Backfire Racing

Team Kiwi Racing Is Finally Bathurst-Bound Again, and They’re Starting the Comeback Where It First Clicked

Johnny Puckett August 18, 2026

Twenty-five years ago, Team Kiwi Racing rolled onto the Australian Supercars grid as the only fully Kiwi-owned...

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...

The Yuki Tsunoda-to-IndyCar Rumor: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why the Timing Actually Checks Out Yuki Tsunoda in the cockpit of his Formula 1 car during the 2025 season (file photo)

Yuki Tsunoda in the cockpit of his Formula 1 car during the 2025 season (file photo)

The Yuki Tsunoda-to-IndyCar Rumor: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why the Timing Actually Checks Out

Lauren Miller September 10, 2026

Yuki Tsunoda hasn’t turned a competitive lap in a Formula 1 race since the 2025 season finale...

Jim Campbell’s Brainerd Funny Car Proves Nitro Sponsorship Still Starts at the Corner Gas Station Design rendering of Jim Campbell's patriotic Track Stop Funny Car livery

Design rendering of Jim Campbell's patriotic Track Stop Funny Car livery

Jim Campbell’s Brainerd Funny Car Proves Nitro Sponsorship Still Starts at the Corner Gas Station

Elle Puckett August 18, 2026

Photo: NHRA.com Jim Campbell’s nitro Funny Car isn’t rolling into the NHRA Brainerd Nationals wearing a soda...

Toney Driver Development Won the Race at Road America — A Gravel Trap Won Them the Title A racetrack curve and grandstands are shown

Toney Driver Development Won the Race at Road America — A Gravel Trap Won Them the Title

Johnny Puckett August 18, 2026

With 56 minutes left on the clock at Road America on Sunday, the IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge...

Red Bull’s Delft Blue Helmets Give Zandvoort’s Farewell Two Stories, Not One Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Red Bull’s Delft Blue Helmets Give Zandvoort’s Farewell Two Stories, Not One

Johnny Puckett August 18, 2026

Red Bull put up two photos on X Sunday morning under a caption that undersold them: “Obsessed...

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...

Red Bull’s Real 2026 Problem Isn’t Pace — It’s Repeatability Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Red Bull’s Real 2026 Problem Isn’t Pace — It’s Repeatability

Elle Puckett September 10, 2026

Red Bull Racing goes into Formula 1’s summer break fourth in the constructors’ championship on 177 points,...

Hendrick Motorsports Locks Up Connor Zilisch for the No. 48 — Two Years Before He Drives It Race cars speeding around a track during a race

Hendrick Motorsports Locks Up Connor Zilisch for the No. 48 — Two Years Before He Drives It

Elle Puckett August 17, 2026

Hendrick Motorsports has never been shy about identifying talent early, but signing Connor Zilisch to drive the...

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...

Backfire Racing

Team Kiwi Racing Is Finally Bathurst-Bound Again, and They’re Starting the Comeback Where It First Clicked

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

The Yuki Tsunoda-to-IndyCar Rumor: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why the Timing Actually Checks Out

Jim Campbell’s Brainerd Funny Car Proves Nitro Sponsorship Still Starts at the Corner Gas Station

Toney Driver Development Won the Race at Road America — A Gravel Trap Won Them the Title

Red Bull’s Delft Blue Helmets Give Zandvoort’s Farewell Two Stories, Not One

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

Red Bull’s Real 2026 Problem Isn’t Pace — It’s Repeatability

Hendrick Motorsports Locks Up Connor Zilisch for the No. 48 — Two Years Before He Drives It

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

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