Kyle Matthews, Author at Backfire Racing

Taylor Gill’s WRC2 Program Just Picked Up a Second South American Round — And a New Car to Match Rally driver Taylor Gill fastening his helmet strap, shown in two side-by-side photos

Rally driver Taylor Gill fastening his helmet strap, shown in two side-by-side photos

Taylor Gill’s WRC2 Program Just Picked Up a Second South American Round — And a New Car to Match

Kyle Matthews August 21, 2026

Taylor Gill’s 2026 World Rally Championship season keeps growing. The Australian driver and co-driver Daniel Brkic confirmed...

Ryan Preece Is Racing Three Different Cars in Three Days — With His Cup Playoff Life on the Line by Sunday Ryan Preece smiling in a Consumer Cellular cap and Ford Racing shirt

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Ryan Preece Is Racing Three Different Cars in Three Days — With His Cup Playoff Life on the Line by Sunday

Kyle Matthews September 10, 2026

Most Cup drivers spend playoff-bubble week doing playoff-bubble things: simulator hours, sponsor appearances, maybe a quiet round...

Denny Hamlin Drove 350 Laps at Iowa With Brakes NASCAR Wouldn’t Let Him Fix 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

Denny Hamlin Drove 350 Laps at Iowa With Brakes NASCAR Wouldn’t Let Him Fix

Kyle Matthews August 19, 2026

Denny Hamlin’s brakes started fading during Saturday practice at Iowa Speedway, and by the time the Cup...

Connor Zilisch Is Sitting 34th in Cup Points. Hendrick Just Signed Him Through the Decade. Connor Zilisch, who will drive Hendrick Motorsports' No. 48 Ally Chevrolet starting in 2028

Connor Zilisch, who will drive Hendrick Motorsports' No. 48 Ally Chevrolet starting in 2028

Connor Zilisch Is Sitting 34th in Cup Points. Hendrick Just Signed Him Through the Decade.

Kyle Matthews August 18, 2026

Connor Zilisch has eight DNFs in 24 Cup Series starts this season. He’s 34th in points, with...

Spec Parts Are Supposed to End the Arguments. Racing Keeps Proving They Don’t. 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.

Spec Parts Are Supposed to End the Arguments. Racing Keeps Proving They Don’t.

Kyle Matthews September 10, 2026

Every major racing series eventually reaches for the same fix: standardize a component, hand identical copies to...

NASCAR’s New Rookie-of-the-Year Math Leaves Corey Heim Three Starts Short A 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE on track, the same NASCAR Cup Series team that fields Tyler Reddick's Pinnacle-sponsored No. 45 car

A 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE on track, the same NASCAR Cup Series team that fields Tyler Reddick's Pinnacle-sponsored No. 45 car

NASCAR’s New Rookie-of-the-Year Math Leaves Corey Heim Three Starts Short

Kyle Matthews August 17, 2026

NASCAR spent the last several years building a pipeline that lets future Cup regulars bank real laps...

Corey Heim Can Never Win NASCAR Rookie of the Year — Here’s the Rule That Locked Him Out A 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE on track, the same NASCAR Cup Series team that fields Tyler Reddick's Pinnacle-sponsored No. 45 car

Corey Heim Can Never Win NASCAR Rookie of the Year — Here’s the Rule That Locked Him Out

Kyle Matthews August 17, 2026

Corey Heim has two Cup Series wins on his résumé. He isn’t a full-time Cup driver yet,...

Rockingham’s NASCAR Comeback Stalls: No Truck or O’Reilly Series Dates in 2027 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series trucks racing at Rockingham Speedway's "The Rock" oval in 2012

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series trucks racing at Rockingham Speedway's "The Rock" oval in 2012

Rockingham’s NASCAR Comeback Stalls: No Truck or O’Reilly Series Dates in 2027

Kyle Matthews August 17, 2026

Track Enterprises spent two years selling a genuinely good story: a mothballed North Carolina oval, dark to...

Joey Logano’s Richmond Surge Is Exactly What NASCAR’s Playoff Format Was Built to Reward Joey Logano stands beside his 2018 NASCAR Cup Series championship helmet and trophy during a White House visit for the title-winning team.

Joey Logano stands beside his 2018 NASCAR Cup Series championship helmet and trophy during a White House visit for the title-winning team.

Joey Logano’s Richmond Surge Is Exactly What NASCAR’s Playoff Format Was Built to Reward

Kyle Matthews August 17, 2026

Joey Logano has a pattern: disappear for the first two-thirds of the season, then reappear right when...

Joey Logano’s Nine-Year Richmond Wait Ends at the Worst Possible Time for the Chase Bubble a row of checkered flags blowing in the wind

Joey Logano’s Nine-Year Richmond Wait Ends at the Worst Possible Time for the Chase Bubble

Kyle Matthews August 16, 2026

Joey Logano hadn’t won at Richmond Raceway since April 2017. Nine years and one genuinely rough start...

Kyle Matthews

Taylor Gill’s WRC2 Program Just Picked Up a Second South American Round — And a New Car to Match

Ryan Preece Is Racing Three Different Cars in Three Days — With His Cup Playoff Life on the Line by Sunday

Denny Hamlin Drove 350 Laps at Iowa With Brakes NASCAR Wouldn’t Let Him Fix

Connor Zilisch Is Sitting 34th in Cup Points. Hendrick Just Signed Him Through the Decade.

Spec Parts Are Supposed to End the Arguments. Racing Keeps Proving They Don’t.

NASCAR’s New Rookie-of-the-Year Math Leaves Corey Heim Three Starts Short

Corey Heim Can Never Win NASCAR Rookie of the Year — Here’s the Rule That Locked Him Out

Rockingham’s NASCAR Comeback Stalls: No Truck or O’Reilly Series Dates in 2027

Joey Logano’s Richmond Surge Is Exactly What NASCAR’s Playoff Format Was Built to Reward

Joey Logano’s Nine-Year Richmond Wait Ends at the Worst Possible Time for the Chase Bubble

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