It’s only a short time until the annual Media Tour at the Hall of Fame in Charlotte. We will learn a lot there, but a couple things are obvious. There will be 24 major teams running next year (10 Fords, nine Chevrolets, and five Toyotas).
As for this season coming up, Truex landed a ride that he truly deserved. Considering that he has had an up and down career over the last several years with different teams, 2018 should be a terrific opportunity to showcase his talents.
As we roll into the New Year, that can only mean one thing for truck enthusiasts, and that’s a whole new year worth of exciting truck racing events that you won’t want to miss out. While there are all kinds of different truck racing circuits out there, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tends to be the hottest. With that in mind, we’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of the top races in 2018 that you won’t want to miss out on.
With the 2018 NASCAR XFINITY Series right around the corner, several changes in the driver roster have been made, many of which bring the promise of success for several drivers. The season promises to be one for the series regulars as the talent that these five drivers bring will be sure to bring much-needed change to the division.
Last season, Aric Almirola wasn’t even able to compete in all 36 races due to a back injury he suffered at Kansas. But last November, it was announced that the thirty-three-year-old would get the opportunity of his life. Almirola was introduced as the new driver for the No. 10 car in 2018.
Martin Truex Jr.’s championship winning season was a perfect mix of talent and tenacity, executed with a precise strategy that took advantage of NASCAR’s new stage-based format.
It was early 2015 when the World Endurance Championships (WEC) got rid of them, and Formula 1 may be next. Director Ross Brawn of Liberty Media, the new controlling group of Formula 1, recently said that the tradition of grid girls is being reconsidered.
Back for his sophomore season is twenty-one-year-old Erik Jones. In 2017, Jones raced his first full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season for Furniture Row Racing in the No. 77. The 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year is going back to a familiar team, Joe Gibbs Racing.
It’s not the way that an athlete wants to get a chance to shine, but sometimes someone’s misfortune the can turn into someone else’s opportunity of a lifetime (see Tom Brady). But that’s exactly what happened to Darrell “Bubba” Watson this past NASCAR season when Richard Petty Motorsports needed a substitute driver to replace the injured Aric Almirola for an extended period of time.
The 2017 season was an impressive season for Michael McDowell and the No. 95 team. The No. 95 team earned a total of twenty-five top-25 finishes and one top-5 at Daytona in July.
Carson Kvapil returns to Daytona International Speedway this weekend for his fourth career start at the 2.5-mile track in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.
Richard Childress Racing announced today that Chandler Smith will join the organization’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series program full time beginning in 2027
Bristol Motor Speedway will honor Kyle Busch with a special Lap 18 tribute during the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Sept. 19, giving guests throughout The Last Great Colosseum a role in the tribute.
William Byron's rear tire changer, Orane Ossowski, and jackman, Allen Holman, have been issued two-race suspensions for a detached wheel from Byron's entry during this past weekend's Cup event at New Hampshire.
