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Regan Smith held off a charge by Kyle Larson on the final lap to win the Nationwide Series Alliance Truck Parts 250 today at Michigan International Speedway.

Nationwide Series driver Sam Hornish Jr. watches as Austin Dillon bumps him from the pole position during qualifying at the NASCAR Nationwide Series 3rd Annual DuPont Pioneer 250 at the Iowa Speedway in Newton on Saturday, June 8, 2013.

Helio Castroneves enthusiastically celebrated after winning the Firestone 550 on June 8 but quickly turned his attention to the rest of 2013, which begins this weekend with the Milwaukee IndyFest at the Milwaukee Mile.

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Castroneves also won at the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked track in 2004, 2006 and 2009.

Dillon recorded a fast-lap speed of 136.737 miles per hour to capture the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Nationwide Series DuPont Pioneer 250 at Iowa Speedway.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Nationwide series has completed practice session one at Iowa Speedway in preparation for the 3rd Annual DuPont Pioneer 250 .

One driver has never put down a lap at Iowa. The other driver takes over for a driver who won three consecutive races at the 0.875-mile track in Newton, Iowa.

Summer vacations don't have to be limited to lazing in a beach chair or lining up at a theme park,... Overview: Joey Logano won here last year, and Tony Stewart snapped a 30-race winless streak to win last week at Dover.

After posting his eighth consecutive top-10 finish last Saturday in Charlotte, Regan Smith leads the series into Dover for the 5-Hour Energy 200 with a 29-point advantage over Sam Hornish Jr.

Sunday's Indy 500 was one for the record books in nearly every quantifiable way.

Marco Andretti, the grandson of racing legend Mario, enters the 97 th running of the "Greatest Spectable In Sports" as the heavy favorite, but hopes to be the first Andretti to win at the Brickyard since 1969.

Busch, driving the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota out of the Joe Gibbs Racing stable, led 186 laps en route to victory in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The 26-year-old Andretti qualified third, so he'll start Sunday's race in the front row, and he was among the quickest drivers again Friday on the final day of practice.

With the Coke 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway looming, and NASCAR activities in and around the Charlotte-area ramping up, Richard Petty kicked off Charlotte race week Tuesday night by hosting the fifth-annual "King's Cup - Karting for a Cause" presented by D&B Motors and Xtreme Motorsports at Victory Lane Karting in Charlotte, NC.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Nationwide series has completed practice session two at Charlotte Motor Speedway in preparation for the 32nd Annual History 300 .

"Obviously, I can't wait to get back into the No. 43," Annett said. "It has been a long three months, and I am more than ready to jump back in the car.

NHRA/National Dragster - NHRA champion Antron Brown is going from Top Fuel dragster to stock car for a test in Virginia on Tuesday.

Loving the Red, White and Blue in the garage. Check out @RyanNewman39 's paint scheme! -BW pic.twitter.com/qEKZCoSqJi 3:36 p.m. ET: Dakoda Armstrong was pleased with his practice run ahead of Saturday's Nationwide race.

Among the various storylines for Sunday's 102 nd running of the Indianapolis 500 is the high number of American drivers, led by Ed Carpenter.