Patrick Staropoli will replace Nick Sanchez in the No. 48 car for Big Machine Racing during the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Series season.

NASCAR is closing out the year with one of its most tragic Decembers ever. The latest heartbreaking incident came on Dec. 18 when legendary driver Greg Biffle, his family and some friends were killed when their plane crashed at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.

Days after his death, fans of Biffle’s NASCAR legacy and admirers of his work during Hurricane Helene came to pay their respects at his marker on the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame in downtown Moorseville. Bouquets of flowers surrounded the portrait on his marker which was granted to him earlier this year.

In a season filled with a lot of bold paint schemes, we rank the 10 that stood out the most during the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign. Which is your favorite?

The NASCAR season finale at Phoenix Raceway was to have celebrated speed, strategy, and a champion’s crowning moment. Instead, it unfolded under an uneasy cloud of suspicion. As the confetti fell and engines cooled,

NASCAR has ended one of the most consequential power struggles in its modern history, finalizing a new charter deal with race teams and settling a federal antitrust case that threatened to upend the business model of the Cup Series.

A NASCAR executive credits the Next Gen car for enabling the sport to expand its schedule across both classic venues and new tracks.

NASCAR drivers race over the weekend, and all that fans see is speed and competition. They rarely witness drivers joking and having fun.