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It was a surprise that Danica Patrick’s decision to retire hadn’t come sooner. Her determination had rarely been questioned and she never went into motorsport to just make up the numbers, and yet that’s what she had been doing the previous couple of seasons, her development as a stock car driver having reached a plateau. It was nothing to be ashamed of: countless drivers have tried to ...Keep reading View the full article

Dillon’s two career Cup Series wins have come in two of the series’ iconic races – a 2017 victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte and his 2018 thrilling Daytona 500 victory. A Cup series championship has remained elusive for Dillon, who will be entering his sixth fulltime season in 2019. It has also remained a challenging goal for RCR, whose last Cup championship came in 1994 with the ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR on FOX's 12 gifts of the 2018 season: AJ Allmendinger picks the incredible show at the All-Star Race as his favorite gift of the 2018 season. View the full article

On Thursday, the team announced LaJoie, 27, would drive its No. 32 Ford in 2019 beginning with the season-opener at Daytona. LaJoie will be reunited with veteran crew chief Randy Cox, who began working with the No. 32 team early into the 2018 season. LaJoie and Cox both worked at BK Racing in 2017, where they ran 17 races together, including LaJoie earning his career-best 11th-place finish in ...Keep reading View the full article

The historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway could return to NASCAR competition for the first time since 2000 after it signed a deal with Bristol's track operator and its owner Speedway Motorsports View the full article

Corey LaJoie talks with Daryl Motte about his move to Go Fas Racing to run the No. 32 Cup car in 2019. View the full article

704 Games launched a program that offers NASCAR fans a chance to compete and be a part of a pro league for the first time competing with the NASCAR Heat game. There are 28 days remaining to register and qualify to be a part of the pro league draft to be held in January. Fans who register and qualify have the chance to be drafted by a NASCAR team to participate in the program in 2019 ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR on FOX's 12 gifts of the 2018 season: Jamie McMurray picks Clint Bowyer celebrating his win at Martinsville with his son Cash as his favorite gift of the 2018 season. View the full article

The agreement for Fairgrounds Speedway, which held what is now NASCAR Cup Series races 42 times between 1958 and 1984, could open the door for NASCAR-sanctioned events to return to Nashville for the first time since 2000 when the NASCAR Truck and Xfinity Series competed there at the Fairgrounds location. The joint effort intends to combine local racing and other major motorsports events that ...Keep reading View the full article

It appears A.J. Allmendinger has found his next career after competing in the NASCAR Cup Series for the past 13 years. Allmendinger and NBC Sports Group reached an agreement for the driver to be a part of the network’s exclusive IMSA coverage and he’ll also frequently contribute to the NASCAR America during the season as well. Additionally, he will contribute regularly to NBCSN’s daily ...Keep reading View the full article

With NASCAR's 'win and you're in' system, the third round of the playoffs is where sparks often fly. A victory in any of those three races leading up to season finale secures one's shot at the championship. We saw Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano collide in the third round in 2015, Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski brawl in 2014 and Denny Hamlin versus Chase Elliott in 2017. Well emotions ...Keep reading View the full article

Kahne also announced the signing of a new sponsor in Wicked Energy Gum for his No. 9 car. “We were fortunate enough to start a relationship with Wicked Cushion during the Knoxville Nationals last year and when they decided to launch their new product, Wicked Energy Gum, we were glad they chose KKR to help get their product off the ground, said Kasey Kahne, owner of Kasey Kahne Racing. “This ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR on FOX's 12 gifts of the 2018 season: Joey Logano picks the bizarre weeper at Kansas as one of the best gifts of the 2018 season. View the full article

The team, owned by Richard Childress who made his first NASCAR Cup Series start at Talladega Superspeedway in 1969, will have both of his Cup Series cars painted gold and he’ll also feature a number change on the CHevrolet Camaro driven by Daniel Hemric. Also StarCom Racing officially buys charter from Richard Childress Racing for 2019 season. See this and more in this week’s US ... Keep reading View the full article

The upcoming season will also mark the 70th running of the Southern 500. Darlington will honor specific moments and heroes of the 1990-94 era of the sport’s storied history, including the conclusion of Hall of Famer Richard Petty’s career and the beginning of Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Gordon’s career. The track will also pay special tribute during its 2019 race weekend to Spartanburg ... Keep reading View the full article

Smith, the 2018 ARCA Series runner-up, will drive the team’s No. 9 Chevrolet in a minimum of eight races spread throughout the 2019 Xfinity Series season. His first race will be the March 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Smith, 19, ended his first ARCA season driving for MDM Motorsports with four wins, 12 top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 20 races and also won one pole. “Zane is going to ... Keep reading View the full article

Shannon Spake explains why Martinsville is her favorite moment from the 2018 NASCAR season. Shannon says Joey Logano's bump-n-run was a thrilling moment. View the full article

StarCom announced Monday it had purchased a charter from Richard Childress Racing for its No. 00 Chevrolet team, which will guarantee the team a spot in the field in all 36 races. The organization, formed in September 2017 by a number of partners including a group from its parent company StarCom Fiber, had leased a charter from RCR from its former No. 27 team during the 2018 season. Teams can ... Keep reading View the full article

By 2020, North America's two largest stock car racing organisations will combine after NASCAR purchased ARCA earlier this year - a deal with the potential to make lasting changes to NASCAR View the full article

Villeneuve, the 1997 champion with Williams, made four NASCAR Cup starts - the first two of which came a year after his final outings in F1 - between 2007 and '13 and has also competed in the Trucks and Xfinity categories that support the main series plus NASCAR Canada. The 47-year-old made a return to racing this year in the Americas Rallycross Championship in his native Canada in a Subaru ... Keep reading View the full article