Corey LaJoie has a new home and big plans. The 29-year-old has inked a multi-year deal with Spire Motorsports, beginning with the 2021 Daytona 500. For months, LaJoie has been linked to Spire Motorsports, but he confirmed the move in a special offseason edition of his Sunday Money podcast, released Nov. 30 with guest Jeff …
Mike Harmon Racing is coming off its first full season of running two full-time teams in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and team owner Mike Harmon confirmed to Frontstretch the team will field those two teams again in 2021. According to Harmon, Bayley Currey and Kyle Weatherman will return to the team as well, with Currey in …
Riley Herbst will move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2021 to chase the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, multiple sources have confirmed to Frontstretch. On Nov. 12, Joe Gibbs Racing — Herbst’s former team — announced it signed Daniel Hemric to drive the No. 18 Toyota in Xfinity, formerly driven by Herbst. Linked to SHR for several weeks, …
In this week’s edition of the Frontstretch Podcast, Dustin Albino and Mike Neff discuss NASCAR’s championship weekend at Phoenix Raceway, which saw the youth movement takeover the sport. Chase Elliott became the third youngest Cup Series champion, dominating the race after starting in the back. The duo discusses what this means for Elliott’s confidence level, as he’s proven he …
Of all companies that support the military, not many do it better than Comcast. Of all sports that support the military, not many do it better than NASCAR. Tying these two entities together is a perfect match in many regards, specifically being military-centric. Comcast’s military program is led by Carol Eggert, senior vp, military and …
We made it! The 2020 NASCAR season is complete. Sure, there was a 10-week stoppage after the first month of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus limited fans in attendance for most racetracks and created a dent in NASCAR revenue. The playoff itself also had a weird twist; a nine-race winner and …
Ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix Raceway, Brad Keselowski was confident, believing he was one of, if not the favorite for the championship. After all, the No. 2 team had three wins in 2020 on tracks similar to the Phoenix. Because polesitter Chase Elliott had to start at the rear for …
Ahead of the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ championship race at Phoenix Raceway, all eyes were on Justin Allgaier. After all, he’d won at the track two previous times and had more starts than his three championship competitors combined. Starting from the pole position, Allgaier led the opening six laps of he race. He was passed by …
Everyone knows the story by now. Chase Briscoe set out a lofty goal prior to the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, believing he needed to win at least eight races to continue his NASCAR career. Briscoe did that and then some. Entering the Xfinity championship race at Phoenix Raceway, Briscoe had chalked up nine wins, …
Zane Smith was trying to do something just one other rookie driver has done in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoor Truck Series: win the championship in his rookie year. He came close, but no cigar in a race that ultimately slipped away from him. Smith began the race in second, but by turn 2, …
During the 2020 NASCAR season, Bubba Wallace took a stand to fight for social injustice. Now his Live to Be Different Foundation is getting recognized for those efforts, as he was named the 2020 Comcast Community Champion of the Year today, Nov. 6. “This is a tremendous honor for the Live To Be Different Foundation …
Thirty-two races and 5,383 laps are in the book. Now it’s time to crown the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. For the first time, Phoenix Raceway is host of the championship race. Odds are, the four championship drivers – Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Justin Allgaier and Justin Haley – are going to run towards the …
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