Eighteen-year-old Sprint Car star Corey Day is set to make his pavement debut in a NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway. With three Kubota High Limit Racing wins through only 10 races in 2024, the California native has been turning heads across the motorsports world.

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. – More than 50 zMAX CARS Tour drivers made laps on the repaved North Wilkesboro Speedway Wednesday, as they tested Hoosier tire compounds for use in the May 14-15 late model events at the historic track. Drivers praised the new asphalt, saying the track retains character while also providing a smoother, faster racing surface.

Everyone knew entering Saturday’s CARS Tour race at the extremely abrasive New River All-American Speedway in Jacksonville, North Carolina that these 125 laps would be a challenge. With a bunch of leaders even before the halfway mark, it was clear that whoever walked away as the winner would definitely have to earn it.

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. – For decades, rumors have circulated that historic North Wilkesboro Speedway was the site of secret moonshine still. Now some Wilkes County locals may have more reason to say ‘I told you so,’ as a possible moonshine cave has been discovered underneath the concrete frontstretch grandstands.

Today, NASCAR announced that it has acquired Winston-Salem Speedway, Inc., the lessee of the historic Bowman Gray Stadium. NASCAR will manage racing operations under the lease with the City of Winston-Salem that runs through Dec. 2050.

The second race of the zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car season will be at New River All American Speedway in Jacksonville, N.C. this weekend. The .400-mile oval has produced a pair of thrilling events for the Tour the past two seasons, won by Connor Hall (2022) and Brenden Queen (2023). Both drivers also won the pole position for their respective victories.

In the wake of Tim McCreadie’s departure from Paylor Motorsports announced by the Donald and Gena Bradsher-owned team on Friday, multiple sources have confirmed to DirtonDirt.com and FloRacing that the Watertown, N.Y., veteran will take over the Rocket Chassis house car ride recently vacated by Hudson O’Neal, effective immediately.

The NASCAR Cup Series officially saw race cars take to the newly repaved North Wilkesboro Speedway on Wednesday and Thursday with two-time champion Joey Logano, Daytona 500 champion William Byron, and Ty Gibbs all participating in a Goodyear tire test at the historic North Carolina short track.

The quest for three CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car championships in a row was always going to be difficult. The competition is as good as it gets with any series in the country, but Carson Kvapil’s task became even harder when it was announced that he would be missing a race at Hickory Motor Speedway next month so he can make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — TRICON Garage (TRICON) announced today that CARS Tour late model stock car standout Brenden “Butterbean” Queen will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) debut at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway behind the wheel of the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro.

Due to an extremely poor forecast, CARS Tour officials announced Wednesday evening that this weekend’s season-opener at Southern National Motorsports Park for the Late Model Stock Cars will be rescheduled for Saturday afternoon, March 10.

To kick off its 10th season of competition, the zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour is heading back to the track where it all began, Southern National Motorsports Park.

One year ago, Kyle Campbell was involved in a crash at crash at Hickory Motor Speedway that he didn’t think his family-run team would be able to come back from. Amazingly, they made it back to the track a month later, but their car was never the same as Campbell struggled to finish in the top 20 his next three races.

On Monday afternoon, zMAX CARS Tour officials unveiled their 19-race schedule for the 2024 season, which will kick off at Southern National Motorsports Park in March, and end at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway in mid-October.

The SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic released their 2024 season schedule Tuesday from its Martinsville, Virginia headquarters. The schedule will consist of 15 races across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia for the 600-horsepower open wheeled race cars.