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When Spire Motorsports first signed Daniel Suarez to join Spire Motorsports, co-owner Jeff Dickerson called it a ‘redemption story’ in the waiting but no one could have expected it to go this well so early. With his rain-shortened victory in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, Suarez is 10th in the championship standings, which is incredible when considering this is already his best season ...Keep readingView the full article

The 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600 wasn't the best oval finish of Shane van Gisbergen's NASCAR career, but it was his most impressive to those paying attention to the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet. SVG's best Cup finish on an oval came at Atlanta earlier this year, placing sixth. He has one other top ten -- P10 at Kansas last fall. Charlotte was oh so close to becoming his third oval ...Keep readingView the full article

Daniel Suarez is now a Coca-Cola 600 winner, coming out of seemingly nowhere to win the 67th running of NASCAR's longest race, with rain ending the event 27 laps short of the scheduled distance. It was a race dominated by Toyota, but won by Spire as the team is now equal with Hendrick Motorsports on race wins this year But more than anything, it was a day overshadowed by the ...Keep readingView the full article

With his third career victory at the Chicago Street Course in 2025, Shane van Gisbergen became the winningest foreign-born driver in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series. Of course, NASCAR is a deeply American form of auto racing, so non-Americans winning isn't exactly commonplace. Until the top level of the sport raced in Mexico City in 2025, there hadn't been a points-paying Cup race outside ...Keep readingView the full article

Even after another top five finish, Tyler Reddick's massive lead in the championship shrunk slightly from 129 points over Denny Hamlin to 122 points. Chase Elliott is no longer third in points after an early exit from the Charlotte race. 13 of the top 16 positions in the standings changes after Sunday's marathon event, and the outlook going into the second half of the regular season suddenly ...Keep readingView the full article

The spoils of victory for winning the Coca-Cola 600 are heading back to Kyle Busch Motorsports. Technically, Daniel Suarez of Spire Motorsports won the rain-shortened classic on Sunday night at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on a gutsy two-tire call by crew chief Ryan Sparks but so much of their identity runs through the late Kyle Busch. For one, Spire now races out of the old Kyle Busch ...Keep readingView the full article

It was a very long day for Katherine Legge, but she saw it through to the very end as she became just the sixth driver in history to start the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. She joins a list that includes Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, John Andretti, Kurt Busch, and Kyle Larson. After a career-best qualifying effort in the Indy 500, her fifth appearance in the historic ...Keep readingView the full article

For the first time in 82 races, Daniel Suarez is back in Victory Lane, winning one of the biggest races on the schedule. After crew chief Ryan Sparks gambled with a two-tire call, Suarez did an incredible job holding off a fleet of Toyota drivers through multiple restarts before rain finally ended the race, 27 laps short of the full 600-mile distance. This is Suarez's third career win, and ...Keep readingView the full article

Daniel Suarez now has three wins in the NASCAR Cup Series, including one in a crown jewel. The Mexican-born driver won the 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600, holding off the Joe Gibbs Racing duo of Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin when the rain hit. The race was called 27 laps shy of the full distance, and Suarez went to Victory Lane with the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. Suarez led ...Keep readingView the full article

Ahead of the 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600, an incredibly emotional moment unfolded on the grid for NASCAR's longest race. Just days removed from the tragic death of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, his family arrived at the track to mourn with the rest of the garage. His brother and fellow Cup Series champion Kurt Busch was there, walking along with their parents, Tom and Gaye. Kyle's widow ...Keep readingView the full article

Ahead of the 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600, an incredibly emotional moment unfolded on the grid for NASCAR's longest race. Just days removed from the tragic death of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, his family arrived at the track to mourn with the rest of the garage. His brother and fellow Cup Series champion Kurt Busch was there, walking along with their parents, Tom and Gaye. Kyle's widow ...Keep readingView the full article

Layne Riggs won the time-constrained NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, after three postponements due to rain pushed the Friday night event to Sunday morning. This is Riggs' seventh career win and his second of the 2026 season, driving the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kaden Honeycutt finished second, Connor Zilisch third, Ben Rhodes fourth, and Gio Ruggiero ...Keep readingView the full article

Layne Riggs won the time-constrained NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, after three postponements due to rain pushed the Friday night event to Sunday morning. This is Riggs' seventh career win and his second of the 2026 season, driving the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kaden Honeycutt finished second, Connor Zilisch third, Ben Rhodes fourth, and Gio Ruggiero ...Keep readingView the full article

Near the end of Stage 2 of the thrice-postponed NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, Corey Day was involved in a scary and unusual crash on the backstretch.  Day was brought into this race to drive the No. 7 Spire Motorsports entry following the shocking death of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, who was only 41. Busch won last weekend's Truck race at Dover Motor Speedway, his 234th NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

Near the end of Stage 2 of the thrice-postponed NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, Corey Day was involved in a scary and unusual crash on the backstretch.  Day was brought into this race to drive the No. 7 Spire Motorsports entry following the shocking death of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, who was only 41. Busch won last weekend's Truck race at Dover Motor Speedway, his 234th NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

This was supposed to be a weekend of healing for the NASCAR community, but the disastrous weather has only added to the somber scene at the race track. While the NASCAR Truck race was postponed three different times and has yet to start, NASCAR spent over six hours running the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday, and still had to end it with half the race left to run. Ross ...Keep readingView the full article

This was supposed to be a weekend of healing for the NASCAR community, but the disastrous weather has only added to the somber scene at the race track. While the NASCAR Truck race was postponed three different times and has yet to start, NASCAR spent over six hours running the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday, and still had to end it with half the race left to run. Ross ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race ended under caution after Stage 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was a strange and bizarre race, hindered by rain and later fog. It took over six hours to run the first 90 laps, and the final half of the race never happened.  A total of 54 of the 91 laps completed were run under caution. "I'll start with us and this team," said Chastain after ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race ended under caution after Stage 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was a strange and bizarre race, hindered by rain and later fog. It took over six hours to run the first 90 laps, and the final half of the race never happened.  A total of 54 of the 91 laps completed were run under caution. "I'll start with us and this team," said Chastain after ...Keep readingView the full article

By all accounts, there was Kyle Busch and there was Rowdy with a considerable amount of overlap depending on the circumstances, time and place. That was the best way to eulogize the life and times of the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion by those who knew him best. With the industry still in collective shock over the unexpected death of Busch on Thursday, the Sanctioning Body offered drivers ...Keep readingView the full article

By all accounts, there was Kyle Busch and there was Rowdy with a considerable amount of overlap depending on the circumstances, time and place. That was the best way to eulogize the life and times of the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion by those who knew him best. With the industry still in collective shock over the unexpected death of Busch on Thursday, the Sanctioning Body offered drivers ...Keep readingView the full article

Last year, we learned that Kyle Busch had always dreamed of attempting the Coke 600-Indy 500 Double. He nearly had a deal put together with Andretti in 2017 and again with McLaren in recent years. Unfortunately, his Indy 500 dream never came to fruition before Busch's sudden and tragic passing this past week. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion was only 41 years old. After the NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

Last year, we learned that Kyle Busch had always dreamed of attempting the Coke 600-Indy 500 Double. He nearly had a deal put together with Andretti in 2017 and again with McLaren in recent years. Unfortunately, his Indy 500 dream never came to fruition before Busch's sudden and tragic passing this past week. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion was only 41 years old. After the NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

The late Kyle Busch will inevitably be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame so one of his future co-inductees and biggest rivals, Brad Keselowski, says why wait. Earlier in the week, the voting panel elected Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Larry Phillips and Lesa France-Kennedy to enshrinement during a ceremony to be held at the Charlotte Convention Center in January. Typically, NASCAR rules ...Keep readingView the full article

The late Kyle Busch will inevitably be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame so one of his future co-inductees and biggest rivals, Brad Keselowski, says why wait. Earlier in the week, the voting panel elected Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Larry Phillips and Lesa France-Kennedy to enshrinement during a ceremony to be held at the Charlotte Convention Center in January. Typically, NASCAR rules ...Keep readingView the full article

For the first time this weekend, cars made their way onto the track for a live session on Saturday afternoon. It was a somber atmosphere as drivers climbed into their cars, including Austin Hill -- wearing a Kyle Busch t-shirt under his firesuit as he takes over the fallen legend's renumbered No. 33 car for the Coca-Cola 600. Bubba Wallace walked out into the infield and reflected at the site ...Keep readingView the full article

For the first time this weekend, cars made their way onto the track for a live session on Saturday afternoon. It was a somber atmosphere as drivers climbed into their cars, including Austin Hill -- wearing a Kyle Busch t-shirt under his firesuit as he takes over the fallen legend's renumbered No. 33 car for the Coca-Cola 600. Bubba Wallace walked out into the infield and reflected at the site ...Keep readingView the full article