Editor’s note: This continues the series in which we review each 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs driver in reverse order of championship finish. Season in review: Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Crew Chief: James Small Final 2024 Ranking: 10th Key stats: Five top fives, 11 top 10s, two poles, 555 laps led […]
2024 NASCAR season in review: Harrison Burton
Harrison Burton's victory at Daytona provided a highlight in a challenging season.
2024 NASCAR season in review: Justin Allgaier
In his seventh appearance in the NASCAR Xfinity Championship 4, Justin Allgaier won his first series title this season.
2024 NASCAR season in review: Cole Custer
Cole Custer won the Xfinity Series regular season championship and two races in 2024.
Sports quiz of the week: big contracts, friendly rivalries and ‘scorigami’
Test your knowledge of the week in sport as relationships ended and the end-of-year awards began to pour in
Continue reading...Schedules, logistics and unorthodox inspection plan take shape for Bowman Gray Clash
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Team claims NASCAR rescinded approval to buy new charter unless federal antitrust suit is dropped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.
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