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Callum Ilott returns to the NTT INDYCAR Series this weekend at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

With his Craftsman Truck Series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Rajah Caruth made history Friday night. Along with Hall of Famer Wendell Scott and Bubba Wallace, Caruth is now the third African-American driver to win a race in one of NASCAR’s national touring series.

While it may not be reflected in the NASCAR Cup Series standings, it has been a good start to the season for Front Row Motorsports driver Todd Gilliland.

It wasn’t just winning the third-closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history, Sunday, at Atlanta Motor Speedway that had Daniel Suarez excited.

At this week’s Formula One preseason testing, Lewis Hamilton revealed the thinking behind his shock decision to join Ferrari in 2025.

Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill held off former teammate Sheldon Creed to win Monday night’s rain-delayed United Rentals 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The win was Hill’s third straight in the season-opening race. While the summer race at Daytona has been another story, he’s been next to invincible in February.

William Byron has a chip on his shoulder. 

Even after winning Monday’s Daytona 500, that chip will likely remain.

Last year, Nick Sanchez came close to winning a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, but was never able to seal the deal. Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, Sanchez proved that he had learned from his rookie season mistakes and went on to win the Fresh from Florida 250 in overtime.

After Wednesday night’s NASCAR Cup Series single-car qualifying runs at Daytona International Speedway, Toyota was nowhere to be found in the top half of the field. But with wins in each of Thursday night’s Bluegreen Vacations Duels, Toyota drivers make up the second row of the starting grid for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Joey Logano and Michael McDowell will make up the front row for Sunday’s Daytona 500. In years past, starting from the front row for the 500 maybe meant more from a public relations angle than its actual ramifications for the race itself.

Not everyone was shocked with the news that seven-time Formula One World Driving Champion Lewis Hamilton will leave the Mercedes F1 team at the end of the season to join Ferrari beginning in 2025.

As he prepares to do the Indy 500 Coke 600 double in May, NASCAR champion Kyle Larson tested his Arrow McLaren Indycar Monday at Phoenix Raceway.

With the future of NASCAR's Clash at the Coliseum in questions, drivers call the three-year experiment of racing in a football stadium has been a success.

After a disappointing performance a year ago, Porsche Penske Motorsport took overall honors Sunday in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.

TRD president David Wilson believes Matt Kenseth, Legacy Motor Club’s new competition advisor, will help drivers Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek in the team's transition to Toyota in NASCARA's Cup Series.

Three of the last four years, Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden finished runner-up in the INDYCAR SERIES championship. With his sights firmly set on a winning a third season title, Newgarden felt he needed to simplify his life.

A.J. Foyt Racing enters the 2024 INDYCAR season with a new technical alliance with Team Penske. Foyt driver Santino Ferrucci believes the alliance is massive.

Instead of the start of the season, INDYCAR is delaying the launch of its new hybrid power units until sometime after the Indy 500. While team owner Chip Ganassi said the delay was unfortunate, he also believes it’s the right decision.

D-H-L Express begins a multi-year partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing  next season. For two-time and reigning INDYCAR SERIES champ Alex Palou, it’s special.