William Byron’s rookie season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series would grade out at a B – if he were generous.“There [have] been some things I look back on that are positives, but the competitor inside me wants a lot more,” Byron tells RACER.Byron, the 21-year-old talent who has...

NASCAR has simplified the process of crowning the Sunoco Rookie of the Year winner.Beginning this season, ROY in each of the three NASCAR national series will simply be decided based on the driver who earns the most points throughout the season. That will include the accumulation of stage points and...

Erik Jones put the finishing touches on an impressive season with Sunoco Rookie of the Year of honors.The Furniture Row Racing driver earned 14 top-10 finishes, one pole and led 310 laps in 36 races. He ended the year 19th in the point standings after finishing 21st in the Ford...

Richard Petty Motorsports officially announced Darrell Wallace Jr. as the next driver of the No. 43.Wallace will take over in 2018, replacing Aric Almirola. Running a full Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series campaign, the 24-year-old graduate of the NASCAR Diversity program and NASCAR Next will contend for Sunoco Rookie of...

With a new competition package that produced a race-record 16 lead changes and the closest NASCAR Xfinity Series finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, William Byron threw more blocks than an NFL fullback in holding off charging Paul Menard to win Saturday's Lilly Diabetes 250.Byron made the decisive pass for the...

Joe Gibbs is playing the patience game when it comes to Daniel Suarez and the No. 19 team.After inheriting the ARRIS Toyota from Carl Edwards, who decided during the offseason to step away from full-time NASCAR competition, Suarez got off to a rocky start with three consecutive finishes outside the...

ABOVE: Abreu (middle) with Bryan Clauson (2nd) and Zach Daum on the winner's podium at the Chili Bowl Saturday night (Boyd Adams image). Rico Abreu, USAC National Midget champion, open-wheel standout, and 2015 and '16 Chili Bowl Nationals winner, will join ThorSport Racing as a full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck...

Bryan Herta Autosport in partnership with Bowen Motorsports announced that Bowers & Wilkins has expanded its role with the team to become primary sponsor for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series. Bowers & Wilkins has been an associate partner of BHA since 2012 and was the team's primary partner for the...

As predicted by RACER last week, Bryan Herta Autosport has confirmed that 2014 Indy Lights champion Gabby Chaves will drive its No. 98 entry in the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series.Colombian-American Chaves took four wins en route to last year's Indy Lights title, and joins the team for his rookie IndyCar...