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JGR Won Eight ARCA Races This Year. It’s Closing the Program to Fix the Team That Won Three. Gio Ruggiero does a burnout in the black and red Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota Camry on the Daytona International Speedway frontstretch after winning the 2026 ARCA Menards Series opener

Gio Ruggiero does a burnout in the black and red Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota Camry on the Daytona International Speedway frontstretch after winning the 2026 ARCA Menards Series opener

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JGR Won Eight ARCA Races This Year. It’s Closing the Program to Fix the Team That Won Three.

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Joe Gibbs Racing is closing its title-winning ARCA program to fix its O'Reilly Series team. Max Reaves'...

Kansas Wrote the Las Vegas Qualifying Order. Carson Hocevar Pays for It First. Carson Hocevar in a cap and sunglasses at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Carson Hocevar in a cap and sunglasses at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Kansas Wrote the Las Vegas Qualifying Order. Carson Hocevar Pays for It First.

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Most weeks, a qualifying order is a spreadsheet nobody reads until Saturday afternoon. The one NASCAR released...

NASCAR’s Martinsville Penalties Went Light on Cash and Heavy on the Calendar NASCAR stock cars circulating on the backstretch at Martinsville Speedway beside the infield garage, with packed grandstands behind

NASCAR stock cars circulating on the backstretch at Martinsville Speedway beside the infield garage, with packed grandstands behind

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NASCAR’s Martinsville Penalties Went Light on Cash and Heavy on the Calendar

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

NASCAR suspended Chad Bryant indefinitely after the Corey Heim attack at Martinsville. The fines are small; the...

Brad Keselowski Is Leaving RFK Three Times Over: Driver, Boss and Maybe Owner Brad Keselowski's blue and orange No. 6 Trimble Ford Mustang Dark Horse parked on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an RFK windshield cover

Brad Keselowski's blue and orange No. 6 Trimble Ford Mustang Dark Horse parked on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an RFK windshield cover

Brad Keselowski Is Leaving RFK Three Times Over: Driver, Boss and Maybe Owner

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

Keselowski will leave the No. 6 after 2026, RFK needs a new head of competition, and his...

NASCAR Suspended Chad Bryant. His Team’s Title Fight Runs Under Someone Else’s Rulebook NASCAR stock cars circulating on the backstretch at Martinsville Speedway beside the infield garage, with packed grandstands behind

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NASCAR Suspended Chad Bryant. His Team’s Title Fight Runs Under Someone Else’s Rulebook

Elle Puckett September 30, 2026

NASCAR’s penalty notice on Tuesday closed a door hard. Chad Bryant is suspended indefinitely from NASCAR, fined...

Denny Hamlin Owns NASCAR’s Mile-and-a-Halfs. Four of the Last Seven Chase Races Are on Them. 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 Owns NASCAR’s Mile-and-a-Halfs. Four of the Last Seven Chase Races Are on Them.

Shawn Henry September 29, 2026

One point. That is all that separates Kyle Larson from Denny Hamlin with seven races left in...

Owner, Pilot, Passenger: The Biffle Crash Lawsuits Will Turn on Who Held Which Job Greg Biffle signs autographs for fans at Michigan International Speedway in June 2005

Greg Biffle signs autographs for fans at Michigan International Speedway in June 2005

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Owner, Pilot, Passenger: The Biffle Crash Lawsuits Will Turn on Who Held Which Job

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

The Biffle crash litigation maps onto FAA rules that split duties between owner and pilot, and North...

Corey Heim’s Martinsville Hot Dog Stand Fight Landed in NASCAR’s Rulebook Blind Spot Corey Heim's No. 67 Toyota in victory lane amid confetti after winning the 2026 Anduril 250 at Naval Base Coronado

Corey Heim's No. 67 Toyota in victory lane amid confetti after winning the 2026 Anduril 250 at Naval Base Coronado

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Corey Heim’s Martinsville Hot Dog Stand Fight Landed in NASCAR’s Rulebook Blind Spot

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

Treyten Lapcevich has condemned the post-race attack on Corey Heim at Martinsville. The harder question is who...

Daily Motorsport Briefing: Ferrari Backs Vasseur, F1’s ‘Bahrain’ GP Hits Sepang, WRC’s Title Decider Looms Rally car kicking up dust on a gravel forest stage, illustrating the WRC title decider in Sardinia

Rally car kicking up dust on a gravel forest stage, illustrating the WRC title decider in Sardinia

Daily Motorsport Briefing: Ferrari Backs Vasseur, F1’s ‘Bahrain’ GP Hits Sepang, WRC’s Title Decider Looms

Elle Puckett September 29, 2026

Ferrari backs Vasseur, F1 races Bahrain's GP at Sepang, Chantra subs for Mir, Larson leads the Chase,...

Tony Stewart Gets a Talladega Do-Over in Ram’s Free Agent Truck Tony Stewart in a Ram cap and sunglasses on a Kaulig Racing graphic announcing him as the Talladega Free Agent driver

Tony Stewart in a Ram cap and sunglasses on a Kaulig Racing graphic announcing him as the Talladega Free Agent driver

Tony Stewart Gets a Talladega Do-Over in Ram’s Free Agent Truck

Elle Puckett September 28, 2026

Tony Stewart returns to Kaulig Racing's No. 25 Ram at Talladega on Oct. 23, eight months after...

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JGR Won Eight ARCA Races This Year. It’s Closing the Program to Fix the Team That Won Three.

Kansas Wrote the Las Vegas Qualifying Order. Carson Hocevar Pays for It First.

NASCAR’s Martinsville Penalties Went Light on Cash and Heavy on the Calendar

Brad Keselowski Is Leaving RFK Three Times Over: Driver, Boss and Maybe Owner

NASCAR Suspended Chad Bryant. His Team’s Title Fight Runs Under Someone Else’s Rulebook

Denny Hamlin Owns NASCAR’s Mile-and-a-Halfs. Four of the Last Seven Chase Races Are on Them.

Owner, Pilot, Passenger: The Biffle Crash Lawsuits Will Turn on Who Held Which Job

Corey Heim’s Martinsville Hot Dog Stand Fight Landed in NASCAR’s Rulebook Blind Spot

Daily Motorsport Briefing: Ferrari Backs Vasseur, F1’s ‘Bahrain’ GP Hits Sepang, WRC’s Title Decider Looms

Tony Stewart Gets a Talladega Do-Over in Ram’s Free Agent Truck

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