Sports Journalist · 37 articles
Cleetus McFarland left Rockingham Speedway with a result to hang his hat on. He finished P4 in the ARCA Menards Series race on Saturday, his first top-five result and his best finish in NASCAR competition to date. He then climbed into the Gen 5 car for his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series debut on the […]
While the NASCAR Cup Series paused for the Easter break, a tradition restored in 2022 after a gap of 51 years, the spotlight shifted to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last weekend. Cup drivers, meanwhile, stepped away to recover after seven straight weekends, with Bristol Motor Speedway waiting […]
William Sawalich stole the show at Rockingham Speedway, sealing his first O’Reilly career win in 42 starts. The result also put Toyota Racing Development on the board for its first win of the season, breaking a run where Chevrolet had ruled the roost, from Austin Hill striking at Daytona to Justin Allgaier taking three of […]
As Cleetus McFarland prepares for his first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series start, he recently admitted he’s nervous. However, the good news is that he will have the ARCA race at the same track, Rockingham Speedway, so he can at least get used to it. However, the real challenge for him would be to get […]
With 51 days still on the clock before the Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 24, 2026, the grid remains one piece short of the full set. The race, which runs on a fixed count, has yet to lock in all 33 entries. With two slots open, Abel Motorsports has now thrown its hat in […]
For a stretch to open the 2026 season, Bubba Wallace kept himself in the hunt, sitting inside the top two in points through much of the first seven races. By the time the field rolled into Martinsville Speedway, he stood third in the driver standings table. Then came a turn for the worse, as one […]
With the NASCAR Cup Series taking a breather this weekend, the spotlight shifts to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, which are ready to head to Rockingham Speedway. While the field below the top tier is bracing for another round, those in the Cup garage seem to be letting […]
Garrett Mitchell, known to most of his fans as Cleetus McFarland, has found that reality bites harder than any dream he once sold himself. After stepping into stock car racing with runs in the ARCA Menards Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series since last year, with guidance from the late Greg Biffle, McFarland had […]
The IndyCar Series finds itself back on the clock as viewership numbers wobble, raising fresh questions over its push to grow its audience and draw sponsor interest. The latest stop at Barber Motorsports Park has added more fuel to that fire. The 2026 Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix drew 906,000 viewers on Fox Corporation, […]
JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier has taken command of the points race heading into the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham Speedway, carrying a 92-point cushion over Jesse Love. The surge came on the back of a win at Martinsville Speedway, marking his third win in the last four starts. The No. 7 […]
In his second bid at the “Double,” the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, Kyle Larson saw both runs go up in smoke. He crashed out of the Indy 500 on lap 92 and later met the same fate in the Coca-Cola 600 on lap 245, marking the first “Double DNF” […]
The Martinsville race did not exactly play out the way Denny Hamlin had planned. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who holds six wins at the track, started from the pole and set the pace, and led 292 of the first 317 laps, bagging the first two Stages. Yet the whole scene flipped during a pit […]