"THE LEAD LAP" current news from the racing world.
NASCAR Cup Series
- Hefty penalty for Briscoe, Stewart-Haas over Charlotte infraction May 31, 2023Chase Briscoe’s No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing team has been issued the strictest penalty in the NASCAR rule book for an infraction with the (...)
- Pivoting from racer to TV analyst an involved process for Bayne May 31, 2023At 32 years old, Trevor Bayne is approaching a pivotal point in his life as he decides his future in racing. Bayne still wants to be a (...)
- Chase Elliott given one-race suspension for Hamlin tangle May 30, 2023Chase Elliott has been suspended from the next NASCAR Cup Series race in St. Louis after his contact with Denny Hamlin in the Coca-Coca 600 (...)
- Blaney puts self-doubt on reset with Charlotte win May 30, 2023While there were never any thoughts from Ryan Blaney that he wasn’t going to win again in the NASCAR Cup Series, the driver who admits he (...)
- Wallace credits team after Charlotte fightback May 30, 2023Given the laundry list of things that went wrong for Bubba Wallace and his 23XI Racing team, it played in their favor that Monday’s race (...)
NASCAR Xfinity
- Allgaier gets breakthrough NASCAR Xfinity win at Charlotte May 30, 2023Saving fuel throughout a 66-lap green-flag run to the finish, Justin Allgaier collected his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the (...)
- Gibbs looks ahead to double duty at Charlotte May 28, 2023Ty Gibbs was slated to compete in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but the rains came and washed out (...)
- Mosack fired up for ARCA/Xfinity double duty on home ground at Charlotte May 25, 2023Six years after Connor Mosack’s career began on the quarter-mile at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he returns to his hometrack as a NASCAR (...)
- Larson outmuscles Nemechek for Darlington Xfinity win May 13, 2023In a fitting end to a true Darlington slugfest, Kyle Larson won Saturday’s Shriners Children’s 200 after bouncing off the wall at (...)
- Ryan Truex cruises to maiden Xfinity victory at Dover April 29, 2023Of all the places for Ryan Truex to absolutely turn in a career day, the 31-year-old led a dominating 124 of the 200 laps at his hometown (...)
- Jeb Burton survives Talladega carnage, takes Jordan Anderson Racing to first Xfinity Series win April 23, 2023It was the kind of hard-nosed, impatient – and thrilling -- competition that NASCAR fans have come to expect in the final laps of (...)
