By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service
On Friday night, Toyota will mark its 500th race in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in the Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
In 499 previous races, Toyota drivers have claimed 236 combined victories, led by Kyle Busch with 56, Todd Bodine with 22 and Johnny Benson with 14.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 18, 2025) – TRD U.S.A. officially today unveiled the new Toyota Camry body, which will compete in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series beginning with this weekend’s race at Road Atlanta.
by Russell Campbell
While a new year brings a host of new models for us to get excited about over the coming months, it also means saying goodbye to some of our favourite cars. Those like V8 Maseratis, Jaguars (of any description), BMW’s Z4 and – worse still – Porsche’s Cayman and Boxster. These are the cars dying in 2025. (more…)
Saia To Be Primary Sponsor for Seven Races During 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Season
Huntersville, North Carolina, January 23, 2025 — Saia Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) is excited to announce that Saia LTL Freight has partnered with Joe Gibbs Racing for a multi-year sponsorship of Ty Gibbs and the No. 54 Toyota Camry XSE in the NASCAR Cup Series.
2-time World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanperä celebrates his passion for Japanese culture by battling local car culture icons through a series of challenges to face his idol – Initial D – on a winding mountain road in Japan. (more…)
In a post by Lydia Mee of Newsweek on the Idaho Statesman website, Venturni Motorsports has announced their replacement for the departing Toni Breidinger, who is taking a ride full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Venturini Motorsports has signed the emerging talent Isabella Robusto to step up as her replacement in the ARCA Menards Series. (more…)
NASCAR has existed in the US for over 75 years, but only a few drivers—and their cars—have attained legendary status. Richard Petty is arguably at the very top of the list, and though he drove several cars throughout his long career, the 1970 Plymouth Superbird is the one people remember. It was the winged wonder of superspeedways, so dominating that NASCAR made rule changes in 1971 effectively banning the aerodynamic ‘bird. (more…)
This month, our theme is Marques from Spain, France, Sweden the Pacific Rim (Japan and Korea)
We’ve had a great season. Seven events under our 2024 belt, and only one had any rain (so far). Will our luck hold? Well, it IS November and this IS New England, so anything is possible.
Bring what you’ve got and don’t worry about whether it’s cool or not. As long as you like it, that’s all that matters. As usual, all makes, models and years are always accepted. Our events are about the people and not just the cars. (more…)
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) has announced that its racing division, Toyota Racing, will formally become Toyota Gazoo Racing North America prior to the start of the 2025 motorsports season.
All Toyota motorsports efforts in 2025 will compete under the global Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) banner. TRD, U.S.A., a subsidiary of TMNA, will continue its technical and engineering support across Toyota motorsports efforts throughout the U.S. (more…)
The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competitors will have three weeks off to regroup and go over strategy before heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the second race of the Round of 8 on Saturday, October 26 at 12 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio.
The 1.5-mile oval has hosted 27 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races since its inaugural CRAFTSMAN Truck Series event on March 17, 1996 – a race won by Dave Rezendes piloting the No. 7 Geoffrey Bodine Motorsports Ford. Notably, there have been 24 different race winners. Kyle Busch leads the series with three wins at the track.
