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  • JD Motorsports Adds Ryan Vargas Full Time to 2021 Lineup
    • JD Motorsports Adds Ryan Vargas Full Time to 2021 Lineup
    JD Motorsports with Gary Keller is proud to announce that California‘s Ryan Vargas is back in the seat of the No. 6 Chevrolet — but this time, it will be on a full-time basis. The NASCAR Drive for Diversity and NASCAR Next graduate will compete for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in 2021 after […]...2021
  • • Santino Ferrucci interested in NASCAR
    Santino Ferrucci could possibly add another racing discipline to his resume in 2021. Coming off his first season as a team leader in the NTT IndyCar Series where he placed 13th in the championship for Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci confirmed to RACER on Friday that he is investigating options to compete in NASCAR next year. […]...2020
  • • NASCAR Next Gen Cup car feedback "wasn't as good" on Charlotte oval
    NASCAR's Next Gen car received better reviews from its drivers on the Charlotte road layout than on the oval course, says senior vice president of racing innovation John Probst...2020
  • Truex: NASCAR Next Gen car
    • Truex: NASCAR Next Gen car "does everything a little bit better"
    “It’s been fun to drive; no real issues to speak of,” Truex said during a break Monday afternoon. “It’s been pretty fun.“The biggest thing is I think it’s less horsepower than what we raced; the tires are bigger; it has more gears in the transmission; it’s sequential; and it’s got really big brakes.“I guess it does everything a little bit better.”Monday’s Next ...Keep reading...2020
  • • Chase Purdy joins GMS Racing full-time for 2021 season
    GMS Racing announced today that Chase Purdy will join the organization full-time in 2021. The NASCAR Next Alumni will pilot one of the team‘s Chevrolet entries in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. “I am very excited to be back full-time racing again, especially with a strong organization like GMS Racing,” said Purdy. “I am […]...2020
  • Hendrick lets slip plan for Elliott, Johnson to race the Rolex 24
    • Hendrick lets slip plan for Elliott, Johnson to race the Rolex 24
    Elliott, the son of 1988 Cup champion Bill, sealed his first Cup title in Sunday’s season finale at Phoenix and is known to have plans to race outside of NASCAR next year – mainly in sprint cars at mid-week events.Elliott has never raced in sportscars previously, and the arrival of Kyle Larson to the team in 2021 has likely freed up Hendrick’s drivers to make requests for non-NASCAR ...Keep readin...2020
  • • Chase Purdy to run five Truck races for GMS Racing
    GMS Racing announced the addition of Chase Purdy to the driver lineup for five races in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020. The NASCAR Next alum will make his season debut in the No. 24 Bama Buggies Silverado at Pocono Raceway on June 27. In addition to Pocono, Purdy will pilot […]...2020
  • • GMS Racing adds NASCAR Next alum Chase Purdy to 2020 Gander Trucks lineup
    STATESVILLE, N.C. -- GMS Racing announced the addition of Chase Purdy to the driver lineup for five races in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020. The NASCAR Next alum will make his season debut June 27 in the No. 24 Bama Buggies Silverado at Pocono Raceway. In addition to Pocono, Purdy […]...2020
  • • Jones kicks off 2020 NASCAR Next Gen testing in Miami
    NASCAR’s so-called ‘Next Gen’ prototype chassis hit the track once again this week at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with Toyota driver Erik Jones in the driving seat for a two-day test....2020
  • • Jones kicks off 2020 NASCAR Next Gen testing in Miami
    This follows initial test runs at Richmond and Phoenix at the end of last year, with Austin Dillon and Joey Logano driving respectively, and this car is set to form the basis of NASCAR’s Cup machinery from 2021.Click on the arrows on the images above to scroll through them.Read Also:Top Stories of 2019, #9: NASCAR bets the farm on Next Gen futureFord chief: NASCAR Next ...Keep reading...2020

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NASCAR Next injury and suspension

  • • Tifft Out Indefinitely Due to Brain Tumor; Ragan to Sub at Daytona
    After missing his last scheduled race at Iowa Speedway for Joe Gibbs Racing, NASCAR Next driver Matt Tifft will be sidelined yet again for the Subway Firecracker 250 due to surgery to remove a brain tumor. The 20-year-old was kept out of the seat of his No. 18 Toyota at Iowa because of a disc injury in his back. The disc injury, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise, was what helped doctor...2016
  • • NXS: Mexican driver Daniel Suarez scores breakthrough victory at Michigan
    By Reid Spencer BROOKLYN, Mich. – Daniel Suarez was speechless—and justifiably so. The Mexican driver had just passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch for the lead on the next-to-last lap and held on to win Saturday’s Menards 250 presented by Valvoline NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan International Speedway by .280 seconds over the man who sets the standard in the series. The first Mexic...2016
  • • Mexican driver Daniel Suarez scores breakthrough victory at Michigan
    Photo Credit: (©2016, John Harrelson / NKP) Posted by: Sandy Terronez, follow @SandyTerronez June 11, 2016 Courtesy NASCAR Wire Service Daniel Suarez was speechless—and justifiably so. The Mexican driver had just passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch for the lead on the next-to-last lap and held on to win Saturday’s Menards 250 presented by Valvoline NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan I...2016
  • • Mexican Driver Suarez Scores Breaksthrough win at Michigan
    By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich. – Daniel Suarez was speechless—and justifiably so. The Mexican driver had just passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch for the lead on the next-to-last lap and held on to win Saturday’s Menards 250 presented by Valvoline NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan International Speedway by .280 seconds over the man who sets the standard in the s...2016

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  • • NXS: Mexican driver Daniel Suarez scores breakthrough victory at Michigan
    By Reid Spencer BROOKLYN, Mich. – Daniel Suarez was speechless—and justifiably so. The Mexican driver had just passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch for the lead on the next-to-last lap and held on to win Saturday’s Menards 250 presented by Valvoline NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan International Speedway by .280 seconds over the man who sets the standard in the series. The first Mexic...2016
  • • Mexican driver Daniel Suarez scores breakthrough victory at Michigan
    Photo Credit: (©2016, John Harrelson / NKP) Posted by: Sandy Terronez, follow @SandyTerronez June 11, 2016 Courtesy NASCAR Wire Service Daniel Suarez was speechless—and justifiably so. The Mexican driver had just passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch for the lead on the next-to-last lap and held on to win Saturday’s Menards 250 presented by Valvoline NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan I...2016
  • • NXS: Daniel Suárez surging at top of NASCAR XFINITY Series standings
    NASCAR WIRE SERVICE Don’t expect Daniel Suárez to concede his spot atop the NASCAR XFINITY Series standings anytime soon. Through his first five races, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver boasts a higher average finish (4.8) than the last five NXS driver champions through the first five contests in their respective championship-winning seasons: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 6.2 (2012); Chris Buescher, 7.8 (2015); ...2016
  • • CARS: NASCAR NEXT Driver Nicole Behar and David Gilliland Racing Team Up for 2016
    Mooresville, NC (February 3, 2016) – NASCAR NEXT driver, Nicole Behar, has joined David Gilliland Racing’s driver development program. Behar is set to compete in the No. 97 DGR, Custom Welding & Fabrication Inc. Toyota Camry Super Late Model in the 2016 CARS Tour Series. Behar, a fifth generation driver from Otis Orchards, Washington, has been competing in the motorsports industry for almost a dec...2016
  • • NCWTS: Cameron Hayley to Make NCWTS Debut
    MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Turner Scott Motorsports announced Thursday that Cameron Hayley will join the team to race in three upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck series races this season. Hayley, who grew up in Canada, will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck series debut at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on August 31. He is currently serving as a development driver for the Turner Scott Motorsports ...2014

NASCAR Next parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • Motte’s Minute: Kids give hilarious answers when asked how old Jimmie Johnson is
    • Motte’s Minute: Kids give hilarious answers when asked how old Jimmie Johnson is
    NASCAR Next drivers and young kids try to guess the age of 7-time champ Jimmie Johnson....2018
  • Hailie Deegan's championship fire earns her return spot in NASCAR Next class
    • Hailie Deegan's championship fire earns her return spot in NASCAR Next class
    The 16-year-old driver comes from a motorsports family, but her famous dad didn't think she was intense enough to be competitive on the track. Laid-back Hailie is proving him wrong....2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Kyle Busch, Dale Jr. relive infamous 2008 Richmond incident
    during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 22, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. FROM THE DRIVE.COM NASCAR next heads to Richmond Raceway in Virginia for its second-straight short-track race, Saturday night’s 2018 Toyota Owners 400. After a visit to Richmond 10 years ago, Kyle Busch learned what it was like to be on the bad side of Jr. Natio...2018
  • • NCWTS: John Hunter Nemechek hopes to add to family legacy at Kansas Speedway
    John Hunter Nemechek has never taken a lap around Kansas Speedway, but he has visited Victory Lane there. As a 7-year-old in 2004, he celebrated in the winner’s circle with his father Joe Nemechek at the 1.5-mile track, after the elder Nemechek took the checkered flag in the Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods for his final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. John Hunter will attempt to carry on ...2016
  • • Kasey Kahne shares first picture of newborn son Tanner
    Kasey Kahne became a first-time father this week.On Thursday, the Hendrick Motorsports driver used his Instagram account to post a picture of Tanner Lee Kahne. so peaceful | so special Tanner Lee Kahne A photo posted by Kasey Kahne (@kaseykahne) on Oct 15, 2015 at 8:35pm PDT Little Tanner is the latest in the NASCAR baby boom of 2015, joining Brexton Busch and Scarlett Keselowski as poten...2015

Top NASCAR Next news

  • • 2015-2015 NASCAR Next class announced at Hall of Fame
    The past and future of the sport came together Tuesday morning when the 2015-2016 NASCAR Next class was introduced at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. The program, which is in its fifth year, is used to help prepare young up-and-coming racers for a potentially successful career in NASCAR's top three national touring series -- Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup....2015
  • • Cameron Hayley takes Jeb Burton's old seat at ThorSport Racing
    ThorSport Racing, a winner of the last two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championships, has named "NASCAR Next" driver Cameron Hayley to its roster of full-time drivers for the 2015 truck season....2015
  • • Future stars: Meet the 2015 NASCAR Next class of drivers
    Meet the young up-and-coming drivers that are part of the 2015 NASCAR Next class....2015
  • • Rico Abreu earns first career victory in NASCAR K&N Pro Series
    Rico Abreu earns his first career stock car victory, racing to the win in Saturday night's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East event at Columbus Motor Speedway in Ohio. A member of the current NASCAR Next class, Abreu, who stands 4-foot-4 and weighs 95 pounds, has been pegged as an up-and-coming star. ...2015
  • • Gray Gaulding to drive three NCWTS races for Kyle Busch Motorsports
    NASCAR Next alumnus Gray Gaulding will drive the No. 54 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra for three races during the 2015 Camping World Truck Series season. ...2015
  • • Watch as 2016 NASCAR Next class is unveiled on 'Race Hub'
    Who will make up the 2016 NASCAR Next class that could produce the next generation of stars in the sport's top series? Tune in tonight at 5 p.m. ET on FS1 to find out....2016
  • • Gordon, NASCAR to discuss safety measures
    Jeff Gordon, upset after a hard hit into a concrete wall at Atlanta, will meet with NASCAR next week to discuss safety initiatives....2015
  • • Pastrana returns to NASCAR fold
    Travis Pastrana will return to NASCAR next month when he joins the Truck field at Las Vegas...2015
  • • NASCAR Reveals 2016 NASCAR Next Class
    NASCAR and 'NASCAR Race Hub' are proud to unveil the 2016 NASCAR Next class....2016
  • • Jeff Gordon to meet with NASCAR to discuss safety measures
    LAS VEGAS (AP) Jeff Gordon, upset after a hard hit into a concrete wall at Atlanta, said Friday he'll meet with NASCAR next week to discuss safety initiatives....2015
  • • JD Motorsports Adds Ryan Vargas Full Time to 2021 Lineup
    2021
  • • Santino Ferrucci interested in NASCAR
    2020
  • • NASCAR Next Gen Cup car feedback "wasn't as good" on Charlotte oval
    2020
  • • Truex: NASCAR Next Gen car "does everything a little bit better"
    2020

NASCAR Next schedule, game

  • • Chase Purdy to run five Truck races for GMS Racing
    2020
  • • GMS Racing adds NASCAR Next alum Chase Purdy to 2020 Gander Trucks lineup
    2020
  • • Ford chief: NASCAR Next Gen car "a very big step forward"
    A non-manufacturer specific version of the car has been tested on-track twice now with another test scheduled in January at Homestead-Miami Speedway. An updated engine is expected to follow in the 2021 season.In an exclusive interview this week, Motorsport.com spoke with Mark Rushbrook, the global director of Ford Performance Motorsports, on a variety of topics related to the ‘Next Gen’ ...Keep re...2019
  • • NASCAR Xfinity: Zane Smith goes part-time with JR Motorsports
    NASCAR Next program driver Zane Smith will drive the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet in eight NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2019, the race team announced Tuesday. “Zane is going to be an important part of the lineup for the No. 9 team next year,” JR Motorsports co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “It’s a great opportunity for him. The team is going to take on a different feel with a handful of drive...2018
  • • Harrison Burton Expands Schedule with KBM
    By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer NASCAR Next alumni Harrison Burton returns to Kyle Busch Motorsports for an expanded schedule in 2018. Burton, the 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion, will drive the No. 51 Toyota Tundra in nine races, up from six in 2017. Burton scored one top five in the Truck Series, at Martinsville Speedway. In his six races, he had an average finish of 12.3. In 2017, Burton ...2018
  • • Tifft Out Indefinitely Due to Brain Tumor; Ragan to Sub at Daytona
    2016

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