Erik Jones takes Truck win in Canada

Erik Jones wheeled the #4 Kyle Busch Toyota to his second Camping World Truck Series win of the season at the road course in Bowmanville, Ontario on Sunday afternoon. It was the third trip for the series at the track, and the first two runnings of the 160-mile, 64-lap race both ended with spectacular finishes. Alex Tagliani, driving the #29 Ford that Ryan Blaney squeezed out a win with in a photo finish over German Quiroga last year, won the pole and led much of the race. Tagliani, like fellow open-wheeler Jacques Villeneuve, is from the neighboring Canadian provnice of Quebec. Cameron Hayley, the rookie driver in ThorSport Racing's #13 Toyota, is from Calgary, Alberta in the country's Great Plains region (a continuation of the American Great Plains).

Paul Menard wins at Road America in his home state

Paul Menard wheeled the #33 RCR Chevrolet to his first road course win in the Xfinity Series' Road America 180 at the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The 4-mile road course is located in Menard's home state. He was the lone Sprint Cup competitor on a weekend that NASCAR's top series has off. A series of late pit stops gave several drivers, notably the #8 Toyota of Blake Koch, a chance to pull off a major upset, but a late, lengthy caution prompted by a spin by the #88 Chevrolet of Ben Rhodes, lasting six of 45 laps - 24 miles - allowed the more dominant drivers to get back up front by the time of the restart.

Justin Wilson dies day after IndyCar crash

English IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died Monday evening after suffering a head injury from a piece of debris in a crash also involving Sage Karam in Sunday's ABC Supply 500 at Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway. Wilson, who had lived for several years in Longmont, Colorado and leaves behind his wife and two daughters as well as brother Stefan, was 37 years old. It was IndyCar's first fatality since fellow Englishman (and same-age) Dan Wheldon's death in a massive crash at the Las Vegas season finale in October of 2011.

On lap 179 of the 200-lap race, Karam, a rookie driver from nearby Nazareth, Pennsylvania, spun his Chip Ganassi-owned Chevrolet in turn 1. A piece of debris evidently from Karam's car hit Wilson with heavy force, knocking him unconscious, with his #25 Andretti Autosport Honda then veering into the wall on the other side of the track. Karam was assisted from his car with an apparent leg injury and was treated accordingly. Wilson was removed from his car and flown to the Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest hospital in Allentown. IndyCar posted a pair of updates, on Sunday evening and then Monday around noon, stating that Wilson was in a coma and unresponsive in intensive care. He never regained consciousness after the crash. Wilson's death was announced by IndyCar at 9 p.m. on Monday evening.

Many IndyCar and NASCAR drivers, crew members and fans have tweeted well-wishes to Wilson and his family on Sunday and Monday. A children's fund for Wilson's two daughters has been established and is accepting donations. There are also plans for six of Wilson's organs to be donated to patients who need them, bringing a positive aspect to this otherwise difficult time for the community.

Joey Logano defends his Bristol night race win

For the second straight year, Joey Logano took the #22 Ford of Team Penske to the win in the prestigious Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday evening.

Kyle Busch steals Xfinity win from Chris Buescher at Bristol

Kyle Busch took the #54 Toyota to his second Xfinity Series win of the season at Bristol on Friday evening, taking the lead after points leader Chris Buescher in the #60 Ford ran out of gas on a green-white-checkered restart.

Ryan Blaney comes back to win Bristol truck race

Ryan Blaney rebounded from an early pit penalty to win in a green-white-checkered finish in Wednesday evening's Camping World Truck Series race in the #29 Brad Keselowski-owned Ford. The race featured a rain delay with 30 laps to go, but officials were insistent on getting the entire 200-lap race in.

Michael Waltrip Racing will not field a full-time car in 2016

Michael Waltrip Racing has announced that it will stop functioning as a full-time team in 2016. This will likely cause the shutdown of the #15 and #55 Toyota teams in the Sprint Cup Series. Clint Bowyer, the driver of the #15, will be released at the end of the season, negating the contract extension he signed earlier in the season. The future of David Ragan, currently the driver of the #55, is uncertain as well. This comes two years after the team's #56 car reverted to a part-time team as the #66, affiliated with Jay Robinson, after Martin Truex Jr.'s release following NAPA's termination of sponsorship in the wake of Spingate. The #66 team has since been absorbed into the Premium Motorsports #62 team.

MWR, who went full-time in NASCAR's top series in 2007 and helped lanuch Toyota in the series, bought a stake in Chip Ganassi Racing through ownership partner Rob Kauffman. In 2008, there were unfounded rumors of a merger between MWR and CGR, then a Dodge team. CGR ultimately merged with Chevy team Dale Earnhardt Inc. A likely scenario with this case is that Bowyer and the #15 car could transfer to CGR as a Chevrolet, joining CGR's #1 and #42 cars. Another rumor has Bowyer going to HScott Motorsports to replace either Michael Annett or Justin Allgaier (who are reportedly working on contract extensions) or drive a third car for the team. Ragan could go back to Front Row Motorsports if Brett Moffitt is released from the #34 car.