Kyle Matthews

Kyle Matthews is a staff writer at Backfire Racing, focusing on NASCAR coverage with additional reporting on Formula 1, IndyCar, and endurance racing.

Jake Dixon Replaces Joan Mir at Honda for MotoGP Qatar. Here’s What It Fixes, and What It Doesn’t Jake Dixon leaning a motorcycle through a corner at the 2017 British Superbike test in Cartagena, Spain

Jake Dixon leaning a motorcycle through a corner at the 2017 British Superbike test in Cartagena, Spain

Jake Dixon Replaces Joan Mir at Honda for MotoGP Qatar. Here’s What It Fixes, and What It Doesn’t

Kyle Matthews November 5, 2026

Honda has confirmed Jake Dixon will replace Joan Mir at MotoGP Qatar. What is confirmed, what it...

Stat of the Day: Mercedes Needs Just 3 Points More Than Ferrari at Interlagos to Win the Constructors’ Title Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes F1 car during qualifying at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes F1 car during qualifying at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Stat of the Day: Mercedes Needs Just 3 Points More Than Ferrari at Interlagos to Win the Constructors’ Title

Kyle Matthews November 5, 2026

Mercedes leads Ferrari 630-504, but with 172 points left the constructors' title can be clinched in Brazil...

Mercedes Calls Antonelli’s Cracked Sump ‘Kimi’s Year.’ It Should Call It a Warning Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Mercedes Calls Antonelli’s Cracked Sump ‘Kimi’s Year.’ It Should Call It a Warning

Kyle Matthews November 5, 2026

Antonelli clinched the F1 title in Mexico with a cracked sump. Mercedes calls it destiny, but reliability...

Gran Turismo 7 Is Still Full Price. The Best PlayStation Racing Deals Come From Everyone Else Three road cars racing across a coastal bridge in The Crew Motorfest on PlayStation 5

Three road cars racing across a coastal bridge in The Crew Motorfest on PlayStation 5

Gran Turismo 7 Is Still Full Price. The Best PlayStation Racing Deals Come From Everyone Else

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Sony opened its Black Friday sale on PlayStation Store this week, promising up to 75% off thousands...

Two $50,000 Fines Didn’t Change Carson Hocevar. So Spire Took Away the Seat for Homestead. Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Chili’s Chevrolet running on track at Talladega Superspeedway

Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Chili’s Chevrolet running on track at Talladega Superspeedway

Two $50,000 Fines Didn’t Change Carson Hocevar. So Spire Took Away the Seat for Homestead.

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Spire suspended Carson Hocevar for the Homestead finale after Martinsville. Two $50,000 fines did not change him,...

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: Interlagos Rain, Yamaha’s Empty Garage and a Monza Finale Green and black open-wheel race car cornering on a damp circuit under grey skies

Green and black open-wheel race car cornering on a damp circuit under grey skies

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: Interlagos Rain, Yamaha’s Empty Garage and a Monza Finale

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Nothing is on track today, and nothing will be inside the next 24 hours. The first engine...

Haas Cuts Ocon Loose Early and Puts Rafael Câmara in the Car for São Paulo A yellow single-seater racing car driving down a circuit straight toward the camera

A yellow single-seater racing car driving down a circuit straight toward the camera

Haas Cuts Ocon Loose Early and Puts Rafael Câmara in the Car for São Paulo

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Esteban Ocon was always leaving Haas. What Haas has now decided is that “the end of the...

Stat of the Day: 16 Points Split F1’s Second and Fifth Places, With 100 Still to Play For Max Verstappen in the Red Bull RB21 during the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Max Verstappen in the Red Bull RB21 during the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Stat of the Day: 16 Points Split F1’s Second and Fifth Places, With 100 Still to Play For

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Four drivers sit within 16 points of each other for second in F1, with 100 points still...

Russell Says 2026 Was “Not Meant to Be My Year.” He’s 11 Points From Second George Russell driving the Mercedes W16 through a corner during qualifying at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza

George Russell driving the Mercedes W16 through a corner during qualifying at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza

Russell Says 2026 Was “Not Meant to Be My Year.” He’s 11 Points From Second

Kyle Matthews November 3, 2026

Russell’s post after Antonelli’s title reads like a farewell. It is really a fault report on a...

Dodge’s 2027 NASCAR Cup Return Is Official. The Engine and the Drivers Are Still Missing Classic red Dodge Charger seen from the front on grass

Classic red Dodge Charger seen from the front on grass

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Dodge’s 2027 NASCAR Cup Return Is Official. The Engine and the Drivers Are Still Missing

Kyle Matthews November 3, 2026

Dodge wanted back in NASCAR’s Cup Series quickly, and on Monday it made the return official. At...