Messi and Son Are on the MLS All-Star Roster Coming to Charlotte
Lionel Messi, Son Heung-Min and Thomas Müller are on the 29-player MLS All-Star roster for Wednesday night at Bank of America Stadium.
Jack Beckett·Jul 26, 2026
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Carson Kvapil Had Never Won a Race. On Saturday His Own Team Finished Second, Third and Fourth.
Kvapil came in tied for the most runner-up finishes without a win in series history. He led the last 22 laps at Indianapolis to end it, and JR Motorsports took the next three spots behind him.
Jack Beckett·Jul 26, 2026
Layne Riggs Lost the Lead for Two Laps. He Spent the Other 198 in Front.
Riggs gave up the lead once, for two laps, and immediately took it back. He led the other 198, swept both stages and left Indianapolis Raceway Park 100 points clear with two races left before the…
Jack Beckett·Jul 26, 2026
Denny Hamlin Has Won Every Crown Jewel but One. It Runs Sunday.
Hamlin has seven wins across NASCAR's four biggest races and none of them is the Brickyard 400. A win Sunday makes him the fifth driver ever to complete the set.
Jack Beckett·Jul 25, 2026
JR Motorsports Is One Top-10 From a Record That Has Stood Since 2010
The team has put a car in the top 10 in 78 straight races. One more ties the all-time mark. Chase Elliott is in the car on the oval where his father won the Brickyard 400.
Jack Beckett·Jul 25, 2026
The Best Truck Driver at IRP Hasn't Won a Race in 20 Months. He Gets Three Chances, Starting Tonight.
Ty Majeski has two wins and the best average finish in the track's history. His team has not won in 40 races. The next three races are the three best ovals of his career.
Jack Beckett·Jul 24, 2026
Friday at Truist Field, the Knights Play for Something Bigger Than the Standings
Friday's Knights-Norfolk game at Truist Field is the annual Vs. Cancer game, built around the fight against pediatric cancer with Great Clips and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
John Speedway·Jul 22, 2026
There's a Pro Basketball Team Winning in Charlotte Right Now. Meet the Crown.
There is a professional basketball team winning in Charlotte right now, and almost nobody is talking about it. The Charlotte Crown swept a weekend in Greensboro for their third straight win, and the…
John Speedway·Jul 21, 2026
The Knights Out-Hit Durham All Weekend and Still Lost the Series
The Charlotte Knights out-hit Durham all weekend and still lost the series two games to one, stranding fourteen runners in a 3-2 finale loss Sunday.
John Speedway·Jul 20, 2026
Logano Leads 323 Laps to Win North Wilkesboro's First Cup Points Race in 30 Years
Joey Logano led 323 of 450 laps and beat Denny Hamlin by 0.859 seconds to win the Window World 450, the first NASCAR Cup Series points race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years.
Jack Beckett·Jul 20, 2026
Crown Legacy Bounces Back at Home With Three Different Scorers in a 3-2 Win
Crown Legacy FC closed its homestand with a 3-2 win over Chicago Fire FC II, three different scorers and two academy players notching career firsts.
John Speedway·Jul 19, 2026
Nine Straight Over Durham, Then the Bulls Finally Got One: Knights Fall 8-2
The Charlotte Knights had beaten the Durham Bulls nine straight times this season. On Friday night in Durham, the tenth try, the Bulls broke through 8-2, and four total Charlotte hits told the story.
John Speedway·Jul 19, 2026
Charlotte FC Signed a Premier League Star. Allan Saint-Maximin Is a Designated Player.
Charlotte FC signed French forward Allan Saint-Maximin, a former Premier League star and Coupe de France winner, to a three-year Designated Player contract through the 2028-29 season.
John Speedway·Jul 19, 2026
For Ram's New NASCAR Program, a Grinding Day at North Wilkesboro
Kaulig Racing brought five Ram trucks home between 21st and 29th at North Wilkesboro, in Ram's first NASCAR season after a 13-year absence.
Jack Beckett·Jul 18, 2026
Chandler Smith Wins the FaithFest 250 at North Wilkesboro for His Ninth Truck Series Victory
Chandler Smith led the final 105 laps of the FaithFest 250 for his ninth career Truck Series win at North Wilkesboro, beating his own Front Row Motorsports teammate and points leader Layne Riggs to…
Jack Beckett·Jul 18, 2026
A Reality-Show Winner, a Mulleted Rookie, and a Track That Feels Like Home
Timothy "Mini" Tyrrell won his NASCAR ride on a reality show. His teammate Brenden Queen leads Rookie of the Year. Underneath the branding, Kaulig's Ram truck team is a roster of short-track kids…
Jack Beckett·Jul 17, 2026
North Wilkesboro Gets Its First Points Race in Thirty Years.
North Wilkesboro hosts its first Cup Series points race since 1996, and Denny Hamlin's shrinking lead lands at a short track no one has a modern read on. A preview of Sunday's Window World 450.
Jack Beckett·Jul 17, 2026
Grant Enfinger Backed Into a Win at Lime Rock. North Wilkesboro Will Say If It Meant Anything.
Grant Enfinger backed into a Lime Rock win and a playoff spot. At North Wilkesboro he defends it from a pack of short-track natives, including Kaulig's Brenden Queen and Justin Haley.
Jack Beckett·Jul 17, 2026
Justin Allgaier wins a wreck-filled Focused Health 250 at Atlanta, pushing his O'Reilly Series lead to 240
Justin Allgaier came from 16th through 13 cautions and three red flags to win the Focused Health 250 at Atlanta, his sixth O'Reilly Series win of the season.
Jack Beckett·Jul 13, 2026
Ryan Blaney survives a rain-delayed Atlanta marathon to win the Quaker State 400 in overtime
Ryan Blaney led 171 of 263 laps, kept handing the lead back to the pack, and took it for good in overtime to win a rain-delayed Quaker State 400 at Atlanta's EchoPark Speedway.
Jack Beckett·Jul 13, 2026
The Knights Out-Hit Nashville and Lost Anyway. That Cost Them the Series Lead.
The Charlotte Knights out-hit the Nashville Sounds 14 to 10 at Truist Field on Saturday and still lost 4-2, handing Nashville its first lead of the series.
John Speedway·Jul 12, 2026
The Two Fastest Trucks at Lime Rock Didn't Win. Grant Enfinger Did.
The two fastest trucks at Lime Rock did not win the race. Grant Enfinger, who wasn't the fastest, did, passing cleanly for his first road-course win and first victory in more than a season, on the…
Jack Beckett·Jul 12, 2026
The FC Development Team Is Quietly Having the Club's Best Season
Crown Legacy FC, Charlotte FC's MLS NEXT Pro development side, sits second in the Eastern Conference at 8-2-6 and has already sent four players up to the First Team.
Jack Beckett·Jul 11, 2026
Charlotte FC Gets Its First MLS All-Stars, and Dean Smith Will Coach Them at Home
For the first time in club history, Charlotte FC will have players in the MLS All-Star Game: Tim Ream, Pep Biel, and Ashley Westwood.
Jack Beckett·Jul 11, 2026
Down Six in the Ninth, the Knights Almost Stole One Back From Nashville
Charlotte trailed 11-5 heading to the bottom of the ninth, then scored four and put the potential winning run at the plate with two outs before a deep fly ball ended it.
John Speedway·Jul 11, 2026