Eight drivers from across the United States have been invited to try out for the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Youth Driver Development Program during a two-day combine event Mar 23-34.
Spire Motorsports has reached an agreement with Go-Parts to sponsor the team’s No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway where D.J. Kennington will handle the driving assignment.
John Rich, one half of the superstar country music duo Big & Rich, will sing the national anthem prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, May 5, part of the Monster Mile’s 50th Anniversary celebration, track officials announced today.
Did you know that the first formula 1 season championship was held in 150? Well yeah, the first ever driver to become a champion was Italy’s Giuseppe Farina of Team Alfa Romeo.
DIBENEDETTO BY THE NUMBERS: In eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Martinsville, Matt DiBenedetto has an average start of 31.8 and an average finish of 33.0 and he’s completed 3,497 of 4,005 (87.3 percent) career laps at the half-mile Virginia track.
Richard Childress Racing at Martinsville Speedway … In 169 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Martinsville Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has earned four pole awards and posted seven victories with drivers Dale Earnhardt (five times), Ricky Rudd (1983) and Kevin Harvick (2011). RCR Chevrolet teams have earned 30 top-five and 63 top-10 finishes at Martinsville dating back to the team's first start there on April 10, 1972. Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, contributed four of those top-10 finishes from 1976-1978.
Newman will make his 35th start at Martinsville this weekend. In 34 prior starts, Newman has eight top-five and 16 top-10 finishes with one win and an average finish of 14.7.
“Martinsville is where I made my Cup Series debut, so it's always been a special place for me. Because it's such a tight, flat track, it's so important to try and have a clean race. The track can really take a toll on the car, especially with all the bumping and banging that we've seen in the past.”
The 2026 NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway will feature a 350-lap race. It will consist of three segments and a unique qualifying session featuring the Pit Crew Challenge.
Justin Ashley heads to this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK at Route 66 Raceway feeling good about the path his SCAG Racing team is on.
Joey Logano connected via zoom with members of the U.S. Army V Corps and Project Flytrap for a discussion around shared similarities between NASCAR and the military.
With a quarter of the 2026 Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season already behind them, Elite Motorsports enters this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway with confidence.
