818 Tequila Enters the NASCAR Space Teaming Up With NASCAR Star Toni Breidinger

818 Tequila Enters the NASCAR Space Teaming Up With NASCAR Star Toni Breidinger

LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2025 – 818 Tequila, the award-winning brand founded by Kendall Jenner, announces its first national sports partnership with NASCAR driver Toni Breidinger. The collaboration marks a new chapter for 818 as the brand steps into the fast-growing world of motorsports and connects with a rising generation of fans, many of them women, who are helping redefine what the sport looks like today.

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Hendrick Motorsports To Honor Dr. Jerry Petty On Their Cars This Weekend At Talladega

Hendrick Motorsports To Honor Dr. Jerry Petty On Their Cars This Weekend At Talladega

CONCORD, N.C. (April 24, 2025) – This weekend, all four Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet race cars will carry a memorial decal at Talladega Superspeedway honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Jerry Petty. A pioneering neurosurgeon and trusted medical consultant to countless drivers and teams, Dr. Petty was a beloved figure in the NASCAR community.

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Kiwi Scott McLaughlin Fastest As Kyle Larson Crashes At Indy 500 Test

Kiwi Scott McLaughlin Fastest As Kyle Larson Crashes At Indy 500 Test

SpeedCafe’s Stefan Bartholomaeus reports that NASCAR champion Kyle Larson and two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato both emerged unhurt after finding the wall in separate incidents during the morning (yesterday).

The test featured two segments with qualifying boost levels used in the morning before the field switched to race trim for the afternoon.

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IMSA Riding New Wave of Emerging GTP Talents

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Every “era” of sports car racing has its iconic performers. In IMSA’s more than 50-year history, that’s broken down by top-class periods of who’s starred in prototypes.

With the reborn Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class now three years into the formula, there’s a pattern of stars starting to emerge. There are long-time prototype drivers who raced in the previous Daytona Prototype international (DPi) and Daytona Prototype and/or Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) iterations before GTP competing alongside those whose main top-class experience is focused on GTP.

Read more of Tony DiZinno’s article and other IMSA news after the jump…

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Rodney Childers Out As Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Crew Chief

Rodney Childers Out As Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Crew Chief

Spire Motorsports made a crew chief change for its No. 7 Chevrolet team, announcing Wednesday that veteran Rodney Childers and the team agreed to mutually part ways during the off-week break.

The move comes as the NASCAR Cup Series is set to resume this weekend with Sunday’s Jack Link’s 500 (3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN Radio, SiriusXM) at Talladega Superspeedway.

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NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Jack Link’s 500
The Place: Talladega Superspeedway
Track Length: 2.66 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Sunday, April 27
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,055,250
TV: FOX & FOX Deportes, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 500.08 miles (188 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 188)

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NASCAR, North Wilkesboro Speedway Announce 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race Format

NASCAR, North Wilkesboro Speedway Announce 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race Format
  • Manufacturer Showdown, Promoter’s Caution, Extended Race, New Pit Crew Challenge Eligibility Among Fresh Format Elements

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 23, 2024) – NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports today announced details for the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race to be held on Sunday, May 18, for the third consecutive year at iconic North Wilkesboro Speedway. This season’s format will again feature two heat races to set the All-Star Race starting lineup and a 100-lap All-Star Open, plus an extended 250-lap main event. In addition to a longer All-Star Race, several new aspects will debut including a Manufacturer Showdown, a Promoter’s Caution, modifications to Open qualifying, and Pit Crew Challenge eligibility. All eyes will be on the stars of the sport as they take on these new elements at the historic .625-mile track in the annual exhibition.

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