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BROOKLYN, MI – RIS – Greg Biffle stormed to the lead with 31 laps remaining and rolled to a victory in Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.  It wasn’t easy.  On a restart at Lap 168, caused by Jamie McMurray’s accident, Biffle drove out to a healthy lead only to see the familiar blue No. 48 Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson passing cars and gaining ground.  Johnson got within one second of the No. 16 Ford driver before he cut down a tire; hit the wall in Turn 1 and let Biffle cruise to victory.  It was the fourth victory at Michigan for Biffle and his second in a row as well as his 19th Sprint Cup win.

(BROOKLYN, MICH - JUNE 16, 2013 - RIS) Greg Biffle earned his first victory for the 2013 season by outlasting a woe-struck Hendrick team to capture the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The win gave Biffle the thousandth Ford Motor Company brand win in NASCAR and his second win out of the last two Michigan races, the second time he’s won back-to-back at the Irish Hills two-mile track.

IZOD IndyCar Series
Milwaukee IndyFest
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Results Saturday of the Milwaukee IndyFest IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.015-mile Milwaukee Mile, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (4) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
2. (17) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
3. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
4. (5) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
5. (2) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running

Kokomo, IN – Kokomo Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

        FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Caleb Armstrong, 4. Brad Mosen, 5. Zach Daum, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 11. Andrew Felker, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Davey Ray, 14. Tyler Thomas, 15. Ryan Criswell, 16. Austin Brown, 17. Jaimie McKinlay, 18. Dillon Welch, 19. Tanner Thorson, 20. Alex Bright, 21. Rico Abreu, 22. Bobby East, 23. Tracy Hines, 24. Brad Kuhn. NT
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Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti Autosport
No. 1 DHL Chevrolet

Milwaukee - RIS - June 16, 2013 - Ryan Hunter-Reay is the winner of today's Milwaukee IndyFest driving the DHL Chevrolet for Andretti Autosport . Hunter-Reay started today's race from the fourth position.

This is Hunter-Reay's second win of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season as the American-born driver is on his way to defending his 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series title.

 Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Zach Daum, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Bobby East, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Caleb Armstrong, 8. Andrew Felker, 9. Alex Bright, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Steve Buckwalter, 12. Brad Kuhn, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Tanner Thorson, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Christopher Bell, 17. Austin Brown, 18. Dillon Welch, 19. Tyler Thomas, 20. Rico Abreu, 21. Brad Mosen, 22. Michael Pickens, 23. Dalton Armstrong, 24. Brenden Bright. NT
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**Pickens flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 East, Laps 2-20 C.Armstrong, Laps 21-27 Abreu, Laps 28-30 Daum.

NEW HONDA NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bell-223, 2-Clauson-212, 3-Felker-183, 4-Hines-175, 5-Hagen-173, 6-Coons-168, 7-Abreu-162, 8-Bacon-156, 9-Kuhn-155, 10-C.Armstrong-147.

NEW “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Bell-223, 2-Clauson-212, 3-Felker-183, 4-Hines-175, 5-Hagen-173, 6-Coons-168, 7-Abreu-162, 8-Bacon-156, 9-Kuhn-155, 10-Buckwalter-148.

BROOKLYN, KI – RIS – Regan Smith held off Kyle Larson and beat the oncoming rain to win the Alliance Truck Parts 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway.  While Smith and his No. 7 JR Motorsports team were still celebrating in Victory Lane, rain – which had threatened most of the afternoon – finally began to fall at the track. 

Jason Leffler in USAC Western Sprintcar at Irwindale, CA in 2011

        The USAC Benevolent Foundation has today announced a $10,000 grant in the memory of the late USAC racing champion Jason Leffler, who lost his life Wednesday night in a racing accident in New Jersey.

        The 501-3C-designated Foundation will also be accepting additional donations earmarked for usage by Jason’s son Charlie Dean and Charlie’s mother Allison.

 Bloomington Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

        FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Christopher Bell, 3. Rico Abreu, 4. Davey Ray, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Michael Pickens, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Caleb Armstrong, 9. Alex Bright, 10. Austin Brown, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Tanner Thorson, 13. Brad Kuhn, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Ryan Criswell, 16. Dalton Armstrong, 17. Andrew Felker, 18. Dave Darland, 19. Dillon Welch, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Zach Daum, 22. Shane Cockrum. NT
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INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - A statement from Indianapolis Motor Speedway Chief Operating Officer J. Douglas Boles about the death of driver Jason Leffler from injuries suffered in a sprint-car race June 12 at Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J.:

"We are very saddened at the passing of Jason Leffler. He was one of the most versatile race drivers in America, showing his talent by competing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during his career. He also displayed the skills that would help him reach the top levels of the sport by winning four USAC national series titles while winning on tracks throughout the Midwest. Jason was a terrific guy who always had time for everyone. Our deepest sympathies are extended to his entire family, team and fans."

Leffler, 37, competed in the Indianapolis 500 in 2000 and the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008.

Concord, NC- (June 11, 2013) It was one year ago to the race that William Byron attended his first US Legends Jack in the Box Summer Shoot-Out race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway as a spectator. After watching Young Lions racer Ryan Shattuck win round 2 of the 2012 Jack in the Box Summer Shoot-Out, Byron knew that he wanted to pursue his dream to race.

Lincoln Park Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

        QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Larson, 71k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.336; 2. Andrew Felker, 11a, Felker-13.462; 3. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.626; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2, Steele-13.686; 5. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.688; 6. Brad Mosen, 7nz, Buckley-13.759; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.785; 8. Brady Bacon, 11, Wilke-Pak-13.800; 9. Rico Abreu, 67k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.817; 10. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.845; 11. Levi Jones, 56, 5IVE-6IX-13.939; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 63, Dooling-13.950; 13. Ryan Criswell, 11R, R & C-13.972; 14. Blake Edwards, 17E, Koontz-13.978; 15. Dillon Welch, 98, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.023; 16. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-14.027; 17. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.083; 18. Austin Brown, 7, Brown-14.121; 19. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.128; 20. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-14.130; 21. Dave Darland, 2x, Lein-14.145; 22. Brad Kuhn, 10, Cook-14.152; 23. Michael Pickens, 1nz,Buckley-14.196; 24. Tyler Thomas, 2s, Lein-14.198; 25. Bryan
Clauson, 39, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.204; 26. Thomas Meseraull, 16, Sandy-14.230; 27. Dalton Armstrong, 7a, C & A-14.360; 28. Nick Lucas, 6, Isenhower-14.440; 29. Shane Cockrum, 14c, Cockrum-14.457; 30. Alex Bright, 17, RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.465; 31. Ross Rankine, 39R, RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.475; 32. Billy Lawhead, 35, Three 5 Racing-14.479; 33. Davey Ray, 33, Team RAYPRO-14.543; 34. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.553; 35. Matt Jackson, 97au, Jackson-14.612; 36. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-14.682; 37. Colten Cottle, 5c, Cottle-14.687; 38. Jaimie McKinley, 42ua, Fedrizzi-14.696; 39. Jimmy Light, 23, FTD Motorsports-14.745; 40. Michael Koontz, 17k, Koontz-14.806; 41. Cameron King, 55k, King-14.882; 42. Billy Wease, 10x, Moore-14.887; 43. Justin Dickerson, 21D, Dickerson-14.925; 44. Johnny Murdock, 0, Murdock-15.823; 45. Seth Motsinger, 2m, Brown-NT.

        QUALIFYING RACE : (8 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Daum, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. C.Cottle, 5. Jackson, 6. Koontz, 7. King, 8. Wease, 9. Dickerson, 10. McKinley, 11. Motsinger, 12. Murdock, 13. Light. NT

        FIRST HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Abreu, 3. Darland, 4. Ray, 5. East, 6. Clauson, 7. Criswell. 8. Ferns, 9. Cockrum. NT

        SECOND HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Brown, 2. Bell, 3. Felker, 4. Kuhn, 5. Mosen, 6. Daum, 7. A.Bright, 8. Meseraull, 9. Edwards. NT

        THIRD HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Pickens, 3. Thorson, 4. Jones, 5. Hines, 6. Welch, 7. C.Armstrong, 8. Rankine, 9. D.Armstrong. NT

        FOURTH HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Coons, 3. T.Thomas, 4. K.Thomas, 5. Bacon, 6. B.Bright, 7. C.Cottle, 8. Lucas, 9. Lawhead. 2:36.39

        SEMI: (12 laps) 1. East, 2. Hines, 3. Bacon, 4. Welch, 5. Clauson, 6. Mosen, 7. Edwards, 8. Meseraull, 9. Criswell, 10. A.Bright, 11. Daum. 12. B.Bright, 13. D.Armstrong, 14. Rankine, 15. Ferns, 16. C.Armstrong, 17. C.Cottle, 18. Lucas, 19. Lawhead. NT

        FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Brad Mosen, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Rico Abreu, 6. Steve Buckwalter, 7. Andrew Felker, 8. Brad Kuhn, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Michael Pickens, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Caleb Armstrong, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Dillon Welch, 16. Bobby East, 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 18. Tyler Thomas, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Tanner Thorson, 22. Davey Ray, 23. Kevin Thomas Jr., 24. Austin Brown. NT
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PENSKE RACING PENALIZED  
FOR POST-RACE TECHNICAL INFRACTION AT TEXAS

INDIANAPOLIS (Tuesday, June 11, 2013) - INDYCAR, the sanctioning body of the IZOD IndyCar Series, announced today a penalty stemming from post-race technical inspection of the June 8 Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway.

The No. 3 Team Penske car driven by Helio Castroneves was fined $35,000 and docked 15 entrant points for not complying Rule 14.6.6.14 (Underwing).

(BRAKES press release) On Saturday, July 27th, a special kind of “doubleheader” will take place at CMC-NorthEast Stadium in Kannapolis, NC, thanks to the combined efforts of the Kannapolis Intimidators, the Class “A” Minor League affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, and B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe).  With the purchase of a $6.00 regular admission ticket, the Intimidators will donate 50% of the ticket price to B.R.A.K.E.S., the non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization based in Charlotte, NC which offers their free, Teen Pro-Active Driving Course to young drivers between the ages of 15 and 19.

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LONGPOND, PA – RIS – They didn’t have a chance.  The rest of the field, that is.  Jimmie Johnson totally dominated the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono.  Johnson led 128 of the race’s 160 laps and drove away to large leads all afternoon.  The race on this day was for second place, which became a pretty interesting battle.

NEWTON, IA – RIS – Trevor Bayne had a good week.  The driver of the No. 6 Ford Mustang got married on Tuesday and capped the week off by winning the rain plagued DuPont Pioneer 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway.  Bayne passed a dominant Austin Dillon with 11 laps to go and held on for the win. 

Castroneves takes the checkered flag. (Photo: Tom Beeler/RIS)

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Coming into the IZOD IndyCar Series’ eighth race of the season - the series’ 25th race at the high-banked Texas Motor Speedway - the series management and drivers worked hard to come up with a chassis/tire package that would move the Indy cars away from pack racing, and more toward driver skill.

The series modified the chassis aero to reduce drag (and eliminate some downforce), and Firestone massaged the tire compounds in order make the cars harder to drive.

And harder to drive, they were, but when the dust settled, Brazilian oval meister Helio Castroneves dominated the 228-lap race, leading 132 of them, and beat second-place finisher Ryan Hunter-Reay by over 4.6-seconds.

Matt Kenseth takes the #20 Home Depot/Husky Toyota out to the final practice at PIR. Dean Patton/PatSportsPhoto Photo.

Long Pond, PA – RIS – Matt Kenseth will start for the twenty-seventh time at Pocono International Raceway. This year Matt will be wheeling a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing and not the Roush/Fenway Team. Matt Kenseth will be driving the #20 HomeDepot/Husky Toyota at the Party in the Poconos 400 at Pocono Raceway. His best finish at Pocono was third in 2003 during the June running of the Pocono 500.

Tony Stewart and his #14 Mobil1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet heads back out to the track for the final practice on the day. Dean Patton/PatSportsPhoto Photo.

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Long Pond, PA – RIS – Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart finished the final practice running forth quickest. His time of 51.382 sets his speed at 175.159 MPH at the Tricky Triangle. With all the rain Tony explained his thoughts during speaking with the media.