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Historic North Carolina speedway up for sale just weeks after NASCAR returned

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (WBTV) – A historic North Carolina racetrack appears to be up for sale, just weeks after NASCAR made its return. A commercial real estate company has a listing for Rockingham Speedway, which returned to the NASCAR schedule for the first time in more than a decade on Easter weekend. The one-mile oval has […]

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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (WBTV) – A historic North Carolina racetrack appears to be up for sale, just weeks after NASCAR made its return.

A commercial real estate company has a listing for Rockingham Speedway, which returned to the NASCAR schedule for the first time in more than a decade on Easter weekend.

The one-mile oval has a rich history in NASCAR, with drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty and many other racing legends having won there.

The listing does not show an asking price for the speedway but does have fairly comprehensive documents that highlight features of the overall property.

Perhaps what sticks out most from the documents is that over the past three years, more than $12 million has been poured into upgrading the facility’s infrastructure. Much of that came from the state government. The documents say another $12 million has been requested from the North Carolina General Assembly to get the property “Cup ready.”

Rockingham Speedway is up for sale, just weeks after NASCAR made its return to the historic...
Rockingham Speedway is up for sale, just weeks after NASCAR made its return to the historic track.(WBTV)

Despite NASCAR having returned in April, the Cup Series’ more than two-decade absence has persisted. The Xfinity, Truck and ARCA series raced there that weekend, but not NASCAR’s top level. The last time that a Cup race was held at Rockingham was in 2004 when Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag.

The listing documents indicate hope that the track could see the Cup Series return in 2026 or 2027.

NASCAR has yet to unveil its 2026 series schedules, but Rockingham could very well find itself back on the Xfinity or Trucks circuit, especially after tickets for the Xfinity race sold out. Whether or not it could get a Cup date seems a bit more questionable.

Related: Winner disqualified in NASCAR’s return to historic North Carolina racetrack



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New partnership with ADS accelerates cybersecurity for Hendrick Motorsports

CONCORD, N.C. – Hendrick Motorsports has added leading cybersecurity provider Atlantic Data Security (ADS) as a new technology partner in a multi-year agreement that runs through 2027. The sponsorship underscores the growing importance of threat prevention in high-performance environments where speed, data and innovation intersect.   Connecticut-based ADS will work closely with Hendrick Motorsports to enhance the […]

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CONCORD, N.C. – Hendrick Motorsports has added leading cybersecurity provider Atlantic Data Security (ADS) as a new technology partner in a multi-year agreement that runs through 2027. The sponsorship underscores the growing importance of threat prevention in high-performance environments where speed, data and innovation intersect.  

Connecticut-based ADS will work closely with Hendrick Motorsports to enhance the team’s digital security infrastructure and safeguard critical systems across its operations. The relationship will allow ADS to generate unique promotional content across all forms of media and offer one-of-a-kind hosting opportunities for its clients and prospects. 

“Hendrick Motorsports has always been about speed and finding the competitive edge through excellence and innovation,” said John Overbeck, vice president of sales for ADS. “Atlantic Data Security is all about meeting our customers where they are, empowering them to pursue their core strategy, backed by effective and efficient modern cybersecurity measures. In a world where speed and adaptability on and off the track are essential for success, our partnership with Hendrick Motorsports allows them to do what they do best: win races.” 

Atlantic Data Security offers comprehensive cybersecurity services, including risk assessments, network and cloud security architecture, threat detection and response, compliance consulting, penetration testing, and managed security solutions. The company specializes in integrating best-in-class technologies with deep technical expertise to safeguard sensitive environments. It works with organizations across industries to prevent data breaches, protect intellectual property and ensure business continuity in today’s fast-evolving threat landscape. 

“We rely on a staggering amount of information, systems and tools to compete at the highest level of NASCAR,” said Jeff Andrews, president and general manager of Hendrick Motorsports. “Protecting that environment is essential, and ADS brings the experience and technical insight to help us do it the right way. At the same time, we look forward to building a strong partnership that provides world-class experiences for their customers and helps grow the ADS business and brand.” 



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‘It’s super technical’; NASCAR driver speaks about racing at Watkins Glen

Updates on local, state and national News are detailed by the News10NBC Morning Team, along with traffic, sports and the weather forecast. ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s the countdown until the annual Watkins Glen International NASCAR Cup Series. The country’s top race car drivers are set to compete in the course in Schuyler County on Friday, […]

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Updates on local, state and national News are detailed by the News10NBC Morning Team, along with traffic, sports and the weather forecast.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s the countdown until the annual Watkins Glen International NASCAR Cup Series. The country’s top race car drivers are set to compete in the course in Schuyler County on Friday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug. 10. Sunday is when the “Go Bowling at the Glen” cup takes place.

NASCAR driver John Hunter Nemechek and Watkins Glen President Dawn Burlew joined News10NBC TODAY for a conversation about how they’re preparing. Nemechek has six top ten finishes, including finishing 5th at the Daytona 5000. He described Watkins Glen as a very technical course with a wide variety of challenges.

“So Watkins Glen is a super special place. It’s really fast, super technical. You have a lot of elevation change, some really fast sections, some slow sections. There’s a little bit of everything,” Nemechek said.

Nemechek got into racing by watching his dad compete. He got his first go-kart at age 3, started racing at age 5, and has been hooked ever since. He described what it feels like to race at The Glen.

“It feels fast. You’re driving in deep, having to turn right, and then double left, and then back right, trying to carry as much speed as you can. It’s exhilarating. It’s an adrenaline rush, for sure,” Nemechek said.

See the full interview with Nemechek and President Burlew in this story. You can get tickets to the races and learn more here.



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Registration for the 2025 Performance Racing Industry Show Is Now Open

Registration is officially open for the 2025 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show, billed as the world’s largest and most influential gathering for motorsports professionals. Set to take place December 11-13 at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the event will bring together thousands of racing industry members for three days of […]

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Registration is officially open for the 2025 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show, billed as the world’s largest and most influential gathering for motorsports professionals. Set to take place December 11-13 at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the event will bring together thousands of racing industry members for three days of innovation, networking and business growth, company officials stated in a press release.

The PRI Show draws attendees from all 50 states and around the globe, including race teams, retailers, engine builders, fabricators and media. More than 1,000 exhibiting companies will showcase products, services and technologies, from race parts and machinery to simulation tools, trailers and more.

“Motorsports is a powerful economic engine, and the PRI Show is where that impact becomes tangible—where the industry gathers to innovate, collaborate and drive the business of racing forward,” said PRI president Michael Good. “As we open registration for 2025, we’re proud to continue building a platform that fuels growth and opportunity across every segment of the motorsports community.”

PRI Show 2024 exhibit hall wide-angle

The Importance of the Racing Industry to the American Economy

Racing has a major impact on jobs, wages and revenue in the U.S., according to the recently released PRI Motorsports Economic Impact Study. The study found that the motorsports industry contributes more than $69.2 billion in annual economic impact to the American economy, supports more than 318,000 American jobs, and generates more than $22.1 billion in wages and benefits.

PRI Show officials say the event plays a critical role in sustaining that momentum, serving as a central hub where businesses across the motorsports ecosystem come together to showcase innovation, forge partnerships and strengthen the industry’s economic foundation.

Experiences for Racing Professionals of Every Level

The 2025 PRI Show will feature many exclusive experiences and activations, including:

  • Grand Opening Breakfast – The traditional kickoff to the Show, held Thursday morning before the exhibit halls open.
  • Featured Products Showcase – A curated display of the newest and in-demand motorsports products.
  • PRI Education Program – A lineup of seminars offering insights, strategies and solutions for today’s racing businesses.
  • TOPS HQ – A dedicated lounge and workspace for track operators, promoters and sanctioning bodies to connect and collaborate.
  • Trailer Exhibit Area – A side-by-side comparison zone for the latest race trailers, haulers and motorhomes.
  • Sim Racing Arena – An immersive experience into the fast-growing world of sim racing.
  • PRI Paddock – The place to get helpful information about the Show and see the famous hanging race car.
  • Machinery Row – Live demonstrations of precision machining equipment.
  • PRI Full Throttle Social – A reimagined industry networking event that brings the entire PRI Show motorsports community together to celebrate the first day of the Show.

“The 2025 PRI Show will deliver an unmatched experience for racing professionals at every level,” said PRI show director Karin Davidson. “From hands-on product demos and immersive activations to targeted networking spaces and world-class education, this year’s Show is designed to help attendees discover new opportunities, make meaningful connections and leave inspired to take their businesses to the next level.”



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NASCAR Driver’s Home Sale Sets A Record

Everyone knows NASCAR drivers often live large, thanks to their famously robust annual earnings. But even for Charlotte, North Carolina, the recent sale of a NASCAR driver’s estate that’s been owned by two other drivers in the past is enough to set a record for that market. Watch a fight unfold in the pits at […]

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Everyone knows NASCAR drivers often live large, thanks to their famously robust annual earnings. But even for Charlotte, North Carolina, the recent sale of a NASCAR driver’s estate that’s been owned by two other drivers in the past is enough to set a record for that market.

Watch a fight unfold in the pits at the NASCAR race in Sonoma.

Not surprisingly, the driver who’s been living like Ricky Bobby is none other than Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The man is in his prime, competing in the Cup Series and obviously doing great financially.

The home in question sold for a whopping $12.2 million in June, making it the most expensive house sold in the region ever, reports Homes.com. It must be rough to be #47.

Image via Homes.com
Image via Homes.com

Originally, Stenhouse bought the house, which is actually a ranch spread out over 140 acres, back in 2014. Joe Nemechek owned it before him and he purchased it from Ernie Irvan, another NASCAR driver, who built the current 9,100 square foot house on the lot back in 2001.

In total, there are five bedrooms and seven full bathrooms, plus a guest house with another bedroom, and one more in the stable house. It sounds like quite the arrangement for entertaining or hosting multiple guests from out of town.

The drivers have each unwound at the vanishing-edge pool, enjoyed some time in the rather nice and large outdoor kitchen with fireplace, plus hit some balls on the putting green.

Image via Homes.com
Image via Homes.com

Stenhouse used the massive land to support his personal hobby of raising livestock like longhorn cattle and donkeys. Nemechek reportedly used all that land for equestrian activities, including a huge stable and covered riding area.

We can’t wait to see how the house and all that land is used by the new owner.

It’s not known who bought the property, but considering the lofty price and its history, we’re going to guess it was yet another NASCAR driver.

Images via Homes.com



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Fights over charters loom over NASCAR as teams, series await key court rulings

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It’s the summer to sue in NASCAR, the sport where the on-track bumping and banging is… CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — 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 […]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It’s the summer to sue in NASCAR, the sport where the on-track bumping and banging is…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — 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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NASCAR Week in Wetaskiwin was full throttle excitement

NASCAR Week in Wetaskiwin July 6 to 12 was capped off Saturday when the top Canadian NASCAR drivers rolled into Wetaskiwin, shifting into high gear for the for the most western leg of the NASCAR Canada Series, the NAPA 300. The week-long celebration brings in visitors from all over North America and gets the whole community revved up, […]

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NASCAR Week in Wetaskiwin July 6 to 12 was capped off Saturday when the top Canadian NASCAR drivers rolled into Wetaskiwin, shifting into high gear for the for the most western leg of the NASCAR Canada Series, the NAPA 300.

The week-long celebration brings in visitors from all over North America and gets the whole community revved up, bringing together fans, clubs, organizations and businesses to highlight the best of Wetaskiwin.

Things kicked off with a pancake breakfast at the Wetaskiwin Legion on Sunday, followed by racing-themed events each day, including a race car driver story time at the library, Play in the Park with a real race car and driver onsite and a car show at Fizmo Automotive.

A high-octane kick off party with local racing and live music launched the NAPA 300 weekend on Friday night. 

Saturday started off with the NASCAR Canada Hauler Parade arriving in the morning from Nisku. 

The special guests for the day were Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team “The SkyHawks” and CFB Edmonton,1SVC BN and RCEME “Jiffy Jeep,” who dismantled a Jeep, put it back together and hit the track within minutes.

Fireworks lit up the night sky to finish off the weekend. 

The top finishers were Marc-Antoine Camirand, Donald Theetge, and Kevin Lacroix. 

The Leland Industries 250 at the Sutherland Automotive Speedway in Saskatoon on Wednesday, July 16 is the next stop in the NASCAR Canada Series.

 

 

 

 



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