Former NASCAR driver Justin Marks has launched Trackhouse, a Cup Series gunning for a début in 2021. Unlike other teams, Trackhouse stands out in that it will seek to promote STEM education and minority groups in America.
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2000 NASCAR Cup champion and Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte has joined former team-mate Tony Stewart’s Superstar Racing Experience series.
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Spire Motorsports has purchased Leavine Family Racing and will expand to a two-car operation in 2021.
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Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin to complete the Cup Series’ weekend sweep at Michigan. He is the first driver since Richard Petty in 1971 to win back-to-back Cup races in back-to-back days.
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Kevin Harvick held off Brad Keselowski in overtime to win the first race in a NASCAR Cup doubleheader at Michigan.
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Rick Ware Racing and James Davison are teaming up for another NASCAR and IndyCar crossover at the Indy 500, adding to a hectic month of August for Davison and RWR.
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Leavine Family Racing, who fields the #95 for Christopher Bell and has raced in NASCAR since 2011, has sold off its assets and charters. The team will finish the 2020 season.
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Despite fuel mileage doubts, Brad Keselowski flipped the reserve switch en route to his third win of 2020 at Loudon.
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With Bubba Wallace set to become a free agent after the 2020 NASCAR Cup season, his Richard Petty Motorsports team has thrown in an ownership stake to help sweeten their offer.
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Questions surrounding NASCAR’s racing product on 1.5-mile tracks and the presence of potentially unqualified drivers in the Cup Series permeate the racing world after Sunday’s Texas race.
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“Not bad for a silver-spoon kid” is right, Austin Dillon. Dillon led an Richard Childress Racing 1–2 finish en route to his first Cup victory since 2018.
If there was any doubt (there likely wasn’t) that Christopher Bell would move to Joe Gibbs Racing’s #20 in 2021, it’s gone now. The current rookie will officially join JGR for the 2021 Cup season.
Erik Jones will not return to Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2020 NASCAR Cup season. A replacement in the #20 was not immediately named, but speculation points toward Christopher Bell.
Less than 24 hours after winning at Loudon, Brad Keselowski has signed a contract extension with Team Penske.
After a chaotic final stage in Thursday’s Kansas Cup race, Denny Hamlin passed Kevin Harvick for the lead late to score his series-leading fifth win of 2020.
Sound the Dawsonville Pool Room siren! Chase Elliott has won the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time after dominating the banking of Bristol.