News From Around The Industry
NASCAR Cup Series
- Team Penske launches new program to introduce students to motorsports opportunties November 3, 2026Team Penske welcomed 20 high schoolers to its Mooresville, North Carolina race shop last week for its “Penske Pathways: Inside the Race to Success" event, created to introduce young adults to the many different career opportunities available in racing.
- NASCAR fines, docks points from Hocevar and Berry for Martinsville incidents November 3, 2026NASCAR has fined and docked points from both Carson Hocevar and Josh Berry for brake-checking their competitors Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
- Spire suspends Hocevar for NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami November 3, 2026Spire Motorsports has suspended Carson Hocevar for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway following his clash with Austin Cindric during Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway. Justin Haley will drive the No. 77 Spectrum Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
- The short timeline accelerating Dodge's NASCAR return November 3, 2026Dodge's return to the NASCAR Cup Series might have been talked about for years, but the actual work behind it has been carried out over an unusually short period.
- Martinsville didn’t decide the title but still had its moments November 3, 2026Martinsville delivered plenty of talking points even if the big one – the crowning of the champion – has to wait another week.
Formula One
- Ocon’s Haas exit confirmed as Camara gets promoted early for Sao Paulo GP November 3, 2026Rafael Camara will make his Formula 1 debut for Haas at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix following confirmation that Esteban Ocon will not race for the team again this season.
- TWG Group exploring sale of Cadillac F1 team stake November 3, 2026The TWG Group that owns Cadillac is considering a sale of the Formula 1 team and values it at $3 billion, according to a report by Sportico.
- Former F1 champions praise Antonelli: ‘He’s made everyone else look silly’ November 2, 2026The past three Formula 1 world champions were all full of praise for the latest winner Kimi Antonelli, with Lando Norris saying the Italian “made everyone else look silly”.
- Wolff praises ‘distraught’ Russell's reaction amid Antonelli celebrations November 2, 2026Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says George Russell was “distraught” at not being able to fight for victory on the day Kimi Antonelli won the drivers’ championship at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
- ‘They should call it the Maxico Grand Prix!’ - Verstappen revels in sixth Mexico City win November 2, 2026Six wins at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Max Verstappen has really made the place his own.
NTT Indy Car
- Team Penske launches new program to introduce students to motorsports opportunties November 3, 2026Team Penske welcomed 20 high schoolers to its Mooresville, North Carolina race shop last week for its “Penske Pathways: Inside the Race to Success" event, created to introduce young adults to the many different career opportunities available in racing.
- ECR becomes first IndyCar team to buy driver-in-the-loop simulator November 3, 2026ECR has made a huge statement move by becoming the first known IndyCar team to invest in its own DIL simulator.
- Johnson aiming to capitalize on first IndyCar test with Coyne November 2, 2026New Indy NXT champion Nikita Johnson was pleased with his first outing in an IndyCar after taking over from Formula 2 driver Alex Dunne during last week’s team evaluation tests at Barber Motorsports Park.The Floridian stepped into the No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing Honda for the afternoon portion of the...
- Additional ovals wanted for IndyCar as Nashville aims to revive street race October 31, 2026With the Nashville Superspeedway dropping off the calendar, IndyCar faces a shortage of ovals – but Nashville might not be gone for good entirely.
- Herta still one point short of Super License after IndyCar results anomaly October 31, 2026Colton Herta remains one point short of the required Super License points to apply to race in Formula 1 following confusion caused by a bizarre anomaly on the IndyCar website.
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