The Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota team was found with an unsecured lug nut after the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday (Oct. 8). Two XFINITY Series crew chiefs were also fined and suspended for ride-height infractions after Saturday’s Drive For the Cure 300. NASCAR …
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Landon Cassill will no longer drive for Front Row Motorsports next season, joining Danica Patrick, Matt Kenseth and others as free agents for 2018. The 28-year-old joined Front Row in 2016 and currently drives the No. 34 entry for the team. He was told on Monday (Oct. 9) that he would not …
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Six drivers tested IndyCar’s 2018 universal aerokit at Sebring on Tuesday (Sept. 26). Juan Pablo Montoya and Oriol Servia, who tested the oval aerokit in July, were joined by 2017 champion Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Spencer Pigot and James Hinchcliffe. The road-course aerokit was tested by Montoya and Servia at Mid-Ohio …
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NASCAR issued a penalty Tuesday (Sept. 26) to the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driven by Clint Bowyer, because of a lug nut infraction after the race at New Hampshire (Sept. 24). L1 penalties were also issued to one XFINITY team and one …
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New Goodyear tires will be used for the NASCAR Cup and XFINITY Series races at Dover International Speedway this weekend (Sept. 30). All four tires will be a different compound from the last race at Dover in June as Goodyear reacts to NASCAR’s new low-downforce aero package. NBC Sports reported …
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To race in Formula 1, drivers need to obtain an FIA ‘Super License,’ and NASCAR drivers can now qualify for one of these licenses for 2018. F1’s governing body – the FIA – allocates points to drivers based on their performances in a number of series. To earn an F1 …
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NASCAR XFINITY Series team JGL Racing has parted ways with Dakoda Armstrong due to a lack of sponsorship payments. As a result, the No. 28 entry will not race at Dover International Speedway this weekend (Sept. 30). JGL’s No. 24 will continue to race this season with Corey LaJoie and …
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Martin Truex Jr.’s win at Chicagoland this weekend (Sept. 17) was comfortable, to say the least. Now that the playoffs have begun, the logical question has arisen as to whether he can conceivably be beaten by anyone without Truex himself making a mistake. Furthermore, if he is beaten, what are …
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Smithfield Foods will end their primary sponsorship of the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford after the 2017 season. The company announced Tuesday it will join Stewart-Haas Racing as a sponsor in 2018 after over five years with RPM. “The decision to leave Richard Petty Motorsports and join Stewart-Haas Racing was difficult,” …
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As 2017 winds down, a few surprising names are out of a ride in NASCAR. With only a few seats still up in the air, which driver is most likely to be out in the cold without a ride next year? Michael Massie: In NASCAR, drivers rarely have the option …
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