ORLANDO, Fla. — NASCAR driver Ryan Preece plans to one day settle down in his native Connecticut, where he fell in love with working on cars, racing, and chasing speed and championships.

As the 2024 Cup Series season wound down, Preece faced an early retirement — a driver without a ride.

Now at home with Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, ...Read more

WINSON-SALEM, N.C. — Ryan Blaney called it “wacky.”

William Byron considered it “a marathon.”

And Ryan Preece — the winner of the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem that saw drivers, pit crews and fans endure sleet delays and slick asphalt and a Clash-record 17 cautions — struggled to find the right words.

“It’s ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will emerge from the infield tunnel this week at Daytona International Speedway at home, confident and one of the drivers to beat.

These emotions can be fleeting during a 36-race season behind the wheel for a one-car team with little margin for error and everything riding on Stenhouse’s No. 47 Chevrolet. ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — I read the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the Greg Biffle plane crash shortly after it was issued Friday. Twice, in fact. Then I separately interviewed two aviation safety experts with 20-plus years of experience who also had read the report multiple times, just to make sure I understood what ...Read more

Speedweeks officially kicks off with Feb. 10’s Hauler Parade at One Daytona, just north of the track along International Speedway Boulevard. The event welcomes NASCAR teams and drivers. Cup Series haulers line the streets surrounding shops, restaurants and hotels for a fan-friendly festival with free admission.

A stage is set for driver Q&As ...Read more

NASCAR driver Christopher Bell knows what it feels like to be close.

Close to a Daytona 500 win, sustaining a dominant season and competing for a Cup Series crown, Bell enters 2026 chasing consistency — the difference between strong seasons and title-winning ones.

Bell’s 2025 run delivered mixed results. He posted a career-high four wins, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple issues, including failure of some instruments and decreasing visibility conditions, occurred in the minutes leading up to the Statesville plane crash that killed seven people in December, including NASCAR star Greg Biffle and his family, a preliminary federal report released Friday said.

The National Transportation ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A long time ago, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. was a teenager and excited about driving his truck, he could have sworn he only looked down for a second.

It was Christmas morning. Dale Jr. was inside his Chevy S-10 pickup, which he dearly loved. And he now loved it even more, because his sister Kelley had just given him an adapter ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Even now, 29 days later, it is an almost unimaginable tragedy.

On Dec. 18, 2025, seven lives were lost in a plane crash in Statesville, 40 miles north of Charlotte. We still don’t know why.

We do know who, though, and hundreds of people came together Friday morning at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte to remember the seven ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you were a fan of NASCAR in the 2000s but fell off the bandwagon at some point, this sport has got a deal for you.

It’s a new playoff system, but it’s actually the original playoff system — “The Chase” that NASCAR ran from 2004-2013. They’re rebooting it like it’s a movie franchise.

Those playoff ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Witnesses of NASCAR star Greg Biffle’s deadly plane crash in Statesville were sure no one survived due to the level of destruction, 911 recordings show.

Multiple people called the Iredell County’s 911 Emergency Communications between 10:15 a.m. and 10:18 a.m., on Dec. 18, reporting different angles of the crash at ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The commissioner of NASCAR is stepping down.

The premier stock car racing sanctioning body announced Tuesday that Steve Phelps, who was named commissioner in March 2025, has “made the personal decision” to leave the company. Phelps will transition out of the company by the end of January.

Phelps, who joined NASCAR in ...Read more