MOORESVILLE, N.C. (December 23, 2024) – Due to the overwhelming popularity and excitement around the Pickle Car piloted by Todd Gilliland at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway and again at the Michigan International Speedway and the Daytona International Speedway, Front Row Motorsports (FRM) and Grillo’s Pickles have announced an extension of their partnership. (more…)
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Fred Lorenzen, NASCAR Hall of Famer, Dies at 89
Fred Lorenzen, a thinking man’s racer who became one of NASCAR’s biggest money winners during the sport’s rise in the 1960s, has died. The NASCAR Hall of Famer was 89.
Lorenzen’s passing was confirmed by his family. The former driver had battled dementia in his later years. (more…)
Granite State Pro Stock Series Announces 11-Race Schedule For 2025 Season
Events in New Hampshire, Maine & Canada Make Up Dates
WALPOLE, N.H. – Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) officials announced today the full schedule of events for the 2025 season. The series will make visits to two different states (New Hampshire and Maine) and will also head out of the United States for the first time in series history, with a trip to Canada in September.
Bear Ridge Speedway Honors 57th Season Champions
West Lebanon NH – Bear Ridge Speedway honored the champions from its 57th season of dirt track stock car racing on Friday night and Saturday nights November 8th & 9th. The two-night format featuring ‘Fendered Wheels’ on Friday night and ‘Open Wheels’ on Saturday night recognized seventy drivers, with over 350 crew members, sponsors, fans, and officials in attendance for a sold-out banquet hall each night at the Fireside Inn & Suites West Lebanon NH for the gala. More than $35,000 in prizes, awards and point fund purses were awarded.
Why NASCAR Europe has Switched to a Sequential Gearbox
The NASCAR Euro Series has flown the flag for American stock car racing on the eastern flank of the Atlantic since 2009.
It has used the same chassis, built by series promoter Team FJ, since the beginning. Around that reliable and no-frills base, the organisers have established a cost-effective and popular formula that simulates the loud, rough and tumble NASCAR brand of racing for an audience that otherwise wouldn’t get to see this breed of car in competition. (more…)
RFK Tabs Jeremy Bullins to Lead No. 6 Team
Bullins Reunites with Driver Brad Keselowski for 2025 and Beyond
CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 21, 2024) – RFK Racing has announced that Jeremy Bullins, veteran crew chief in NASCAR, has joined the organization, reuniting with driver/co-owner Brad Keselowski to lead the No. 6 team beginning in 2025. (more…)
ASA STARS National Tour Adds Slinger Speedway For 2025 Racing Season
Two years after the ASA STARS National Tour almost raced at Slinger Speedway, the super late model series will try again in 2025.
The popular quarter-mile north of Milwaukee will replace the Milwaukee Mile on the schedule on Father’s Day, but keep a Wisconsin weekend on the schedule with Slinger following a Friday night race at Madison International Speedway. (more…)
Race Of Champions Management Announces “Save-The-Dates” So Fans Can Continue Making Their Schedules
Race of Champions Management Negotiating ‘New 2025 Plans’
Race of Champions Weekend to Take Place September 12, 13 and 14
Elma, N.Y. – (November 15, 2024) – Race fans and competitors can continue to fill their calendar with race dates for the 2025 racing season to attend exciting Race of Champions “Family of Series” events.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 Contenders Are Locked-In, Time to Decide a Champion
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here – Championship Weekend at Phoenix Raceway.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series wrapped up the Round of 8 last weekend at Martinsville Speedway and will now head to Phoenix Raceway to crown a new NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. Four drivers – Austin Hill, A.J. Allmendinger, Cole Custer and Justin Allgaier – will vie for the title on Saturday, November 9 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race at 7:30 p.m. ET on The CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
Penultimate Cup Series Playoff Race at Martinsville to Finalize Championship Four
Time has come to decide who will make-up the Championship 4 Round this season, and the historic 0.526-mile Martinsville Speedway will once again play host to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round of 8 elimination race, the Xfinity 500 on Sunday, November 3 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
After a dazzling display of talent in the closing laps of the Homestead-Miami Speedway Playoff race, which saw 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick now joins Team Penske’s Joey Logano as the only two drivers locked into the next round. With two spots still available, at least one will be filled by a driver that earns their position in the Championship 4 Round on points.
Treyten Lapcevich Looking for CARS Tour Season Sweep at North Wilkesboro Season Finale
North Wilkesboro, N.C.: The 2024 zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car Tour season finale has arrived at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway with Canadian standout Treyten Lapcevich and his Chad Bryant Racing team looking to end the season on a high note in Saturday night’s ECMD 125.
After a string of strong performances in both the CARS Tour and NASCAR Late Model competition, Lapcevich and his team rode the momentum to last weekend’s CARS Tour 225 pres. by GeoCut at Tri-County (N.C.) Motor Speedway. (more…)
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Continue From Las Vegas Motor Speedway This Sunday, Oct. 20, At 2:30 P.M. ET On NBC
Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 Playoff Race from Las Vegas Motor Speedway Begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC
Through Six Races Across NBC and USA Network, NBC Sports’ NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Viewership Averaging a Total Audience Delivery of 2.2M Viewers, Up 6% Vs. 2023
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 17, 2024 – The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs continue with NBC Sports’ presentation of the South Point 400 live from Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev., this Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. A 30-minute Countdown to Green Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC leads into live race coverage. Las Vegas is the third of six consecutive Cup Series playoff races to be presented live on NBC, culminating in the Cup Series Championship on Nov. 10.
Grandview Speedway Point Leaders Looking To Join 2024 Winner’s List In Saturday Night NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Double Header Race Program
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway has yet to have a repeat feature winner three weeks into a brand new season, and track point leaders Jeff Strunk and Adrianna Delliponti hope to add their names to the list in this Saturday night’s NASCAR racing program. (more…)
Here’s How New-England-Connected Competitors Did This Past Weekend At Texas
Chase Elliott won the Cup race with Joey Logano of Middletown, CT finishing 11th while Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT came in 12th ,Then it was Corey LaJoie ending up 22nd. LaJoie’s dad is Norwalk, CT native Randy LaJoie who is a twice Xfinity champion.
Christopher Bell Gets First NASCAR Cup Win of 2024 in Phoenix
It’s always sunny in Phoenix, or at least it was for Toyota. Toyota drivers led nearly every lap of the Shriners Children’s 500 with Christopher Bell leading 50 of those laps on his way to Victory Lane.
ARCA Menards Series Schedule For 2024 Announced
TOLEDO, Ohio — The 2024 ARCA Menards Series schedule is comprised of 20 races at 19 tracks, with the season opener taking place at Daytona International Speedway and, for the third consecutive year, the finale taking place at the series’ home track, Toledo Speedway. (more…)
Ryan Blaney Masters Martinsville
And then there were four.
Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and William Byron.
No Denny Hamlin or Martin Truex, Jr. No Kevin Harvick, who is heading to the broadcast booth in 2024. No Chase Elliott, Joey Logano or Kyle Busch.
Kyle Larson Cashes In At Las Vegas Cup Race
Last week I noted that if you led 100 or more laps at Las Vegas, you had a pretty good shot at winning the race. Well Kyle Larson did just that, and more. He won both stages and led the most laps with 133 and the final 45. But it almost did not come to pass.
Ryan Blaney Wins At Talladega, Makes It Through To Next Playoff Round
Ryan Blaney came into the Talladega race needing to win one of the next two races and he did just that. He did it by staying in the Top 10 most of the race, avoiding a couple of wrecks and battling Kevin Harvick right to the very end.
Grandview Speedway Freedom 76 Is This Weekend September 15-16, 2 Days Of Racing Action Ahead, Past Winners List Has Top Names In Modified Racing History
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The 61st anniversary season of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway moves into the biggest weekend of competition for Modified and Sportsman competitors with the running of the 53rd annual Freedom 76, and the race weekend is the most lucrative of the year for competitors. (more…)