Tony Stewart’s Comfort In Top Fuel Came ‘Earlier Than I Even Anticipated’

Tony Stewart’s Comfort In Top Fuel Came ‘Earlier Than I Even Anticipated’

NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart is set to embark on his second full season behind the wheel of a Top Fuel dragster.

Stewart, who shocked the motorsports world in late 2023 with the announcement of filling in for his wife, Leah Pruett, for the full NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series slate in 2024 as they planned to start a family, was jumping off the deep end. (more…)

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Rick Ware Named to West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Rick Ware Named to West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Induction Set for March 13 in Las Vegas as Part of NASCAR Race Weekend and Includes AJ Allmendinger, Chuck Gurney, Davey Hamilton, Jeff Jefferson, Justin Marks and Boris Said

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 9, 2024) – A diverse motorsports career that began more than 40 years ago and continues to this day has earned racing team owner and Los Angeles native Rick Ware a place in the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

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Irwindale Speedway To Close After 25 Years Of Racing, Demolition Derbies And More

Irwindale Speedway To Close After 25 Years Of Racing, Demolition Derbies And More

Irwindale Speedway and Dragstrip has hosted NASCAR events, drag races and more for a quarter-center in the San Gabriel Valley.


The checkered flag is in sight for Irwindale Speedway after 25 years of NASCAR races, demolition derbies, drag racing, and other events at the San Gabriel Valley motorsports landmark.

The speedway and dragstrip about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles will close at the end of the 2024 season with a farewell event scheduled for Dec. 21, according to a statement posted Tuesday. (more…)

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Toyota GAZOO Racing Unites with Toyota North American Motorsports

Toyota GAZOO Racing Unites with Toyota North American Motorsports

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) has announced that its racing division, Toyota Racing, will formally become Toyota Gazoo Racing North America prior to the start of the 2025 motorsports season.

All Toyota motorsports efforts in 2025 will compete under the global Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) banner. TRD, U.S.A., a subsidiary of TMNA, will continue its technical and engineering support across Toyota motorsports efforts throughout the U.S. (more…)

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MAVTV Announces Launch to DIRECTV Streaming Customers, Expanding Access Beyond Satellite Homes

MAVTV Announces Launch to DIRECTV Streaming Customers, Expanding Access Beyond Satellite Homes

INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 17, 2024) – MAVTV – the world’s premier media platform for passion-fueled motorsports, powersports and automotive programming – today announced its official launch to all customers that stream DIRECTV satellite-free. MAVTV also remains available to DIRECTV satellite homes (Ch. 214), where it has enjoyed a successful run since originally joining the DIRECTV lineup more than a decade ago in 2013.

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Tulsa Raceway Park and Tulsa Speedway Turbocharge Oklahoma’s Economy with Over $83 Million Annual Impact

Tulsa Raceway Park and Tulsa Speedway Turbocharge Oklahoma’s Economy with Over $83 Million Annual Impact

Tulsa, Oklahoma –  The Department of Motorsports Industry Research at the United States Motorsports Association (USMA) has released a comprehensive independent study titled “Turbocharging Oklahoma: Discovering the Economic Power of Tulsa Raceway Park and Tulsa Speedway,” which details the substantial economic and socio-economic impacts of these two iconic racing venues on Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma. (more…)

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120-MPH Hurricane Milton Rips Through Freedom Factory, Hurling $100K Stands on Drag Strip

120-MPH Hurricane Milton Rips Through Freedom Factory, Hurling $100K Stands on Drag Strip

Category 3 Hurricane Milton hit Florida last Wednesday, October 9. Freedom Factory racetrack owner and YouTuber Cleetus McFarland drove his Ford Raptor pickup truck to assess the damages, and what he found wasn’t pretty. The worst thing he saw was at the connecting Bradenton Motorsports Park, which had its huge stands hurled smack in the middle of the drag strip.

As soon as Cleetus entered the Freedom Factory gates, he saw moderate damage here and there, but nothing too bad. However, after glancing at the nearby Bradenton Motorsports Park and seeing the heavy, metallic stands thrown onto the middle of the drag strip, he immediately evaluated the damages at around $100,000. (more…)

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Bear Grill, LLC Appliance Sponsors KB/Titan Racing Team NHRA Drag Racing

Bear Grill, LLC Appliance Sponsors KB/Titan Racing Team NHRA Drag Racing

At the US Nationals the Superbowl of Drag Racing in Indianapolis this past weekend we had live cooking on our 42″ Bear Grill in the KB/Titan pit area. “Eric Latino – We generally cook for over 20 people each race weekend day what really impressed me was that the amount of cooking area really made it simple to cook for everyone at the same time. Also the control of temperature across the entire grill made it possible to cook everything very evenly.” (more…)

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