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William Byron celebrates Xfinity 500 win with a burnout at Martinsville Speedway! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) MARTINSVILLE, V.A. - William Byron went to victory lane for the first time in the 2026 season after a career day at Martinsville Speedway! Byron led a career high 362 laps in his Xfinity 500 win. Byron started the race 8th, but it became fairly clear after winning the first stage, his #24 Liberty University car was going to be the car to beat. HOW IT HAPPENED: De

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Casey Shepherd/MotorsportsToday (Nashville 2025) After months of speculation, the second half of the 2027 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule was released on Friday. An international trip to Barcelona and the removal of Nashville Superspeedway and Washington D.C. highlight the changes. For the first time in 13 years, IndyCar will race outside North America with a multi-year agreement with Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. It’ll mark the ho

Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (Chicaoland 2026) Avondale, AZ- A stellar “rookie campaign” continues. Although Corey Heim won’t have a proper full-time rookie season, he continues to impress in his part-time effort with 23XI, posting a fifth-place finish in the Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway. A late race call to take two tires was the difference in a bad day. "Bootie [Barker] made great adjustments all day. I think we gained like five from the two tires, and I picked

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (WWT Raceway 2026) Avondale, AZ- All about opportunity. Tyler Reddick takes advantage of Kyle Larson’s bad day to vault himself back into contention for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship. Reddick surged from fourth to first on the last restart of the Freeway Insurance 500 to take his sixth win of the season on Sunday. "This group never lost motivation, never lost the drive to keep searching and keep tryi

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle Motorsports Today (WWT Raceway 2026) Avondale, AZ- With the integration of The Chase, it effectively eliminated the ability to have bad days. For Bubba Wallace, his number of good days has been outdone by the better days of championship leaders Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin, making his postseason push a little more difficult. Ahead of the Freedom Insurance 500, Wallace sees his 185-point deficit to championship leader Larson as a

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/MotorsportsToday (Kansas Speedway, 2026) Avondale, AZ- With four races left in the NASCAR Cup Series’ Chase, the conversation has centered on Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell, the current top three in the championship. For defending Phoenix winner Ryan Blaney, a dominant day around the short oval on Sunday could turn his postseason around. “We ran second when we won the championship in 23, but you treat it as like

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Photo Courtesy Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Avondale, AZ- With the right adjustment at the right time, Kaden Honeycutt stole the win from Ty Majeski with a late race resurgence in the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Powered by Poet at Phoenix Raceway on Friday night. He led 52 laps en route to his fourth win of the season and his second in The Chase. Honeycutt couldn't earn this victory alone, as it was his pit crew who put him in position late. O

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Fisher Giannotti/Motorsports Today (Rockingham 2025) Avondale, AZ- After three years at Alpha Prime Racing, Brennan Poole will fill in the vacant seat at Jordan Anderson Racing for 2027. He rounds out the driver lineup, joining Daniel Dye as the team’s two full-time drivers. For Poole and team owner Jordan Anderson, this partnership comes full circle after the two raced against one another as kids. Now, Anderson sees Poole as an establishe

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER Christian Lundgaard studying the data with his Arrow-McLaren team at World Wide Technology Raceway earlier this season. (Photo Credit: Riley Ogle, Motorsports Today) A long-rumored move became official Tuesday morning, as Chip Ganassi Racing announced the addition of Christian Lundgaard. The 25-year-old Danish driver will replace Scott Dixon in the No. 9 Honda, a seat the six-time NTT INDYCAR Series champion had occupied since 2003, before it was a

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER George Russell, Max Verstappen, and Isack Hadjar claim podium spots in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. (Photo Credit: Mark Thompson, Getty Images) George Russell capped off a fantastic weekend in Baku Saturday morning, holding the lead from pole, even after a frantic safety car restart, to capture his third win of the 2026 Formula One season in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Englishman held off his rival, a hard-charging Max Verstappen, to claim victory

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER Sheldon Creed during driver introductions at Kansas Speedway earlier this season. (Photo Credit: Riley Ogle, Motorsports Today) For the first four years of his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career, across three different teams, there was one common denominator for Sheldon Creed - he couldn't win. Now, he can't stop winning. Thanks to a late call to pit for fresh tires after a caution with less than 40 laps to go, the driver of the Haas Factory

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Penske Entertainment/Joe Skibinski Monterey, CA -It’s rare that Alex Palou has a bad day at the racetrack. It's even more surprising when it's at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, a circuit where he has found so much success in the past. A difficult adjustment to a four-stop strategy saw Palou fall through the pack in Sunday's Mission Foods Grand Prix of Monterey. Fortunately, he was able to rally back for an eighth-place finish. “It's toug

Sheldon Creed (Mike Watters-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect) DARLINGTON, S.C. - The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series kicked off the return of The Chase, Saturday, September 5, as the series made its second and final trip to Darlington Raceway for the Fleetio 200. JR Motorsports driver Carson Kvapil stated on pole, but it was Shleldon Creed who earned the opening race win. HOW IT HAPPENED: While Kvapil started on the pole, it was teammate Justin Allgaier who s

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (St. Louis 2026) Monterey, CA - For Ed Carpenter Racing, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca marks the end of a turbulent season for the Chevrolet-backed organization. Bad luck, combined with an inconsistent road-course program, has left the team mired in the driver standings. A fourth-place qualifying effort for Alexander Rossi, driver of the No.21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chev

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (St Louis, 2026) Kyle Kirkwood’s “King of the Streets” moniker rang true once more in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., leading 128 laps en route to victory in the event’s inaugural running Sunday afternoon. He led Christian Lundgaard and Will Power for his sixth victory on a street course. "To be able to win in what will be considered probably my home race, right, being the Freedom 250 as an Amer

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle (Motorsports Today 2026) It’s not uncommon to be unlucky. Marcus Armstrong’s summer stretch is not only unlucky, but it has been a curse that turned a decent season start into one to forget. A fifth-place qualifying effort in Firestone Fast 6 on Saturday afternoon looks to be the first sign to break this spell. “We haven't exactly had the best run lately, and it's tricky really because we've had a bit of bad luck,” Armstrong, d

JEFFREY HRUNKA - INDYCAR CONTRIBUTOR Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2026) Kyle Kirkwood is in pursuit of his first championship, only sitting second in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES standings entering the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. race weekend. The kicker is that he is over 100 points behind championship leader Alex Palou, who is poised to take his fifth championship in the last six years. Still, confidence to close that gap this weekend is at an all-time high.

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER Max Verstappen on the podium at the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix (Photo Credit: PlanetF1) Despite speculation about a move to another Formula One constructor, another series, or retirement altogether, Max Verstappen is staying put. The four-time World Drivers' Champion announced earlier this week that he has signed an extension with Red Bull through the end of the 2030 season, removing him from consideration for rides at teams like Mercedes, McLaren,

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER Williams teammates Carlos Sainz Jr. (left) and Alex Albon (right) at the 2025 British Grand Prix (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Last season, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alex Albon scored a whopping 137 points for Williams, placing the team fifth in the constructors’ standings. This was the squad’s highest points finish since 2017, and most points scored since 2016. Although 2026 hasn’t been as kind to the duo so far, it is clear that they remain part of tea

Kelsey Christman - Staff Writer The flyover over the grandstands ahead of the last Cup Series Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Kelsey Christman, Motorsports Today, March 2025) Homestead, FL. — Homestead-Miami Speedway will once again serve as the home of NASCAR Championship Weekend in 2027, with all three national series set to crown their champions in South Florida from November 12–14. Homestead-Miami Speedway President Guillermo Santa Cruz announced Tuesda