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Former NASCAR Team Owner Larry McClure Has Died

Former NASCAR team owner Larry McClure has died, according to WCYB in Arlington, Va. A cause of death was not given. McClure was the co-owner of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, along with Tim Morgan and Jerry McClure. The team competed in NASCAR from 1983-2010. Several NASCAR veterans competed for McClure, including Mark Martin, Sterling Marlin and Ernie […]

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Former NASCAR team owner Larry McClure has died, according to WCYB in Arlington, Va.

A cause of death was not given.

McClure was the co-owner of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, along with Tim Morgan and Jerry McClure. The team competed in NASCAR from 1983-2010.

Several NASCAR veterans competed for McClure, including Mark Martin, Sterling Marlin and Ernie Irvan. The biggest wins in the NASCAR Cup Series for the organization came in the Daytona 500, which the team won three times — twice with Marlin and once with Irvan.

Morgan-McClure last competed full time in the Cup Series in 2007 and last appeared at the track in 2010.

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NASCAR News: Dale Earnhardt family feuds as $30billion land battle gets ugly

NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt’s family is involved in a bitter dispute over a planned $30billion land development in North Carolina. Teresa Earnhardt, third wife and widow of the late racing superstar, wants to use 400 acres of land she owns in Mooresville for a massive project to build a new business park. READ MORE: NASCAR […]

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NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt’s family is involved in a bitter dispute over a planned $30billion land development in North Carolina.

Teresa Earnhardt, third wife and widow of the late racing superstar, wants to use 400 acres of land she owns in Mooresville for a massive project to build a new business park.

READ MORE: NASCAR Cup Series star set to drive for new team as official statement released

The 66-year-old has requested rezoning of the land to industrial to allow the project to go ahead.

Denver-based developer Tract claims the proposed Mooresville Technology Park would create 277 “recession-resistant” jobs, including some 195 paying $125,000 a year.

It also claims hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues would be generated for Mooresville, Iredell County, and local public schools over 20 years.

Earnhardt vs Earnhard as battle ramps up

But neighbors, including some Earnhardt family members, are fighting hard to stop the plan. Opponents have even set up a website to rally support against it, and the bad blood is ramping up.

The whole things is now a very public Earnhardt family feud, with Dale’s son Kerry (Teresa’s stepson) coming out in strong opposition.

Writing on Facebook, he said his father – who was tragically killed in an accident at the Daytona 500 in 2001 – would be “livid”.

“Frankly, I’m ashamed our family name is involved in the request to rezone a community that is thriving as a rural residential/agriculture zone to be changed to Industrial.

“Infrastructures like this don’t belong in neighborhoods where people’s natural resources will be depleted, wildlife will be uprooted, and the landscape and lives of the people that call this area home will forever be changed. I’d rather see homes built with people loving the land we live on…. the way this area was intended to be!”

READ MORE: NASCAR team in show of defiance after driver handed major Iowa penalty

Date officially set for public hearing

Per the Charlotte Observer, Kerry’s wife Rene spoke at a packed public meeting Monday night, describing the project as a “monstrosity of a complex….gobbling away resources”.

She requested that the rezoning proposal be rejected, pleading: “We hope you will preserve the last sliver of agricultural land in the area”.

The bitter dispute is now expected to reach a conclusion on Monday September 15 after commissioners settled on that date for a formal public hearing.

A decision on rezoning will likely be taken that same night.

READ MORE: NASCAR Cup Series star puts family first as retirement decision confirmed

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NASCAR Penalty Report: Iowa Speedway (August 2025)

Penalty issued by NASCAR after Iowa Speedway Over the weekend, NASCAR raced in Newton, Iowa. The Iowa Speedway hosted the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. View the NASCAR penalty report from Iowa Speedway below. After the race weekend, one penalty has been issued. Joe Gibbs Racing has been issued a $5,000 fine. Denny Hamlin […]

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Penalty issued by NASCAR after Iowa Speedway

Over the weekend, NASCAR raced in Newton, Iowa. The Iowa Speedway hosted the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series.

View the NASCAR penalty report from Iowa Speedway below.

After the race weekend, one penalty has been issued. Joe Gibbs Racing has been issued a $5,000 fine.

Denny Hamlin calls on NASCAR to penalize Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott

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Penalties

Driver/Team: Ty Gibbs No. 54

Date: 8/2/2025 (post-race inspection)

Level: Safety

Infraction: Sections 8.8.10.4a: Tires and Wheels (Note: Lug nut(s) not properly installed.)

Penalty: The team has been fined $5,000.

Iowa Results: August 3, 2025 (NASCAR Cup Series)

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Spire Motorsports General Tire 100 at The Glen Race Advance

Spire Motorsports will field an ARCA Menards Series entry at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for Tristan McKee, who will make his series debut in the No. 77 Gainbridge Chevrolet SS. The race will mark the team’s fourth start in an Automobile Racing Club of America sanctioned event. The General Tire 100 at The Glen will […]

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Spire Motorsports will field an ARCA Menards Series entry at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for Tristan McKee, who will make his series debut in the No. 77 Gainbridge Chevrolet SS. The race will mark the team’s fourth start in an Automobile Racing Club of America sanctioned event.
The General Tire 100 at The Glen will be televised live on FS2 Friday, Aug. 8 beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 13th of 20 events on the 2025 ARCA Menards Series calendar will broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and ARCARacing.com.

Tristan McKee – Driver, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet SS

Tristan McKee will make his ARCA Menards Series debut at the controls of Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Gainbridge Chevrolet SS in Friday’s General Tire 100 at The Glen.
McKee makes his series debut just five days after his 15th birthday, fulfilling ARCA’s minimum age requirement to compete. While Cup Series driver Todd Gilliland owns the record for the youngest ARCA winner at 15-years and two-days-old, McKee can become the youngest pole winner in series history, an honor held by Kelvin Benjamin at 15-years, nine-months and 22-days-old.
The Kannapolis, N.C., resident looks to become the 38th driver to win their ARCA Menards Series national tour debut, and first since Luke Fenhaus at Iowa Speedway in July 2023. A trip to Victory Lane would also make him the 367th unique winner in the 73-year history of the Automobile Racing Club of America and seventh first-time winner in 2025.
The talented teenager has refined his road-course racing skills as a full-time competitor in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series. Through eight-of-12 events, McKee leads the series’ championship point standings by a handsome 82 markers on the strength of one pole position, two wins and six-consecutive podium finishes. He earned his first TA2 Series victory in June at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
McKee made his first and only start at Watkins Glen in the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series’ June stop at “The Glen.” He tallied a perfect weekend, clocking the fastest lap in practice, setting a track record en route to his first-career pole position and leading the field from flag to flag to secure his second-career win.
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Last month, the versatile, young talent raced a pavement Super Late Model for the first time during the Summer Showdown 200 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Wash. He battled the best of the Northwest Super Late Model Series to earn a runner-up finish at “The Superspeedway of the West.”
McKee began turning heads in 2023 when at just 12-years-old, he won a 100-lap CARS Pro Late Model Tour feature event at Dillon (S.C.) Motor Speedway to become the youngest winner in CARS Tour history. The upstart teenager has gone on to collect series wins at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and Caraway (N.C.) Speedway. Most recently, McKee was the victor of the tour’s inaugural appearance at Cordele (Ga.) Motor Speedway in April.
In 2022, McKee claimed Orange County (N.C.) Speedway Limited Late Model Rookie of the Year and track championship honors at 11-years-old. Later that season, he captured the checkered flag during November’s Fall Brawl weekend at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
The inaugural signee to Spire Motorsports’ driver development program will return to the No. 77 Chevrolet in November for the ARCA Menards Series West season finale during NASCAR Championship Weekend at Phoenix Raceway.

Tristan McKee Quotes
Talk about making your debut and what it means to get the opportunity.
“I’m super excited for my debut to be on a road course. I’ve been doing a lot of road course stuff through the Trans Am Series. We were just at Watkins Glen a couple weeks ago with the series and got the win, so I feel comfortable with the track. I had the opportunity to do some testing in the ARCA car, so it helped get me up to speed with the car, but I still have a lot of preparation to do in the next week or two in the simulator and my pre-race routine. I’m super thankful to Spire Motorsports and Gainbridge for making this happen, and I’m really excited to get on track.”

Last time you were at Watkins Glen in the Trans Am car, you quite literally recorded a perfect weekend. How will that experience help you ease into your ARCA debut, given the differences between the two types of cars?
“It has definitely helped a lot. Every road course you spend a session or two learning your visuals, finding your shift and braking points, and seeing where you’re at. When we get there, I will be ready to rip as soon as we unload. In the higher ranks, you don’t have a lot of practice, whereas in Trans Am we have three to four testing and practice sessions across two days. While we aren’t running the configuration that utilizes ‘The Boot’ like in Trans Am, a majority of the course is the same. I’ll be able to use some different tricks I learned in the Trans Am car and apply it to the ARCA car.”

About Spire Motorsports …
Spire Motorsports earned its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series victory in its first full season of competition when Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on July 7, 2019. Less than three years later, William Byron drove Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado to its inaugural NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win on April 7, 2022, at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The team’s most recent win came on May 30, 2025, when Rajah Caruth took the checkered flag in the Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.

In 2025, Spire Motorsports campaigns the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolets in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team also fields the Nos. 07, 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Silverados in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and an ARCA Menards Series Chevrolet in select events.

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Kaden Honeycutt fills the seat as Stewart Friesen is out due to injury

Stewart Friesen has had several surgeries after a dirt track crash Last week, Stewart Friesen was injured in Super DIRTcar Series crash at Canada’s Autodrome Drummond. Officials cut the roof off the car then transported him to a hospital. Friesen has since had several surgeries. He’s expected to be out of the NASCAR Truck Series […]

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Stewart Friesen has had several surgeries after a dirt track crash

Last week, Stewart Friesen was injured in Super DIRTcar Series crash at Canada’s Autodrome Drummond. Officials cut the roof off the car then transported him to a hospital.

Friesen has since had several surgeries. He’s expected to be out of the NASCAR Truck Series No. 52 for a prolonged period of time.

This weekend, NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell is driving the No. 52. Bell is a former NASCAR Truck Series champion (2017).

Christopher Bell to fill in for injured NASCAR driver Stewart Friesen

However, starting at Richmond Raceway, Kaden Honeycutt jumps behind the wheel of the No. 52. The 22-year-old has collected 19 top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Truck Series.

Yesterday, Honeycutt announced an abrupt departure from Niece Motorsports. This weekend, Connor Zilisch is replacing Honeycutt in the No. 45 truck.

Kaden Honeycutt has been released by Niece Motorsports

Stewart Friesen comments

“While I continue to recover, it was important for us to put someone in our truck that can help us compete at the highest level,” said Friesen in the team release.

“I know Kaden will deliver strong performance in our truck and allow us to continue to run for the owner’s championship.”

Friesen has spent the last ten years competing in the NASCAR Truck Series, eight of those years have been as a full-time driver. With two-hundred starts, he’s driven to victory lane four times.

View the medical updates on Stewart Friesen

Kaden Honeycutt comments

“It’s an honor to be able to fill in for Stewart for the rest of the season and help give his team a chance at the owner’s championship, which they earned,” Honeycutt stated via the Halmar Friesen Racign release.

“I’m excited to compete in contending, race-winning equipment as I pursue a title this season.”

He added, “We are going to work hard to have a solid final eight races of the season and continue to deliver great results for Stewart, his family and this organization.”

Honeycutt remains in the playoff battle.

Related: Stewart Friesen crash video

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Kaden Honeycutt to fill in for injured Stewart Friesen during playoffs

Just a couple of weeks ago, this headline wouldn’t have made any sense, and yet, it is happening. When Stewart Friesen was seriously injured in a dirt modified crash, the No. 52 Halmar-Friesen Racing Toyota needed to find a replacement driver as the team is set to take part in the championship playoffs. Enter Kaden […]

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Enter Kaden Honeycutt, who was abruptly let go from his full-time ride at Niece Motorsports this week for signing with a rival team and manufacturer for 2026 (believed to be TRICON and Toyota). Honeycutt is also bound for playoffs, sitting 73 points above the cut-line.

While Christopher Bell will drive the No. 52 at Watkins Glen, Halmar-Friesen has announced a new partnership with Honeycutt for the rest of the 2025 season. Both will be be able to fight for the championship as a duo after one lost its driver and the other lost their ride. Honeycutt will drive the No. 02 Young’s Motorsports entry for the Truck race at The Glen.

Stewart Friesen, Halmar-Friesen Racing Toyota

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Honeycutt’s first race in the No. 52 will be at Richmond Raceway next weekend, which serves as the regular season finale for the NASCAR Truck Series.

“While I continue to recover, it was important for us to put someone in our truck that can help us compete at the highest level,” said Friesen. “I know Kaden will deliver strong performance in our truck and allow us to continue to run for the owner’s championship.”

Honeycutt has not yet win in the Truck Series, but he has been solid, currently sitting sixth in the championship standings.

“It’s an honor to be able to fill in for Stewart for the rest of the season and help give his team a chance at the owner’s championship, which they earned. I’m excited to compete in contending, race-winning equipment as I pursue a title this season,” said Honeycutt. “We are going to work hard to have a solid final eight races of the season and continue to deliver great results for Stewart, his family and this organization.”

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Honda and MMG Score Fourth-Consecutive Podium in Road America 120

#93 MMG Honda of Karl Wittmer and LP Montour secures third pole and fourth podium in four races MMG’s top form sees them further reduce TCR class championship points gap Honda extended its podium streak to four consecutive IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge events, scoring a P3 finish in the Road America 120 […]

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#93 MMG Honda of Karl Wittmer and LP Montour secures third pole and fourth podium in four races

MMG’s top form sees them further reduce TCR class championship points gap

Honda extended its podium streak to four consecutive IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge events, scoring a P3 finish in the Road America 120 with the #93 MMG Honda Civic Type R TCR of Karl Wittmer and LP Montour.

After starting from pole position—their third in the last four races—LP Montour maintained the lead for the opening half of the race. However, a caution-filled first hour turned the event into a strategic minefield. For MMG, the primary challenge was fuel management, as Road America’s high-speed layout strained the possibility of a one-stop race.

With championship implications in mind, MMG executed a conservative but effective strategy, keeping Montour in the car until the race’s final hour when a one-stop finish became viable.

As Wittmer took over for the remainder of the race with 56 minutes on the clock, the shuffle in pit strategies caused by multiple full course caution periods saw him return to the field in sixth. Nevertheless, he went on to regain a couple of positions before going on to execute a decisive pass in the final ten minutes to move into podium position. A dramatic last-lap chase for second place ensued, in which he narrowly missed out in a race to the finish line.

Following their consistent podium form in the past four rounds at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Watkins Glen International, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, and Road America, the MMG Honda has further closed the gap in the TCR championship standings, now just 90 points adrift of the leading car and 70 points behind second place.

Elsewhere in the Honda camp, the #89 HART entry of Chad Gilsinger and Tyler Chambers showcased strategic brilliance by capitalizing on an early stop to clear debris, which later positioned them in P2 after a quick driver change. Unfortunately, their race ended prematurely after being collected in a multi-car incident, sustaining damage that forced retirement.

The #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Honda of William Tally and Tim Lewis had completed a pit stop during one of the early caution periods to top up on fuel, and although they were originally handed a penalty for crew coming over the pit wall too soon, the multiple yellow periods negated this setback. However, they were ultimately hampered in the closing 20 minutes by brake issues and would cross the line P9.

Road America 120 Honda Race Results

Finished 3rd – #93 MMG Honda Civic Type R TCR, Karl Wittmer, LP Montour

Finished 9th – #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Honda Civic Type R TCR, William Tally, Tim Lewis

Finished 13th – #89 HART Honda Civic Type R TCR, Chad Gilsinger, Tyler Chambers – not running, contact

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LP Montour (#93 MMG Honda Civic Type R TCR) Finished third: “We did a great job in qualifying and led from pole for the first stint. We had a different strategy than our competitors, and Karl did an amazing job to bring us back from sixth up to third, so I’m very happy. Thanks to HRC, MMG, and JAS Motorsport for giving us a great car.”

Karl Wittmer (#93 MMG Honda Civic Type R TCR) Finished third: “Another incredible race! That’s our fourth podium in a row with HRC and MMG. It’s just so rewarding for everyone to come together and actually pull off these results that we really deserve. We’re a small Canadian team, and I’m super proud of LP for the killer stint. Couldn’t be happier to be here on the podium.”

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Honda returns to VIRginia International Raceway for the two-hour Virginia is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix, where the manufacturer and MMG won the first race for the FL5 TCR in IMSA competition the year prior. The eighth round of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season will take place on Saturday, August 23rd at 2:15 PM ET.

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