NASCAR now has regular competing series in Canada, Europe, Mexico and most recently added one in Brazil. It has seen a growing number of international drivers compete in its American-based national series, both as regular competitors and part-time ventures.Never before in the modern era of NASCAR has it held aContinue Reading
During the NFC Championship game between the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers, the FOX Sports broadcast team announced a bit of NASCAR news regarding the grand marshal for stock car racing’s season-opening event.FOX, which will also air the 66th running of the Daytona 500 on 18 February, announcedContinue Reading
Haley, 24, has had an up-and-down NASCAR career but has enjoyed his share of success as well. He earned his lone Cup victory in 2019, winning a rain-shortened race at Daytona with Spire Motorsports.From 2019 to 2021, he competed with Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series, during which he earnedContinue Reading
Armando Christian Pérez, more commonly known as Pitbull, will entertain the sold-out crowd at Daytona International Speedway before the green flag flies for NASCAR’s crown jewel event. He has earned 46 awards during his illustrious career as a singer, songwriter, and record producer. The race is scheduled to take place on 18 FebruaryContinue Reading
The Mexico-based NASCAR series made its U.S. debut in March 2013 at Phoenix Raceway but has not been back since.When NASCAR announced that the Clash would return to the LA Memorial Coliseum and its ¼-mile made-from-scratch asphalt oval this season, it decided to add an invitational, non-points Mexico series raceContinue Reading
‘NASCAR Full Speed’ is set to premiere Jan. 30 on Netflix. It follows 16 playoffs drivers, both on the track and behind the scenes, as they fight for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. SourceContinue Reading
Last September, Trackhouse Racing announced it had signed Smith, 24, to a multi-year contract to compete in the Cup series beginning in the 2024 season.However, with Trackhouse currently holding only two charters in the series – which guarantee teams a spot in each race – Trackhouse is fielding Smith inContinue Reading
Almirola, 39, decided to retire as a full-time Cup Series driver at the end of the 2023 season, having spent the past six years with Stewart-Haas Racing.It wasn’t long after he came to his decision that he was approached by Joe Gibbs Racing owner Joe Gibbs about returning to theContinue Reading
Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 champion, will join LMC as a driver optimization leader for the 2024 Cup Series season working under LMC’s new competition advisor, Matt Kenseth.In the new role, Bayne will focus primarily on the race preparation of LMC Cup drivers John Hunter Nemechek, Erik Jones and teamContinue Reading
NASCAR: Full Speed is stock car racing’s answer to Formula 1’s Drive to Survive, which will debut its sixth season on Netflix next month.Despite the meteoritic rise in F1’s popularity stateside, NASCAR remains the most-watched form of racing in the USA. The five-part series will have 45-minute episodes, featuring the following CupContinue Reading