When Ty Gibbs entered the Super Start Batteries 188 at the Daytona Road Course the 18-year-old had never competed in a NASCAR Xfinity race nor had he ever driven one of the series’ cars.
Yet, the …
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Signature moments in the colorful, controversial open-wheel history of Texas Motor Speedway include a Victory Lane smack down, a cancelled CART race and a winning margin …
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, NHRA officials have announced a revised plan to resume its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule in August.
The Glendora, Calif.-based sanctioning body said in news release it is working with …
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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When NASCAR returns to racing May 17 at Darlington Raceway it will mark the resumption of live sports for the first time since COVID-19 brought everything to a screeching halt …
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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There are always events that influence the course of your life, things that stand out when you look back. One such event for me occurred 35 years ago when Butch …
Chip Ganassi Racing announced Monday that if/when the NASCAR Cup Series returns to complete he remainder of the 2020 season, Matt Kenseth will be behind the wheel of the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro.
Kenseth will be …
FORT WORTH, Texas – A rescheduled NASCAR spring weekend at Texas Motor Speedway is a key talking point in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial initiative to “re-open” the Lone Star State for business amid the …
Bob Lazier, the 1981 CART Rookie of the Year who made his sole Indianapolis 500 start that season, died Saturday, April 18, due to complications of COVID-19. He was 81.
Lazier is the father of 1996 …
Speedway Motorsports, LLC has implemented a cost-reduction program that has laid off 180 employees and furloughed another 100 company-wide in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Announced on Tuesday and Wednesday, the cuts have affected approximately …
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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Now that the hyper-sensitivity on the Internet and newsroom envy by sportswriters has peaked, I believe it’s important to point out three elements about Kyle Larson’s use of a racial …
Kyle Larson, one of the top young drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series, has been fired by Chip Ganassi Racing after the 27-year-old spoke a racial slur that was caught on live-streaming television over the …