Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Weekend Race Schedule
NASCAR & ARCA & IndyCar

Weekend Race Schedule for NASCAR & ARCA & IndyCar

Michigan International Speedway; World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway; Irwindale Speedway

Michigan International Speedway - #NASCAR & #ARCA

 

NASCAR (Cup & Xfinity) and ARCA returns to Michigan International Speedway August 20 to 22, 2021. The Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, boasts a proud, 50-year history of hosting America's best racing action on its 1,400-plus acres in the scenic Irish Hills. With 18 degree banking and 73-foot wide sweeping turns, Michigan International Speedway provides drivers with three and four grooves to run around the two-mile speedway.

 

NTT IndyCar Series 500 and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 200 will take place on the same weekend in 2021. The eighth annual Gateway Truck Series event will take place on Friday, August 20, 2021. The fifth annual Bommarito Automotive Group 500 for the NTT IndyCar Series will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2021.

 

If you are located on the West Coast, you can watch the ARCA Series West Race at Irwindale Speedway on Friday.

 

Sunday

NASCAR Cup

  • Michigan International Speedway
  • FireKeepers Casino 400 
  • Aug. 22 3:00 pm ET

 

 

Saturday

NASCAR Xfinity

  • Michigan International Speedway
  • New Holland 250 
  • Aug. 21 3:30 pm ET

 

 

NTT IndyCar

  • World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
  • Bommarito Automotive Group 500 
  • Aug. 21 8:00 pm ET

 

 

ARCA Menard West Racing

  • Irwindale Speedway
  • NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Sunrise Ford
  • Aug. 21 10:00 pm ET

 

 

Friday

ARCA Menard Series Racing

  • Michigan International Speedway
  • Henry Ford Health System 200 
  • Aug. 20 6:00 pm ET

 

 

NASCAR Camping World Truck

  • World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway 
  • Toyota 200 presented by CK Power 
  • Aug. 20 9:00 pm ET

 

 

 

source: NASCAR Media
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Monday, August 16, 2021

NASCAR /IndyCar Race Weekend Recap (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

NASCAR /IndyCar Race Weekend Recap (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

Winners: AJ Allmendinger (Cup); Austin Cindric(Xfinity); plus Will Power (IndyCar)

 

NASCAR Cup

Allmendinger Scores Cup victory in Wild Finish

 

The first NASCAR Cup Series road-course race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was full of drama — for AJ Allmendinger, who led only the last two laps of overtime to secure his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, and for those who fell short of the cherished trophy in an action-packed final few laps.

 

Denny Hamlin was leading the race on the final restart with two laps to go before being hit from behind by rookie Chase Briscoe in Turn 10, just before Briscoe was supposed to serve a penalty for running off-course earlier in the lap. Instead of winning, Hamlin finished 23rd and Briscoe, 26th.

 

With those two cars derailed, Allmendinger moved up from third place to take the lead and hold off Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson by .929-seconds.

 

“We just won at Indy, what’s up,” Allmendinger yelled toward the grandstands after screaming in excitement on his team radio during his entire victory doughnut celebration in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet at Indianapolis’ famed yard of bricks start/finish line.

 

“I mean, it was survival of the fittest,” Allmendinger said. “We probably had like an eighth, 10th-place car, sped on pit road. I thought we were going to finish 12th to 15th and then those restarts were just insane.

 

“It’s great when you have a car owner that just says, ‘go get me trophies.’ He doesn’t care if that thing is torn up.

 

 

NASCAR Xfinity

Austin Cindric Delivers Indianapolis Win

 

It was essentially a storybook ending for Austin Cindric Saturday afternoon in the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard and the 22-year old with Hoosier roots appropriately celebrated his first win at the renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course by singing “Back Home Again in Indiana” as he took a victory lap.

 

Cindric easily outpaced the NASCAR Xfinity Series field by 2.108-seconds to take his series-best fifth victory of the year and 13th of his career. It marked the second win on the day for Team Penske, which won an NTT IndyCar race earlier in the day at the renowned Indianapolis facility now owned by Roger Penske himself.

 

“Unbelievable and first of all I’ve got to thank Roger Penske for every opportunity I’ve had in my career and every opportunity he’s given race fans to enjoy this beautiful facility,” a grinning Cindric said.

 

“To win at this facility is amazing,” Cindric said, adding, “What this place means to me, I can’t even put into words what this means.

 

“Proud to be here, proud to win for Roger and proud to win at the speedway. There’s nothing bigger.”

 

 

NTT IndyCar

Power Extends Reign as King of IMS Road with First Win of Year

 

Will Power finally got his first victory of the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series season on a track he has mastered like no other.

 

Power drove the No. 12 Verizon 5G Team Penske Chevrolet to victory in the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix on Saturday on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, his fifth career win on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile layout that debuted in 2014.

 

It was the 40th career INDYCAR SERIES victory for Power, who broke a tie with four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser to climb into fifth on the all-time win list. The win also was the sixth of Power’s career at IMS, as he also won the 2018 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. Only NASCAR star Kyle Busch,  with two Brickyard 400 wins and four Xfinity Series wins on the oval, has as many major race victories at the Racing Capital of the World.

 

“We needed that as a group,” Power said. “I can’t tell you how good these guys have been all year. Flawless on pit stops. They’ve given me the car, and we’ve had some bad luck. I’ve made some mistakes, as well.

 

“So stoked to get the Verizon 5G car in Victory Lane. Oh, what a relief, man!”

 

 

 

source: NASCAR Media & IndyCar
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Saturday, August 14, 2021

Cindric Hopes To Enjoy IMS View from New Spot This Weekend – Victory Circle

Cindric Hopes To Enjoy IMS View from New Spot This Weekend – Victory Circle

Leads Xfinity During Yesterday’s Practice; Will Start Race in Second

 

Team Penske stock car driver Austin Cindric will have one of the best views of Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend as he competes in both NASCAR road races, the Pennzoil 150 for the Xfinity Series on Saturday and the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard for the Cup Series on Sunday. Then again, Cindric is accustomed to great views at the Racing Capital of the World.

 

Cindric is the youngest of Team Penske president Tim Cindric’s two sons, and he has attended all but one Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge since Helio Castroneves captured his first “500” for Roger Penske’s team in 2001. Cindric’s only miss: Last year’s race, which was rescheduled due to the pandemic. He was competing in the Xfinity Series race in Dover, Delaware, that day, finishing third.

 

“We were sitting there in the media center after the Dover race, and all these people were trying to ask questions (about finishing third),” he said. “I was like, ‘No, no, there are 10 laps left (at Indy). We’re going to watch this, and then you can ask questions.’”

 

 

Cindric, 22, is as devoted to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES’ cornerstone event as any fan his age. He was 3 years old when attended his first “500,” and he has photographs of him on the front straightway to prove it. One of those shots of him was taken with the Borg-Warner Trophy, which nearly became memorable for the wrong reason.

 

“Apparently I almost knocked it over,” he said, laughing. “You’ll have to ask my dad about that one.”

 

Once Cindric became old enough to roam the grounds without direct supervision, he began searching for his own place to watch “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” He found it at the south end of the Gasoline Alley Suites, where he has stood to watch the past five or six races he has attended. Cindric likes the spot so much that he stakes out when the gates open at 6 a.m. on race morning, using zip ties to mark his spot.

 

 

That location affords him two views of video boards – one in front, one behind – along with a sightline to the exit of Turn 4 and another to the entrance to Turn 2. Yes, there usually are other people gathered in that location, but he has enough privacy to engage with the race as other fans do.

 

“I like being able to yell at (drivers) driving stupid or cheering for the ones I’m rooting for,” he said.

 

Cindric was forced into a viewing detour in May. His mother, Megan, asked him to watch the start of the race with her in one of the Pagoda suites, so he went to the elevators with a host of others for a ride up. For some reason, the elevator doors weren’t opening quickly enough, so Cindric, who knows many of the intricacies of the building, opted to take the stairs. However, the interior doors at several levels he reached were locked, leaving him frustrated and confused.

 

The mystery was solved when he retreated to the second floor. Opening the unlocked door, he saw Penske, who had just delivered the command to start engines, and his entourage walking toward the elevator being held for him.

 

“I thought to myself: ‘I’m going with him! I’m going where he’s going!’” Cindric said.

 

Penske’s destination was to the top of the Pagoda, where the height of the building offers a panoramic view of the massive facility. Cindric found himself alongside Penske, four-time “500” winner Rick Mears and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, along with a few others.

 

Cindric couldn’t express his fan emotions as freely as in his usual perch, but the view was worth it.

 

“It was the right spot – waaaaayyyyy better (than atop the Gasoline Alley suites) -- and I stayed there the whole race,” he said. “You can see the whole track from up there, and I’d love to do that again, but I don’t think I can pull that off every year.”

 

Cindric is in his fourth season as a full-time Xfinity Series driver, having won 12 races overall and last year’s series championship (he also is the current leader of the standings). Cindric figures to be a top contender to win either race – or both of them -- this weekend in a Team Penske Ford as he has four career Xfinity wins on road courses and has led laps in the Cup road races this season at Circuit of The Americas and Road America.

 

This will be Cindric’s seventh Cup Series start, all with Team Penske this season. He led two laps in the Daytona 500 and started third and fifth, respectively, at COTA and Road America.

 

He had two chances to race on the IMS oval in the Xfinity Series, suffering crash damage in 2018 and a blown engine while challenging for the win in 2019. Last year, he experienced the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS road course for the first time, getting the worst of the Xfinity Series’ thrilling, five-driver, late-race battle. He finished fifth.

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