When the NASCAR Cup Series makes its return to Bowman Gray Stadium next year for the first time since 1971, the racing on the cozy quarter-mile — in keeping with the track’s decades of tradition — is expected to be tight. From a logistical standpoint, NASCAR officials and teams will get a taste of that […]
Team claims NASCAR rescinded approval to buy new charter unless federal antitrust suit is dropped
A new court filing says NASCAR rejected Front Row Motorsports’ agreement to purchase a charter from Stewart-Haas Racing unless the team and 23XI Racing dropped their federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series.
Michael Jordan Blasts NASCAR for ‘Blaming Victims’ in Antitrust Suit
Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports insist in a new court filing Thursday that NASCAR is “blaming victims for asserting their antitrust rights” and that the two teams should be awarded an injunction against NASCAR. There’s a new audience for a case where brazen rhetoric by billionaire parties has become commonplace. On Wednesday, …
Eddie Jordan reveals he was diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ cancer earlier this year
- Former F1 team owner has bladder and prostate cancer
- Jordan, who is 76, discussed diagnosis on his podcast
Eddie Jordan has revealed he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of cancer earlier this year. The former Formula One team owner said he suffered with bladder and prostate cancer which spread to his spine and pelvis.
The 76-year-old, who ran his own team between 1991 and 2005, before continuing to work in the sport as a broadcaster, is also the manager of F1 designer Adrian Newey. Jordan compared his condition to the six-times Olympic track cycling champion, Sir Chris Hoy, who revealed in October he was terminally ill with prostate cancer.
Continue reading...Daytona 500 weekend schedule released; extra Cup Series practice added
NASCAR officials released the weekend schedule Thursday for the annual Speedweek festivities at Daytona International Speedway, revealing details on four season-opening races and an expanded practice schedule for the Daytona 500 main event Sunday, Feb. 16. The schedule arrived in conjunction with NASCAR officials announcing adjustments to the practice and qualifying procedures for its three […]
SHR closure leads to a seat shakeup in NASCAR. A look at who is driving where in 2025
There won't be a Stewart-Haas Racing in NASCAR next season now that Hall of Famer Tony Stewart has left the series and the four-car organization he co-owned with Formula 1 team owner Gene Haas. There also won't be a JTG Daugherty Racing team, but that's merely a rebrand under new ownership of the one-car organization that won Talladega in 2024 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. There was no driver change for the No. 47 Chevrolet under what is now known as Hyak Motorsports.
GOVX will serve as Presenting Sponsor of NASCAR Miltix program
Daytona Beach, Fla. (Dec. 10, 2024) — NASCAR and GOVX, the online shopping platform exclusively for current and former military, first responders, emergency medical professionals, educators and other government service personnel, announced today an official multiyear partnership that strengthens NASCAR‘s longstanding commitment to the military and first responder communities. Through this new partnership, GOVX will […]
Harvick and Carmichael compare SMX to NASCAR
Kevin Harvick joins Ricky Carmichael to discuss the similarities and differences between SuperMotocross and NASCAR, breaking down the playoff formats of each sport and more.
F1 2024 awards: Max Verstappen joins the greats after hardest-won title
The Red Bull driver overcame an ‘undriveable monster', McLaren delivered and Lewis Hamilton ended win drought
With a fourth consecutive world championship, Max Verstappen deserves to be recognised as one of the greats, a place he has earned not least with this year’s title, his most hard-fought yet. After opening in a dominant Red Bull, he executed clinically to take four of the opening five races, keeping his head even as the controversy surrounding the team principal, Christian Horner, consumed Red Bull. However, McLaren’s upgrades at Miami launched a fightback from Lando Norris and after the Spanish GP with the McLaren a quicker ride, Verstappen had to buckle down and make the best of an unbalanced car that he described as an ‘undriveable monster’. He did so with the commitment and determination of an Alain Prost or Michael Schumacher. Repeatedly grinding out decent points between Spain and Brazil was vital and ultimately enough to ensure he closed it out, a champion’s performance. It was, however, one marked by an aggressive, uncompromising attitude on track that did him a disservice and for which he was penalised. That side of his character was not enhanced by his ill-tempered late-season spat with George Russell, nor the absurd dive he made on Oscar Piastri at the season finale in Abu Dhabi that meant nothing to him but could have affected McLaren’s championship challenge.
Continue reading...‘We will always be your people’: Wolff says emotional goodbye to Hamilton
- Mercedes team principal hails historic partnership
- Verstappen learns punishment for swearing in Singapore
Toto Wolff has bid Lewis Hamilton a heartfelt final farewell with what the Mercedes team principal called the most important message he has ever sent, as Hamilton prepares to join Ferrari next season.
Hamilton delivered a superb comeback drive at the season finale in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, after which he admitted his last race for Mercedes had been an emotional affair. The team are continuing to hold a week of celebrations for their driver and he will attend their bases in Brackley and Brixworth this week to say goodbye in person as they part ways after 12 years of unprecedented success.
Continue reading...‘Greatest honour of my life’: Lewis Hamilton bids farewell to Mercedes
- Hamilton admits ‘turbulent year’ was a challenging one
- Lando Norris feels ‘incredibly proud’ of win for McLaren
Lewis Hamilton described his time with Mercedes as the greatest honour of his life after the seven-time champion bowed out with his final race for the team at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. After a superlative drive at the Yas Marina circuit, Hamilton also admitted that, after a difficult year, it was good to bid farewell on a high.
Hamilton drove from 16th to fourth in Abu Dhabi, another mighty performance to sit alongside what has been an unmatched partnership of success with Mercedes since he joined the team in 2013. He has taken six titles with them and 84 wins over those 12 seasons and at his last race before he joins Ferrari next year, he took a moment to contemplate it all at the close when he was given a special place to park on the start-finish straight alongside the top three, where he knelt beside his car.
Continue reading...Lando Norris wins Abu Dhabi F1 GP as McLaren take first title since 1998
- Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri collide on first lap
- McLaren now have nine constructors’ championships
The wait has been long and torturous for McLaren but by the close of a victory for Lando Norris at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix it was worth it as the team celebrated their first Formula One constructors’ championship for 26 years – opening perhaps a new era for the team, just as another came to an end for Lewis Hamilton.
The emotional import of the moment was writ large at McLaren but no less for a visibly moved Hamilton, who brought his career at Mercedes to an end with an exceptional comeback drive from 16th to fourth, bowing out with the same determined panache that has secured him unprecedented success with the team.
Continue reading...Norris wins F1 Abu Dhabi GP as McLaren secure constructors’ title – as it happened
Lando Norris took the chequered flag at Yas Marina to help McLaren win their first F1 constructors’ title since 1998
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Continue reading...Lando Norris claims Abu Dhabi F1 GP pole but ‘idiotic’ error costs Hamilton
- Hamilton 18th in qualifying thanks to dislodged bollard
- Mercedes’ Toto Wolff apologises for ‘idiotic mistake’
Bidding farewell with a flourish was the optimistic hope for Lewis Hamilton as he entered his final meeting with Mercedes at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but even fortune, it seems, would not favour the British driver for his swansong where he finished 18th in qualifying.
His final hot lap was scuppered by the poorest of luck as he picked up a stray bollard dislodged by Kevin Magnussen, condemning his finale to probably be something of a slog from the lower reaches of the grid.
Continue reading...Horner defends Verstappen in Russell feud as Formula One rift escalates
- Mercedes driver said world champion threatened him
- Red Bull principal also responds to Toto Wolff ‘terrier’ dig
The Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has defended his driver Max Verstappen in the world champion’s increasingly ill-tempered feud with Mercedes’ George Russell and dismissed their very public falling-out as part of an end-of-year “pantomime season” before this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Verstappen has already been crowned drivers’ champion, a success overshadowed at this finale by the spat he is now embroiled in with Russell. Their altercation ramped up in Abu Dhabi when the British driver accused Verstappen of threatening to put him “on your fucking head in the wall” and that it was time someone stood up to the Dutchman’s bullying. Verstappen has denied making the threat.
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