Frontstretch Newsletter: Nov. 10, 2025
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XIX, Edition CCI |
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With the NASCAR offseason in full swing, The Frontstretch Newsletter will cut down to one Newsletter per week. We'll still have plenty of news to share each week and we'll have a couple of feature articles to keep you occupied. |
What to Watch: Nov. 10-16 |
- Things are quieting down now as we get closer to Christmas. There is the NHRA season finale in Pomona this weekend and some other series, such as the Repco Supercars Championship, will be in action. In NASCAR, work continues as teams prepare for the 2026 season. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch. |
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| Connor Zilisch Driving No. 88, Shane van Gisbergen
Switching to No. 97 Trackhouse Racing announced Friday that Shane van Gisbergen will switch to the No. 97 in 2026. Connor Zilisch will retain the No. 88 from the Xfinity Series. |
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| Here’s What Happened in the 23XI/FRM vs. NASCAR Lawsuit
This Week (Nov. 1-7) Last week, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports granted a motion that will see the teams depose Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske prior to their trial against NASCAR. |
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| Corey Day Running Full Time in O’Reilly With
Hendrick Hendrick Motorsports announced Friday that Corey Day will compete full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in their No. 17 Chevrolet in 2026. |
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| Parker Retzlaff Moving to Viking for
2026 Viking Motorsports announced Friday that Parker Retzlaff will drive the No. 99 Chevrolet full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2026. |
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| Lando Norris Completes Perfect Weekend With Sao Paulo
Win McLaren's Lando Norris was never seriously threatened Sunday en route to victory in the Grand Prix of Sao Paulo. Kimi Antonelli was a career-best second, then Max Verstappen, George Russell and Oscar Piastri. |
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| Lando Norris Wins F1 Sprint in Brazil; Oscar Piastri
Crashes Out In changeable conditions, McLaren's Lando Norris led flag-to-flag to win the Sprint Race Saturday in Sao Paulo. Kimi Antonelli was second, then George Russell, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc. |
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| Toyota Gazoo Racing Scores 1-2 Finish In
Bahrain After a tough season, Toyota Gazoo Racing's Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi scored a dominant win in Saturday's BAPCO Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, DPPI, Steven Tee of LAT Images and DPPI. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't
hesitate to let us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Around the World in Motorsports: Nov. 7-9 |
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Dawson Sutton took the lead from Cole Butcher on a restart with around 85 laps to go Sunday. From there, he was able to hold on to win the El Bandido All-American 400, the season finale for the ASA STARS National Tour and the crown jewel of Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. It's also a hometown victory as Sutton is from 25 miles from Nashville and his team, Rackley W.A.R., is also
based in the Nashville area. Sutton won by 1.179 seconds over Carson Brown. Derek Thorn was third, then Dylan Fetcho and Stephen Nasse. - TF Sport's Daniel Juncadella was fined €5000 (~$5781.20), €4000 suspended for "rude [and] disrespectful behavior towards another driver"
during Saturday's FIA World Endurance Championship BAPCO Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain. The issue stems from a fierce battle in the seventh hour of the race that Juncadella had with Team WRT's Augusto Farfus. After multiple laps of racing and nearly getting driven off the road, Juncadella was able to clear Farfus' BMW for position. However, Juncadella didn't like how
he was raced and extended his middle finger out the window of his Corvette towards Farfus. This is not the first time this year that such a scenario has happened. Back in January, Farfus was blocking Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports' Tommy Milner in the 22nd hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The result was similar. The difference in that situation as compared to Saturday that is Farfus was multiple laps down and keeping Milner from being able to pull away from Farfus' teammate Connor de Phillippi. |
This is just a sampling of the videos that we uploaded to our YouTube channels from Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway last weekend. For more from Nashville, or from other race weekends, be sure to subscribe to our suite of YouTube channels (Frontstretch, Frontstretch Grassroots, Frontstretch Plus and FS Open Wheel) and don't forget to click the bell to be notified of future videos. |
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