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By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Saturday’s Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway has as diverse a field as the ARCA Racing Series has seen in a long time. The race marks the first time ARCA will use composite bodies at a restrictor plate track, giving a fair playing field for all 39 drivers who’ll accept the 80-lap grind. The historic field consists of long-time veterans, a Navy Academy grad, female teammates and young guns in top budget teams. Let’s begin with Venturini Motorsports teammates Natalie Decker and Leilani Münter.Read More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer Natalie Decker turned a 49.489 second lap (181.859 mph) around Daytona International Speedway on Friday afternoon to win the pole for Saturday’s ARCA Racing Series Lucas Oil 200. The Wisconsinite edged out Zane Smith by .001 seconds, earning her first General Tire Pole Award in eight series starts. Decker is the first female to claim the top spot at the 2.5-mile superspeedway since Erin Crocker in 2007. Decker is set to run the full 20-race ARCA schedule this season, piloting the No. 25 Toyota withRead More

By Josh Farmer, Contributing Writer AVONDALE, Arizona – Rahal Letterman Lanigan announced that Colorado State University’s One Cure will serve as the primary sponsor of Graham Rahal’s No. 15 Honda in two Verizon IndyCar Series races this season. The Colorado State University animal research arm will serve as Rahal’s sponsor for the Phoenix Grand Prix in April and the Verizon IndyCar Series penultimate round at Portland International Raceway in September. They will also serve as an associate sponsor for the remainder of the year. Rahal, who finished sixth in the 2017Read More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Andretti Autosport announced on Friday that Ruoff Home Mortgage has returned and will be the primary sponsor for the No. 98 Andretti-Herta Autosport Honda entry for two Verizon IndyCar Series events this upcoming season. Marco Andretti will carry the sponsor’s blue, green and white colors at the season opener on the streets of St. Petersburg and in July at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The return comes after Takuma Sato (now with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) drove the sponsor into Victory Lane in last year’s Indianapolis 500Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor It’s that time of the year again, folks. After a long offseason, NASCAR is back in action for the 2018 season with the running of the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona, an annual exhibition race that kicks off two weekends of racing activity at the World Center of Racing. The Advance Auto Parts Clash, which is scheduled for a 3:00 pm ET start on Sunday afternoon immediately after Daytona 500 qualifying, has held various names over the years, from starting as the Busch ClashRead More

By Adam Tate, Associate Editor Chip Ganassi’s lead driver Scott Dixon has completed the first test of IndyCar’s new windscreen driver protection concept at ISM Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first time the windscreen has been used on track after two years in development which included lots of work in the wind tunnel, CFD and simulators. The main aim of the test was to be see how the screen worked in different lighting conditions and how that would effect the driver. To that end the four time series champRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer * Editor’s note: Motorsports Tribune will be previewing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season for the top-30 drivers in the series leading into this month’s 60th running of the Daytona 500. Age: 32 Years in Cup: 13 Career Wins: 43 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Victories, 2015 Champion The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season was one of the best for Kyle Busch. Busch, the 2015 Premier Series Champion was the runner-up to fellow Toyota driver, and 2017 Champion Martin Truex, Jr. Toyota Racing accounted for 16Read More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief AVONDALE, Arizona — Matheus Leist led Verizon IndyCar Series rookies during testing on Thursday at ISM Raceway. The 19-year-old Brazilian put the No. 4 ABC Supply Chevrolet for AJ Foyt Racing on top of the timesheets with a speed of 184.236 mph (19.9700 seconds) around the 1.022-mile oval. A rookie in Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, the top rung of the Mazda Road to Indy development ladder, Leist came away pleased with his first trial with an Indy car on an oval. “Not at all,”Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Ford Performance development driver Austin Cindric will now complete the entire 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. In addition to the nine races already announced in Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 60 Ford Mustang, Cindric will split the remaining 24 races in Team Penske’s No. 12 and 22 Mustangs. Last year, Cindric finished third in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points. A controversial win at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park helped the Columbus, OH native make the Playoffs. Cindric finished the season with eight top-fives, 16 top-10s,Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor The 30th season of the CBS reality show “The Amazing Race” is underway and this season’s cast included two IndyCar drivers, 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi and Conor Daly, among the 11 teams competing for the $1 million prize. As the duo races around the world, we’ll track how they’re doing in the race and see if they can capture the checkered flag when all is said and done. ***SPOLIERS AHEAD*** Six weeks into the race and teams would be faced with another doubleRead More