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For the most part, the Cup Series driver roster has taken a ‘there is nothing to lose’ mentality in response to NASCAR’s decision to marginally increase the horsepower target on short tracks and road courses next season. Currently, the Cup Series uses a 670HP tapered spacer and will increase it next year to 750HP. While the industry has made gains in recent years through the development ...Keep readingView the full article

Mike Greenwell, known as 'The Gator,' spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Boston Red Sox, playing for the historic team from 1985 to 1996. Sadly, he died earlier this week after being diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer in the summer. Representing the No. 39, he played as a left-fielder for the Red Sox, ending his 12 seasons at the famed team with a .303 batting average ...Keep readingView the full article

Much of what 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports offered in a Friday night legal filing in response to a NASCAR motion for summary judgement was a rehash of previous defenses to a countersuit from the Sanctioning Body. NASCAR countersued 23XI and FRM, who sued the league on antitrust grounds in October 2024, by arguing that it was the two teams that were in fact acting in violation of federal ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen earned his fifth win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season at the Charlotte Roval, winning by ver 15 seconds. Far behind him, his Trackhouse teammate Ross Chastain was in the middle of a wild fight to keeps his playoff hopes alive. Needing one point, he dove into the frontstretch chicane, wrecking Denny Hamlin and himself. Chastain rolled across the line in reverse, losing the final ...Keep readingView the full article

At least from a short track and road course standpoint, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to reset the NextGen car, or at least simplify it. He issued some commentary about the state of the seventh-generation Cup Series platform on Tuesday during the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast. This was following the race on Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, which featured a tremendous ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen is honoring his country of origin with this weekend's paint scheme for the NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The track is about as close as the series ever gets to New Zealand during the year, but still nearly 7,000 miles apart. The car features the silver fern all around the wrap, as well as the southern cross, and several red stars. "We have our friends at ...Keep readingView the full article

If you're interested in the a comprehensive list of NASCAR Cup Series driver ratings, you can find that HERE. In this story, we're going to focus on the top drivers from the lower divisions of the stock car racing, which are all included as part of the brand-new NASCAR 25 video game, produced by iRacing Studios. Read Also: NASCAR CupEvery Cup Series driver rating from NASCAR 25 ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out this article for all you need to know about NASCAR Cup Series' South Point 400 including date, time, drivers, and more. View the full article

Jeremy Mayfield, over a decade and a half after his suspension from NASCAR, continues to race in whatever platforms will have him. This past week, the now 56-year-old celebrated his championship in the Grand National Super Series, a Mid-Atlantic touring series that features old Cup Series, Xfinity Series, ARCA and Pro Cup cars racing against each other under a combined rules package. This is ...Keep readingView the full article

We now know every driver rating for the all-new NASCAR racing game, NASCAR 25, developed by iRacing studios. As previously revealed, cover driver William Byron is the only Cup star with a perfect '100' rating. Each driver metric is broken down into several categories, featuring superspeedways (SSW), speedways (SW), intermediate (INT), short intermediates (S.INT), concrete (C), and road courses ...Keep readingView the full article

It's already public knowledge that William Byron, who is on the cover of the game, was given a perfect rating of 100. In a video posted on Thursday, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Ryan Blaney, Carson Hocevar, Noah Gragson, and Austin Cindric were brought in to figure out which ratings go with some other drivers. Kyle Busch was the first driver presented, and Hocevar contested the veteran ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick expressed that if he had won a Cup Series championship with Richard Childress Racing, he would've likely stayed with the team. View the full article

Check out the 2025 NASCAR Las Vegas qualifying order for South Point 400. View the full article

In an exclusive interview on the Dale Jr. Download, NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell announced a planned increase from 670HP to 750HP for select tracks in 2026. He also touched on a variety of other topics, hinting at both possible changes to the current championship format, and even opening Cup garage up to more innovation again. On the playoff format, O'Donnell clearly stated that any ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR has confirmed the long debated and long rumored horsepower increase for short tracks and road courses in the Cup Series in 2026. As a result, the target number increases from 670 to 750 for the following tracks on the 2026 schedule -- Circuit of The Americas, Watkins Glen, San Diego, Sonoma, Charlotte Roval, Bowman Gray Stadium, Phoenix, Darlington, Martinsville, Bristol, Dover ...Keep readingView the full article

Harrison Burton is parting ways with AM Racing after one season with the team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He helped to elevate the small organization, making the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs before being eliminated in the first round. Burton currently sits 12th in the championship standings with a program that was outside the top-30 just one year ago, but he announced on Wednesday that ...Keep readingView the full article

On the final lap during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Roval on Sunday, Ross Chastain attempted a dive-bomb on Denny Hamlin to complete a pass that would have secured the point needed to advance in the Playoffs. That move resulted in both drivers crashing out instead and Joey Logano taking the final Round of 8 spot on points However, there were a lot of moving ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR didn't issue any penalties after Charlotte, but questions linger about whether drivers operated within the league's rules. View the full article

The judge overseeing the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit and countersuit has effectively ordered a middle ground compromise over a recent ask made by both parties. On Monday, NASCAR motioned to Judge Kenneth D. Bell to have the Western District of North Carolina oversee a settlement conference due to previous meetings through mediator Jeffrey Mishkin in August ...Keep readingView the full article

Tyler Reif, 18, will drive the No. 41 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in his NASCAR Truck Series debut later this month. Reif will compete in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway on October 31st. Phoenix is a special track for the teenager, as he earned his one and only ARCA victory at the Arizona track. During the 2023 season, he made his ARCA debut at the age of 15 and earned a shock ...Keep readingView the full article