Ron Capps' 2016 Funny Car world championship season and hot start to the 2017 season has earned him a nomination for an ESPY award in the Best Driver category, it was announced this week. This is the first time he has been nominated for the prestigious honor in his 23-year...

Jason Line capped off a dominant season by the KB Racing team by driving his Summit Camaro to the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock championship on Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. Line, who previously won Pro Stock titles in 2006 and 2011, as well as...

Matt Hagan will arrive at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona for this weekend's Auto Club NHRA Finals with an impressive list of accomplishments during his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and a shot – albeit a long one – to win his third career Funny Car world championship.But,...

It was a relatively quiet weekend for racing, but NASCAR at Kansas Speedway was front and center with both the Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series races airing live on NBC's broadcast network. The numbers will make for an interesting comparison next week, when Cup's Talladega Chase race airs on NBCSN...

The season-opening Australian Grand Prix for Formula 1 scored a 0.21 rating on NBCSN at the challenging start time of just after midnight Eastern on Sunday morning, averaging 222,000 viewers. The replay at noon on Sunday did slightly better, with an estimated average audience of 258,000. That's about on par...

Leah Pritchett raced to her first Top Fuel victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals. Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) also picked up victories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix.Pritchett used a quicker...

The long rain delay that pushed NASCAR's Sprint Cup race from Phoenix from day into night also pushed it off NBC to NBCSN, with the predictable hit to the TV audience. The delayed event scored a 1.3 overnight rating, averaging 2.2 million viewers, well off last year's 2.8 rating on...

The Martinsville NASCAR Sprint Cup meltdown between Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano drew a 1.9 overnight rating, averaging 3.4 million viewers. Like the other NBCSN races this year, it was a hefty drop-off from last year's rating on ESPN (2.3). The Martinsville race marked the final Cup race on NBCSN,...

Antron Brown increased his 2015 Countdown to the Championship round record to 12-0 with his Top Fuel victory Sunday at the NHRA Keystone Nationals. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Chris McGaha (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners in their respective categories at the third of six...

Cruz Pedregon raced to the qualifying lead in Funny Car Friday at the Lucas Oil Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by General Tire at Route 66 Raceway. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Drew Skillman (Pro Stock, pictured) and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also led their respective categories in Friday qualifying...