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Column: Spire is a key player in NASCAR's charter game. A new revenue model should reward all teams
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nobody wanted a charter back in 2018, when Barney Visser wanted to sell the most valuable current franchise in NASCAR. Visser had won the 2017 Cup Series title with Furniture Row Racing and Martin Truex Jr. A heart attack followed by bypass surgery kept...
Hamilton and Sainz warn that Red Bull still has the advantage despite a dismal weekend in Singapore
The Singapore Grand Prix had a dramatic finish as four cars from three teams fought for the podium. And there wasn't a Red Bull in sight. After winning every other race this season, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez weren't in the podium fight in Singapore. They weren't even in the top...
Denny Hamlin doubles down in declaration that this is his year to finally win NASCAR championship
Denny Hamlin didn't chill Sunday with his bravado that this is indeed the year he will finally win a NASCAR championship. The day after his win at Bristol Motor Speedway hurdled Hamlin and his No. 11 team into the second round of NASCAR's playoffs, Hamlin was still pumping his chest....
Sainz wins thrilling Singapore Grand Prix as Verstappen and Red Bull's streaks end
SINGAPORE (AP) — The dominant Red Bulls were out of the picture and Formula One had its most thrilling fight for a win this season. Runaway standings leader Max Verstappen’s winning run ended at 10 races and Red Bull’s at 15 — both F1 records — as Carlos Sainz Jr. won the...
Hamlin wins at Bristol as reigning NASCAR champion Joey Logano eliminated from playoffs
The best driver to never win a NASCAR championship believes he can lose that tag this year. At least that's what Denny Hamlin told the Bristol Motor Speedway crowd as they booed his third win of the year, 51st of his career, and third in the prestigious short track Saturday night...
Zane Smith to join Trackhouse Racing. Truck Series champ to start Cup career on loan to Spire
Truck Series champion Zane Smith has been signed to a multi-year contract with Trackhouse Racing in which he will be loaned to Spire Motorsports for a Cup Series ride in 2024. Smith, 24, will fold into the Trackhouse lineup when the team is able to expand to three full-time Cup...
Justin Allgaier wins Xfinity Series playoff opener at Bristol to advance to next round
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Justin Allgaier earned a spot in the second round of the Xfinity Series playoffs with a win Friday night in the opening race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Allgaier's second career victory at Bristol — the first was in 2010 — and salvaged an otherwise...
Martin Truex Jr. is staring down elimination from NASCAR playoffs after winning regular-season title
Martin Truex Jr. has slumped into Bristol Motor Speedway fighting for his season. Truex won the regular-season title but two bad races to open NASCAR's playoffs has him on the brink of elimination headed into Saturday night's race at Bristol, Tennessee. The bottom four drivers in the...
Daniel Hemric to return to NASCAR Cup Series in 2024 with Kaulig Racing promotion
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Daniel Hemric will return to the NASCAR Cup Series next year in a promotion with Kaulig Racing. Hemric is in his second full season racing in the Xfinity Series for Kaulig and third consecutive season overall. He won the Xfinity championship in 2021 driving...
Bristol washes away the dirt with plans to run its 2024 NASCAR races on concrete surface
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Bristol Motor Speedway is ditching the dirt. The Tennessee short track that has used a dirt surface the last three years for its NASCAR races will run both NASCAR weekends in 2024 on its traditional concrete surface. Bristol in 2021 covered the...
