NASCAR senior vice president of competition Scott Miller admits it’s “unacceptable” that the Next Gen car keeps catching fire, and said that work continues on finding solutions.“We’re certainly digging into the cause,” Miller told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “We have cars down there this morning [at the R&D Center] looking for...

NASCAR announced Friday morning the return of practice and qualifying for the 2022 season, including a knockout-style qualifying format for all three series.For the past two seasons, most races were held without on-track activity leading up to race day because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bigger events such as the Daytona...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway track president Doug Boles did not expect there to be curbing issues Sunday afternoon.“There was no indication earlier today there was anything wrong with that curb, so it was a little bit of a surprise for us when during the race it started having issues,” Boles said...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Perhaps it’s too harsh to call NASCAR officials insane after what happened at Circuit of The Americas, but they are due for some criticism.After the Camping World Truck and Xfinity Series races...

NASCAR’s first dance on the Daytona International Speedway road course race was graded as an ‘A’ by senior vice president of competition Scott Miller.“I think from the start with the ARCA guys to what we just watched, I think it was a fantastic event, no problems with the racetrack,” said...

NASCAR confirmed Tuesday there would be no practice or qualifying for its three national series through the remainder of the season.“The current format has worked well in addressing several challenges during our return to racing,” said Scott Miller, NASCAR senior vice president of competition. “Most importantly, we have seen competitive...

NASCAR has no timeline to reintroduce practice and qualifying in the coming weeks but the series is beginning to consider its options for qualifying, according to senior vice president of competition Scott Miller.During an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Miller said the sport is committed to not holding practice or...

NASCAR officials will expand the starting lineups for both the Xfinity Series and Gander Truck Series at races scheduled to run without qualifying.Both series will now have a full field at 40 teams. In the Xfinity Series, that translates into four additional drivers. The Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series...

NASCAR’s Scott Miller said it was “pretty clear cut” that Johnny Sauter violated the yellow line rule at the end of the Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.Sauter crossed the finish line first, but was black-flagged and placed 14th (the last driver on the lead lap) in the...

NASCAR reverting to single-car qualifying was a decision made in hopes of “restoring general order” to the procedure.Scott Miller, senior vice president of competition, said on Wednesday that group qualifying had become problematic from a content and storytelling standpoint. A return to the consistency of single-car qualifying for all ovals,...