Lauren Miller, Author at Backfire Racing

Vegas Will Crown Four Bracket Racing World Champions. They’re NHRA’s Real Customers. A gray Pro Stock car blasts down the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as a blue car trails in the next lane, with packed grandstands behind them

A gray Pro Stock car blasts down the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as a blue car trails in the next lane, with packed grandstands behind them

Vegas Will Crown Four Bracket Racing World Champions. They’re NHRA’s Real Customers.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Four bracket world titles are up for grabs in Vegas, and the 64-racer field says plenty about...

At One Point, 75% of the Talladega Field Was Below Minimum Speed. NASCAR’s Fix Was an Instant Message. A stock car runs the Talladega Superspeedway frontstretch below a packed grandstand and a This Is Talladega banner

A stock car runs the Talladega Superspeedway frontstretch below a packed grandstand and a This Is Talladega banner

At One Point, 75% of the Talladega Field Was Below Minimum Speed. NASCAR’s Fix Was an Instant Message.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

NASCAR says 75% of the Talladega field was, at one point, below minimum speed. Its fix was...

Ford Wants Verstappen. Its 2027 Le Mans Car Has No Seat for Him. Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull in practice at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix

Ford Wants Verstappen. Its 2027 Le Mans Car Has No Seat for Him.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Ford’s two-car, six-driver Hypercar line-up is full for 2027, so Verstappen interest is really about brand leverage,...

Sting Ray Robb Is Trading Open-Wheel Solitude for 47-Car Traffic. That’s the Real Test. Sting Ray Robb smiling in a team shirt at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix

Sting Ray Robb smiling in a team shirt at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix

Sting Ray Robb Is Trading Open-Wheel Solitude for 47-Car Traffic. That’s the Real Test.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Sting Ray Robb joins United Autosports for the Asian Le Mans Series, where multi-class traffic is his...

Rally US Has a Nashville Party and a Knoxville Base. The Real Test Is 15-Plus Counties Wide Aerial view of World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, with the amphitheater and downtown skyline, the planned WRC Arena site for Rally US

Aerial view of World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, with the amphitheater and downtown skyline, the planned WRC Arena site for Rally US

Rally US Has a Nashville Party and a Knoxville Base. The Real Test Is 15-Plus Counties Wide

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

WRC’s American return has a Nashville ceremonial start and a Knoxville base. The harder question is how...

Tsunoda’s IndyCar Test Is Still Unconfirmed. His Honda Problem Is Not. Yuki Tsunoda in a Red Bull Racing RB21 at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Tsunoda’s IndyCar Test Is Still Unconfirmed. His Honda Problem Is Not.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

No official source confirms Tsunoda’s IndyCar test. Here’s why Honda, Red Bull and Cadillac still leave him...

AJ Foyt Racing Signed Josh Pierson. Now Count the IndyCar Starts in Its Garage Indianapolis Motor Speedway Aerial August 2018

AJ Foyt Racing Signed Josh Pierson. Now Count the IndyCar Starts in Its Garage

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Josh Pierson joins AJ Foyt Racing for 2027 beside a one-year IndyCar veteran. Here is what that...

Bottas Has a Cadillac Deal Through 2027. Cadillac’s Garage Keeps Asking Anyway Valtteri Bottas driving the number 77 Cadillac MAC-26 at the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas driving the number 77 Cadillac MAC-26 at the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix

Bottas Has a Cadillac Deal Through 2027. Cadillac’s Garage Keeps Asking Anyway

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

A signed contract is the cheapest object in a paddock. Teams buy them out, let them lapse,...

Ford’s Veterans Day Race Takes Its Stars Out of Cup Cars. That’s the Gamble Ford Mustang Dark Horse coupe photographed at the 2023 Woodward Dream Cruise

Ford Mustang Dark Horse coupe photographed at the 2023 Woodward Dream Cruise

Ford’s Veterans Day Race Takes Its Stars Out of Cup Cars. That’s the Gamble

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Ford's Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic puts NASCAR names in 12 identical Mustang Dark Horse Rs...

Russell Gives Up His Mexico FP1 Seat, and the Title Isn’t What It Costs Him 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 Gives Up His Mexico FP1 Seat, and the Title Isn’t What It Costs Him

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

George Russell hands his W17 to Fred Vesti for Mexico FP1. With the title nearly decided, the...

Lauren Miller

Vegas Will Crown Four Bracket Racing World Champions. They’re NHRA’s Real Customers.

At One Point, 75% of the Talladega Field Was Below Minimum Speed. NASCAR’s Fix Was an Instant Message.

Ford Wants Verstappen. Its 2027 Le Mans Car Has No Seat for Him.

Sting Ray Robb Is Trading Open-Wheel Solitude for 47-Car Traffic. That’s the Real Test.

Rally US Has a Nashville Party and a Knoxville Base. The Real Test Is 15-Plus Counties Wide

Tsunoda’s IndyCar Test Is Still Unconfirmed. His Honda Problem Is Not.

AJ Foyt Racing Signed Josh Pierson. Now Count the IndyCar Starts in Its Garage

Bottas Has a Cadillac Deal Through 2027. Cadillac’s Garage Keeps Asking Anyway

Ford’s Veterans Day Race Takes Its Stars Out of Cup Cars. That’s the Gamble

Russell Gives Up His Mexico FP1 Seat, and the Title Isn’t What It Costs Him

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