From Frontstretch’s Kevin Rutherford…
Amazon Prime Video and TNT will have Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte in their broadcast booths for NASCAR races in 2025, both companies announced Nov. 18. (more…)
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World-Renowned NASCAR Champion Kyle Busch Partners with FloSports to Make Historic Debut at 39th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals Powered by NOS Energy Drink Streamed Exclusively on FloRacing
Busch Entrance in Lucas Oil Midget Car Follows Appearances at the USAC National Midget Events at Bakersfield Speedway and Ventura Raceway Starting on November 26
Austin, TX – November 14, 2024 – Legendary NASCAR driver and two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Kyle Busch, today announced a partnership with FloSports that will put him on the clay in a Lucas Oil midget car for a historic debut at the 39th Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Powered by NOS Energy Drink streamed exclusively on FloRacing this January. Kyle’s debut follows similar appearances at the USAC National Midget events at Bakersfield Speedway (November 26) and Ventura Raceway (November 30). The 39th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink will run from January 13-18, 2025 at the famed SageNet Center. (more…)
Michael McDowell To Make 500th Career Cup Series Start at Martinsville with Benebone
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (October 30, 2024) – Michael McDowell will celebrate his 500th career NASCAR Cup Series start at Martinsville Speedway this weekend for the penultimate race of the 2024 season.
McDowell will become the 47th different driver in series history to make 500 starts or more and is one of six active full-time drivers in the Cup Series to reach the 500 start-plateau joining Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski. The 39-year-old also made is first Cup Series start at Martinsville in 2008 driving for Michael Waltrip Racing. McDowell will be making his 28th start at the Martinsville Speedway, looking to improve on his 21st place result in the spring. (more…)
Kyle Larson to Make Indy 500 Return in 2025
The most popular driver and entry from May’s Indianapolis 500 will return in 2025 and take another shot at winning ‘The Greatest Spectacle In Racing’ with an entry for Kyle Larson from Arrow McLaren/Hendrick Motorsports as part of their second attempt to do ‘The Double.’
The NASCAR Cup champion starred all month in his rookie appearance at the 500 in the No. 17 Chevy and was only limited by errors due to his inexperience in an IndyCar, and a downpour that delayed the race and derailed his plans to contest the 600-mile NASCAR race immediately after the 500 in Charlotte. (more…)
NASA Drivers Make The Most of Thursday Test-And-Tune at 2024 NASA Championships
Sept. 5, 2024, Salt Lake City — For the drivers at the 2024 NASA National Championships, making sure every minute of practice on the Utah Motorsports Campus track counts. Whether it’s learning the track or chasing the right setup, practice is a critical component to winning a NASA Championship on Sunday.
Speed News walked around the paddock and spoke to drivers in between practice sessions to find out how they use the shakedown day. With the Championship pressure building, drivers know the adjustments they make on Thursday could be the difference of standing at the top of podium or wondering what went wrong. (more…)
The Women Shine in Springfield; Robusto and Reimer Make History
August 19, 2024 (Concord, NC) – It was a historic day in the ARCA Menards Series when Isabella Robusto and Taylor Reimer finished second and third in Sunday’s event at the Illinois State Fairground’s Springfield dirt mile. (more…)
Halo P1 to Make Competitive Debut in ERC With Efren Llarena
Halo By Orthene is delighted to announce its support of 2022 European Rally Champion, Efren Llarena, supplying the Orsak Rally Team driver with the brand’s P1 brake fluid, renowned as the most advanced dedicated motorsport brake fluid on the market. (more…)
Layne Riggs, Love’s RV Stop Make Final Push for Truck Series Playoffs at the Richmond Raceway
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 6, 2024) – Layne Riggs is back in action this weekend at the Richmond (Va.) Raceway after NASCAR’s Olympic break and his fifth-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park. (more…)
Conor Daly to Make ARCA Menards Series Debut at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Rette Jones Racing
MOORESVILLE, N.C.: Rette Jones Racing (RJR) confirmed today that open-wheel veteran Conor Daly will make his ARCA Menards Series debut in Friday afternoon’s Zinsser SmartCoat 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. (more…)
Luke Baldwin To Make NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Rising Modified competitor Luke Baldwin will make his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 22. Driving the Pace-O-Matic No. 7VA for Sadler-Stanley (SS) Racing, Baldwin will compete with NASCAR’s best during the only NASCAR National Series weekend of the New England racing season.
Repco Supercars Championship Star Will Brown to Make NASCAR Cup Series Debut with Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma Raceway
WELCOME, N.C. (May 28, 2024) – Repco Supercars Championship star Will Brown is scheduled to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut with Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma Raceway. Brown, a native of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, will drive the No. 33 MobileX Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway live on FOX at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 9.
Sunny Skies Make for Spectacular Group 2 Season Opener at Wiscasset Speedway
Saturday was the perfect day for racing with temperatures hovering just above 60 degrees, a light breeze and not a cloud in the sky. It was the opposite of the weather the week prior, where rain had plagued Wiscasset Speedway during their 2024 season opener. This allowed for a full Group 2 race program to be run, starting off with the T&L Automotive Modifieds. (more…)
Carson Kvapil to Make NASCAR Xfinity Series Debut at Martinsville
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 22, 2024) – JR Motorsports announced today that two-time and defending zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car champion Carson Kvapil will make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at the famed Martinsville Speedway on April 6 behind the wheel of the team’s No. 88 Chevrolet. As a product of JRM’s vaunted Late Model organization, Kvapil becomes the fifth driver from the program to make his NXS debut for the organization, joining Richard Boswell, Josh Berry, William Byron and Sam Mayer. (more…)
Racing Legend Ken Schrader To Make Two-Day Appearance At Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2024
Oaks, PA – Ken Schrader, a legend in NASCAR Cup, USAC and short track racing will appear both days of the Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2024 Show. The two-day show will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA, its home since 2010, on Friday, January 19th from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (more…)
Grandview And Big Diamond Speedways Make Joint Announcement To Ban Left Side Pan Hard Bar Suspension For Modified & Sportsman Teams Beginning With 2025 Race Season
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The management of Big Diamond and Grandview Speedways have together reached a decision on the topic of the left side pan hard bar suspension for 358 Modified and 602 Sportsman race teams that compete weekly at both raceways. (more…)
Last Chance For NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Drivers To Make the Championship 4 Round
After a two-week break, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs continue with Saturday’s Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Noon, ET on FS1, MRN SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – the first of an afternoon NASCAR doubleheader.
2023 NASA Championships Competitors Make the Most of Practice Day
The old adage is that practice makes perfect, but NASA Championships competitors know better. Any of them will tell you that only perfect practice makes perfect, and that’s what Thursday at the 2023 National Auto Sport Association Championships is all about. (more…)
Race Of Champions Family Of Series To Make Final Stop At Chemung Speedrome On Saturday, September 9
Chemung, N.Y. – (August 31, 2023) – The Race of Champions Family of Series is set to conclude the Chemung (N.Y.) Speedrome season as the prelude to Race of Champions Weekend at Lake Erie Speedway in Northeast, Pa.
11 Rare Concepts Cars from Chrysler Set to Make the Journey to Lime Rock Park
August 1, 2023 – Lime Rock Park will become the center of the Chrysler performance car universe for five days this Labor Day weekend, hosting a gathering of iconic concept cars as Historic Festival 41 launches it’s celebrations Aug. 31-Sept. 4.
Sprint Cars Make Exciting Return to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway – Saturday, July 29th
(Nashville, TN) For the first time in almost 20 years, Non-Wing Sprint Cars return to the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway when the 500 Sprint Car Tour makes their first appearance on Saturday, July 29 for the Pro Door Manufacturing 40. The second-year tour will be part of a open-wheel/fendered doubleheader with the first appearance of the season for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. (more…)