Advertisement

Speedway Motorsports

Latest Stories

Michael Jordan arrives in the Western District of North Carolina on Monday Dec 1, 2025 for the start of the antitrust trial between 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports against NASCAR, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)

Michael Jordan’s legal team races against time in antitrust trial against NASCAR

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Michael Jordan arrives in the Western District of North Carolina on Monday Dec 1, 2025 for the start of the antitrust trial between 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports against NASCAR, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)

Economist says NASCAR owes $364.7M to teams in antitrust case

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Fans cheer during a flyover before the MLB Speedway Classic baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Race on for Bristol Motor Speedway to prepare for NASCAR after hosting the MLB Speedway Classic

By Teresa M. Walker - Associated Press

Drivers race down the front stretch three wide during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Talladega, Ala. (AP Photo/ Butch Dill)

NASCAR playoffs roll into reconfigured Roval, tight turns may create ‘chaos’ in elimination race

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Denny Hamlin celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Mike Caudill) **FILE**

‘Almost NASCAR champion’ Hamlin feuds with track owner in social media spat that turned personal

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Christian Lundgaard (30) comes through a turn during the Music City Grand Prix auto race Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. IndyCar will move its September season-ending championship finale from the downtown streets of Nashville to the superspeedway in Lebanon because of construction surrounding the Tennessee Titans new NFL stadium, organizers announced Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

IndyCar moves season finale from downtown streets to Nashville Superspeedway amid NFL construction

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

From left, Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith and NASCAR President Steve Phelps present Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton and House Speaker Tim Moore with vintage-style racing helmets during an announcement Thursday, Sept 28, 2023 outside the North Carolina Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh, N.C. The announcement was that the NASCAR All-Star Race will be held May 17-19 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

NASCAR’s $1 million All-Star Race to run at North Wilkesboro again in 2024

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Denny Hamlin celebrates with a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Pocono Raceway, Sunday, July 23, 2023, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Pocono Raceway boasts its largest NASCAR crowd in more than a decade for Hamlin’s win

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Drivers compete during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race under the lights, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Nashville, Bristol working to give NASCAR a historic racing option in Music City

By Teresa M. Walker - Associated Press

Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, laughs with Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith as they record a video after a press conference, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C., announcing that the a NASCAR All-Star Race will be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in May 2023. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

After 27 years, NASCAR returns to once-abandoned North Wilkesboro Speedway for All-Star race

By Steve Reed - Associated Press

Drivers race in a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Frustrated team owners boycott NASCAR meeting

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Driver Joey Logano (22) leads Denny Hamlin (11) through Turn 4 during an NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Joey Logano takes the checkered flag in a haze of Bristol dirt

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Water floods the vendor area as races for both the Truck Series and NASCAR Cup Series auto race were postponed due to inclement weather at Bristol Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)

Rain swamps Bristol dirt track, forcing NASCAR to try again Monday

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, Kevin Harvick (4) and Aric Almirola (10) battle for position during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas. The massive grandstands at Texas Motor Speedway stretch about 2/3 of a mile long, and were empty for the last race there. There could still be some feeling of emptiness Sunday, preferable for social distancing, even when the NASCAR Cup Series race becomes the first major sporting event in Texas in more than four months to allow spectators. It will be one of the largest gatherings of any kind in the state since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Larry Papke, File)

Lot of room for NASCAR fans at Texas due to virus and heat

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Chase Elliott celebrates does a victory lap after winning a NASCAR All-Star auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NASCAR reopens gates at Bristol with more tracks to follow

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

A car runs during a NASCAR All-Star auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Elliott joins his father as winner of NASCAR’s All-Star race

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

Fans wait for the start of a NASCAR All-Star Open auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NASCAR hosts largest sporting event crowd since pandemic

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2, 2018, file photo, Denny Hamlin (11) leads the pack to start the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. NASCAR will get its season back on track starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina without spectators, and the premier Cup Series plans to race four times in 10 days at a pair of iconic tracks. The revised schedule released Thursday, April 30, 2020, goes only through May and has a pair of Wednesday races — fulfilling fans longtime plea for midweek events. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File) **FILE**

NASCAR wants 30,000 fans at All-Star race in Tennessee

Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces that his stay-at-home order will be extended until May 8 during a press briefing on the coronavirus, Thursday, April 23, 2020, at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP) **FiLE**

Roy Cooper, North Carolina governor, OKs NASCAR to race at Charlotte

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019, file photo, a NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series auto race starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. NASCAR and IndyCar have each called off their races this weekend. NASCAR was scheduled to run Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway without spectators but said Friday, March 13, 2020, it is calling off this weekend and next week’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. IndyCar was scheduled to open its season Sunday on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, but suspended it’s season through the end of April.(AP Photo/Scott Cunningham, File)

Texas, Florida eager for NASCAR to rev engines again

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press