NASCAR returned to NBC last weekend and netted a solid bump in viewership. The NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega averaged a 1.64 Nielsen rating and 2.827 million household viewers, per ShowBuzzDaily.com. That was up from a 1.63/2.548m for this race last year, also on NBC, and a hefty increase...

David Gilliland is expected to field Toyota Tundra teams again in the Camping World Truck Series next season, multiple sources have told RACER.Gilliland’s operation – currently branded David Gilliland Racing – will fill the void left by Kyle Busch Motorsports.A key Toyota partner since 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports became the...

Camping World Truck Series rookie Blaine Perkins is here to break down his season.How limited practice is hindering the growth processHow quickly he gets over bad weekendsWhat is realistic for CR7 Motorsports on a weekly basisThe benefit of being in the Team Hornaday Development camp and having Ron Hornaday on...

Motorsports was confined to cable last weekend for the final edition of one major race venue and two first-time events at others.The debut of NASCAR Cup Series racing at World Wide Technology Raceway averaged a 1.47 Nielsen rating and 2.502 million household viewers on FS1, per numbers from ShowBuzzDaily.com. That...

Chris Buescher has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not compete in the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway this weekend.Buescher is expected to return on the Sonoma Raceway road course next week.Zane Smith will drive the No. 17 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing at WWTR. It...

March Madness is typically associated with basketball, but motorsports offered its own iteration last weekend as four major series took to the track, in (almost) non-competing time slots.NASCAR’s return to the reprofiled Atlanta Motor Speedway averaged a 2.36 Nielsen rating and 4.003m million viewers for Sunday afternoon’s Cup Series race...

Chase Purdy’s newest opportunity in the Camping World Truck Series is with Hattori Racing in the No. 61 Toyota Tundra. He takes The Racing Writer’s Podcast through his journey of climbing the racing ladder and landing there.*When he knew he wanted to be a race car driver and competing all...

The 2021 NASCAR season was memorable in many ways beyond the brilliance of Kyle Larson. It should be no surprise that Larson led the way in many statistical categories. But the season was also noteworthy as the swansong for the sport's sixth-generation race car and some elements on that car...

An abundant and enthusiastic welcome this week was punctuated by a packed ballroom and a litany of genuine feel-good moments as NASCAR celebrated and culminated its 2021 season with the Champion’s Week Banquet in Nashville on Thursday evening.NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team...

Camping World Truck Series crew chief Eddie Troconis has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for an off-track incident.NASCAR announced the suspension Wednesday, citing sections 12.8.1.c of the rule book. While specifics regarding his suspension were not given, Troconis was penalized for a behavioral violation.Actions in the rule book include a...