HELPING DEVELOP: K&N Filters will partner with the Ron Sutton Winner’s Circle program to supply young driver sponsorships worth as much as $25,000 to aspiring race car drivers.

CROWNED: Levi Jones (sprint car), Jerry Coons Jr. (midget) and Bryan Clauson (Silver Crown) were the winners during the annual USAC 4-Crown Nationals at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway Saturday night.

NHRA Pro Stock competitor Allen Johnson was disqualified from competition at zMAX Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, last weekend after registering a .027 reading on an alcohol breathalyzer test prior to the start of Saturday’s events.

SCHEDULE SET: A new track located in New Delhi, India, will join the Formula One World Championship schedule next season, bringing the total number of grands prix during the 2011 season to 20. The inaugural Grand Prix of India is scheduled for October 30, 2011.

BALTIMORE WELCOMES YOU: The American Le Mans Series will join the IZOD IndyCar Series on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, for the first running of the Baltimore Grand Prix next year during Labor Day weekend.

THE BIG GO: Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Ashley Force Hood (Funny Car), Greg Stanfield (Pro Stock) and L.E. Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were victorious during the 56th running of the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Indiana, Monday.

WRAPPED UP: Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas clinched their second-straight Grand Am Rolex Series Daytona Prototype championship Saturday with their Grand Am single-season record eighth victory at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

GRANTED: Martinsville (Virginia) Speedway has received a $1.5 million grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission, which the track will match, making the total grant $3 million. The money will be used to improve track infrastructure. The International Speedway Corp., the track’s parent company, also pledged to do everything possible to keep two races at the track for the next five years.

STICKING AROUND: Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year Regan Smith has signed a two-year contract extension to stay with Furniture Row Racing through the 2012 season.

With the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series regular season a distant memory, drivers prepare themselves for the biggest race of the season: the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil and the beginning of the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship playoffs. In one week, drivers and fans will descend on historic O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis for the 56th running of the event and the first of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoff round.

Racing news: Kyle Busch becomes first NASCAR driver to win in all three national touring divisions at one track during the same weekend at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway; Wal-Mart possibly in negotiations to sponsor four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon next season; officials from Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas, signed Royal Purple to a multi-year title sponsorship agreement, resulting in a new name—Royal Purple Raceway—beginning in 2011; and more.