In the year of Toyota Racing dominance in the NASCAR Cup Series, Ty Gibbs, the driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE, is thriving. On Sunday, in the Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway, the driver nabbed his second win of the season and further cemented his status as a bona […] The post After Two-Tire Pit Call Gains Him Lead, Gibbs Holds Off Bell For Iowa Win appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

It looked like Ross Chastain had really good odds of holding on for a NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win in Saturday’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 at Iowa Speedway. However, a caution for a spinning Jeb Burton with five laps remaining sent the race into an overtime finish. On the first overtime restart attempt on Lap […] The post Kvapil Comes To Life In Overtime; Scores Second Consecutive O’Reilly Series Win appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

Ryan Blaney, who was dominant in a win in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway in 2024, was already one of the favorites to win Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350. The expectations are even more lofty now, as Blaney surged to the pole position on Saturday afternoon at the 0.875-mile short track. Starting […] The post Ryan Blaney Scores Cup Pole At Iowa; Keselowski Crashes After P4 Lap appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

Ryan Sieg’s career in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series is the true definition of perseverance. Through 422 races, Sieg has come close to snagging wins and pole positions, but until Saturday afternoon at Iowa Speedway, he had never done either. That all changed in qualifying for Saturday evening’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 as Sieg finally […] The post Ryan Sieg Captures First Career O’Reilly Series Pole In 423rd Attempt appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

Dean Thompson will be on the move in 2027, as he’ll join Haas Factory Team for the 2027 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, the organization announced on Saturday morning ahead of the Iowa Speedway race weekend. Thompson’s longtime partners, MCM Transportation and Thompson Pipe Group, will come along with the driver at his new […] The post Haas Factory Team Adds Dean Thompson To Expanding O’Reilly Team In 2027 appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

After a wave of frustration from NASCAR fans about the number of wasted laps under caution when cautions come out in the closing laps of a Stage in the NASCAR National Series, the sanctioning body has made an official change to the way Stage Cautions will be handled, beginning with this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series […] The post NASCAR Updates Stage Caution Procedures In Effort To Give Fans More Green Flag Laps appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

William Sawalich will continue his NASCAR National Series driver development with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2027, as the 19-year-old racer is set to reprise his role as the driver of the organization’s No. 18 Toyota GR Supra in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series next season. Joe Gibbs Racing confirmed that it had re-signed Sawalich […] The post William Sawalich Returns To Joe Gibbs Racing For 2027 O’Reilly Series Season appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

NASCAR Cup Series crew chiefs will hope to fall back on their notes from last season’s event at Iowa Speedway when setting up their cars for Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol; however, they will have to navigate a new wrinkle, as Goodyear Racing will debut a new left-side tire for the NASCAR Cup […] The post Goodyear Debuting New Left-Side Tire Compound For Cup Race at Iowa appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

It had been widely speculated that NASCAR would move the annual season-opening exhibition event, The Clash, back to Daytona International Speedway, which hosted the event from 1980 to 2021, in 2027. On Tuesday, NASCAR ended the speculation by officially announcing the return of the race to the 2.5-mile superspeedway, ending a six-year absence of The […] The post The Clash Officially Returning to Daytona In 2027 With New Race Sponsor appeared first on TobyChristie.com.

If there was any doubt as to whether or not Corey Heim is the real deal, even after the part-time 23XI Racing driver scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series win at Naval Base Coronado, the doubts were laid to rest in Sunday’s Brickyard 400, as Heim rose to the occasion once again and took […] The post Corey Heim Takes Second Career Cup Win in Crown Jewel Brickyard 400 appeared first on TobyChristie.com.