Stock car racing
NASCAR
NASCAR runs a long season of oval and road-course races with a playoff finish. SportsArena365 publishes no motor racing writing today; the headlines below belong to the publishers named on them.
Competitions
NASCAR Cup Series
Schedule, results, standings, teams, drivers and statistics from NASCAR's free public files.
Daytona 500
The season-opening superspeedway race. Covered inside the Cup Series schedule and results.
Coca-Cola 600
The longest race of the season. Covered inside the Cup Series schedule and results.
Brickyard 400
The Indianapolis round. Covered inside the Cup Series schedule and results.
The playoff rounds
How the elimination format and the one-race finale work.
Xfinity Series
Second-tier national series. Architecture ready; no free publishable source yet, so we leave it empty.
Craftsman Truck Series
Truck racing's national series. Architecture ready, not covered yet.
ARCA Menards Series
The main development series. Architecture ready, not covered yet.
Formula 1
Its own SportsArena365 category, with calendar, results, circuits and drivers.
IndyCar
American open-wheel racing. Not covered — we have no free publishable source for it.
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NASCAR analysis, features & blogs
Aerodynamics · Analysis
Why aerodynamics decide oval racing
On a fast oval the air is the main obstacle, and every overtake is a negotiation with the hole the car in front punches through it.
3 min read
Strategy · Analysis
What a pit stop really costs
A stop is not measured in seconds stationary. It is measured against what the alternative would have produced over the following laps.
3 min read
Driving · Analysis
How tyre management separates drivers
Almost everyone in a professional field can produce one fast lap. The gap opens over thirty of them.
3 min read
Circuits · Analysis
Why short tracks and superspeedways are different sports
The same cars and the same drivers produce two almost unrelated competitions depending on the length of the circuit.
3 min read
People · Feature
The crew chief is the closest thing racing has to a manager
One person holds the setup, the strategy and the driver's confidence together for four hours, mostly by radio.
3 min read
How to watch · Feature
How to watch a race you know nothing about
You do not need to know the field. You need three habits, and the race explains itself from there.
3 min read
People · Feature
The quiet craft of a pit crew
A few seconds of choreography, rehearsed thousands of times, with a full race resting on whether one person's hand finds the right place.
3 min read
Format · Blog
Racing playoffs solve one problem and create another
A championship decided over a full season is fairer. A championship decided in a finale is more watchable. Pick one, and be honest about it.
3 min read
Judgement · Blog
Most of what we call driver form is equipment
Racing is a team sport with one visible participant, which is why the visible participant absorbs credit and blame that belong elsewhere.
3 min read
Safety · Blog
The safety progress we now barely notice
Motorsport rebuilt itself around survivability, and the clearest sign of success is how unremarkable that has become.
3 min read
Formats · Analysis
Why the playoff format divides the sport
An elimination playoff guarantees a close finish. It also guarantees that the year's best driver can lose the title.
3 min read
Engineering · Analysis
How a tight rule book changes what teams compete on
When every car is close to identical, the advantage moves to setup, execution and people.
3 min read
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NASCAR headlines
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NASCAR videos
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