ZANE SMITH

Zane Smiths NASCAR truck caught fire after a victory burnout, which was likely caused by the tire rubber getting caught by the rain flaps the vehicle was equipped with.

Zane Smith was feeling the heat on Saturday as his celebration of winning at the Circuit of the Americas went awry. His truck briefly caught fire.

The 2023 Truck Series opener is under rain delay just three laps in. Jimmie Johnson is fastest in Cup practice. Frankie Muniz qualifies 16th for ARCA race.

NASCAR champion Joey Logano won the first qualifying race for the Daytona 500, his third victory in the event that sets the field for “The Great American Race.”.

Zane Smith, the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series champion, is expected to run a handful of races in the Cup Series for Front Row Motorsports next season.

Zane Smith finally took his place among champions. The last two years saw Smith finish second in the championship finale, but the third time proved to be the charm.

Zane Smith led 77 laps and his Front Row Motorsports truck was the dominant truck of the race. He emerged as the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series champion.

Zane Smith clinched the regular season NASCAR Truck Series championship and Chandler Smith took the checkered flag at Pocono Raceway.

Kyle Larson was the start of a Grand Prix in Philadelphia run by the Urban Youth Racing School.

Joey Logano jockeyed for the lead with Kyle Busch in overtime, got around him for good just before the white flag flew and cruised to the victory Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series debut at World Wide Technology Raceway.

NASCAR is bringing its top series to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis for the first time this weekend.

Austin Hill won the Xfinity Series opener at Daytona when the field was frozen because of a spectacular crash that stripped Myatt Snider’s damaged car to a carcass.

Ben Rhodes opened the NASCAR season with back-to-back wins and closed it Friday night by winning the Truck Series championship.

Busch won the NASCAR Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday night, his 58th career win on the circuit and his eighth victory in his last 10 trucks starts. Busch hadnt gone winless in three consecutive trucks starts since 2017. Brett Moffitt won the trucks race at Homestead in 2018 but didnt even get through 20 laps Saturday night, after he was part of a crash that also ended Zane Smiths race early. Elliott pitted, got four new tires to replace those ruined in the skid, and was part of the race within the race the battle for second behind Busch at the end. Ray Ciccarelli was in the race after a week where he made plenty of news for perhaps less-than-ideal reasons.

Marcus Lemonis, the CEO of Gander RV & Outdoors, which sponsors the Truck Series, agreed to match Harvicks pledge, bringing the total to $100,000 for pandemic relief. Elliott rubbed a little salt in the wound after the race, borrowing Buschs celebratory bow after the race. That is all.It was the first Truck Series race since Feb. 21 when Busch won at Las Vegas. Elliott, John Hunter Nemechek and Brennan Poole were the three full-time Cup drivers eligible to collect the $100,000 bounty. He followed up a fourth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday by winning the Xfinity Series race on Monday in overtime after passing Austin Cindric on the final lap.