Anthony Alfredo Finally Finds a Ride for 2025

BRISTOL, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 20: Anthony Alfredo, driver of the #5 Dumpkin Spice Dude Wipes Chevrolet, looks on during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 20, 2024 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)

What’s Happening?

Another Xfinity Series veteran has finally found a ride for this season. Anthony Alfredo will pilot the No. 42 entry for Young’s Motorsports in 2025.

  • As part of the deal, long-time sponsor Dude Wipes will be on the hood of No. 42 this season. The brand has sponsored Alfredo since he was with Richard Childress Racing in 2020.
  • Alfredo raced for Our Motorsports in the No. 5 last season. He put together one of his best seasons yet, but following the Xfinity Series finale at Phoenix, Alfredo confirmed that he would not return to the car.
  • Our Motorsports also confirmed this when they signed Kris Wright to drive the No. 5 this season in Alfredo‘s place. It was unknown where Alfredo would go as several Chevrolet teams had open seats. However, as these spots continued to fill, fans questioned Alfredo’s future.

Young’s made their Xfinity series debut last season with Leland Honeyman Jr. behind the wheel of the No. 42. However, this ride opened up when Honeyman announced his signing with Cope Family Racing on Jan 2.

This season will be Alfredo’s fourth consecutive season of Xfinity series action of his career, in 118 career starts. The 25-year-old has five top fives in 22 top tens. He is also entering the Daytona 500 with Beard Motorsports this season.

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7 Reasons Racetracks Die

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.

  • Did Myrtle Beach Speedway simply get swallowed by a rapidly growing city?
  • How did the death of one passionate owner seal the fate of USA International Speedway?
  • Was Auto Club Speedway really closed for a short-track revival — or just prime California real estate?
  • And why did places like Concord Speedway and the Chicago Street Race disappear for completely different reasons?

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 “Full Speed” Docuseries is moving to Prime Video

What’s Happening?

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.

Fan Reactions

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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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 13: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 Castrol Ford, in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2026 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Brad Keselowski Clarifies His Plans for COTA Amid Injury Recovery

What’s Happening?

NASCAR driver/owner Brad Keselowski says that he plans to race the entirety of Sunday’s DuraMax Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, despite his ongoing recovery from an injury suffered this past offseason.

  • Questions about Keselowski’s ability to run the grueling 95 lap road course race first circulated last week, with the former Champion telling media that road course ace Joey Hand would be on the sidelines should the No. 6 team need a substitute.
  • But, in a response to a fan on social media Friday, Keselowski, referencing the 1996 song The Distance by Cake, implied that after sim testing, X-rays, and kart racing, he plans to tackle the race’s entire distance this weekend.
  • Keselowski has not missed a single points race since breaking his femur this past offseason. However, the team owner did miss out on the season-opening Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, with driver Corey LaJoie entered in RFK’s No. 6.
  • With the assistance of a cane, Keselowski made it through the entirety of Daytona Speedweeks, qualifying ninth and finishing fifth, and followed that up with another solid performance at EchoPark Speedway, where, after qualifying fifth, the Michigan native slipped to mid-pack by the end of the race, coming home 17th.

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