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Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team Jimmie Johnson in Legacy Motor Club gear ahead of his final NASCAR Cup Series season

Jimmie Johnson in Legacy Motor Club gear ahead of his final NASCAR Cup Series season

Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team

John Lloyd August 1, 2026

NASCAR team ownership used to be a rich person’s hobby: buy some cars, hire a driver, and...

Joe Gibbs Racing Backs Off Its Boldest Claim Against Chris Gabehart and Spire — Because It Couldn’t Prove It Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Joe Gibbs Racing Backs Off Its Boldest Claim Against Chris Gabehart and Spire — Because It Couldn’t Prove It

John Lloyd July 30, 2026

On July 29, inside a federal courthouse in Charlotte, Joe Gibbs Racing’s own attorneys asked a judge...

Kimi Antonelli Is Running Away With the F1 Title. His Old Manager Just Took Him to Court Over It. Kimi Antonelli at the 2025 US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas

Kimi Antonelli at the 2025 US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas

Kimi Antonelli Is Running Away With the F1 Title. His Old Manager Just Took Him to Court Over It.

Elizabeth Puckett July 29, 2026

Kimi Antonelli spent his summer break sitting on a 50-point lead in the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship....

Tommy Baldwin Jr. Is Out at Rick Ware Racing, and He Broke the News on His Own Podcast Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Tommy Baldwin Jr. Is Out at Rick Ware Racing, and He Broke the News on His Own Podcast

Shawn Henry July 28, 2026

Tommy Baldwin Jr. didn’t wait for a press release, a team statement, or a reporter to ask...

Kyle Larson Says Cup Races Are Too Long. A Blown Tire At Indy Made His Point For Him Nascar sticker

Kyle Larson Says Cup Races Are Too Long. A Blown Tire At Indy Made His Point For Him

John Lloyd July 27, 2026

Drivers gripe about tire compounds, bump-and-runs, and stage cautions all the time, but it’s rare for one...

Ryan Blaney Hits His 400th Start at the Brickyard 400 — And Loses $1 Million by Two Spots Stock cars racing side by side on a NASCAR short track

Ryan Blaney Hits His 400th Start at the Brickyard 400 — And Loses $1 Million by Two Spots

John Lloyd July 27, 2026

Ryan Blaney made the 400th start of his Cup Series career on Sunday, and somebody in NASCAR’s...

Red Bull Hires Mercedes’ Junior Program Chief Gwen Lagrue to Replace Helmut Marko a red and yellow race car driving down a race track

Red Bull Hires Mercedes’ Junior Program Chief Gwen Lagrue to Replace Helmut Marko

Elizabeth Puckett July 27, 2026

F1 fans obsess over driver contracts, engine specs, and paddock gossip, but the most consequential hire Red...

Charles Leclerc’s Dog Picked the Perfect Spot to Pee: Directly Under Verstappen’s Number Charles Leclerc at the Formula 1 paddock

Charles Leclerc’s Dog Picked the Perfect Spot to Pee: Directly Under Verstappen’s Number

Elizabeth Puckett July 24, 2026

Charles Leclerc was walking his dog through the Hungaroring paddock during this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix when...

Dreyer and Reinbold Buys Into IndyCar’s New Charter Economy, Returns Full-Time for 2027 race cars on a track

Dreyer and Reinbold Buys Into IndyCar’s New Charter Economy, Returns Full-Time for 2027

John Lloyd July 24, 2026

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing spent 13 years watching the NTT INDYCAR SERIES from the sidelines every month...

Kyle Busch’s Son Walked Away From a Vicious Charlotte Wreck, and the Cage Around Him Explains Why A race car speeds along the track surrounded by crowds.

A race car speeds along the track surrounded by crowds.

Kyle Busch’s Son Walked Away From a Vicious Charlotte Wreck, and the Cage Around Him Explains Why

John Lloyd July 23, 2026

Grief has a strange way of intersecting with a race track, and it did exactly that on...

ESPN’s Matt Miller Lost His Arm When His Ford Bronco Crossed Into a Semi’s Lane — Here’s What the Crash Report Shows 2023 Ford Bronco Base 4-door, the same generation SUV Matt Miller was driving when it crossed into a semi's lane in Jasper County, Missouri

2023 Ford Bronco Base 4-door, the same generation SUV Matt Miller was driving when it crossed into a semi's lane in Jasper County, Missouri

ESPN’s Matt Miller Lost His Arm When His Ford Bronco Crossed Into a Semi’s Lane — Here’s What the Crash Report Shows

Shawn Henry July 16, 2026

A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report is now the most detailed record of the wreck that...

This Weekend’s Racing Guide: F1 Returns to Spa, NASCAR Revives North Wilkesboro, and NHRA Hits Sonoma (July 16-19) white coupe beside red coupe during daytime

white coupe beside red coupe during daytime

This Weekend’s Racing Guide: F1 Returns to Spa, NASCAR Revives North Wilkesboro, and NHRA Hits Sonoma (July 16-19)

John Lloyd July 16, 2026

The July 16-19 weekend is stacked from Belgium to Tennessee to California, with seven different series sharing...

IHRA Cancels the Rest of Its 2026 Stock Car Season After Running Exactly One Race

John Lloyd July 15, 2026

The International Hot Rod Association pulled the plug on the rest of its 2026 Stock Car Series...

F1, MotoGP, IndyCar, and NASCAR Are All Racing the Same Weekend — Good Luck Picking Which One to Watch people watching football game during daytime

F1, MotoGP, IndyCar, and NASCAR Are All Racing the Same Weekend — Good Luck Picking Which One to Watch

Shawn Henry July 10, 2026

This July 9-12 racing weekend has plenty going on even though Formula 1 and IndyCar are catching...

Chase Briscoe Says NASCAR Turns Drivers Into Liars About Payback Wrecks – And the Penalty Reports Prove It Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Chase Briscoe Says NASCAR Turns Drivers Into Liars About Payback Wrecks – And the Penalty Reports Prove It

Elizabeth Puckett July 10, 2026

Chase Briscoe didn’t wreck anybody to make his point this week. He just went on a podcast...

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Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team

Joe Gibbs Racing Backs Off Its Boldest Claim Against Chris Gabehart and Spire — Because It Couldn’t Prove It

Kimi Antonelli Is Running Away With the F1 Title. His Old Manager Just Took Him to Court Over It.

Tommy Baldwin Jr. Is Out at Rick Ware Racing, and He Broke the News on His Own Podcast

Kyle Larson Says Cup Races Are Too Long. A Blown Tire At Indy Made His Point For Him

Ryan Blaney Hits His 400th Start at the Brickyard 400 — And Loses $1 Million by Two Spots

Red Bull Hires Mercedes’ Junior Program Chief Gwen Lagrue to Replace Helmut Marko

Charles Leclerc’s Dog Picked the Perfect Spot to Pee: Directly Under Verstappen’s Number

Dreyer and Reinbold Buys Into IndyCar’s New Charter Economy, Returns Full-Time for 2027

Kyle Busch’s Son Walked Away From a Vicious Charlotte Wreck, and the Cage Around Him Explains Why

ESPN’s Matt Miller Lost His Arm When His Ford Bronco Crossed Into a Semi’s Lane — Here’s What the Crash Report Shows

This Weekend’s Racing Guide: F1 Returns to Spa, NASCAR Revives North Wilkesboro, and NHRA Hits Sonoma (July 16-19)

IHRA Cancels the Rest of Its 2026 Stock Car Season After Running Exactly One Race

F1, MotoGP, IndyCar, and NASCAR Are All Racing the Same Weekend — Good Luck Picking Which One to Watch

Chase Briscoe Says NASCAR Turns Drivers Into Liars About Payback Wrecks – And the Penalty Reports Prove It

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