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Marcos Ambrose happy away from racing

Marcos Ambrose has no desire to make a racing return following a special one-off demonstration in a 2019 specification NASCAR at the Superloop Adelaide 500. The two-time Supercars champion made a rare appearance back on track after stepping away from competitive motorsport...

Mars, Kyle Busch sign extension with Joe Gibbs Racing

Mars, Incorporated announced a multi-year extension to its partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing, that will see the confectionery giant continue to serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 18 M&M’S® Toyota in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The relationship, one of...

Transportation Impact to sponsor Bubba Wallace at Las Vegas

Richard Petty Motorsports Announced that Transportation Impact is continuing its relationship with the organization in 2019. Richard Petty Motorsports and Transportation Impact will renew their fourth season together with the company reaffirming its commitment with...

Atlanta TV ratings UPDATE

According to Sport Business Journal's Adam Stern, Sunday's Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway earned Fox a 3.0 overnight rating, off slightly from a 3.1 for last year's race. The Cup race was top-rated sports event for the second straight weekend.(2-25-2019...

DC Solar accused of operating Ponzi-scheme to defraud investors

An affidavit buried among hundreds of pages of bankruptcy documents for former NASCAR team sponsor DC Solar reveals a complicated corporate structure that utilized new investors to pay off old investors in what FBI agents have described as an $800-plus million Ponzi...

Smithley would welcome more Cup race; none currently planned

Garrett Smithley’s start with Spire Motorsports Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a one-race deal at this time, the driver confirmed to The Racing Experts. Smithley said he got the call to drive the No. 77 Chevrolet last Monday afternoon. The 27-year-old driver ...

Crew member injured at Atlanta

Hendrick Motorsports: Anthony Pasut, fueler assigned to JTG Daugherty Racing (No. 37 team), suffered a broken fibula, torn ACL and other injuries to his right leg during a pit road incident Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Timeline for return not determined. (Bob ...

Atlanta penalties

NASCAR issued penalties to two teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and one Gander Outdoors Truck Series team for lug-nut violations at Atlanta. #95-Matt DiBenedetto and the #43-Bubba Wallace were each had one loose lug nut after Sunday’s race. Crew chiefs...

Casey Mears Returns to NASCAR for the Daytona 500 in the No. 27 Rim Ryderz Camaro ZL1

Casey Mears is making his return to NASCAR in this weekend’s Daytona 500. He will pilot the No. 27 Rim Ryderz Camaro ZL1 for Germain Racing, built and staffed in collaboration with Premium Motorsports. After locking himself into the race based on his qualifying speed...

NASCAR’s Newest Team is XCI Racing

Xtreme Concepts Inc., a worldwide leader in turnkey security solutions, is augmenting its existing sponsorship of Joe Gibbs Racing by forming an alliance with the team that will see Xtreme Concepts Racing field its own racecars in two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series...

Winn-Dixie to sponsor Cody Ware in Daytona 500

With the 61st annual Daytona 500 six days away, Rick Ware Racing (RWR) announced today the addition of Winn-Dixie as the primary sponsor of the team’s second chartered Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) entry driven by Cody Ware...

2021 the target for Gen-7 race car

Discussions and development of a next-generation stock car are well underway for NASCAR’s competition arm and the racing departments of the sport’s three participating manufacturers. As the goals for a seventh-generation racer become clearer, so has the target launch...

JACOB Companies returns to Rick Ware Racing for 2019 Cup season

THOMASVILLE, N.C. - With the start of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season less than a month away, officials from Rick Ware Racing (RWR) announced today that West Palm Beach, Fla.-based JACOB Companies will return to the team this year in a variety...

Jeff Gordon comments on possible ownership of Hendrick Motorsports

At some point, Jeff Gordon could be introduced as the owner of Hendrick Motorsports...

National Motorsports Press Association announces annual awards

The National Motorsports Press Association's annual convention and awards ceremony was held Saturday evening with the following annual awards being presented...

NASCAR confirms it’s considering change in garage policy for fans

UPDATE: It can be a burden if you're in a hurry to get from here to there, but the elbow-to-elbow pre-race crowd in the garage is among the things separating a Rolex 24 from other Daytona events...

J.D. Gibbs Honored at Memorial Service

The NASCAR family paid its respects to J.D. Gibbs on Friday, mourning a devoted father and team owner who touched many facets of the stock-car racing community...

David Reutimann now a crew chief

Ryan Rackley will embark on his first full season of Late Model racing this year after signing with Lee Faulk Racing and Development and he'll have an experienced crew chief to help him through the 2019 campaign...

International Speedway Corporation continues to reduce track seating

ESPN's Bob Pockrass has examined International Speedway Corporation's 2018 Annual Report and calculated the number of seats removed at several of ISC's 12 tracks...

RFID Solutions to serve as associate sponsor of Cody Ware for 2019 season

RFID Solutions, Inc. has signed with Cody Ware as an associate partner for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, starting at The DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Ware will be piloting the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet for the season opener...