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WeatherTech Championship To Feature Four Classes In 2024

Officials with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have announced the Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) class will no longer compete on the schedule…

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Toyota To Field Two Legacy Motor Club NASCAR Cup Series Entries In 2024

Toyota has announced that, as part of a partnership with Legacy Motor Club (M.C.) that begins next season, Toyota will field eight full-time Toyota…

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Hot Shot's Secret Announces Over $30K Up For Grabs In NTPA Challenge

Hot Shot's Secret--the Mt. Gilead, Ohio-based manufacturer of diesel additives and performance racing oils and fluids--has announced an expansion of…

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Upcoming Event: PRI PAC At Indy Grand Prix, May 13

PRI's Washington, DC, advocacy team invites members to join the PRI Political Action Committee (PAC) for the Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor…

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PRI Members Invited To SEMA California Rally, June 8

The SEMA California Rally is just around the corner (June 8 in Sacramento, California), and PRI and SEMA members based in the state are invited to…

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Galex Fox, left, and Dave Darland, right. Photo courtesy of John Mahoney, USAC

USAC Hall Of Famer Galen Fox, 84

Galex Fox, left, and Dave Darland, right. Photo courtesy of John Mahoney, USAC Champion car owner, mechanic, engine builder, and crew chief Galen…

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Candidates Named for 2024-25 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship

Officials with IMSA have announced the finalists for the 2024-25 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship. The recipient, to be named later this…

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Trackhouse Announces Ownership Of NC Karting Motorplex

Trackhouse Entertainment Group--the owner of the NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing operated by Justin Marks and Armando Christian Pérez (Pitbull)--has…

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New Points Fund Format For 38th DIRTcar Summer Nationals 

DIRTcar officials have announced a new points fund distribution has been established for the 38th edition of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals in an…

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PRI Members: Save BIG On Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Tickets!

The iconic Big Machine Music City Grand Prix is returning to the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, August 4-6, and PRI and SEMA Business and…

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Two 'New Owners' For Deery Properties, Operator Of Rockford Speedway (IL)

As part of her final legacy, the late Jody Deery has recognized two "new owners" of the family-owned Deery Properties, operator of Rockford Speedway…

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K&N Opens New Grand Prairie, Texas Manufacturing And Distribution Center

K&N Engineering has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility and warehouse in Grand Prairie, Texas, which will serve as the company…

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BorgWarner To Expand South Carolina Facility 

BorgWarner—the American automotive supplier based in Auburn Hills, Michigan—has announced its plan to invest $42 million into the expansion of its…

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Lubrication Specialties (LSI) Hires Bud Prenatt As Director of Marketing 

Lubrication Specialties (LSI)—the Mt. Gilead, Ohio-based manufacturer of Hot Shot's Secret brand of additives, oils and fluids—has announced the…

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Motion Names New Senior Vice President, CFO  

Motion Industries--the distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts and industrial technology solutions headquartered in…

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NMRA/NMCA Announces Event Team Promotions, Additions

Santa Ana, California-based ProMedia has announced promotions and additions to its Holley NMRA Ford Nationals series and Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle…

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PRI Members: Take Advantage Of Your Membership Benefits!

The PRI Member Portal, located on performanceracing.com, makes it easier than ever for PRI Individual and PRI Business members to take advantage of…

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Bandimere Speedway (CO) Sells Property, Intends To Relocate

Photo courtesy of Bandimere Speedway, Facebook The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and the Bandimere family have jointly announced that the…

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McLaren Announces New Driver Development Program 

Photo courtesy of McLaren Racing McLaren Racing has announced the formation of the McLaren Driver Development program, which will be led by former…

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VP Racing Names Steve Ward Director Of Marketing 

VP Racing Fuels—the provider of racing and performance fuels, lubricants, additives and branded retail based in San Antonio, Texas—has announced…

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SAE International Awards Alba Colón With Rodica Baranescu Award

Alba Colón, the director of competition systems at Hendrick Motorsports, has been honored by SAE International as a recipient of the 2022 Rodica…

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Ford Performance Unveils Electric Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800. Photos courtesy of Ford Performance 

Ford Performance Unveils Electric Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800

Photos courtesy of Ford Performance  Ford Performance has unveiled the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, described as an aggressive revision to the…

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Nostalgia Pro Stock Cars To Be Featured At Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals . Photos courtesy of NHRA, Southeast Nostalgia Pro Stock Association

Nostalgia Pro Stock Cars To Be Featured At Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

Photos courtesy of NHRA, Southeast Nostalgia Pro Stock Association Fans who attend the upcoming Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway (…

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Speedway Motors Announces 2023 Cars & Coffee Schedule, Events

Speedway Motors has announced the dates for its 2023 Cars & Coffee events, held at its company headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the last…

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Motorsports Hall Of Fame Of America Unveils 2024 Induction Class 

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) has announced its 2024 Induction Class.  The Class of 2024 includes the all-time winningest NHRA…

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Ted Golas to Retire From Specialty Products Company (SPC)

After 23 years as the vice president of sales and marketing for Specialty Products Company (SPC), Ted Golas is set to retire at the end of 2023.…

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Charlie Mellilo Joins Executive Team at World Racing Group


  World Racing Group in Concord, North Carolina, has expanded its executive team by adding Charlie Mellilo as its chief media and marketing officer…

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Brickyard Weekend Returning to Indianapolis Motor Speedway Oval in 2024

Brickyard Weekend Returning to Indianapolis Motor Speedway Oval in 2024

               Image courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS)  Brickyard Weekend returns to its iconic roots--the 2.5-mile oval at…

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National Pro Off-Road Series Announced by American Outdoor Events

National Pro Off-Road Series, 2024 Plans Announced by American Outdoor Events

Officials have announced a new national short-course racing series backed by American Outdoors Events (AOE), the Oklahoma-based organizer of…

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Meyer Distributing Adds Alexandria, Louisiana Cross-Dock

Jasper, Indiana-based Meyer Distributing has announced the addition of its Alexandria, Louisiana cross-dock. The facility will have access to a…

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