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Gragson's incredible win streak continues, earning four consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series victories. It’s a feat no one has accomplished since Sam Ard did it back in 1983. For Gragson, he’s now won a career-high seven races during the 2022 season too, locking himself into the Round of 8 with this victory at Texas. "We just got a badass Bass Pro Shop team," an elated Gragson after ...Keep readingView the full article

The crash was caused by John Hunter Nemechek losing control of his Toyota in the outside lane at Turn 2 after a Lap 117 restart. He was collected by Justin Allgaier’s Chevrolet, sparking a huge wreck that also took out fellow playoff contenders Brandon Jones (Toyota) and Daniel Hemric (Chevrolet) who were both caught up in the chaos that ensued. Nine cars in total were ...Keep readingView the full article

Brad Keselowski led an all-Ford front row, beating Team Penske's Joey Logano by 0.028s His lap of 188.99mph (28.573s) was enough for his 18th career pole position and his first in over three years. "We want to win, but you got to start somewhere," said Keselowski after celebrating with his crew. "Had a good test last week at Homestead -- learned a bunch. We really needed that and ...Keep readingView the full article

Group A Tyler Reddick, who was eliminated from the playoffs last weekend, topped the speed charts among Group A drivers at 187.526mph. Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top-five. Christopher Bell was the lowest playoff driver on the speed charts in this group, ranking tenth of the 18 drivers who had put down a time. While Logano led the way in ...Keep readingView the full article

Former team president Taylor Kiel resigned this week and is expected to take up a similar role at Chip Ganassi Racing once his non-compete clause has expired. However, it’s understood that he will not be directly replaced within the team, which next year expands to three cars, as Alexander Rossi joins incumbents Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist. Autosport has learned McLaren CEO Zak Brown ...Keep readingView the full article

Former AMSP team president Taylor Kiel resigned this week and is expected to take up a similar role at Chip Ganassi Racing once his non-compete clause has expired. However, it’s understood that he will not be directly replaced within the team, which next year expands to three cars, as Alexander Rossi joins incumbents Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist. Instead, Motorsport.com has learned that ...Keep readingView the full article

Cindric suffered a nerve-racking Bristol night race when his Team Penske Ford Mustang suffered two blown right-front tires, which dropped him multiple laps off the leaders. But when the engine of playoff rival Kyle Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota blew up in the final stage, that effectively salvaged his hopes of progression to the Round of 12. Having been below the cutline for most of the ...Keep readingView the full article

It was a clean sweep for non-playoff drivers in the Round of 16. Chris Buescher snapped a six-year winless streak and returned RFK Racing to Victory Lane at Bristol. He became the 19th different winner of the 2022 season. In a hectic race of attrition, four drivers were eliminated from the playoffs. They were former Cup champions Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, as well as Richard ...Keep readingView the full article

Earnhardt Jr. has named his sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Chief Executive Officer of all his companies. Kelley was already in charge of the JR Motorsports team, which has enjoyed tremendous success in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with three championships and over 70 race wins. Rumors persist of the organization's interest in joining the Cup Series sometime in the future. "Kelley is one ...Keep readingView the full article

With the first three playoff races won by non-playoff drivers, Bob Pockrass looks at which NASCAR drivers might be next to steal a postseason victory. View the full article

The test offered drivers a rare chance to test their Next Gen machinery and gather data at the 1.5-mile speedway, which hosts a Round of 8 race – the Dixie Vodka 400 – on October 23. Penske’s rookie Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric topped the field on Tuesday in his Ford Mustang at 165.548mph, ahead of teammate Joey Logano and the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry of Denny ...Keep readingView the full article

Alex Bowman says the dynamic having non-playoff drivers win in a round doesn’t impact how he approaches a weekend. View the full article

AJ Allmendinger will be one of the favorites in a couple weeks when it comes to the Charlotte road course. How he manages racing against drivers who are in the playoffs and how aggressive to push the issue for a spot: View the full article

Ryan Blaney isn’t surprised to see non-playoff drivers win in the playoffs as what we saw in the first round of the Cup Series playoffs. View the full article

Joey Logano, speaking before the Bristol race, says the unpredictable nature of the Next Gen car leads to the non-playoff drivers winning races. View the full article

As expected, three crew members from the No. 12 car have been suspended for the next four races. This is because of a loose wheel that came off as Blaney exited his pit stall on Lap 92 of the 500-lap race. He had just hit the wall due to a flat tire and the team was scrambling as he brought the wounded car to pit road. After sending him back out, the left-rear wheel immediately came off and ...Keep readingView the full article

But this one was different. The playoffs opened with Erik Jones earning his third career win at Darlington in what was for sure a surprise, and it was quite the moment to see the iconic No. 43 back in Victory Lane for the first time since 2014. At Kansas the next week, Bubba Wallace scored his second career win and the third for 23XI Racing since it joined the Cup Series last year, which was ...Keep readingView the full article

The goal of the NASCAR playoffs' second round is survive and advance. Bob Pockrass looks at what each driver needs to do. View the full article

Kyle Larson said the second round is a “weird” group of tracks (Texas, Talladega, Charlotte road course). View the full article

Christopher Bell came up short at Bristol but he’s looking forward to Texas. Bell: “There would be no better place than Texas (to win) because that’s going to be a very important race.” View the full article