Over the course of his career, longtime WBTV journalist David Whisenant has covered countless laps of racing, car shows and campers at Charlotte Motor Speedway. On Friday, the Salisbury native will trade in his mic flag for a green flag, serving as grand marshal for opening night of Speedway Christmas,Continue Reading
Voting for the 2023 National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Most Popular Driver Award presented by Hooters opens Tuesday, November 7, at 12 p.m. ET. Fans can cast one vote per day per email address at www.nascar.com/mostpopulardriver or on the NASCAR Mobile app. To be eligible, drivers must have declared forContinue Reading
Driver Champion: Ryan Blaney Team: No. 12 Team Penske Ford Ryan Blaney has won his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship (2023). Blaney is the 36th different driver all-time in the NASCAR Cup Series to win a championship. Blaney finished second in the NASCAR Cup Series season finale at Phoenix RacewayContinue Reading
Notes of Interest ● This weekend’s season finale at Phoenix Raceway will be a bittersweet one for Aric Almirola. Last weekend, the 39-year-old announced via social media that he would officially step away from the No. 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang Cup Series entry at Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) and isContinue Reading
Aric Almirola announces retirement from full-time NASCAR Cup racing MARTINSVILLE, Va. – At roughly 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, readers of the “X” app got the long-awaited answer to Aric Almirola’s plans for 2024—a partial answer, at least. Almirola announced his retirement from full-time NASCAR Cup Series racing, indicating heContinue Reading
Phoenix Raceway announced today that it will honor 2014 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kevin Harvick by renaming its Dragstrip Road to Harvick Lane. It also revealed that the retiring star will make an appearance in the track’s midway on Saturday, Nov. 4, one day before he competes in the finalContinue Reading
Notes of Interest ● History at Homestead-Miami Speedway: In 13 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Homestead, Almirola has earned two top-fives and four top-10s. ● Almirola also has five Homestead starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with two top-10s and a best finish of eighth in November 2011, and three starts inContinue Reading
The famed Curb Records and Big Machine Vodka SPIKED Coolers have jumped on as the title sponsor for the 39th All American 400 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway on Friday, November 3 – Sunday, November 5. Celebrating 60 years in business next year, Curb Records is one of the world’s leading independentContinue Reading
INDIANAPOLIS— After his four race stint filling in for Aric Almirola, Bubba Wallace Jr. is still actively looking for sponsorship to participate in NASCAR. After showing impeccable performance during his stint, reports indicated that Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) was actively looking for sponsorship for potentially a second car forContinue Reading
Marcos Ambrose needs a victory. There is no way around it. In order to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he must get rid of the egg in the win column, or he will need to move up a few spots in the standings. This weekend, the NASCAR SprintContinue Reading