Motorsports Columnist, Grand National Today
John Speedway covers the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, CARS Tour, and Late Model Stock racing with the intensity of a man who believes the next great stock car driver is racing on a short track right now — and the rest of the world just hasn't figured it out yet. Speedway brings decades of sports storytelling to the developmental series that build the stars of tomorrow. He covers the races, the drivers, the tracks, and the stories that happen after the checkered flag drops.
What to watch and who's hot at Dover's first NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday — three segments, no Open, 17 drivers already locked into the final field, Shane van Gisbergen bringing the most recent Cup…
May 15, 2026
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast.
May 15, 2026
Justin Allgaier brings the championship lead to Saturday's Dover BetRivers 200 (640 points, +155 over Sheldon Creed). Connor Zilisch brings the last win, having passed Jesse Love in the final corner…
May 13, 2026
Kaden Honeycutt comes into Dover Friday night as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points leader after his first career Truck win at Watkins Glen — same-day ARCA and Trucks sweep included.
May 13, 2026
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday.
May 13, 2026
Hyak Motorsports announced a multi-year contract extension with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Monday, keeping the 2023 Daytona 500 winner in the No.
May 13, 2026
Connor Zilisch ran Jesse Love down on fresher tires Saturday at Watkins Glen, then passed him in the final corner of the final lap to win the Mission 200 by 0.262 seconds — Zilisch's third…
May 13, 2026
Stephen Doran's pit box thought it was over. Twenty-four laps later, Shane van Gisbergen took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen by 7.288 seconds — his seventh career Cup win, every one of them on a…
May 13, 2026
Kaden Honeycutt won the CARS Pro Late Model Tour and CARS Late Model Stock Tour features at Ace Speedway on Saturday, May 9, 2026 — becoming the first driver in CARS Tour history to pull off a…
May 10, 2026
NASCAR and FloSports announced Thursday that the 2026 Virginia Triple Crown presented by FloRacing returns with a $50,000 purse — same as last year — with $20,000 going to the overall champion.
May 9, 2026
Kaden Honeycutt won the ARCA Menards General Tire 100 at Watkins Glen on Friday afternoon. Then he won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bully Hill Vineyards 176 in overtime over Connor Zilisch…
May 9, 2026
Project Never Lift's first practice day. Mamba Smith back in a Late Model for the first time since 2022.
May 8, 2026
A 5.7L Hemi is going through NASCAR certification for Late Model Stock racing. Queen City Garage is doing the testing. Lee Faulk Racing — the shop that took the last new manufacturer engine through…
May 8, 2026
Landen Lewis ran over the choose-V cone before an early restart at Caraway Speedway, got sent to the rear of the field, and apologized for it on the race broadcast.
May 5, 2026
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2.
May 5, 2026
Kyle Larson held the bottom for 17 green-flag laps and beat his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier to the line by 0.293 seconds at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday.
May 3, 2026
The 2026 Dash 4 Cash program closed Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway, and the season's final $100,000 bonus went to Brent Crews — eighteen years old, in his rookie season, driving the Joe Gibbs…
May 3, 2026
The CW is running its Cup-driver guest-analyst rotation again for six O'Reilly Series races. Denny Hamlin opens at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
May 1, 2026
Both ARCA Menards Series regional tours run on Saturday May 2: the Cook Out Music City 150 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway at 9 p.m. ET, the Bill Schmitt 173 at Shasta Speedway at 11:30 p.m. ET.
May 1, 2026
The RCR No. 21 opened 2026 at Daytona the same way he opens most years — in Victory Lane. Austin Hill's fourth season-opener win in five years is a reminder that the talent was never the question.
Apr 10, 2026
Blaine Perkins grew up in Bakersfield, California — not exactly NASCAR country. But here he is at Jordan Anderson Racing No. 31, making the case that the West Coast can produce short track racers too.
Apr 10, 2026
Austin Green's father drove these cars. Now Green has his own full-time seat at Peterson Racing — 33 races to prove that the name on the back of the firesuit is his, not a legacy he's borrowing.
Apr 10, 2026
Brandon Jones put the JRM No. 9 in second place at Rockingham — and in doing so, gave us the cleanest possible picture of what this car is capable of. Now comes the harder part.
Apr 10, 2026
After 150+ career starts and 23 top-10s, Anthony Alfredo arrives at Viking Motorsports in 2026 with a familiar crew chief and an unfamiliar thing: stability. Now what does he do with it?
Apr 10, 2026
William Sawalich wins his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham, ending a three-year drought for the JGR No. 18. Corey Day led 118 laps but finished tenth.
Apr 5, 2026
A comprehensive track guide to Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia — the flattest competitive oval in the Virginia short-track ecosystem, home of the Hampton Heat, and the proving ground where…
Apr 3, 2026
Karting world champion at eleven. Daytona and Sebring winner at seventeen. Eleven Xfinity wins before turning twenty. Connor Zilisch has the most complete résumé in NASCAR — and he's learning what…
Apr 3, 2026
Four national championships. More than fifty wins at South Boston. Six years of silence. Then Lee Pulliam came back and led forty laps in his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series start at Martinsville.
Apr 2, 2026
Five Virginia Triple Crown championships. Eight South Boston Speedway track championships. Two NASCAR Weekly Series national titles.
Apr 2, 2026
South Boston Speedway has been the front door of professional stock car racing since 1957. From Junior Johnson's first NASCAR win to Peyton Sellers' eight track championships, the four-tenths-mile…
Apr 2, 2026
The track they call the Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars is .363 miles of asphalt in Newton, North Carolina. From Ralph Earnhardt to Connor Zilisch, the smallest classroom in the sport keeps producing…
Apr 2, 2026
North Wilkesboro Speedway was built crooked in 1946, hosted Cup races for 49 years, sat abandoned for 26 more, and came back from the dead. On July 19, 2026, it hosts its first points race in 30 years.
Apr 2, 2026
The oldest continuously operating track in NASCAR is a half-mile paperclip in Virginia that still hands winners a cherry-wood grandfather clock. From H.
Apr 2, 2026
Travis Kvapil won a Truck Series championship in 2003. Twenty years later, both his sons won CARS Tour titles in the same season.
Apr 2, 2026
JR Motorsports runs programs at every level of stock car racing — Late Models, OARS, and selected Cup starts — all under one roof in Mooresville.
Apr 2, 2026
Connor Hall won eleven straight at Langley, back-to-back national championships, and the 2025 Virginia Triple Crown. Now JR Motorsports, the CARS Tour, and the Truck Series are teaching him what's…
Apr 2, 2026
