NASCAR Richmond TV rating (Update)
UPDATE The final ratings are in. 3.03 million people watched Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup race race, down 31% from the 4.4 million last year and down 43% from the 5.4 … Read More
Category: Stock Car Racing
NASCAR journalist comes away impressed by IndyCar
Driving an IndyCar in the rain is very very difficult With NASCAR's popularity waning, perhaps we will see more NASCAR journalists report on IndyCar races. Christian Koelle of Frontstretch writes: … Read More
NASCAR Richmond Monster Cup post-race Q&A
Race winning team Kyle Busch, owner Joe Gibbs and crew chief Adam Stevens (No. 18 M&M’s Flavor Vote Toyota); Third place finisher Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota) and … Read More
NASCAR Weekend Marks Fresh Start For Richmond Raceway
2017 Spring Crowd Dan Currier This weekend's NASCAR races at Richmond Raceway "marked a new beginning" for the track, as years of attendance declines were "finally reversed." The crowd for … Read More
JGR renews with Toyota
Joe Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing has signed an extension with Toyota Racing, an agreement confirmed by team owner Joe Gibbs on Saturday afternoon at Richmond Raceway. Gibbs, 77, would not … Read More
Kyle Busch Scores Third-Straight Cup Series Victory
Kyle Busch celebrates his third-straight Cup Series victory Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Take a bow, Kyle Busch. The driver of the No. 18 Toyota got what he needed late in … Read More
Final Weekend TV Ratings (2nd Update)
Long Beach UPDATE Last Monday's rescheduled NASCAR Cup Series Bristol 500 earned 2.0 million viewers on FOX, down 12% from last year's race, which was also postponed to Monday (2.2M). … Read More
NASCAR considering composite bodies for Cup
Composite 'spec' bodies for the Cup Series will cut down on cheating Following a successful rollout of flange-fit bodies in the Xfinity Series, NASCAR is considering a similar path for … Read More
Hamlin Looking For Some Hometown Luck at Richmond
Denny Hamlin qualified fourth for Saturday night's race Robert Laberge/Getty Images It was certainly a rough start to his "return home" for Denny Hamlin Friday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, but … Read More
Christopher Bell Scores Second-Career Xfinity Victory
Christopher Bell wins at Richmond Robert Laberge/Getty Images In a long green-flag run fraught with spellbinding tension, Christopher Bell held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Noah Gragson to win Friday … Read More
Martin Truex, Jr. Wins Richmond Cup Series Pole
Martin Truex, Jr. After a dismal two weeks that saw the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota of reigning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. crash out … Read More
No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Team Penske Ford to Carry Special Hall of Fame Hashtag at Richmond
Vote for Penske The No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Team Penske Ford will carry a special hashtag at this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. The hashtag, #VoteForTheCaptain, … Read More
NFL game to hurt Brickyard 400
Fans have largely stopping coming to see NASCAR at the Brickyard Per the NFL schedule just released, the Indianapolis Colts are slated to open the 2018 NFL season against the … Read More
The thrill is done in NASCAR
Bristol Monte Dutton writes, At the conclusion Monday of the weather festival in Bristol, Tenn., I was down and out, man. I was bummed. The low was lower than the … Read More
August Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at MIS gets multi-year sponsor
Michigan International Speedway and Consumers Energy have extended their partnership to include the entitlement sponsorship of the August Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race for many years to come Brian … Read More
Only one NASCAR penalty this week
NASCAR announced Tuesday that the only penalty from Bristol was a $10,000 fine to Brian Pattie. Pattie, the crew chief for Ricky Stenhouse Jr., was fined for having an unsecured … Read More
Stenhouse Jr.’s Primary NASCAR Sponsors Sign Through 2021 Season
#17 Ricky Stenhouse (C) Roush Fenway Racing on Tuesday announced a deal that ensures Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the No. 17 team will be a sponsored RFR outfit through the … Read More
France Family to be honored by IMRRC June 28
The France Family, along with Jim France, will be honored on June 28 by the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) with the 2018 Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding … Read More
New Ford NASCAR Body Coming In 2019 (Update)
Ford is deep-sixing the poor selling Taurus passenger car UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement. 02/12/18 Following his Ford team's dominating performance in Sunday’s Advance Auto … Read More
Ford switching to Mustang in Cup for 2019
Ford will run the Mustang in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starting in 2019. Building off its popularity, Ford also is announcing Mustang is coming to the Monster Energy … Read More
Kyle Busch Bumps Kyle Larson For Bristol Victory
Kyle Busch leads Kyle Busch used a classic bump-and-run move on Kyle Larson to take the lead with just over five laps to go. Busch went on to hold off … Read More
Goodyear tire test at Michigan rescheduled
Goodyear NASCAR tires With wet and cold weather forecast for the site of this week's Goodyear tire test at Michigan International Speedway, the tiremaker has cancelled the Tuesday and Wednesday … Read More
Sunday race highlights from Bristol
Relive all the action from Sunday's portion of the Monster Energy Series race at Bristol. The remainder of the Food City 500 has been postponed until Monday at 1 p.m. … Read More