1stHeadlinesBreaking News Headlines
Sports · RSS · up to 100 stored headlines · Visit site
NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen is the first known driver to have been diagnosed with CTE, as announced by the Concussion & CTE Foundation.The post-mortem brain tissue analysis results were released Tuesday on behalf of Lorenzen’s family. Lorenzen was diagnosed with stage 3 (of 4) chronic traumatic encephalopathy…
In a Tuesday night filing opposing a request to alter the case schedule, Spire Motorsports revealed that Joe Gibbs Racing is seeking nearly $150 million in damages.
Online fan behavior, IndyCar manufacturer appeal and who’s the guy in the photo among questions in the RACER Mailbag this week.
NASCAR fined Zane Smith $50,000 for running into the back of Carson Hocevar after the checkered flag Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.
The post-race scene at Phoenix Raceway perfectly captured what it’s like to race in the Chase. There are no resets. No more free passes or three-week battles. So, like in Phoenix, the emotions have been flowing since the first week and haven’t stopped.
Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe were the biggest winners coming out of Phoenix Raceway in the NASCAR Cup Series championship fight, with Bell now the closest to championship leader Kyle Larson as anyone has come in weeks.
Christopher Bell is finally within striking distance of the NASCAR Cup series lead after a strong performance in Phoenix.
Joey Logano headed to Phoenix as something of a champioship outsider, but after a strong race he'sright up there again.
Toyota clinched the NASCAR Cup Series manufacturer’s championship for the first time since 2019 after Tyler Reddick added another victory to its bucket Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.
Bubba Wallace had another what-could-have-been day on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway after a speeding penalty took him out of the top 10 and ruined any chance at a win or a solid result.
Denny Hamlin finally gained ground in the NASCAR Cup Series championship fight, but it didn’t feel like it after Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway.
Larson and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team did not finish the race after a blown tire in Turn 1 with 30 laps to go, resulting in a 34th-place finish on a day when the team had already been struggling mightily with the handling of their Chevrolet.
Nearly six months to the day after his last win, Tyler Reddick and his 23XI racing crew capitalized on the final restart Sunday at Phoenix Raceway and climbed from fourth to first to secure a long-awaited victory.
Last November at Phoenix Raceway, Jesse Love won the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series championship. On Saturday, at the same one-mile track, he may have done it again with a victory in the Timberland PRO 200.
Ryan Blaney will begin his quest for a third consecutive win at Phoenix Raceway from the front of the field.
Ryan Blaney is starting to see his window to the NASCAR Cup Series championship close. The Team Penske driver admitted Saturday at Phoenix Raceway that he agrees, “a little bit,” with his crew chief, Jonathan Hassler, that this weekend could be a must-win race.
Ryan Blaney was the fastest driver in NASCAR Cup Series practice Saturday at Phoenix Raceway.
Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway will not decide the championship fight, but Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell both acknowledge it could play a big role in how it unfolds.
Joe Gibbs Racing and Spire Motorsport keep trading blows as the trade secrets lawsuit continues in court. JGR sued its former competition director Chris Gabehart, and later added Spire Motorsports as a defendant after Spire named him its Chief Motorsports Officer. With so much going on in court, what has come of it?…
Thanks in no small part to a flawless effort from his pit crew, Honeycutt cruised to victory in Friday’s Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 at Phoenix Raceway and expanded his Chase lead to 39 points over second-place Layne Riggs, who finished third.
Coming straight off a rough and tumble Sunday afternoon last week at Charlotte, where he placed 34th and wound up eight laps behind the leaders, JGR wheelman Ty Gibbs is looking to bounce back strong this weekend at Phoenix Raceway.
NASCAR will allow Cup Series teams to change front brake rotors and pads after practice and qualifying this weekend at Phoenix Raceway in response to the issues seen last month at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Spire Motorsports announced Tuesday that it has signed Daniel Suarez to a contract extension through the 2027 season. Although it is a one-year extension, there is an option to continue the relationship beyond that.
Options for Coyne, weather norms and the Intricacies of VSC among topics in the RACER Mailbag this week.
Joe Gibbs Racing presented to the Western District of North Carolina what it described as a “roadmap” showing how Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports violated the court-ordered TRO and preliminary injunction.A main argument from Gibbs, argued by counsel Thomas Melsheimer, is not Gabehart's title or position at Spire…
The opening narration for one of the longest-running American soap operas goes, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”The meaning of the Days of Our Lives slogan is subjective, and a quick Google search of what’s been written about it will yield anything from enjoying...
Chase Briscoe felt he had to go on a Tony Stewart-esque run to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship, and he just might do it.
James Small experienced déjà vu in the final laps of Sunday’s race at Charlotte, and it wasn't a good thing. “I was like, ‘Here we go again,’” Small said of seeing Christopher Bell close in on his driver, Chase Briscoe. "I’m just glad they checked each other’s momentum enough, and we had enough to get across.”
Tyler Reddick was the driver to beat at the start of the year, but he's faded to the point where the championship crown is out of reach.
After four races in the top two and never being out of the top five in the Chase, Larson came home sixth at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday.
A gutsy three-wide pass on the backstretch gave Day his second straight victory in the O’Reilly Series Chase and moved the driver within close striking distance of the series lead.
Denny Hamlin described his Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway as lackluster, an acknowledgment that came even with his result being fifth place.
Christopher Bell wore shock, disappointment, and the slow realization of how close he'd come to a championship swing as he stood on pit road after ceding victory to teammate Chase Briscoe by just 0.029s.
In a race that had a profound effect on the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, Joe Gibbs Racing churned out a 1-2 finish with Chase Briscoe beating Christopher Bell by just 0.029s.
In his milestone 500th start with Team Penske, Joey Logano's No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Mustang features a collage of photos underneath its primary scheme for today's Bank of America 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
“I know I’m capable of winning more" in NASCAR says the soon to be ex-RFK Racing driver, who feels there are deals available that can better enable him to prove it.
“The way I see it, if I win five in a row, we’re going to be the champs,” Denny Hamlin said Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “I can’t win five in a row unless we win one in a row. So, I have to focus on one first, and then go from there.”
For the fourth time in this year's Chase inclement weather canceled qualifying, handing Kyle Larson the pole for Sunday's Bank of America 400 via the performance metric.
Riggs took his seventh win of the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway, narrowing his Chase deficit to 17 points behind Kaden Honeycutt, who finished third.
As the curtain starts to come down on his sophomore NASCAR Cup season, Riley Herbst is keen to close out his stint with 23XI Racing on a high note, starting with this weekend’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Emphasis on the speedway part.“No. No, I won’t miss the Roval,” admits...
It might not be quite win-or-bust for him this weekend, but Christopher Bell is definitely changing his approach at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Kasey Kahne is coming back to NASCAR next year, but don’t expect him to eventually make his way back to the Cup Series full time. He’s happy with his new Spire gig in Trucks.
Joe Gibbs Racing has been ordered to submit a final statement by the end of next week on the alleged trade secrets it says were misappropriated by its former competition director Chris Gabehart and/or his new employer, Spire Motorsports.
Former Cup Series star ends sabbatical to take up full-time ride in the FedEx Freight Truck Series starting in 2027.