The roar of race engines with the aroma of Sunoco Race Fuel will fill the air surrounding Riverhead Raceway Saturday afternoon April 18th as the track hosts the first on track activity leading up to the 2026 race season. As tradition dictates, grandstand admission for the Saturday test & tune will be free for race starved fans as well for the second practice day set for Saturday April 25th. Cars are scheduled to take to the historic quarter mile at 11:00 AM with rotating practice running into early evening.
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Historic Day for Droplight-Sponsored Racers at Daytona 200 – Josh Herrin Secures Fourth Straight Victory as Kayla Yaakov Becomes First Woman Ever to Podium
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (March 9, 2026) – The 2026 Daytona 200 marked a defining moment for the racing community and for Droplight, the cultural engine backing the next generation of fearless competitors and brand builders. In one of the most historic finishes in the race’s nearly century-long history, Droplight-supported riders dominated the podium storylines, with rising star Kayla Yaakov making history as the first woman ever to finish on the Daytona 200 podium, while veteran champion Josh Herrin captured his fourth consecutive Daytona 200 victory.
Nathan Nicholson to Drive the No. 76 Truck at First Three Road Courses
Mooresville, NC (January 21, 2026) – Spencer Boyd, veteran driver and owner of Freedom Racing Enterprises, announced today that he will be stepping out of the seat for the first three road course races of the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series season. Nathan Nicholson, who finished third in the 2025 Mazda MX Cup Championship, will turn his first laps in the No. 76 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Silverado during the 2026 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg weekend.
Can Danner Or Swanson Repeat? Old Guard Retake Command? Another First Time Winner In Atlantic City?
Atlantic City, NJ – Briggs Danner and Matt Swanson broke through with their first career Indoor Auto Racing Series victories at the 2026 season opener in Allentown, Pa. Now, both drivers will look to add a second — or even a third — win when the series heads to Atlantic City’s historic Boardwalk Hall for NAPA Auto Parts Weekend on Friday and Saturday, January 30–31.
Standing in their way will be a determined veteran contingent eager to reassert control, along with a deep field of more than 45 additional TQ Midget drivers all chasing the same prize — that elusive first win under the bright lights of Atlantic City.
IMSA Insider: Take Your First Look at 2026 IMSA GTP Contenders on Eve of Roar Test
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Three of the teams expected to vie for the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) title all took the wraps off their updated 2026 challengers this week.
On Sunday, Acura Meyer Shank Racing went first for its No. 60 and No. 93 Acura ARX-06 cars. The No. 60 has its third different livery since last year’s Rolex 24.
Drivers Championship Winning Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 Show Car Made Available To Purchase For The First Time
The RB20 Show Car is available to purchase on a very limited basis through F1authentics.com- Officially licensed by Oracle Red Bull Racing, created using Team design data
- 2024 Drivers Championship winning car faithfully reproduced and made available to the public for the first time
With 9 Race Wins, 18 Podiums, 8 Pole Positions and 589 Points, the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 is a landmark F1® car that saw Max Verstappen defend his title and claim a historic 4th Drivers’ World Championship.
Now, for the first time ever, a handful of RB20 Show Cars have been made available for collectors to own, authentically reproduced by Oracle Red Bull Racing partner, Memento Exclusives.
Hometown Dawson Sutton Captures First All American 400 Win at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
(NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE) – If you are going to win in front of the hometown crowd, then you had better check all the boxes along the way. Dawson Sutton (Lebanon, TN) took care of that by being the first Tennessee driver to win the All American 400 since Mason Mingus in 2019.
Driving a Tennessee Volunteer Orange Car, Sutton made the most of the weekend by winning the pole and the race, becoming only the eighth driver to do so in the forty-year history of the race.
Sands Captures Haunted at Seekonk for Second Straight Year; Lessard Clinches First ACT Title, Returning Crown to Canada
Seekonk, MA — Derry, New Hampshire’s Erick Sands earned another season-ending treat in the Milton CAT Haunted Hundred at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, October 25, winning the event for the second year in a row. Sands took the lead from Quebec City, Quebec’s William Larue on lap 61 and motored away down the stretch. Behind him, Larue’s teammate Raphael Lessard of Vallée-Jct., Quebec put a bow on the 2025 Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour (ACT) championship, bringing the title to Canada for the first time since 2008.
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen Named First RAM 1500 Driver for Kaulig Racing
LEXINGTON, N.C. (October 16, 2025) – Kaulig Racing announced today that newly crowned ARCA Menards Series (AMS) Champion, Brenden “Butterbean” Queen, has been named the team’s first RAM 1500 driver for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) season.
Kaulig Racing, the anchor team for RAM’s return to NASCAR, revealed it would field five trucks in the NCTS beginning in 2026. Queen is the first of five spots to be announced.
Tim Carroll Earns First CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Victory of 2025 at Thunderhill, Ken Sutherland Extends Points Lead with TA Cup Win
WILLOWS, Calif. (October 11, 2025) – The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s Western Championship Race 1 at Thunderhill Raceway Park was a tale of two races, with completely different conditions between TA Cup and CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series competition. While TA Cup points leader Ken Sutherland went on to smoothly dominate, leading every lap on his way to his fourth-consecutive victory, TA2 championship contender Brody Goble experienced engine issues, which led to hard, close racing among the top-four for the win. Tim Carroll was ultimately victorious, earning his first victory of the 2025 season.