In the last race of the regular season and the one to set the Chase contenders here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 48th annual Federated Auto Parts 500 at Richmond International Raceway.
Matt Kenseth won the Federated Auto Parts 400 in a dominant fashion on Saturday night. Kenseth led 352 laps and skated to a clean victory ahead of Kyle Busch in second and pole-sitter Joey Logano.
Last weekend's race at Darlington used the low downforce package used at Kentucky in July, along with a softer tire compound. On Friday at Richmond, many in the NASCAR community, from the drivers to fans, seemed to be in support of the program.
With retro paint schemes, throwback uniforms and the low downforce package all the rage, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 66th annual Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Going into this past weekend’s event at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Tyler Reddick was in the catbird’s seat for the championship. Though following some contact late in the race and a 19th place finish, he has fallen from first to third in points.
On Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Daniel Hemric kept his nose out of trouble throughout the entire race, coming home for a fourth place finish.
Throughout his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career, Jason Hathaway had visited victory lane on six different occasions, but never on a road course – till last Sunday. On Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Hathaway was able to get by L.P. Dumoulin in the closing laps and score the victory.
NASCAR presented team owner and motorsports innovator Jack Roush with the Bill France Award of Excellence, recognizing his decades-long impact on the sport and his ongoing commitment to competition, innovation, and leadership at the highest level of stock car racing.
NASCAR today announced that Hardee’s, the iconic American quick-service restaurant brand, is returning to the sport in a major way as the Official Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) of NASCAR.
A new season for Corvette Racing starts this weekend with the 64th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Five Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs will look to add their names to the honor roll that is Corvette Racing’s Rolex 24 victory list – just as AWA (now 13 Autosport) did last year.
Spencer Boyd, veteran driver and owner of Freedom Racing Enterprises, announced today that he will be stepping out of the seat for the first three road course races of the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series season.
Rackley WAR announced today that trailblazing NASCAR driver and motorsports personality Toni Breidinger will drive the organization’s No. 27 Chevrolet Silverado RST entry for a part-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule in 2026.
