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Bell rocketed to the top of the chart in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying session and won the pole for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway with an average lap speed of 180.276mph.Bell, 28, also won the pole for last weekend’s race at Darlington but had issues on pit road and ended up with a 23rd place finish.The pole is Bell’s fourth of the 2023 season and eighth of his career.“We ...Keep readingView the full article

The top speeds from Saturday practice came from the first 20-minute session with Reddick’s average lap speed of 178.807 mph leading the way.William Byron ended up second quick (177.760 mph) and Bubba Wallace was third (177.690 mph.Last week’s race winner, Kyle Larson, led the second session (177.619 mph) but was fourth fastest overall.Playoff drivers Byron and Kyle Busch had issues during the ...Keep readingView the full article

Eckes – who hadn’t led a lap all night – lined up fourth on the final restart with Corey Heim out front. He went to the outside of Heim and Zane Smith in Turn 3 and the three briefly bounced off each other before Eckes darted to the inside to clear them both for the lead.Eckes then held off Taylor Gray by 0.363 seconds at the checkered flag to secure his third victory of the 2023 season but ...Keep readingView the full article

Mosack, who only began racing at age 17, took control of Friday’s 100-lap race and lapped every car in the field except for second-place finisher Carson Kvapil, who was making his series debut.Mosack, who has raced predominately Late Models and in the SCCA Trans Am Series until venturing into ARCA and NASCAR competition beginning in 2021, is amid his most expansive stock car schedule ...Keep readingView the full article

Maintaining his grasp on the 10th and final playoff berth – which Herbst owns by a one-point advantage over Parker Kligerman – will be tricky.A win in Saturday’s race would lock Herbst in regardless of Kligerman’s performance but neither driver owns a series victory yet, so points may well end up being the determining factor.In that case, whoever has the strongest run at Kansas should ...Keep readingView the full article

Ross Chastain reflects on his famed move last season at Martinsville amid his quest to make a repeat trip to the Championship 4. View the full article

Jimmie Johnson made an announcement that John Hunter Nemecheck would be driving the No. 42 car in 2024. View the full article

John Hunter Nemechek, who owns an Xfinity Series-best five victories this year, will return to Cup in 2024 as driver of the No. 42 car. View the full article

Nemechek, 26, hasn't been full-time in the Cup Series since 2020 when he drove for Front Row Motorsports. After finishing 27th in points and losing his ride at FRM, he then went and essentially repeated the NASCAR ladder system.He drove a Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2021, winning five races and finishing third in the final Truck standings. In 2022, he won two more races and ended ...Keep readingView the full article

Twice during the 2023 NASCAR Cup regular season, Larson made trips to Victory Lane and twice he followed those wins by crashing out of the next race.Still, he easily advanced to the 16-driver playoffs with solid credentials but with a lingering question mark: Could he and his team string together enough consistent runs that would allow them to contend for a series championship?Winning means ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson earned his third points-paying win of the year in the Southern 500 at Darlington, beating Tyler Reddick and Chris Buescher to the checkered flag.Denny Hamlin dominated the race, winning both stages, but was relegated to a 25th-place finish after an unscheduled pit stop for what he believed was a loose wheel.The battle to advance remains close, with Bubba Wallace (-1pt), Kevin Harvick ...Keep readingView the full article

Kvapil, 20, has won multiple races with JR Motorsports in the CARS Pro Late Model and CARS Late Model Stock Car tours.He currently leads the championship standings in the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour and is a member of Chevrolet's driver development program.Now he'll get the chance on the national stage of NASCAR for the first time in his career. On September 14th, he will pilot the No. 7 Spire ...Keep readingView the full article

During playoff media day last week, I wondered about Ross Chastain’s approach — does he have another Hail Melon planned, what he learned last year that he hopes to put to use and whether his relatively quiet summer means he’s in a better place with his competitors. View the full article

Buescher, who entered Sunday night’s playoff opener at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway with three wins in the five previous races, found himself well positioned for another victory in the final stage.Over the final 31-lap green flag run which ended the race, Buescher remained in frustratingly close striking distance of leader Kyle Larson and runner-up Tyler Reddick before he settled for a third-place ...Keep readingView the full article

The 42-year-old has spent the entirety of his Cup career with Gibbs since he made his debut at the top level in 2005, winning 50 of his 641 race starts.Hamlin's deal with JGR was due to expire at the end of this season, and he revealed last month that negotiations had been delayed in part by his involvement as a co-owner in rival Cup squad 23XI Racing, which currently has a technical alliance with ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin will remain at Joe Gibbs Racing and his 23XI Racing team will remain with Toyota as part of contract extensions announced Monday. View the full article

After much speculation and delay, the three-time Daytona 500 winner has finally agreed to a contract extension with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). He also has three victories in the Southern 500 at Darlington, as well as one victory in the Coke 600 at Charlotte.It appeared that negotiations were being complicated by 23XI Racing, a team co-owned by Hamlin and one that currently has a technical alliance ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson's win at Darlington aside, several other past NASCAR Cup champs are playing the unfamiliar role of underdog in the playoffs. View the full article

Larson grabbed control of the race late in the final stage, when he was first off pitroad after the field came in during a caution caused by Ryan Newman spinning off at Turn 4.Larson led on the restart with 51 of 367 laps remaining, then held on through two more late-race restarts.Reddick moved into second on the final restart with 31 laps to go and initially challenged Larson for the lead, but ...Keep readingView the full article

Bob Pockrass discussed the rule that bit Kevin Harvick at Darlington and if the rule should have been changed. View the full article