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Cleetus McFarland and Squirrel McNutt Shake and Bake at ARCA Talladega

The YouTubers journey has been building to this first superspeedway race together

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Cleetus McFarland earns impressive top five finish in ARCA East Rockingham

Cleetus kept his No. 30 car clean the entire race, scoring his first top five finish across any NASCAR division, while friend George 'Squirrel' Siciliano secured a top ten

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NASCAR O'Reilly Rockingham starting lineup: Corey Day earns first career pole

Cleetus McFarland will start 35th in his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series debut

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NASCAR Truck Rockingham starting lineup: Jake Garcia earns pole position

For the second consecutive year, Garcia will lead the Truck field to the green flag at Rockingham

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Who is racing at Rockingham this weekend?

The Cup Series may be on break, but there will still be a busy weekend of stock car racing in the days ahea

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Am Racing withdraws from Rockingham NASCAR O'Reilly race

Nick Sanchez was set to drive the No. 25 Ford Mustang this weekend

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North Carolina woman forgives mom for disappearing without a word 24 years ago

Amanda Smith was reunited with her mother, Michele Hundley Smith, on Thursday after decades-long search

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First look at Cleetus McFarland paint scheme for NASCAR O'Reilly debut with RCR

The YouTube star will make his much-talked-about NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series debut at Rockingham

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Rockingham Speedway has a new owner as IHRA purchases historic track

The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has acquired Rockingham Speedway, an iconic NASCAR track with a tumultuous history

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Richard Childress Racing loses appeal of Jesse Love win disqualification

Richard Childress Racing has officially lost its appeal of Jesse Love’s Rockingham disqualification. The National Motorsports Appeals Panel (NMPA) agreed with NASCAR's decision following last Saturday's race. Initially, Love thought he had won the first Xfinity race at Rockingham in 21 years by snatching the lead away in an overtime…

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NASCAR reinstates crew member who previously violated substance abuse policy

NASCAR's weekly penalty report was a short one this week. There were no issues following the NASCAR Truck and NASCAR Xfinity Series races in the sport's highly anticipated return to Rockingham.

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NASCAR's Katherine Legge says she has been receiving death threats after Xfinity crash at Rockingham

NASCAR driver Katherine Legge said she has been receiving “hate mail” and “death threats” from auto racing fans after a crash last weekend at Rockingham

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Katherine Legge pushes back against disturbing comments and "death threats"

In this polarizing age we all live in, social media can be a treacherous place. Unfortunately, Katherine Legge is experiencing that first-hand following her recent NASCAR outings. In a recent episode of her podcast, Throttle Therapy, Legge got candid about the Rockingham race weekend.

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Frankie Muniz "at a new low" mentally after difficult Rockingham race

Frankie Muniz's NASCAR journey has been far from easy, but the 39-year-old has remained committed to his goal of becoming a successful race car driver.

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Jesse Love jokes about locking trophy in his safe after NASCAR disqualification

Jesse Love battled from third to first in an overtime restart to win last weekend's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham. After earning his third career win and his first at a non-drafting track, he was fired up in the post-race celebration that followed. Love climbed through the roof hatch, slid…

Autosport

Saudi’s first female racer welcomes a new future for Saudi motorsport at Qiddiya City

“I look at this as a blank canvas”, Reema Juffali says when she discusses not only helping to bring through the next generation of Saudi women racers but increasing motorsports participation in the region as a whole. She is clearly passionate about the subject as she talks with vigour –…

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Jesse Love disqualified, Sammy Smith wins Rockingham in shocking twist

NASCAR has disqualified its Xfinity Series race winner Jesse Love after failing post-race technical inspection following Rockingham

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Jesse Love victorious in wild wreckfest at Rockingham

After an action-packed race, slowed by 14 cautions, two red flags, and an overtime — Jesse Love became the lucky driver to take the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to Victory Lane at Rockingham.

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Kasey Kahne's return hindered by early wreck with Katherine Legge

Kasey Kahne's anticipated return and Katherine Legge run ended early, and quickly Satuday as the two came together just over 50 laps into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham, leaving both with significant damage.

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Katherine Legge fails to qualify, but will still run NASCAR Xfinity race

Legge took an unusual path into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham after failing to make the race in qualifying

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130 races later, Tyler Ankrum snaps winless streak in Rockingham Truck race

The last man with enough fuel to get to the end remains standing, and for Ankrum, it gave him a sweet return after six years to NASCAR's Victory Lane

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Dejected Stewart Friesen wonders if it's "freaking worth it anymore"

On Friday, the NASCAR Truck Series returned to Rockingham for the first time since 2013. Among those in the field was veteran driver Stewart Friesen, but it was not the day he needed.

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How NASCAR's unlikely return to Rockingham was made possible by Congress

We're just days away from NASCAR's latest effort to return to the historic Rockingham Speedway. While the Cup Series drivers enjoy their one and only off-weekend of the 2025 season, the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series fields will head to ‘The Rock’ in a stunning revival of the North Carolina…

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Turkington wins BMW fight for pole

Turkington, whose previous pole position in the series came back in August 2022 at Snetterton, ended up in a fight with the sister West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport of Adam Morgan, whose only BTCC pole was at Rockingham in 2018 in his Ciceley Mercedes days.

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NASCAR Classic: A dramatic end to Cup racing at Rockingham

20 years ago today, the NASCAR Cup Series took the checkered flag for the very last time at Rockingham Speedway. The D-shaped 1.017-mile oval hosted Cup races from 1965 to 2004.

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