"THE LEAD LAP" current news from the racing world.
NASCAR Cup Series
- 2019 campaign should silence critics – Hamlin November 15, 2019Regardless of the outcome Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season has been a success (...)
- Harvick admits he’d doubted Championship 4 prospects November 14, 2019To some, Kevin Harvick would be considered a sure-fire bet to make the Championship 4 given his track record. Consider that Harvick was a (...)
- PODCAST: Landon Cassill November 13, 2019Landon Cassill has never won a NASCAR national series race. He’s never contended for a championship. But Cassill has been in victory (...)
- Hemric joins JR Motorsports for partial 2020 Xfinity season November 13, 2019Daniel Hemric will contest the majority of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule for JR Motorsports. Hemric, who ran full-time in the (...)
- Front Row team, Tifft agree to split November 13, 2019Ahead of this weekend's NASCAR finale in Homestead, Front Row Motorsports and driver Matt Tifft announced they have mutually agreed (...)
NASCAR Xfinity
- Five crew chiefs fined after NASCAR Phoenix weekend November 12, 2019Five NASCAR crew chiefs have been fined after the tripleheader elimination weekend at ISM Raceway. Each fine was for either a missing (...)
- Allgaier clinches Championship 4 spot in Phoenix Xfinity November 9, 2019Justin Allgaier’s timing was impeccable. After a pit road speeding penalty and a subsequent spin KO’d the winning chances of polesitter (...)
- Herbst lands full-time Gibbs Xfinity ride November 5, 2019Riley Herbst will join Joe Gibbs Racing’s stable of full-time Xfinity Series drivers next season. Herbst will drive the No. 18 (...)
- Bell makes a statement with dominant win in Texas November 3, 2019Christopher Bell shrugged off a short-lived brake problem in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and cruised to a 5.635-second victory in (...)
- NASCAR interview: Austin Theriault October 23, 2019Austin Theriault has had the humbling experience of making his first starts in the NASCAR Cup Series this season, which he didn’t think (...)
- Jones wins Kansas Xfinity; Custer and Reddick scuffle October 19, 2019After Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 took a sharp turn with 16 laps left, Brandon Jones sped away on two straight restarts to collect his (...)
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
- Five crew chiefs fined after NASCAR Phoenix weekend November 12, 2019Five NASCAR crew chiefs have been fined after the tripleheader elimination weekend at ISM Raceway. Each fine was for either a missing (...)
- Friesen locks into Championship 4 with Phoenix Trucks victory November 9, 2019Stewart Friesen thought he had led the first lap of Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150 at ISM Raceway in Phoenix. He was wrong. After suffering (...)
- Dramatic pass in wild race gives Todd Gilliland first Truck Series win October 26, 2019In an extraordinarily wild NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race that saw four of six Playoff drivers have major issues, 19-year-old (...)
- Ex-NASCAR Truck owner found dead in Ohio River October 17, 2019The body of a former NASCAR team owner was pulled Tuesday evening from the Ohio River near Louisville, KY. Lonnie Troxell, 68, was (...)
- NASCAR’s Miller says Sauter’s win-negating penalty "pretty clear cut" October 12, 2019NASCAR’s Scott Miller said it was “pretty clear cut” that Johnny Sauter violated the yellow line rule at the end of the Gander Outdoors (...)
