Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button has announced that he will give NASCAR a go in three NASCAR Cup Series races this year. Button will make his debut at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on March 26, 2023 and then follow that up with his participation in the inaugural Chicago Street Race […]
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. edged Joey Logano in double overtime to win the 2023 Daytona 500. The 2023 Daytona 500 was winding down to a dramatic finish with several contenders vying for the victory when, after several multi-car crashes, the race went into, first, an overtime period and then a second overtime period where Stenhouse, Jr. […]
Goodyear – the official tire of NASCAR – salutes NASCAR on the eve of the 2023 Daytona 500 with a Bill Elliott voiceover covering seven decades of NASCAR racing. The 2023 Daytona 500 takes place tomorrow as NASCAR marks 75 years of stock car racing while Goodyear celebrates their 125-year anniversary. Goodyear has manufactured and […]
NASCAR Series rookie Austin Cindric won the 2022 Daytona 500 – and became the second-youngest driver to win the race at Daytona International Speedway – Cindric is 23 years old, while Trevor Bayne won the 2011 Daytona 500 when he was 20 years old.
Dodge brings back characters from the popular 2006 film “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” to promote their Durango SUV along with their 2021 Dodge Charger R/T and the 2021 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has joined a new NASCAR Cup series team created by former NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin. The 26-year-old Wallace had recently departed his Richard Petty Motorsports team and is NASCAR’s sole Black full-time driver while Jordan – who is also majority owner of the NBA’s […]
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has announced that he will be leaving Richard Petty Motorsports after the 2020 season. Wallace has yet to win a Cup race during his three seasons driving for Richard Petty Motorsports – but has a career-best five top-10 finishes this season and is currently ranked 23rd in the Cup standings, also […]
NASCAR took the scenic route and employed the Italian sport of bocce ball and former “Saved By The Bell” star Mario Lopez to explain the playoffs…
Columbia Sportswear has announced that they are making NASCAR driver Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. their new brand ambassador, a deal which also includes sponsorship of Wallace, Jr.’s team, Richard Petty Motorsports. The 26-year-old Alabama native is an avid fishing, hiking and camping fan, but has also become a focal point in NASCAR as the only […]
The noose found in the garage of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage on Sunday was found to be a garage pull rope on a garage door that had been there since 2019 and “no federal crime was committed”, an FBI investigation concluded. The 26-year-old Wallace – NASCAR’s sole full-time black driver – successfully pushed to […]
Bubba Wallace received a show of support from his fellow NASCAR drivers as they pushed his car to the start-line at the beginning of the Geico 500 at Talladega, Alabama – in a display of symbolic support for him a day after a noose was found in his Richard Petty Motorsports team garage. The 26-year-old […]
NASCAR says they are investigating an incident where a noose was found in the garage stall of the African-American driver of the Richard Petty Motorsports #43 car, Bubba Wallace, at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. The 26-year-old Wallace – who is NASCAR’s only full-time African-American driver – recently had successfully campaigned to get the Confederate […]
NASCAR has officially banned the display of Confederate flags at their tracks during events. The proclamation comes shortly after Richard Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace – the lone African-American driver in the series – requested the removal of flags during races. “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment […]
Richard Petty Motorsports driver, Bubba Wallace, has requested that NASCAR remove flags from its tracks commemorating the former, rebellious Confederacy from the country’s Civil War era. Wallace is NASCAR’s only African-American driver and the Confederate flag has long been associated with the issue of slavery from the country’s past. Wallace recently wore a shirt that […]
There were no spectators in the stands in South Carolina as Kevin Harvick won the Darlington 400 [renamed the Real Heroes 400 for this race]. Jimmie Johnson crashed himself out of the race and Harvick took advantage to take the first win of the truncated 2020 NASCAR season. The Darlington 400 – renamed the Real […]
NASCAR racing is currently scheduled to return this weekend – albeit, without spectators – and major tire sponsor Goodyear is offering a sweepstakes. Goodyear is promoting their “Return to Racing Sweepstakes” – giving fans the chance to win one of four Goodyear Eagle racing tires from the winner of the Darlington 400 in South Carolina […]
NASCAR has suspended Kyle Larson indefinitely for using a racial slur on a livestream during an iRacing virtual race. Chip Ganassi Racing also suspended Larson without pay. Larson used the slur during a Sunday night race that was not part of NASCAR’s official series. Larson apologized for his comment and said there was “no excuse” […]
NASCAR and Formula-E racing finally joined the coronavirus cancellation fray – cancelling or suspending events due to the coronavirus pandemic – as all major sports in the USA have already done. After originally announcing that they would hold races with no spectators, NASCAR announced today they will instead postpone the race events at Atlanta Motor […]
Ryan Newman appeared to be on his way to a win in the weather-delayed 2020 Daytona 500 as he led the last lap but was pushed from behind and his car flipped in the air and allowing Denny Hamlin to win the race. Newman was reported to be sent to the hospital in serious condition […]
They got 20 laps into the 2020 Daytona 500 before a weather delay forced the postponement of NASCAR’s biggest race of the year. Pole-sitter Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was leading the race at the time of the postponement, with Joey Logano in second and Aric Almirola in third. The Daytona 500 will run Monday at 4 […]