Kyle Matthews, Author at Backfire Racing

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Natalie Decker is going back to Bristol, and this time the No. 47 Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet...

Bristol’s Truck Chase Opener: 37 Trucks, 10 Real Contenders, and a Point Lead Built for Trouble A racetrack curve and grandstands are shown

Bristol’s Truck Chase Opener: 37 Trucks, 10 Real Contenders, and a Point Lead Built for Trouble

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Thirty-seven trucks will take the green flag at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday night for the UNOH...

Formula E’s Gen4 Makes 800 HP. The Number That Actually Matters Is 700. Formula E single-seaters running nose to tail between concrete barriers on a floodlit street circuit

Formula E single-seaters running nose to tail between concrete barriers on a floodlit street circuit

Formula E’s Gen4 Makes 800 HP. The Number That Actually Matters Is 700.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Gen4 can harvest more power than it deploys. That single inversion explains the permanent all-wheel drive, the...

Sainz Says Two Cars Don’t Fit at Madrid’s Turn 5. The Rule He Broke Doesn’t Care. Close-up of a modern Formula 1 car's front wing and nose, the bodywork most often damaged in wheel-to-wheel contact

Close-up of a modern Formula 1 car's front wing and nose, the bodywork most often damaged in wheel-to-wheel contact

Sainz Says Two Cars Don’t Fit at Madrid’s Turn 5. The Rule He Broke Doesn’t Care.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

The stewards charged Carlos Sainz under the braking-zone article, not the collision one. That choice made his...

Today in Motorsport History, September 15: Spa Tore Up Its Own Racetrack, and Senna Won the Rematch Asphalt of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps curving downhill through the Ardennes forest

Asphalt of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps curving downhill through the Ardennes forest

Today in Motorsport History, September 15: Spa Tore Up Its Own Racetrack, and Senna Won the Rematch

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

On September 15, 1985, Ayrton Senna led all 43 laps of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps...

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: a 274-Point Tie and a 3-Point Cut Line A road racer cranked hard over on the edge of the tyre through a fast corner

A road racer cranked hard over on the edge of the tyre through a fast corner

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: a 274-Point Tie and a 3-Point Cut Line

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin are level on 274 points, Bristol's playoff cut line is three, and...

Toyota Won Its 10th WRC Title in Chile. The One It Can’t Control Is Still Open. Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 car on a rally stage

Toyota Won Its 10th WRC Title in Chile. The One It Can’t Control Is Still Open.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Solberg beat Ogier by 16.6 seconds and Toyota sealed a record-equalling 10th manufacturers’ title — leaving a...

Weekend Recap, September 11-13: Antonelli Runs Away, Larson Wakes Up, and Marc Marquez Takes the Lead Back 2026_Chinese_GP_-_Ferrari_-_Lewis_Hamilton_-_Qualifying.webp

2026_Chinese_GP_-_Ferrari_-_Lewis_Hamilton_-_Qualifying.webp

Weekend Recap, September 11-13: Antonelli Runs Away, Larson Wakes Up, and Marc Marquez Takes the Lead Back

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Madrid, Gateway, Misano and Chile in one weekend - and four championships that no longer look the...

A Broken Collarbone in Paraguay Rearranged Two Toyota Cockpits. Chile Collected. A rally car kicking up a dust cloud on a gravel special stage

A Broken Collarbone in Paraguay Rearranged Two Toyota Cockpits. Chile Collected.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

One fractured collarbone in Paraguay reshuffled two Toyota cockpits for Rally Chile. By Friday night, both cars...

Maple Grove Is Racing Again, and Its 12-Date Schedule Says More Than the Announcement Did A white Chevrolet Camaro accelerating down a prepared quarter-mile drag strip

A white Chevrolet Camaro accelerating down a prepared quarter-mile drag strip

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Maple Grove Is Racing Again, and Its 12-Date Schedule Says More Than the Announcement Did

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Maple Grove Raceway reopened 25 days after going dark. Its new fall calendar has no nitro, no...

Kyle Matthews

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces

Bristol’s Truck Chase Opener: 37 Trucks, 10 Real Contenders, and a Point Lead Built for Trouble

Formula E’s Gen4 Makes 800 HP. The Number That Actually Matters Is 700.

Sainz Says Two Cars Don’t Fit at Madrid’s Turn 5. The Rule He Broke Doesn’t Care.

Today in Motorsport History, September 15: Spa Tore Up Its Own Racetrack, and Senna Won the Rematch

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: a 274-Point Tie and a 3-Point Cut Line

Toyota Won Its 10th WRC Title in Chile. The One It Can’t Control Is Still Open.

Weekend Recap, September 11-13: Antonelli Runs Away, Larson Wakes Up, and Marc Marquez Takes the Lead Back

A Broken Collarbone in Paraguay Rearranged Two Toyota Cockpits. Chile Collected.

Maple Grove Is Racing Again, and Its 12-Date Schedule Says More Than the Announcement Did

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