Elle Puckett, Author at Backfire Racing

JGR Won Eight ARCA Races This Year. It’s Closing the Program to Fix the Team That Won Three. Gio Ruggiero does a burnout in the black and red Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota Camry on the Daytona International Speedway frontstretch after winning the 2026 ARCA Menards Series opener

Gio Ruggiero does a burnout in the black and red Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota Camry on the Daytona International Speedway frontstretch after winning the 2026 ARCA Menards Series opener

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JGR Won Eight ARCA Races This Year. It’s Closing the Program to Fix the Team That Won Three.

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Joe Gibbs Racing is closing its title-winning ARCA program to fix its O'Reilly Series team. Max Reaves'...

Kansas Wrote the Las Vegas Qualifying Order. Carson Hocevar Pays for It First. Carson Hocevar in a cap and sunglasses at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Carson Hocevar in a cap and sunglasses at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Kansas Wrote the Las Vegas Qualifying Order. Carson Hocevar Pays for It First.

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Most weeks, a qualifying order is a spreadsheet nobody reads until Saturday afternoon. The one NASCAR released...

NASCAR’s Martinsville Penalties Went Light on Cash and Heavy on the Calendar NASCAR stock cars circulating on the backstretch at Martinsville Speedway beside the infield garage, with packed grandstands behind

NASCAR stock cars circulating on the backstretch at Martinsville Speedway beside the infield garage, with packed grandstands behind

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NASCAR’s Martinsville Penalties Went Light on Cash and Heavy on the Calendar

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

NASCAR suspended Chad Bryant indefinitely after the Corey Heim attack at Martinsville. The fines are small; the...

Brad Keselowski Is Leaving RFK Three Times Over: Driver, Boss and Maybe Owner Brad Keselowski's blue and orange No. 6 Trimble Ford Mustang Dark Horse parked on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an RFK windshield cover

Brad Keselowski's blue and orange No. 6 Trimble Ford Mustang Dark Horse parked on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an RFK windshield cover

Brad Keselowski Is Leaving RFK Three Times Over: Driver, Boss and Maybe Owner

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Keselowski will leave the No. 6 after 2026, RFK needs a new head of competition, and his...

NASCAR Suspended Chad Bryant. His Team’s Title Fight Runs Under Someone Else’s Rulebook NASCAR stock cars circulating on the backstretch at Martinsville Speedway beside the infield garage, with packed grandstands behind

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NASCAR Suspended Chad Bryant. His Team’s Title Fight Runs Under Someone Else’s Rulebook

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

NASCAR’s penalty notice on Tuesday closed a door hard. Chad Bryant is suspended indefinitely from NASCAR, fined...

Russell’s Grid Penalty Is Really About Mercedes’ Catch-Up Engine, and Where to Spend It George Russell's Mercedes Formula 1 car cornering on the Marina Bay street circuit, seen through catch fencing

George Russell's Mercedes Formula 1 car cornering on the Marina Bay street circuit, seen through catch fencing

Russell’s Grid Penalty Is Really About Mercedes’ Catch-Up Engine, and Where to Spend It

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Mercedes holds an FIA-approved ADUO engine upgrade that must be used this year. Russell's grid penalty is...

Christian Lundgaard Gets Ganassi’s No. 9. On 2026 Form, That’s a Promotion for the Car. Christian Lundgaard in a black Arrow McLaren fire suit, cap and sunglasses, giving two thumbs up at Road America

Christian Lundgaard in a black Arrow McLaren fire suit, cap and sunglasses, giving two thumbs up at Road America

Christian Lundgaard Gets Ganassi’s No. 9. On 2026 Form, That’s a Promotion for the Car.

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

Christian Lundgaard replaces Scott Dixon in Ganassi’s No. 9 Honda for 2027. The 2026 standings suggest the...

Owner, Pilot, Passenger: The Biffle Crash Lawsuits Will Turn on Who Held Which Job Greg Biffle signs autographs for fans at Michigan International Speedway in June 2005

Greg Biffle signs autographs for fans at Michigan International Speedway in June 2005

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Owner, Pilot, Passenger: The Biffle Crash Lawsuits Will Turn on Who Held Which Job

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

The Biffle crash litigation maps onto FAA rules that split duties between owner and pilot, and North...

Corey Heim’s Martinsville Hot Dog Stand Fight Landed in NASCAR’s Rulebook Blind Spot Corey Heim's No. 67 Toyota in victory lane amid confetti after winning the 2026 Anduril 250 at Naval Base Coronado

Corey Heim's No. 67 Toyota in victory lane amid confetti after winning the 2026 Anduril 250 at Naval Base Coronado

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Corey Heim’s Martinsville Hot Dog Stand Fight Landed in NASCAR’s Rulebook Blind Spot

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

Treyten Lapcevich has condemned the post-race attack on Corey Heim at Martinsville. The harder question is who...

Aston Martin Keeps Alonso and Stroll for 2027. Now the Three-Point Car Has to Change. Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso smiling in the Aston Martin garage wearing team kit

Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso smiling in the Aston Martin garage wearing team kit

Aston Martin Keeps Alonso and Stroll for 2027. Now the Three-Point Car Has to Change.

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

Aston Martin has kept Alonso and Stroll for 2027 after a three-point season. The bet is that...

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JGR Won Eight ARCA Races This Year. It’s Closing the Program to Fix the Team That Won Three.

Kansas Wrote the Las Vegas Qualifying Order. Carson Hocevar Pays for It First.

NASCAR’s Martinsville Penalties Went Light on Cash and Heavy on the Calendar

Brad Keselowski Is Leaving RFK Three Times Over: Driver, Boss and Maybe Owner

NASCAR Suspended Chad Bryant. His Team’s Title Fight Runs Under Someone Else’s Rulebook

Russell’s Grid Penalty Is Really About Mercedes’ Catch-Up Engine, and Where to Spend It

Christian Lundgaard Gets Ganassi’s No. 9. On 2026 Form, That’s a Promotion for the Car.

Owner, Pilot, Passenger: The Biffle Crash Lawsuits Will Turn on Who Held Which Job

Corey Heim’s Martinsville Hot Dog Stand Fight Landed in NASCAR’s Rulebook Blind Spot

Aston Martin Keeps Alonso and Stroll for 2027. Now the Three-Point Car Has to Change.

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