, earning the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race. Under the weekend’s unique qualifying format, his performance also secured him the top starting spot in Saturday’s first of two heat races. 

The heat races will set the All-Star Race grid, with the first heat determining the inside row and the second heat the outside row.



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