August 12, 2025 Springfield, IL-Centralia’s Joe Cooksey, a long time ARCA Menards Series competitor, has teamed with Morris, Illinois owner/driver to return to ARCA dirt track competition in the Allen Crowe 100 Sunday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Joe has 145 ARCA starts in a 19-year ARCA career including a pole position in 200 on the DuQuoin “Magic Mile”.
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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Opportunities Are Diminishing With Three Races Left In The Regular Season
With only three regular season NASCAR Cup Series races remaining to decide which 16 drivers will compete in the 2025 Playoffs, the intensity is picking up and Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen (2 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) road course event will undoubtedly be full of the kind of action expected at this point in the season.
The question is whether a driver currently below the Playoff cut line lands the ultimate big moment and claims the win Sunday?
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Races At The Glen For Third Time In Last 25 Years
For the first time in five years and only third time since 2000, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will compete at Watkins Glen International with the Mission 176 at The Glen Friday afternoon (5 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) to start NASCAR’s tripleheader weekend.
Current NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender Austin Hill won the last truck race at the iconic New York road course in 2021 fending off now-NASCAR Cup Series driver John Hunter Nemechek and Hill’s fellow Xfinity Series regular Sheldon Creed for the trophy. You have to go all the way back to 2000 for the previous truck race at The Glen, won from pole position by Greg Biffle.
Rising Star Racing and Priority to Sponsor Michael d’Orlando for the Remaining Three INDY NXT by Firestone Races in 2025
Indianapolis, Indiana (Tuesday August 5th, 2025) – Rising Star Racing and Priority are proud to announce they will partner with American INDY NXT by Firestone racing talent Michael d’Orlando for the three remaining INDY NXT by Firestone races of the 2025 season. As part of the agreement, d’Orlando’s car will feature a livery promoting Rising Star Racing, Priority Commerce Technologies, Priority Plastiq, and Priority Sports. .
Kaulig Racing Announces Driver Lineup for Upcoming Xfinity Series Races
WELCOME, N.C. (August 4, 2025) – Kaulig Racing will turn to two veterans to pilot its No. 11 Chevrolet in the next two NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) races.
Daytona 500 champion and former road course winner in NASCAR’s top two series, Michael McDowell, is set to take on Watkins Glen International with Kaulig Racing this weekend in the Mission 200 at the Glen. McDowell, whose early career began with open wheel and sports cars, earned his first NXS win at Road America in 2016. His most recent road course win came in the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) in 2022 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
The Hamptons’ Most Exclusive Auto Affair from RAND Luxury Races into the Hamptons
RAND Luxury Awards to Open with Candace Bushnell Presenting “Sexiest Car of the Year” Award at The Fishel’s Bridgehampton Estate
Bradford Rand of RAND Luxury proudly presents the return of the highly anticipated Hamptons Concours, taking place on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the magnificent private estate of Maria and Kenneth Fishel in Bridgehampton. This invitation-only, red-carpet automotive lifestyle event will benefit the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF).
Tristan McKee Tabbed To Pilot Spire Motorsports ARCA Menards Series Entry For Two Races
- Late-Model and Road-Racing Standout to Make Series Debut at Watkins Glen
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 24, 2025) – Tristan McKee, the inaugural signee of Spire Motorsports’ driver development program, will make a pair of ARCA Menards Series starts in 2025 behind the wheel of the team’s No. 77 Gainbridge Chevrolet SS.
Five days after turning 15-years-old, the minimum age requirement to compete in an ARCA Menards Series national event, McKee will make his debut at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in the August 8 General Tire 100 at the Glen. He will return to the Gainbridge Chevy in November for the ARCA Menards Series West season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
Rhode Island Shriners, Pro Stock 80, Trike Races, Fast Friday On Tap At Seekonk Speedway
SEEKONK, Mass. — Seekonk Speedway is hitting the middle of the month of July at full stride. As the summer continues to heat up, the action on the track is getting hotter each week. There are just five scheduled Fast Friday and NASCAR Saturday events left before the fields are set for the Sunoco Drive For The Cup championship battles in September – and this weekend – both Fast Friday and NASCAR Saturday return to the track looking for more fireworks.
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Five Pivotal Races Left In The CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Regular Season
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service
The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns from a week off for Friday night’s MillerTech Battery 200 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (5 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
It’s been a busy summer for the teams, which raced six consecutive weekends between May 2 and June 7 – a string of races that featured five different winners and two first-time winners on the season (Rajah Caruth and Stewart Friesen).