The top three overall speeds came from the first 20-minute session, with Chastain’s average lap speed of 184.268 mph leading the way.Chastain’s Trackhouse teammate, Daniel Suarez, picked up his first win of the season at Atlanta, coming out on top in a three-way side-by-side photo finish.Noah Gragson was second quickContinue Reading
Caruth, a 21-year-old iRacer and college student, won Friday night’s Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in impressive fashion, besting a field that included three talented Cup drivers – Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell and Zane Smith.While collecting his first series win in his third start for Spire Motorsports,Continue Reading
Rajah Caruth shares his emotions after his first national series victory in the Truck Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. SourceContinue Reading
Caruth, who won his first career pole earlier in the day, added hours later with his first career victory by holding off Tyler Ankrum by .0851 seconds.Caruth, 21, becomes just the second Black driver to win in the Truck Series and joins Wendell Scott and Bubba Wallace as just theContinue Reading
Oval tracks is where van Gisbergen has the most adjustment to make and he’s already logged three races on superspeedway tracks – an ARCA Menards race at Daytona and Xfinity starts at both Daytona and Atlanta.Last weekend’s Atlanta race produced van Gisbergen’s first top five finish, as he ended upContinue Reading
Over the years, many drivers have struck trouble with their race garments and helmets or been fined for using the wrong or unapproved type.Starting with Logano, here are five famous instances: Joey Logano, Team Penske, Shell Pennzoil Ford MustangPhoto by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport ImagesLogano weaves (illegal) webbingContinue Reading
Pollard, 37, has won over 100 Late Model races in his career, including the All American 400 and Speedfest.He will compete at the Richmond Raceway short track in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. Rheem will serve as the primary sponsor on theContinue Reading
In a dramatic three-wide photo finish, Daniel Suarez snapped a 57-race winless streak and won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He crossed the finish line just 0.003s ahead of Ryan Blaney and 0.007s ahead of Kyle Busch.Busch now leads the regular season standings, but only byContinue Reading
The four-car Ford team went winless last season and saw two of its veteran drivers – Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola – retire from full-time competition in the offseason.SHR added two inexperienced drivers to its lineup in Noah Gragson and Josh Berry, while Chase Briscoe and Ryan Preece returned inContinue Reading
Given the restrictive nature of the ethos of ‘stock’ car racing, which originally was aimed at taking cars straight out of the showroom and on to the racetrack, crew chiefs and mechanics have toiled to find ever more ingenious ways of making their cars run faster.The penalty handed out toContinue Reading