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.
Favorable Forecast Washes Away; Community Bank 150 Moved to June 1 at Thunder Road
Barre, VT – Thunder Road Speedbowl and Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour officials announced this morning that the 27th annual Community Bank 150, originally scheduled for Sunday, May 4, has been postponed due to the forecast. The Community Bank 150 has been moved to Sunday, June 1 with all four originally-scheduled divisions. All Pit Passes purchased for the originally scheduled event will be honored on June 1, teams must keep and present them at the gate as their rain-check.
‘It’s their choice’: Road America president discusses the possibility of NASCAR returning
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.
Rafa Matos Scores CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Pole with New Qualifying Record at Laguna Seca
- Brody Goble Earns Pole for Western Championship, Barry Boes Quickest in Pro/Am Challenge
SALINAS, Calif. (May 2, 2025) – Practice and qualifying have concluded for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series National and Western Championships at the Mission Foods Laguna Seca SpeedTour at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Three-time champion Rafa Matos in the No. 57 Concord American Flagpole/SHR Chevrolet Camaro earned his first pole award of 2025, setting a new qualifying record with a best lap time of 1:26.330, beating out 2020 champion Mike Skeen (No. 2 Guthrie’s Garage Chevrolet Camaro) by a mere 32-thousandths of a second.
Friday Event Postponed at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Due to Heavy Rainfall
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.
NASCAR Preview: Texas Wild Card
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.
Kevin Harvick Named Grand Marhal For May 22 Hickory Motor Speedway Event
NEWTON, NC — NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick will return to his short track roots in a special way this spring, as he has been named Grand Marshal for the “Ross & Witmer 255” at Hickory Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 22. The event serves as the fourth race of the 2025 season for the Appalachian Sucker Punch ASA STARS National Tour, co-sanctioned with the ASA Southern Super Series.
FOX SPORTS FILMS PREMIERES SECOND SEASON OF FLOSPORTS DIRT RACING DOCU SERIES DIRT MAY 6 ON FS1
- “Dirt II: A Season With High Limit” Features NASCAR Champion and Dirt Track Icon Kyle Larson Alongside Dirt Racing Stars Tyler Courtney, Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu and Corey Day Battling for Racing Supremacy
- Produced by FloSports Studios and Sponsored by NOS Energy Drink, Series Trailer Premiered Friday
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.
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RFK, Chris Buescher Team Up for Annual Fifth Third Day Event
- Buescher and RFK Support Charlotte Community with Meal Packing at Second Harvest Food Bank
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 2, 2025) – Addressing food insecurity in the Charlotte community, NASCAR driver Chris Buescher, RFK Racing and Fifth Third Bank employees spent Thursday morning at Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina in Charlotte. There, they joined forces to pack over 1,100 meals part of Fifth Third’s annual “5/3 Day” activities, dedicated to community involvement and fighting hunger through volunteerism.