AVONDALE, La. The battle for this years USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire title continues.

The top two protagonists, Turn 3 Motorsports Alessandro de Tullio and Pabst Racing charge Max Garcia once again split the spoils today with a race win apiece.

But it is Garcia who continues to hold an edge in the battle for a scholarship to move up next year to Indy NXT, by virtue of de Tullio having made a mistake in the second race at St. Petersburg in March. They are separated by just 16 points with five of 18 races now in the books.

Each finished second to the other in todays exciting pair of 18-lap races that concluded the Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana. Israels Ariel Elkin (TJ Speed Motorsports) and last years USF Juniors champion, Max Taylor (VRD Racing), from Hoboken, N.J., claimed one third-place finish apiece.

Fresh off winning the 350th race in USF Pro 2000 history dating back to the first National Championship Star Mazda race in 1990 on Saturday afternoon, de Tullio today continued his strong momentum for the Turn 3 Motorsport team founded by Peter Dempsey, who coincidentally, had won the 100th race at VIRginia International Raceway in 2009. De Tullio claimed his third Continental Tire Pole Award by virtue of setting a new record during qualifying on Saturday.

And there was no stopping the young Floridian come race time. De Tullio gamely fought off the attentions of early season title rival Garcia at the first corner and settled into a nice early rhythm.

Points leader Garcia continued to fill de Tullios mirrors, but rather than being able to concentrate on finding a way through into the lead, Garcia instead had his hands full in fending off Elkin, who charged impressively from sixth on the grid to third on the opening lap.

On Lap 11, the gap from first to second ballooned immediately from 1.3 seconds to over two seconds as Garcia cost both challengers a chunk of time by being forced to defend his position from Elkin under braking for Turn Nine.

Thereafter, de Tullio had a relatively easy cruise to the finish line to earn his third win of the season. Garcia just about hung onto second from Elkin, with New Zealander Jacob Douglas (Pabst Racing) and a gradually closing Taylor following in their wheel tracks.

Michael Costello, from Naples, Fla., began to struggle in the late stages aboard a third Pabst Racing Tatuus IP-22, although he just held off the advances of Jace Denmark (TJ Speed Motorsports), from Brownsburg, Ind.

Denmark was later relegated to 11th place with the addition of a 10-second penalty for incident responsibility following an earlier clash. The adjustment promoted Vietnamese rookie Owen Tangavelou to an excellent ninth for VRD Racing, allowing him to claim the Tilton Hard Charger Award after battling his way from 19th and last on the grid.

This afternoons final race saw Garcia once again starting up front after securing his second Continental Tire Pole Award. The grid had been set according to each drivers second-fastest lap from the second qualifying session yesterday.

The youngest driver in the field at just recently turned 16, Garcia took off confidently at the start. De Tullio made a lightning getaway to vault from fourth to second, but Garcia maintained a narrow edge throughout the 18-lap race. There was one brief caution after a spin by Turn 3 Motorsports Tyke Durst, from Charlotte, N.C., but that was of little concern to Garcia, who again displayed remarkable composure for one so young.

Taylor chased gamely in third to secure his best result of the season, with Douglas setting the fastest race lap despite or perhaps because of intense pressure from Elkin, who remained hot on his tail.

Costello also was firmly in touch with the leaders, crossing the finish line just over four seconds adrift of Garcia, while Denmark once again was best of the rest in seventh.

For the second time in just a few hours, Tangavelou earned the Tilton Hard Charger Award after another strong drive to ninth after starting 18th.

BRISTOL, Tenn. He did it for Jon.

For the second straight day at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Larson dominated a NASCAR race and dedicated the victory to friend and PR representative Jon Edwards, who passed away suddenly during the week leading up to the race weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

On Sunday, Larson won the Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series race in overwhelming fashion, leading 411 of 500 laps and sweeping both stages.

The victory was Larsons second of the season, his second straight at the 0.533-mile high-banked short track and the 31st of his career, and it came one day after the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ran away with the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Thunder Valley.

This ones definitely for Jon, said Larson, who finished second in Friday nights NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, one spot short of sweeping the weekend. Hes just a great guy. Successful weekend here. Wish he was going to be here with us to celebrate, but I know hes celebrating with us in spirit.

Just a flawless race once again here at Bristol for the 5 team. Really, really good car. That was a lot of fun.

Larson, who brushed the outside wall at the apex of Turns 1 and 2 with five laps leftwithout consequence finished 2.250 seconds in front of Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who fell one spot short of a third straight Cup victory. Hamlins teammate, Ty Gibbs, was 6.679 seconds back in third in a race that ran without caution for the final 235 laps.

However many laps of green we ran there was a lot of fun, Larson said. I was pretty comfortable with things, and then Denny came on really strong there before the pit cycle and kind of kept the pressure on from there.

After the final pit stops, Hamlin could close within a second of Larson in traffic but never threatened to take the lead.

You have to give that team their due just a dominant performance, Hamlin said. It looked like a pretty flawless day for them. It looked pretty easy. It was all I had to try to keep up there. Im glad we were able to give him a little bit of a run with our Progressive Toyota.

But this weekend, we are all thinking about Jon Edwards family, (racing journalist) Al Pearce, (team owner) Shige Hattori (all of whom passed away within the last eight days). Weve lost a lot of great people in our sport over the last week, so our thoughts are with them.

Wish we could have got one more spot, but I just wanted to keep him honest there at the end. That was all I was trying to do, but he was a little too much to handle.

Hamlin and Larson have finished 1-2 on seven occasions. Sundays race was the first of the seven times Larson has come out on top.

Contrary to strong indications from Saturdays practice, Bristols concrete surface rubbered in, and tire wear was not the factor that most teams and drivers anticipated. Ryan Blaney, for instance, ran 175 laps on one set of tires before pitting on Lap 440.

Chase Briscoe came home fourth, as JGR claimed the three positions behind Larson. Blaney ran long during the final green-flag run, led 48 laps after Larson pitted on Lap 390 for tires and fuel and worked his way back to fifth at the end.

Pole winner Alex Bowman led the first 39 laps before Larson grabbed the top spot for the first time. Larson went to win the first stage over Hamlin and the second over Bowman, who later fell out of the race when his engine expired.

The Stage 2 victory was the 66th of Larsons career, tying him with Martin Truex Jr for the most since stage racing was introduced in 2017.

William Byron charged forward to a sixth-place finish after starting 26th. Ross Chastain ran seventh, followed by Christopher Bell and A.J. Allmendinger, the last driver on the lead lap. Austin Dillon was 10th, the first driver one lap down.

LAS VEGAS Austin Prock and Dallas Glenn earned NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series victories Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Defending Funny Car world champ Prock returned to championship form on Sunday in Las Vegas, picking up his first win of the season with a run of 4.009 at 316.01 in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to hold off a quad that featured runner-up Paul Lee, Matt Hagan and Dave Richards.

Prock dominated at Las Vegas in the fall to all but clinch his first world championship, but the team made major changes on the car in the off-season. It was a struggle to open the year, falling in the opening round in Gainesville, but the team has slowly gained momentum and it was capped off by a sterling performance in Vegas. He made the quickest run in eliminations, going 3.964 at 322.88 in an impressive semifinal victory and then finished it off with another terrific run in the championship round.

We havent had the success that we had last year, but were still the same team, Prock said. We always expect to show up and win. We want to go set low E.T. every round, and we want to win every race, so when were not doing that, its hard to keep your head up when things arent going right, especially when your expectations are so high. So, for all of us to come together is great.

It feels really good, man. Opening up in Gainesville, it just wasnt a great weekend and we just struggled in Pomona after a good weekend in Phoenix, but just couldnt put it all together. You just want to hold one of these Wally [trophies] again because you dont know how long its going to take before you win another one.

Lee finished as the runner-up thanks to his run of 4.042 at 311.77. It his second final round of the year, as he jumped into the points lead as well. Prock moved to third in points after winning for the second time in Las Vegas.

In Pro Stock, Las Vegas continues to be very good to standout Dallas Glenn, as he won against a final quad that featured points leader Greg Anderson, Matt Hartford and Matt Latino on a holeshot, going 6.649 at 206.83 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro to win for the second time this season. Its also his third victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as Glenn used a strong .030 reaction time to hold off Hartford, who finished second with a 6.638 at 205.85.

Its the 15th career victory for Glenn and his third four-wide win as well, as Glenn finished second in the opening-round quad before winning the second-round quad with a run of 6.636 at 206.32. Hes been in every final round this season and continued his hot start to the 2025 campaign, one that is shaping up very well for Glenn, a former NHRA Rookie of the Year who finished second a year ago to Anderson.

Im really thrilled. Today was a very interesting day, I almost completely blew it in the first round. I was staging, and when I fired the car up my nose started to bleed, so I was dealing with that inside the car, Glenn said. That was an issue.

I dont know what I was looking at, but I didnt see lane two stage, and just didnt go on to the two-step until right before the tree came down. I was way late, just dead late, and got lucky enough with the horsepower to get the win. I still made a decent run going into second round and then the clutch pedal felt weird on my foot when I went on to the two-step and kind of overcompensated there.

Then I go into the final and made sure that I held it down, and probably held it down a little too hard. Greg was on his way to earning his next one until the luck streak ended for him. But, you know, its a good day. The car is working great. I didnt do too bad, but, you know, at the end, and youve only got to do good enough.

Hartford recorded his first runner-up of the season, winning his quad during the second round as well. Anderson will remain in the points lead after four races, with Glenn right behind in second.

Tony Stewart won the Top Fuel final.

LAS VEGAS Racing legend Tony Stewart picked up his first NHRA Top Fuel win on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, defeating a quad that included reigning world champion Antron Brown, Jasmine Salinas and Justin Ashley at the 25th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.

Stewart went 3.870 seconds at 317.42 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Rayce Rudeen Foundation Dodge//SRT dragster to hold off Brown at the finish line, claiming his first career victory in the Top Fuel ranks and adding to the Hall of Famers long list of accolades. The former world champion in the NASCAR and IndyCar ranks won NHRA Rookie of the Year honors a year ago, and then went to the final round two weeks ago in Pomona before racing to the victory on Sunday in Las Vegas.

The team had performed well early in the season and then added to it in Las Vegas, qualifying fifth and then winning both of the first two quads on holeshots. He quickly tracked down Ashley and then Salinas, getting by Brown just before the finish line to claim a memorable win. Hes now won at every track on the property at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Stewart was certainly thrilled with Sundays result.

Its unreal. I havent been around the NHRA that long and I realize it takes a long time to win a race in this series, but everything in my career, I never had to wait over a year to win a race. I always figured it out in the first year, and multiple ones normally, so Im just very appreciative of this win, Stewart said.

Last year was so stressful after Leah (Pruett, wife) almost won a world championship, and I get in the car last year, and the people in the stands think Im the reason the car sucks. It wasnt that we had bad people tuning on it, it was just it was a different combination. There were different variables that change my body weight is different, tubing changes from rules changes but it was still really frustrating we could not get on a path to where we could make gains last year.

I think probably the one thing that may not sink in as much right now, but when Leah brought [son] Dom up on the stage there, thats an emotion that you cant even think about or dream of. When I saw her coming up those steps with him, my heart stopped. That was a feeling Ive never had in my life before, and I have a feeling when we lay down and put my head on a pillow tonight, thats going to be the one thing that I want to reflect on the most tonight.

Brown finished as the runner-up, going 3.912 at 302.35 in the final round. Stewart moved up to second points with the historic victory, while Shawn Langdon stayed as the leader in the category.

Prock wins Funny Car and Glenn tops Pro Stock.