During his 2018 championship season, Joey Logano won the first race in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and benefitted from an immediate shift to focus to Homestead-Miami Speedway, then the site of the season finale. (more…)
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Parker Kligerman Joins Big Machine Racing for 2023 Season
Big Machine Racing team owner, Scott Borchetta, announced this morning that Parker Kligerman, of Westport, CT, will take over as the new full-time driver beginning in 2023 for Big Machine Racing. This announcement comes after a year where the No. 48 Big Machine Vodka SPIKED Coolers Chevrolet has played host to a star-studded line up. Kligerman made one start for the team in 2022, competing in the Sparks 300, at Talladega Superspeedway. Kligerman started 9th and ended the day with a 6th place finish. (more…)
Jeb Burton Leaving Our Motorsports at Conclusion of 2022 Season
Jeb Burton will be leaving Our Motorsports at the conclusion of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Burton will finish the current season in the No. 27 for the final two races of the year.
Burton is currently working on his racing plans for 2023 and looks forward to making an announcement shortly. (more…)
Mechanical Failure Sidelines Doug Coby Early at Martinsville Speedway
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Doug Coby was running comfortably inside the top-10 when a mechanical failure suddenly forced him to pull into the garage early on Thursday at Martinsville Speedway.
Competing in the season-finale for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Coby wheeled the Mayhew Tools No. 10 and ran around the top-10 for the beginning stages of the race.
Austin Hill To Make Six NASCAR Cup Series Starts With Beard Motorsports in 2023
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (Oct. 28, 2022) – Beard Motorsports has selected Austin Hill to drive its No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro in a limited NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 2023. The non-chartered, single-car team will run six races with Hill beginning with the 65th Daytona 500 on Feb. 19 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
Corey LaJoie Grabs First Modified Tour Victory in Chaotic Season-Finale at Martinsville
Corey LaJoie, who runs full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for Spire Motorsports, will leave Martinsville Speedway with a grandfather clock, after capturing his first career victory in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Thursday. (more…)
Kaz Grala joins Sam Hunt Racing for Phoenix Xfinity
The last time Boston’s Kaz Grala drove a Toyota was in the now-ARCA Menards Series East in 2016. Since then, he has primarily been in Chevrolets save for a single NASCAR Xfinity Series season with Ford in 2018. On 5 November, he will return to the Toyota camp for a one-off as he pilots the #26 GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing at Phoenix Raceway. (more…)
General Motors’ Keith Rodden to Join Richard Childress Racing as Crew Chief of the No. 3 Chevrolet in 2023
WELCOME, North Carolina (October 28, 2022) — Keith Rodden will join Richard Childress Racing as crew chief of the No. 3 Chevrolet driven by Austin Dillon in 2023.
Riverhead Raceway Readying For 6th Annual Islip 300 Saturday November 12th, Tour Type Modified Winner To Earn $7,000
The Riverhead Raceway management team has been busy since the regular season ended the final weekend of September preparing for the 6th annual Islip 300 Saturday November 12th. In just five years the Islip 300 quickly has become a signature Tour Type Modified event paying the winner $7,000 from a total purse of $32,650. JB Fortin of Holtsville the 2021 Islip 300 victor announced this week he’ll defend his race win.
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Returns to “The Magic Mile” On July 15, 2023
LOUDON, N.H. – The New England fan-favorite NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) has been added to the lineup for New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s (NHMS) 2023 NASCAR weekend, July 15-16. The modifieds will join the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) on Doubleheader Saturday, July 15 with a 100-lap race. The NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) will cap off the weekend with the Crayon 301 on Sunday, July 16. (more…)