Johnny Puckett, Author at Backfire Racing

Brad Pitt Is Bristol’s Grand Marshal. The Real Pressure Is on the Points Sheet. Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

Brad Pitt Is Bristol’s Grand Marshal. The Real Pressure Is on the Points Sheet.

Johnny Puckett September 9, 2026

Brad Pitt’s newest job title is Grand Marshal, but the résumé line that actually got him the...

Indy Handed Out Four Trophies and Three New Points Leaders — and They Weren’t the Same People IndyCar Series race start at the Milwaukee Mile

Indy Handed Out Four Trophies and Three New Points Leaders — and They Weren’t the Same People

Johnny Puckett September 11, 2026

Indianapolis used to make this simple: win the U.S. Nationals over Labor Day, and you had the...

Arrow McLaren Traded Christian Lundgaard for Two Indy 500 Winners — and the Timing Makes It Sting More A race car is speeding around the racetrack

Arrow McLaren Traded Christian Lundgaard for Two Indy 500 Winners — and the Timing Makes It Sting More

Johnny Puckett September 3, 2026

Alex Palou got the trophy at Milwaukee. He’d already clinched title No. 5 — four in a...

Michelin Keeps Its Hypercar Tire Deal Through 2032, But the FIA Made It Compete for the Job First

Johnny Puckett September 10, 2026

Michelin just found out that keeping a job it has held for the better part of three...

Ford’s WEC Hypercar Finally Hits the Track, and the Prep Work Behind It Is the Real Story Ford's camouflaged WEC Hypercar prototype testing at Paul Ricard circuit

Ford's camouflaged WEC Hypercar prototype testing at Paul Ricard circuit

Ford’s WEC Hypercar Finally Hits the Track, and the Prep Work Behind It Is the Real Story

Johnny Puckett August 26, 2026

Ford Racing’s new Hypercar broke cover in a blue-and-white camouflage wrap at Circuit Paul Ricard in southern...

Max Verstappen’s Silverstone Kart Race Against 100 Amateurs Is Smarter Than It Sounds Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Max Verstappen’s Silverstone Kart Race Against 100 Amateurs Is Smarter Than It Sounds

Johnny Puckett August 26, 2026

On September 16, Max Verstappen is going to start a race in last place on purpose, against...

MotoGP’s 2027 Reset Is Official — Smaller Engines, Synthetic Fuel, and Zero Volts of Hybrid Assistance a close up view of a ducati motorcycle engine

MotoGP’s 2027 Reset Is Official — Smaller Engines, Synthetic Fuel, and Zero Volts of Hybrid Assistance

Johnny Puckett August 25, 2026

Somewhere in Brno this summer, the five manufacturers who spend their weekends trying to beat each other...

IndyCar’s First-Ever Race in Washington Is a Novelty. The Championship Fight Isn’t. a group of racing cars driving down a race track

IndyCar’s First-Ever Race in Washington Is a Novelty. The Championship Fight Isn’t.

Johnny Puckett August 25, 2026

On Sunday, August 23, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES will take the green flag on Pennsylvania Avenue for...

Mercedes Swapped Cars Twice at Zandvoort — Ferrari Couldn’t Pull It Off Once

Johnny Puckett August 25, 2026

Lap 35 at Zandvoort, and Lewis Hamilton had just muscled his Ferrari past Oscar Piastri for fifth....

Kyle Kirkwood Owns the National Mall, and Alex Palou’s Coronation Just Got Complicated us a flag on pole under cloudy sky

Kyle Kirkwood Owns the National Mall, and Alex Palou’s Coronation Just Got Complicated

Johnny Puckett August 24, 2026

Kyle Kirkwood didn’t just win the first motor race ever staged around Washington D.C.’s National Mall on...

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Brad Pitt Is Bristol’s Grand Marshal. The Real Pressure Is on the Points Sheet.

Indy Handed Out Four Trophies and Three New Points Leaders — and They Weren’t the Same People

Arrow McLaren Traded Christian Lundgaard for Two Indy 500 Winners — and the Timing Makes It Sting More

Michelin Keeps Its Hypercar Tire Deal Through 2032, But the FIA Made It Compete for the Job First

Ford’s WEC Hypercar Finally Hits the Track, and the Prep Work Behind It Is the Real Story

Max Verstappen’s Silverstone Kart Race Against 100 Amateurs Is Smarter Than It Sounds

MotoGP’s 2027 Reset Is Official — Smaller Engines, Synthetic Fuel, and Zero Volts of Hybrid Assistance

IndyCar’s First-Ever Race in Washington Is a Novelty. The Championship Fight Isn’t.

Mercedes Swapped Cars Twice at Zandvoort — Ferrari Couldn’t Pull It Off Once

Kyle Kirkwood Owns the National Mall, and Alex Palou’s Coronation Just Got Complicated

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