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Trackhouse Racing announced an extension of their partnership with Quaker State on Tuesday, which includes multiple races as the primary sponsor on Suarez's No. 99 Chevrolet and an associate sponsor on Ross Chastain's No. 1 Chevrolet.The motor oil brand will also back Suarez's efforts at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum as he enters the NASCAR Mexico Series race, which precedes The Clash at the ...Keep readingView the full article

The details of the format include:- Heat Race Starting Lineup – The field will be split into three practice groups, with each group receiving three practice sessions. Each competitor’s fastest lap time from their final practice session will determine the starting lineup for the heat races.- Heat Races – Four heat races of 25 laps each will be held. Only green flag laps will be counted but ...Keep readingView the full article

Johnson, the seven-time Cup champion and co-owner of Legacy Motor Club, has partnered with Carvana since 2021 when he competed in the IndyCar Series.For 2024, Johnson, 48, will compete in three races this year with Carvana livery on his No. 84 Toyota: the season-opening Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (which is returning to the oval track layout this year) and the ...Keep readingView the full article

The 34-year-old is the grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt.In 2024, he will drive the No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota GR Supra in a deal for an undisclosed number of the races. His first start will be February 24 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. ForeverLawn will serve as the primary sponsorEarnhardt has over 150 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, his best result coming with ...Keep readingView the full article

Linster, who competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Elite 2 division, made his first laps around the iconic speedway during last weekend’s ARCA Menards Series preseason test.Driving an entry for Kimmel Racing, he performed well enough to earn his superspeedway license, which leaves him approved to compete on all ARCA tracks this season.It was a successful first step in what he hopes ...Keep readingView the full article

The Clash returns to Los Angeles for the third consecutive year. Each year, there's been a mid-race break highlighted by a concert.The L.A. Memorial Coliseum has hosted everything from two Super Bowls, two Olympics, a World Series and countless other major events over the past century. The temporary race track built inside the facility is just ¼-mile in length.In 2022, Pitbull performed a ...Keep readingView the full article

Despite not being able to compete in the season opener at Daytona last year because he had not yet turned 18 years old, Perez and his Rev Racing team still managed to finish as runner-up in the series standings.Perez’s standout rookie season which featured 10 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes was overshadowed by Jesse Love’s dominating 10-win title season.Nonetheless, the Mexico City native made ...Keep readingView the full article

Several teams elected to pass on the second day of the test and Saturday’s session ended by 4 p.m. ET after the remaining teams finished early.Sawalich, who will split time in JGR’s No. 18 Toyota this season with Tanner Gray because he is not yet old enough to run the whole schedule, posted an average speed of 182.489 mph.The 17-year-old Toyota development driver is running all but six ...Keep readingView the full article

Last July, van Gisbergen became the first driver in more than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when he took victory in the inaugural Chicago Street Race driving for Trackhouse Racing.The victory served as the instigator for the three-time Supercars champion to move to NASCAR competition this season, where he will compete full-time in the Xfinity Series and run at least seven Cup races.But ...Keep readingView the full article

The more than 50 entries that showed up never got on track until almost 5 p.m. ET and were limited to about four hours due to persistent rain earlier in the day.Former IndyCar driver Marco Amdretti led the way on the speed chart as teams focused on single car runs but once the drafting began after 8 p.m., Finch and his Venturini Motorsports teammates shined.Finch, who is running most of the ARCA ...Keep readingView the full article

Van Alst, 42, suffered a fractured vertebra in his back in a vicious wreck last October in the NASCAR Truck race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.It was a harrowing end to what had been a breakout season for the longtime short track veteran.Van Alst had kicked off 2023 in style with a thrilling victory in the ARCA Menards Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway, using a last lap ...Keep readingView the full article

Parsons, 25, will drive the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for the team. It's unclear how many races he will drive the truck. The truck will carry sponsorship from Food Country USA.He is the son of former racer and current broadcaster Phil Parsons, as well as the nephew of NASCAR Hall of Famer Benny Parsons. His father Phil is a veteran of over 200 Cup races and nearly 300 Xfinity, winning one Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

The series, co-founded by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart, was set to begin its fourth season in the summer of 2024.SRX ran its inaugural season in 2021 with Stewart winning the title. Marco Andretti won the 2022 championship, and then Ryan Newman the following year. SRX had also partnered with ESPN for broadcast rights during the 2023 season.SRX released the following statement on Thursday ...Keep readingView the full article

The team competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with drivers Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez. Last year, they also signed Supercars ace Shane van Gisbergen and 2022 NASCAR Truck Series champion Zane Smith.Zilisch, 17, becomes the latest driver to join Trackhouse, signing a multi-year development deal. This will include starts in the the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series, as well as. theCARS ...Keep readingView the full article

The team, co-owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, recently added AdventHealth as a sponsor well.Dollar Tree/Family Dollar will be featured in some capacity in all races on the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, running select races as the primary sponsor for John-Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones.They will also back Johnson and the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE in the NASCAR Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

The trio of Toyota Racing drivers will all be making their debut in the event, which precedes the historic 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway.Wallace has two victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, both while driving for 23XI Racing, which is co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. He finished a career-best tenth in the standings las year. Nemechek is making his return to the Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR confirmed Wednesday that Cup teams are receiving a rulebook bulletin detailing the updates to the Next Gen car for all road courses and most oval tracks measuring 1.058-mile or less in distance.Cup cars will run a simplified diffuser along with a handful of other updates. This change comes following driver feedback from a test at Phoenix in early December. Photo by: Gavin Baker / NKP ...Keep readingView the full article

Heim, who will compete full-time in 2024 in Trucks with Tricon Garage, will also compete in multiple Xfinity races this year driving the No. 26 Toyota for Sam Hunt Racing, the team announced on Wednesday.The 21-year-old native of Marietta, Ga., and Toyota Development Driver won the 2023 Truck regular season title and finished third in the series standings, behind three wins.His first Xfinity will ...Keep readingView the full article

Suarez will be entering his eighth full-time season of NASCAR Cup Series competition in 2024.Travis Mack has been his crew chief for the entirety of his time with Trackhouse Racing, which dates back to the beginning of the 2021 season. Mack will now move over to Kaulig Racing as the technical director of its Cup operations and the crew chief for the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro.Matt Swiderski, who was ...Keep readingView the full article

The new organization, called Freedom Racing Enterprises, will field the No. 76 Chevrolet with Boyd as the driver beginning with the Feb. 16 season opener at Daytona International Speedway.Boyd, 28, has 161 career starts in Trucks, picking up his first win in 2019 at Talladega, Ala., and has spent the past five seasons with Young’s Motorsports.“This is a wildly proud moment for me. If you asked ...Keep readingView the full article