Rick Ware Racing’s Sale Raises NASCAR Silly Season Questions for 2026 and Beyond
What’s Happening? Former Spire Motorsports Co-Owner T.J. Puchyr agrees to purchase the NASCAR Cup Series team currently known as Rick Ware…
NASCAR Hall of Famer and Seven-Time Champion Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy Motor Club is suing Rick Ware Racing over a charter sale gone wrong. Here’s the story so far and what you need to know.
What’s Happening? Former Spire Motorsports Co-Owner T.J. Puchyr agrees to purchase the NASCAR Cup Series team currently known as Rick Ware…
What’s Happening? Rick Ware Racing and Legacy Motor Club announced a settlement of their ongoing lawsuit related to a charter, so,…
On September 19, the two teams announced via a joint statement that they had agreed to terms of a settlement in which LMC will acquire a charter from RWR. The statement was vague about when this would be, though RWR told Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports they will remain chartered for 2026, suggesting the deal is for the 2027 season.
What’s Happening? Legacy Motor Club has been granted a preliminary injunction to pause the sale of Rick Ware Racing and its…
Per a ruling LMC has been granted a preliminary injunction that will hold RWR from selling their charters until litigation is concluded between the two teams.
What’s Happening? A court ruling has temporarily paused the sale of Rick Ware Racing to T.J. Puchyr as part of the…
In a major victory, LMC has been granted a restraining order holding off RWR’s sale to Puchyr for the moment.
What’s Happening? Legacy Motor Club has filed a lawsuit against Rick Ware Racing’s new owner, T.J. Puchyr, as part of an…
LMC is suing former Spire Motorsports co-founder, T.J. Puchyr who plans to purchase Rick Ware Racing.
What’s Happening? The former co-founder of Spire Motorsports has agreed to purchase Rick Ware Racing with plans to grow the operation…
In a shocking turn of events, former Spire Motorsports co-founder T.J. Puchyr has purchased Rick Ware Racing. While things will remain calm in 2026, the team plans to retain both charters and expand to three in 2027. In an interview with Jenna Fryer of AP Sports, Puchyr seemed confident that RWR would walk away from the LMC lawsuit with both of their charters.
What’s Happening? Rick Ware Racing has countersued fellow NASCAR Cup Series team Legacy Motor Club, alleging “several errors and misstatements of…
RWR has filed a countersuit against LMC.
What’s Happening? Following their court date today, new details have emerged explaining and expanding on the ongoing lawsuit between Legacy Motor…
LMC alleges that RWR was set to sell them Charter 27, which is currently used by RFK Racing. However, RWR needs Charter 27 to operate next season as they are already in agreement to lease RFK Charter 31 after they return Charter 27 at season’s end.
What’s Happening? Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy Motor Club has been denied its motion for preliminary injunction in its ongoing lawsuit with fellow…
LMC has been denied its motion for preliminary injunction in its ongoing lawsuit with fellow NASCAR Cup Series team Rick Ware Racing.
What’s Happening? In the latest development in the Lawsuit between Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy Motor Club and Rick Ware Racing, Legacy has…
LMC has obtained a Temporary Restraining Order preventing RWR from selling or leasing the charter for 10 days or until the two parties reach a deal.
What’s Happening? On the latest episode of the Dale Jr Download, a NASCAR insider revealed that Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy Motor Club…
On the Apr. 8 episode of the Dale Jr Download, Jordan Bianchi of the Athletic reported that LMC paid a record-breaking $45 million for this charter, squashing 2024 sales in the mid-$20 million range and the former record set by Spire Motorsports of $40 million.
What’s Happening? NASCAR Cup Series team Rick Ware Racing released a statement today regarding Tuesday’s lawsuit filed against them by fellow…
RWR released a statement claiming that this lawsuit “distorts the actual facts and is a misguided attempt to tarnish our reputation.” While this could be in reference to the lawsuit’s main claims, it could also reference claims in the suit about RWR’s financial status.
What’s Happening? Legacy Motor Club, owned by 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and first-ballot Hall of Famer Jimmie Johnson, has filed…
Jordan Bianchi of the Athletic reports that LMC is suing RWR, alleging the Ford team attempted to back out of a Charter Sale.
This article will be updated as the story develops.
An email sent by former Joe Gibbs Racing Competition Director Chris Gabehart claims that resentment towards him from members of the Gibbs family made him feel that the future of JGR was a “no-win situation.”
Last week, Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit against former Crew Chief and Competition Director Chris Gabehart, claiming that the former Daytona 500 Champion had schemed to steal vital information from the team in the lead-up to his departure from JGR for Spire Motorsports.
Not even ten days since JGR filed this lawsuit, the two have continued to trade barbs and accusations back and forth through the court system.
In a filing earlier this week, Gabehart accused the team of misleading him in his duties as competition director in 2025, and specifically calling out JGR’s No. 54 team, driven by Joe Gibbs’ grandson Ty, alleging that the team received “differential treatment.”
Friday, an email sent to JGR CFO Tim Carmichael by Gabehart in November 2025 (released as part of this lawsuit) showed just how uncomfortable he had grown working at JGR during his tenure as Competition Director, with the industry veteran stating that Ty Gibbs and his mother, Heather, held “resentment” towards Gabehart.
The now former Competition Director went on to say in this email that, as the two were the future bosses of JGR, “I’m afraid that leaves me in a no-win situation.”
These exchanges, including the claims made by Gibbs in his filing earlier this week, have swept fans into a whirlwind of sorts, with the two sides even meeting in court today for the lawsuit’s first official hearing.
Of course, Gabehart’s claims about the state of operations at JGR pale in comparison to the accusations made by the Gibbs team in their initial lawsuit.
On Tuesday, the team even added Spire Motorsports, Gabehart’s current employer, as a co-defendant, and requested the court force Gabehart to sit out at least the 18 months since his termination before doing any work in NASCAR similar to his role at JGR.
The team is also asking that any information procured by Spire from Gabehart be returned, though the CEO of TWG Motorsports, which owns Spire, Dan Towriss, told Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports Friday that “Spire doesn’t want data from Joe Gibbs Racing. It doesn’t have data from Joe Gibbs Racing. No point in time has it had data from Joe Gibbs Racing.”
Alongside Spire, Gabehart adamantly denied any wrongdoing in a post to social media last week, saying, “I feel compelled to speak out today and forcefully and emphatically deny these frivolous and retaliatory claims.”
What’s Happening? Former Joe Gibbs Racing Crew Chief and Competition Director Chris Gabehart has filed a new response slamming JGR as…
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A few years ago, I looked at the racetracks preserved on iRacing that no longer exist in real life. After digging deeper, I expected to find one common reason they all shut down. Instead, each one tells a completely different story — from booming cities and land value spikes to ownership changes, broken promises, and even mysteries that still don’t have clear answers.
Some tracks were pushed out by urban development. Some lost the one person fighting to keep them alive. Others faded due to declining support — or were never meant to last forever in the first place. No two closures are the same, and that’s what makes this deep dive so fascinating.
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NASCAR’s documentary series “Full Speed,” which used to live on Netflix, had its first two seasons look back at entire playoff runs. But now, NASCAR is shifting the series to Amazon Prime Video for its third season, and the scope of the series will also shift to new storylines.
Dropping on March 5, the new season is aimed at zooming in on one event: the 2026 Daytona 500. Instead of a multi-episode run, this time it’s a single-episode documentary that goes all in on one race.
The film will follow big names and storylines from the Daytona 500. It will spotlight the winner, Tyler Reddick, and lean into driver storylines around the weekend. That includes Kyle Busch trying to get his groove back, Brad Keselowski clawing his way back after a broken leg, Connor Zilisch being pushed as the next big thing, and Noah Gragson bringing chaos wherever he goes.
Some fans might question the move away from Netflix, especially after Season 1 pulled in 3.4 million views in the first half of 2024. Then in 2025, the docuseries clocked 900,000 views after its early May release and added another 200,000 between July and December.
But with Prime Video stepping in as one of NASCAR’s broadcast partners, moving the series lines up with a bigger play to keep content under one roof.
Amazon has already dipped into NASCAR storytelling with projects like the docuseries Earnhardt about Dale Earnhardt. Moving Full Speed to Prime follows the same playbook. And for fans who still haven’t seen previous installments, the first two seasons are also heading over to Prime Video.
However, Reddit fans are divided in their opinions about the decision. Some fans actually get why NASCAR changed the format and platform, while a chunk of fans think leaving Netflix is risky because Netflix is where casual viewers stumble into shows. Others push back, pointing out that Prime actually has a massive reach in the U.S. and strong marketing muscle.
While one fan commented, “Makes sense. I highly doubt they were gonna make a new season around a points format they don’t use anymore,” another stated, “Idk the semantics and numbers and everything behind it so I’m probably talking out of my ass….buttttttt….at what point does nascar take the less money for the exposure. You need to be on Netflix, people watch Netflix. People don’t watch Amazon video as much. Who’s gonna watch this that isn’t a nascar fan already. You have a higher chance of getting people lost on Netflix than lost on Amazon Prime Video.”
One fan commented on the news, saying, “100%. I have Amazon Prime and Netflix. AP is a train wreck for videos especially now with their ad program with videos. I steer clear because Netflix is still ad free.” Another fan supported NASCAR’s move, saying, “Prime actually has slightly more subscribers in the USA and in my opinion is better at marketing. It’s a lateral move.”
Another backed NASCAR, stating, “Most NASCAR fans will find some way to be on prime in the month of June. I think they are counting on people watching it then if they have not already seen it. Similar to the Earnhardt documentary that dropped in June last year.”
Another fan comment implied something less glamorous yet very real, pointing out that the Netflix seasons didn’t see a surge in viewership. The first season did okay, but later numbers dipped: “Netflix didn’t seem to work that well for the 2 playoff seasons.”
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