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The Joe Gibbs Racing v Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit heard arguments over expedited discovery motions in court on Monday morning before Judge Susan Courtwright Rodriguez. The docket also called for arguments over a preliminary injunction motion but all parties in court agreed that the discovery motion’s importance was of greater priority and the results could affect the course ...Keep readingView the full article

On a restart with just under 100 laps to go, there were three strategies at the front of the field. The front row stayed out on old tires, the next two rows all took two fresh tires, while pole-sitter Joey Logano was the first driver with four fresh tires in seventh. Right in front of him was the #1 of Ross Chastain. As the race went back green and the field cut down into the dogleg, Logano ...Keep readingView the full article

The first Duel at Daytona ended in dramatic fashion. Joey Logano captured the checkered flag in a 1-2 finish for Team Penske, but all eyes were on the battle to make the Daytona 500. Looking at the open cars, Casey Mears had spun in an earlier incident, and Chander Smith suffered damage in another wreck. That cleared the way for Corey LaJoie to make the race, but he got turned on the final lap ...Keep readingView the full article

John Hunter Nemechek is joining a stacked field for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway. Nemechek, who competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with Legacy Motor Club, will pilot the No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota as he takes on double duty for the first official race weekend of the new season. Halmar-Friesen is swapping the owner points ...Keep readingView the full article

Garage 56 is the entry that the Automobile Club de l'Ouest - organisers of Le Mans - sets aside for the “technology of tomorrow and beyond” of innovative machinery. The entry for 2023 is a modified version of the Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 car raced in NASCAR and is a collaboration between the series, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet, IMSA, and Goodyear. “It is without a doubt on my ...Keep readingView the full article

In a field of 18 desperate drivers, only the top two finishers + the points provisional (Alex Bowman) were going to transfer from the last-chance-qualifier (LCQ) into the main event. Bowman was happy to take the points provisional on offer to him (as the highest driver from the 2025 championship not yet locked in) instead of racing for it and risking his car, so the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports ...Keep readingView the full article

On one hand, the 2025 season was a success for Josh Berry, in that it produced his first Cup Series victory and for the Wood Brothers no less. On the other hand, there were also stretches where a lot was left on the table and left them wondering what could have been. Specifically, the iconic No. 21 was amongst the fastest in the entire field in the first round of the playoffs, but Berry also ...Keep readingView the full article

Josh Williams will be competing full-time in 2026, driving the No. 92 DGM Racing Chevrolet in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (formerly Xfinity Series). This is a multi-year deal with the organization, which will begin with his 250th career start next February. Steve Addington will partner with Williams as the crew chief for the No. 92 car, with Reed Sorenson working as the ...Keep readingView the full article

Rodney Childers is amongst the first to clock in every morning at JR Motorsports and amongst the last to clock out several months into the next chapter of a no-doubt NASCAR Hall of Fame career. That’s how you know this is working out for the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief now tasked with leading a No. 1 car split between Carson Kvapil and Connor Zilisch. After spending most of ...Keep readingView the full article

JR Motorsports (JRM), co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, is going Cup racing again next year. The highly successful NASCAR Xfinity Series team (soon to be rebranded as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) made its Cup debut in the 67th running of the Daytona 500, earlier this year. Justin Allgaier, who won the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR’s allegation that it paid too much to the Teams in the 2025 Charters is not itself an injury to competition; rather, it is only a private economic loss to NASCAR. This is a key line, in a document full of them, in which Judge Kenneth D. Bell dismissed NASCAR’s summary judgement counterclaims against 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in the ongoing antitrust dispute between the ...Keep readingView the full article

In simplest terms, the preliminary injunction ruling issued by Judge Susan C. Rodriguez in the Joe Gibbs Racing v. Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit is fundamentally no different than the Temporary Restraining Order everyone has acted under over the past month.   As part of the ruling issued on late Thursday night: Gabehart shall ‘immediately cease and desist’ from ...Keep readingView the full article

The judge overseeing the Joe Gibbs Racing vs Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit issued a mixed restraining order during a very brief session on Monday at the Western District of North Carolina courthouse. Gabehart will be allowed to continue working as the Chief Motorsports Officer at Spire Motorsports but will not be allowed to do anything that overlaps with his previous competition ...Keep readingView the full article

Judge Kenneth D. Bell, overseeing the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust trial, has ordered Roger Penske and Rick Hendrick to subject themselves to a full pre-trial deposition, in person and with no restrictions as it pertains to this legal matter. The two motorsport mainstays has motioned to the court a means to limit the questions asked regarding their financials and ...Keep readingView the full article

As decided on Monday by Judge Susan C. Rodriguez of the Western District of North Carolina, Chris Gabehart will be permitted to continue working for Spire Motorsports but also under a limited restraining order regarding anything that overlapped with his previous duties at Joe Gibbs Racing. Gabehart and Spire have been sued by JGR for over $8 million in damages alleging a ‘brazen scheme’ to ...Keep readingView the full article

One of the most prominent and well-organized efforts to undermine auto racing at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway was affectively defeated, for now, due a self-inflicted clerical error … just not the one that was originally at the forefront.   Former racer Neil Chaffin sued Saul Solomon, a former Nashville Metro legal director and political strategist Mike Kopp, founders of the 'Restore ...Keep readingView the full article

The judge overseeing the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit ruled again in favor of the teams against the Sanctioning Body on summary judgment on Tuesday afternoon. Summary judgment is a pretrial decision where there are no disputes of material fact. In other words, a judge could rule on the merits, based on evidence presented by both sides, and without a ...Keep readingView the full article

After hearing arguments from all parties during a telephonic hearing on Tuesday afternoon, the judge overseeing the Joe Gibbs Racing v Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuits has scheduled the trial to take place in January. This is later than the November timeframe requested by the plaintiffs and earlier than the May timeline requested by the defendants. From the order: “The ...Keep readingView the full article

Despite all the success, the past month has been a challenge for Justin Allgaier, specifically as it pertains to his duties at Hendrick Motorsports and driving the No. 48 while Alex Bowman continues his recovery. On one hand, since taking over the car at Las Vegas, Allgaier has ripped off finishes of fourth, first, first and third for his day job on Saturdays in the O’Reilly Series for JR ...Keep readingView the full article

When Jim Pohlman left JR Motorsports to take the job to serve as crew chief for Kyle Busch, Justin Allgaier said that the two-time champion would get back whatever he put into that relationship. In the end, the Pohlman-Busch pairing lasted just 10 races, with Andy Street returning to a role he occupied on an interim basis last year with the Richard Childress Racing team. Pohlman was replaced on ...Keep readingView the full article

Hendrick Motorsports will put 2024 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Justin Allgaier behind the wheel of the #48 Chevrolet for this weekend's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Alex Bowman was forced out of the car mid-race at COTA with Myatt Snider finishing the event for him, and later in the week, he was diagnosed with vertigo. HMS sim driver Anthony Alfredo drove the car at Phoenix ...Keep readingView the full article

After taking the lead on a late-race restart, Justin Allgaier held on to win for the 31st time in his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts (NOAPS) career, and the third time this season. His victory at Martinsville means that JR Motorsports has managed to win the last five consecutive races. Corey Day finished second, Sammy Smith third, Sheldon Creed fourth, and Lee Pulliam fifth in his O'Reilly Series ...Keep readingView the full article

While Kyle Larson dominated most of the race, it was Justin Allgaier who won Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Pars Series race. It was his second win of the 2026 season and the 30th of his career. "All of these guys right here," said Allgaier, gesturing his team when he asked how he pulled off this latest victory.  "We have not been the best on pit road all year, but these guys have never quit ...Keep readingView the full article

In a race dominated by the sport's younger drivers, it was a 39-year-old veteran who emerged victorious Saturday night at Phoenix. This victory also vaulted Justin Allgaier into the championship lead as he seeks a second title as a NOAPS driver. "Just so proud of this team," said Allgaier. "Andrew [Overstreet, new crew chief for 2026] has done a great job taking over. He'd been telling me all ...Keep readingView the full article

Kaulig Racing, which recently revealed that they are pausing their NASCAR Xfinity Series efforts for the time being, plan to operate five NASCAR Trucks next year as the factory partner of Ram in its return to the sport. Newly crowned ARCA champion Brenden Queen was already announced as the team's first full-time driver for 2026, but they've now revealed two more on Wednesday. Daniel Dye, who ...Keep readingView the full article