NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Week, Looking Toward Mexico City And The Chilango 150

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Week, Looking Toward Mexico City And The Chilango 150

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: The Chilango 150
The Place: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Track Length: 2.42 Mile Asphalt Paved Road Course
The Date: Saturday, June 14
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $2,151,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 157.3 miles (65 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 65)

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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Week, Looking Toward Charlotte

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Week, Looking Toward Charlotte

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: BetMGM 300
The Place: Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, May 24
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Weekend, Looking Toward Texas

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Weekend, Looking Toward Texas

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: SpeedyCash.com 250
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Friday, May 2
The Time: 8 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 250.5 miles (167 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 40),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 80), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 167)

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Career-Best Street Stock Season Propels Jason Lafayette Toward 2025 Limited Late Model Challenge

Career-Best Street Stock Season Propels Jason Lafayette Toward 2025 Limited Late Model Challenge

(Stafford Springs, CT)—Coming off of a career best season in Stafford Speedway’s Street Stock division, Somers, CT native Jason Lafayette is set to make the move up to the Limited Late Model division for the 2025 season.  Lafayette matched his career bests with two wins and eight top-5 finishes and set a new personal best with 17 top-10 finishes while contending for the championship all season long before finishing a career best 3rd in the Street Stock standings.

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NASCAR Linked With Possible Race In Saudi Arabia Toward End Of Decade

NASCAR was listed Monday as being in talks to bring a race to the planned Qiddiya mega resort in Saudi Arabia toward the end of this decade, but it’s not yet commenting on the potential. The Middle Eastern kingdom is spending tens of billions of dollars to construct the sports and entertainment hub 40 miles southwest of Riyadh, and it is said to have an agreement in place with F1 to eventually shift the race currently held in Jeddah to the Qiddiya Speed Park Track when it opens closer to 2030, potentially as soon as 2028.

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Six Different Winners Highlight Race Of Champions Modified Series Heading Toward Race Of Champions Weekend & The VP Racing Fuels Race Of Champions 250

Six Different Winners Highlight Race Of Champions Modified Series Heading Toward Race Of Champions Weekend & The VP Racing Fuels Race Of Champions 250

North East, Pa. – (September 9, 2024) – The Race of Champions Modified Series has had one of it’s most competitive seasons in history. Six different drivers have won races and 62 different driver’s have earned points as the Series heads into the biggest event of the season, the VP Racing Fuels 250 at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, PA.

Matt Hirschman of Northampton, PA; Jack Ely of Northampton, PA; Austin Kochenash of Danielsville, PA; Jake Lutz of Hamburg, NY; Ron Silk of Norwalk, CT; and Zane Zeiner of Bath, PA, who is the current series championship leader have all earned victories this season. Only Hirschman and Zeiner have visited victory lane multiple times. Hirschman’s victories came at Evans Mills (NY) Speedway and Mahoning Valley Speedway in Lehighton, PA, while Zeiner has swept the races at Chemung (NY) Speedrome.

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TeamSLR Turns Its Eyes Toward The Glen

TeamSLR Turns Its Eyes Toward The Glen

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Aug. 21, 2024) – After an eight-week summer hiatus on the Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series schedule, TeamSLR makes a highly anticipated return to competition this weekend with drivers Barry Boes and Carson Kvapil ready to tackle the 3.4-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International circuit during this weekend’s Mission Foods Watkins Glen SpeedTour.

It’s been highly anticipated because, despite the lengthy break in the points-paying national series schedule, TeamSLR and its M1 Racecars enjoyed shining moments on both coasts in the eight weeks since the series contested rounds seven and eight on back-to-back weekends June 22 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington and June 29 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (more…)

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Kyle Soper Looks Toward Second Islip 300 Victory November 13th

Kyle Soper Looks Toward Second Islip 300 Victory November 13th

No matter what he drives, Kyle Soper of Manorville knows how to do two things with a race car, win races and championships. For the third time in the past four seasons Kyle Soper brought home the Buzz Chew Chevrolet NASCAR Modified championship honors at Riverhead Raceway for car owner Wayne Anderson. The tandem hope to ride that championship momentum to a second victory in the Islip 300 Saturday November 13th. Kyle won the 2019 edition of the $7,000 to win Tour Type Modified extravaganza. (more…)

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Logano: Hard feelings toward Hamlin will ‘absolutely’ carry over in playoffs

Logano: Hard feelings toward Hamlin will ‘absolutely’ carry over in playoffs

Joey Logano led a race-best 37 of the 165 laps Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, and those laps out front included a Stage 2 victory and the lead with seven laps remaining in regulation. The driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford was feeling good about his chances of capturing his second victory of 2021 and second at the 2.5-mile track in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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