James Davison will be behind the wheel of Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Talladega Superspeedway, the team announced Tuesday, June 16. The GEICO 500 marks the Australia native’s debut in NASCAR’s premier division. Oilfire Spirits and Tilson will sponsor the No. 77, which won the rain-shortened …
The ARCA Menards Series returns to the track for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit, with the field racing in the General Tire 200 this Saturday (June 20) at Talladega Superspeedway. A total of 21 cars are currently on the entry list, meaning all will make the race, barring any entry list changes. …
The Headline(s): Denny Hamlin scored his third victory of 2020 and second since NASCAR returned from hiatus on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway (June 14). All three have come under rainy circumstances. His Daytona 500 win in February was on a Monday after the normally-on-Sunday race was postponed. Next up, his May win at Darlington was …
A pre-race setback didn’t derail Kyle Busch from a win Saturday night, as the defending Cup Series champion raced his way to the front and won the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series’ Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Busch was penalized heavily before the race. His No. 51 Toyota Tundra failed inspection due …
Nineteen-year-old Harrison Burton came out of nowhere to win the Hooters 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday (June 13) afternoon, his second win of the year and his young career. The second-generation driver got around Noah Gragson on the final restart to lead the final two laps of the race, the only laps he led …
Ryan Blaney rebounded from multiple incidents on Wednesday night to finish second under the lights at Martinsville Speedway. Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s midweek race at the paperclip-shaped short track, but the big story of the night was Blaney, who started on pole for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500. One incident of being lapped, …
Bubba Wallace’s No. 43 will have a new look this Wednesday, June 10 at Martinsville. The Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet will sport an all-black paint scheme with “#BlackLivesMatter” on the sides and several emblems in support of the cause. Wallace wore a T-Shirt prior to Sunday’s event at Atlanta Motor Speedway with both “I Can’t …
A small number of fans will be allowed to attend the June 21 NASCAR Cup Series event at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR announced today, June 9. The track will allow for 5,000 fans at the track later this month. The announcement comes after the news that 1,000 individuals will be in attendance for this weekend’s Dixie …
Chase Purdy is returning to NASCAR in 2020. The 20-year-old will run five NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races in the team’s No. 24 entry, the team announced today, June 9. The limited schedule marks Purdy’s first Truck Series races in more than a year. He ran two events for MDM Motorsports in …
The NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway for their fifth race of 2020. The 25th Annual Baptist Health 200 will take place on June 13, 2020 at the 1.5-mile oval down in Florida. 40 trucks are entered for 40 spots on the grid, allowing all entries to make the race. …
The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action just three days after Sunday afternoon’s race in Atlanta, heading north to Martinsville Speedway in Virginia for a Wednesday night event on June 10, 2020. The Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 will be the first ever race held under the lights on the .533-mile, paperclip-shaped oval. It’s the …
It took battling side-by-side with Austin Hill for nearly a full lap, but Grant Enfinger held on to win Saturday afternoon’s Vet Tix Camping World 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series’ second race back after the season halted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic was also just …
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