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Kurt Busch announced Saturday he won't race full time next season due to lingering concussion symptoms. View the full article

Blaney topped the charts with an average lap speed of 183.517 mph, which he set in the first few minutes of the Group A session. However, late in his 31-lap run on the track, Blaney reported a tire issue. “I kind of felt something start to go wrong. I decided to come in,” he said. “It went flat coming down pit road. Fortunately, we caught it. Now, it’s trying to figure out what the ...Keep readingView the full article

Kurt Busch opening statement on not racing full time next year. View the full article

Busch, the 2004 Cup champion, has been sidelined from competition since he suffered symptoms from a concussion in a 23 July accident during qualifying at Pocono. The 44-year-old said on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that he's “still not 100-percent and I’m still not cleared to race”, so could not commit to compete for a championship in 23XI's #45 Toyota next season. “This ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch, 44, has been sidelined from competition since he suffered symptoms from a concussion in a July 23 accident during qualifying at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. “I’m still not 100-percent and I’m still not cleared to race,” Busch said Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As a result Busch said he will not race again this season and could not commit to compete for a championship in the ...Keep readingView the full article

Harris, 35, is currently in his first season as a Cup crew chief for driver Michael McDowell at Front Row Motorsports, where McDowell has enjoyed a career-best season with 12 top-10 finishes in 32 starts so far. Harris will complete the year with McDowell before moving to HMS in mid-November. He is replacing Greg Ives, who announced in August he would step down as crew chief for Bowman and the ...Keep readingView the full article

The organization announced Thursday Allgaier and his longtime sponsor, Brandt Professional Agriculture, will return its No. 7 team in 2023. Brandt, JRM’s second longest-tenured sponsor, will serve as primary sponsor in 20 races and serve as an associate sponsor for all remaining races. Brandt and Allgaier, 36, joined JRM for the 2016 season, and Allgaier has been a consistent title ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell earned a dramatic win at the Charlotte Roval that saved him from playoff elimination. Instead, it was reigning champion Kyle Larson, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and the sidelined Alex Bowman who cut from the ever-shrinking playoff field. The last driver to transfer was Chase Briscoe, beating Larson by just two points. His advancement was not without ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR president Steve Phelps spoke this week about Next Gen safety, revenue sharing, communication with drivers and more, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

Bowman, 29, suffered a concussion in a wreck early in the Sept. 25 race at Texas Motor Speedway. He went on to finish the race but has not competed since. In a statement, Hendrick Motorsports said Bowman was evaluated Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh, Pa., by Dr. Michael “Micky” Collins, clinical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion ...Keep readingView the full article

As it stands, if a team wishes to appeal a penalty, there is a two-step process. The case will be heard by an appeals panel, who will hand down their verdict. If the appellant finds the results unsatisfactory, they can appeal further to the final appeals officer. That core process will remain unchanged, but NASCAR has amended the rules to allow for more representatives on both sides during ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2010 Le Mans 24 overall winner made both starts with Spire Motorsports, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro. Rockenfeller, 38, finished 30th at WGI and 29th at the Roval. The German racing veteran was among a history-making field at Watkins Glen, which saw seven different countries represented in a single Cup race. Kimi Raikkonen and Daniil Kvyat were among those international stars who ...Keep readingView the full article

Custer slowed on the final lap of the playoff cut-off race at the Charlotte Roval, blocking Austin Dillon, which helped Briscoe to gain two positions and escape elimination from the championship. Briscoe was the last of eight drivers to qualify for the semifinal round of the playoffs, edging reigning series champion Kyle Larson by two points. Briscoe, however, was already in ...Keep readingView the full article

“Obviously pretty telling what went on there.” Scott Miller talks about NASCAR’s findings regarding the No. 41 team on the final lap at Charlotte. View the full article

NASCAR fined Cole Custer and docked him points for what was seen as an attempt to help his teammate in Sunday's race, Bob Pockrass reports. View the full article

Custer was fined $100,000 and docked 50 driver and owner points and his crew chief on the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, Mike Shiplett, was also fined $100,000 and indefinitely suspended from NASCAR competition. The team was penalized under Sections 4.3.A; 4.4.C & 5.5 of the NASCAR Rule Book (Member Code of Conduct/Performance Obligation). Section 5.5 references the ‘100-percent rule’ ...Keep readingView the full article

Custer appeared to slow on the final lap of the playoff cut-off race at the Charlotte Roval, which helped his teammate Chase Briscoe to gain positions and escape elimination from the championship. Custer was spun in the final chicane by Austin Dillon, one of the cars he was blocking. Briscoe advanced in the playoffs by two points over reigning series champion Kyle Larson. The ...Keep readingView the full article

Bob Pockrass looks at what each driver needs to do in the semifinals to advance to the championship round. View the full article

Bell, 27, entered the 2022 playoffs as the 10th seed (of 16 drivers) with one win and two stage victories during the regular season. But his performance exploded in the first round as the only driver who finished in the top-five in all three races (Darlington, S.C., Kansas and Bristol, Tenn.). The second round turned out nearly exactly opposite as he wrecked out of the Texas race and ...Keep readingView the full article

Ross Chastain said Sunday night after the Roval that he would do his best to leave that race in the rear-view mirror. View the full article