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
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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
Denny Hamlin Has a 44-Point Lead and No Answer for Atlanta
Denny Hamlin leads the Cup Series by 44 points with seven races left, but Sunday night the Quaker State 400 visits EchoPark Speedway, a drafting track where he has no top 10 all year.
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
Austin Hill Can Break Kevin Harvick's Atlanta Record in His Home State on Saturday
Austin Hill has five wins at Atlanta, tied with Kevin Harvick for the most in NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series history. On Saturday, in his home state, he can break the tie.
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
The Truck Series' Last Road Course of the Year Is at a Track That Can't Race on Sundays
The Craftsman Truck Series runs its final road course of the year Saturday at Lime Rock Park, a Connecticut track a 1959 court order still bars from racing on Sundays.
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
Riley Unroe Joined the Knights on Wednesday. He Homered Twice on Thursday.
Riley Unroe joined the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday, played shortstop that night, and hit two home runs from right field on Thursday in a 9-2 win over Nashville.
John Speedway·Jul 10, 2026
Two Games Into the Murakami Watch: A Hit Each Night, and the Series Is Even
Munetaka Murakami doubled home a run in his second rehab game with the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday night, a 6-3 loss to Nashville that evened the series.
John Speedway·Jul 9, 2026
A Big-League Bat in the Charlotte Lineup: Murakami Debuts as the Knights Beat Nashville 8-2
A big-league bat came to Truist Field on Tuesday night: Munetaka Murakami made his Charlotte Knights debut on a rehab assignment from the parent-club White Sox.
John Speedway·Jul 8, 2026
Brandon Jones Started 29th and Led 12 Laps at Chicagoland. He Also Won.
Brandon Jones started 29th at Chicagoland, led 12 of 201 laps, and won the Cuervo 300 in overtime, the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' first extra-lap finish of 2026.
Jack Beckett·Jul 6, 2026
William Byron Won Everything at Chicagoland Except the Race
William Byron swept both stages at Chicagoland and led 94 laps, more than anyone else on the grid. He finished fourth. Chase Briscoe led the final 46 laps, beat Christopher Bell by 0.276 seconds, and…
Jack Beckett·Jul 6, 2026
The Cup Series Returns to Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, Its First Race There Since 2019
NASCAR's Cup Series returns to Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday for the first time since 2019, a 2,562-day gap. The eero 400 caps a three-day holiday weekend at the Joliet oval and lands in a…
Jack Beckett·Jul 3, 2026
Shane Van Gisbergen Won at Sonoma on Saturday. He Won at Sonoma on Sunday. Here Is What That Means.
Shane Van Gisbergen won two races at Sonoma in two days. On Saturday, the trophy was decorative. On Sunday, it rearranged the Cup standings.
John Speedway·Jun 29, 2026
The Knights Took a 2-1 Lead on Rochester, Then Lost the Last Three at Home
Charlotte took a 2-1 lead on Rochester at Truist Field behind a 10-2 blowout and an eleven-inning walk-off, then lost the final three games to drop the series 4-2.
John Speedway·Jun 29, 2026
NASCAR's In-Season Challenge Starts Sunday. The Points Leader Is the Last Person It Protects.
A NASCAR season rewards consistency. The In-Season Challenge, NASCAR's five-week bracket that opens Sunday at Sonoma, rewards the opposite: surviving one head-to-head Sunday at a time.
John Speedway·Jun 27, 2026
Shane van Gisbergen Has Seven Cup Wins. Every One Is a Road Course. Sonoma Could Make It Eight.
Shane van Gisbergen has won seven Cup races, every one on a road course. If he wins Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, he'll be the first driver whose first eight Cup wins are all road courses.
John Speedway·Jun 27, 2026
Justin Allgaier Has Five Wins and the Points Lead. The One Thing Missing Is a Road Course, and They're About to Run Out.
Justin Allgaier has five wins, the points lead, and the best average finish in the O'Reilly Series. The one thing he hasn't done is win a road course, and Saturday's Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma…
John Speedway·Jun 27, 2026
NASCAR and the Rolling Stones Made a Deal. The Gimmick Has a Real Idea Underneath It.
NASCAR and the Rolling Stones announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration this week: co-branded merch, two collector vinyl pressings of the new album Foreign Tongues, and a listening-lounge show car…
John Speedway·Jun 26, 2026
Justin Haley Salvages His Best Run of the Year From the San Diego Wreckfest
Justin Haley finished sixth in the chaotic, attrition-filled Navy 250 at San Diego's Naval Base Coronado, his best run of the season and a match for the best result any Kaulig Racing Ram truck has…
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
NASCAR Trades the San Diego Streets for Sonoma's Hills, and the Road-Course Aces Are Circling
NASCAR leaves its wild San Diego street debut for Sonoma's road course and the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on June 28. Road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen sits just below the playoff cutoff, Kyle Larson…
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
AJ Allmendinger Hits 500 Cup Starts at Sonoma, Back Home in California
AJ Allmendinger makes his 500th NASCAR Cup Series start Sunday at Sonoma, in his home state of California, a week after a season-best fifth at San Diego.
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
Austin Hill Survives a Wreck-Strewn San Diego Street Race for His 16th O'Reilly Series Win
Austin Hill won the inaugural O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at San Diego's Naval Base Coronado, surviving a 25-car wreck and a run of engine failures for the 16th series victory of his career.
Jack Beckett·Jun 22, 2026
Corey Heim Wins NASCAR's First San Diego Cup Race and Leaves With Zero Points
Corey Heim won the Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course, the first Cup Series race ever run at Naval Base Coronado, then collected zero championship points: as a Truck Series cross-entry he was…
Jack Beckett·Jun 22, 2026
Layne Riggs Wins at San Diego and Stretches His Truck Series Points Lead
Layne Riggs won the inaugural Truck Series race at San Diego and stretched his championship lead from 26 points to 65 as nearest rival Kaden Honeycutt crashed out.
Jack Beckett·Jun 22, 2026
The Knights Lost the Opener in Buffalo and Won the Series Anyway. First Half: In the Books.
The Charlotte Knights dropped the opener in Buffalo and won the series anyway, four games to two, closing a winning first half on a Sunday shutout.
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
NASCAR Hits the Streets of San Diego: Hamlin's Hot Streak Meets His Road-Course Problem
Denny Hamlin has won three straight and chopped Tyler Reddick's points lead to 19. This weekend NASCAR races a street course laid through an active naval base for the first time ever, and road…
John Speedway·Jun 19, 2026