Elle Puckett, Author at Backfire Racing

How IndyCar’s Single Tire Supplier Shapes Race Strategy How IndyCar's Single Tire Supplier Shapes Race Strategy — Backfire Racing explainer graphic

How IndyCar’s Single Tire Supplier Shapes Race Strategy

Elle Puckett August 27, 2026

Unlike series that pit multiple tire manufacturers against each other, IndyCar uses a single official tire supplier...

How NASCAR’s Pre-Race Inspection Process Works How NASCAR's Pre-Race Inspection Process Works — Backfire Racing explainer graphic

How NASCAR’s Pre-Race Inspection Process Works

Elle Puckett August 27, 2026

Before a NASCAR Cup Series car ever takes the green flag, it passes through a rigorous inspection...

How Formula 1’s Parc Fermé Rules Restrict Car Changes How Formula 1's Parc Fermé Rules Restrict Car Changes — Backfire Racing explainer graphic

How Formula 1’s Parc Fermé Rules Restrict Car Changes

Elle Puckett August 27, 2026

Once qualifying ends, Formula 1 cars enter a regulated condition known as parc fermé, severely limiting what...

How Race Commentary and Broadcasting Style Has Evolved

Elle Puckett August 26, 2026

The way races are broadcast and narrated has changed dramatically over the decades, shifting from simple lap-by-lap...

Carson Hocevar Clinched His First Chase Berth at New Hampshire. Kyle Larson Says His Pre-Race Spin Was a Show. NASCAR driver wearing a Chili's branded cap and sunglasses in an interview

NASCAR driver wearing a Chili's branded cap and sunglasses in an interview

Carson Hocevar Clinched His First Chase Berth at New Hampshire. Kyle Larson Says His Pre-Race Spin Was a Show.

Elle Puckett August 26, 2026

Carson Hocevar spun out twice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. Neither one cost him the...

FIA’s Second Engine Catch-Up Verdict Locks In Four Manufacturers — and Locks Red Bull Out for the Rest of 2026 A black race car on a track with red and blue painted curbs

A black race car on a track with red and blue painted curbs

FIA’s Second Engine Catch-Up Verdict Locks In Four Manufacturers — and Locks Red Bull Out for the Rest of 2026

Elle Puckett August 26, 2026

The FIA has confirmed the results of the second review period under Formula 1’s Additional Development and...

How Modern Racing Steering Wheels Became Complex Control Centers

Elle Puckett August 26, 2026

What was once a simple circular wheel has evolved into one of the most complex components on...

Honda’s Civic Type R TCR Goes From Last to the Podium at VIR After a Wiped-Out Qualifying Lap Honda Civic Type R TCR race car on track through a wooded section at VIR

Honda Civic Type R TCR race car on track through a wooded section at VIR

Honda’s Civic Type R TCR Goes From Last to the Podium at VIR After a Wiped-Out Qualifying Lap

Elle Puckett August 26, 2026

A qualifying incident that wipes out your two best laps is supposed to ruin your weekend, not...

Ford Sent a Fully Restricted Dakar Truck to America’s Toughest Desert Race — And It Nearly Won Ford Raptor T1+ race truck kicking up a huge dust cloud during the Vegas to Reno desert race

Ford Raptor T1+ race truck kicking up a huge dust cloud during the Vegas to Reno desert race

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Ford Sent a Fully Restricted Dakar Truck to America’s Toughest Desert Race — And It Nearly Won

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

Rally-raid trucks built to FIA’s Dakar rulebook aren’t supposed to show up at an American desert race...

A 110-Point Cushion, an Electrical Fault, and the Six Laps That Cost Matt Payne the Sprint Cup Broc Feeney drives a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Mustang, the same team and chassis at the center of the 2026 Supercars restrictor controversy.

Broc Feeney drives a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Mustang, the same team and chassis at the center of the 2026 Supercars restrictor controversy.

A 110-Point Cushion, an Electrical Fault, and the Six Laps That Cost Matt Payne the Sprint Cup

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

Matt Payne walked into Sunday at Queensland Raceway with the kind of lead that should never evaporate...

Elle Puckett

How IndyCar’s Single Tire Supplier Shapes Race Strategy

How NASCAR’s Pre-Race Inspection Process Works

How Formula 1’s Parc Fermé Rules Restrict Car Changes

How Race Commentary and Broadcasting Style Has Evolved

Carson Hocevar Clinched His First Chase Berth at New Hampshire. Kyle Larson Says His Pre-Race Spin Was a Show.

FIA’s Second Engine Catch-Up Verdict Locks In Four Manufacturers — and Locks Red Bull Out for the Rest of 2026

How Modern Racing Steering Wheels Became Complex Control Centers

Honda’s Civic Type R TCR Goes From Last to the Podium at VIR After a Wiped-Out Qualifying Lap

Ford Sent a Fully Restricted Dakar Truck to America’s Toughest Desert Race — And It Nearly Won

A 110-Point Cushion, an Electrical Fault, and the Six Laps That Cost Matt Payne the Sprint Cup

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