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This follows initial test runs at Richmond and Phoenix at the end of last year, with Austin Dillon and Joey Logano driving respectively, and this car is set to form the basis of NASCAR’s Cup machinery from 2021. Click on the arrows on the images above to scroll through them. Read Also: Top Stories of 2019, #9: NASCAR bets the farm on Next Gen future Ford chief: NASCAR Next ...Keep reading View the full article

Graf, 21, will compete with SS Greenlight Racing this season, driving the No. 08 Chevrolet and competing for rookie of the year honors. Patrick Donahue will serve as his crew chief. Donahue worked with Gray Gaulding at the organization last season. “Bobby (Dotter, team owner) and Patrick prepare solid cars. To have the chance to get into a competitive race car for a full season is exactly ...Keep reading View the full article

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 4 will be run on the road course for the first time View the full article

The No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro will again receive backing from Hellmann's, a partner dating back to 2009. This announcement comes with an extension between parent company Unilever and JRM, marking their 12th season together. “In our sport, partnerships are everything,” said Kelley Earnhardt Miller, JRM general manager. “We don’t throw the words ‘cornerstone partner’ ...Keep reading View the full article

The race will be presented by Pennzoil and becomes the fifth road course on the Xfinity Series schedule. The Cup Series will continue to run the oval layout for Sunday's Brickyard 400. “The Brickyard weekend has been a cornerstone of the IMS schedule since its debut in 1994, and we’re committed to the continued growth and revitalization of the event with its move from early ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR has made changes to its aero rules for short tracks and road courses in an effort to create "more exciting" races by reducing downforce View the full article

The changes in the effected races include significantly smaller spoilers, splitters and other aerodynamic devices in an effort to place a greater emphasis on handling and less downforce on those tracks. Among the changes: The rear spoiler will be cut from 8 inches to 2.75 inches in height. The splitter will change from a 2-inch overhang to roughly 0.25-inches; the wings will ...Keep reading View the full article

The 18-year-old Kraus won the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship and has five previous starts in the Truck Series, scoring two top-tens. “Moving up to the truck series will be a big learning experience for me,” Kraus said. “I am looking forward to continuing to work with Kevin Bellicourt (crew chief) and the team. It’s going be a fun year.” The team will field the No ...Keep reading View the full article

Gravel, who owns 51 World of Outlaws feature wins, began his move to asphalt racing last weekend on one of stock car racing’s most iconic tracks – Daytona International Speedway, taking part in a two-day ARCA Menards Series test at the track. He will run the ARCA season opener at Daytona next month for GMS Racing, competing with GMS’ alliance team, KBR Development. He also is ...Keep reading View the full article

Gilliland, 19, has spent the last two seasons competing in Trucks for Kyle Busch Motorsports but will move to the No. 38 Ford fielded by Front Row this season, which will be run with an alliance with DGR-Crosley. In 48 series starts, Gilliland has one win, 12 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes. He picked up his first victory last fall at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. “I’ve been around ...Keep reading View the full article

Such is life when you are an aspiring stock car racer who has not yet turned 18 years old. Under ARCA rules, drivers at least 16 (with approval) can test at Daytona but they cannot compete in a race at the superspeedway until they are 18. Gibbs, who turns 18 on Oct. 4, spent much of the two-day ARCA test being shepherded around Daytona’s high banks by his teammate, Riley Herbst, who is ...Keep reading View the full article

Haley was the surprise winner of last July’s Coke Zero 400, gaining the win in Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 after Haley’s team had elected not to pit, remain on the track and take over the lead before rain shortened the event. Haley, 20, is competing fulltime this season in the Xfinity Series with Kaulig Racing and Kaulig announced Friday it would field the No. 16 Chevrolet for Haley as he ...Keep reading View the full article

Now, she feels more like a temporary resident. Deegan’s debut as a Ford Performance development driver includes competing in the Jan. 24 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race with co-driver Chase Briscoe and the Feb. 8 ARCA Menards Series season opener. Since the 18-year-old daughter of X Games motocross driver Brian Deegan had no prior on-track experience at Daytona, she has spent a good bit ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series driver and former modified champion Ryan Preece has secured a Jan. 21 test date at Martinsville and submitted paperwork that indicated three drivers would participate in the test – Preece, Kevin Harvick and Gary Putnam. Martinsville is hosting its first modified race since 2010 this season as a companion event with the Cup Series the weekend of May 8-9. Preece, who ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson participated in a news conference in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway in which it was announced he and Ross Chastain would each drive two Cup races this season with sponsorship from AdventHealth. A car adorned with the sponsorship colors was brought in for the announcement and it was one of Ganassi’s updated Chevys. The car looks similar to what has been run the last ...Keep reading View the full article

Chastain will compete in two NASCAR Cup Series races in 2020 with Ganassi, competing in the No. 77 Chevrolet owned by Spire Motorsports. With sponsorship from AdventHealth, one of the country’s largest faith-based health systems, Chastain will drive in the Daytona 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 this season as teammates to Kyle Larson and Kurt Busch. Larson will also drive an ...Keep reading View the full article

Go Fas Racing on Tuesday named Sparks as the new crew chief of its No. 32 Fords. Sparks most recently worked as a race engineer at Richard Childress Racing with Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet team. He also worked as a race engineer during Dillon’s 2011 Truck and 2013 Xfinity series championship seasons. “I am beyond ecstatic for the opportunity that the St. Hilaire family has given ...Keep reading View the full article

The procedures will be used for Xfinity Series races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Iowa Speedway and Road America. In the Truck Series, the new procedures will be used at Iowa, World Wide Technology Raceway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Highlights of the new rules: ¨For these races, team rosters will consider of eight crew members and the pit crew – four to service the car, one ...Keep reading View the full article

Richard Petty Motorsports announced Monday that Jerry Baxter will join the organization as crew chief of the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Wallace. The pair worked for two seasons together during Wallace’s stint in the Truck Series. With Baxter, Wallace finished third in the series standings in 2014. Together, the won five races and amassed 14 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes. “During ...Keep reading View the full article

Team Penske has made changes atop the pit box for all three of its NASCAR Cup Series operations. Paul Wolfe, who has served as crew chief for Brad Keselowski since 2011, will shift to the No. 22 team of Joey Logano. Wolfe and Keselowski won the 2012 Cup Series title together Todd Gordon, who has been with Logano since 2013 and won the 2018 championship as a pairing, will move to the No. 12 ...Keep reading View the full article