Back to Motorsports

More from Motorsports

Motorsports
August 13, 2017
Kyle Larson celebrates winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Larson pulls off NASCAR win after Iowa detour

It's vindication after decision to squeeze in Knoxville Nationals.
Motorsports
August 7, 2017
Martin Truex Jr. celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Truex saves fuel to win at Watkins Glen

Martin Truex conserved gas and beat Matt Kenseth to the finish line.
Motorsports
July 30, 2017
Kyle Busch celebrated after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday.

Kyle Busch ends drought, wins first at Pocono

Kyle Busch hadn't won since last year's Brickyard 400.
Motorsports
July 23, 2017
Kasey Kahne kisses the yard of bricks on the start/finish line after winning last year's Brickyard 400. He will not race in this year's event.

Kasey Kahne ends victory drought at marathon Brickyard 400

The wacky race had a little of everything — 14 cautions and 55 caution laps, both race records, three red flags and a 1-hour, 47-minute rain delay.
Motorsports
July 19, 2017
Henry Miller of Rochester will compete in Saturday’s Spring Creek Nationals in Millville, Minn.

Rochester's Henry Miller learning how to ride with the big boys

Henry Miller, 20, a native of nearby Rochester, went to watch the Spring Creek Nationals in Millville with his family when he was 6 and was instantly hooked.
Motorsports
July 16, 2017
Driver Denny Hamlin reacted after being handed a lobster after winning the NASCAR Cup Series 301 auto race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sund

Hamlin wins in N.H. for Gibbs Racing's first victory of season

Denny Hamlin edged Kyle Larson after taking lead with 33 laps to go.
Motorsports
July 10, 2017
Martin Truex Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane following his victory in the NASCAR Cup auto race at Kentucky Speedway, Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Sparta,

Truex Jr. wins Monster Energy race in Kentucky

Second in points entering the 400-mile event, Martin Truex Jr. started second and won the first two stages. He led the final segment by as many as 15 seconds before a final caution created overtime.
Local
July 4, 2017
Deb Gilmore is embraced after the death of her husband, Mel Shaw, a Trans Am driver who died Sunday in a crash at Brainerd International Raceway. This

Driver killed when he hits wall at Brainerd Raceway

Veteran driver's car appeared to rev up when he needed to downshift at Brainerd track.
Motorsports
June 26, 2017
Kevin Harvick celebrated after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday in Sonoma, Calif.

Harvick ends 20-race winless streak with victory at Sonoma

Experience, ability proved valuable on winding road course.
Motorsports
June 24, 2017
Drivers Kyle Larson, left, and Jamie McMurray, shown last year at Daytona.

Larson and McMurray make it 1-2 for Chip Ganassi at Sonoma

Larson turned a lap at 95.295 mph and just nipped his teammate.
Motorsports
June 18, 2017
Kyle Larson

Restart mastery earns NASCAR victory for Kyle Larson

As he did last year at Michigan, Kyle Larson held off late challengers.
Motorsports
June 13, 2017
Ryan Blaney drove through Turn 3 during the NASCAR Cup Series Pocono 400 on Sunday in Long Pond, Pa.

Blaney holds off Harvick for first career NASCAR victory

The third-generation driver gave the Wood Brothers team its first victory since 2011.
Motorsports
June 4, 2017
Graham Rahal acknowledged the fans as he approaches the winner's podium after the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix auto race on Belle Isle, Sunday, June 4,

Graham Rahal sweeps Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader

Rahal became the first to sweep in Detroit since it began hosting doubleheaders in 2013.
Motorsports
June 4, 2017
Jimmie Johnson, left, posed with the trophy in Victory Lane after he won a NASCAR Cup series auto race, Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Dover International S

Jimmie Johnson extends track record with 11th win at Dover

The seven-time NASCAR champion also tied Cale Yarborough for sixth all-time with 83 victories.
Motorsports
May 29, 2017
Austin Dillon, left, celebrated with his crew after winning the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., on Sunday.

Dillon wins rain-delayed Coca-Cola 600

His No. 3 took the lead when Jimmie Johnson ran out of gas with two laps remaining.
Motorsports
May 29, 2017
Takuma Sato, of Japan, celebrates on the Yard of Bricks on the start/finish line after winning the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Sp

Sato becomes first Japanese winner of Indianapolis 500

Takuma Sato holds on to become Japan's first 500 champion, adding to Andretti family legacy.
Motorsports
May 18, 2017
Motocross racer Ryan Dungey. (Courtesy of MX Sports Pro Racing/Carl Stone)

Reusse: At 27, Motocross star Dungey can ride off into the sunset

A decade after bursting onto the Motocross scene, "I've lived my dream,'' Ryan Dungey said Wednesday. "I'm ready for a new chapter in life.''
Motorsports
May 17, 2017
On Herschel Walker, NASCAR and Minnesota's nine-ton ball of twine

On Herschel Walker, NASCAR and Minnesota's nine-ton ball of twine

Southern sports tradition and Northern eccentricity meet Thursday when former NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and some celebrity pals roll through Darwin, Minn. -- home of the world-famous twine ball -- on a motorcycle ride for charity.
Motorsports
May 16, 2017
Ryan Dungey

Ryan Dungey, Minnesota-grown dirt bike star, retires in prime of career

The surprise announcement came just 10 days after Dungey won the AMA/FIM Supercross World Championship.
Motorsports
May 9, 2017

Belle Plaine's Dungey wins third AMA Supercross title in a row

Ryan Dungey twice collided with Eli Tomac, including during a tense final lap, but still finished high enough Saturday to win his fourth Monster Energy AMA Supercross season title and third in a row.

Motorsports and auto racing news

News coverage and features of motorsports and auto racing in Minnesota and nationally.