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  • Late model Stock Car raced around the Nürburgring

    Dale Lomas knows every inch of the Nürburgring. As a founder of the website BridgeToGantry, Lomas has covered all sorts of 'Ring events, shuttled folks around in Ring Taxis, and raced in many VLN and other 'Ring racing events. So to see him surprised by a certain vehicle that appeared recently at the German racetrack is a big deal. That's why we'll forgive him for calling this race car a NASCAR machine, when it is in fact a late model stock car. It is also an amazing sight to see it driven in anger around The Green Hell. A late model stock car is basically a tube-frame chassis wearing a...

  • Ford Mustang NASCAR Cup Racer
    Pony up: 2019 Ford Mustang NASCAR cup racer is ready for the track

    Hot on the heels of the 10 millionth Mustang built is the Ford Mustang NASCAR cup racer. The Blue Oval on Thursday revealed the cup racer ahead of its competition debut in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series, where it will fill the shoes of the Fusion. Ford Performance and the design team's goal was to...

  • NASCAR Toyota Supra
    Here's the new Toyota Supra heading to NASCAR next year

    A week before our peek at the new Toyota Supra all the way in the U.K., race fans in America got their first look at the Toyota Supra heading to NASCAR. Toyota on Thursday took the wraps off its new Supra heading to a NASCAR Xfinity Series groove near you next season. The NASCAR Xfinity Series sits...

  • Richard Petty Omaze giveaway
    Win a Chevy Camaro SS and have BBQ with NASCAR legend Richard Petty

    NASCAR fans, open your ears and pay attention. Omaze is offering fans the chance to win a customized Chevrolet Camaro SS and a day with NASCAR legend Richard Petty. It'll cost you at least $10 to enter for your chance to win, but the proceeds go to charity. Omaze is the same online fundraising...

  • 2020 Toyota Supra rendering - Image via SupraMkV
    Right for left: New Toyota Supra headed to NASCAR, reports say

    Toyota is no stranger to motorsports. Both on-road and off, Toyota serves up racing products that compete strongly all over the globe. Here in America, the premier road-racing series has a somewhat unconventional, conventional Toyota entry: the Camry. Toyota has raced a Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity...

  • 2019 Ford Mustang NASCAR teaser
    Ford Mustang to replace Fusion in NASCAR in 2019

    Automakers have been racing sedans in NASCAR for decades. Sure, a number of coupes have battled for left-turn supremacy, but it's typically an arena filled with four-door bodies reminiscent of their production-car cousins. For Ford, that's set to change for the 2019 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup racing...

  • 2014 Chevrolet SS and Ford Fusion NASCAR race cars on iRacing simulator

    In an effort to appeal to a younger generation of fans, NASCAR is reportedly finalizing a venture into "eSports" for video game tournaments. The tournaments would potentially take place at NASCAR events and could potentially start as early as the 2018 season. Sources told Sports Business Journal that plans were not finished and it's unclear when the eSports league will officially be announced. It's likely that two separate tournaments will come from the venture, per the report: one for iRacing and one for the "NASCAR Heat" franchise. iRacing is a subscription-based racing simulator that...

  • Jay Leno invites Jeff Dunham and his 1970 Plymouth Superbird into the garage
    Jeff Dunham's 1970 Plymouth Superbird visits Jay Leno's Garage

    The Plymouth Superbird is basically the king of all muscle cars. Many other muscle cars sold in greater numbers, and many are more revered by fans. But the Superbird and it's cousin the Dodge Daytona shout so aggressively with their design and accomplished so much on the racetrack. That's why they...

  • Danica Patrick - Anne Proffit photo
    Danica Patrick to retire from motorsports after 2018 Indy 500

    Next year, NASCAR will see another high-profile retirement following Dale Earnhardt, Jr's final race, which took place yesterday. Danica Patrick announced she will retire from motorsport following two final races. She'll run NASCAR's season-opening Daytona 500 and one last race at the 2018...

  • Budweiser tribute to Dale Earnhardt Jr
    Budweiser created touching tribute to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

    At the end of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup season, the motorsport will lose one of its greats as Dale Earnhardt, Jr. announced his retirement this past April. To toast Earnhardt, Jr.'s legacy, Budweiser created a touching tribute to the decorated NASCAR driver. Earnhardt, Jr. drove the...

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. receives his father Monte Carlo stock car Photo: Amy Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. receives fitting NASCAR retirement present

    The 2017 NASCAR Cup Series will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s final season after he announced his retirement earlier this year. Through Earnhardt Jr.'s 18 seasons and more than 600 races, the star racer clinched two Daytona 500 wins in his career. So, what's a proper retirement gift for someone of...

  • Travis Pastrana sits down to talk about NASCAR
    Travis Pastrana thought NASCAR was boring, learned it's intricate

    Travis Pastrana has been pretty damn good at nearly everything he tries. He's best known for being a pioneer of freestyle motocross and winning motorsports events on two wheels, but he's also quite skilled on four wheels. He has four Rally America championships to his name, the record time for a...

  • Rick Hendrick takes delivery of first 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE

    Team Chevy NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick has added his latest toy to an expansive collection of cars by taking delivery of the first-production 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE. Hendrick scored the winning bid for very first Camaro ZL1 1LE at Barrett-Jackson's Palm Beach auction, where it was widely speculated he would go home with the car—he did, with a bid of $250,000. The entire hammer price went to benefit the United Way. Hendrick has scored VIN 001 of multiple Chevrolet performance cars throughout the years, as well as a few other nameplates, including the world's first Acura NSX...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 NASCAR race car
    Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to be next year's NASCAR Cup car

    In a break from the traditional sedan, Chevrolet today announced that the Camaro ZL1 coupe will be its car of choice for the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series starting next season. Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson joined Mark Reuss, executive vice president of GM product development, to...

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s race car graveyard
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. owns a secret race car graveyard

    Junkyards have long been the resting place for nearly all vehicles, but NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a different idea for crashed out and wrecked race cars. Deep in the backwoods of Dirty Mo Acres, a secret race car graveyard resides. It's the final resting place for dozens of NASCAR race...

  • 2006 Dodge NASCAR racer hits 243 mph
    Watch a 2006 Dodge NASCAR race car rocket down a highway at 243 mph

    The internet is a strange place. Like a high school yearbook, some things are found only after flipping through a couple pages for a second, third, or fourth time. This video, which features a 2006 Dodge NASCAR race car, is from 2012, but seems to have only recently caught on. The video was shot at...

  • 2008 Toyota Camry NASCAR race car
    Now is your chance to own a real NASCAR race car

    If you're in the market for a Toyota Camry and have around $30,000 to spend, you have two choices. A brand new Camry XLE with a few options... or this 2008 Toyota Camry NASCAR race car with its 700-horsepower V-8. We know which one we'd choose. Auctions America will sell off the Camry NASCAR race...

  • Anne Proffit photo
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves to reality TV post retirement

    It seems Dale Earnhardt Jr. is trading in his racing suit for a tool belt. Following the well-known racer's retirement at the end of this year, Earnhardt Jr. is slated to star in a new DIY Network series where he and his wife, Amy Earnhardt, will renovate historic homes. Specific details...

  • Dale Earnhardt, Jr., photo courtesy of NASCAR via Getty Images

    After 18 seasons and more than 600 races, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will bring his NASCAR Cup Series driving career to a close at the end of the 2017 season. Earlier today, the famed son of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. shared the news with members of his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team. The two-time Daytona 500 champion will join team owner Rick Hendrick, for whom he has driven since 2008, as well as members of motorsports media, for a press conference to discuss this decision at 3 p.m. ET. Earnhardt, who will turn 43 in October, made his first career Cup Series start on May 30, 1999, at...

  • 2018 Toyota Camry NASCAR race car
    2018 Toyota Camry gets prepped for NASCAR duty

    Toyota unveiled its all-new 2018 Camry at this year's Detroit auto show. It rides on a new platform, offers up a trio of powertrains, and wears some much sharper bodywork than versions that have come before it. It's also already set to go racing. That's because Toyota has a NASCAR Camry that rips...

  • Carl Edwards and Matt Kensethh
    Carl Edwards steps away from NASCAR

    Carl Edwards announced today that he is stepping away from NASCAR and Joe Gibbs Racing. The 37-year-old driver wouldn't use the word retirement, but has no plans to get behind the wheel. Edwards said he would like to devote the time he spends on racing to the people that are important in his life...

  • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wedding
    Dale Earnhardt, Jr. got married on New Year's Eve

    He may be the darling of NASCAR, but she is his darling. That may sound schmaltzy, but schmaltzy is OK when it comes to nuptials. On New Year's Eve, 14-time NASCAR most popular driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. married his long-time girlfriend Amy Reimann. The ceremony took place in a tent at Childress...

  • 2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup race car
    Dodge eyes potential return to NASCAR

    Dodge departed from the NASCAR circuit back in 2012, but it is apparently eyeing a return to the left-turn loving motorsport. At the time, Dodge was coming out of bankruptcy and decided to cut its NASCAR program in an effort to focus its expenditures where they were most needed. Now it's a...

  • Brad Keselowski crashes at 165mph
    NASCAR's Brad Keselowski loses his brakes at 165 mph

    Losing your brakes while driving is a terrifying feeling. There's nothing but the sense of impending doom since you're no longer in complete control of your two-ton metal machine. Imagine if you were out on a race track when you lost your brakes? Now imagine you were doing 165 mph when they went...

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