It was Toyota day in the Media Tour. Joe Gibbs Racing, along with its first championship earned by Kyle Busch, comes into 2016 fairly intact from the success of 2015. Only a personnel change here and there are different from a four-car team that won 12 races.
NASCAR made some significant changes to its two minor national series in announcements made on the opening day of the 2016 Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour. The announcement made by NASCAR Chairman Brian France had been rumored for months, but France made it official.
I'm sure for a lot of you, the biggest lightning rod that stood out on the first day of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour was the caution clock for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Truth be told, when I heard about the caution clock, I was spending my time thinking of how I'd rip this apart and call out someone in the offices at Daytona Beach.
Time is ticking down on major sports shortest off-season. A day short of three months is all that separates the last race at Homestead to the action coming up at Daytona. That is like Major League Baseball wrapping up the World Series in October, only to return in January.
Starting this season, the NASCAR XFINITY Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will decide their champion with a modified Chase format that mirrors the current model in the Sprint Cup Series.
Cole Custer will no longer be running part-time now that he's turning 18. JR Motorsports co-owner Kelly Earnhardt Miller confirmed today on SiriusXM Speedway with Dave Moody that the driver of the No. 00 Chevrolet will pilot said truck for the full 23 race NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
This week’s NASCAR Behind the Scenes is all about the unique relationship that has developed between The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Jimmie Johnson, all because of a Wellness Challenge.
Racer, broadcaster, mentor, friend; you could use any of these words to describe Benjamin “Benny” Parsons. But his most endearing quality was that he was simply one of the most gracious and unpretentious people you could ever hope to meet. That’s a rare commodity in a sport as competitive as NASCAR.
As we leave 2015 behind, the Speedway Media staff reviews their favorite and least favorite moments of the year as we anticipate the 2016 season. Disagree? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Kentucky Speedway announced today that it will undergo its first-ever resurfacing in its 17-year history. In addition to repaving the entire 1.5-mile intermediate track, they will increase the banking in Turns 1 and 2 from 14 to 17 degrees, narrow the width of the turns from 74 to 56-feet, improve drainage and add over 3,000 feet of SAFER barrier.
The penultimate race of a historic 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship traveled to the Mile High City for Round 16 of the Monster Energy SMX World Championship
The connection between racing fandom and real-world buying decisions is stronger than most people realize. It's not just preference. It's a measurable economic pattern.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 93 of 200 laps and fended off teammate Justin Allgaier through a 17-lap shootout to notch his second O'Reilly victory of 2026 at the Lone Star state.
