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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bubba Wallace doesn’t elaborate on Aric Almirola altercation: ‘Keep some people’s images good’

LEBANON, Tenn. — Bubba Wallace did not divulge details when asked Saturday about a physical altercation between himself and Aric Almirola that occurred last month, though he did indicate that an incident did indeed happen that led to Joe Gibbs Racing suspending Almirola, as first reported by The Athletic earlier this week. “They don’t want to get into many details; …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on returning to Iowa, and the North Wilkesboro fight fallout: 12 Questions

New York Times

Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. I know a lot of fans will be like, “Oh, this racing is not good or that racing is not good.” They probably think NASCAR doesn’t work on it as much. You’ve been bashing me for them for two weeks now.” Madyson, my wife, had …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Kevin Harvick reflects on his transition from racing to the Fox booth ahead of Daytona 500

New York Times

Subscribers can now follow NASCAR, Formula One and other motorsports content separately. That 2001 Daytona 500 was also notable for something else: It was the debut of Fox Sports’ NASCAR coverage, which Harvick is now joining after he concluded a 23-year Cup career last fall. He’ll share a booth with longtime play-by-play announcer Mike Joy and former driver Clint Bowyer, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Sam Mayer earns a spot in NASCAR Xfinity series championship with a win at Homestead

Associated Press

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Sam Mayer became the first driver to claim a spot in the NASCAR Xfinity series championship with a victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday. They kicked tail on pit road, and we made it happen.” Mayer admitted that his confidence wavered entering Saturday’s race, having not had luck on an oval before. It’s been real fast the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Inside the garage with Parker Kligerman in the Xfinity Series playoff battle

New York Times

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Tools are strewn across the ground. 48’s hauler, Kligerman, Donahue, general manager Keith Barnwell and others confidently laid out why they thought the first three races in Round 1 — Bristol, Texas and the Charlotte Roval — played to their strengths. So we’re just going to go race, and if something happens and it’s out of our …

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1 year, 4 months ago

NASCAR free agency: What we’re hearing about Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Front Row and more

New York Times

When The Athletic last updated NASCAR free agency, Stewart-Haas Racing hadn’t named Josh Berry as Kevin Harvick’s replacement, Martin Truex Jr. and Aric Almirola were contemplating whether to retire, Front Row Motorsports was dealing with a logjam of drivers, and little else had been decided. “We’re working through some details, and it’s a complicated consideration because now he’s not just …

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1 year, 8 months ago

John Hunter Nemechek on bold career moves, finding happiness and NFTs: 12 Questions

New York Times

Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. Up next: Joe Gibbs Racing’s John Hunter Nemechek, who is currently third in the Xfinity Series point standings. This person says: “I really don’t like my job and it doesn’t pay great, but it allows me to coach middle school and high school track in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Why AJ Allmendinger’s move to Kaulig Racing’s Cup team makes perfect sense

New York Times

WELCOME, N.C. — It is the kind of transaction that makes too much sense not to happen, one that, had it not materialized, the question would’ve been, “Why not?” So it came with no surprise that Kaulig Racing announced Wednesday AJ Allmendinger will drive its No. If Kaulig’s goal is “trophy hunting,” the mantra that is the team’s backbone, a …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Halfway through season, Kyle Busch still awaiting contract

Associated Press

Kyle Busch doesn’t know what he will be driving next year as he hits the halfway point of the NASCAR season. It’s just trying to get everything put together.” Busch is the only active Cup driver with multiple championships and Alpern implied the delay in locking down a new contract is finding the right sponsor. And so we’re just trying …

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4 years, 1 month ago

‘Move forward’: Matt Kaulig journeys from basement to Xfinity, likely Cup Series

New York Times

The plane ride could’ve been very awkward. “That is one of the many great things about Matt Kaulig — he didn’t really have to say anything,” Allmendinger said. “And then myself being entrepreneurial and getting to know some of the owners and how things work and operate in NASCAR I was like, ‘Hey, I think I can do this thing …

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Bubba Wallace doesn’t elaborate on Aric Almirola altercation: ‘Keep some people’s images good’

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on returning to Iowa, and the North Wilkesboro fight fallout: 12 Questions

Kevin Harvick reflects on his transition from racing to the Fox booth ahead of Daytona 500

Sam Mayer earns a spot in NASCAR Xfinity series championship with a win at Homestead

Inside the garage with Parker Kligerman in the Xfinity Series playoff battle

NASCAR free agency: What we’re hearing about Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Front Row and more

John Hunter Nemechek on bold career moves, finding happiness and NFTs: 12 Questions

Why AJ Allmendinger’s move to Kaulig Racing’s Cup team makes perfect sense

Halfway through season, Kyle Busch still awaiting contract

‘Move forward’: Matt Kaulig journeys from basement to Xfinity, likely Cup Series