PIT BOX: Previewing weekend’s ARCA Menards races at Michigan, Irwindale, Springfield

The ARCA Menards platform is set for its busiest weekend of 2021, with three races across two series scheduled over the span of three days.

The ARCA Menards Series will complete a weekend doubleheader starting with Friday evening’s Henry Ford Health System 200 at Michigan International Speedway. The series and its competitors will then travel Saturday ahead of Sunday’s Allen Crowe 100 on the Springfield Mile at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, the first of two dirt-track races on the schedule.

Meanwhile, the ARCA Menards Series West on Saturday will contest its fifth race of the season, the NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Sunrise Ford at Irwindale Speedway outside of Los Angeles. The event marks the series’ second race this season at Irwindale, where defending champion Jesse Love won last month.

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

INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021) – 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.

ARCA Menards rewind: What we learned at Winchester and Colorado

Saturday night delivered the perfect end to a July full of short track racing on the ARCA Menards platform. The fifth and sixth races of the month both produced unforgettable moments.

In the Calypso Lemonade 200 at Indiana’s Winchester Speedway, the 12th race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season and Round 6 of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, Ty Gibbs spun championship rival Corey Heim in the closing laps and went on to win the race in overtime.

Ericsson Drives to Improbable Win in Ganassi 1-2 at Wild Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021) – Five laps into the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, Marcus Ericsson’s car launched airborne and limped to the pits with a broken front wing.

Seventy-five laps later, he drove the No. 8 Bryant Honda into victory lane Sunday as the winner of the inaugural NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, in one of the most improbable results in recent memory.

Single Day Tickets Go On Sale Today For The Grand Prix of Portland

ARCA Menards Series West and USAC National .25 Midget Series Join Sept. 10-12th Race Weekend


PORTLAND, Ore. (July 27, 2021) – After race fans and festival-goers missed out on this spectacular event last year, the admission gates will open again to fans in just 45 days for the Grand Prix of Portland. Single Day tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. PT for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES race weekend returning to Portland International Raceway (PIR), Sept 10-12, 2021. Tickets can be purchased online at portlandgp.com.

Tickets go on sale next week for Grand Prix of Portland

NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to PIR and the Pacific Northwest Sept. 10-12

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 15, 2021) - The Grand Prix of Portland is ready to rev back up in the Pacific Northwest, Sept. 10-12, 2021, with non-stop racing excitement at Portland International Raceway (PIR). Sales open for all 3-Day tickets beginning on Monday, June 21 at 10 a.m. PT online at portlandgp.com.

After missing its visit last year due to the global pandemic, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES brings the stars and cars of the Indianapolis 500 back to PIR for the first of three stops on its west coast swing to end the 2021 season. The Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires returns with the Indy Lights series, the top rung of its open-wheel development ladder, for doubleheader races. The ARCA Menards Series West also races at PIR for the first time since 2012 during the weekend adding some fender-banging stock car racing action.

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