Kyle Larson was victorious in the Brickyard 400, solidifying his place atop the regular season championship standings.However, his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Chase Elliott is 10pts back with Tyler Reddick just 15pts behind. NASCAR is back on a short track this Sunday, heading to Richmond Raceway. Chris Buescher is the defending winner ofContinue Reading
The team, co-owned by seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and Maury Gallagher, announced longtime NASCAR engineer Jacob Canter will take over as director of competition.In addition, Bobby Kennedy – who has served as an executive with several NASCAR teams – has been named to the newly created position of generalContinue Reading
Seven drivers are already locked in the 10-driver playoffs, five by wins (Christian Eckes, Corey Heim, Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth and Ty Majeski) – and two on points (Grant Enfinger and Tyler Ankrum).Three spots remain to be decided from the results of the Richmond race and multiple drivers remain inContinue Reading
Buescher, who had a breakout season last year with three wins, had hoped to already have a win in hand this season. However, despite coming excruciatingly close, he remains without a victory with four races left in the regular season.Entering Sunday night’s race at Richmond (Va.) Richmond, Buescher is stillContinue Reading
Toyota Motor North America made the announcement on Wednesday that Wilson will retire as president on Dec. 16 and Tyler Gibbs, currently general manager of TRD, was named as Wilson’s successor.During his career at TRD, Wilson has had numerous roles, including design engineer, track support engineer and vice president ofContinue Reading
Connor Zilisch will race full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for the JR Motorsports organization in 2025.The 18-year-old Trackhouse Racing development driver stormed onto the racing scene in 2024 compiling an impressive resume that includes LMP2 victories at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, the TwelveContinue Reading
Sawalich, a 17-year-old development driver with Joe Gibbs Racing, had led the race early but his involvement in an incident with a lapped car sent him to the rear.Lavar Scott led on a late restart before Sawalich regained the lead with three laps to go, only to see Scott comeContinue Reading
Former NASCAR Canada champion Treyten Lapcevich held off a late-charging Heim to earn his first series victory late Saturday night at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.However, in a statement released Tuesday, CARS Tour officials announced Lapcevich’s No. 77 Chad Bryant Racing entry had been disqualified after an unapproved part was foundContinue Reading
Travis Peterson, who has worked alongside McDowell as his crew chief for the last two seasons, will join him at Spire Motorsports when he takes over the No. 71 Chevrolet. The duo made the 2023 playoffs after winning at the Indianapolis Road Course.This year, they’ve earned three pole positions togetherContinue Reading
Leading a race-high 228 laps, Truex appeared on his way to his first win of the 2024 season in March when a late caution sent the race into overtime and the field down pit road for new tires.Denny Hamlin beat Truex off pit road for the lead and then quickly got aroundContinue Reading