One of the most legendary tracks in motorsports gets set to host another big-time event, as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Darlington Raceway for the Goodyear 400.
The first few weeks of the 2026 season have been thrilling. Close racing, exciting finishes, and a little bit of animosity are laying the groundwork for a thrilling year of NASCAR.
Darlington Raceway has been one of the mainstays on the NASCAR calendar since it opened its doors in 1950. Along with the marquee Southern 500 event, every driver in stock car racing also looks forward to the 400-mile race earlier in the season.
After Tyler Reddick started the new season hot as a pistol, winning the first three races, things have started to open up. After Ryan Blaney hung on to win at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin hung on to grab his first victory of the season last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
With the win, Hamlin moves up to fourth in the drivers’ standings, trailing Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Blaney.
A number of active drivers have tasted victory at the Lady in Black. Hamlin leads the pack with five wins at Darlington, tied for fourth all time with Bobby Allison, Bill Elliott and Darrell Waltrip. Chase Briscoe and Michigan natives Erik Jones and Brad Keselowski have won at the historic ovals twice in their careers.
NASCAR CUP SERIES
Goodyear 400
When: Sunday, March 22
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Where: Darlington Raceway (Darlington, S.C.)
Channel: FOX Sports 1
Check out the NASCAR schedule and results here

Ron Capps won the Funny Car title at the NHRA Arizona Nationals after recovering from a major engine explosion.
Shawn Langdon secured his third consecutive Top Fuel victory in Phoenix, defeating Leah Pruett in the final.
Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps recovered from a massive engine explosion in the second round at Firebird Motorsports Park, defeating Spencer Hyde in the final round to earn his 78th career win on Sunday, March 22, at the 41st annual FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs.
Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) also won the second of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
In the final round, Capps went 4.124 seconds at 303.24 mph in his NAPA Auto Parts Toyota GR Supra, holding off Hyde to pick up his first victory of the season and fourth overall in Phoenix.
This was an emotional one for the veteran after he suffered a huge engine explosion at the finish line in his second-round win against Daniel Wilkerson. Capps and the team bounced back in impressive fashion to knock off defending event winner Paul Lee with a strong run and advance to the final round.
He left first on Hyde and pulled away at the finish line, picking up one of the more memorable wins in Capps’ stellar career. A year ago, Capps also had a huge explosion and crash in Phoenix, but those two incidents are now a distant memory after Sunday’s incredible finish.
“We knew this was going to be a battle of attrition and dropped cylinders today,” Capps said. “A couple of those runs, there was no way I would imagine that would have got us lane choice, but it did.

At the end of 2025, Daniel Suárez and Ross Chastain parted ways as teammates. But their relationship seems to have taken its biggest hit in 2026. This comes after their confrontation in Las Vegas, where more than Chastain getting physical, it was the words that caused lasting damage to Suárez.
Daniel Suárez has lost respect for Ross Chastain after Vegas confrontation
After a series of on-track incidents during the Cup race at Las Vegas between the former teammates, Daniel Suárez went to clear the air with Ross Chastain. However, the conversation soon turned into a heated discussion before escalating into the #1 driver seemingly pushing Suárez away. Following this incident, Suárez shared his thoughts during an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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“The part that, in my opinion, the line that he crossed is the stuff that he said afterwards. That’s low. That’s disrespectful. That’s not okay. Honestly, that’s the part I was the most disappointed. What happened on the racetrack on Monday, on Tuesday, it’s already moved on, and we’re going to the next one. But the stuff that people say, those words, they don’t go away,” he explained.
The Spire driver claimed that what happens on the racetrack happens on the racetrack. He said he and Chastain have both had situations with other drivers in the past, and they’ll continue to be competitive with others and each other. But the harsh words won’t be forgotten.
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Suárez added that it is ‘a little bit sad’ to know that Chastain didn’t have a hold of himself in all that he said. But he emphasized that the words would last longer than the time between the two races for him simply because he has lost a lot of respect for Chastain as a person.
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Having said that, he claimed things will be the same on the track between them since the Trackhouse driver is just another rival.
Speaking about his side of the story after the Las Vegas weekend, Ross Chastain admitted he was ‘hot and angry’ in the moment when Suárez confronted him. But he also said he’d do things differently if he’d had time to think about it.
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Chastain is okay not being liked by everyone, including Suárez
“I would not have swerved into him after the race and if I could go back, I wouldn’t have shoved, sure,” Chastain claimed as per Motorsport. “I was just over the conversation that he was trying to have, wanted him to leave, asked him to leave and wanted him to back up. He was too close and just didn’t want to hear anything else he was saying because he wasn’t taking any accountability and I wanted him to.”
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Chastain also mentioned that he doesn’t agree with the way Suárez handles things. And during their conversation on pit road in Vegas, Suárez’s lack of accountability for the on-track incidents stood out to him.
But while their Las Vegas incident could be the defining highlight of their relationship so far, Chastain claimed it goes back longer than what happened on Sunday. He said that their time as teammates is over and he’s okay being someone who doesn’t get along with everybody in the garage.

Moving to the Cup Series demands total commitment and proven endurance, but for Dale Jr.’s star driver, the dream of a Cup Series opportunity is quickly becoming an overwhelming test of endurance. While he has proven himself in the series previously, it doesn’t mean that he can just let his current season go by as he serves his role for Rick Hendrick in the Cup Series. As of now, he is ready to run both series on the same weekends. This might be a nice little adventure occasionally, but Alex Bowman’s absence from the #48 garage is making it increasingly hard.
Dale Jr’s star performer voices his issues juggling his dual responsibilities
“I want to do the best job I can and be as prepared as I can be for the 48 team, without leaving the seven team and our chances of the O’Reilly series championship,” he said.
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Undoubtedly, Justin Allgaier is dedicated to his duties for both teams. Bowman hasn’t raced since COTA because of vertigo issues, and Allgaier took his place. This would have been fine for a race or two; however, it seems that Bowman wouldn’t be returning to his seat anytime soon. This is making it tough for Allgaier to manage his responsibilities.
“So, you’re trying to manage all of that. Whether it be simulator time or team meetings. We do a post-race meeting every week with both teams. You do a pre-race meeting every week with both teams. You know, both teams have simulator time. So, you’re juggling all of this. And they’re completely different cars,” he told Jeff Gluck.
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As much as it is standard practice for the reserve driver to take the main duties in a situation like this, Justin Allgaier is also managing his season with JR Motorsports in the NOAP Series, as mentioned.
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Moreover, he has been rather competitive this season with a race win and another three top 10 finishes. He also feels that the #48 crew would want their actual driver back, considering all the synergy they have established working together.
“They want him back. He has assembled an awesome group of guys around him. Blake Harris and that whole 48 team, they’re fun to be around. They’re great at what they do,” he said.
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A recent circular revealed that Alex Bowman would be missing another three upcoming races, and Allgaier seems to be the only competitive replacement. This could become a matter of worry for Dale Jr, as his title-contending driver would be spending way too much time in a series where he will be replaced as soon as Bowman is back in the garage.
But can Allgaier make the most of it?
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How can Allgaier find the silver lining in this situation?
Sure, Justin Allgaier could miss out on a contention to win the NOAP Series title this year. But what happens if he wins? He won the title back in 2024 and has been in contention for as long as one can remember. But what Allgaier has right now is a chance to prove his worth, his competitiveness in the Cup Series.
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Admittedly, he didn’t have the most flattering run at Las Vegas. His speeding penalty did not help, either. But heading into Darlington, he has a real chance to make an impression. Moreover, the other two races in succession; if he manages to pull off some impressive results, then he might have a chance with HMS in the future.
Statistically, Alex Bowman has been the worst-performing Hendrick Motorsports driver. There have been speculations of him losing the seat in the upcoming seasons, but nothing strong to build upon.
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But if his medical condition worsens, then Rick Hendrick will be left with no other option than to replace him. Justin Allgaier could then finally find himself back in the Cup Series and with a much stronger team.
While this would sound like a fairy tale to Allgaier, it might as well happen. All he has to do right now is get his head off the NOAP Series and Dale Jr’s team for some time and focus solely on the upcoming Cup race at Darlington.

CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) – A star NASCAR driver will miss at least three more races as he continues to battle a health condition.
Alex Bowman — driver of the No. 48 car — has continued to deal with vertigo, Hendrick Motorsports said.
Bowman ran all of the Daytona and Atlanta races to start the 2026 Cup Series season, then started the third race at Circuit of the Americas on March 1, but was unable to finish after he began feeling unwell.
He was diagnosed with vertigo in the days after that March 1 race, and subsequently missed the past two races at Phoenix and Las Vegas. Now, Hendrick Motorsports said he will miss the next three events as well, at Darlington, Martinsville and Bristol.
Anthony Alfredo filled in for Bowman at Phoenix before Justin Allgaier took over at Las Vegas. Allgaier will remain in the No. 48 car for the next three races.
“Alex continues to experience symptoms, so we are following the guidance of the medical team and giving him the time he needs to recover,” Hendrick Motorsports executive Jeff Andrews said in a news release.
“We see how hard he’s working to get back behind the wheel, and we’re looking forward to his return when he’s medically cleared,” the statement went on. “Everyone at Hendrick Motorsports is 100% behind Alex.”
The 32-year-old driver is in his ninth full-time season with Hendrick, and has won eight Cup races during that time.
Bowman previously missed races in 2022 and 2023 due to a concussion and a back injury.
Hendrick Motorsports previously said it would seek a medical waiver for Bowman to maintain championship eligibility, although it would be mathematically difficult for him to qualify for NASCAR’s postseason due to the sport’s return to the “Chase” format.
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(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, March 21
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1:55 p.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: Sprint Race, Goiânia, Brazil
2:30 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
3:40 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
7 p.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
12:10 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Saint Louis vs. Michigan, Second Round, Buffalo, N.Y.
2:45 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Louisville vs. Michigan St., Second Round, Buffalo, N.Y.
5:15 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TCU vs. Duke, Second Round, Greenville, S.C.
6:10 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Texas A&M vs. Houston, Second Round, Oklahoma City
7:10 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Gonzaga, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Gonzaga, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
7:50 p.m.
CBS— NCAA Tournament: VCU vs. Illinois, Second Round, Greenville, S.C.
8:45 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Vanderbilt vs. Nebraska, Second Round, Oklahoma City
9:45 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: High Point vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: High Point vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
11:30 a.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Howard at Ohio St., First Round
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Vermont at Louisville, First Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: Southern U. at South Carolina, First Round
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Virginia vs. Georgia, First Round, Iowa City, Iowa
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Fairfield vs. Notre Dame, First Round, Columbus, Ohio
2:30 p.m.
ESPNEWS — NCAA Tournament: Rhode Island vs. Alabama, First Round, Louisville, Ky.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: James Madison vs. Kentucky, First Round, Morgantown, W. Va.
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: UTSA at UConn, First Round
3:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Southern Cal vs. Clemson, First Round, Columbia, S.C.
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Fairleigh Dickinson at Iowa, First Round
5 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Miami (Ohio) at West Virginia, First Round
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Syracuse vs. Iowa St., First Round, Storrs, Conn.
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS — NCAA Tournament: High Point at Vanderbilt, First Round
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Princeton vs. Oklahoma St., First Round, Los Angeles
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Colorado vs. Illinois, First Round, Nashville, Tenn.
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: California Baptist at UCLA, First Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Session 2, Champaign, Ill.
2:30 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Session I, Greensboro, N.C.
3 p.m.
SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Session I, Tulsa, Okla.
6 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Session 3, Champaign, Ill.
7 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Session II, Greensboro, N.C.
ESPNU — Big 12 Tournament: Session II, West Valley City, Utah
8 p.m.
SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Session II, Tulsa, Okla.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
8 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Ohio St. at Michigan, Championship
COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Maryland at Penn St.
4:30 p.m.
ACCN — Army at North Carolina
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Boston College at North Carolina
COLLEGE WRESTLING (MEN’S)
11 a.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Medal Round, Cleveland
6:30 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championship, Cleveland
FLAG FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
4 p.m.
FOX — Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Round Robin Tournament, Los Angeles
7 p.m.
FOX — Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Championship, Los Angeles
GOLF
6 a.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Third Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Second Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Third Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Third Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
6 a.m. (Sunday)
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)
3 p.m.
NBATV — The Throne: TBD, Championship, East Rutherford, N.J.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRL’S)
1 p.m.
NBATV — The Throne: TBD, Championship, East Rutherford, N.J.
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
6 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Toronto Prospects vs. Philadelphia, Clearwater, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Chicago White Sox Prospects vs. L.A. Dodgers Prospects, Game 2, Phoenix
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
NBATV — L.A. Lakers at Orlando
10 p.m.
NBATV — Milwaukee at Phoenix
NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NHLN — Winnipeg at Pittsburgh
8 p.m.
ABC — Boston at Detroit
SKIING
2 p.m.
CNBC — FIS: Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Lake Placid, N.Y.
NBC — FIS: Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Lake Placid, N.Y.
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Liverpool at Brighton & Hove Albion
11 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Burnley at Fulham
1:30 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Chelsea at Everton
1:40 p.m.
CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Aberdeen at Rangers
4 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Brentford at Leeds United
6 p.m.
FS1 — MLS: Orlando City SC at Nashville SC
8:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: LAFC at Austin FC
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Boston at Houston
6:30 p.m.
ION — NWSL: North Carolina at Gotham FC
8:45 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Angel City at Bay
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP 2nd Round; WTA 3rd Round
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(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Sunday, March 22
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
Noon
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1 p.m.
NBC — Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship: Round 10, Birmingham, Ala.
1:30 p.m.
FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Brazil Grand Prix, Goiânia, Brazil
3 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MX2, Cádiz, Spain
FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MXGP, Cádiz, Spain
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz.
BOWLING
4 p.m.
CW — PBA Tour: Indiana Classic, Fort Wayne, Ind.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ACCN — Wake Forest at Virginia
SECN — Florida at Alabama
4 p.m.
SECN — Georgia at Texas A&M
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
2:30 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
4:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
5 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
7 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
TBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
7:30 p.m.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
TNT — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
9 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
9:30 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
8 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Special
COLLEGE HOCKEY (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Championship, University Park, Pa.
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPNU — Ohio St. at Johns Hopkins
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
BTN — Washington at Michigan
ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida
4 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Georgia Tech
5 p.m.
BTN — UCLA at Rutgers
6 p.m.
ACCN — Stanford at North Carolina
7 p.m.
SECN — Oklahoma at Mississippi
GOLF
6 a.m.
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Final Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Final Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees, Tampa, Fla.
4 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Milwaukee Prospects vs. Athletics Prospects, Mesa, Ariz.
9 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels
NBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
NBATV — Portland at Denver
8 p.m.
NBC — Minnesota at Boston
PEACOCK — Minnesota at Boston
NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Noon
NBATV — Cleveland at Maine
3 p.m.
NBATV — Greensboro at Westchester
NHL HOCKEY
12:30 p.m.
NHLN — Colorado at Washington
7 p.m.
NHLN — Vegas at Dallas
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Sunderland at Newcastle United
10:15 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: West Ham United at Aston Villa
USA — English Premier League: Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur
2:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: Seattle at Minnesota
4:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: L.A. Galaxy at Portland
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: Kansas City at Chicago
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP/WTA 3rd Round
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Lotus and Colin Chapman are a love story that defines motorsports. His designs were the peak of human innovation in car racing at that time. And Richard Petty would end up owning one of his legacies later on, owing to his relationship with STP. But not only did the car make his garage look good, but it also gave his family a fortune for a lifetime, as narrated by his son, Kyle Petty.
Back in the day, Lotus’s Colin Chapman brought a new entry to the 1968 Indianapolis 500. The Pratt and Whitney turbine engine was no longer their best bet. So he and Maurice Philipe made some changes and brought forth the Lotus Type 56. This time, their innovation would focus on suspension design.
Driven by the likes of ‘Triple Crown’ winner Graham Hill, the car would fail to live up to its expectations. The car was later gifted to Richard Petty by STP. Petty would sell it to an unknown gentleman for an undisclosed price, but the story behind it was equally hilarious and stunning.
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“So STP sponsored my dad. And we ended up with a lotus, a Mario Andretti lotus. Have you ever had anything in your garage or in your house that every time you needed something, it was behind this one object? And this one object wore your a** out. For 40 years, this thing was in our way. This guy came by one day and he said, ‘Hey, I hear you’ve got this lotus.’
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“And we’re like, my dad said, ‘Yeah, we got it.’ And he said, ‘Can I look at it.’ My dad said yeah, and so he goes back in the back, and then he finds it and digs it out, and it is a Lotus. I mean, it is nice. It’s got an engine in it and has everything. And he said, ‘How much you want for it?’ My dad said, ‘It’s not for sale.’”
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An abrupt end to the story it isn’t, but here’s where the real story starts. The gentleman did not want to give up on Chapman’s magnum opus so easily. It was a legendary part of IndyCar and motorsports history after all. He would come back to Petty with more determination.
“About a month went by and a guy that bought it, the guy that wanted it, showed up and he said, ‘Can I look at it?’ My dad said, ‘Sure, it’s there in the back.’ And sure enough it’s back there in the back under six foot of dust and they dig around and the guy says, ‘How much you want for it?’
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“My dad says, ‘It’s not for sale.’ And the guy says, ‘ I will give you $$ for it.’ And my dad said, ‘I’ll help you load it.’ And my inheritance went up eightyfold because of this one car.”
Kyle Petty isn’t kidding when he talks about the effect of this one sale. The Lotus 56-3 was the pinnacle of open-wheel design during its era. At that time, it was one of the most advanced cars ever run on a track. The iconic wedge-shaped design would go on to inspire the Formula 1 cars and give them a new identity.
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For a car that inspired the importance of aerodynamics in racing, any collector would be ready to spend untold amounts. So what happened after Richard Petty sold the car?
The glory of the Lotus 56-3 brought back on track
For a car like the Lotus 56-3, the garage was an insult. So the likes of Clive Chapman (son of Colin Chapman) and Vince Granatelli (son of Mister 500 Andy Granatelli) decided to bring it back to its former glory. In 2014, they supervised a ground-up restoration of the car with its authentic 1968 STP livery.
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The car then made an appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2014. It reunited with its other two sister cars and was driven by the likes of Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti, and Vince Granatelli. The Lotus 56-3 was later presented at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
The car would earn more recognition and honor later that year at multiple ceremonies. It would claim the Car of the Year award at the International Historic Motoring Awards. In 2014, the 56-3 also visited the Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley, California, where it garnered Octane Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award.
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The Type 56-3 chassis is a well-preserved memoir of the times when motorsports was still growing its wings. The Pratt and Whitney turbines and the aerodynamics of that narrate the open-wheel racing scene as we know it today.

(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Sunday, March 22
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
Noon
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1 p.m.
NBC — Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship: Round 10, Birmingham, Ala.
1:30 p.m.
FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Brazil Grand Prix, Goiânia, Brazil
3 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MX2, Cádiz, Spain
FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MXGP, Cádiz, Spain
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz.
BOWLING
4 p.m.
CW — PBA Tour: Indiana Classic, Fort Wayne, Ind.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ACCN — Wake Forest at Virginia
SECN — Florida at Alabama
4 p.m.
SECN — Georgia at Texas A&M
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
12:10 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Miami vs. Purdue, Second Round, St. Louis
2:45 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Kentucky vs. Iowa St., Second Round, St. Louis
4:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: Illinois St. at Wake Forest, Second Round
5:15 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: St. John’s vs. Kansas, Second Round, San Diego
6:10 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Tennessee vs. Virginia, Second Round, Philadelphia
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: Seattle at Auburn, Second Round
7 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: UNLV at Tulsa, Second Round
7:10
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Iowa vs. Florida, Second Round, Tampa, Fla.
7:50 p.m.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: Utah St. vs. Arizona, Second Round, San Diego
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: Wichita St. at Oklahoma St., Second Round
8:45
TNT — NCAA Tournament: UCLA vs. UConn, Second Round, Philadelphia
9 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: St. Joseph’s at California, Second Round
9:45 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Texas Tech vs. Alabama, Second Round, Tampa, Fla.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Maryland at North Carolina, Second Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: NC State at Michigan, Second Round
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Mississippi at Minnesota, Second Round
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: Texas Tech at LSU, Second Round
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Baylor at Duke, Second Round
6 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Oregon at Texas, Second Round
8 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Michigan St. at Oklahoma, Second Round
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Washington at TCU, Second Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Special
COLLEGE HOCKEY (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Wisconsin vs. Ohio St., Championship, University Park, Pa.
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPNU — Ohio St. at Johns Hopkins
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
BTN — Washington at Michigan
ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida
4 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Georgia Tech
5 p.m.
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6 p.m.
ACCN — Stanford at North Carolina
7 p.m.
SECN — Oklahoma at Mississippi
GOLF
6 a.m.
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Final Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
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HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees, Tampa, Fla.
4 p.m.
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9 p.m.
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5 p.m.
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8 p.m.
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12:30 p.m.
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7 p.m.
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8 a.m.
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10:15 a.m.
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2:30 p.m.
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4:30 p.m.
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2 p.m.
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11 a.m.
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The Chastain-Suarez drama isn’t over yet. After Daniel Suárez had called him “two-faced,” his recent revelation further shed light on Trackhouse and how it was quite hypocritical.
Daniel Suárez’s latest revelation on Ross Chastain and Co.
In a recent interview with Toby Christie on X, Suárez opened up about the incident and denounced Ross Chastain’s behavior. Following this, the #7 Spire driver hinted at how, from the outside, things looked perfect from the performance standpoint, but from the inside, it was different.
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“It’s not just one thing,” Suárez said about his worsened relationship with Chastain and the team. “Listen, we were on waves, right? It wasn’t bad the entire time, but there was some waves. And sometimes I felt like he wasn’t just straightforward for some reason. Especially last year, but like I say, it was on waves. I felt like, in general, the team was doing a good job. In a way, showing something else to everyone else and what was actually happening internally. But like I said, it was going on waves.”
Following this, the Mexican driver recalled how the 2025 Cup Series season was one to forget, as he finished the season in 29th place and failed to claim a victory. Speaking on this, and how there were bigger things at play, Suárez said:
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“The thing is that last year was very, very difficult. You guys only know 20% of the stuff that actually happened. And maybe one day, I will write a book, and you guys will find out exactly how things happen. But last year was very, very difficult. Definitely one of the most difficult years I have had in my career, the way that things play out.”
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Notably, Daniel Suárez approached Ross Chastain after the Las Vegas race, which soon turned into a confrontation. According to sources, he went to confront Chastain after the latter’s door slam on him during the race, which could have spoiled his race.
However, it did not affect much as both of them finished the race within the top 20 (Chastain 16th, and Suárez 17th). Despite this, Suárez was upset with Chastain, his former teammate, and went to approach him, which soon turned into an altercation.
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So much so that Chastain told Suárez , “Get out of here, you got fired.” This did not sit well with the Spire Motorsports driver, who called Chastain “two-faced.” Nevertheless, Ross Chastain admitted that he regrets his actions from Las Vegas.
Ross Chastain regrets Las Vegas fallout
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Ross Chastain has revealed that he regrets his action from Las Vegas after he pushed off Daniel Suárez and took the situation to an almost physical altercation. Stating that he would have done things differently if the situation was calm, the Trackhouse driver said:
“In the moment, I definitely was hot and angry and would do things different if I had time to think about it,” Chastain said. “Yeah, definitely would not have swerved into him after the race. I didn’t mean to. I would do that different if I could go back, and then I wouldn’t shove him, for sure.”
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Trackhouse Racing or Spire Motorsports did not comment on it officially. With no love lost between the two drivers, it will be interesting to see how they perform in the upcoming races by keeping the incident aside, as neither of them has taken a victory yet.

Waving Dale Jr.’s JR Motorsports flag high, Justin Allgaier claimed the victory once again in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday. Despite starting as a non-favorite to win the race against the likes of Kyle Larson, the 2024 Xfinity Series winner showed his mettle and took home the victory.
Allgaier shines at Darlington in O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
With the win, the old veteran driver claimed his 30th victory in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, and fourth at Darlington. A track which is generally known as ‘Too tough to tame,’ has become a happy hunting ground for him.
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Thanks to the victory, Allgaier has tied Joey Logano on the all-time NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series wins list with 30 wins. Brandon Jones, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, and Carson Kvapil finished behind him.
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Allgaier’s win comes after his recent Phoenix victory, and as things stand, he is the only driver with two wins this season. He is also the second O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver to win a race in the series. This is simply surprising, given Austin Hill is the only other driver who won at Daytona.
Following which, it was just a Cup Series drivers’ affair. Sheldon Creed of Haas Factory Team won at Atlanta, followed by Shane van Gisbergen at COTA. Allgaier won at Phoenix, and Kyle Larson won at Las Vegas.
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This time as well, numerous Cup Series drivers participated in the race, such as Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain, among many others. Larson of Hendrick Motorsports, who started the race from pole position, won Stage 1 and Stage 2, but in the end, it was not enough to stop Justin Allgaier.
This is a developing story…

One of the most legendary tracks in motorsports gets set to host another big-time event, as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Darlington Raceway for the Goodyear 400.
The first few weeks of the 2026 season have been thrilling. Close racing, exciting finishes, and a little bit of animosity are laying the groundwork for a thrilling year of NASCAR.
Darlington Raceway has been one of the mainstays on the NASCAR calendar since it opened its doors in 1950. Along with the marquee Southern 500 event, every driver in stock car racing also looks forward to the 400-mile race earlier in the season.
After Tyler Reddick started the new season hot as a pistol, winning the first three races, things have started to open up. After Ryan Blaney hung on to win at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin hung on to grab his first victory of the season last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
With the win, Hamlin moves up to fourth in the drivers’ standings, trailing Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Blaney.
A number of active drivers have tasted victory at the Lady in Black. Hamlin leads the pack with five wins at Darlington, tied for fourth all time with Bobby Allison, Bill Elliott and Darrell Waltrip. Chase Briscoe and Michigan natives Erik Jones and Brad Keselowski have won at the historic ovals twice in their careers.
NASCAR CUP SERIES
Goodyear 400
When: Sunday, March 22
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Where: Darlington Raceway (Darlington, S.C.)
Channel: FOX Sports 1
Check out the NASCAR schedule and results here

Ron Capps won the Funny Car title at the NHRA Arizona Nationals after recovering from a major engine explosion.
Shawn Langdon secured his third consecutive Top Fuel victory in Phoenix, defeating Leah Pruett in the final.
Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps recovered from a massive engine explosion in the second round at Firebird Motorsports Park, defeating Spencer Hyde in the final round to earn his 78th career win on Sunday, March 22, at the 41st annual FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs.
Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) also won the second of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
In the final round, Capps went 4.124 seconds at 303.24 mph in his NAPA Auto Parts Toyota GR Supra, holding off Hyde to pick up his first victory of the season and fourth overall in Phoenix.
This was an emotional one for the veteran after he suffered a huge engine explosion at the finish line in his second-round win against Daniel Wilkerson. Capps and the team bounced back in impressive fashion to knock off defending event winner Paul Lee with a strong run and advance to the final round.
He left first on Hyde and pulled away at the finish line, picking up one of the more memorable wins in Capps’ stellar career. A year ago, Capps also had a huge explosion and crash in Phoenix, but those two incidents are now a distant memory after Sunday’s incredible finish.
“We knew this was going to be a battle of attrition and dropped cylinders today,” Capps said. “A couple of those runs, there was no way I would imagine that would have got us lane choice, but it did.

In a sport as fast-paced as NASCAR, you are bound to feel pressure when you are driving at the topmost level. However, Rick Hendrick‘s Daytona 500-winning star William Byron took it a little too far. Byron regrets the way he started his NASCAR career and raises important issues about the type of pressure that NASCAR drivers often face when performing in the biggest stock car racing series.
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William Byron singles out biggest regret of his career
For many drivers, career regrets are related to them being unable to join a specific team. Sometimes, it is also about them not securing a title or a victory. But in William Byron‘s case, it is as simple as overexerting himself under pressure.
“I wish I had just been more patient with myself in terms of the judgment I put on myself to perform. When I was really young, I put so much pressure on myself once I got into the NASCAR ranks.”
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Byron believes that in his first few years in the sport, it was much more enjoyable. Hence, there was no need for him to make things difficult for himself by adding unnecessary weight.
“I never thought I was going to be a NASCAR driver. When I started to get with teams and big organizations, I put a lot of judgment and pressure on myself each time on the racetrack, and I just think that creates a lot of stress and anxiety.”
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Byron’s raw admission makes it clear that at one point he was highly anxious about his future. Mental health is something that many NASCAR drivers tend to struggle with. Take Noah Gragson, for example. He has been facing a tough time in the Cup Series for a long time.
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But things can be especially tough for the newcomers in the sport. During their initial years, rookie drivers are prone to trapping themselves in a negative loop where they lose points and performance and berate themselves constantly.
In Byron’s eyes the issue lies with the way the sport is marketed. There is not a lot of process before the young drivers find themselves involved in the big leagues. He thinks that the rookies are always expected to somehow find their way out of the situation without any prior knowledge or guidance.
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“It’s a little bit more like the draft in the NFL. You get kind of placed with a team or a driver that was already not succeeding, not working out, and you’re just tasked with, ‘Hey, you’re the new guy, you’re fast, so figure it out,’ and you have no people skills.”
Since then, Byron has taken many positive steps to improve himself and manage his anxiety better. This includes the way he handles bad race weekends, not letting them get to his head anymore.
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“I’d use (Phoenix) as an example. We didn’t have a lot of speed, and we were kind of struggling for some answers, but we had a good finish, so that helped. Honestly, that Sunday night, I was so ready to get back to the shop and just be like, ‘Hey, let’s talk about it. Let’s go dive into it.’
“So it can go one of two ways. If you have a few bad weeks in a row, it gets very tough to still have those dialogues. But one bad week and a bad finish or whatever, sometimes you’re excited to talk about it.”
A very similar situation is currently going on with one of the most hyped drivers prior to the start of the 2026 season.
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HMS’ Connor Zilisch faces the stern realities of NASCAR
Before he started his Cup Series season in 2026, almost everyone was looking at Zilisch like he was the golden boy. Comparisons were being drawn to him, against the likes of Jeff Gordon and whatnot. Now five races in, he is sitting at the bottom of the Cup Series standings in P35.
Call it bad luck, call it other drivers’ fault, or call it his own mistakes, but so far Zilisch has not shown his mettle in the Cup Series. Las Vegas was yet another disappointment for him last Sunday.
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“Yeah, it was a tough day. We never could fire off great. I feel like we were pretty good in the long run, and we could gain ground. And then any restart, we’d just fall back and lose all the ground we made up. So, yeah, definitely not the best day ever, and then I don’t know what happened.”
It is partly Trackhouse Racing‘s fault too. After all, they seem to have forgotten how to build fast cars. But nevertheless, Zilisch’s own races are not doing justice to his talent either.
Only time will tell if the bad finishes and the subsequent pressure are going to ruin Zilisch or turn him into an amazing driver after the rigorous training while trying to make his way up front from behind the pack.

At the end of 2025, Daniel Suárez and Ross Chastain parted ways as teammates. But their relationship seems to have taken its biggest hit in 2026. This comes after their confrontation in Las Vegas, where more than Chastain getting physical, it was the words that caused lasting damage to Suárez.
Daniel Suárez has lost respect for Ross Chastain after Vegas confrontation
After a series of on-track incidents during the Cup race at Las Vegas between the former teammates, Daniel Suárez went to clear the air with Ross Chastain. However, the conversation soon turned into a heated discussion before escalating into the #1 driver seemingly pushing Suárez away. Following this incident, Suárez shared his thoughts during an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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“The part that, in my opinion, the line that he crossed is the stuff that he said afterwards. That’s low. That’s disrespectful. That’s not okay. Honestly, that’s the part I was the most disappointed. What happened on the racetrack on Monday, on Tuesday, it’s already moved on, and we’re going to the next one. But the stuff that people say, those words, they don’t go away,” he explained.
The Spire driver claimed that what happens on the racetrack happens on the racetrack. He said he and Chastain have both had situations with other drivers in the past, and they’ll continue to be competitive with others and each other. But the harsh words won’t be forgotten.
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Suárez added that it is ‘a little bit sad’ to know that Chastain didn’t have a hold of himself in all that he said. But he emphasized that the words would last longer than the time between the two races for him simply because he has lost a lot of respect for Chastain as a person.
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Having said that, he claimed things will be the same on the track between them since the Trackhouse driver is just another rival.
Speaking about his side of the story after the Las Vegas weekend, Ross Chastain admitted he was ‘hot and angry’ in the moment when Suárez confronted him. But he also said he’d do things differently if he’d had time to think about it.
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Chastain is okay not being liked by everyone, including Suárez
“I would not have swerved into him after the race and if I could go back, I wouldn’t have shoved, sure,” Chastain claimed as per Motorsport. “I was just over the conversation that he was trying to have, wanted him to leave, asked him to leave and wanted him to back up. He was too close and just didn’t want to hear anything else he was saying because he wasn’t taking any accountability and I wanted him to.”
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Chastain also mentioned that he doesn’t agree with the way Suárez handles things. And during their conversation on pit road in Vegas, Suárez’s lack of accountability for the on-track incidents stood out to him.
But while their Las Vegas incident could be the defining highlight of their relationship so far, Chastain claimed it goes back longer than what happened on Sunday. He said that their time as teammates is over and he’s okay being someone who doesn’t get along with everybody in the garage.

Moving to the Cup Series demands total commitment and proven endurance, but for Dale Jr.’s star driver, the dream of a Cup Series opportunity is quickly becoming an overwhelming test of endurance. While he has proven himself in the series previously, it doesn’t mean that he can just let his current season go by as he serves his role for Rick Hendrick in the Cup Series. As of now, he is ready to run both series on the same weekends. This might be a nice little adventure occasionally, but Alex Bowman’s absence from the #48 garage is making it increasingly hard.
Dale Jr’s star performer voices his issues juggling his dual responsibilities
“I want to do the best job I can and be as prepared as I can be for the 48 team, without leaving the seven team and our chances of the O’Reilly series championship,” he said.
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Undoubtedly, Justin Allgaier is dedicated to his duties for both teams. Bowman hasn’t raced since COTA because of vertigo issues, and Allgaier took his place. This would have been fine for a race or two; however, it seems that Bowman wouldn’t be returning to his seat anytime soon. This is making it tough for Allgaier to manage his responsibilities.
“So, you’re trying to manage all of that. Whether it be simulator time or team meetings. We do a post-race meeting every week with both teams. You do a pre-race meeting every week with both teams. You know, both teams have simulator time. So, you’re juggling all of this. And they’re completely different cars,” he told Jeff Gluck.
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As much as it is standard practice for the reserve driver to take the main duties in a situation like this, Justin Allgaier is also managing his season with JR Motorsports in the NOAP Series, as mentioned.
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Moreover, he has been rather competitive this season with a race win and another three top 10 finishes. He also feels that the #48 crew would want their actual driver back, considering all the synergy they have established working together.
“They want him back. He has assembled an awesome group of guys around him. Blake Harris and that whole 48 team, they’re fun to be around. They’re great at what they do,” he said.
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A recent circular revealed that Alex Bowman would be missing another three upcoming races, and Allgaier seems to be the only competitive replacement. This could become a matter of worry for Dale Jr, as his title-contending driver would be spending way too much time in a series where he will be replaced as soon as Bowman is back in the garage.
But can Allgaier make the most of it?
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How can Allgaier find the silver lining in this situation?
Sure, Justin Allgaier could miss out on a contention to win the NOAP Series title this year. But what happens if he wins? He won the title back in 2024 and has been in contention for as long as one can remember. But what Allgaier has right now is a chance to prove his worth, his competitiveness in the Cup Series.
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Admittedly, he didn’t have the most flattering run at Las Vegas. His speeding penalty did not help, either. But heading into Darlington, he has a real chance to make an impression. Moreover, the other two races in succession; if he manages to pull off some impressive results, then he might have a chance with HMS in the future.
Statistically, Alex Bowman has been the worst-performing Hendrick Motorsports driver. There have been speculations of him losing the seat in the upcoming seasons, but nothing strong to build upon.
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But if his medical condition worsens, then Rick Hendrick will be left with no other option than to replace him. Justin Allgaier could then finally find himself back in the Cup Series and with a much stronger team.
While this would sound like a fairy tale to Allgaier, it might as well happen. All he has to do right now is get his head off the NOAP Series and Dale Jr’s team for some time and focus solely on the upcoming Cup race at Darlington.

CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) – A star NASCAR driver will miss at least three more races as he continues to battle a health condition.
Alex Bowman — driver of the No. 48 car — has continued to deal with vertigo, Hendrick Motorsports said.
Bowman ran all of the Daytona and Atlanta races to start the 2026 Cup Series season, then started the third race at Circuit of the Americas on March 1, but was unable to finish after he began feeling unwell.
He was diagnosed with vertigo in the days after that March 1 race, and subsequently missed the past two races at Phoenix and Las Vegas. Now, Hendrick Motorsports said he will miss the next three events as well, at Darlington, Martinsville and Bristol.
Anthony Alfredo filled in for Bowman at Phoenix before Justin Allgaier took over at Las Vegas. Allgaier will remain in the No. 48 car for the next three races.
“Alex continues to experience symptoms, so we are following the guidance of the medical team and giving him the time he needs to recover,” Hendrick Motorsports executive Jeff Andrews said in a news release.
“We see how hard he’s working to get back behind the wheel, and we’re looking forward to his return when he’s medically cleared,” the statement went on. “Everyone at Hendrick Motorsports is 100% behind Alex.”
The 32-year-old driver is in his ninth full-time season with Hendrick, and has won eight Cup races during that time.
Bowman previously missed races in 2022 and 2023 due to a concussion and a back injury.
Hendrick Motorsports previously said it would seek a medical waiver for Bowman to maintain championship eligibility, although it would be mathematically difficult for him to qualify for NASCAR’s postseason due to the sport’s return to the “Chase” format.
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(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, March 21
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1:55 p.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: Sprint Race, Goiânia, Brazil
2:30 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
3:40 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
7 p.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
12:10 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Saint Louis vs. Michigan, Second Round, Buffalo, N.Y.
2:45 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Louisville vs. Michigan St., Second Round, Buffalo, N.Y.
5:15 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TCU vs. Duke, Second Round, Greenville, S.C.
6:10 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Texas A&M vs. Houston, Second Round, Oklahoma City
7:10 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Gonzaga, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Gonzaga, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
7:50 p.m.
CBS— NCAA Tournament: VCU vs. Illinois, Second Round, Greenville, S.C.
8:45 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Vanderbilt vs. Nebraska, Second Round, Oklahoma City
9:45 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: High Point vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: High Point vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
11:30 a.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Howard at Ohio St., First Round
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Vermont at Louisville, First Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: Southern U. at South Carolina, First Round
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Virginia vs. Georgia, First Round, Iowa City, Iowa
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Fairfield vs. Notre Dame, First Round, Columbus, Ohio
2:30 p.m.
ESPNEWS — NCAA Tournament: Rhode Island vs. Alabama, First Round, Louisville, Ky.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: James Madison vs. Kentucky, First Round, Morgantown, W. Va.
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: UTSA at UConn, First Round
3:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Southern Cal vs. Clemson, First Round, Columbia, S.C.
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Fairleigh Dickinson at Iowa, First Round
5 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Miami (Ohio) at West Virginia, First Round
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Syracuse vs. Iowa St., First Round, Storrs, Conn.
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS — NCAA Tournament: High Point at Vanderbilt, First Round
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Princeton vs. Oklahoma St., First Round, Los Angeles
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Colorado vs. Illinois, First Round, Nashville, Tenn.
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: California Baptist at UCLA, First Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Session 2, Champaign, Ill.
2:30 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Session I, Greensboro, N.C.
3 p.m.
SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Session I, Tulsa, Okla.
6 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Session 3, Champaign, Ill.
7 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Session II, Greensboro, N.C.
ESPNU — Big 12 Tournament: Session II, West Valley City, Utah
8 p.m.
SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Session II, Tulsa, Okla.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
8 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Ohio St. at Michigan, Championship
COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Maryland at Penn St.
4:30 p.m.
ACCN — Army at North Carolina
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Boston College at North Carolina
COLLEGE WRESTLING (MEN’S)
11 a.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Medal Round, Cleveland
6:30 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championship, Cleveland
FLAG FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
4 p.m.
FOX — Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Round Robin Tournament, Los Angeles
7 p.m.
FOX — Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Championship, Los Angeles
GOLF
6 a.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Third Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Second Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Third Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Third Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
6 a.m. (Sunday)
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)
3 p.m.
NBATV — The Throne: TBD, Championship, East Rutherford, N.J.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRL’S)
1 p.m.
NBATV — The Throne: TBD, Championship, East Rutherford, N.J.
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
6 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Toronto Prospects vs. Philadelphia, Clearwater, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Chicago White Sox Prospects vs. L.A. Dodgers Prospects, Game 2, Phoenix
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
NBATV — L.A. Lakers at Orlando
10 p.m.
NBATV — Milwaukee at Phoenix
NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NHLN — Winnipeg at Pittsburgh
8 p.m.
ABC — Boston at Detroit
SKIING
2 p.m.
CNBC — FIS: Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Lake Placid, N.Y.
NBC — FIS: Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Lake Placid, N.Y.
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Liverpool at Brighton & Hove Albion
11 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Burnley at Fulham
1:30 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Chelsea at Everton
1:40 p.m.
CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Aberdeen at Rangers
4 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Brentford at Leeds United
6 p.m.
FS1 — MLS: Orlando City SC at Nashville SC
8:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: LAFC at Austin FC
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Boston at Houston
6:30 p.m.
ION — NWSL: North Carolina at Gotham FC
8:45 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Angel City at Bay
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP 2nd Round; WTA 3rd Round
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Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Sunday, March 22
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
Noon
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1 p.m.
NBC — Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship: Round 10, Birmingham, Ala.
1:30 p.m.
FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Brazil Grand Prix, Goiânia, Brazil
3 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MX2, Cádiz, Spain
FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MXGP, Cádiz, Spain
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz.
BOWLING
4 p.m.
CW — PBA Tour: Indiana Classic, Fort Wayne, Ind.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ACCN — Wake Forest at Virginia
SECN — Florida at Alabama
4 p.m.
SECN — Georgia at Texas A&M
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
2:30 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
4:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
5 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
7 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
TBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
7:30 p.m.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
TNT — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
9 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
9:30 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
8 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Special
COLLEGE HOCKEY (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Championship, University Park, Pa.
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPNU — Ohio St. at Johns Hopkins
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
BTN — Washington at Michigan
ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida
4 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Georgia Tech
5 p.m.
BTN — UCLA at Rutgers
6 p.m.
ACCN — Stanford at North Carolina
7 p.m.
SECN — Oklahoma at Mississippi
GOLF
6 a.m.
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Final Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Final Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees, Tampa, Fla.
4 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Milwaukee Prospects vs. Athletics Prospects, Mesa, Ariz.
9 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels
NBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
NBATV — Portland at Denver
8 p.m.
NBC — Minnesota at Boston
PEACOCK — Minnesota at Boston
NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Noon
NBATV — Cleveland at Maine
3 p.m.
NBATV — Greensboro at Westchester
NHL HOCKEY
12:30 p.m.
NHLN — Colorado at Washington
7 p.m.
NHLN — Vegas at Dallas
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Sunderland at Newcastle United
10:15 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: West Ham United at Aston Villa
USA — English Premier League: Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur
2:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: Seattle at Minnesota
4:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: L.A. Galaxy at Portland
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: Kansas City at Chicago
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP/WTA 3rd Round
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Lotus and Colin Chapman are a love story that defines motorsports. His designs were the peak of human innovation in car racing at that time. And Richard Petty would end up owning one of his legacies later on, owing to his relationship with STP. But not only did the car make his garage look good, but it also gave his family a fortune for a lifetime, as narrated by his son, Kyle Petty.
Back in the day, Lotus’s Colin Chapman brought a new entry to the 1968 Indianapolis 500. The Pratt and Whitney turbine engine was no longer their best bet. So he and Maurice Philipe made some changes and brought forth the Lotus Type 56. This time, their innovation would focus on suspension design.
Driven by the likes of ‘Triple Crown’ winner Graham Hill, the car would fail to live up to its expectations. The car was later gifted to Richard Petty by STP. Petty would sell it to an unknown gentleman for an undisclosed price, but the story behind it was equally hilarious and stunning.
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“So STP sponsored my dad. And we ended up with a lotus, a Mario Andretti lotus. Have you ever had anything in your garage or in your house that every time you needed something, it was behind this one object? And this one object wore your a** out. For 40 years, this thing was in our way. This guy came by one day and he said, ‘Hey, I hear you’ve got this lotus.’
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“And we’re like, my dad said, ‘Yeah, we got it.’ And he said, ‘Can I look at it.’ My dad said yeah, and so he goes back in the back, and then he finds it and digs it out, and it is a Lotus. I mean, it is nice. It’s got an engine in it and has everything. And he said, ‘How much you want for it?’ My dad said, ‘It’s not for sale.’”
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An abrupt end to the story it isn’t, but here’s where the real story starts. The gentleman did not want to give up on Chapman’s magnum opus so easily. It was a legendary part of IndyCar and motorsports history after all. He would come back to Petty with more determination.
“About a month went by and a guy that bought it, the guy that wanted it, showed up and he said, ‘Can I look at it?’ My dad said, ‘Sure, it’s there in the back.’ And sure enough it’s back there in the back under six foot of dust and they dig around and the guy says, ‘How much you want for it?’
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“My dad says, ‘It’s not for sale.’ And the guy says, ‘ I will give you $$ for it.’ And my dad said, ‘I’ll help you load it.’ And my inheritance went up eightyfold because of this one car.”
Kyle Petty isn’t kidding when he talks about the effect of this one sale. The Lotus 56-3 was the pinnacle of open-wheel design during its era. At that time, it was one of the most advanced cars ever run on a track. The iconic wedge-shaped design would go on to inspire the Formula 1 cars and give them a new identity.
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For a car that inspired the importance of aerodynamics in racing, any collector would be ready to spend untold amounts. So what happened after Richard Petty sold the car?
The glory of the Lotus 56-3 brought back on track
For a car like the Lotus 56-3, the garage was an insult. So the likes of Clive Chapman (son of Colin Chapman) and Vince Granatelli (son of Mister 500 Andy Granatelli) decided to bring it back to its former glory. In 2014, they supervised a ground-up restoration of the car with its authentic 1968 STP livery.
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The car then made an appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2014. It reunited with its other two sister cars and was driven by the likes of Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti, and Vince Granatelli. The Lotus 56-3 was later presented at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
The car would earn more recognition and honor later that year at multiple ceremonies. It would claim the Car of the Year award at the International Historic Motoring Awards. In 2014, the 56-3 also visited the Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley, California, where it garnered Octane Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award.
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The Type 56-3 chassis is a well-preserved memoir of the times when motorsports was still growing its wings. The Pratt and Whitney turbines and the aerodynamics of that narrate the open-wheel racing scene as we know it today.

(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Sunday, March 22
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
Noon
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1 p.m.
NBC — Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship: Round 10, Birmingham, Ala.
1:30 p.m.
FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Brazil Grand Prix, Goiânia, Brazil
3 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MX2, Cádiz, Spain
FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MXGP, Cádiz, Spain
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz.
BOWLING
4 p.m.
CW — PBA Tour: Indiana Classic, Fort Wayne, Ind.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ACCN — Wake Forest at Virginia
SECN — Florida at Alabama
4 p.m.
SECN — Georgia at Texas A&M
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
12:10 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Miami vs. Purdue, Second Round, St. Louis
2:45 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Kentucky vs. Iowa St., Second Round, St. Louis
4:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: Illinois St. at Wake Forest, Second Round
5:15 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: St. John’s vs. Kansas, Second Round, San Diego
6:10 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Tennessee vs. Virginia, Second Round, Philadelphia
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: Seattle at Auburn, Second Round
7 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: UNLV at Tulsa, Second Round
7:10
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Iowa vs. Florida, Second Round, Tampa, Fla.
7:50 p.m.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: Utah St. vs. Arizona, Second Round, San Diego
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: Wichita St. at Oklahoma St., Second Round
8:45
TNT — NCAA Tournament: UCLA vs. UConn, Second Round, Philadelphia
9 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: St. Joseph’s at California, Second Round
9:45 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Texas Tech vs. Alabama, Second Round, Tampa, Fla.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Maryland at North Carolina, Second Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: NC State at Michigan, Second Round
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Mississippi at Minnesota, Second Round
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: Texas Tech at LSU, Second Round
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Baylor at Duke, Second Round
6 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Oregon at Texas, Second Round
8 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Michigan St. at Oklahoma, Second Round
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Washington at TCU, Second Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Special
COLLEGE HOCKEY (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Wisconsin vs. Ohio St., Championship, University Park, Pa.
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPNU — Ohio St. at Johns Hopkins
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
BTN — Washington at Michigan
ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida
4 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Georgia Tech
5 p.m.
BTN — UCLA at Rutgers
6 p.m.
ACCN — Stanford at North Carolina
7 p.m.
SECN — Oklahoma at Mississippi
GOLF
6 a.m.
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Final Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Final Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees, Tampa, Fla.
4 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Milwaukee Prospects vs. Athletics Prospects, Mesa, Ariz.
9 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels
NBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
NBATV — Portland at Denver
8 p.m.
NBC — Minnesota at Boston
PEACOCK — Minnesota at Boston
NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Noon
NBATV — Cleveland at Maine
3 p.m.
NBATV — Greensboro at Westchester
NHL HOCKEY
12:30 p.m.
NHLN — Colorado at Washington
7 p.m.
NHLN — Vegas at Dallas
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Sunderland at Newcastle United
10:15 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: West Ham United at Aston Villa
USA — English Premier League: Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur
2:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: Seattle at Minnesota
4:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: L.A. Galaxy at Portland
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: Kansas City at Chicago
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP/WTA 3rd Round
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The Chastain-Suarez drama isn’t over yet. After Daniel Suárez had called him “two-faced,” his recent revelation further shed light on Trackhouse and how it was quite hypocritical.
Daniel Suárez’s latest revelation on Ross Chastain and Co.
In a recent interview with Toby Christie on X, Suárez opened up about the incident and denounced Ross Chastain’s behavior. Following this, the #7 Spire driver hinted at how, from the outside, things looked perfect from the performance standpoint, but from the inside, it was different.
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“It’s not just one thing,” Suárez said about his worsened relationship with Chastain and the team. “Listen, we were on waves, right? It wasn’t bad the entire time, but there was some waves. And sometimes I felt like he wasn’t just straightforward for some reason. Especially last year, but like I say, it was on waves. I felt like, in general, the team was doing a good job. In a way, showing something else to everyone else and what was actually happening internally. But like I said, it was going on waves.”
Following this, the Mexican driver recalled how the 2025 Cup Series season was one to forget, as he finished the season in 29th place and failed to claim a victory. Speaking on this, and how there were bigger things at play, Suárez said:
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“The thing is that last year was very, very difficult. You guys only know 20% of the stuff that actually happened. And maybe one day, I will write a book, and you guys will find out exactly how things happen. But last year was very, very difficult. Definitely one of the most difficult years I have had in my career, the way that things play out.”
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Notably, Daniel Suárez approached Ross Chastain after the Las Vegas race, which soon turned into a confrontation. According to sources, he went to confront Chastain after the latter’s door slam on him during the race, which could have spoiled his race.
However, it did not affect much as both of them finished the race within the top 20 (Chastain 16th, and Suárez 17th). Despite this, Suárez was upset with Chastain, his former teammate, and went to approach him, which soon turned into an altercation.
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So much so that Chastain told Suárez , “Get out of here, you got fired.” This did not sit well with the Spire Motorsports driver, who called Chastain “two-faced.” Nevertheless, Ross Chastain admitted that he regrets his actions from Las Vegas.
Ross Chastain regrets Las Vegas fallout
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Ross Chastain has revealed that he regrets his action from Las Vegas after he pushed off Daniel Suárez and took the situation to an almost physical altercation. Stating that he would have done things differently if the situation was calm, the Trackhouse driver said:
“In the moment, I definitely was hot and angry and would do things different if I had time to think about it,” Chastain said. “Yeah, definitely would not have swerved into him after the race. I didn’t mean to. I would do that different if I could go back, and then I wouldn’t shove him, for sure.”
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Trackhouse Racing or Spire Motorsports did not comment on it officially. With no love lost between the two drivers, it will be interesting to see how they perform in the upcoming races by keeping the incident aside, as neither of them has taken a victory yet.

Waving Dale Jr.’s JR Motorsports flag high, Justin Allgaier claimed the victory once again in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday. Despite starting as a non-favorite to win the race against the likes of Kyle Larson, the 2024 Xfinity Series winner showed his mettle and took home the victory.
Allgaier shines at Darlington in O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
With the win, the old veteran driver claimed his 30th victory in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, and fourth at Darlington. A track which is generally known as ‘Too tough to tame,’ has become a happy hunting ground for him.
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Thanks to the victory, Allgaier has tied Joey Logano on the all-time NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series wins list with 30 wins. Brandon Jones, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, and Carson Kvapil finished behind him.
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Allgaier’s win comes after his recent Phoenix victory, and as things stand, he is the only driver with two wins this season. He is also the second O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver to win a race in the series. This is simply surprising, given Austin Hill is the only other driver who won at Daytona.
Following which, it was just a Cup Series drivers’ affair. Sheldon Creed of Haas Factory Team won at Atlanta, followed by Shane van Gisbergen at COTA. Allgaier won at Phoenix, and Kyle Larson won at Las Vegas.
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This time as well, numerous Cup Series drivers participated in the race, such as Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain, among many others. Larson of Hendrick Motorsports, who started the race from pole position, won Stage 1 and Stage 2, but in the end, it was not enough to stop Justin Allgaier.
This is a developing story…

One of the most legendary tracks in motorsports gets set to host another big-time event, as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Darlington Raceway for the Goodyear 400.
The first few weeks of the 2026 season have been thrilling. Close racing, exciting finishes, and a little bit of animosity are laying the groundwork for a thrilling year of NASCAR.
Darlington Raceway has been one of the mainstays on the NASCAR calendar since it opened its doors in 1950. Along with the marquee Southern 500 event, every driver in stock car racing also looks forward to the 400-mile race earlier in the season.
After Tyler Reddick started the new season hot as a pistol, winning the first three races, things have started to open up. After Ryan Blaney hung on to win at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin hung on to grab his first victory of the season last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
With the win, Hamlin moves up to fourth in the drivers’ standings, trailing Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Blaney.
A number of active drivers have tasted victory at the Lady in Black. Hamlin leads the pack with five wins at Darlington, tied for fourth all time with Bobby Allison, Bill Elliott and Darrell Waltrip. Chase Briscoe and Michigan natives Erik Jones and Brad Keselowski have won at the historic ovals twice in their careers.
NASCAR CUP SERIES
Goodyear 400
When: Sunday, March 22
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Where: Darlington Raceway (Darlington, S.C.)
Channel: FOX Sports 1
Check out the NASCAR schedule and results here

In a sport as fast-paced as NASCAR, you are bound to feel pressure when you are driving at the topmost level. However, Rick Hendrick‘s Daytona 500-winning star William Byron took it a little too far. Byron regrets the way he started his NASCAR career and raises important issues about the type of pressure that NASCAR drivers often face when performing in the biggest stock car racing series.
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William Byron singles out biggest regret of his career
For many drivers, career regrets are related to them being unable to join a specific team. Sometimes, it is also about them not securing a title or a victory. But in William Byron‘s case, it is as simple as overexerting himself under pressure.
“I wish I had just been more patient with myself in terms of the judgment I put on myself to perform. When I was really young, I put so much pressure on myself once I got into the NASCAR ranks.”
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Byron believes that in his first few years in the sport, it was much more enjoyable. Hence, there was no need for him to make things difficult for himself by adding unnecessary weight.
“I never thought I was going to be a NASCAR driver. When I started to get with teams and big organizations, I put a lot of judgment and pressure on myself each time on the racetrack, and I just think that creates a lot of stress and anxiety.”
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Byron’s raw admission makes it clear that at one point he was highly anxious about his future. Mental health is something that many NASCAR drivers tend to struggle with. Take Noah Gragson, for example. He has been facing a tough time in the Cup Series for a long time.
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But things can be especially tough for the newcomers in the sport. During their initial years, rookie drivers are prone to trapping themselves in a negative loop where they lose points and performance and berate themselves constantly.
In Byron’s eyes the issue lies with the way the sport is marketed. There is not a lot of process before the young drivers find themselves involved in the big leagues. He thinks that the rookies are always expected to somehow find their way out of the situation without any prior knowledge or guidance.
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“It’s a little bit more like the draft in the NFL. You get kind of placed with a team or a driver that was already not succeeding, not working out, and you’re just tasked with, ‘Hey, you’re the new guy, you’re fast, so figure it out,’ and you have no people skills.”
Since then, Byron has taken many positive steps to improve himself and manage his anxiety better. This includes the way he handles bad race weekends, not letting them get to his head anymore.
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“I’d use (Phoenix) as an example. We didn’t have a lot of speed, and we were kind of struggling for some answers, but we had a good finish, so that helped. Honestly, that Sunday night, I was so ready to get back to the shop and just be like, ‘Hey, let’s talk about it. Let’s go dive into it.’
“So it can go one of two ways. If you have a few bad weeks in a row, it gets very tough to still have those dialogues. But one bad week and a bad finish or whatever, sometimes you’re excited to talk about it.”
A very similar situation is currently going on with one of the most hyped drivers prior to the start of the 2026 season.
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HMS’ Connor Zilisch faces the stern realities of NASCAR
Before he started his Cup Series season in 2026, almost everyone was looking at Zilisch like he was the golden boy. Comparisons were being drawn to him, against the likes of Jeff Gordon and whatnot. Now five races in, he is sitting at the bottom of the Cup Series standings in P35.
Call it bad luck, call it other drivers’ fault, or call it his own mistakes, but so far Zilisch has not shown his mettle in the Cup Series. Las Vegas was yet another disappointment for him last Sunday.
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“Yeah, it was a tough day. We never could fire off great. I feel like we were pretty good in the long run, and we could gain ground. And then any restart, we’d just fall back and lose all the ground we made up. So, yeah, definitely not the best day ever, and then I don’t know what happened.”
It is partly Trackhouse Racing‘s fault too. After all, they seem to have forgotten how to build fast cars. But nevertheless, Zilisch’s own races are not doing justice to his talent either.
Only time will tell if the bad finishes and the subsequent pressure are going to ruin Zilisch or turn him into an amazing driver after the rigorous training while trying to make his way up front from behind the pack.

At the end of 2025, Daniel Suárez and Ross Chastain parted ways as teammates. But their relationship seems to have taken its biggest hit in 2026. This comes after their confrontation in Las Vegas, where more than Chastain getting physical, it was the words that caused lasting damage to Suárez.
Daniel Suárez has lost respect for Ross Chastain after Vegas confrontation
After a series of on-track incidents during the Cup race at Las Vegas between the former teammates, Daniel Suárez went to clear the air with Ross Chastain. However, the conversation soon turned into a heated discussion before escalating into the #1 driver seemingly pushing Suárez away. Following this incident, Suárez shared his thoughts during an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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“The part that, in my opinion, the line that he crossed is the stuff that he said afterwards. That’s low. That’s disrespectful. That’s not okay. Honestly, that’s the part I was the most disappointed. What happened on the racetrack on Monday, on Tuesday, it’s already moved on, and we’re going to the next one. But the stuff that people say, those words, they don’t go away,” he explained.
The Spire driver claimed that what happens on the racetrack happens on the racetrack. He said he and Chastain have both had situations with other drivers in the past, and they’ll continue to be competitive with others and each other. But the harsh words won’t be forgotten.
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Suárez added that it is ‘a little bit sad’ to know that Chastain didn’t have a hold of himself in all that he said. But he emphasized that the words would last longer than the time between the two races for him simply because he has lost a lot of respect for Chastain as a person.
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Having said that, he claimed things will be the same on the track between them since the Trackhouse driver is just another rival.
Speaking about his side of the story after the Las Vegas weekend, Ross Chastain admitted he was ‘hot and angry’ in the moment when Suárez confronted him. But he also said he’d do things differently if he’d had time to think about it.
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Chastain is okay not being liked by everyone, including Suárez
“I would not have swerved into him after the race and if I could go back, I wouldn’t have shoved, sure,” Chastain claimed as per Motorsport. “I was just over the conversation that he was trying to have, wanted him to leave, asked him to leave and wanted him to back up. He was too close and just didn’t want to hear anything else he was saying because he wasn’t taking any accountability and I wanted him to.”
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Chastain also mentioned that he doesn’t agree with the way Suárez handles things. And during their conversation on pit road in Vegas, Suárez’s lack of accountability for the on-track incidents stood out to him.
But while their Las Vegas incident could be the defining highlight of their relationship so far, Chastain claimed it goes back longer than what happened on Sunday. He said that their time as teammates is over and he’s okay being someone who doesn’t get along with everybody in the garage.

Moving to the Cup Series demands total commitment and proven endurance, but for Dale Jr.’s star driver, the dream of a Cup Series opportunity is quickly becoming an overwhelming test of endurance. While he has proven himself in the series previously, it doesn’t mean that he can just let his current season go by as he serves his role for Rick Hendrick in the Cup Series. As of now, he is ready to run both series on the same weekends. This might be a nice little adventure occasionally, but Alex Bowman’s absence from the #48 garage is making it increasingly hard.
Dale Jr’s star performer voices his issues juggling his dual responsibilities
“I want to do the best job I can and be as prepared as I can be for the 48 team, without leaving the seven team and our chances of the O’Reilly series championship,” he said.
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Undoubtedly, Justin Allgaier is dedicated to his duties for both teams. Bowman hasn’t raced since COTA because of vertigo issues, and Allgaier took his place. This would have been fine for a race or two; however, it seems that Bowman wouldn’t be returning to his seat anytime soon. This is making it tough for Allgaier to manage his responsibilities.
“So, you’re trying to manage all of that. Whether it be simulator time or team meetings. We do a post-race meeting every week with both teams. You do a pre-race meeting every week with both teams. You know, both teams have simulator time. So, you’re juggling all of this. And they’re completely different cars,” he told Jeff Gluck.
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As much as it is standard practice for the reserve driver to take the main duties in a situation like this, Justin Allgaier is also managing his season with JR Motorsports in the NOAP Series, as mentioned.
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Moreover, he has been rather competitive this season with a race win and another three top 10 finishes. He also feels that the #48 crew would want their actual driver back, considering all the synergy they have established working together.
“They want him back. He has assembled an awesome group of guys around him. Blake Harris and that whole 48 team, they’re fun to be around. They’re great at what they do,” he said.
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A recent circular revealed that Alex Bowman would be missing another three upcoming races, and Allgaier seems to be the only competitive replacement. This could become a matter of worry for Dale Jr, as his title-contending driver would be spending way too much time in a series where he will be replaced as soon as Bowman is back in the garage.
But can Allgaier make the most of it?
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How can Allgaier find the silver lining in this situation?
Sure, Justin Allgaier could miss out on a contention to win the NOAP Series title this year. But what happens if he wins? He won the title back in 2024 and has been in contention for as long as one can remember. But what Allgaier has right now is a chance to prove his worth, his competitiveness in the Cup Series.
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Admittedly, he didn’t have the most flattering run at Las Vegas. His speeding penalty did not help, either. But heading into Darlington, he has a real chance to make an impression. Moreover, the other two races in succession; if he manages to pull off some impressive results, then he might have a chance with HMS in the future.
Statistically, Alex Bowman has been the worst-performing Hendrick Motorsports driver. There have been speculations of him losing the seat in the upcoming seasons, but nothing strong to build upon.
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But if his medical condition worsens, then Rick Hendrick will be left with no other option than to replace him. Justin Allgaier could then finally find himself back in the Cup Series and with a much stronger team.
While this would sound like a fairy tale to Allgaier, it might as well happen. All he has to do right now is get his head off the NOAP Series and Dale Jr’s team for some time and focus solely on the upcoming Cup race at Darlington.

CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) – A star NASCAR driver will miss at least three more races as he continues to battle a health condition.
Alex Bowman — driver of the No. 48 car — has continued to deal with vertigo, Hendrick Motorsports said.
Bowman ran all of the Daytona and Atlanta races to start the 2026 Cup Series season, then started the third race at Circuit of the Americas on March 1, but was unable to finish after he began feeling unwell.
He was diagnosed with vertigo in the days after that March 1 race, and subsequently missed the past two races at Phoenix and Las Vegas. Now, Hendrick Motorsports said he will miss the next three events as well, at Darlington, Martinsville and Bristol.
Anthony Alfredo filled in for Bowman at Phoenix before Justin Allgaier took over at Las Vegas. Allgaier will remain in the No. 48 car for the next three races.
“Alex continues to experience symptoms, so we are following the guidance of the medical team and giving him the time he needs to recover,” Hendrick Motorsports executive Jeff Andrews said in a news release.
“We see how hard he’s working to get back behind the wheel, and we’re looking forward to his return when he’s medically cleared,” the statement went on. “Everyone at Hendrick Motorsports is 100% behind Alex.”
The 32-year-old driver is in his ninth full-time season with Hendrick, and has won eight Cup races during that time.
Bowman previously missed races in 2022 and 2023 due to a concussion and a back injury.
Hendrick Motorsports previously said it would seek a medical waiver for Bowman to maintain championship eligibility, although it would be mathematically difficult for him to qualify for NASCAR’s postseason due to the sport’s return to the “Chase” format.
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(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, March 21
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1:55 p.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: Sprint Race, Goiânia, Brazil
2:30 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
3:40 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
7 p.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
12:10 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Saint Louis vs. Michigan, Second Round, Buffalo, N.Y.
2:45 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: Louisville vs. Michigan St., Second Round, Buffalo, N.Y.
5:15 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TCU vs. Duke, Second Round, Greenville, S.C.
6:10 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Texas A&M vs. Houston, Second Round, Oklahoma City
7:10 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Gonzaga, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Gonzaga, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
7:50 p.m.
CBS— NCAA Tournament: VCU vs. Illinois, Second Round, Greenville, S.C.
8:45 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: Vanderbilt vs. Nebraska, Second Round, Oklahoma City
9:45 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: High Point vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: High Point vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Portland, Ore.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
11:30 a.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Howard at Ohio St., First Round
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Vermont at Louisville, First Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: Southern U. at South Carolina, First Round
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Virginia vs. Georgia, First Round, Iowa City, Iowa
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Fairfield vs. Notre Dame, First Round, Columbus, Ohio
2:30 p.m.
ESPNEWS — NCAA Tournament: Rhode Island vs. Alabama, First Round, Louisville, Ky.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: James Madison vs. Kentucky, First Round, Morgantown, W. Va.
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: UTSA at UConn, First Round
3:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Southern Cal vs. Clemson, First Round, Columbia, S.C.
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Fairleigh Dickinson at Iowa, First Round
5 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Miami (Ohio) at West Virginia, First Round
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Syracuse vs. Iowa St., First Round, Storrs, Conn.
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS — NCAA Tournament: High Point at Vanderbilt, First Round
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Princeton vs. Oklahoma St., First Round, Los Angeles
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Colorado vs. Illinois, First Round, Nashville, Tenn.
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: California Baptist at UCLA, First Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Session 2, Champaign, Ill.
2:30 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Session I, Greensboro, N.C.
3 p.m.
SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Session I, Tulsa, Okla.
6 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Session 3, Champaign, Ill.
7 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Session II, Greensboro, N.C.
ESPNU — Big 12 Tournament: Session II, West Valley City, Utah
8 p.m.
SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Session II, Tulsa, Okla.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
8 p.m.
BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Ohio St. at Michigan, Championship
COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Maryland at Penn St.
4:30 p.m.
ACCN — Army at North Carolina
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Boston College at North Carolina
COLLEGE WRESTLING (MEN’S)
11 a.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Medal Round, Cleveland
6:30 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championship, Cleveland
FLAG FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
4 p.m.
FOX — Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Round Robin Tournament, Los Angeles
7 p.m.
FOX — Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Championship, Los Angeles
GOLF
6 a.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Third Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Second Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Third Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Third Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
6 a.m. (Sunday)
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)
3 p.m.
NBATV — The Throne: TBD, Championship, East Rutherford, N.J.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRL’S)
1 p.m.
NBATV — The Throne: TBD, Championship, East Rutherford, N.J.
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
6 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Toronto Prospects vs. Philadelphia, Clearwater, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Chicago White Sox Prospects vs. L.A. Dodgers Prospects, Game 2, Phoenix
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
NBATV — L.A. Lakers at Orlando
10 p.m.
NBATV — Milwaukee at Phoenix
NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NHLN — Winnipeg at Pittsburgh
8 p.m.
ABC — Boston at Detroit
SKIING
2 p.m.
CNBC — FIS: Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Lake Placid, N.Y.
NBC — FIS: Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Lake Placid, N.Y.
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Liverpool at Brighton & Hove Albion
11 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Burnley at Fulham
1:30 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Chelsea at Everton
1:40 p.m.
CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Aberdeen at Rangers
4 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Brentford at Leeds United
6 p.m.
FS1 — MLS: Orlando City SC at Nashville SC
8:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: LAFC at Austin FC
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Boston at Houston
6:30 p.m.
ION — NWSL: North Carolina at Gotham FC
8:45 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Angel City at Bay
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP 2nd Round; WTA 3rd Round
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(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Sunday, March 22
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.
FS2 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
Noon
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz. (Taped)
1 p.m.
NBC — Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship: Round 10, Birmingham, Ala.
1:30 p.m.
FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Brazil Grand Prix, Goiânia, Brazil
3 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MX2, Cádiz, Spain
FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
4 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: World Championship MXGP, Cádiz, Spain
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, Ariz.
BOWLING
4 p.m.
CW — PBA Tour: Indiana Classic, Fort Wayne, Ind.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ACCN — Wake Forest at Virginia
SECN — Florida at Alabama
4 p.m.
SECN — Georgia at Texas A&M
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
2:30 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
4:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
5 p.m.
CBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6 p.m.
TNT — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
7 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
TBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
7:30 p.m.
TRUTV — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
TNT — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
9 p.m.
ESPNU — NIT Tournament: TBD, Second Round
9:30 p.m.
TBS — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
1 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
3 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
4 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
6 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
8 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
10 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Second Round
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St.
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Special
COLLEGE HOCKEY (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Championship, University Park, Pa.
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPNU — Ohio St. at Johns Hopkins
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
BTN — Washington at Michigan
ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida
4 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Georgia Tech
5 p.m.
BTN — UCLA at Rutgers
6 p.m.
ACCN — Stanford at North Carolina
7 p.m.
SECN — Oklahoma at Mississippi
GOLF
6 a.m.
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Steyn City, Midrand, South Africa
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, Final Round, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
NBC — PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Final Round, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club – Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: Fortinet Founders Cup, Final Round, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, Calif.
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees, Tampa, Fla.
4 p.m.
MLBN — Exhibition: Milwaukee Prospects vs. Athletics Prospects, Mesa, Ariz.
9 p.m.
MLBN — Spring Training: L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels
NBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
NBATV — Portland at Denver
8 p.m.
NBC — Minnesota at Boston
PEACOCK — Minnesota at Boston
NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Noon
NBATV — Cleveland at Maine
3 p.m.
NBATV — Greensboro at Westchester
NHL HOCKEY
12:30 p.m.
NHLN — Colorado at Washington
7 p.m.
NHLN — Vegas at Dallas
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Sunderland at Newcastle United
10:15 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: West Ham United at Aston Villa
USA — English Premier League: Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur
2:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: Seattle at Minnesota
4:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS: L.A. Galaxy at Portland
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: Kansas City at Chicago
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP/WTA 3rd Round
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Lotus and Colin Chapman are a love story that defines motorsports. His designs were the peak of human innovation in car racing at that time. And Richard Petty would end up owning one of his legacies later on, owing to his relationship with STP. But not only did the car make his garage look good, but it also gave his family a fortune for a lifetime, as narrated by his son, Kyle Petty.
Back in the day, Lotus’s Colin Chapman brought a new entry to the 1968 Indianapolis 500. The Pratt and Whitney turbine engine was no longer their best bet. So he and Maurice Philipe made some changes and brought forth the Lotus Type 56. This time, their innovation would focus on suspension design.
Driven by the likes of ‘Triple Crown’ winner Graham Hill, the car would fail to live up to its expectations. The car was later gifted to Richard Petty by STP. Petty would sell it to an unknown gentleman for an undisclosed price, but the story behind it was equally hilarious and stunning.
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“So STP sponsored my dad. And we ended up with a lotus, a Mario Andretti lotus. Have you ever had anything in your garage or in your house that every time you needed something, it was behind this one object? And this one object wore your a** out. For 40 years, this thing was in our way. This guy came by one day and he said, ‘Hey, I hear you’ve got this lotus.’
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“And we’re like, my dad said, ‘Yeah, we got it.’ And he said, ‘Can I look at it.’ My dad said yeah, and so he goes back in the back, and then he finds it and digs it out, and it is a Lotus. I mean, it is nice. It’s got an engine in it and has everything. And he said, ‘How much you want for it?’ My dad said, ‘It’s not for sale.’”
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An abrupt end to the story it isn’t, but here’s where the real story starts. The gentleman did not want to give up on Chapman’s magnum opus so easily. It was a legendary part of IndyCar and motorsports history after all. He would come back to Petty with more determination.
“About a month went by and a guy that bought it, the guy that wanted it, showed up and he said, ‘Can I look at it?’ My dad said, ‘Sure, it’s there in the back.’ And sure enough it’s back there in the back under six foot of dust and they dig around and the guy says, ‘How much you want for it?’
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“My dad says, ‘It’s not for sale.’ And the guy says, ‘ I will give you $$ for it.’ And my dad said, ‘I’ll help you load it.’ And my inheritance went up eightyfold because of this one car.”
Kyle Petty isn’t kidding when he talks about the effect of this one sale. The Lotus 56-3 was the pinnacle of open-wheel design during its era. At that time, it was one of the most advanced cars ever run on a track. The iconic wedge-shaped design would go on to inspire the Formula 1 cars and give them a new identity.
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For a car that inspired the importance of aerodynamics in racing, any collector would be ready to spend untold amounts. So what happened after Richard Petty sold the car?
The glory of the Lotus 56-3 brought back on track
For a car like the Lotus 56-3, the garage was an insult. So the likes of Clive Chapman (son of Colin Chapman) and Vince Granatelli (son of Mister 500 Andy Granatelli) decided to bring it back to its former glory. In 2014, they supervised a ground-up restoration of the car with its authentic 1968 STP livery.
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The car then made an appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2014. It reunited with its other two sister cars and was driven by the likes of Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti, and Vince Granatelli. The Lotus 56-3 was later presented at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
The car would earn more recognition and honor later that year at multiple ceremonies. It would claim the Car of the Year award at the International Historic Motoring Awards. In 2014, the 56-3 also visited the Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley, California, where it garnered Octane Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award.
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The Type 56-3 chassis is a well-preserved memoir of the times when motorsports was still growing its wings. The Pratt and Whitney turbines and the aerodynamics of that narrate the open-wheel racing scene as we know it today.