4+ hour, 9+ min ago (449+ words) Coca-Cola has been woven into the fabric of stock car racing for more than 57 years, beginning with its early support of Bobby Allison in the 1970s. The beverage giant strengthened its position in the sport in 1998 when it became an Official Partner of NASCAR. Since then, it has served as the official sparkling beverage of the series and the title sponsor of the e-NASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. Coca-Cola's involvement also extends to driver partnerships through its Racing Family, community-focused programs, and support of NASCAR Salutes Refreshed by Coca-Cola for the U.S. Armed Forces. It also carries the naming rights for one of NASCAR's crown jewels, the Coca-Cola 600. The brand's colors were front and center in 1972 when Allison, car owner Junior Johnson, and his crew showcased Coca-Cola's red-and-gold scheme. Over the decades, the company has backed several drivers, but Allison's No. 12 Chevrolet remains…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago (414+ words) Jimmie Johnson may have stepped away from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition after the 2020 season, but his name still tops several lists. His seven championships, tying the iconic totals of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Petty, remain the most significant of them all. Yet several other metrics underline just how thoroughly he commanded the sport. This includes the number of seasons in which he led the most laps. According to NASCAR Insights, Johnson topped the laps-led category in six different seasons across his 20 full-time Cup campaigns. Johnson first paced the field in 2004, leading 1,312 laps. Four years later, he led 1,959 laps in 2008. The ex-Hendrick Motorsports driver dominated again in 2009 with 2,238 laps led, then repeated the feat in 2010 with 1,315 laps. In 2012, he reached his highest total of the span with 1,744 laps led, and in 2013, he tallied 1,985. Of those seasons, he captured championships…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago (389+ words) Ryan Preece knows a thing or two about going airborne. So, he's bringing his own rocket ship to the Snowball Derby this year. The "Apollo 60" is Preece's Ford Super Late Model. He's ready, with some help from the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, to win himself a Snowball. RaceChoice.com and Oscar Mayer have come together to sponsor this No. 60 entry in the Snowball Derby. Ryan Preece is a short track guy. His background might be in modifieds, but I won't be shocked to see him being very competitive in Pensacola next week. With his flights at Daytona getting so much media attention in the last couple of years, why not embrace it? Preece has a rocket and he's ready to fly at Five Flags Speedway. A number of NASCAR drivers will be in the field. Noah Gragson and Kyle Busch will…...

10+ hour, 48+ min ago (212+ words) Oscar Piastri edged out McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take pole position in Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix on Saturday in Doha, Qatar. Piastri, who led the World Drivers' Championship standings for much of the season, trails Norris by 22 points entering the penultimate race of the season. The 24-year-old Australian finished with a qualifying time of 1:19.387, eking out Norris, who will start in second after posting a 1:19.495. Four-time defending champion Max Verstappen, who gained significant ground in the standings on both Piastri and Verstappen after the McLaren teammates were disqualified from last week's Las Vegas Grand Prix for excessive plank wear, will start in third. Piastri gained two points on Norris by winning Saturday's sprint event, cutting his deficit from 24 points to 22. He needs to finish ahead or no less than three points behind Norris in Sunday's race in order to…...

11+ hour, 36+ min ago (633+ words) Another race weekend, another chapter in the tragicomedy that is Ferrari's 2025 season. This time, the drama unfolded under the desert lights of the Qatar Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc delivering a performance so frustrating, it culminated in an expletive-laden radio message that perfectly captured the mood in the Maranello camp. For fans of the Prancing Horse, it's a painfully familiar story. For everyone else, it's just another Tuesday. After barely scraping his way into the final qualifying session, Leclerc's hopes for a decent starting position went up in smoke'or rather, a cloud of tire smoke and shattered pride. A dramatic double spin on his penultimate lap was the prelude to the inevitable. Stuck with used soft tires, his final attempt was dead on arrival. The result? A gut-wrenching P10. When his race engineer delivered the news, Leclerc's composure shattered. The now-infamous…...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago (466+ words) Lando Norris couldn't quite best his Aussie counterpart, Oscar Piastri, at the Sprint sessions of the Qatar GP. Norris started the Sprint race from P3 and finished in the same position, while Piastri brought home the Sprint win. Moreover, the Briton choked during crucial stages of the Qualifying session and couldn't achieve the pole position against the 24-year-old. Now, Lando Norris opened up on the reasons behind his failed shot at the Qatar GP pole position against Oscar Piastri. At the beginning of the Q3 session, Norris had lodged a great qualifying lap. Though it wasn't enough to keep him in the lead. Right after the Briton's lap, Piastri took the pole position, and no other driver was able to beat that score. Lando Norris had to go in the pits early in the Q3 session and couldn't quite give it his all…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago (577+ words) Jesse Love enjoyed an extremely positive outing in the 2025 season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series (soon to be renamed to the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) as he won the title this year. However, Love didn't want to stop at just winning the Xfinity Series. He debuted in the Dunlop Super2 Series at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final. Now, the 2025 championship winner claims that many other drivers from the pinnacle of stock racing will want to switch to racing in Supercars because of his entry. Notably, Jesse Love piloted the #57 Holden Commodore ZB for Image Racing in the Supercar session. Not only Love, but also Austin Cindric have made their mark in the Supercar series in the land of Down Under this time around. As such, the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series winner made a bold claim that many drivers will now follow in…...

16+ hour, 8+ min ago (347+ words) A tough go of things in Austin Cindric's first full-length Supercars race in Adelaide. He finished P23 in a somewhat disappointing result. Not only did Cindric take contact from one of the Grand Final contenders, but he then found himself smacking a tire barrier afterwards. He would finish multiple laps down in the end. Austin Cindric is not having his Shane van Gisbergen moment in Australia. What the New Zealander was able to do by winning his Cup Series debut at Chicago in 2023 remains one of the most impressive feats in motorsports this century. Supercars drivers like Will Brown and Brodie Kostecki, champions of the series, haven't been able to replicate that result in NASCAR, either. While trying to make it to the end of the race, Cindric ran into the buzzsaw that was Chaz Mostert. The Grand Final driver was…...

20+ hour, 51+ min ago (408+ words) Kyle Busch has never shied away from on-track conflict. His scrapes with Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, his tense rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Jr., and his friendly but hard-edged battles with teammate Martin Truex Jr. all became part of his reputation. Yet for all the friction, there were a few drivers he held in high regard. At the top of that short list sat Tony Stewart. In a 2012 interview, Busch even admitted he wished he could have spent more time as Stewart's teammate. The two shared only a single season together at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008, but that brief overlap left Busch wanting more. Stewart collected 33 Cup wins during his JGR tenure. Busch, racing for the same organization later in his career, amassed 56 wins. Their paths only crossed for that single year, but it made a lasting impression. According to…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago (443+ words) The two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has been struggling to make ends meet on the race track for the past few seasons. He finished 20th in the 2024 driver standings and 21st in the 2025 driver standings. Also, he is currently riding a winless streak of over 80 races. To save him from this sticky mud arrives a championship-winning crew chief from the O'Reilly Series in 2026. Following Randall Burnett's departure from the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing team, it was announced that Jim Pohlman would take his place. Pohlman was a crew chief at JR Motorsports in 2025 and, notably, also won the 2024 Xfinity Series championship with the team's Justin Allgaier. Ever since the announcement of his signing was made, he has been expressing strong excitement to work with Busch. In an interview with RACER, he kept that spirit going and underlined that they're both a…...