Teddy Hodgdon Racing announced today their schedule for the 2025 season in the No. 55 Tour-Type Modified – one that will bring the team up and down the East Coast. For the first time in his career, driver Teddy Hodgdon will make five NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) starts. His debut will take place at the Icebreaker, March 30, at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. (more…)
With Three Straight Wins in Season’s First Four Races, the Interstate Batteries Driver Has the Hot Hand To Score a Long-Sought Victory at Las Vegas and Bolster his Title Run
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 10, 2025) – We’re just four races into the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and Christopher Bell has already proven to be outrageously dependable.
The driver of the No. 20 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing has won the last three Cup Series races, becoming the first driver to three-peat since Kyle Larson pulled the hat trick in 2021. More importantly, it’s put Bell in the enviable position of locking up his spot in the 16-driver playoff field five months and 22 races before NASCAR’s version of the post-season starts Aug. 31 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Christopher Bell prevailed in a dramatic side-by-side finish with his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin — the second-closest finish in Phoenix Raceway history — to earn Bell his third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory this season, a record in the sport’s Next Gen Car era.
Bell’s No. 20 JGR Toyota went high alongside Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota as the two cars dueled it out in the final two corners of a two-lap shootout on the one-mile speedway. The 30-year-old Oklahoman claimed the historic win by a mere .049 seconds, marking his second straight victory in this spring race at Phoenix. (more…)
SEBRING, Florida (March 7, 2025) – Ready to celebrate everything from IMSA RS/IS to SCCA Showroom Stock to the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship and more, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) announced today that the golden era of Street Stock series road racing in North America will be the Featured Marque at next month’s 37th Running of the HSR Mitty presented by Hagerty at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (MRRA), April 25 – 27. The announcement was made from Sebring International Raceway where a record entry of more that 260 competing cars in this weekend’s HSR Sebring Classic 12 Hour presented by Mission Foods includes several that meet the criteria to participate in the Mitty presented by Hagerty Featured Marque on and off-track activities. (more…)
SANDUSKY, OHIO (March 4, 2025) – ThorSport Racing announces a three-race venture with Luke Baldwin for his debut in the 2025 NASCAR Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Mohawk Northeast, Inc. Ford F-150 with veteran Crew Chief Doug George.
Baldwin is set to compete in his first race of the year in the Long John Silver 200 at Martinsville Speedway on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 7:30 PM ET. His debut will be followed by two additional races at Kansas Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service
AVONDALE – Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell undoubtedly starts the NASCAR Cup Series two-race Western Swing as the driver to beat. The 30-year-old is the defending winner of Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, FOX Deportes, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and has won two of the first three series races this year, including the last two.
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service
Teenage sensation Connor Zilisch became the third driver in as many races to earn a NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff berth after dominating last week’s race at Circuit of The Americas in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.
PHOENIX (March. 4, 2025) – As NASCAR returns to Phoenix Raceway March 7-9, the track and the sport will band together to make a difference within the community. Remaining race week events include: (more…)
CONCORD, N.C. (March 5, 2025) – Beginning this season, leading machine tool manufacturer Cincinnati Inc. will grow its Hendrick Motorsports partnership by becoming a primary sponsor of two-time DAYTONA 500 champion William Byron and his No. 24 NASCAR Cup Series team.
