DARLINGTON, S.C. — It was a Southern 500 race that didn’t follow form—not anywhere close.
The presumptive favorites for the NASCAR Cup Series championship didn’t perform like favorites in Sunday night’s Cook Out Southern 500, the opening race in the 2025 Playoffs.
Alex Bowman didn’t know until the absolute last second whether he would have a Playoff spot or not.
On the final lap of the final NASCAR Cup Series regular-season race last Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, two winless drivers—Cole Custer and Justin Haley—alternately surged ahead. A victory by either driver would have eliminated Bowman from the Playoffs.
August 25, 2025-DuQuoin, IL-Two-time Ted Horn 100 winner Shane Cockrum was beside himself after the Hans Lein #97 Silver Crown championship car was hauled away on a hook during practice for the August 16 Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield. Cockrum had entered turn one at speed when the front end washed out and the car slid into the outside concrete and a series of flips ensued. Fortunately, the “Chief” wasn’t hurt but the car, a potential winner, was done for the day. Cockrum and the Lein team will be one of the contenders in the upcoming Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin, joined on the team by veteran Ken Schrader.
August 12, 2025-Springfield, IL-Less than two weeks after breaking his foot in a sprint car crash at the Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway, USAC champ and 2-time Bettenhausen 100 winner Justin Grant of California is back behind the wheel of the Hemelgarn big car. Grant gingerly climbed into the cockpit of his machine this past weekend at Salem Speedway and managed a second place finish, completing all 100 laps.
Nick Geddes of ON3 reports that Kevin Harvick had a major issue with the NASCAR weekend at Iowa Speedway. The ARCA Menards Series cars ran faster in qualifying than the Cup Series cars.
Barre, VT & Naples, ME — The Thompson Speedway oval is back in action this Wednesday, August 6 with a big-time showdown on the line for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Amidst their 40th anniversary season celebrations, this Wednesday’s 150 lapper also serves as the 750th event in the open-wheeled Tour’s history after first debuting on the Thompson highbanks back in 1985.
STATESVILLE, NC. (August 5, 2025) – Kaden Honeycutt will fill in for Stewart Friesen for the balance of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season in the No. 52 Halmar International Toyota Tundra TRD Pro starting with next weekend’s race at Richmond Raceway.
Friesen was injured while competing in a Super DIRTcar Series race at Canada’s Autrodrome Drummond on Monday, July 28. He was later transferred to a hospital in New York where he continues to make progress after undergoing several surgeries.
As reported by Tom Howard of Motorsport, NASCAR champion and Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch believes the World Rally Championship (WRC) has the potential to crack America after receiving a taste of the series at Rally Finland.
The 2004 NASCAR Cup champion and 2017 Daytona 500 winner made the trip to Finland to experience the WRC for the first time. The 46-year-old has been a long-time admirer of rallying and in 2014 competed in the Monza Rally Show, driving an M-Sport-built Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
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N. Woodstock, NH — A great crowd filed into White Mountain Motorsports Park Saturday night for the second round in the Wall’s Ford Platinum Late Model Series. The Kid’s Bike and Scooter giveaway also called in the kids and families to experience a fun night at the races!
The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers got Saturday’s showcase off and running with Nate Hamblett taking off with the lead under the green flag. A stalemate battle for fourth between Logan Powers, Tyler Pepin, Matt Potter and Shane Sicard finally broke by the halfway point with Sicard running away to chase down Hamblett. Without the aid of a caution flag, Sicard could only settle for second with Nate Hamblett walking away for his second career Flying Tiger win with Luke Peters rounding out the podium.
A car accident can happen to anyone, and given that driving is such a consistent part of daily life, it’s easy to forget about the danger involved in getting into a vehicle.
Thankfully, the vast majority of driving accidents don’t end in fatality, but you can still get badly injured, and even if you don’t, it will almost certainly shake you up a little.
