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Three Days After Winning Homestead, Ryan Blaney Was Skipping Ford’s Biggest Night of the Year Ryan Blaney's Cup Series Ford at the 2026 Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas

Ryan Blaney's Cup Series Ford at the 2026 Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas

Three Days After Winning Homestead, Ryan Blaney Was Skipping Ford’s Biggest Night of the Year

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Blaney's fall cost Ford a headline, not a result. The real test at Daytona was how deep...

Ford Won 7 of the Last 21 Cup Races, So Naturally It’s Giving the Mustang a New Nose Front three-quarter view of the 2027 Ford Mustang NASCAR Cup Series car in blue, showing its new nose with a large lower intake

Front three-quarter view of the 2027 Ford Mustang NASCAR Cup Series car in blue, showing its new nose with a large lower intake

Ford Won 7 of the Last 21 Cup Races, So Naturally It’s Giving the Mustang a New Nose

Shawn Henry November 12, 2026

Ford’s 2027 Cup Mustang adds a downforce-focused nose just as the current car found speed. Here’s the...

Kyle Busch Finally Wins NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, and the Ballot Only Opened Up When Elliott Stepped Aside

Kyle Matthews November 13, 2026

Kyle Busch won 63 Cup races, two championships and a record 234 wins across NASCAR’s three national...

Nothing’s on Track Until Nov. 19. F1’s Gulf Finale, Márquez’s Match Point and Red Bull’s Zero Are the Waiting Game Gabriel Bortoleto's silver and red Audi Formula 1 car passing a trackside wall during the 2026 race at Sepang

Gabriel Bortoleto's silver and red Audi Formula 1 car passing a trackside wall during the 2026 race at Sepang

Nothing’s on Track Until Nov. 19. F1’s Gulf Finale, Márquez’s Match Point and Red Bull’s Zero Are the Waiting Game

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

No series is on track until Nov. 19. Here is what the paddock is waiting on: F1's...

Dodge Is Back in NASCAR After 14 Years. Owner Points Just Became the Part That Matters on a Rainy Saturday The No. 25 Kaulig Racing Ram 1500 truck

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Dodge Is Back in NASCAR After 14 Years. Owner Points Just Became the Part That Matters on a Rainy Saturday

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Six days, three announcements. Dodge is coming back to the Cup Series with Kaulig Racing. Ryan Preece...

NASCAR Killed the Rainout Formula That Made Qualifying a Lottery. Dodge Returns With Zero Owner Points to Its Name Brad Keselowski's No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Brad Keselowski's No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NASCAR Killed the Rainout Formula That Made Qualifying a Lottery. Dodge Returns With Zero Owner Points to Its Name

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

NASCAR spent a few days this month making three announcements that look unrelated. Dodge is coming back...

Frankie Muniz’s Mustang ‘Did Its Job.’ Ford’s Daytona Show Needed It To Army-liveried Ford Mustang Dark Horse R racing on the banking at Daytona International Speedway

Army-liveried Ford Mustang Dark Horse R racing on the banking at Daytona International Speedway

Frankie Muniz’s Mustang ‘Did Its Job.’ Ford’s Daytona Show Needed It To

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

Ford spent weeks selling the Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic as a spectacle: six military branches,...

The Grid Today, Nov. 12: F1 Stands Down Imola, Leaving the Gulf Finale on Schedule Floodlights over the Losail circuit in Qatar at night, with riders on the track during a MotoGP session

Floodlights over the Losail circuit in Qatar at night, with riders on the track during a MotoGP session

The Grid Today, Nov. 12: F1 Stands Down Imola, Leaving the Gulf Finale on Schedule

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

F1 has stood Imola down, so the season still ends in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Plus Racing...

Chase Elliott Started Seventh at Homestead, Finished 22nd, and Wants to Know Why Chase Elliott’s black-and-gold No. 9 NAPA Chevrolet Camaro on track at Sonoma Raceway

Chase Elliott’s black-and-gold No. 9 NAPA Chevrolet Camaro on track at Sonoma Raceway

Chase Elliott Started Seventh at Homestead, Finished 22nd, and Wants to Know Why

Kyle Matthews November 11, 2026

Elliott’s Homestead finale: what NASCAR’s own records confirm about his pit road trouble, and what they leave...

Dale Jr. Says Carson Hocevar Will Drive for JRM in 2027. Spire Is the One Who Has to Say Yes. 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

Dale Jr. Says Carson Hocevar Will Drive for JRM in 2027. Spire Is the One Who Has to Say Yes.

Kyle Matthews November 10, 2026

Dale Jr. says Hocevar will race for JR Motorsports in 2027. Spire’s suspension makes the sign-off the...

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Three Days After Winning Homestead, Ryan Blaney Was Skipping Ford’s Biggest Night of the Year

Ford Won 7 of the Last 21 Cup Races, So Naturally It’s Giving the Mustang a New Nose

Kyle Busch Finally Wins NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, and the Ballot Only Opened Up When Elliott Stepped Aside

Nothing’s on Track Until Nov. 19. F1’s Gulf Finale, Márquez’s Match Point and Red Bull’s Zero Are the Waiting Game

Dodge Is Back in NASCAR After 14 Years. Owner Points Just Became the Part That Matters on a Rainy Saturday

NASCAR Killed the Rainout Formula That Made Qualifying a Lottery. Dodge Returns With Zero Owner Points to Its Name

Frankie Muniz’s Mustang ‘Did Its Job.’ Ford’s Daytona Show Needed It To

The Grid Today, Nov. 12: F1 Stands Down Imola, Leaving the Gulf Finale on Schedule

Chase Elliott Started Seventh at Homestead, Finished 22nd, and Wants to Know Why

Dale Jr. Says Carson Hocevar Will Drive for JRM in 2027. Spire Is the One Who Has to Say Yes.

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