Sunday’s Cup race at ISM Raceway was Cole Whitt’s final NASCAR ride, his TriStar Motorsports team announced.Whitt, 27, was TriStar’s primary driver in 2017 but requested a limited schedule this year in the No. 72 Chevrolet, so seat time was split with Corey Lajoie. Sunday was his 13th start, and...

TriStar Motorsports will continue to field the No. 72 entry in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.However, the team announced Tuesday afternoon that the seat would be split, with the bulk of the races to be run by 26-year-old Corey LaJoie (pictured above), who joins TriStar after a rookie season...

If Frankie Kerr wanted to miss Saturday night's race at Bristol Motor Speedway, he'd have one crazy excuse: The No. 72 TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet fell on him during practice. But he never even thought about missing the race.In fact, Kerr wanted to return to the track for qualifying Friday night...

TriStar Motorsports team owner Mark Smith has died after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 63.Smith (pictured below) fielded cars in the Xfinity Series since 2010 and in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series from 1989-97, 2012-13 and in 2017 with JJ Yeley and Cole Whitt, who finished a...

Front Row Motorsports is still "weighing that out" when it comes to potentially expanding to a third car next season. "Obviously, expanding to another team is a big undertaking, not just in dollars but space, people, all of that," Freeze told RACER. "We're certainly not – I think – planning...

Another charter in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is on the move, and this time it has Front Row Motorsports eyeing the future.Friday, the organization revealed it had finalized the purchase of the charter from the No. 83 car at BK Racing in early December. While it gives Front...

TriStar Motorsports will field a full-time car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starting in 2017, the organization announced Thursday.Cole Whitt will drive the No. 72 Ford with Frank Kerr as his crew chief. Florida Lottery will sponsor the car in the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 while...

Daniel Suarez surged ahead on a late restart to take victory in the Xfinity Series championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the process he made history by becoming the first Latin American NASCAR national series champion."This is a dream come true," an emotional Suarez said in Victory Lane after the...

In a scene reminiscent of Daytona or Talladega, a multi-car crash erupted on lap 92 of the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, collecting eight mid-pack cars to varying degrees.The incident began when Kyle Larson got into the back of a loose Brian Scott, sending his No. 44 Ford and...

Sprint Cup rookie Ryan Ellis became inspirational story of the weekend on Friday when he narrowly made the field for the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway.Attempting his first start of 2016 in a part-time No. 93 for BK Racing, Ellis had entered without one of the 36 charters...