Let’s cut right to the chase. The NASCAR rumor mill is churning faster than a V8 engine on the final lap at Daytona, and the name on everyone’s lips is none other than Tony Stewart.
JR Motorsports made its Cup Series debut at the 2025 Daytona 500 and secured a ninth-place finish thanks to the efforts of Justin Allgaier in the No. 40 car.
Another major accomplishment for Brexton Busch in his still very young career. He’s the INEX national Bandolero Bandits champion. The Busch family is always running around from track to track, and that doesn’t stop in the NASCAR offseason, either.
Down in Australia, Austin Cindric is getting the feel of the Gen3 Supercars Mustang ahead of his series debut later this month. Cindric is taking on the Adelaide finale in two weeks.
It is alliance season in NASCAR. Jeremy Clements Racing has announced a new partnership with Haas Factory Team for 2026. Haas is switching to Chevrolet from Ford for the 2026 NASCAR season.
Ahead of the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, Viking Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing have struck an alliance. Viking signed Parker Retzlaff for the 2026 season.
33-year-old Kyle Larson secured his second NASCAR Cup Series championship at the Phoenix Raceway earlier this month. While other drivers are taking some well-deserved rest in the offseason, he has already climbed back into the race car again and begun tackling dirt tracks.
The Chastain family might have built its name in the watermelon fields of Florida, but the clan’s competitive streak has ripened far beyond the farm. Ross Chastain made his way to NASCAR through his driving skills, and his younger brother Chad is following suit, confirming that talent runs deep in both soil and speed.
Hendrick Motorsports won its 15th Cup Series championship earlier this month at the Phoenix Raceway. With this, the team has further firmly affixed itself as the top dog in the NASCAR world.
You can’t keep a racer like Kyle Larson down for long. Not even a bone-rattling, sky-high flip at Placerville Speedway can shake the man who just a few weeks prior clawed his way to a NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Brad Keselowski may have claimed his lone NASCAR Cup Series title back in 2012 behind the wheel of a Dodge for Team Penske, but his bond with Ford has only deepened since taking co-ownership of RFK Racing.
NASCAR’s latest attempt at documentary storytelling, RISING, ready to debut November 17, is set to pull back the curtain on a new generation of racers, Jesse Love, Carson Hocevar, and Rajah Caruth, showcasing their climb through the ranks both on and off the track.
Yes, Denny Hamlin came up short of winning the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship despite leading a championship race record 208 laps. No, he won’t stand for the narrative that Kyle Larson is an undeserving champion.
For a moment, it looked like Denny Hamlin was going to end his NASCAR career much in the same way Carl Edwards ended his, abruptly. However, we know that he is racing again in 2026 and is likely going to finish out his contract through 2027 before hanging it up.
When it comes to race car drivers from Northern California, what makes them so good and so aggressive on the track? From dirt to open wheel to NASCAR. Drivers like Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick have been coming out of the area for years.