Carson Ware, who was scheduled to run Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity race at Kansas for SS-Green Light/Rick Ware Racing, has been suspended and replaced by Garrett Smithley after being arrested for assault and property damage.
Parker Kligerman, who last raced in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2019, will return to the series on Sunday at Kansas. He will once again drive for Gaunt Brothers Racing.
ARCA driver Nick Sanchez will begin racing part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2022 with B.J. McLeod Motorsports. The Cuban joins Rajah Carruth as Drive for Diversity members going Xfinity racing next year.
ARCA West driver Dean Thompson has signed with Niece Motorsports to run the ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Truck Series season finales at Kansas and Phoenix, respectively. The latter will be his first Truck start.
Kyle Larson dominated the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 8 opener at Texas, leading 257 of 334 laps en route to his eighth win of the year. He also locks a spot into the Championship Round.
John Hunter Nemechek became the first NASCAR Truck Series full-timer to win an Xfinity race since 2014 when he threw a wrench into the Xfinity playoffs by winning at Texas.
Despite speculation of potentially moving up, NASCAR Truck Series regular season champion John Hunter Nemechek will remain with Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2022.
Bill McAnally’s NASCAR teams, known as Bill McAnally Racing in the ARCA Menards Series and McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the NASCAR Trucks, will switch from Toyota to Chevrolet in 2022. GMS Racing will be a technical ally.
The second/final day of the NASCAR Cup Next Gen test at the Charlotte Roval saw the shared Denny Hamlin/Martin Truex Jr. car set the best time (after missing a chicane), while Jacques Villeneuve had a wild save in his first time in a Cup car in years.
21 drivers from 17 teams kicked off the NASCAR Cup Series’ two-day Next Gen car test at the Charlotte Roval on Monday.
As Kyle Larson celebrated his seventh NASCAR Cup win of the year at the Charlotte Roval, Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick re-ignited their feud. Again.
With his fifth win of the 2021 season at the Charlotte Roval, A.J. Allmendinger now has as many NASCAR Xfinity victories in 2021 as he did in his entire career prior.
Rick Ware Racing has joined forces with Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford Performance, and Roush Yates Engines. While the alliance will begin in 2022, RWR is already fielding an SHR-built car for Ford driver Joey Hand at the Charlotte Roval.
For their inaugural Cup season in 2022, GMS Racing has signed Ty Dillon. Dillon will run the full schedule in the #94 Chevrolet.
When Sheldon Creed moves up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Richard Childress Racing in 2022, he will be sponsored by Whelen Engineering. He also replaces Myatt Snider in the #2, though Snider will remain in the Chevrolet camp.
Dutch organisation Team Hezeberg, newly formed by Toine Hezemans and Ernst Berg with Reaume Brothers Racing, will run part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022 with Euro Series ace Loris Hezemans. Jacques Villeneuve will test their Next Gen car next week.
For its second season in 2022, NASCAR Xfinity team Big Machine Racing will have an expanded alliance with Richard Childress Racing that includes chassis and engineering support. Jade Buford will return as driver.
