The last time and only time an African-American driver visited victory lane in a NASCAR national touring series was 1963 when Wendell Scott took the win at Jacksonville. On Saturday at Martinsville Speedway, Darrell Wallace Jr. became the second.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Denny Hamlin, turns in a lap of 99.595 mph to set a new track record and score the Coors Light pole for the Goody’s 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Today’s record was the 18th new track record this season.
Martinsville and Jimmie Johnson go together like bread and butter. Even championship contender Matt Kenseth said, “…you can almost pencil the 48 in here.”...
Every series has it's top dog, top team - someone that everyone wants to beat. When it comes to NASCAR, there's only one simple answer in the view of many - Jimmie Johnson. Johnson won five straight championships, before losing the last two to Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski. With that, he is the championship favourite to many and the one that many predict will win the championship this year.
Start and Park will never be for the famed Wood Brothers team, they plan on running the same amount of races as they have this year. Daytona 500 champ Trevor Bayne has been piloting the No. 21 Ford for the team in 12-events throughout the 2013 year. That plans to be the same for 2014.
At the conclusion of the Bank of America 500, fans were raving about the finish and seemed generally satisfied. The first 300 laps though featured very little passing with rare, evanescent battles but the enthralling fight for the win still made it a good race in the eyes of many.
While many know and love his famous father Joe, John Hunter Nemechek is now ready to step out into his own spotlight as he makes his debut in the Camping World Truck Series this weekend at Martinsville.
The three-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, emerged uninjured following a harrowing rollover ride as part of a 15-car pileup in the closing laps of the 2026 YellaWood 500 at Talladega.
Identical brothers Cash and Roman Felber, 16, became the first twins to share a podium in USA Ligier Junior F4 before moving from Ohio to Britain in pursuit of the same Formula 1 dream
Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is the penultimate race on the Cup Series schedule, and it’s where drivers and crews can see the finish-line tape stretched across the end of their season-long run.
Event planner Joe Blackman reveals the behind-the-scenes logistics, production challenges and fan experiences that bring a NASCAR race weekend to life.
Austin Cindric’s afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway came to a premature end Sunday after a late-race, multi-car incident relegated the No. 2 Menards/Knauf Ford Mustang Dark Horse to a 27th-place finish in the YellaWood 500.
