📸 Emily Schwanke CONCORD, NC (Jan. 8, 2026) — Sam Hafertepe Jr. made history in 2025, winning his sixth American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) championship. In 2026, he’ll go for a seventh national title with new crew help and renewed competitive drive.   Hafertepe, 40, of Sunnyvale, TX, will embark on a 10th full-time season with the national 360 Sprint Car circuit this year as the defending champion for the first time since 2020. In clinching his sixth ASCS national championshi

📸 Tyler Carr CONCORD, NC (January 8, 2026) - Garet Williamson is back for more in 2026 with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series after his Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year campaign with Fischer Motorsports. The Columbia, MO native cemented his name in the history books in 2025 by standing atop a stout crop of seven rookies. Williamson’s debut campaign yielded seven top fives, 26 top 10s, a pair of Quick Times, six Heat wins, and a dozen Dash appearances.

CONCORD, NC (January 5, 2025) - Only a month remains before the 2026 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season is unleashed. An 87-day off-season will conclude on Feb. 4-7 in Barberville, FL when Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals brings the campaign to life. The Greatest Show on Dirt’s 49th year of showcasing the best Sprint Car drivers in the world is set to begin with four consecutive nights of racing at the “Sunshine State” 1/

CONCORD, NC (January 5, 2026) – The past two months since World of Outlaws World Finals have been anything but quiet for Cody Overton. Toward the end of 2025, team owner Dave Steine elected to scale back from owning a nationally touring dirt Late Model team. But Overton wasn’t ready for his stint as a full-timer on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision to be over, which meant taking matters into his own hands. The Thomson, GA driver’s third full-time

TULSA, Okla. (January 5, 2025) When you envision the Mount Rushmore of racing, for many, the name Tony Stewart is on that list, and rightfully so. A USAC Triple-Crown titlist, Chili Bowl champion in 2002 and 2007, along with driving titles in NASCAR, IndyCar, NHRA, and SRX, to name a few, the list of accolades and accomplishments puts the man known as “Smoke” in a league of his own. Making his return to Tulsa in 2026, the Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink is ho

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 3, 2026) He has been in contention, led laps, and been within striking distance in the last ten years, but over and over, Jonathan Beason has been denied his third career Golden Driller. That changed Saturday night as the Broken Arrow shoe led all 55 laps of the Hyper Racing Outlaw Non-Wing A-Feature. “This one is way shinier than my other ones,” chuckled Beason. “We should have had a couple more in the last ten years, but the car was per

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 3, 2026) Capturing his first career Golden Driller at the Hyper Racing Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy Drink, Pennsylvania’s Cullen Hutchison topped a field that started with 477 competitors at the 41st annual Hyper Racing Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy Drink. “This is incredible,” was the quick response when asked what it meant to win an A-Feature at the Tulsa Shootout. “Everyone that is part of this car, it was phenomenal, an

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 3, 2026) A shakeup in the finish of the JST Motorsports A-Class feature event, Frank Flud was declared the winner after post-race tech revealed the engine and parts in the transmission to be illegal in the No. 4y driven by California’s Jett Yantis. Issues discovered in post-race tech included: Illegal head work, with bowl porting over a quarter-inch past the valve seats. Epoxy on cylinder head imperfections inside the intake port. Ceramic

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 3, 2026) Making perfect laps around the Tulsa Expo Raceway, California’s Braxon Vasconcellos came away with his first career Golden Driller K&B Motorsports Restricted competition at the 41st Hyper Racing Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy Drink. Leading start to finish, the closing laps put Brycen Roush in hot pursuit of the No. 13v. Getting to the back bumper of Vasconcellos as the pair worked into slower traffic, Roush took a shot at

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 3, 2026) “I’ve been thinking about this race since we left last year,” summed up the focus at the front of the field by Jax Wittmer, who captured his first career golden Driller in the 41st annual Hyper Racing Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy Drink. Leading all 20 laps in the Flying A-Motorsports Junior Sprint A-Feature, Wittmer's determination was apparent after settling for second one year ago. Perfect laps by the Pennsylvania drive