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Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR debut in next month’s Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing. Castroneves, one of the most popular drivers in IndyCar history, has been trying for two years to get a Daytona

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 07:56 PM ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand — NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen walked away from a multiple-car crash at a dirt track speedway meeting at Auckland in his native New Zealand on Thursday. Van Gisbergen, who drives the No. 88 Chevrolet ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup series,

Field Level Media Dec 22, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR will conclude its initial three-year agreement for the street race held in Chicago in July and has not yet committed to holding the event beyond 2025. “For us, we’re just looking at 2025. It’ll be the third year of a three-year run,

Associated Press Dec 20, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge set a Jan. 8 hearing to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports The two teams are suing NASCAR and were

Associated Press Dec 18, 2024, 04:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona 500 champion, died Wednesday. He was 89. NASCAR released a statement that Lorenzen had died and had confirmed the death with his family. A cause of death wasn’t given, but Lorenzen had been

Associated Press Dec 18, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that allows them to compete as chartered teams in the 2025 season. 23XI Racing, the team owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and three-time

Keith Jenkins Sep 25, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR has crowned a Cup Series champion every year since 1949. The title is decided by a scoring system that awards drivers points based on race results throughout the season. Although several drivers have won multiple championships, there’s only one who earned the nickname

Associated Press Dec 12, 2024, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Front Row Motorsports, one of two teams suing NASCAR in federal court, accused the stock car series Thursday of rejecting the planned purchase of a valuable charter unless the lawsuit was dropped. Front Row made the claim in a court filing

Kelly Crandall Dec 12, 2024, 09:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Blaney spends his offseasons by switching off the competitive part of his personality. James Gilbert/Getty Images Ryan Blaney gets lazy. Brad Keselowski takes more chances. Hendrick Motorsports drivers get right back down to business. There is no one-size-fits-all template for navigating a NASCAR winter,

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There won’t be a Stewart-Haas Racing in NASCAR next season now that Hall of Famer Tony Stewart has left the series and the four-car organization he co-owned with Formula 1 team owner Gene Haas. There also won’t be a JTG Daugherty