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Samuel Stubbs

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Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker. He is also a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Samuel will attend the University of Arkansas in the fall of 2025.

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What NASCAR drivers should be thankful for this Thanksgiving

Nearly three weeks removed from the conclusion of the 2024 NASCAR season, here's what drivers should be thankful for. 

Toni Breidinger talks signing with TRICON Garage, expectations for 2025

Toni Breidinger officially took the next step in her NASCAR career.

Toni Breidinger signs with TRICON Garage for 2025 Truck Series season

Breidinger has made four previous Truck Series starts for TRICON — three in 2023 and one in 2024 — with a best finish of 15th at Kansas in May 2023. 

No. 19 Arkansas blows out Maryland Eastern-Shore by more than 70 points

In all of Arkansas' four previous victories this season, stretches of sloppy play have marred solid performances by John Calipari's first team in Fayetteville. That wasn't the case on Monday.

Grading the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series field

With the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season in the rearview, let's hand out report cards to the full-time drivers who made up the field. 

NASCAR Cup Series team rebrands ahead of 2025 season

Out with the old, in with the new: JTG-Daugherty Racing is no longer.

Kris Wright signs with Our Motorsports for 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season

The move comes as Our Motorsports is expected to have a brand-new Xfinity Series lineup in 2025, which Wright will make up half of.

Daniel Hemric signs with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing for 2025 NASCAR Truck Series season

It’s a fresh start for the 33-year-old, who saw his second full-time season in the Cup Series conclude with a 29th-place finish in the Cup Series points standings. 

Riley Herbst to join 23XI Racing for 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season

This comes after Herbst put together the best year of his NASCAR Xfinity Series career, in which he won two races and finished seventh — a career-best mark — in the points standings. 

RFK Racing taps Ryan Preece to drive third Cup Series entry in 2025

Ryan Preece has found a new home in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Four greatest crew chiefs in NASCAR history

Here are the four greatest crew chiefs in NASCAR history, in no particular order. 

Four young NASCAR drivers to keep an eye on in 2025

As the NASCAR world starts the countdown to the opening weekend of 2025, one big topic of discussion will be the young talent who will litter the garage area next season.

Matt Crafton broke NASCAR's playoff system with a winless 2019 title season

Amidst all the criticism of Joey Logano's 2024 run to the NASCAR Cup Series championship, it's important to remember that the three-time champion was not the first driver to "break" the NASCAR playoff format.

No. 18 Arkansas overcomes sluggish start to down Troy

It wasn't a pretty showing from the No. 18 Arkansas Razorbacks on Wednesday, but they got the job done. 

Ben Rhodes: 2024 Craftsman Truck year 'was not a kind season'

To say Ben Rhodes' 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck season was out of character would be an understatement. 

Ryan Blaney has solidified himself as one of NASCAR's elite despite not winning another championship

Ryan Blaney's NASCAR Cup Series journey has been rather atypical for a driver of his standard. 

The 1992 Hooters 500 was NASCAR cinema in its purest form

If one race must be chosen as the greatest in NASCAR history, one choice looms above the rest: The 1992 Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 

How Red Byron went from WWII hero to NASCAR's first champion

Few drivers in NASCAR history have as unique of a story as Red Byron. 

This trend could bode well for Kyle Busch after first career winless season

Not only did Busch miss the NASCAR playoffs for the first time since 2012, but he went winless for the first time over the course of a Cup Series season, breaking a record streak of 19 consecutive seasons with at least one victory. 

Joey Logano has redefined a championship-caliber NASCAR season

Credit should be given to Logano and the No. 22 team, but his third title could become a watershed moment for NASCAR — and not a good one. 

Christopher Bell nearly spoiled championship party at Phoenix

Christopher Bell had a stellar day at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, leading a race-high 143 laps and bringing home a fifth-place finish in the final race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. 

Joey Logano secures his legacy with third NASCAR Cup Series championship

Joey Logano won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship in the most Joey Logano way possible on Sunday.

Martin Truex Jr. closes the book on his full-time NASCAR career

Martin Truex Jr.'s full-time NASCAR career is officially over.

Ryan Blaney comes up one spot short of defending his NASCAR Cup Series championship

It looked as if Ryan Blaney would replicate the events of last weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville in the closing laps of Sunday's championship race at Phoenix.