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Kurt Busch Backs WRC Return To USA After First Taste At Rally Finland

by MikeAugust 1, 2025August 1, 2025

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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IMSA Insider: See What’s Brewing at Packed Road America IMSA Weekend

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s annual midsummer tour of North America’s iconic road courses continues with a trip to Road America for the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix. Opened in 1955 and celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025, the 14-turn, 4.048-mile circuit’s basic layout has had minimal design changes albeit several surface changes.

Set an hour north of Milwaukee in Elkhart Lake, Wis., the track has rightly earned the nickname “America’s National Park of Speed.” It’s an apt moniker, one that pays homage to the bucolic nature of the facility’s park-like 640 acres along with the breathtaking character of a track where some of the world’s fastest race cars may top 175 mph three times each lap.

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NASCAR Returns To NBC Sports Beginning This Sunday From Iowa Speedway At 3:30 P.M. Et On USA Network

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol Marks NBC Sports’ Milestone 200th NASCAR Cup Series Race Since Return as Media Broadcast Partner in 2015
NBC Sports’ NASCAR Cup Series Broadcast Booth Features Return of Veteran Motorsports Play-by-Play Commentator Leigh Diffey with Analysts Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
NBC Sports’ 2025 NASCAR Season Begins Saturday in Iowa at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network; Countdown to Green Gets Underway at 3 p.m. ET
New Coverage Innovations to Peacock Pit Box

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 31, 2025 – The NASCAR Cup Series returns to NBC Sports beginning this Sunday, Aug. 3, at Iowa Speedway, with the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network. NBC Sports will present 14 NASCAR Cup Series races this season with 10 on USA Network, including the first three, and four on NBC, including the final three races of the season.

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RCR Race Preview: Iowa Speedway

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in the NASCAR Cup Series at Iowa Speedway… The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Iowa Speedway this weekend for the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, marking the Cup Series’ second appearance to the 0.875-mile, D-shaped oval designed by Rusty Wallace. In the inaugural Cup Series race at Iowa in 2024, Austin Dillon earned a 19th-place finish while Kyle Busch retired from the race early with mechanical issues. Both drivers are former Iowa Speedway winners and looking for redemption in the Hawkeye state this weekend.

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NASCAR Set To Dump Mexico City From 2026 Calendar

by MikeJuly 31, 2025July 31, 2025

Simon Chapman of SpeedCafe reports (t)here will be one less road course on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 2026 according to reports out of the United States.

According to The Athletic, Mexico City is set to be axed and replaced by Chicagoland Speedway.

Logistical challenges in bringing the series to Mexico City, including scheduling for NASCAR, the team and the circuit, proved too difficult.

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Kaulig Racing Weekly Preview | Iowa Speedway

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

Kaulig Racing At Iowa Speedway:

Kaulig Racing has made two NASCAR Cup Series starts at Iowa Speedway.
In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Kaulig Racing has made 12 starts at Iowa, earning four top-10 finishes.

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Front Row Motorsports: Iowa Speedway Competition Notes- Todd Gilliland and the No. 34 Love’s Travel Stops Ford Team

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

Front Row Motorsports: Iowa Corn 350

Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025
Event: Race 25 of 38
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Iowa Speedway (0.875-miles)
# of Laps: 350
Time/TV/Radio: 3:30 PM ET on USA/MRN/SiriusXM channel 90

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Front Row Motorsports: Iowa Speedway Competition Notes – Zane Smith and the No. 38 Mystik Lubricants Ford Team

by MikeJuly 30, 2025

Iowa Corn 350 – Front Row Motorsports

Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025
Event: Race 25 of 38
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Iowa Speedway (0.875-miles)
# of Laps: 350
Time/TV/Radio: 3:30 PM ET on USA/MRN/SiriusXM channel 90

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After Dominating White Mountain New Hampshire Governor’s Cup, Renfrew Loses Out in Tech

by Lou ModestinoJuly 30, 2025

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.

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HSR NASCAR Classic Returns to VIRginia International Raceway at the HSR VIR Historics, September 5-7

by MikeJuly 30, 2025

HSR NASCAR Classic Celebrates First Anniversary Where the Historic Stock Car Series Debuted
VIR Follows Next Weekend’s HSR NASCAR Classic at the Go Bowling at The Glen, August 8-10, at Watkins Glen International

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – The HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear marks its first anniversary this September when it returns to the site of its series’ debut last year at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), and that’s worth a celebration!

Officials from VIR and HSR announced today that the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear Celebration will be among the featured races at the HSR VIR Historics, September 5-7, on the 3.27-mile Southern Virginia road course.

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