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NASCAR Has Some New Competition
November 26, 2025 | Edition #477
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NASCAR has remained uncontested by any rival series as far as stock car racing is concerned. SRX tried to fill that void but had to pack its bags. Meanwhile, NASCAR took over ARCA and established its dominance. Well, that dynamic is about to change.
A new stock car racing series is slowly brewing behind the scenes, one that claims to bring stock car racing back to its roots. And there’s a lot of noise about the amount of cash they are investing in the sport.
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IHRA Positions Itself to Be NASCAR’s Next Big Rival After SRX |
After SRX's fallout, this effort by IHRA could see them become a big player in the stock car racing scene. |
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Every sport has a breakthrough moment, and for NASCAR it came during the 1979 Daytona 500. It was the first time a NASCAR race was broadcast flag-to-flag on network television, putting stock car racing in front of millions of viewers nationwide. Richard Petty secured a dramatic last-lap victory, but it was the heated post-race altercation involving Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers that captured headlines and turned the event into a cultural moment. |
 Hint: The inaugural Cup race was mired by a traffic jam |
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