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Acceptance Insurance and Niece Motorsports Announce New Partnership with NASCAR Driver Andrés Pérez de Lara

by MikeJanuary 30, 2026

Huntington Beach, CA — [January 27, 2026] — Niece Motorsports and Acceptance Insurance today announced that Andrés Pérez de Lara will return to the No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for the full NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series schedule in 2026, with Acceptance Insurance joining as his anchor partner. Pérez de Lara—one of NASCAR’s most promising young drivers—will carry Acceptance Insurance branding as a primary sponsor for select races throughout the upcoming season.

Veteran crew chief Wally Rogers will continue to lead the No. 44 team as Pérez de Lara enters his second NCTS season.

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Motorsports Television Listings, January 27-February 1, 2026

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 27, 2026

Correspondent Lou Modestino checks in with this week’s RacingTVSchedule motorsports TV listings. All times are eastern.

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Two Champions Turned Rookies Ready to Battle in 1764 Sports Bar Late Models

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 27, 2026

After fighting through one of the closest championship finales in White Mountain history, young McKenna Merchant is stepping up to the big leagues in 2026 as she joins the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Model division! (Johnny Racer photo)

N. Woodstock, NH — With last Friday being the deadline for drivers to renew their 2025 licenses for the upcoming season, so too came a pair of bombshells for the 1764 Sports Bar & Grill Late Models in 2026. For possibly the first time ever, the two defending four-cylinder champions of White Mountain and Thunder Road Speedbowl are both moving up to the Late Model class in a landmark battle for Rookie of the Year at New Hampshire’s Favorite Short Track this summer!

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Anthony Alfredo Back With Beard Motorsports For the Daytona 500

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 22, 2026

Northeastern correspondent Lou Modestino checks in with a Frontstretch report by Kevin Rutherford….

Anthony Alfredo and Beard Motorsports will attempt the 2026 Daytona 500, the team announced Jan. 20.

Alfredo, from Ridgewood, CT, will pilot the No. 62 at Speedweeks for the third year in a row. He failed to qualify for the 2025 edition after making the show in 2024.

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Chandler Smith to Attempt to Qualify for the 2026 Daytona 500 with Front Row Motorsports

by MikeJanuary 22, 2026

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 22, 2026) – After a successful first season at Front Row Motorsports (FRM), highlighted by two wins in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, Chandler Smith will make his first attempt for the team in the Cup Series driving the No. 36 Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the Daytona 500.

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Gus Dean Joins Nitro Motorsports for Return to ARCA Menards Series

by MikeJanuary 22, 2026

CONCORD, N.C.: After setting the fastest lap in preseason ARCA Menards Series practice at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway last weekend, Nitro Motorsports confirmed that three-time ARCA race winner Gus Dean will join the organization for the 2026 season-opening General Tire 200 at the “World Center of Racing” on February 14.

Dean, a Bluffton, S.C., native, will return to the ARCA Menards Series for the first time since Michigan International Speedway in 2024 and will look to extend his streak of Daytona International Speedway victories after capturing an emotional win in February 2024.

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Brookside Equipment Triple Crown Back in Action on the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour for ‘26

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 22, 2026

Barre, VT — The popular Brookside Equipment Sales Triple Crown will once again highlight the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour schedule of events in 2026. Three popular events at three popular and unique racetracks will make for another run to the finale but make no mistake, it’ll be difficult to top the thrills of last year’s season highlights.

Starting as a Southern New England Triple Crown back in 2022, Brookside Equipment Sales of Phillipston, Massachusetts stepped in for the 2023 season with Falconi Energy and has been presenting the Triple Crown ever since! Center Conway, New Hampshire’s D.J. Shaw took down the first two championships before Erick Sands stepped in with a powerful Haunted Hundred win in 2024 to claim the Crown for the first time.

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NASCAR Truck Series Champion Mike Skinner Coming To PPB Motorsports 2026 Show

by MikeJanuary 22, 2026

OAKS, Pa. — NASCAR Truck Series champion Mike Skinner, the driver who burst onto the national scene wheeling Richard Childress Racing’s iconic black Goodwrench No. 3 made famous by Dale Earnhardt, will appear at the Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2026 Show presented by Can-Am on the second day of the two-day event, Saturday, January 24, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa.

Skinner famously carried the legendary No. 3 colors to the 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship before becoming Earnhardt’s teammate in the NASCAR Cup Series in 1997, driving the RCR No. 31 sponsored by Lowe’s.

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Motorsports TV Listings – Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026

by Lou ModestinoJanuary 20, 2026

RacingTVSchedule provides our motorsports television listings this week, from today through next Sunday. All times are eastern.

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Stanton Barrett Motorsports Signs Rafa Matos for 2026 TA2 Championship Campaign, Beginning at Sebring

by MikeJanuary 20, 2026

SEBRING, Fla. — Stanton Barrett Motorsports (SBM) proudly announces a new partnership with three-time Trans-Am Series champion Raphael “Rafa” Matos for the 2026 CUBE3 Architecture TA2 season.

Backed by strong technical alliances, experienced leadership, and championship-proven talent, Stanton Barrett Motorsports and Matos head into the 2026 campaign as immediate title contenders, opening their championship bid at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway next month.

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