The NTT IndyCar Series’ 2021 season has a new opening race. Instead of starting its season at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the series will instead begin at Barber Motorsports Park in April, INDYCAR announced Jan. 6. The Barber race will be held April 11, followed by St. Petersburg, whose event moves to April …
Michael McDowell will remain with Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, while Anthony Alfredo moves to the team to compete for Rookie of the Year honors, the team announced Jan. 6. McDowell returns to the No. 34, while Alfredo will drive the No. 38 vacated by John Hunter Nemechek. 2021 will …
The schedule for the inaugural Superstar Racing Experience season is here. The six-race season will begin in June and run through mid-July, SRX announced Jan. 4. Stafford Motor Speedway will kick off the season June 12, followed by races at Knoxville Raceway, Eldora Speedway, Lucas Oil Raceway, Slinger Speedway and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. All races …
Jeffrey Earnhardt will return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series full time in 2021, driving JD Motorsports with Gary Keller’s No. 0, the team announced Dec. 21. Earnhardt’s return to full-time competition coincides with his return to JDM after running 29 of the 2020 season’s 33 races for the organization, mostly in the No. 0. He …
After debuting in the NTT IndyCar Series in 2020, Dalton Kellett will run full time for the first time in 2021, he announced Dec. 15. Kellett will drive the No. 4 for AJ Foyt Enterprises in the full season. K-Line Insulators USA will return as a primary sponsor after previously sponsoring the team’s No. 14. …
Colby Howard will run full time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021 for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller, the team announced Dec. 14. Howard will drive the No. 15. In 2020, Howard made his Xfinity debut with JDM, driving the No. 15 in all 22 of his starts. The 19-year-old scored a best finish …
After running the full 2020 Xfinity Series season for two teams, Myatt Snider will return to one of those teams full time in 2021. Snider will drive Richard Childress Racing’s No. 2 in the series in 2021, the team announced Dec. 10. The effort will be sponsored by TaxSlayer. Snider’s move to the No. 2 …
Lucas Oil Raceway will be part of the inaugural Superstar Racing Experience schedule in 2021, SRX announced Dec. 9. The track, located outside Indianapolis in Brownsburg, Ind., formerly hosted the NASCAR Xfinity and Camping World Truck series through 2011. It also held a race for the ARCA Menards Series through 2020, with the track left …
Jesse Little will return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, but with a new team. Little will drive BJ McLeod Motorsports’ No. 78 in the series, the team announced Dec. 8. In 2020, Little drove in his rookie Xfinity season for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller in its No. 4. “BJ & Jessica (McLeod) …
Chandler Smith will drive full time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2020 for Kyle Busch Motorsports, the team announced Dec. 7. Smith will pilot the No. 18 previously driven by Christian Eckes. Safelite Autoglass will sponsor the full-season effort, Smith’s first in the series, for 15 races. “Since I started racing at …
Despite planning a full-time schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, Brett Moffitt isn’t done yet with the Camping World Truck Series. Moffitt will compete for the championship in Niece Motorsports’ No. 45 in 2021 in the series, the team announced Dec. 2. “I am so thankful to Al Niece (team owner), Cody Efaw …
Nurtec ODT will sponsor Rick Ware Racing for the full season in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, the team announced Dec. 2. The company, a part of Biohaven, will be a primary partner for the organization starting at the season-opening Daytona 500 on RWR’s No. 51, sporting a mostly purple paint scheme. “I am …
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