November 28, 2025
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Charlotte Mercury Motorsports: NASCAR Without the Spin

Welcome to Charlotte Mercury Motorsports, our home for NASCAR coverage from the one city where you can’t fake it: Charlotte.

I’m The NASCAR Guy. My job is not to repeat the script from the hauler. My job is to cover NASCAR and the Charlotte motorsports world as it actually works—on track, in the garage, and in the boardrooms where schedules, charters, and TV deals get carved up.

If you’re tired of “great day for our XYZ manufacturer” quotes and race recaps that read like a box score with adjectives, you’re in the right place.

What You’ll Find Here

From the NASCAR Cup Series to the last late-model feature of the night, we’re interested in what matters, not just what’s marketable:

  • NASCAR Cup Series and national tours – who’s genuinely fast, who isn’t, and why the official explanation doesn’t always match the lap times.
  • Short track and late model racing in and around Charlotte – the development grind that NASCAR loves to hashtag but rarely explains.
  • The business of NASCAR – charter fights, TV money, sponsor pressure, and how all of that shapes what you see on Sundays.
  • The Charlotte motorsports ecosystem – race shops, test days, crew members, and development drivers trying to make it while the industry insists “everything’s fine.”

This is NASCAR news, analysis, and context for people who can tell the difference between a setup issue and a press release excuse.

How Our NASCAR Coverage Will Work

Most coverage stops at: who won, who wrecked, who smiled for the camera.

We’ll do more than that:

  • When NASCAR changes rules or schedules, we’ll track who benefits and who pays for it.
  • When teams talk about “partnerships” and “opportunities,” we’ll follow the contracts and the careers, not just the hashtags.
  • When a short track or late model program in the Charlotte orbit feeds the NASCAR Cup Series, we’ll show you the path—and who’s quietly getting squeezed out.

You’ll get race breakdowns, yes. But you’ll also get the politics, money, and local reality that rarely make it into the TV window.

A Note from The NASCAR Guy

I’m not here to be a brand ambassador, and I’m not here to sneer at fans from 30,000 feet. I’m here to:

  • Watch the races like they actually count
  • Listen to what NASCAR, teams, and drivers say—and what they avoid saying
  • Compare the “official story” to what’s happening in Charlotte shops and at short tracks on Saturday night
  • Write it in plain English for people who care about NASCAR as a real sport with real stakes

Some days, that means NASCAR race analysis. Other days, it means diving into charters, labor, or why a “schedule change” really means a quiet win for a TV partner.

So: welcome to Charlotte Mercury’s NASCAR coverage.

I’m The NASCAR Guy. I’ll handle the noise, the numbers, and the nonsense. You just have to keep watching the races—and maybe start asking better questions with us.