Driver & Team News
Driver signings, crew chief changes, sponsor news and penalties.
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Kenny Wallace Predicts Cleetus McFarland Will Win Three ARCA Races in 2027
Kenny Wallace predicted Cleetus McFarland will win three ARCA races in 2027 after Richard Childress Racing announced its full-time program with the YouTube star.
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Kevin Harvick’s CARS Tour and UARA to Co-Promote 2027 Battle at Berlin
Kevin Harvick’s CARS Tour national division and UARA will co-promote the 2027 Tekton Battle at Berlin as the two groups work toward a unified Super Late Model rulebook.
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Chris Buescher Set for 400th Cup Start at Martinsville: ‘How Did That Happen?’
Chris Buescher will make his 400th Cup Series start Sunday at Martinsville, more than a decade after a last-minute call put him in his first Cup race.
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Hendrick President Jeff Andrews on Rick Hendrick’s Talk: ‘We Want to Make Him Happy’
Hendrick Motorsports president Jeff Andrews said a talk from Rick Hendrick during a two-win regular season took pressure off the team before Kyle Larson’s Chase run.
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Chase Elliott Says a Kasey Kahne Radio Comment Changed How He Races
Chase Elliott said a comment Kasey Kahne once made on the radio about having a narrow window to get the car right changed how he approaches races.
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Brad Keselowski to Become Passive Investor in RFK Racing, Free to Drive Elsewhere
RFK Racing said Brad Keselowski will stay on as a passive investor but give up his role in running the team, and he is free to drive for…
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Kaden Honeycutt on 20-Point Lead Over Layne Riggs: ‘Definitely Not Comfortable’
Kaden Honeycutt said his 20-point Truck Series lead over Layne Riggs is not comfortable after a 14th-place finish at Martinsville, and that he has to win at Homestead.
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Mike Helton Honors Darrell Waltrip: ‘You Put Owensboro, Kentucky, on the Map’
NASCAR’s Mike Helton paid tribute to Darrell Waltrip at a charity event honoring the three-time Cup champion, a month after his family announced his FTD diagnosis.
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Parker Retzlaff, Anthony Alfredo Return to Viking Motorsports for 2027
Viking Motorsports will bring back Parker Retzlaff and Anthony Alfredo, along with crew chiefs Josh Graham and Danny Efland, for the 2027 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season.
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Hendrick President Jeff Andrews on Larson Theories: ‘I Did Not Get That Memo’
Hendrick Motorsports president Jeff Andrews laughed off theories that Chevrolet drivers handed Kyle Larson the Talladega win, and said Hendrick has no team orders.
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Denny Hamlin Says Chevy Teams Answer to Rick Hendrick: ‘You Have to Suck at the Teat of the Master’
Denny Hamlin said Chevrolet drivers like Ross Chastain had no choice but to help Kyle Larson at Talladega, because every Chevy team answers to Rick Hendrick.
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Carson Hocevar Confirms He and Bubba Wallace Played Rock-Paper-Scissors at Talladega
Carson Hocevar confirmed he and Bubba Wallace played rock-paper-scissors while racing at Talladega during a fuel-saving stretch so slow the pack fell below minimum speed.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Sammy Smith’s Talladega Win Over Carson Kvapil: ‘Both Can Exist’
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he was happy for Sammy Smith’s Talladega win but would have preferred JR Motorsports title contenders Carson Kvapil or Justin Allgaier get the points.
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Ty Dillon Gets Interim Crew Chief Mike Cook for Final Two Races
Kaulig Racing named technical director Mike Cook interim crew chief for Ty Dillon’s No. 10 for the last two races, replacing Andrew Dickeson.
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Kyle Larson on Denny Hamlin’s Title Chase: ‘We Knew the Format, and He Did as Well’
Kyle Larson said he felt bad for Denny Hamlin after last year’s title race at Phoenix, but that this year both drivers knew the 10-race Chase format.