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Kyle Larson led all 40 laps from the pole to win his third Chili Bowl Nationals midget car event Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I love being back here,” Larson said on the FloRacing broadcast. Larson won despite running over the front tire of a car that slid in front of him and hitting the

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 07:58 PM ET Martin Truex Sr., the father of former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. has died, Truex and his brother said in a statement Friday. He was 66. “We are devastated by the loss of our father,” Martin Jr. and Ryan Truex said. “Simply put, he was our hero

Field Level Media Jan 16, 2025, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Martin Truex Jr. will pause his retirement and attempt to qualify for next month’s Daytona 500 with Tricon Garage, the team announced Thursday. Truex, 44, retired from full-time racing after the 2024 season. The 2017 Cup Series champion collected 34 wins and 291

Martin Truex Jr. has a team for his 2025 Daytona 500 attempt. Tricon Garage will field the No. 56 car for Truex as the NASCAR Truck Series team will enter its first Cup Series race. Truex, 43, retired from full-time racing at the end of the 2024 Cup Series season but had said that he

Associated Press Jan 15, 2025, 11:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time IndyCar champ Will Power, the 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner, has signed with an agent for the first time as he heads into a contract year with Team Penske. A14 Management, a new company launched by Spanish drivers Fernando Alonso and Oriol

Justin Allgaier will attempt the 2025 Daytona 500 for his longtime Xfinity Series owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and JR Motorsports. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) JR Motorsports is attempting a NASCAR Cup Series race for the first time. The team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. is entering the 2025 Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier behind

Associated Press Jan 15, 2025, 03:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NASCAR team owned by Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. will attempt to make its Cup Series debut in the Daytona 500 with a champion driver and a partnership with a Grammy Award-winning artist. JR Motorsports has entered reigning Xfinity

On second thought, NASCAR feared Rusty’s brother might be … yep … too rusty. Ten days after 65-year-old Mike Wallace announced he would attempt the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s competition department has intervened and essentially taken away grandpa’s keys. Wallace, the middle sibling of three racing brothers (Kenny is younger, Hall of Famer Rusty is older),

Associated Press Jan 13, 2025, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Dale Coyne Racing has hired Jacob Abel as a full-time driver for the 2025 season, team officials announced Monday. The 23-year-old Abel has spent the past three seasons running on the Indy NXT circuit – IndyCar’s highest developmental series. He won three

ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2025, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves claimed a spot in the season-opening Daytona 500 as part of a slew of rule changes, NASCAR announced Friday. Castroneves is guaranteed a spot in the field under a new provision that earmarks a

A federal district judge on Friday denied NASCAR’s motion to dismiss the antitrust lawsuit brought by 23XI Racing, which is owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motorsports. The move sends the case to pretrial discovery, where both sides will be obligated to share emails, texts and other evidence as well as

Open Extended Reactions Franco Colapinto has joined Alpine as a reserve driver for the upcoming Formula 1 season, the team confirmed on Thursday. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Argentine will be on stand-by behind Alpine race drivers Pierre Gasly and Australian rookie Jack Doohan should either be unable to contest a race, while also being

Associated Press Jan 8, 2025, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — – NASCAR went before a federal judge Wednesday and asked for the antitrust suit filed against the stock car series to be dismissed. Should it proceed, NASCAR asked that the two teams suing be ordered to post a bond to cover

An auto racing legend will attempt the Daytona 500 for the first time in 2025. Helio Castroneves, a record four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, will make his NASCAR debut next month. He will hit Daytona International Speedway with Trackhouse Racing, which announced the move Monday, for the Feb. 16 Cup Series opener. “Never in

Jan 3, 2025, 10:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton said he was excited for 2025 and ready to embrace change at Ferrari as he updated his LinkedIn profile with the hashtag “newjob.” Editor’s Picks 2 Related Hamilton became a Ferrari driver on Jan. 1, joining the sport’s oldest and

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 07:56 PM ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand — NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen walked away from a multiple-car crash at a dirt track speedway meeting at Auckland in his native New Zealand on Thursday. Van Gisbergen, who drives the No. 88 Chevrolet ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup series,

Mike Wallace will seek to become the second-oldest driver to compete in the Daytona 500 when he drives for MBM Motorsports in February. The team announced Thursday that it plans to enter Wallace in the Daytona 500. MBM Motorsports last competed in the Daytona 500 in 2020. Timmy Hill finished 27th in that race. The

Zane Smith will race for Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025. (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Zane Smith is back at Front Row Motorsports. The team made its long-awaited announcement that Smith would be in a third NASCAR Cup Series car in 2025 on Thursday. The formality came