JR Motorsports rookie William Byron won the XFINITY Series’ Ticket Galaxy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday afternoon thanks to taking two tires on a late restart. Normally, that would have locked Byron into the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. However, Byron clinched his spot earlier in the race …
Read More »Dalton Sargeant Returning to Truck Series at Phoenix, Homestead
MDM Motorsports announced Wednesday (Nov. 8) that Dalton Sargeant will join the team for the last two races of the 2017 season at Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving the No. 99 Chevy Silverado sponsored by Performance Plus Motor Oil. “I can’t thank all of the great people at …
Read More »Justin Haley Hit With L1 Penalty for Height Violation at Texas
This weekend’s tripleheader at Texas Motor Speedway was fairly uneventful in terms of penalties. NASCAR did not find any violations on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup or XFINITY Series cars that they inspected. There was a post-race fight between Richard Childress Racing’s Brendan Gaughan, JD Motorsports’ Ross Chastain and their crews after …
Read More »The Underdog House: Racing for Future Stability at Texas
This season is almost over, but not all the dominoes from Silly Season 2017 have finished dropping, which means that underdog drivers are racing for their jobs next year, and their race teams are seeking survival. Why is this important? Because of all the behind-the-scenes employees who could potentially be …
Read More »Richard Petty Motorsports Adds 3-Race Sponsor for Darrell Wallace Jr.
Richard Petty Motorsports announced Friday afternoon a new three-race sponsorship in 2018 for the No. 43, to be driven by Darrell Wallace Jr. The sponsor will be Click n’ Close, the digital division of Mid America Mortgage, Inc. The deal begins at the Daytona 500, with other races at Phoenix …
Read More »Grant Enfinger Fastest in Texas CWTS Happy Hour
ThorSport Racing’s Grant Enfinger, with a lap of 29.146 seconds (185.274 mph), was fastest in the 55-minute Happy Hour practice for the Camping World Truck Series at Texas Motor Speedway held Thursday evening. Enfinger’s lap was one-tenth of a second faster than Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Myatt Snider was second. Brad …
Read More »RCR, Ryan Newman Add Liberty National Sponsorship for 2018
Ryan Newman will have new colors next season to go with his new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in 2018. Richard Childress Racing announced Wednesday morning that Liberty National Life Insurance will serve as a sponsor on the No. 31 Camaro in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2018. Liberty National …
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