MOORESBURG, Tenn. — Veteran dirt late model driver Chris Madden has joined Scott Bloomquist Racing.

Madden, who previously drove Bloomquist chassis race cars, will join Scott Bloomquist and the team July 11 at Tri-City Speedway and July 12 at Lucas Oil Speedway as a mechanic.

The South Carolina native will also drive a second Scott Bloomquist Racing entry in select events beginning with the Silver Dollar Nationals at Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway on July 18-20.

Madden has also added new Bloomquist cars to his own fleet of dirt late models, with plans to restart his own race team through an alliance with Team Zero.

“I had many years of success with these cars and those were some of the best and most successful years I’ve had in my career,” said Madden, who recently parted ways with Skyline Motorsports and was replaced by Shane Clanton. “It is almost like returning home and I’m excited at the opportunity to drive for SBR and get back in these cars with my own operation soon.”

Madden is leaping into the operation in just more than a week and will support Bloomquist and the No. 0 team as the Hall of Fame driver, who recently returned to racing after being injured in a motorcycle accident in Florida earlier this year.

“As odd as it may sound we are still a new organization, we have some new crew members and some new ways of doing things,” said Cody Sommer, president of Scott Bloomquist Racing. “Having Chris (Madden) along for the ride for awhile is going to be great for all of those people but it is also going to be great for Scott to return while having that type of veteran driver support.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will induct its largest class in recent years March 16 – 17, 2020 during its 32nd annual Induction Celebration in Daytona Beach.

The Class of 2020 includes NASCAR’s first-ever champion Robert “Red” Byron (Historic), flat track impresario Chris Carr (Motorcycles), early motorcycle racer, promoter and publisher Floyd Clymer (At Large), driver, official and safety advocate Wally Dallenbach Sr. (Open Wheel), Rick Hendrick, one of NASCAR’s most successful owners (Stock Cars), Daytona 500 champion Tiny Lund (Historic), Can-Am and Rolex 24 At Daytona champion Jacky Ickx (Sports Cars), quarter-mile racing legend “Ohio” George Montgomery (Drag Racing) and Baja 500 and 1,000 and SCORE World Champion Ivan “Ironman” Stewart (Off-Road Racing).

Next year marks the fifth consecutive induction ceremony in Daytona Beach since the MSHFA moved to Daytona Int’l Speedway in 2016, from Novi, Mich. The Hall is housed in the speedway’s Ticket and Tours Building located in front of the famed 2.5-mile DIS tri-oval.

The MSHFA Class of 2020 was unveiled in a press conference at DIS – site of this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 – by Motorsports Hall of Fame of America President Ron Watson and Daytona Int’l Speedway President Chip Wile.

“We are delighted to welcome our largest class of inductees in recent years into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America,” Watson said. “We have expanded to two enshrines in the Historic category and are thrilled to introduce Off-Road Racing as its own category for the first time in 2020.”

The nine Class of 2020 honorees will be enshrined into the Hall on March 17, 2020 in the 32nd annual MSHFA Induction Ceremony presented by Firestone, the traditional black-tie gala that is the crowning event of the two-day, multi-function MSHFA Induction Celebration in Daytona Beach.

With the host venue expected to be finalized in the coming weeks, the 2020 MSHFA Induction Ceremony will be preceded on Monday, March 16 by the traditional Heroes of Horsepower reception and strolling dinner at the MSHFA.

Daytime events include the annual Inductee Luncheon on Monday at the Daytona 500 Club at DIS and annual Inductee Breakfast Presented by Toyota on Tuesday in the Rolex 24 Lounge in the DIS stadium grandstands.

Current plans call for 2020’s inductees to be ushered into the MSHFA as a featured highlight of one of the Monday events or the Tuesday morning breakfast.

ATLANTA – Ryan Sieg has signed CMR Construction & Roofing to serve as primary sponsor on his No. 39 Chevrolet Camaro for the full 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

CMR Construction & Roofing will also be featured a handful of times as the primary sponsor this season in advance of the 2020 season.

“I am really excited for the 2020 NASAR Xfinity Series season,” said team owner and driver Ryan Sieg. “We are a small family owned and operated team, and we’ve worked really hard to put together a great program. I can’t thank CMR, and everyone at the organization for believing in me, and RSS Racing.”

CMR Construction & Roofing has built a reputation for exceptional work and customer satisfaction for more than 17 years. CMR has earned their reputation for excellence by delivering Personalized Service and Expert Installations. They have the resources, expertise, financial strength, and stability that makes them an industry leader. CMR has numerous national certifications and even carry an A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau.

“We are excited to sponsor Ryan Sieg for the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season,” said Jason White, president of Motorsports of CMR Roofing & Construction. “I raced alongside Ryan in the past, and the Sieg Family are great people, both on and off the track. CMR is looking forward to a great partnership and racing program.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – With persistent rain showers continuing to dampen Daytona Int’l Speedway, NASCAR officials have chosen to cancel Friday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session.

As a result, reigning series champion and current championship leader Joey Logano will lead the field to the green flag during Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

The field was set by the rulebook, which dictates the field be set by owner points. Logano’s No. 22 Team Penske Ford currently leads the owner point standings. He’ll be joined on the front row by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch.

Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. will start third through fifth, respectively.

William Byron is scheduled to start 12th, but will fall to the rear of the field after switching to a backup car following Thursday’s practice incident with Keselowski.

The field will be officially set for Saturday’s race following pre-race inspection Friday afternoon.

PITTSBURGH -- Mike Sullivan is sticking around to see if he can get the Pittsburgh Penguins back to the Stanley Cup.

The club announced Friday that it has signed Sullivan -- who guided the Penguins to championships in 2016 and 2017 -- to a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2023-24 season. The terms of the new deal will kick in when Sullivan's current contract expires at the end of the upcoming season.

The 51-year-old Sullivan is 174-92-34 with Pittsburgh since taking over for Mike Johnston in December 2015. Sullivan's arrival provided a spark that helped the Penguins become the first team in nearly two decades to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. The deal gives Sullivan time to help Pittsburgh retool after getting swept by the New York Islanders in the first round of the 2019 playoffs.

"Mike has done a great job delivering four 100-plus-point seasons with our team," general manager Jim Rutherford said in a statement. "To win back-to-back Stanley Cups in this era speaks volumes of him as a coach."

The extension doubles as a vote of confidence from Rutherford, who expressed concern about the need for a culture change inside the dressing room after the Penguins slogged through much of 2018-19 before the earliest playoff exit of the Sidney Crosby era.

Sullivan clashed at times with prolific but temperamental forward Phil Kessel, whom the Penguins traded to Arizona last week for Alex Galchenyuk, among others. Pittsburgh also sent defenseman Olli Maatta to Chicago and signed versatile forward Brandon Tanev to a six-year deal on the opening day of free agency earlier this week.

"Mike has proven he is a tremendous leader for our team," Penguins president and CEO David Morehouse said. "Our trust in him as a coach has continued to grow since winning back-to-back Stanley Cups in his first two years. Mike has a championship mindset, and he is the right guy for our team, the organization and the city of Pittsburgh."

Sullivan has preached about "playing the right way" since the day he took over for Johnston while helping build a team identity focused on speed and solid defensive play. Speed hasn't been an issue during his tenure, but the Penguins have slid defensively since raising the Cup for the fifth time in franchise history in 2017.

Rutherford hinted during Pittsburgh's season-ending news conference that the front office had no problem with Sullivan's tactics and instead placed the blame for Pittsburgh's abrupt postseason ouster on the players. The roster overhaul in recent weeks has focused on trying to creating more depth up the middle and making the Penguins more difficult to face.

Sullivan is the third-winningest coach in Penguins' history, trailing only Dan Bylsma and Eddie Johnston. He is 9-2 in playoff series, and his 38 postseason wins rank second behind Bylsma's.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed restricted free-agent defenseman Scott Harrington to a three-year contract.

The contract is worth $4.9 million with an annual salary cap hit of $1.63 million, a source told The Associated Press. The team didn't announce terms of the deal.

The 26-year-old blueliner set career highs in games played, assists and points in 2018-19, when he tallied two goals and 15 assists in 73 games with the Blue Jackets. He had four assists in 10 games in the playoffs.

Harrington has five goals and 21 assists in 152 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.