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New FAT Karting League Set to Revolutionise Motorsport Accessibility

L-R: Ferdi Porsche – CEO of FAT International, Rob Smedley – CEO of Smedley Group

London, Monday, December 2nd — Motorsport is at a turning point. FAT International and the Smedley Group have partnered to launch the FAT Karting League (FKL), a revolutionary initiative aimed at making motorsport accessible and appealing to aspiring young racers from all walks of life. Building upon the legacy of the Global Karting League, FKL is redefining grassroots racing with a focus on inclusivity and affordability, inspiring the next generation of talent and setting a new benchmark for the sport. (more…)

Wickens Set for WeatherTech Debut in DXDT’s No. 36 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R

by Mike1 week ago

Statesville, NV (November 25, 2024) – DXDT Racing is proud to announce that Robert Wickens will join the team for the sprint rounds of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, beginning at the Long Beach Grand Prix in April. Wickens, who drives using hand controls following an accident in 2018, will be the only driver on the grid using hand controls in WeatherTech competition.

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ARCA Menards Series Pre-Race Practice at Daytona Set for January 9 and 10

by MikeNovember 15, 2024

TEMPERANCE, Mich. – (November 12, 2024) – The ARCA Menards Series opens its 2025 season with a two-day Pre-Race Practice session at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday and Friday, January 9 and 10. A third day, Saturday, January 11, is reserved as a rain date.

The two-day session will be the prelude to the season-opening Daytona ARCA 200, the 62nd ARCA Menards Series race to be held at the legendary “World Center of Racing” since 1964.

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David Gravel, Big Game Motorsports Set for 2025 World of Outlaws Campaign

by Lou ModestinoNovember 7, 2024

Trent Gower Photo

With a potential championship in sight, David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports are already set to challenge for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series title again in 2025.

The duo will return to the Series for their fifth consecutive year together.

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The Stage Is Set: The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Will Crown a New Champion in Phoenix

by MikeNovember 7, 2024November 7, 2024

The competitors are gearing up for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway this Friday, November 8 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio (Channel 90), where it will decide who of the Championship 4 contenders – Grant Enfinger, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, and Corey Heim – will finish the highest and take the 2024 title.

The half-mile track has hosted 33 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races since its inaugural Phoenix race – a race won by Mike Skinner piloting the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet on February 5, 1995. Skinner bested legendary drivers Terry Labonte, Ron Hornaday Jr., and Johnny Benson Jr.

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Kyle Steckly; Rette Jones Racing Set for Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville Showdown

by MikeNovember 2, 2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn: The checkered flag will fly for the final time this season for the ASA STARS National Tour in Sunday’s All-American 400 at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville with Rette Jones Racing and rookie Kyle Steckly looking to put an exclamation point on a solid inaugural season.

The driver and team will admit while showcasing speed when the gates opened for the season at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway in February, the duo had to exercise patience for the results.

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Bootie Barker Set to Call Final Race for No. 23 Team at Phoenix

by MikeOctober 30, 2024

Charles Denike to replace Barker, who will remain with 23XI, following season finale

Huntersville, N.C. (Oct. 30, 2024) – 23XI Racing announced today that veteran crew chief Bootie Barker will call his final race with Bubba Wallace and the No. 23 team at the season finale at Phoenix Raceway. Following the end of the season, Barker will be replaced by Charles Denike, the current crew chief for the No. 19 truck team at McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Barker will remain with 23XI and continue to work with the competition leadership team to prepare cars and strategize for races. His new role will be based at Airspeed.

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Brookside Equipment Triple Crown Set for a Haunting End at the Cement Palace

by Lou ModestinoOctober 29, 2024

The American-Canadian Tour roars back into Seekonk Speedway on Saturday, November 2nd to settle the score in the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown! (Kevin King photo)

Barre, VT — The third season for the Brookside Equipment Sales Southern New England Triple Crown is set to be one of the most exciting in series’ history. Each earning one win, Tom Carey III and ACT Rookie of the Year Kasey Beattie lead the standings with Carey’s dominant win at the Thompson Sunoco World Series giving him a twenty-point buffer over the young star. One thing is sure to separate the men from the boys, the tricky Seekonk 1/3-mile with changing autumn weather set to put crew chiefs on notice! (more…)

23XI and Multiple Drivers Set to Celebrate RMHC 50th Anniversary at Homestead

by MikeOctober 24, 2024

This weekend at Homestead, Bubba Wallace and 23XI Racing will be leading a celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of Ronald McDonald House Charities. Alongside Bubba, 27 other drivers across 11 organizations will carry the name of a family over the passenger door this weekend to celebrate and recognize the work that RMHC does around the world to help families in need. Since opening the first house in Philadelphia on Oct. 15, 1974, RMHC now supports millions of families every year in over 60 countries and regions around the world.

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Jeremy Clements Continues Plugging Along, Set Record For Most Consecutive Xfinity Starts

by MikeOctober 23, 2024

By Dustin Albino

Jeremy Clements has raced since he was 7 years old. It’s all he knows.

At Darlington Raceway in late August, Clements set the all-time record for most consecutive Xfinity Series starts with 383, dating back to early in the 2013 season. Since 2011, he has spearheaded Jeremy Clements Racing alongside his father Tony Clements. (more…)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Budweiser Set for Iconic Reunion

by WebmasterOctober 22, 2024

NASCAR Hall of Famer to Pilot Illustrious No.8 at Florence Motor Speedway

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 22, 2024) Times may change, tradition rolls on which is why Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Budweiser are reuniting to bring back one of the most recognizable paint schemes in racing history. The NASCAR Hall of Famer will drive the historic No. 8 Chevrolet with the iconic Bud King of Beers paint scheme once again for a limited series of Late Model Stock Car Races in 2024 and 2025. The paint scheme will make its return to the track for the first time in 17 years on November 23, 2024 when Earnhardt Jr. competes in the South Carolina 400 at Florence Motor Speedway. (more…)

PIT BOX: Toledo Arrives With Rev Racing Set To Take Second ARCA Menards Series Championship In Three Years

by MikeOctober 4, 2024

After 19 grueling races across 18 different venues, the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season will conclude this weekend at Toledo Speedway.

Since hosting its first race for the ARCA Menards Series back in 1963, Toledo has occasionally served as the season finale date. Saturday’s Owens Corning 200 will be the fourth consecutive year the ARCA Menards Series championship has been decided at Toledo and the seventh time overall. (more…)

Strong Fields of Cars Set for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Saturday

by MikeOctober 2, 2024

Pro Lates and Street Stocks to Highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Night

(Nashville, TN) Fast paced racing action is ready to return to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway this coming Saturday, October 5 at The Fairgrounds Nashville. Plenty of racing is on tap for Breast Cancer Awareness night with drivers racing for the final time before the 40^th All American 400 weekend in early November. (more…)

Jason Kitzmiller; A.L.L. Construction Racing Set to Take Checkered Flag on the 2024 ARCA Season at Kansas Speedway

by MikeSeptember 27, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Kansas: Fresh off A.L.L. Construction Racing’s career-best second-place finish in the ARCA Menards Series last Thursday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway with Landen Lewis, team principal Jason Kitzmiller returns to the seat set to take the checkered flag on the team’s limited season schedule in Friday night’s Reese’s 150 at Kansas Speedway.

Lewis made his second consecutive ARCA Menards Series start in “Thunder Valley” driving the team’s No. 97 Chevrolet SS and while the teenage phenom ran into setbacks during the 2023 race, this year’s Bush’s Beans 200 saw Lewis have the potential to surge forward and score the team’s first career ARCA Menards Series victory. (more…)

This Is It: Bristol Motor Speedway To Set the Xfinity Series Playoff Field

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

The NASCAR Xfinity Series is gearing up for the final race in the regular season – the Food City 300 – at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET, and for the first time it will be broadcast on The CW alongside PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

There have been 80 NASCAR Xfinity Series races held at Bristol Motor Speedway since the inaugural event in 1982, and this weekend marks the fourth-time (2020-2022, 2024) Bristol has served as the regular season finale since the inception of the Playoffs in the series in 2016.

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Seekonk Championship Final Four Fields To Be Set, Wall Of Fame Inductions Help Headline Racing Weekend

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 19, 2024

As Seekonk Speedway hits the final two weekends of the short-track racing season for Fast Friday and NASCAR Saturday, September 20-21 will determine the Final Four who will compete for the title in each division. As the Sunoco Drive For The Cup revs up, after feature event racing on both nights, four drivers will have the right to contend for the title, while two in each division will go home hoping for another shot next year. (more…)

Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Set to Crown 2024 Thunder Road Champions on Friday

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 11, 2024

Barre, VT — Wrecks, wins, thrills, heartbreaks and the weekly adrenaline of a full season at the Nation’s Site of Excitement has all come down to this. The 2024 track championship season at Barre’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl comes to a close this Friday, September 13 with Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Championship Night! All three track champions will be crowned to cap off the point chase in season 65 for Thunder Road with everyone getting their final tune-up prior to October’s Vermont Milk Bowl! (more…)

Sunday Program Set for Final Thompson Test & Tune Prior to October’s Sunoco World Series

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 6, 2024

Barre, VT & Naples, ME — The 0.625-mile oval at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is back to rip-roaring action this Sunday, September 8 for the Back to School Bash! Headlined by the Back to School Bash 75 for the Thompson Late Models featuring a $17,000 purse, including a $5,000 winners share, the Thompson Sunoco Modifieds, AZ Roofing SK Light Modifieds, Street Stocks and Mini Stocks make it a full card of Sunday afternoon racing at the Big-T!

The Thompson Late Models are expecting quite the invasion for Sunday’s Back to School Bash 75. Top runners Nick Johnson, Derek Gluchacki and Brian Tagg will be among the weekly track championship faithful ready to hold back the flood gates and battle hard on the highbanks for the $5,000 winner’s prize! Longtime hot-shoe Tom Carey III will make his return to Thompson Speedway in the Brookside Ride while the top American-Canadian Tour rookie Kasey Beattie will also make the trek southward for some practice at the northeastern Connecticut oval. (more…)

Race Of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Series Set To Compete In Nostalgia Night At Humberstone Speedway This Sunday, September 8, 2024

by MikeSeptember 2, 2024

Port Colborne, Ontario-Canada – (September 1, 2024) – The Race of Champions Dirt 602 Sportsman Modified Series heads to Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario-Canada this coming Sunday evening, September 8 for Nostalgia Night.

It will be another exciting night of racing at the Port Colborne oval.

James Michael Friesen of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario-Canada won the most recent Series race at Humberstone. (more…)

TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Julian DaCosta Set for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

by MikeAugust 28, 2024

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2024) – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, which began its life as an iconic road-racing circuit known as Mosport Park, plays host to its first Trans Am Series Presented by Pirelli headline event since 2014 this weekend, and TeamSLR and its M1 Racecars equipment are ready for the challenge with drivers Barry Boes, the TA2 Pro-Am Challenge-class frontrunner, and 16-year-old Julian DaCosta, who will be making his second career TA2 start.

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