Ryan Preece Joins RFK in Expanded 3rd Car for 2025
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Kaz Grala is one of the last 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regulars seemingly on the free agent market heading into 2025. While major names and drivers overshadow his off-season, what clues and options are out there for Kaz in 2025?
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Following a 2023 full Xfinity Series season with Sam Hunt Racing, Kaz Grala transitioned to a part-time, almost full-time role with Rick Ware Racing in their No. 15 entry in 2024. However, in a late-season shock, RWR is leasing one of their charters, suspected to be the No. 15, to RFK Racing for their 2025 expansion.
While he performed admirably in the No. 15, this move seems to leave Kaz without a ride for the 2025 season. So, with Kaz supposedly a free agent and the 2025 season approaching, what are his options? Has the rumor mill said anything about his 2025?
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As of right now, Kaz Grala has numerous options in all three NASCAR National Series. If he sticks with Ford, RSS Racing has an opening in their No. 29 entry following Blank Perkins’ departure to Jordan Anderson Racing.
Furthermore, there are opportunities for Kaz outside of the Xfinity series. For example, in the Truck Series, Spire Motorsport’s flagship No. 77 truck is open following Chase Purdy’s confirmed departure ahead of next season.
Spire is growing to be one of the best Chevrolet teams in NASCAR and perhaps in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series and would be a good option for Kaz. While these lower series options are interesting for cars. What if he wanted to stay in the Cup Series?
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Staying in Cup would be difficult for Kaz, as there are only two full-time rides open for next year. One is his former teammate, RWR No. 51. While Kaz technically has an in with the team, most insiders expect Corey LaJoie or Cody Ware to be in the car full-time in 2025. The other, an unknown ride at Front Row Motorsports, could be on the table, but rumors say the ever-growing FRM will field Zane Smith in that car next season.
Other options are open for Kaz, but these rides stand out at each level. So, with these in mind, has the rumor mill said anything about Kaz in 2025?
Much like his silly season, Kaz’s rumor mill has been just as quiet. However, the nascarrumornostalgia Instagram account, which has a decent reputation for credible rumors, stated in early November that they heard that Kaz has an opportunity at Spire Motorsports for 2025.
Rumor has it that this would be in one of two open trucks for the team, with teammates ARCA Champion Andrés Pérez and 2024 Playoff driver Rajah Caruth. This opportunity makes sense for Kaz, as the team is competitive and wins races. Kaz wouldn’t be the only driver to take the step down to trucks in 2025, as another Cup Series regular, Daniel Hemric, is taking a step down to the series next season.
As far as Spire goes, it makes sense to bring in an experienced driver at all levels to run alongside the two prospects in this rumor, Pérez and Caruth. However, it does not match the overall changes the team made in 2024, which placed a major emphasis on the long-term future.
We will see if this rumor turns out to be true by Daytona. However, Kaz Grala has openings in front of him for 2025. Now, It’s up to the teams to decide whether or not he is the right fit for them.
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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.”
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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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