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Supercars Moves Gold Coast Qualifying to Friday, and It’s More Than a Timing Sheet Tweak Supercars touring cars racing side-by-side through a corner on a permanent circuit

Supercars touring cars racing side-by-side through a corner on a permanent circuit

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Supercars Moves Gold Coast Qualifying to Friday, and It’s More Than a Timing Sheet Tweak

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Supercars published the timing sheet for the 2026 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 this week, and one...

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point. Vintage liveried Porsche 911 racing on a road course, similar to the classic cars competing in HSR's Classic 10 Hour at Road Atlanta

Vintage liveried Porsche 911 racing on a road course, similar to the classic cars competing in HSR's Classic 10 Hour at Road Atlanta

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta hosts the second running of the HSR Classic 10 Hour presented by Mission...

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans Side detail of the McLaren MCL-HY livery reading F1 GTR alongside the names Lehto, Dalmas and Sekiya, the drivers who won Le Mans for McLaren in 1995

Side detail of the McLaren MCL-HY livery reading F1 GTR alongside the names Lehto, Dalmas and Sekiya, the drivers who won Le Mans for McLaren in 1995

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Zak Brown didn’t need many words to set off a fresh round of “will he, won’t he.”...

Here’s Your Morning Racing News Round-Up NASCAR stock cars packed together at the start of a race

Here’s Your Morning Racing News Round-Up

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Good morning, and welcome back to the grid. Five stories crossed the wire at Backfire Racing on...

Why Rally Racing Could Be America’s Next Motorsport Boom a rally car driving down a dirt road

Why Rally Racing Could Be America’s Next Motorsport Boom

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

For most of the last two decades, rally racing has been the quiet cousin at the American...

NASCAR Hands Crew Chiefs the Wet-Tire Call, and Bristol Is the Perfect Place to Test It Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

NASCAR Hands Crew Chiefs the Wet-Tire Call, and Bristol Is the Perfect Place to Test It

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

NASCAR made a rule change this week that will outlast this weekend’s headlines, quietly moving one of...

Charlotte’s Oval Is Back for the Chase, and Nobody Has to Play It Safe A restart under the lights at the 2017 Bank of America 500, the last time the NASCAR Cup Series fall playoff race ran on Charlotte Motor Speedway's traditional oval before the Roval took over from 2018-2025.

A restart under the lights at the 2017 Bank of America 500, the last time the NASCAR Cup Series fall playoff race ran on Charlotte Motor Speedway's traditional oval before the Roval took over from 2018-2025.

Charlotte’s Oval Is Back for the Chase, and Nobody Has to Play It Safe

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval gets its fall playoff date back on Oct. 11, and the layout...

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Dodge’s Purple Haze Super Bee Cars Aren’t Just Paint — They’re a Playoff-Week Sales Pitch

Shawn Henry September 22, 2026

Tony Stewart Racing didn’t need a focus group to know two purple nitro cars parked outside Stellantis...

Dodge Wants Back in NASCAR Cup by 2027. The Engine Math Doesn’t Work Yet. Illustration of a generic naturally aspirated pushrod V8 stock car racing engine on a stand in a race shop

Illustration of a generic naturally aspirated pushrod V8 stock car racing engine on a stand in a race shop

Dodge Wants Back in NASCAR Cup by 2027. The Engine Math Doesn’t Work Yet.

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

When NASCAR gathered its four manufacturer representatives for a Speedweeks press conference in February, three of them...

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Natalie Decker is going back to Bristol, and this time the No. 47 Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet...

Backfire Racing

Supercars Moves Gold Coast Qualifying to Friday, and It’s More Than a Timing Sheet Tweak

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point.

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans

Here’s Your Morning Racing News Round-Up

Why Rally Racing Could Be America’s Next Motorsport Boom

NASCAR Hands Crew Chiefs the Wet-Tire Call, and Bristol Is the Perfect Place to Test It

Charlotte’s Oval Is Back for the Chase, and Nobody Has to Play It Safe

Dodge’s Purple Haze Super Bee Cars Aren’t Just Paint — They’re a Playoff-Week Sales Pitch

Dodge Wants Back in NASCAR Cup by 2027. The Engine Math Doesn’t Work Yet.

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces

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