The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series’ Arctic Ice Race on 5/6 March will feature a different track each day. Day 1 of racing will be a time trial tournament to set the order for a rallycross-inspired race format with heats and finals.
After two years with Niece Motorsports, Dean Thompson will join TRICON Garage and Toyota for the 2023 NASCAR Truck Series season.
FDNY Racing, a team consisting of volunteers from the New York Fire and Police Departments, will continue as the lone outfit still from the inaugural NASCAR Truck season in 2023 with Bryan Dauzat.
After running the full 2022 NASCAR Xfinity schedule for JD Motorsports, Bayley Currey will be back for more in 2023. Brennan Poole, who finished out 2022 for JDM, will commit to a full slate too.
Sage Karam will race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for a third season in 2023, running a limited slate for Alpha Prime Racing beginning at Atlanta.
As has been the case since 1995, Goodyear will remain the sole tyre supplier for NASCAR in 2023 and beyond.
After racing with Ford for their first two years, Live Fast Motorsports will become a Chevrolet team for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
NASCAR Cup Ford teams RFK Racing and Rick Ware Racing have partnered for the 2023 season. RWR worked with fellow Ford outfit Stewart-Haas Racing in 2022.
Cole Custer will once again drive the #00 in the Xfinity Series for Stewart-Haas Racing, a number that enjoyed great success under his helm with back-to-back runner-up points finishes.
NASCAR has set up shop in Brazil for the first time, forming a partnership with GT Sprint Race to create the NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race. It is NASCAR’s fourth international series.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s reserve driver Ryan Preece is back in a full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride, though at the cost of Cole Custer. Custer has been demoted to the team’s Xfinity programme.
After a his best season to date in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Riley Herbst will return to Stewart-Haas Racing for 2023.
Ty Gibbs graduating to the NASCAR Cup Series for 2023 isn’t a huge surprise. Joe Gibbs Racing dropping #18 for him to use #54 probably is.
For Bristol Motor Speedway’s efforts to revitalise the Nashville Fairgrounds, BMS and Nashville Mayor John Cooper pitch NASCAR Cup Series racing there every other year for 30 years.
As 2017 ARCA champion Austin Theriault won election into the Maine House of Representatives, NASCAR Cup Xfinity race winner Hermie Sadler is pursuing a State Senate seat in Virginia in 2023.
SST alumni solid at NASCAR Championship Weekend
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As Zane Smith won the Truck title, Justin Allgaier finished 3rd in Xfinity points, and Sheldon Creed ended his NXS rookie season with a top 10, it was a decent NASCAR weekend for Stadium Super Trucks alumni.
With the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season now over, reigning Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric will return to his roots as he enters this weekend’s Nitro Rallycross double at Wild Horse Pass. NASCAR peer Chase Elliott is also taking part.
