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O’Reilly Auto Parts to Assume Title Sponsorship of NASCAR’s Secondary Series

by MikeAugust 18, 2025August 19, 2025

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The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series hits the starting line February 14, 2026, and airs exclusively on The CW Network

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 18, 2025) — In an evolution of O’Reilly Auto Parts’ long-standing relationships throughout the sport, NASCAR and O’Reilly Auto Parts today announced a multiyear partnership – one that will make the leader in the automotive replacement parts industry the title sponsor of what is now known as the NASCAR Xfinity Series. This landmark partnership aligns two American-born powerhouses, each with a rich legacy of fueling performance and passion from the grassroots up. The multi-dimensional sponsorship also includes promotional opportunities and brand integrations in partnership with The CW Network, the exclusive broadcast home of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.

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Maynard Troyer Classic VI Presented By F/A Products And Planter Box Direct To Host Star-Studded Field Including Defending Event Champions Ron Silk, Mike Leaty, And Matt Hirschman For Race Of Champions Modified Series

by MikeAugust 18, 2025

The Biggest Race Of Champions Event of the Year at Spencer Speedway Features More Prizes and Awards Than Ever Before

Williamson, N.Y. – (August 18, 2025) – The Maynard Troyer Classic VI, presented by F/A Products and Planter Box Direct, will take center stage at Spencer Speedway on Friday, August 29. Widely recognized as one of the premier events on the Race of Champions Modified Series schedule, the Classic annually brings together the region’s best asphalt Modified competitors for a night of high-stakes racing.

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Service Partners and TOP LINER Partner to Bring Premium Spray-On Truck Bed Liners Nationwide, Celebrates with Burtin Racing’s New Livery Debut

by MikeAugust 18, 2025

Atlanta, GEORGIA – August 18, 2025 – TOP LINER, the innovative spray-on truck bed lining company led by Claudio Burtin, is excited to announce a nationwide partnership with Service Partners, the nation’s leading distributor of insulation and building supplies. This collaboration introduces TOP LINER’s high-performance spray-on truck bed liners to Service Partners’ extensive network of over 76 distribution centers, providing contractors and customers across North America with access to cutting-edge protective coatings.

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Grandview Speedway Racing Family Mourns The Loss Of Former Announcer Ernie Saxton – NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Double Header This Saturday – Freedom 76 Weekend September 19 & 20

by MikeAugust 18, 2025

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The Grandview Speedway racing fraternity begins this week of racing in mourning after the passing of long-time race announcer, public relations expert, and one of a kind personality Ernie Saxton.

Saxton, who had retired from active announcing at Grandview following the 2013 race season, and serving as the track’s public relations and marketing mainstay for over 50 years from 1967 until his complete retirement in 2021, passed away on Sunday after a brief stay in the hospital last week.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series To Have New Name In 2026

by MikeAugust 18, 2025

NBC Sports reports NASCAR has signed O’Reilly Auto Parts to be the entitlement sponsor of the Xfinity Series beginning next year, the sanctioning body announced Monday.

The series will be known as the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series beginning in 2026.

This season marks the end of Xfinity as the sponsor for NASCAR’s No. 2 series. Xfinity has sponsored the series since 2015.

Maine NASCAR Veteran Ricky Craven Buys Speedway 95 In Hermon

by MikeAugust 18, 2025

WMTW reports that Maine native and former NASCAR driver Ricky Craven has purchased Speedway 95 in Hermon, taking over from longtime owner Delano Merritt, who has been the sole owner of the track since 2010, according to a press release.

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Former FIA ERC Champion Jan Kopecký Claims Famous 12th Victory In Rally Zlín

by MikeAugust 17, 2025

Jan Kopecký fended off a challenge from Jon Armstrong to claim victory at Barum Czech Rally Zlín in round six of the FIA European Rally Championship.

Driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, the 2013 ERC champion, co-driven by Jiří Hovorka, secured a stunning 12th Barum win after edging Armstrong by 10.7sec across 13 challenging asphalt stages.

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MATT HIRSCHMAN RACES TO 36TH ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO TOMMY DRUAR AND TONY JANKOWIAK 110 VICTORY AT LANCASTER MOTORPLEX

by MikeAugust 17, 2025

Lancaster, N.Y. – (August 17, 2025) – Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA, used a timely and efficient pit stop to gain track position and claim victory in the 36th annual Tribute to Tommy Druar and Tony Jankowiak 110 at Lancaster Motorplex (NY) this past Saturday night.

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TIM BUCKWALTER & PARKER GULDIN END WIN DROUGHTS WITH GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT WINS, PHILLIPS & OLSON SCORE VINTAGE VICTORIES

by MikeAugust 17, 2025

GAGE PHILLIPS & SVEN OLSON TAKE VINTAGE WINS IN COMPETITIVE NIGHT OF RACING ACTION at Grandview Speedway

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Following a season filled with misfortune, heartaches and some bad racing luck, along with a lot of hard work, two drivers were able to break the ice and score their first win of the season in another night of entertaining racing action on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Tim Buckwalter of Douglassville, Pa. was able to win out on a back and forth lead swapping duel with Matt Yoder of Benton, Pa., taking the lead with just six laps remaining, to pick up his first win of the season in the 30-lap T.P. Trailer Modified feature event, and in the process score his fourth career Grandview Speedway win.

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NCS Race Recap: Austin Dillon Erases Last Year’s Heartbreak, Punches Ticket To Playoffs

by MikeAugust 17, 2025

Austin Dillon, NASCAR Cup Series winner, Richmond — (Getty Images / NASCAR Media)

RICHMOND, Va. – Austin Dillon claimed his sixth career NASCAR Cup Series race trophy, earned a 2025 Playoff bid and just as importantly, he enjoyed some sweet redemption in Saturday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.

Dillon led 107 laps on the night, including the final 49 to claim the victory and automatic berth in the 16-driver Playoff field – vaulting from a 25th place position in the championship standings before the green flag to a championship berth at the checkered flag in a clutch effort from the 2018 Daytona 500 winner and his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing team.

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