Frontstretch Newsletter: Oct. 23, 2025
Volume
XIX, Edition CLXXXIX |
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- The Martinsville race weekend begins today with a doubleheader for the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup and the season finale for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. MX-5 Cup cars will race for 100 laps starting at 6 p.m. ET on the IMSA Official YouTube channel. Modified coverage will start at 7:15 p.m. ET on FLORacing. Teams from NASCAR's National-level series are not scheduled to begin loading into the infield at Martinsville until 7 a.m. ET Friday. Despite that, it is not impossible that NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams may haul up to Martinsville today so that they're ready to go for load-in at sunrise. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch. |
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| Daniel Suarez to Spire For
2026 Spire Motorsports announced Wednesday that Daniel Suarez will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2026. |
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| William Sawalich Out at Martinsville, Justin Bonsignore
Filling In Joe Gibbs Racing announced Wednesday that William Sawalich has been ruled out of Saturday's IAA & Ritchie Bros. 250 at Martinsville due to concussion-like symptoms. Justin Bonsignore will race in his place. |
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| William Byron Adds Anduril
Sponsorship Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday that Andruil will sponsor William Byron's No. 24 in a six-race deal that stretches through 2028. |
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| Isabella Robusto Running Phoenix ARCA West Finale With
RAFA RAFA Racing Team announced Wednesday that they will make their first foray into stock car racing at Phoenix. Isabella Robusto will drive in the ARCA Menards Series West finale. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography and Kostas Lymperopoulos of ARCA Racing. 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: Oct. 23 |
- Porsche Penske Motorsport announced Thursday morning that Laurin Heinrich will make his FIA World Endurance Championship
debut in the season finale Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain on Nov. 8. Heinrich will share the No. 5 Porsche 963 with Julien Andlauer and Mathieu Jaminet. Not only will this be Heinrich's WEC debut, but it will be his first-ever race in a prototype. The vast majority of his racing resume in recent years has been in various Porsche 911s. He won the the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship's GTD Pro class championship in 2024 for AO Racing in "Rexy" solo following Sebastian Priaulx's mid-season departure from the team. This past season, he finished fifth in points along with Klaus Bachler with class victories at Sebring and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. |
Frontstretch Line of the Week "Feels great. It was Interesting to watch. I obviously couldn’t drive with the injury, but it was mixed feelings, because I wanted to be out there. I wanted to keep driving with my team and continue learning, but had to heal up so I could be here. "It was tough because I wanted to drive, but it wasn’t like I was sitting at home because I
had an option to be here. You know what I mean? So it made it easier because I was injured." - Frankie Muniz on watching his truck race while he was out injured. |
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