Nick Geddes of ON3 reports that Kevin Harvick had a major issue with the NASCAR weekend at Iowa Speedway. The ARCA Menards Series cars ran faster in qualifying than the Cup Series cars.
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Rick Ware Racing’s Darlington Throwback Design is More Than Skin Deep
Cody Ware’s Yellow-and-Black Caterpillar-Inspired Paint Scheme is Most Associated With Two-Time Darlington Race Winner Ward Burton, but the Crew Chief for Those Wins was Rick Ware Racing Competition Director Tommy Baldwin
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 31, 2025) – In 146 career NASCAR Cup Series starts between 1994 and 1998, Ward Burton had just five top-five finishes and a best points result of 16th. Aside from a breakthrough win at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway on Oct. 22, 1995, Burton was still in search of the kind of front-running consistency displayed by his peers, including his brother, Jeff, who already had five of his 21 career Cup Series victories before a dominant, six-win season in 1999.
Parker Klingerman – “I Offered A Bunch Of Amateurs $5,000 Of My Own Money If They Could Drive Faster Than Me”
By Parker Kligerman, Autopian Contributor
If you’re a motorsports fan—or even a casual car enthusiast—be honest: You’ve watched F1, NASCAR, or another racing series and had the thought, ‘I could do that; all they’re doing is driving a car!’
Well, as professional drivers, we’ve always dealt with this by rolling our eyes and attempting to explain that driving your street car isn’t even using 1% of its capability. I always found this to be an inadequate way to try to prove it’s not as simple as it looks and that professionals make it look far easier than it is. (more…)
DAYTONA 500 To Air In More Than 190 Countries And Territories In 26 Languages
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 14, 2025) From Florida’s beaches to screens around the globe, the 67th running of the the DAYTONA 500 (Sunday, Feb. 16), with its record $30 million purse, will be broadcast to fans in more than 190 countries and territories in 26 languages, reaching over 650 million households worldwide.
Broad Arrow Offers More Than 100 Rare Classic Cars Without Reserve from The Academy of Art University Collection
Grosse Pointe, Michigan (February 12, 2025) – Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, is making final preparations for its presentation of The Academy of Art University Collection Auction, set for Saturday, February 15 in San Francisco, California. The single-day, private collection sale presents more than 100 of the most desirable American, European, and British pre- and post-War collector cars ever produced—entirely without reserve. The collection is on preview Thursday, February 13 and Friday, February 14, as well as the morning of Saturday, February 15 ahead of the auction start at 12 p.m. PT.
Tony Stewart’s Comfort In Top Fuel Came ‘Earlier Than I Even Anticipated’
NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart is set to embark on his second full season behind the wheel of a Top Fuel dragster.
Stewart, who shocked the motorsports world in late 2023 with the announcement of filling in for his wife, Leah Pruett, for the full NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series slate in 2024 as they planned to start a family, was jumping off the deep end. (more…)
More Than $25,000 Raised for Speedway Children’s Charities, Nearly 700 Pounds of Food Collected for Loudon Food Pantry
LOUDON, N.H. – One of the driving forces behind the annual Gift of Lights event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) is the opportunities attendees have to give back to the community. The New Hampshire Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities (SCCNH) and the Loudon Food Pantry each benefitted from the generosity of those who attended Gift of Lights presented by Ambetter from NH Healthy Families during the holiday season. (more…)
Why Lewis Hamilton will be more motivated than ever at Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton’s F1 career has been anomalous in so many ways. He arrived in 2007, fast-tracked into the best car on the grid, earmarked as a world champion in waiting, nobody quite knew just how good he was going to be. Now, almost 20 years later, if anyone can bring world championship success back to Ferrari, it’s Lewis Hamilton. (more…)
More Than One Lap Record Per Year For Pirelli At The Nürburgring Nordschleife
THE MOST RECENT RECORDS SET THIS YEAR WITH THE AUDI RS 3 AND AUDI RS Q8 PERFORMANCE
New York, November 4, 2024 – From 2019 up to now, Pirelli has set more than one lap record per year on average at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. These records have been established with all sorts of vehicles, ranging from electric supercars to SUVs to compact hatchbacks, yet Pirelli has been a constant when it comes to lowering the Nordschleife lap times across every category of car. (more…)
Tony Stewart: SHR shutdown right move but feels ‘more bitter than sweet’
Tony Stewart went to the Stewart-Haas Racing shop a couple of weeks ago and saw as many people as he could a month before the team shuts down.
“Knowing that when I left the building there, here’s some of those people I’ve known for 16 years, and I may never, ever see them again, unfortunately,” Stewart said on “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour” podcast. “I don’t know that it’s even bittersweet. It’s more bitter than sweet, I feel like. It’s a tough decision. (more…)