UPDATE: Matt Tifft has posted a video describing his medical condition. He suffered a seizure in Martinsville but his brain tumor has not returned. He is out for the rest of 2019 while his medical team tries to figure out what caused the seizure.


Matt Tifft’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rookie season is over. Continue reading “Matt Tifft Out For the Rest of 2019, Nemechek to Drive No. 36”

MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 27: Martin Truex Jr, driver of the #19 Auto Owners Insurance Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 27, 2019 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Although there weren’t any real lead changes under green flag conditions — except Martin Truex Jr. muscling around Kyle Larson who was on older tires on the final lap of Stage 2, Sunday’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway produced a five-percent increase in viewers from 2018’s edition of the race. Continue reading “Ratings For Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race Up 5-Percent From 2018”

MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 27: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, races during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 27, 2019 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Continue reading “O’Donnell Says NASCAR to Take Action After Logano Crew Member Yanks Hamlin Down”

Corey LaJoie’s No. 32 CorvetteParts.net/Scooby Doo Ford Mustang (Photo Credit: Jonathan McCoy / RubbingsRacing.com)

Someone who deserves a pat on the back after Sunday’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway is Corey LaJoie.

LaJoie was driving a special CorvetteParts.net paint scheme honoring the 50th anniversary of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby-Doo, and that would have been enough to make headlines, but LaJoie put in a hell of an effort getting a solid finish for the No. 32 Go Fas Racing team. Continue reading “Corey LaJoie Rebounds From Starting in Back to Finish 18th at Martinsville”