- Saturday night's World Series of Asphalt action at New Smyrna Speedway was overshadowed by the death of Russell Crews, aka Rusty Crews. Crews was in charge of inspection at the track. He had apparently gone into the scene of a post-race fight in order to break it up. According to the
Volusia County Sheriff's Department, he ended up having a medical episode afterwards. He eventually passed away at the age of 59. We at Frontstretch send our condolences to the Crews family.
In Monster Energy AMA Supercross action, Ken Roczen successfully swept the three races at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Tuesday night saw Roczen hold off Justin Barcia for the win. Eli Tomac was third, then Cooper Webb and Aaron Plessinger.
In the 250cc class, Colt Nichols and Christian Craig stomped the field. While it was a close victory for Nichols over Craig, only four riders finished on the lead lap. Michael Mosiman was third, followed by Jo Shimoda. Grant Harlan was a lap down in fifth. Jett Lawrence was forced
out of the main prior to the start due to injuries from two separate crashes, resulting in Mitchell Oldenburg being given his spot despite officials incorrectly not letting him start the Last Chance Qualifier.
Saturday saw Roczen score a dominant win, his fourth in a row over Webb. Marvin Musquin was third, then Malcolm Stewart in a career-best fourth. Adam Cianciarulo was fifth.
In 250cc, Craig came back to claim his second victory of the year in dominant fashion over Shimoda. Nichols won the holeshot, then crashed on the first lap and dropped to the rear of the field. He then charged back up to finish third. Oldenburg was fourth, while Lawrence was
fifth.
- The World of Outlaws NoS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series held their season opener as part of the DIRTcar Nationals Friday night at Volusia Speedway Park. Brad Sweet claimed the victory with Logan Schuchart second. Donny Schatz came from 18th on the grid to finish third, followed by David
Gravel and Carson Macedo.
Saturday night's feature was cancelled due to rain. Sunday night saw Schatz dominate from the drop of the green, but his ignition box failed with under two laps to go, giving victory to Schuchart. Danny Dietrich was second, then Cory Eliason, Gravel and
Sweet.
- Peugeot Sport revealed their driver lineup Monday morning for their Hypercar effort that will debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022. IMSA drivers Loic Duval and Kevin Magnussen will be joined by previous Formula 1 drivers Jean-Eric Vergne and Paul di Resta. Gustavo Menezes, Mikkel Jensen and James Rossiter round out the team.
- 2010 Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Conway is getting back into full-time racing, this time in Pirelli GT4 America. He'll be in a Toyota GR Supra GT4 for SMOOGE Racing alongside John Geesbright.
- ST Racing has announced a two-car full-time Pirelli GT4 America effort for 2021. Ryan Eversley and Joe Rubbo will drive one BMW M4 GT4, while Tomas Mejia moves up from TC America's TCA class to share the second car with Bryson Lew.
