"THE LEAD LAP" current news from the racing world.
NASCAR Cup Series
- INTERVIEW: Kurt Busch January 22, 2021Sunday, February 14, 2021 will mark the 63rd running of the storied Daytona 500. The afternoon will also mark the 721st career NASCAR (...)
- NBCSN to be shuttered at end of 2021 January 22, 2021NBC has addressed the growing rumors regarding the future of its NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) cable channel and confirmed it will be (...)
- NASCAR podcast: Santino Ferrucci January 21, 2021Santino Ferrucci is coming to NASCAR and couldn’t be more excited to get started with Sam Hunt Racing. Ferrucci joins The Racing Writer’s (...)
- Allmendinger set for Cup return on Daytona road course January 21, 2021AJ Allmendinger will make his first NASCAR Cup Series start since 2018 with an entry in the Daytona road course on Feb. 21 with Kaulig (...)
- INSIGHT: Trackhouse Racing's stealth mission January 21, 2021Justin Marks is never short on words. Those words come fast when he gets talking, and his answers are usually lengthy and peppered with (...)
NASCAR Xfinity
- NASCAR podcast: Santino Ferrucci January 21, 2021Santino Ferrucci is coming to NASCAR and couldn’t be more excited to get started with Sam Hunt Racing. Ferrucci joins The Racing Writer’s (...)
- Paludo lands part-time Xfinity deal with JR Motorsports January 13, 2021Miguel Paludo will return to NASCAR competition this season in a three-race Xfinity Series deal with JR Motorsports. Paludo will drive (...)
- Ferrucci signs part-time Xfinity deal with Sam Hunt Racing January 8, 2021Santino Ferrucci will join Sam Hunt Racing and Toyota Racing Development for a part-time schedule in NASCAR's Xfinity Series for (...)
- Our Motorsports confirms second Xfinity entry plan December 11, 2020Our Motorsports is expanding to two full-time teams in the NASCAR Xfinity Series beginning in 2021. The organization will run a second (...)
- NASCAR announces networks, start times for 2021 December 10, 2020NASCAR, in collaboration with FOX Sports and NBC Sports, today announced 2021 race start times and networks for the NASCAR Cup (...)
- Herbst takes over for Briscoe on SHR Xfinity team December 10, 2020Riley Herbst will move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2021 and take over its No. 98 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Herbst, 21, (...)
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
- AXR takes Rolex 24 pole with sprint race win January 24, 2021Rainfall prior to the start of IMSA’s 100-minute qualifying race that set the starting order for next weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona (...)
- Patrick Long on Wright Motorsports' crash and chassis change January 24, 2021Porsche factory driver Patrick Long calls in to give RACER an update on the incredible efforts by his Wright Motorsports IMSA team after it (...)
- New H-Modified Racing Club will join two 2021 events January 24, 2021A recent resurgence of interest in vintage H-modifieds (and similar small-bore racers) has led to the formation of the H-Modified Racing (...)
- Wright Motorsports crash leads to chassis change January 24, 2021The good news is that Wright Motorsports’ Ryan Hardwick, who set pole in the GT Daytona class Saturday afternoon, has been evaluated (...)
- Magnussen, Tandy, Gomes lead Roar night practice January 24, 2021Welcome to IMSA, Kevin Magnussen. Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing’s newest driver took the No. 01 DPi-V.R to the fastest lap of the Roar (...)
