SPEEDWAY, Ind. – USAC Triple Crown champion, Indianapolis 500 starter and NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley has filed his entry to compete in the Sept. 4-5 Driven2SaveLives BC39 powered by NOS Energy Drink at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Yeley and car owner Jeff Taylor become the 87th team entered for the $15,000-to-win event.

Yeley is one of USAC’s most prolific drivers, earning 60 National series wins in his career (28 Sprint, 17 Midget and 15 Silver Crown).  He became the second driver in USAC history to earn all three National titles within the same season in 2003, matching the feat accomplished by Tony Stewart in 1995.  Along the way, Yeley collected five USAC National titles (2001 & ’03 Sprint, 2002-03 Silver Crown and 2003 Midget).

Yeley finished a best of ninth at IMS in the 1998 Indianapolis 500 and is, thus far, the only driver to have competed in the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, the Xfinity race at IMS and the BC39 in his career.

Yeley joins John Heydenreich on the latest update of the entry list.  The Bloomsburg, Pa., native won the prestigious Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in 1990 and the Hut 100 in 1987.  He’s also one of 19 drivers to have accumulated more than 100 starts in his USAC Silver Crown career.

The full BC39 entry list can be found below.

BC39 ENTRY LIST (87 cars as of 8/27/2019)
0 LUKE HOWARD/Overland Park, KS (Jay Mounce)
08 CANNON McINTOSH/Bixby, OK (Dave Mac Motorsports)
1 KARSYN ELLEDGE/Mooresville, NC (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
1BR CHASE JONES/Greenwood, IN (SFH Racing Development)
1NZ MICHAEL PICKENS/Auckland, NZ (RMS LLC)
1ST TBA (Daryl Saucier)
2 RYAN HALL/Midlothian, TX (Mark Bush)
2J J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Jeff Taylor)
2x MATT LINDER/Hoschton, GA (Mark Bush)
3 RICH DRANGMEISTER/Hobart, IN (Rich Drangmeister)
3N JAKE NEUMAN/New Berlin, IL (Jim Neuman)
4A JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (RAMS Racing)
4D ROBERT DALBY/Anaheim, CA (Ken Dalby)
5 KEVIN THOMAS, JR./Cullman, AL (Petry Motorsports)
5B CHASE BRISCOE/Mitchell, IN (Chase Briscoe Racing)
5D ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL (Daum Motorsports)
7 CRITTER MALONE/Pittsboro, IN (Seven LLC)
7BC TYLER COURTNEY/Indianapolis, IN (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
7s JON STEED/Rushville, IN (Steed Motorsports)
7u KYLE JONES/Kennedale, TX (Trifecta Motorsports)
7x THOMAS MESERAULL/San Jose, CA (RMS LLC)
8 RANDI PANKRATZ/Atascadero, CA (Wally Pankratz)
9 CHRIS BAUE/Indianapolis, IN (Chris Baue)
9H EMILIO HOOVER/Broken Arrow, OK (James Hoover)
9x TBA (Jay Mounce)
10 LANCE BENNETT/Aurora, CO (Olivia Bennett)
10A MICHAEL KLEIN/Elsmere, KY (Mike Wallace)
11L AARON LEFFEL/Springfield, OH (Chuck Taylor)
11m KENDALL RUBLE/Vincennes, IN (Martin Motorsports)
11T TOMMY KOUNS/Lebanon, IN (Chuck Taylor)
12 BILLY WEASE/Noblesville, IN (Amanda Wease)
14H TBA (Mike Dickerson)
15 DAVE DARLAND/Lincoln, IN (Petry Motorsports)
15DJ DAVID PRICKETT/Fresno, CA (Neverlift Motorsports)
15J JEFF WIMMENAUER/Indianapolis, IN (Jeff Wimmenauer)
15s SHANNON McQUEEN/Bakersfield, CA (Broc Garrett)
15x CARSON GARRETT/Littleton, CO (Broc Garrett)
17 RICKY STENHOUSE, JR./Olive Branch, MS (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
17BC CHRIS WINDOM/Canton, IL (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
19 SPENCER BAYSTON/Lebanon, IN (Brodie Hayward)
19m ETHAN MITCHELL/Mooresville, NC (Bundy Built Motorsports)
20 CODY WEISENSEL/Sun Prairie, WI (Kevin Weisensel)
21 CHRISTOPHER BELL/Norman, OK (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
21D JUSTIN DICKERSON/Pittsboro, IN (Mike Dickerson)
21F JONATHAN BEASON/Broken Arrow, OK (Team Ripper)
21K C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Team Ripper)
21m MARIA COFER/Macdoel, CA (Team Ripper)
22 JOHN HEYDENREICH/Bloomsburg, PA (John Givens)
23m DAVID BUDRES/Beloit, WI (Manic Racing)
25 JERRY COONS, JR./Tucson, AZ (Petry Motorsports)
25B STEVE BUCKWALTER/Royersford, PA (Steve Buckwalter)
27 TUCKER KLAASMEYER/Paola, KS (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
28 ACE McCARTHY/Tahlequah, OK (Jim Neuman)
31 TRAVIS BERRYHILL/American Canyon, CA (Manic Racing)
35 TBA (Petry Motorsports)
39BC ZEB WISE/Angola, IN (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
41 OLIVER AKARD/Ft. Myers, FL (Dan Akard)
43 BRENT BEAUCHAMP/Avon, IN (Kevin Arnold)
46 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing)
47BC ANDREW LAYSER/Collegeville, PA (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
50 TONY DiMATTIA/Malvern, PA (Tony DiMattia Motorsports)
54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Steve Bordner)
54m RAY SEACH/Beloit, WI (Manic Racing)
56A COLTEN COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Travis Young)
56x MARK CHISHOLM/Cheyenne, WY (Mark Chisholm)
57D DANIEL ROBINSON/Ewing, IL (McCreery Motorsports)
57K KEVIN STUDLEY/Plainfield, IN (Kevin Studley)
61 TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Mel Kenyon)
67 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
67F KYLE O’GARA/Beech Grove, IN (SFH Racing Development)
67K HOLLEY HOLLAN/Broken Arrow, OK (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71 JESSE COLWELL/Red Bluff, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71K TANNER CARRICK/Lincoln, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71s CODY SWANSON/Norco, CA (Marcie Campbell)
76 KEN DRANGMEISTER/Hobart, IN (Ken Drangmeister)
76E BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (FMR Racing)
76m JASON McDOUGAL/Broken Arrow, OK (FMR Racing)
77B BLAZE BENNETT/Parker, CO (Olivia Bennett)
81 DILLON WELCH/Carmel, IN (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
84 CHAD BOAT/Phoenix, AZ (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
85 GIO SCELZI/Fresno, CA (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
88 TYLER NELSON/Olathe, KS (Tyler Nelson)
91T TYLER THOMAS/Collinsville, OK (Brian Thomas)
97 KYLE LARSON/Elk Grove, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
97A AUSTIN O’DELL/Rochester, IL (Patrick O’Dell)
98 TANNER THORSON/Minden, NV (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
TBA (Clauson/Marshall Racing)

CONCORD, N.C. – Matt DiBenedetto and Leavine Family Racing will honor Toyota’s IMSA racing legacy during Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Toyota’s racing heritage began with Ivan Stewart in off-road racing, but it didn’t stop there. In 1983 Toyota joined forces with Dan Gurney and All-American Racers to field Celicas in the IMSA GTU (under three-liter) category, winning 10 races in three years (1983-85).

In 1986, Toyota and AAR moved to the over three-liter category with turbo-charged GTO Celicas and would capture 15 race wins (1986-88), as well as the 1987 driver’s championship with Chris Cord and the manufacturer’s championship the same year.

This championship-winning IMSA GTO program carried the classic red, orange and yellow striped color scheme which is synonymous with Toyota performance reputation in American motorsports.

The design pre-dates the infamous AAR Toyota Mark Eagle III, as well as all of Toyota’s other racing endeavors, which have combined for more than 1,500 Toyota wins.

The No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Toyota driven by DiBenedetto will pay tribute to Toyota’s days in IMSA’s GTO division with the red, orange and yellow striped color scheme.

Here it is…our No.95 IMSA GTO Throwback Toyota Camry for this weekend @TooToughToTame!

The championship-winning IMSA GTO Toyota carried the classic red, orange & yellow striped scheme which is synonymous with Toyota performance in American motorsports.#NASCARthrowback #team95 pic.twitter.com/QEM7Qg0ZvM

— LeavineFamilyRacing (@LFR95) August 27, 2019

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Shell-Pennzoil and Joey Logano will pay tribute to Richard Childress Racing’s 50th anniversary during Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Logano’s No. 22 Team Penske Ford will carry a paint scheme from the 2007-2010 era, when Kevin Harvick drove the No. 29 Chevrolet for RCR that was sponsored by Shell-Pennzoil.

Shell-Pennzoil began their tenure with Richard Childress Racing by winning the 2007 Daytona 500.

The paint scheme was revealed in a video posted on Shell Racing’s Twitter account, which also featured Logano’s wife Brittany. The video pays tribute to an incident between Logano and Harvick in June of 2010 at Pocono Raceway, when Logano coined the phrase, “she wears the fire suit in that family,” in reference to Harvick’s wife, DeLana.

Check out this video to see @joeylogano reveal the Shell-Pennzoil @TooToughToTame paint scheme for #NASCARThrowback weekend! pic.twitter.com/RsjomsQDh3

— Shell Racing US (@shellracingus) August 27, 2019

Ricky Carmichael, The Greatest of All Time (GOAT), stops by The Ralph Sheheen Show Presented by Lucas Oil to do some good old-fashioned bench racing. The five-time AMA Supercross and 10-time AMA Motocross champion shares his thoughts on an amazing racing career, which also included a stint in NASCAR.

Catch this week’s full episode on SPEEDSPORT.com or listen to the audio podcast on popular apps like iTunes, SoundClould, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio and more.

DALLAS, Texas – TKS Motorsports and Austin McCarl have mutually decided to part ways, bringing an end to their three-year run together.

In three years together, TKS Motorsports and McCarl earned four victories and the 410 sprint car track championship at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway in 2018.

This season ended with the team sitting third in points at Knoxville after racking up five top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes.

“We struggled to get into a good routine this season, largely due to the large number of rainouts early in the season,” said car owner Troy Renfro. “It was an okay year, but Austin and I decided it was time to go our separate ways. Tammy and I think the world of Austin and will do whatever we can to help him going forward.”

“It was great racing for Troy and Tammy and working with the crew,” said McCarl. “Winning a championship was a huge accomplishment and I’m thankful I had the chance to win it with this team.”

Mike McKenna isn't sure where to start on the craziest stories from his long and winding road of a career.

"We could be here forever," he said. "I mean, do you want to talk about me, or do you want to talk about when the bus caught on fire? Or do you want to talk about swiping a Volvo on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge? These are things that have happened. You can't make that up."

McKenna's path through hockey looks stranger than fiction. The journeyman goaltender announced his retirement Tuesday after stints with 15 NHL organizations and 22 professional teams in all, enough material to fill a novel.

"I never expected this, and it turned into my career path, and that's just the way it was," McKenna said in an interview during the Stanley Cup Final earlier this year. "To me, yeah, it was crazy. There has been a lot of stops along the way. But I just made so many friends, I've been in so many places and got to experience so much, I feel like I've had a pretty full life in the game with 15 organizations to go through."

McKenna said his eldest daughter being in school changed the equation. The 36-year-old had been open to playing another season but wanted to be rooted in one place and joked that he would've been the only No. 3 goalie in the league with a no-movement clause.

Instead, he will move on after playing 15 games for the Lightning, 10 for the Senators, four for the Blue Jackets, two each for the Stars and Devils, and one apiece for the Coyotes and Flyers. Since being a sixth-round pick of the Nashville Predators in 2002, he played in the NCAA, East Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League and NHL.

McKenna spent the vast majority of that time in the AHL, which gave him some colorful stories. He thinks it's hard to top the Portland Pirates' bus catching on fire on the way to a game.

"We had a right rear [tire] blow, and I don't why it happened, but something lit up a hydraulic line or something," McKenna said. "Next thing you know, the right rear of the bus was on fire, and the flames were licking over the side of it, and our bus driver got off and told us in the middle of the road in Rhode Island or Mass. or whoever we were: 'Everybody off! We're on fire!'"

McKenna and his teammates had to play that night and lost. He blames it on smoke inhalation.

All the stops along the way provided McKenna with 18 masks, all of which he still has. The jerseys? Well, that was more difficult.

"You don't get to keep jerseys from teams. They don't give you those," McKenna said. "I have most of my jerseys, and I've probably been given a jersey by a half-dozen teams I would say, but the other ones I've either had to pay for or have traded to get."

It takes time just to list the teams McKenna has played for professionally: Las Vegas, Norfolk, Milwaukee, Omaha, Portland, Tampa Bay, Lowell, Albany, New Jersey, Binghamton, Peoria, Springfield, Columbus, Arizona, Syracuse, Texas, Dallas, Belleville, Ottawa, Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley.

Last season, a trade and subsequent waiver claim by Philadelphia gave him three teams in four days.

"I've never done that before," McKenna said. "With goalies, this can happen. You order some white gear and hope it shows up soon."

McKenna and his family have had a house in St. Louis for a decade and will make it home. The need for white gear and a new mask is over -- but not before he could indulge in some self-professed "dark comedy" about bouncing around like a puck on choppy ice.

"There's probably a lot of punch lines out there associated with what I've done, and you have to be able to laugh at yourself in life," he said.

Manchester United have agreed a loan deal for Alexis Sanchez with Inter Milan, sources have told ESPN FC.

Sanchez is set to spend the season at the San Siro after the two clubs reached an agreement that will see United pay a portion of the Chilean's wages.

He is set to fly to Italy to undergo a medical and will be confirmed as an Inter player before the European transfer deadline on Sept. 2.

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United have agreed to loan Sanchez for 10 months while contributing around £6 million of his £391,000-a-week salary. Inter are set to pay £9.46 million of the 30-year-old's wages plus a loan fee to United. The deal does not include an option to buy.

Sanchez has endured a miserable 18 month at Old Trafford since arriving from Arsenal in January 2018. He has managed just five goals in 45 games and is yet to feature this season after suffering a hamstring injury playing for Chile at this summer's Copa America.

His last United goal came in the FA Cup at Arsenal in January and he has not completed 90 minutes for the club since the opening day of last season more than a year ago.

Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suggested Sanchez could have a key role at United this season after the departure of Romelu Lukaku, but instead the former Barcelona forward will join the Belgian in Milan under the guidance of Antonio Conte.

Sanchez has had a taste of Serie A before after a spell at Udinese before his move to Camp Nou in 2011.

The MLS Disciplinary Committee has handed D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney an additional one-game suspension.

The Washington Post was the first to report the news.

According to sources, Rooney had the option of appealing the decision, but declined to do so.

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Rooney was initially suspended after getting red-carded in DCU's 2-1 defeat to the New York Red Bulls on Aug. 21, when he appeared to land a forearm to the face of Red Bulls midfielder Cristian Casseres, Jr. He sat out last weekend's 3-1 defeat to the Philadelphia Union, and now he will miss this Saturday's match at the Montreal Impact.

After leading D.C. to the playoffs in his debut season in MLS, Rooney has found life more difficult in 2019. While he leads the team with 11 goals and seven assists, the club hasn't been able to build on last year's success. DCU are fifth in the Eastern Conference, five points ahead of eight-place Montreal. The top seven teams in each conference reach the postseason.

Rooney is already slated to depart D.C. United at the end of this campaign, when he will take on a player/assistant coach role at English second-tier side Derby County.