Motorsport Games is reportedly in danger of losing the exclusive NASCAR license, and their most recent financial report showed some of why. Their second-quarter financial report was released, and they reported a net loss of $8.2 million in the second quarter of this year, which was compared to $7.5 million of net losses in the second quarter of 2022. What does this really mean for the future of Motorsport Games and NASCAR gaming as a whole?
This is the most obvious takeaway is that Motorsport Games is not a profitable business as of right now. This quarter is not an isolated case either as the report shows $13.5 million in net losses for the first six months of 2023 compared to $23.5 million in losses during the first six months of 2022. The even bleaker note is the lack of a real product for Motorsport Games.
The last time they released a game was in 2022 when they released both Kart Kraft and NASCAR Rivals. The only thing that Motorsport Games has really released is the DLC to NASCAR Heat 5, and that does not bring in nearly as much as an actual game. On top of that, there is nothing really on the immediate horizon for Motorsport Games as none of their licenses even have trailers for games out yet.
At some point, something has to give. Either Motorsport Games gets its act together and gets a major influx of cash, the company goes under, or it gets bought out. Losing tens of millions in back-to-back years does not usually end well for a company.
As was mentioned in the other takeaway from earlier, there is no real product for Motorsport Games out currently. There is no way they can make really any sort of money, and, how things are going just cannot go on forever.
Leaving a contract like NASCAR has with Motorsport Games is very difficult to do. Financial reports like this give NASCAR an easier way out of the contract in some form if they do decide to leave. They have publicly available documents showing the exact figures that Motorsport Games is losing.
As a result, NASCAR has something they can show if they want to find a way out of the contract. Motorsport Games constantly losing money with no new NASCAR video game this year means that fulfilling their end of the contract is difficult to impossible.
Aside from the release of this financial report, there has been no real movement at Motorsport Games since they revealed their Le Mans Ultimate game at the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in June. They even canceled their typical earnings call for the second quarter of 2023. With little movement and net losses on an earnings sheet, that does not spell positives for Motorsport Games as a company.
If they are constantly losing money while also working on games like the Le Mans Game and the IndyCar game, then how can they create a NASCAR video game every year? It’s just not possible if a company continues to lose money every year, especially if it is as much money as Motorsport Games loses.
If that does not happen, then Motorsport Games cannot fulfill the contract they signed with NASCAR. That could be what pulls the two entities apart.
The biggest thing to note is that Motorsport Games is losing money, and they keep on losing money. As a result, it’s hard to see how NASCAR can stick with them because of the lack of funds for a NASCAR video game. Times are bleak for Motorsport Games, but that could be a good thing for NASCAR gamers.
Another race weekend in the books. While Ryan Blaney battled back from several pit road setbacks to win his second straight race at Phoenix, other drivers were much to be desired. It was a big win for Penske but for several others, they leave the first “real” race of the season scratching their head with a lot that they need to figure out. Here are the biggest losers of NASCAR’s Spring 2026 Phoenix race weekend.
I’m afraid that this is starting to be habitual. Another race weekend at RCR for Kyle Busch, another terrible result. Well, the finish wasn’t exactly awful. While 17th is hardly up to Kyle’s standards, it’s about as good as it gets anymore for the two-time champion who hasn’t won a race in nearly a hundred starts.
To start things off, there was a reason to be cautiously optimistic about the future of that RCR No. 8 Chevy. New crew chief. Personnel changes. A new Chevy body. He even scored the pole for the 68th running of the Daytona 500 last month. But, since then, it has been a sharp slope downward. He was mostly a non-factor in the first three races. And, today, it seemed like the No. 8 Chevy was out to lunch. They unloaded slow. They qualified in the back of the pack. And, before Stage 1 even ended, Kyle was running 34th with no apparent issues and went a lap down to leader Ryan Blaney. To add insult to injury, Kyle Bush had a tire go down on him three times today. More than any other driver. It appears to be back to the drawing board for team No. 8.
You could say that the Hendrick No. 48 team had a rough weekend in general. But I think it would be more accurate to say that the entire start to 2026 has been catastrophic. Heading into today’s race, even with Bowman starting the first three races of the season, the No. 48 team was 36th in points, last among all full-time drivers. Even Cody Ware was ahead of him. If that’s not bad, I don’t know what is.
To rub salt in the wound, their driver missed today at Phoenix due to showing symptoms of vertigo. So, Anthony Alfredo was into sub and…it went about as well as you’d expect. He went a lap down early and never recovered. He got caught up in the incident involving Joey Logano and DNF’d. Officially, they scored a 33rd finishing position. This is the worst start Bowman could ever imagine, considering that he’s in a contract year.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I’ve lost my marbles. “Come on, dude! Penske just swept the weekend! How can they be losers?” Hear me out. Let’s start first with the two other Penske drivers, shall we? Joey Logano caused not one, but two multi-car pileups, one involving his Penske teammate, Austin Cindric. Cars were utterly destroyed. Before that, both Cindric and Logano were running solidly in the top 10.
So, it’s not for a lack of speed that they make our Biggest Losers list. The reason they’re listed here is that a lot of their problems today, if not all of them, were self-inflicted. Logano was driving sloppily and that took out Cindric. And even race winner Ryan Blaney almost lost this race on pit road numerous times. Rookie mistakes by the pit crew constantly had him charging from behind. Pit road penalties. He was like a yo-yo going back and forth throughout the field. What saved him in the end was that, on that last restart, Blaney took two tires and Christopher Bell took 4. If that had not happened, it is extremely possible that Blaney ultimately would have lost the race and it would have been because of their numerous mistakes in the pits.
They got lucky this week. They probably won’t get that lucky again. They need to clean up those nagging, senseless mistakes.
Ole, Danny boy. If Alex Bowman’s seat is the hottest in the series, Daniel Suarez has to be the second hottest in the garage. That No. 7 car has been a revolving door of drivers for the last several years and it looks like Suarez is shaping up to be Spire’s latest victim. It’s the same old story with the team: they show impressive speed in qualifying and even early on in the race. But rarely do they ever put a full race together. That criticism isn’t just for Suarez, it applies to the team across the board.
But Carson Hocevar is the team’s golden child. He’s not going anywhere. And the team seems pretty high on Michael McDowell at the moment. That leaves Suarez looking like the odd man out, a seat-warmer, if you will. He needs to perform. And, he’s done well to start, admittedly. But he qualified 5th for today’s race. He even earned a few stage points in the opening stage. Then, he faltered and left the race with an unceremonious whimper. Ultimately, after he was no longer a factor, he was caught up in a mid-race wreck. He finished 30th. That’s a tough pill to swallow for the Mexican-born driver. If he wants to keep his ride next year, he needs to show stark improvement in the coming weeks. I have a strong feeling that that ride is about to be a highly sought-after commodity once silly season rolls around.
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The first checkered flag of the 2026 rendition of the NASCAR West Coast Swing (as abbreviated as it is) has officially flown. It was an exciting race, full of close, tight-cornered racing, a plethora of tire issues littered throughout, and a couple of heartbreaking, hard hits. Surviving it all was Ryan Blaney, who captured the flag in the Straight Talk 500 at Phoenix Raceway. He survived pit road mishaps and passed a total of 49 cars to win the race today. It marks his 18th career victory, sweeping the weekend for Team Penske. So, for Blaney and Team Penske, the race was the highest of highs. Not everyone escaped unscathed, though. Here are the key takeaways from NASCAR’s spring date at Phoenix.
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Following a relatively clean first stage, Stage number 2 and beyond was littered with cautions. Most of these cautions were a result of tires going down after only about 20 laps or so of use. But the caution on Lao 216 was purely driver error. Joey Logano, who was running 7th at the time, made a move down on the apron approaching the finish line. Chaos ensued. Here’s what happened.
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