Michael Self transitioned into the ARCA Menards Series with a background in road racing and several seasons of experience in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series. When Self made the move into ARCA, he found success at the series' biggest and fastest racetracks, and he earned a reputation as a superspeedway specialist.
NASCAR and ARCA announced today a new championship format for 2020 that will see the continuation of three historic regional championship series and the coronation of a new fourth champion, all under the ARCA Menards Series banner.
After starting the ARCA Menards Series season with three runner-up finishes in his first four career starts, Gibbs (No. 18 Monster Energy/ORCA Coolers/Terrible Herbst/Advance Auto Parts Toyota) broke through and earned his first career series win at WWT Raceway outside of St. Louis. Gibbs then scored his second win in the previous series race at Salem Speedway.
The ARCA Menards Series doesn't race in Wheeling, West Virginia, hometown of Travis Braden (No. 27 MatrixCare/Consonus Health Care/Liberty Village Ford), but it does have a race in suburban Indianapolis, not that far from the RFMS Racing shop.
This car was mean-looking and low slung. The roofline didn’t rise any higher than a Lamborghini. The tires were huge; the widest I’d seen since the last time I was in a sprint car.
Team owner Roger Penske knows the value of individuals who execute as a team for the good of the organization, and he experienced it again September 22 in the NTT IndyCar Series season finale September 22 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.
Not too far off from Josef Newgarden were championship hopefuls, Scott Dixon and Simon Pagenaud. Pagenaud came into the final race of the season, third in the standings just 42 points back looking for the second championship of his career.
In seven NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS), Spire Motorsports has collected two wins, two top-five and three top-10 finishes.
John Hunter Nemechek showed strong speed at the 68th running of the Daytona 500, leading the field for 19 of 200 laps, the second-highest laps led in a single race of his NASCAR Cup Series career.
NHRA announced today a continued and comprehensive free coverage plan on NHRA.tv and its NHRA YouTube page starting this weekend for the 2026 season in the popular Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
The United Rentals 200 at Daytona International Speedway marked the season opener for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series in a new era with a new sponsor.