#INDYCAR: The date for the inaugural Arlington Grand Prix will be March 15, 2026. The street race will be held on a 14-turn, 2.73-mile street course around Arlington's sports and entertainment district around the homes of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and MLB's Texas Rangers.
#NASCAR: Casey Mears will return to the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time since the 2019 Daytona 500. He will drive the No. 66 HitchGO Ford Mustang for Garage 66.
#NASCAR: NASCAR has amended the Open Exemption Provisional, which was used by Helio Castroneves to make his way into the Daytona 500 last month. Previously the OEP was used only if that team failed to qualify, as Castroneves did at Daytona, but now the OEP entrant will always be an additional entry.
#IMSA: Jose Maria Lopez will replace Ben Barnicoat in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 this weekend for the 12 Hours of Sebring. Barnicoat was recently injured in a mountain biking incident.
#F1: Cadillac has received final approvals and has been confirmed to join F1 beginning in the 2026 season.
#NASCAR: Joe Gibbs Racing wins their appeal of the penalty to Chase Briscoe's No. 19 Toyota team from Daytona. The appeals panel does not believe the elongated holes in the spoiler base were a result of a modification of a single source part.
#NASCAR: Also, Kyle Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team will see the suspension of crew members Brandon Johnson and Blaine Anderson for the next two NASCAR Cup Series races for an unsecured wheel which came off after a pit stop.
#NASCAR: Austin Cindric has been fined $50,000 and 50 driver points for intentional contact with Ty Dillon at COTA that resulted in Dillon spinning. No suspension, as NASCAR determined that it did not warrant one due to lower speeds on a road course and that it did not result in a caution.
#NASCAR: NASCAR has countersued 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports, and Curtis Polk claiming they "willfully violated the antitrust laws by orchestrating anticompetitive collective conduct in connection with the terms of the 2025 Charter Agreements."
#IMSA: Brendon Hartley will join Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz in the No. 40 Cadillac for Wayne Taylor Racing at Sebring, replacing Alex Lynn. Lynn missed Daytona with illness and was unable to test with the team last month at Sebring. Hartley raced the No. 10 Cadillac for the team at Daytona.
#NASCAR: Katherine Legge will add the NASCAR Cup Series to her resume this weekend as Live Fast Motorsports has announced that she will drive the No. 78 DROPLiGHT Chevrolet.
#INDYCAR: Alex Palou wins the IndyCar season opener in St. Petersburg. Scott Dixon finishes second to give Chip Ganassi Racing a 1-2 finish.
#NASCAR: Christopher Bell wins the Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
#NASCAR: Corey Heim has signed a multi-year agreement with 23XI Racing as a development driver. Heim will drive the No. 67 Toyota at Kansas, the first of multiple Cup Series races, with Bootie Barker as crew chief this season for the team.
#NASCAR: Austin Hill wins the Xfinity Series Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. His third straight victory at Atlanta.
#INDYCAR: Arrow McLaren announces that Tony Kanaan has been named Team Principal. Kanaan has been the Deputy Team Principal since Gavin Ward left the team at the end of the 2024 season.
#NASCAR: Additionally, Todd Gilliland's No. 34 Ford team and Cody Ware's No. 51 Ford team were penalized 10 driver and owner points for a safety violation for added ballast to their cars.
#NASCAR: Chase Briscoe's No. 19 Toyota team has been penalized 100 points and 10 playoff points to both the driver and owner points, $100,000, and crew chief James Small is suspended for four races. The car used a spoiler base that was not purchased from its single source supplier, which is illegal.
#NASCAR: Kyle Busch will run five races in the Craftsman Truck Series in the No. 07 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports beginning this weekend at Atlanta.
#NASCAR: Aric Almirola will run nine races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.
#NASCAR: William Byron wins his second consecutive Daytona 500 to open up the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
#NASCAR: A manufacturer has made a formal submission to NASCAR to join the Truck Series beginning next season. It is believed to be Dodge’s RAM brand, who is looking to return to the series after more than a decade away from the sport.
#NASCAR: Jesse Love wins the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona.
#NASCAR: Parker Kligerman’s truck failed post-race inspection and been disqualified. Corey Hein is now the winner of the Truck Series season opener at Daytona,
#NASCAR: Parker Kligerman wins the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season opener at Daytona.
#NASCAR: Due to the potential for rain in the forecast on Sunday evening, NASCAR has moved the start of the Daytona 500 one hour earlier to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Current forecasts have rain arriving around 3 p.m.
#INDYCAR: Rinus VeeKay becomes the final confirmed driver for the 2025 IndyCar season as he will join Dale Coyne Racing to drive the No. 18 Honda.
#NASCAR: Austin Cindric wins the second Duel at Daytona. Corey Lajoie advances to the Daytona 500.
#NASCAR: Bubba Wallace wins the first Duel at Daytona. Justin Allgaier advances into the Daytona 500.
#NASCAR: Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric will start from the front row in Sunday's Daytona 500.
