Riley Herbst Celebrates Baja 1000 Championship With Family Race Team

Riley Herbst Celebrates Baja 1000 Championship With Family Race Team

When the NASCAR season ended, Riley Herbst walked away with a win and said he would go on to win the Baja 1000 with his family. Well, their Trophy Truck Spec team did just that.

Riley Herbst and his family racing team finished first in their class and sixth overall in North America’s most famous offroad race. The Herbst family has a long history in the Baja 1000 and that continues this season. (more…)

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Stewart-Haas Racing: Bristol NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Bristol NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Cole Custer is ready to head to a track that has suited him well in the past for Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. After a tough race last Saturday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International that yielded a disappointing 21st-place result for the road course ace, the driver of the No. 00 HighPoint.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse is welcoming the new scenery in the mountains of East Tennessee.

Riley Herbst hopes to keep his strong runs rolling Friday night under the lights in the Food City 300 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. While the driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang Dark Horse earned a 13th-place finish last Saturday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, it wasn’t indicative of his strong run, during which he ran well inside the top-10 all day. (more…)

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Stewart-Haas Racing: Watkins Glen NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Watkins Glen NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Cole Custer is ready to trade in the high banks and unpredictability of superspeedway-style racing for the high-speed, left-and-right turns of Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in Saturday’s Mission 200 at The Glen. Custer’s strength on road courses has been prevalent throughout his career. In his 27 Xfinity Series starts on road courses, Custer has scored two wins, 20 top-10s and led 26 laps. Last season, he scored two of his three wins on a road course and a street course – June 3 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway and July 1 on the Chicago Street Course. The series has visited three road courses – Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, Portland, and Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway – and the Chicago Street Course so far this season.

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Stewart-Haas Racing: Atlanta NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Atlanta NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Cole Custer and the No. 00 Autodesk / Haas Automation team are hoping to build on the momentum of their runner-up finish last Saturday at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. They must first face the challenge of superspeedway-style racing in Saturday’s Focused Health 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which has provided a mixed bag of results for the team in the past. While Custer’s spot in the 12-driver Xfinity Series Playoffs field is locked in by virtue of his July 13 win at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Custer is still racing for one more title in the final three regular-season races – regular-season champion. It’s a feat he has yet to achieve in his otherwise successful Xfinity Series career.

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Stewart-Haas Racing: Darlington NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Darlington NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Cole Custer and the No. 00 Haas Automation team are hoping to rebound after bad luck struck in last Friday’s race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. In the rearview mirror for Custer is a superspeedway where anything can happen as he looks to Saturday’s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, a track he’s tamed in the past. Custer started 14th at Daytona after a qualifying session shortened by lightning. He ran in the top-10 in the first stage of the race before finishing it just outside the points-paying position. (more…)

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Stewart-Haas Racing: Daytona NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Daytona NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Cole Custer and the No. 00 Fanttik team are looking to rebound in Friday night’s Daytona 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion ran into some bad luck last Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn after his No. 00 Ford Mustang Dark Horse sustained damage in accident on lap 48 of the scheduled 125-lap race. (more…)

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Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Riley Herbst Richmond Race Advance

Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Riley Herbst Richmond Race Advance

Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Pinnacle Home Improvements Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), will make his eighth NASCAR Cup Series start at the .75-mile Richmond (Va.) Raceway. In the series’ last outing at Richmond in March, Haley finished 32nd. He has a best finish of 21st at the short track, earned in August 2022. (more…)

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Stewart-Haas Racing: Daytona NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

Stewart-Haas Racing: Daytona NXS Advance (Cole Custer | Riley Herbst)

The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer is back and ready to defend his title as the 2024 season kicks off Saturday at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway with the United Rentals 300. The driver of the No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang returned to the Xfinity Series fulltime at the start of the 2023 season and, while it got off to a slow start, the team picked up speed over the summer to become championship contenders.

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Riley Herbst Joins Rick Ware Racing for Daytona 500

Riley Herbst Joins Rick Ware Racing for Daytona 500

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 2, 2024) – Riley Herbst will contest the 66th Daytona 500 on Feb. 18 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway for Rick Ware Racing (RWR) with support from longtime partner Monster Energy. Herbst will pilot the No. 15 Monster Energy Ford Mustang in the Great American Race, the first in a series of select NASCAR Cup Series races he will run with RWR in 2024.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series – Hometown Boy Riley Herbst Scores At Las Vegas, Becomes 15th Different Winner Of 2023

NASCAR Xfinity Series – Hometown Boy Riley Herbst Scores At Las Vegas, Becomes 15th Different Winner Of 2023

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst finally accomplished what every driver strives for when they get behind the wheel of a race car – a trip to Victory Lane. His first win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series came after 139 starts, 24 top fives, 68 top 10s and three Xfinity Series Playoff appearances (2020, 2021, 2022). Herbst is the 15th different winner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this season, tying 2023 with the 1987, 2004, 2014 and 2018 seasons for the fourth-most different winners through 30 races.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Weekend

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Weekend

Time was of the essence on Saturday as a thunderstorm was barreling toward Talladega Superspeedway in the middle of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. The competition was fierce but as the skies opened up, it was Kaulig Racing’s Jeb Burton that was able to hold onto the lead just before the final caution came out before the race was red-flagged and ultimately called because of weather securing his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. (more…)

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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Talladega Superspeedway

The NASCAR Xfinity Series was off last weekend as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Cup Series took on Richmond Raceway. Prior to that, the NASCAR Xfinity Series was in Martinsville, Virginia for the Cook Out 250. The race was postponed after weather took over during the originally scheduled start on Friday. The race was rescheduled for Sunday, April 11 and the series crowned another first-time winner in JR Motorsport’s driver Josh Berry. (more…)

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DIS to Host Two-Day ARCA Test Session for 56th Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire

DIS to Host Two-Day ARCA Test Session for 56th Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire

What:   Approximately 50 drivers from the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards will conduct a two-day test session in preparation for the season-opening 56th annual Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire, part of February’s DAYTONA Speedweeks Presented By AdventHealth. (more…)

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