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The Racing Experts is a media platform dedicated to auto racing, established in August 2010. Based in New Mexico, USA, TRE has a team of reporters spread throughout the country. They provide coverage on breaking news along with in-depth features and opinion articles.

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Shane van Gisbergen to lose 2 crew members for 2 races

3 weeks ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

Shane van Gisbergen will lose two crew members for the next two NASCAR Cup Series races after a wheel came detached Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Jackman Asian Pugh and rear tire changer Jonpatrik Kealey will sit out the races at Darlington Raceway and Bristol Motor Speedway. Jordan Ferguson and Kenyatta Houston will fill in for Pugh and Kealey, according to the NASCAR roster portal. Van Gisbergen finished 34th, six laps down.
Joey Logano ends historic skid for a defending Cup champ

3 weeks ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Joey Logano ended a historic skid for a defending NASCAR Cup Series champion with his first top-10 finish of the 2025 season. Coming into Sunday’s Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, Logano hadn’t scored a top-10 finish in any of the first six Cup races of 2025 — the longest a defending Cup champion has gone to start a season without a top-10 finish. The streak looked to end as Logano won the first stage, on lap 80, on a strategy call to stay out.
Kyle Busch to race head-to-head with son for the first time ever

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

Kyle Busch will cross another milestone off of his list as he will race against his son, Brexton Busch, for the first time ever. Kyle and Brexton will race each other this Wednesday at Millbridge Raceway. Brexton has been racing micro and junior sprints recently. On the docket for Wednesday are these classes:600cc Winged and Non-Winged MicrosIntermediateRestricted MicrosBuggies The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion will turn 40 years old this May while his son will turn 10 in May.
High expectations sour for Spire Motorsports

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

AVONDALE, Ariz. — High expectations soured early on for Spire Motorsports in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Carson Hocevar and Michael McDowell topped practice Saturday before they and teammate Justin Haley all qualified inside the top-8. By lap 100, all three of them had crashed with only Michael McDowell left on the track — 20 laps down. McDowell qualified seventh but had to start in the rear after took the option tires under caution for stage one, which ended on lap 60.
Christopher Bell secures Cup three-peat at Phoenix

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | William J. Byron |Jonathan Fjeld

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Christopher Bell made the right “option” to hold off teammate Denny Hamlin to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Bell beat Hamlin by 0.049 seconds in a thrilling overtime battle. Hamlin took the lead from Bell on the restart and nearly cleared him as he took the white flag. Bell side-drafted him back and had enough of an advantage in turn three to where he almost cleared Hamlin for the lead. Hamlin came back, trying to side-draft him again.
Burt Myers to make NASCAR Cup Series points race debut at Martinsville

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

RIDGEWAY, Va. — Short track ace Burt Myers will make his first ever start in a NASCAR Cup Series points race later this month at Martinsville Raceway. Myers will race for Team AmeriVet again March 30 in the 400-lap race at Martinsville. It’ll be the biggest track he has raced a Cup Series car at as his first time was at the quarter-mile Bowman Gray Stadium track where he gained a reputation for his short-track prowess with 11 (and counting) track championships in modified racing.
Are drivers ready for a new 'Option' at Phoenix?

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

AVONDALE, Ariz. — This weekend at Phoenix Raceway will present a new “Option” that could potentially decide the NASCAR Cup Series championship. The NASCAR Cup Series will use option tires for the second time in a points race. During its debut at Richmond Raceway in August, the option tire received praise for giving teams another strategy tool to gain track position with. Daniel Suarez, for example, restarted outside of the top-20 on lap 80 of 400 at Richmond and took the lead 13 laps later.
Appeals panel overturns NASCAR's penalties to Chase Briscoe's team

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

Jonathan Fjeld View All Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010. A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE.
Austin Cindric penalized for COTA incident in NASCAR Cup Series race

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR penalized Austin Cindric for intentionally wrecking Ty Dillon in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. NASCAR docked 50 driver points from Cindric, dropping him from 11th to 34th in the Cup Series points standings. They also fined him $50,000. Cindric hooked Dillon’s right-rear quarter panel, sending him spinning down the frontstretch.
NASCAR on TV schedule this week: Phoenix, March 2025

1 month ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

Jonathan Fjeld View All Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010. A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE.