By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Last year, Kyle Larson won the spring race at Kansas Speedway by the thinnest of margins—0.001 seconds in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history.
On Sunday, after putting his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the pole on Saturday, Larson defended his victory in far more decisive fashion, leading 221 of 267 laps in winning the AdventHealth 400 at the 1.5-mile track.
KINGS BAY, GA (May 8, 2025) – NASCAR champion and co-owner of RFK Racing, Brad Keselowski, visited Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on Wednesday, for a special event honoring America’s undersea warfighters. The visit included a tour of the base’s facilities, time spent with active-duty Sailors and civilian workforce, and the official unveiling of a patriotic paint scheme for the No. 6 BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang, which will hit the track for the Memorial Day Weekend race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25.
WELCOME, N.C. (May 6, 2025) – Morgan & Morgan, America’s largest injury law firm, has renewed a multi-year, multi-race partnership with Richard Childress Racing. Morgan & Morgan first partnered with RCR in 2023 to become the first race team trial injury law firm sponsorship within the NASCAR Cup Series. The partnership has grown based on shared interests in cause marketing and an innovative approach to business.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 6, 2025) — A four-tire stop can be completed in under nine seconds, showcasing speed and teamwork from NASCAR’s top athletes. Likewise, Carolina Handling’s 1.1-hour average response time for breakdown calls outperforms the competition, highlighting its exceptional commitment to service and reliability.
Carolina Handling, an industry leader in integrated material handling solutions and a cornerstone for Raymond Solutions’ support center in the Southeast, will partner with Michael McDowell, driver of Spire Motorsports’ No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1 for the Oct. 19 NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
WELCOME, N.C. (May 5, 2025) – Richard Childress Racing announced today that NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender Jesse Love will make two additional NASCAR Cup Series starts in the No. 33 Chevrolet during the 2025 season. Love will pilot the C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet this Sunday, May 11 at Kansas Speedway and August 16 at Richmond Raceway.
Nashville, TN — Max Reaves put on a clinic Sunday afternoon (5/4/2025) at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, capturing his second ARCA Menards Series East victory of the 2025 season with a powerful and poised performance in the Music City 150.
by Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
ELKHART LAKE – If NASCAR is returning to Wisconsin with a national race anytime soon, Road America’s president gave no indication that would happen at his track.
Mike Kertscher characterized his most recent contact with NASCAR officials as an exchange of pleasantries during the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race weekend in Florida in January.
“I mean, they know who we are,” Kertscher said May 1 during his annual, wide-ranging Q&A with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “They certainly understand what we’re capable of.
Nashville, TN – Due to a second wave of heavy rainfall at the facility, officials at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway have made the decision to postpone the Friday, May 2nd 1/4-mile racing program. A makeup date for the postponed event will be announced in the near future and could happen as early as this Sunday pending tomorrow’s event completion.
by Nate Ryan, NASCAR
How does a NASCAR driver stay in the good graces of the primary sponsor that pays the majority of the annual bills?
It seems a rudimentary question to ask about a sport whose lifeblood has been tied to the largesse of Corporate America for roughly six decades. And it could seem sillier when posed to NASCAR’s reigning seven-time Most Popular Driver, who happens to be employed by the most successful team in the Cup Series.
LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports Films is set to premiere DIRT II: A SEASON WITH HIGH LIMIT, the second season of the popular docuseries produced by FloSports Studios that shines a spotlight on dirt track racing’s biggest superstars. Sponsored by NOS Energy Drink, the series features NASCAR Cup Series champion and dirt track superstar Kyle Larson, two-time All Star Circuit of Champions champion Tyler Courtney, six-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Brad Sweet, two-time Chili Bowl Nationals winner Rico Abreu and breakout dirt track phenom Corey Day.
