Overall, year-to-year, the NASCAR Cup Series experienced a 14 percent drop in television ratings for the 2025 season. … NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps says internal projections predicted this with so many races moving off broadcast television and moving to cable channels and the five races that aired on Amazon‘s Prime Sports. “When the season started, […]
American rising star Jesse Love is set to make his Dunlop Super2 Series debut in the final round of the 2025 season at the bp Adelaide Grand Final. The 20-year-old Californian will pilot the #57 Holden Commodore ZB to be run by Image Racing, with Love’s NASCAR Xfinity Series sponsor Whelen Engineering also coming onboard. […]
Elk Grove, California native Kyle Larson and his family will participate in a Championship Parade in Elk Grove on Friday, Nov. 14. Immediately followed by a ceremony at the Old Town Plaza. The event will begin at Noon at Boulevard Bistro with a parade down Elk Grove Blvd and ending at the Old Town Plaza. […]
Today at Brandweek in Atlanta, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion and LEGACY MOTOR CLUB owner Jimmie Johnson announced he will return to his California roots next June, as it is his intention to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series event during the inaugural NASCAR San Diego Weekend. The event, slated for June 19—21, 2026, marks NASCAR‘s first-ever race at Naval Base Coronado, […]
The NASCAR Foundation announced Kate O‘Neal as the winner of the 15th annual Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award during Tuesday‘s NASCAR Awards Banquet in Scottsdale, Az. O‘Neal will receive a $100,000 donation from The NASCAR Foundation going towards The Caring Link, a non-profit that provides brand new clothing, shoes, school supplies, food items, and toiletries […]
NBC received a 1.44 rating with 2.774 million views for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. The ratings are down from last year. Overall, 2025 viewership was down 14%, in line with NASCAR projections based on the new media rights deal. .@NBC got a 1.44 rating and 2.774 million viewers for […]
November 5, 2025 – Next League, the leading technology services company that architects and operates complex technologies for the largest sports brands in the world, today formally announced a new, multi-year strategic partnership with NASCAR. The organizations have worked together for years, with Next League being responsible for key parts of NASCAR‘s digital strategy and […]
In the moments after Kyle Larson and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team celebrated his milestone second- career NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday night at Phoenix Raceway, Hendrick executive, NASCAR Hall of Famer and four-time series champion Jeff Gordon grinned when asked if he worried Larson may one day surpass his own championship trophy total. […]
For more than 50 years, Mike Joy‘s authoritative voice has kept race fans informed about their sport, conveying the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat experienced by their favorite drivers. Initially, Joy‘s voice filled the radio airwaves and then later he moved to television. For his years of dedication to stock car racing, […]
A trio of familiar faces prevailed as the 2025 National Motorsports Press Association Most Popular Driver Award winners, as Chase Elliott earned the honor in the NASCAR Cup Series, Justin Allgaier won in the Xfinity Series, and Rajah Caruth got the nod in the Craftsman Truck Series. All three are the reigning winners in their […]
Chase Elliott recorded two victories this season and reached the Round of 8 in the playoffs, delighting his fan base that once again rewarded him with the National Motorsports Press Association‘s Most Popular Driver award. Elliott was announced as the award‘s recipient Tuesday night during the annual NASCAR Awards ceremony at the J.W. Marriott Phoenix […]
Kyle Larson still trying to comprehend “weird” NASCAR Cup championship SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It was a championship of mixed emotions. Kyle Larson, NASCAR Cup Series champion for a second time, was genuinely sad for Denny Hamlin, who was well on the way to his long-awaited title before William Byron‘s blown right-rear tire intervened. Byron was […]
Denny Hamlin said Tuesday that he planned to return to the NASCAR Cup Series next season, but that he needed time to process his defeat in Sunday‘s championship race and consider his future in the sport before getting back in a car. “I mean, I plan to,” Hamlin said from the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert […]
Jimmie Johnson‘s golden horseshoe found a new home on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. If you‘ll recall, Kevin Harvick suggested that Johnson and his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team kept a horseshoe in their hindquarters after Johnson took advantage of an opportune caution to win at Fontana, Calif., in February of 2010. You could argue that […]
Parker Retzlaff won’t return to Alpha Prime Racing in 2026 to compete in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, he announced on Monday evening. Retzlaff joined Alpha Prime Racing ahead of the 2025 season and finished 22nd in the championship standings. The No. 4 team had a best finish of second in the return race […]
As reported last week, Brandon McSwain has been named crew chief for Ross Chastain next season. He will replace Phil Surgen, who will stay with Trackhouse Racing in a new role. Welcome to The House, Brandon McSwain! He'll lead @RossChastain's No. 1 team in 2026. Happy to share 6-time race winning crew chief Phil Surgen […]
Today, Comcast announced NASCAR driver Daniel Dye as the 2025 Comcast Community Champion of the Year, becoming the 11th champion to receive the prestigious annual award. Comcast will award $60,000 to Dye for Race to Stop Suicide, which was established in 2018 to break the stigma around mental health and suicide. “I‘m super proud that […]
By Dustin Albino AVONDALE, Ariz. — Denny Hamlin was three laps away from conquering his nemesis, the illustrious Bill France Cup trophy. It ended in bitter defeat during the Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. After climbing out of the No. 11 car, Hamlin was greeted by fiancée Jordan Fish. The raw emotions from […]
Inspection is complete following the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. There were no issues. #12-Ryan Blaney is officially the race winner and #5-Kyle Larson is the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Champion. See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report. See the Phoenix race page […]
NASCAR Media Conference Press Conference Sunday, November 2, 2025 An Interview with: Kyle Larson THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion, and that is Kyle Larson. We’ll get right to questions for Kyle. I asked Jeff and Mr. Hendrick this question, but on that last restart, when you saw […]
NASCAR Media Conference Press Conference Sunday, November 2, 2025 An Interview with: Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon Cliff Daniels Dr. Eric Warren THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship team, sans the driver, but we’ve got Dr. Eric Warren from Chevrolet, Rick Hendrick from Hendrick Motorsports, Jeff Gordon from Hendrick […]
By Dustin Albino AVONDALE, Ariz. — The competition knew Chase Briscoe was a threat heading into Sunday‘s Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. The No. 19 team just couldn‘t avoid having tires blow out. After multiple miscues in Friday‘s practice, including a flat tire in the opening 15 minutes, Briscoe experienced the same luck […]
For the 29th time, Chevrolet has swept the NASCAR Cup Series championship titles — capturing its 34th Driver Championship and 44th Manufacturer Championship in the division following the season finale race at Phoenix Raceway. Adding onto its already series-leading legacy, this season marks the fifth consecutive season that Chevrolet has won the manufacturer championship title […]
When William Byron hit the Turn 3 wall with bone-jarring impact on Lap 310 of Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, the gut punch it delivered to Denny Hamlin was exponentially more painful. The resulting caution and strategic call by crew chief Cliff Daniels allowed Kyle Larson to snatch the Cup Series championship from Hamlin […]
NASCAR Media Conference Press Conference Sunday, November 2, 2025 An Interview with: William Byron Chase Briscoe THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. William, you apologized to Denny immediately. Why was that something that was important for you to do? WILLIAM BYRON: I don’t know. It just doesn’t seem right. Yeah, I mean, I think just kind of […]
THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by Denny Hamlin. If you have a question for Denny… The emotions of this one getting away? Is this the last one that may get away? DENNY HAMLIN: I don’t know. I really don’t have much for emotion right now. Just numb about it ’cause just in shock. That’s […]
Post-race inspection in the NASCAR Xfinity Series garage is complete. All clear. Post-race NASCAR Xfinity Series engine teardown inspection for the Nos. 2 and 19 engines is complete. All clear. No issues. Jesse Love is officially the 2025 Xfinity Series champion. Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 team is the owner’s champions. See race details at: […]
Tyler Reddick says that the prognosis “looks promising” for 5-month-old son Rookie, who is home after having surgery due to a tumor. Rookie had surgery last month to remove a kidney. His mother, Alexa, posted on Instagram last month that Rookie had “a tumor that‘s “choking” the renal vein & renal artery. Telling the heart […]
THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, that is Jesse Love. We’ll get right to questions for Jesse. How do the tacos taste? JESSE LOVE: Actually really good. I’m pretty picky. I didn’t put any toppings on it because I wasn’t looking at it when I got ’em. They’re […]
Jesse Love turned in the ultimate season bookends winning the opening race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series 2025 schedule at Daytona then closing it out with the biggest win of his young career to claim the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Saturday night at Phoenix Raceway. The 20-year-old Californian had to best his best friend, the […]
JOE GIBBS: It was a family deal. The Owner’s Championship is a huge deal for us. Ty’s dad’s name, Coy, was over the door with my other son, J.D. Aric came to us 22 years ago when J.D. found him. It’s a family thing. It’s young. Young Life is telling people about Jesus. We’re going […]
With a runner-up finish by Aric Almirola on Saturday evening at Phoenix Raceway, the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) team captured the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) owner‘s championship. This owner‘s title is JGR‘s seventh in NXS competition, all of which have come with Toyota, and its second in the last four years. TOYOTA […]
After a phenomenal NASCAR Xfinity Series season that included 10 victories and 20 top fives in 32 starts, rookie Connor Zilisch finally came up empty. Zilisch finished third in Saturday‘s NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, behind best friend Jesse Love and Aric Almirola, but in a season of unprecedented triumph for a […]
Chevrolet capped off an already record-breaking season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with a sweep of the championship titles — earning its 23rd driver championship and 27th manufacturer championship at the conclusion of Saturday‘s season-finale race at Phoenix Raceway. “What an incredible way to end a historic season for Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series,” […]
THE MODERATOR: We’re joined by our first Championship 4 contender, that is Connor Zilisch. We’ll open up straight to questions. Your night tonight was very up and down. What happened at the end to not have what you had at the middle stages of the race? CONNOR ZILISCH: Yeah, I felt like we were never […]
Kyle Larson‘s crew chief Cliff Daniels embraces the intensity of Cup finale AVONDALE, Ariz. — Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson was 11th fastest on the practice chart—third best among the four NASCAR Cup Series championship-eligible drivers in Friday‘s opening practice—even after a slight brush with the Phoenix Raceway wall. Larson is the only driver among […]
NASCAR Media Conference Saturday, November 1, 2025 An Interview with: Denny Hamlin Chase Briscoe William Byron Kyle Larson (Question regarding the pit stall selection.) DENNY HAMLIN: It is important. I think it’s a little bit less than normal just simply because I think fast cars are still going to make their way to the front, […]
Joe Gibbs Racing veteran Denny Hamlin issued a strong statement for his 2025 championship intentions Saturday afternoon claiming pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race. Three of the four championship-eligible drivers — also including Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron and Kyle Larson — claimed the top three positions in the qualifying session. The […]
UPDATE: Championship engine teardown in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series garage is complete. All clear. No issues. Original post: NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series post-race inspection is complete, with no issues, at Phoenix Raceway. NASCAR will tear down the No. 11 engine Saturday morning. See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, […]
UPDATE: NASCAR today announced that beginning in 2026, the following updates to driver eligibility will take effect across the NASCAR National Series. NASCAR Cup Series Driver Eligibility – NASCAR O‘Reilly Auto Parts Series/NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series NOAPS NCS drivers with 3+ years of fulltime NCS experience – max 10 races per season NCS drivers ineligible for NOAPS […]
A 13th-place finish Friday at Phoenix Raceway closed the book on a season where the 49-year-old failed to score a single top-five finish, the first time that‘s happened to him in 22 years. “It was terrible we sucked as bad as we did tonight and we sucked as bad as we did all year,” Crafton […]
NASCAR Media Conference An Interview with Corey Heim THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by the 2025 Craftsman Truck Series champion, Corey Heim. We’ll get right to questions for Corey. You referred to it in Victory Lane, but over the last few weeks you may not have been the affable Corey that we all know, […]
NASCAR Media Conference Friday, October 31, 2025 An Interview with: Ty Majeski, Tyler Ankrum, Kaden Honeycutt TY MAJESKI: We‘re all trying to pull the rope in the same direction. Joe and I‘s relationship, we can be honest with each other. I‘m going to tell him when he messed up, he‘ll tell me when I mess up. […]
By Dustin Albino AVONDALE, Ariz. — After being behind Corey Heim for the bulk of Friday night’s Craftsman Truck Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway, overtime was setting up precisely for Ty Majeski. He was aiming to become the first driver to win consecutive series titles since his ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton accomplished the […]
The best man won on Friday night, but it was far from a foregone conclusion. The statistics might suggest otherwise. In winning the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, Corey Heim swept the first and second stages, led a race-high 100 of 161 laps and took the checkered flag 0.993 ahead of […]
Toyota Development Driver, Corey Heim, won the 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) championship after winning Friday night in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway. This is the first championship in the Toyota Development Driver‘s young career and marks Toyota‘s 10th driver‘s title in the Truck Series. Heim and his No. 11 Toyota Tundra TRD […]
The stage is set, the engines are primed, and the stars are aligning for an unforgettable NASCAR Championship Weekend at Phoenix Raceway! Adding to the excitement, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Darren Criss will perform the national anthem before the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday as the best drivers in the […]
In a wide-ranging discussion of issues vital to the sport of stock car racing, NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps and president Steve O‘Donnell stressed the momentum the NASCAR racing currently enjoys in Friday morning‘s state-of-the-sport news conference at Phoenix Raceway. Nevertheless, Phelps didn‘t shy away from delineating the challenges currently facing the sport, specifically the lawsuit […]
From the October31, 2025 NASCAR State of the Sport transcript: STEVE PHELPS: So I’m sure there are some questions that you all may have relative to the lawsuit that is ongoing. I typically do not read prepared statements, but I want to make sure I get the words correct and give you some context. There […]
NASCAR Media Conference Press Conference Friday, October 31, 2025 An Interview with: Steve Phelps Steve O’Donnell THE MODERATOR: Good morning. Happy Halloween. Thank you for joining us for NASCAR’s 2025 State of the Sport. Welcome to everyone here in the media center at Phoenix Raceway, watching on the livestream and listening on Sirius XM. I’m […]
Dennis Hamlin took out multiple mortgages on his Virginia home, maxed out every credit card and nearly went broke trying to get his son into NASCAR. Denny Hamlin made it 21 years ago — driving for Joe Gibbs, no less! — and his resume boasts 60 career wins, three Daytona 500s among that tally. There‘s […]
NASCAR today announced that Freeway Insurance, a division of Confie and the largest independent personal lines agency and broker in the U.S., has joined as the fourth Premier Partner of the NASCAR Cup Series, marking a significant addition to the sport‘s group of Premier Partners. The multi-year agreement establishes Freeway Insurance as an official Premier […]
With just one race left on the schedule and the 2025 season practically in the rear view, it‘s time for race fans to lock in their seats for Rockingham Speedway‘s second annual NASCAR Easter Weekend classic, April 3-4, 2026. Following a sellout in 2025, tickets are officially now on sale to the general public for the NASCAR […]
While the season statistics show NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie Connor Zilisch with a 10-win trophy haul—more than twice as many as any other championship-eligible competitors—when it comes to this weekend‘s title-deciding Phoenix one-mile oval, the competition couldn‘t be tighter. Zilisch‘s JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier is the only driver among the Xfinity Series Championship 4 […]
The 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season has been a rollercoaster for Kaden Honeycutt—literally and emotionally. Honeycutt was sixth in the series standings when Niece Motorsports released him after 16 races, citing information that Honeycutt had signed with a new team and manufacturer for 2026, though the specifics of the move were not released. Preserving […]
Denny Hamlin met with the media Thursday at Championship 4 media availability in Phoenix. Fox Sports’ Bob Pockrass asked him about his focus this week and the status of reported lawsuit settlement discussions: Pockrass: …some movement in the lawsuit and more settlement stuff. I’m curious, do you get updates this week or do you ask […]
Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Edwards, 88, passed away Sunday October 26, 2025 at Whitmore Retirement Center in Oxford. Born December 7, 1936 in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Hill Thomas and Lillian Jackson Edwards and the widower of Vivian Mann Edwards. He was a member of St John‘s Episcopal Church and was […]
NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joey Gase (right) will showcase his racecar featuring organ and tissue donor, Mario Abrahram Torres Jr., simply known as Abraham (middle). The grand reveal of the car will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, at the main entrance of Donor Network of Arizona‘s office at 2010 W. Rio Salado […]
By Dustin Albino Cope Family Racing intends to compete full time in the 2026 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, the team confirmed to Jayski. The first-year organization is actively looking for drivers, as both Thomas Annunziata and Leland Honeyman Jr. will depart the No. 70 team. Honeyman announced earlier this week that he will move […]