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For Kevin Magnussen, making a start in the NASCAR Cup Series for Trackhouse’s Project91 is a bucket list moment. “I think just the NASCAR spirit, if you will; driving the car, taking part in the race, seeing my name up on the list with all these other NASCAR legends,” Magnussen said on Friday at NAS North Island. “For me, it's a great challenge. It's a real excitement being thrown in at ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR has confirmed that the United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will serve as the honorary starter for this Sunday's Cup race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California. All three national divisions are racing at the brand-new street circuit this weekend, which marks the first time NASCAR has ever raced on an active military base. The bumpy, technical course features 16 corners ...Keep readingView the full article

In a rare move, NASCAR moved the start time for last weekend's race at Pocono up a full two hours, which they were only able to do thanks to flexibility provided by Prime Video as a streaming service. On this week's edition of Inside the Race, both Steve Letarte and Kyle Petty praised NASCAR and Prime for the proactive measure, which allowed for all 400 miles/160 laps of racing to take place ...Keep readingView the full article

Up against FIFA World Cup competition and an expedited start time, the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway on Prime Sports drew earned 1.66 million viewers according to Nielsen's Big Data + Panel measurement. The race started at 1:20 p.m., pushed up two hours due to the threat of rain, and was down 11 percent year-over-year with both years using the Big Data + Panel measurement. The ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR is racing at an active military base this weekend, and the newly built 3.4-mile street course at Naval Base Coronado is sure to be a challenge unlike anything the sport has ever faced before.  Shane van Gisbergen enters as the clear favorite, winning six of the last seven road/street courses on the schedule. Last weekend, Denny Hamlin won his third consecutive Cup race, and now sits ...Keep readingView the full article

This weekend, Kevin Magnussen will get his first taste of competition in the NASCAR Cup Series, making his debut at the newly constructed 3.4-mile street course on Naval Base Coronado. He will drive the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, a part-time fourth entry that the organization brings to the track for rare occasions, and only to feature world-class racing drivers. 2007 Formula 1 World ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR teams are traveling over 2,000 miles across the country for a brand-new street course event at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California. 111 cars and trucks across all three national divisions are en route for the first-ever NASCAR race on an active military base. One of those teams is Alpha Prime Racing, co-owned by Tommy Joe Martins and Caesar Bacarella. The team competes in the ...Keep readingView the full article

On Wednesday, Wood Brothers Racing announced that they have signed 2025 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Jesse Love for the 2027 NASCAR Cup season. Love, 21, burst onto the scene in 2023, winning 10 of 20 ARCA races en route to the title. Since then, he has won three NASCAR O'Reilly races with Richard Childress Racing, and the 2025 title. He has also made seven Cup starts with RCR ...Keep readingView the full article

This Sunday at Naval Base Coronado, ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen is set to take on something completely different as he races a NASCAR Cup Series car for the very first time, driving the No. 91 Qualcomm Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing. In addition to racing in Formula 1 for a full decade, the 33-year-old Dane has made several starts across both WEC across IMSA, and even competed in an IndyCar ...Keep readingView the full article

RFK Racing has announced a multi-year contract extension for Chris Buescher, keeping him as the driver of the No. 17 Ford for the foreseeable future.  Buescher, 33, became part of Roush's driver development program all the way back in 2009, and won the 2015 NASCAR O'Reilly Series championship with the team. He now has nearly 400 starts in Cup with six wins (five with RFK), and has been ...Keep readingView the full article

Late last week, the judge overseeing the Joe Gibbs Racing v Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit approved a motion from the plaintiffs to refile its legal complaints and completed that process on Monday afternoon. The core tenets of the lawsuit remain the same. Joe Gibbs Racing alleges that Chris Gabehart, who worked at the organization from 2012 to 2025 as an engineer, crew chief ...Keep readingView the full article

The official entry lists for this weekend's NASCAR triple-header at Naval Base Coronado have been released, and there will be no shortage of action from Friday through Sunday. Check out our official viewer's guide for the event HERE for more info, or keep reading to see who is competing in these races. There are 39 Cup entries, 37 O'Reilly entries, and 35 Truck entries. Along with the 36 ...Keep readingView the full article

The 16th round of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season at Pocono Raceway had a fairly predictable ending, as Denny Hamlin collected his 64th career win and his eighth at the 'Tricky Triangle' over championship leader Tyler Reddick. But there was still plenty to discuss after 400 miles and 160 laps of action around the unique track. NASCAR will now head west to California for a street race at Naval Base ...Keep readingView the full article

Preparing to race at a brand new track like the San Diego street course can be a daunting task when there isn’t any data or video to study so we dug into how the tools are built that help competitors to prepare. Driver-in-the-loop simulators are a key part of modern racing so we spoke with Keith Rodden at General Motors to learn more about the process for building out San Diego in their ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR is taking a trip across the entire country towards Naval Base Coronado for an all-new race on the 2026 schedule. The 17th round of the Cup Series season will take place around a massive, temporary street course existing entirely within an active military base. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the first-ever running of the Anduril 250 at Qualcomm Circuit on the historic Naval ...Keep readingView the full article

What is most impressive about Denny Hamlin in 2026 isn’t what he is doing but what he theoretically could have done. Much to his chagrin. Think about it: Dover this year was the All-Star Race so it doesn’t technically count but then Hamlin appeared poised to win the Coca-Cola 600 before the rain negated what looked to be a race winning pass on Daniel Suarez. He’s won three in a row ...Keep readingView the full article

Entering the Coca-Cola 600, Tyler Reddick led the NASCAR Cup Series championship with 129 points between himself and Denny Hamlin. But after finishes of 2nd, 1st, 1st, and 1st again this weekend at Pocono, Hamlin had obliterated that advantage. It's down to just 19 points as the Cup Series heads to Naval Base Coronado for an all-new street course. In the battle to make the Chase, Austin Cindric ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin cruised to the win ahead of title rival Tyler Reddick at Pocono Raceway, with William Byron leading the way for Chevrolet in third. John-Hunter Nemechek earned his first top five of the year, placing fourth, while Kyle Larson rounded out the top five. Erik Jones placed sixth, Chris Buescher seventh (top Ford driver), Ross Chastain eighth, Ty Gibbs ninth, and Ryan Blaney ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday at Pocono Raceway, there was no stopping the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Denny Hamlin.  Hamlin has won three consecutive Cup races: Nashville, Michigan, and now Pocono, earning his eighth career Cup Series victory at the Tricky Triangle. This is Hamlin's 64th career victory, breaking a tie with Kyle Busch for ninth on the all-time wins list. Championship leader Tyler Reddick ...Keep readingView the full article

Justin Allgaier claimed his fifth victory of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season at Pocono Raceway, further cementing himself atop the championship standings as the two drivers closest to him crashed on the opening lap. This is the 33rd win of Allgaier's career, and he now has a massive 250-point lead in the championship. "First of all, huge thank you to William Byron," said ...Keep readingView the full article

Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race got off to a dramatic start. Exiting Turn 1, Corey Day was running 13th when he got sideways. He spun down the track, crossing paths with Jesse Love, who slammed into the side of him. Day's car continued to spin down into the inside wall, destroying his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Love's No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet ...Keep readingView the full article

There's just no stopping the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Denny Hamlin right now, who snagged pole position for this weekend's NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway.  He was the only driver to break into the 51-second bracket with a fast lap of 51.948s. This is Hamlin's 51st career pole and his sixth at Pocono. He will be joined on the front row by Kyle Larson in the No. 5 Hendrick ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Briscoe took a look at what was left of the crashed Christopher Bell car on Monday at the Joe Gibbs Racing facility and was ‘blown away’ by it. The impact was the worst since this car’s debut in 2022 and at least a decade. And while it left Bell with a fractured left wrist, one he will attempt to race through, it had the appearance of something that could have been much ...Keep readingView the full article

During Saturday inspection ahead of practice and qualifying for the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono, most cars managed to pass without issue. However, the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Kyle Larson and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet of Daniel failed twice, before both cars passed on the third attempt. As a result of failing twice, both teams have lost their pit stall selection ...Keep readingView the full article

More than anything else, Christopher Bell is just relieved that everything checked out good when it came to his head after his violent crash at Michigan International Speedway last weekend. The fractured wrist and bruised ankle, as far as he is concerned as of Saturday morning, will be manageable this weekend. The 31-year-old has Brandon Jones as a backup driver, just in case, but genuinely ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway was originally scheduled to start just after 3pm EST, with the green flag planned for 3:21pm EST. Due to the threat of inclement weather, the start of Sunday's 400-mile/160-lap event has been moved up a full two hours to 1pm EST. Such a change is partly thanks to this leg of the NASCAR season existing on the streaming platform Prime Video, which ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick doesn’t want Carson Hocevar to change. While the likes of Austin Dillon and Bubba Wallace expressed frustrations on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, specifically over a Lap 83 restart where Hocevar tagged the rear of John Hunter Nemechek and ignited a melee, the 2014 champion doesn’t want to see an overcorrection. “I think that my advice to Carson Hocevar from ...Keep readingView the full article