The NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway earned an average of 1.516 million viewers on the USA Network last weekend. 🚨 Up +9% versus 2025 Richmond on USA Network (1.4 million).
"The possibility that Barranquilla [Colombia] will host an IndyCar race 'is still alive,' as confirmed by Mayor Alejandro Char, in dialogue with AS Deportes. ... According to Char, [Mark] Miles plans to visit Barranquilla soon." - @CaracolRadio
Hendrick Motorsports today will name @ConnorZilisch
as the new driver of its No. 48 Chevrolet starting in 2028, as the most winning team in NASCAR history pries the prodigy away from Trackhouse Racing.
➡️ @Ally
will continue to be the primary sponsor of the No. 48 with Zilisch.
The O'Reilly Series race at Iowa had 1,017,000 total viewers, making it the most watched NOAPS race at Iowa race since June 2018, per CW Sports. The race had a 1 percent increase from last year's Iowa race and peaked with 1.25 total viewers.
Still TBD on Preseason Thunder if it happens. If the changes to the cars for Daytona and Talladega, there is chance that they don't do it. There is concern about supserspeedway engine availability if there is a test, the Clash, duels, Daytona 500 and Atlanta all within 2 months.
Steve O'Donnell says NASCAR not for sale but could partner on real estate deals: "If we went and raced in California, could there be a potential partner that works with us around a track or real estate? Sure, there’s ideas. But in terms of, ‘Is NASCAR for sale by any means?’ No."
Starting with North Wilkesboro, the teams had to add some struts to the front of the splitter that should keep it from moving/deforming while at speed. Whether that was a significant advantage Toyota found is debatable in the garage.
@LegacyMotorClub is revealing several more celebrity investors it’s bringing into the fold, including Bryce Harper, Chase Utley, Kelly Slater, Andy Roddick, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan.
[Bianchi] Which tracks are likely moving into the Chase next year and which are moving out? Where will the All-Star Race go? What about San Diego and Chicago? And what is Rockingham's future?
DC's mayor hints at potential of the Freedom 250 being more than a one-off: "Bowser emphasized the upcoming IndyCar Series race is the 'first ever' to be held in the nation’s capital. 'You notice I said first, to be followed by second and third,' she said."
"Plans to return NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race to the downtown lakefront next spring have stalled, as the auto racing group hits a stumbling block over the size of a state subsidy it’s seeking to defray some of its costs." - @CrainsChicago
.@TNTSportsUS got a 1.34 rating and 2.384 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 @IMS, up 8% in rating but down 3% in viewership from last year, per @Nielsen's panel-only data.