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Qualifying results set starting grid for Mexico race
Daytona Motor Mouths: Breaking down NASCAR races on Amazon Prime Video After Denny Hamlin’s win at Michigan, NASCAR makes a notable visit to Mexico City and enters Race 4 on Amazon Prime Video. The guys break it all down. It’s a weekend of firsts as NASCAR takes its big-league Cup Series to Mexico City for […]


Daytona Motor Mouths: Breaking down NASCAR races on Amazon Prime Video
After Denny Hamlin’s win at Michigan, NASCAR makes a notable visit to Mexico City and enters Race 4 on Amazon Prime Video. The guys break it all down.
It’s a weekend of firsts as NASCAR takes its big-league Cup Series to Mexico City for the first time.
Include Saturday’s qualifying, when pre-race favorite Shane van Gisbergen became the first-ever pole winner south of the border. His fastest lap averaged 93.904 mph around the 15-turn track that measures 2.4 miles.
The 55-minute qualifying session was cut 17 minutes short due to rain. Ryan Preece was second fastest and will start alongside van Gisbergen.
Van Gisbergen, a road-course specialist, will lead the field to green Sunday afternoon in the inaugural Viva Mexico 250 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Coverage starts at 3 p.m. on Amazon Prime.
The Xfinity Series is also in Mexico City, where that circuit raced from 2005-08. The Chilanga 150 is slated for this afternoon. Coverage begins at 4:30 on The CW.
Watch NASCAR action from Mexico City
NASCAR lineup for Mexico City
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (1:32.776 seconds)
- Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford (1:32.840)
- Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (1:32.849)
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (1:32.921)
- Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (1:32.974)
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (1:32.984)
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford (1:33.020)
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (1:33.022)
- Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford (1:33.049)
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (1:33.061)
- Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (1:33.084)
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (1:33.108)
- Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford (1:33.158)
- Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota (1:33.194)
- Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota (1:33.201)
- Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford (1:33.206)
- Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (1:33.234)
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford (1:33.247)
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (1:33.257)
- Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford (1:33.319)
- Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (1:33.342)
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota (1:33.345)
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (1:33.351)
- Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford (1:33.365)
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota (1:33.426)
- Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford (1:33.428)
- William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (1:33.458)
- Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (1:33.595)
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (1:33.604)
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford (1:33.707)
- Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (1:33.720)
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota (1:34.058)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet (1:34.152)
- Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford (1:34.213)
- Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford (1:34.416)
- Ryan Truex, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (1:34.624)
- Katherine Legge, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet (1:35.910)
How to watch Sunday NASCAR race
3 p.m.: Cup Series, Viva Mexico 250 (Prime).
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Stark Future Smashes EV Profitability Records in Q2 to Challenge Legacy Powersports
Press Release | July 15, 2025 Stark Future announced its first profitable quarter, reaching profitability faster than any other electric vehicle manufacturer. This is a press release from Stark Future… Barcelona, Spain (July 15, 2025) — In a remarkable six-year sprint from founding and only two years after delivering the first vehicles to customers, Stark […]

Press Release | July 15, 2025
Stark Future announced its first profitable quarter, reaching profitability faster than any other electric vehicle manufacturer.

This is a press release from Stark Future…
Barcelona, Spain (July 15, 2025) — In a remarkable six-year sprint from founding and only two years after delivering the first vehicles to customers, Stark Future, the world’s fastest-growing electric motorcycle brand, today announced its first profitable quarter. This unprecedented achievement, reaching profitability faster than any other electric vehicle manufacturer, firmly positions Stark Future as the first name in global electric motorcycles.
For Q2 2025, Stark reported a robust €47 million revenue and €4.5 million EBITDA, revenue that more than doubled from the previous year. This rapid financial ascent solidifies Stark Future as the largest and fastest-scaling electric-only motorcycle manufacturer in history, long since surpassing all other pure EV rivals in volume, revenue, and international footprint.
“Our main achievements in product development are well known, but this financial success is confirmation that our customers appreciate the hard work we put in every day behind the scenes,” said Anton Wass, CEO of Stark Future. “We’ve rapidly established a cost-competitive global value chain as well as built a cutting-edge, 20,000-square-meter factory for in-house battery and vehicle production.”
Driven by overwhelming global demand for the groundbreaking Stark VARG, deliveries are accelerating across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia. The VARG’s unrivaled performance and innovative design have attracted multiple former and current Motocross World Champions as buyers this quarter alone, further cementing Stark’s reputation as the new benchmark in motocross and enduro performance.
“The Stark VARG is our proof of concept,” added Wass. “Tesla took 14 years to turn a profit. We did it in six, and we’re just getting started.”
Stark Future is channeling this explosive momentum to strategically enter broader segments of motorcycles and powersports, directly challenging long-established global brands with superior electric alternatives. Major breakthroughs in next-generation sustainable materials and advanced production scaling reflect the company’s ambitious vision to fundamentally reshape the future of two-wheeled transportation.
“Stark Future embodies the relentless innovation and unwavering focus that defined the most successful technology companies in history and, critically, we’re already profitable,” Wass continued. “This isn’t just about building great electric motorcycles, it’s about building a sustainable, profitable business that can reshape both this industry and beyond.”
Stark Future has proven that innovation and performance can go hand-in-hand with profitability. Stark Future’s profitable quarter isn’t just a financial milestone, it’s a powerful signal to the industry, investors, and riders that the electric era in motorcycles has arrived, and it’s being decisively led by a brand built to outpace tradition and dominate the future.
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NASCAR Today: Hendrick Motorsports confirm new driver deal as Cup Series penalty verdict confirmed
Hendrick Motorsports have announced a new driver deal ahead of this weekend’s action at Dover. ➡️ READ MORE NASCAR confirm penalty verdict after Cup Series wreck at Sonoma NASCAR has revealed whether or not a driver has been punished for ‘intentionally’ wrecking one of his rivals at Sonoma on Sunday. ➡️ READ MORE NASCAR chief […]
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Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Dover weekend
After back-to-back weekends on road courses, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to an oval with a trip to Dover Motor Speedway this weekend. The last eight Cup points races on ovals have been won by a different driver. Those winners have been Austin Cindric (Talladega), Joey Logano (Texas), Kyle Larson (Kansas), Ross Chastain (Coca-Cola 600), […]

After back-to-back weekends on road courses, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to an oval with a trip to Dover Motor Speedway this weekend.
The last eight Cup points races on ovals have been won by a different driver. Those winners have been Austin Cindric (Talladega), Joey Logano (Texas), Kyle Larson (Kansas), Ross Chastain (Coca-Cola 600), Ryan Blaney (Nashville), Denny Hamlin (Michigan), Chase Briscoe (Pocono) and Chase Elliott (Atlanta).
Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading into Sunday’s race.
23XI Racing — Good news: Tyler Reddick advanced in the In-Season Challenge and faces Ty Gibbs in the semifinals this weekend at Dover. … Reddick has finished sixth or better in each of the last three races. … Bubba Wallace continues to hold the final playoff spot. Bad news: Wallace has been on the playoff bubble (16th or 17th in the standings) more than any other driver in the Next Gen era (22 times). … Wallace has never finished in the top 10 in 10 starts at Dover. … Riley Herbst, making his first Cup start at Dover, did not have a top-five finish in seven Xfinity starts there.
Two teams state in court documents that “they once again will face the prospect of losing key sponsors and star drivers” if they lose their charter status.
Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Zane Smith has four top-15 finishes in the last seven races. … Smith has the last two top-10 finishes scored by Front Row Motorsports this season, placing seventh at Atlanta and Michigan. Bad news: Noah Gragson has finished 23rd or worse seven consecutive races. … Todd Gilliland has never placed better than 25th in three Cup starts at Dover.
Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer has never finished worse than 15th in four Cup starts at Dover. … Custer’s average finish of 11.5 is his best among tracks where he’s had multiple Cup starts. Bad News: Custer has not finished better than 19th in the last seven oval races on the Cup schedule.
Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: Hendrick Motorsports has had at least one car finish in the top 10 in each of the last 25 Cup races at Dover, a streak that goes back to September 2010. … Chase Elliott has four top-five finishes in the last five races. … Elliott has 10 top-five finishes at Dover, his most top-five results at any Cup track. … All six of Alex Bowman’s top-10 finishes at Dover have come in his last seven starts there, including five top-five finishes. … Bowman has finished 11th or better in four of the last five races. … Kyle Larson has finished sixth or better in five of his last six Dover starts, including a runner-up result last year. … Larson ranks second in all-time average finish at Dover at 8.2, just off David Pearson’s mark of 8.0. … Points leader William Byron ranks first in the series this season in speed and restarts, second in defense and third in passing, according to Racing Insights data. Bad news: Larson’s average finish in the last eight races is 19.8, which is 10 places worse than his average finish in the season’s first 12 races (9.8). … Byron has only two top-five finishes in the last 10 races.
Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has made 384 consecutive starts in. Cup. Bad news: Stenhouse has three top-10 finishes through 20 races this season (he had five top 10s at this point a year ago). … Stenhouse has three finishes of 30th or worse in the last four races.
Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Denny Hamlin won last year’s race at Dover. … Hamlin is the only repeat winner in the last seven Dover races. … Hamlin has led 542 laps in the last seven races at Dover, most of all drivers. … Ty Gibbs advanced in the In-Season Challenge and goes against Tyler Reddick in the semifinals this weekend at Dover. … Gibbs has six top-15 finishes in a row. … Gibbs’ average finish in his last six races is 8.5, compared to his average finish of 21.6 in the previous 14 races. … Chase Briscoe has led 149 laps in the last seven races compared to having led 75 laps in the previous 59 races. … Both of Christopher Bell’s top 10s at Dover have come in the last three races there. Bad news: Bell has placed 16th or worse in four of the last six races.
Kaulig Racing — Good news: Ty Dillon, the last seed in the 32-driver In-Season Challenge, is two races away from claiming the $1 million prize. … Dillon is paired against John Hunter Nemechek at Dover. … Dillon has averaged 26.7 points a race in the past three events (he averaged 9.0 points a race in the previous six events). … Dillon has three consecutive top-20 finishes for the first time since August 2022. … AJ Allmendinger has three top-15 finishes in the last five races. … Allmendinger has led 152 laps at Dover, his most at any Cup track. Bad news: Allmendinger was seven points below the cutline after Nashville in June but has lost 43 points to the cutline in the last six races and is now 50 points from the last playoff spot.
Ty Dillon, John Hunter Nemechek, Tyler Reddick and Ty Gibbs remain in race for $1 million.
Legacy Motor Club — Good news: John Hunter Nemechek goes against Ty Dillon at Dover in the In-Season Challenge for the right to race for $1 million later this month at Indianapolis. … Erik Jones has six top-15 finishes in the last 10 races. Bad news: Nemechek has five finishes of 25th or worse in the last eight races. … Jones has made 99 Cup starts since his last series win, which came in the 2022 Southern 500 at Darlington.
Richard Childress Racing — Good news: Kyle Busch has scored 76 points in the past two races — more than he scored in the previous four races (65 points). … Busch has gained 35 points on the playoff cutline in the last two races and is 37 points back with six races left in the regular season. … Busch leads all active drivers in wins (three), top fives (14) and top 10s (22) at Dover. Bad news: Austin Dillon has finished 19th or worse in the last nine races.
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Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware has finished 26th or better in three of the last six races. Bad news: Ware placed 34th at Sonoma after losing a wheel for his lowest finish since Bristol in April. … Ware has not finished better than 31st in five Cup starts at Dover.
RFK Racing — Good news: Brad Keselowski has four top-10 finishes in the last eight races after having no top 10s in the season’s first 12 races. … Chris Buescher makes his 350th career start this weekend at Dover. … Both of Buescher’s top-10 finishes at Dover have come in the last three races there. … Buescher’s average start of 10.5 this season is best of all drivers. … Ryan Preece has eight top-15 finishes in the last nine races. Bad news: Preece has never placed better than 17th in eight Cup starts at Dover.
Spire Motorsports — Good news: Justin Haley scored the bonus point for the fastest lap last weekend at Sonoma. … All three of Spire’s drivers have won the bonus point for the fastest lap in a race at least once this season. … Michael McDowell has claimed the bonus three times, while Carson Hocevar and Haley have done so once each. Bad news: Hocevar has finished 29th or worse in four of the last six races. … McDowell has not placed better than 17th in 24 Cup starts at Dover.
Team Penske — Good news: Joey Logano makes his 600th career Cup start this weekend at Dover. … At 35 years, 1 month and 26 days, Logano will be the youngest driver to make his 600th career series start (Richard Petty holds the record at age 35 years, 7 months, 23 days). Bad news: Team Penske last won at Dover in September 2012 with Brad Keselowski. … None of Team Penske’s current group of drivers has a Cup victory at Dover. … Ryan Blaney has a series-high seven DNFs after he did not finish last weekend’s race at Sonoma due to an accident. … Austin Cindric has finished 25th or worse in six of the last 10 races. … Logano has not finished better than 16th at Dover in the Next Gen car.
Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Shane van Gisbergen led 64.2% of the laps run in his victories at Mexico, Chicago and Sonoma. … Ross Chastain’s average finish of 5.7 in the Next Gen car at Dover is tied with Chase Elliott for the best among active drivers. Bad news: Chastain has finished 24th or worse in three of the last four races. … Daniel Suarez has only one top-10 finish in his last eight Dover starts.
Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry has finished 12th in three of the last five Cup oval races. Bad news: Berry has finished in the top 10 only once in the 15 races since his Las Vegas victory. … The Wood Brothers last won at Dover in 1981 with Neil Bonnett.
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Katherine Legge Adds Brickyard 400 to 2025 NASCAR Schedule
Katherine Legge, a four-time Indianapolis 500 starter, will be tackling the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway racetrack once again next weekend, running double-duty in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The native of Guildford, England, will be adding the Brickyard 400, one of NASCAR’s crown jewel events, to her schedule in the NASCAR Cup […]

Katherine Legge, a four-time Indianapolis 500 starter, will be tackling the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway racetrack once again next weekend, running double-duty in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.
The native of Guildford, England, will be adding the Brickyard 400, one of NASCAR’s crown jewel events, to her schedule in the NASCAR Cup Series with Live Fast Motorsports. Legge will once again pilot the No. 78 Chevrolet, as she has in several events at NASCAR’s top-level in 2025.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway will mark the first time in her NASCAR career that Legge has run double-duty – competing in multiple of NASCAR’s top-three divisions during the same race weekend. In her 10 stock car events this season, the 44-year-old driver has focused on running either the Cup or Xfinity Series vehicle.
Desnuda Organic Tequila and Indiana-based venture studio Droplight will support Legge as she competes in both events at the iconic 2.5-mile speedway.
“It’s always an honor to drive at Indy, but having the chance to compete in both the Cup and Xfinity races thanks to Desnuda and Droplight is going to be epic,” said Katherine Legge. “After racing in the Indianapolis 500 in [2023 and 2024], I definitely felt a void not being there this year. But adding races to my schedule is exactly what I’ve been working toward – competing in as many events as possible and logging as many laps as I can. I’m incredibly thankful to Team Chevy and my partners at Desnuda, Droplight, and e.l.f. Cosmetics for making my return to the Brickyard extra special.”
Legge is currently the only woman competing in both the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series, and earlier this year at Phoenix Raceway, became the first woman since Danica Patrick to start an event at NASCARs top-level.
“At Droplight, we invest in people with grit, purpose, and a commitment to excellence. Katherine Legge embodies all of that—not just as a world-class driver, but as a leader who inspires others to defy limits, said Phil Williams, Owner and Co-Founder of Droplight. “Just as we back small businesses across the United States that are built on vision and resilience, we support athletes like Katherine who carry that same entrepreneurial spirit on and off the track.”
Earlier this month at the Chicago Street Course, after bumping her way into the field during qualifying, Legge scored her best-ever finish in the NASCAR Cup Series, with a 19th-place run – the first woman to score a top-20 in the Cup Series since 2017.
“Many people see the driver, the car, and the race—but they miss the business behind it. Motorsports is one of the most demanding team environments in the world. It takes relentless coordination between engineering, strategy, mechanics, and leadership. Every bolt, every call, every second matters,” said Joseph Anderson, CEO and Co-Founder of Droplight. “Supporting Katherine Legge means supporting a team where everyone—from the pit crew to the data analyst—must execute with precision for a shot at success. It’s no different than a high-growth small business: if even one part of the team falls asleep, you miss the opportunity. At Droplight, we invest in those who operate at that level—on the track and in the marketplace.”
Making the transition into NASCAR’s National Series this season, Legge has made five starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Jordan Anderson Racing, and four starts in the NASCAR Cup Series for Live Fast Motorsports.
In the Xfinity Series, Legge has had her fair share of bad luck this year, being involved in an incident in all five events that she has competed in, netting a season-best result of 32nd at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this year.
The NASCAR Cup Series has been a little bit kinder to Legge, aside from an incident in her series debut at Phoenix Raceway. In four starts, three of which have come on road courses, the Live Fast Motorsports driver has recorded a pair of top-30 results, including a career-best 19th at Chicago.
“Katherine represents the pinnacle of tenacity, class and endurance. As our team looks to the future and expands into more markets, we see our core customers sharing those traits. Quality and purity are also at the heart of our brand, and how we approach the process of creating the finest tequila. Katherine is the perfect partner to exemplify and promote that message. Cheers with Desnuda.”
Legge will compete in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis – set to take place on Sunday, July 27 at 2:00pm ET on TNT Sports, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90, and HBO Max. The Xfinity Series event will take place the afternoon before (July 26) at 4:30pm ET on The CW.
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Fights over charters loom over NASCAR as teams, series await key court rulings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s the summer to sue in NASCAR, the sport where the on-track bumping and banging is in danger of being overshadowed by the action in the courtroom. Two teams — one owned by retired NBA great Michael Jordan — are suing NASCAR over antitrust allegations. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s the summer to sue in NASCAR, the sport where the on-track bumping and banging is in danger of being overshadowed by the action in the courtroom.
Two teams — one owned by retired NBA great Michael Jordan — are suing NASCAR over antitrust allegations. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are awaiting a federal court ruling before Sunday’s race in Delaware that could impact their ability to compete.
Meanwhile, seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson is battling tiny Rick Ware Racing, and his lawyers at Legacy Motor Club went hard at Ware’s attorneys in a Monday hearing.
What is all the fighting about? Charters, which are at the heart of NASCAR’s business model. Having one is vital to a team’s survival.
The legal wrangling is only making the the charters skyrocket in value. When Spire Motorsports debuted in 2019, it had bought a charter for $6 million. Now, one of Spire’s founders brokered the now-disputed deal for Ware to sell one of his two charters to Legacy for $45 million.
Johnson is not enjoying the legal brawling, including the higher-profile antitrust fight. He called on those parties to settle.
“I’m just sitting back watching it all play out, learning a lot about the legal process and the amount of injunctions and appeals that can take place,” Johnson said. “It’s a big game of chess, and I’m watching all the strategy that goes into it all.
“I would love to see a settlement of some kind. I really don’t think that getting into a knock-down, drag-out lawsuit is good for anybody.”
The NASCAR lawsuit
23XI and FRM filed a federal antitrust suit against NASCAR last year after they were the only two organizations out of 15 to reject NASCAR’s extension offer on charters.
The case has a Dec. 1 trial date, but, in the meantime, the two teams are fighting to be recognized as chartered for the current season, which has 16 races left. A charter guarantees one of the 40 spots in the field each week, but also a base amount of money paid out each week.
Jordan and FRM owner Bob Jenkins won an injunction to recognize 23XI and FRM as chartered for the season, but the ruling was overturned on appeal earlier this month. Both teams were set to be stripped of a combined six charters on Wednesday, which would force them to compete as “open cars.”
Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin co-owns 23XI with Jordan and said they are prepared to send Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Riley Herbst to the track each week as open teams. But they still filed for a restraining order Monday and claimed that through discovery they learned NASCAR upon revocation planned to immediately begin the process of selling the six charters which would put “plaintiffs in irreparable jeopardy of never getting their charters back and going out of business.”
NASCAR said it has asked multiple times for settlement proposals but heard nothing. NASCAR also has no intention of re-negotiating the charter agreements held by 30 other teams.
Jordan has the money to keep 23XI running without charters, but FRM doesn’t have the same level of funding. Additionally, if the teams aren’t chartered, they will have to qualify on speed each week to make the field.
It won’t be an issue this weekend at Dover as fewer than the maximum 40 cars are entered. But should 41 cars show up anywhere this season, someone slow will be sent home.
“We’re not worried because our cars have the speed. We’ve always said we’re racing no matter what. If we have to race open, we have to race open,” Hamlin said at Sonoma Raceway last weekend. “We worked to get an injunction and obviously feel like Dec. 1 is all that matters.”
Legacy vs. RWR
This case is actually a dispute over agreed-upon terms for Ware to sell one of his two charters to Johnson and his partners at Knighthead Capital Management.
Ware this season is leasing a charter to RFK Racing and was already under agreement with that team to get the charter back in 2026, then lease RFK its second charter next season. He never had a charter to sell for 2026 unless he ceased operations.
Yet when he signed the contract with Legacy, Ware has said, he didn’t read it through and catch that the sale terms were for next season and not 2027, when he’d have both charters in his possession.
RWR is alleging Legacy pulled a bait-and-switch, and if true, it is on Ware for not seeing it in the contract he signed.
The curveball came when T.J. Puchyr, the Spire co-founder who now acts as a consultant and brokered the deal between Legacy and Ware, said last month he plans to buy Ware’s team. Legacy argued in court Monday it was blindsided by the news, that if Ware is selling then the charter rightfully belongs to them, and they urgently needed depositions before Ware sold his race team out from under them.
It didn’t help when Ware’s lawyers couldn’t answer questions about a potential sale: “I think you need to talk to your client,” the judge told them before warning Ware may be in contempt of court and ordering depositions for later this week.
Ware, meanwhile, apparently accepted the Legacy offer for his charter despite a second bid of more than $50 million from another party. With NASCAR indicating through discovery in the 23XI/FRM suit that it has interested buyers for the six charters, it is a seller’s market.
Johnson, with financial backing from Knighthead, is certain he will be getting the Ware charter one way or another to expand Legacy to three full-time Cup Series drivers.
“I’m not sure there is a plan B,” Johnson said of his confidence level at winning the case.
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Advance Auto Parts Sponsoring Josh Berry at Dover
Advance Auto Parts has forged a new partnership with Wood Brothers Racing, one of NASCAR’s most iconic organizations, for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Josh Berry will be piloting the No. 21 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the NASCAR Cup Series’ annual trip to the one-mile concrete oval, […]

Advance Auto Parts has forged a new partnership with Wood Brothers Racing, one of NASCAR’s most iconic organizations, for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway.
Josh Berry will be piloting the No. 21 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the NASCAR Cup Series’ annual trip to the one-mile concrete oval, taking place on Sunday, July 20.
The addition of this partnership with Wood Brothers Racing further expands the motorsports portfolio of Advance Auto Parts, which also sponsors Ryan Blaney and Team Penske, as well as the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series — which allows short track racers to compete for track, state, regional, and national championships.
Berry is the 2020 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series champion, a triumph which assisted in springboarding the Hendersonville, Tennessee-native into NASCAR’s National Series on a full-time basis, and eventually into the NASCAR Cup Series.
“To have Advance Auto Parts on board at Dover is really special to me,” said Berry. “They’ve done so much to support grassroots racing across the country, and I’m proud to have won the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championship back in 2020. It means a lot to now represent them at the Cup level with Wood Brothers Racing.”
The 34-year-old driver is currently in his first year of NASCAR Cup Series competition with Wood Brothers Racing, after contesting his rookie campaign with Stewart-Haas Racing in 2024. Berry has already locked the team into the postseason with a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
“Advance Auto Parts has been a tremendous supporter in raising the profile of short track racing across the country for the past several years, and this partnership aligns perfectly with Josh’s background,” said Jon Wood, president, Wood Brothers Racing. “He’s a product of the system they’ve supported and continues to represent the values of grassroots racing. We’re proud to have Advance Auto Parts on board the No. 21 car at Dover.”
The partnership also reflects Advance Auto Parts’ continued investment in driver development and the future of the sport.
“Josh’s journey from the local short tracks to the Cup Series embodies the spirit of what Advance Auto Parts stands for,” said Bruce Starnes, executive vice president and chief merchant, Advance Auto Parts. “We’re proud to support him and to align with one of the most iconic teams in the sport in Wood Brothers Racing.”
The AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway will take place on Sunday, July 20 at 2:00 pm ET on TNT Sports, Performance Racing Network, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
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