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Wallace ran down Alex Bowman to take the lead for the first time on Lap 200 of 267 and remained out front after successfully navigating a round of green-flag pit stops. With 16 laps to go, Hamlin – who is co-owner of Wallace’s No. 45 23XI Racing team – got around Christopher Bell and began running down Wallace for the lead. With no additional cautions to help, Wallace was able to hold ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs continued Sunday with Bubba Wallace winning the Hollywood Casino 400. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Bubba Wallace plays playoff spoiler and holds off Denny Hamlin to win at Kansas View the full article

Kevin Harvick, who entered this race at the bottom of the standings, was in need of a good day. While battling up inside the top-ten, he had to lift as two cars in front of him pushed up the track. Harvick's car lost grip and slammed the outside wall exiting Turn 4. He sustained significant damage to the right-front and the team was unable to fix it, so he will finish in last-place ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs continue Sunday with the Hollywood Casino 400 in Kansas City. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Kevin Harvick implored NASCAR to move faster on making changes to improve the safety of the Next Gen car, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

In recent weeks, several Cup Series drivers have expressed concerns about safety issues with the Next Gen car during interviews with media members, which typically draws the attention of NASCAR officials as well as fans. “I think that they’re being proactive right now. Obviously, they made a bunch of changes this week. I think what the drivers and the teams are saying is that it shouldn’t ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch answers Bob Pockrass on whether he is headed to RCR next year. View the full article

After holding off fellow JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier for the Stage 2 victory, rain began falling around the speedway and the race was halted after 93 of 200 laps. Since the race had already seen the first two stages completed or the halfway distance reached, it was official and at approximately 4:35 p.m. ET, NASCAR decided conditions would not improve the rest of the day and ...Keep readingView the full article

Noah Gragson wins the rain-shortened race at Kansas Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. View the full article

In a move that would shake up the Cup Series landscape, Kyle Busch appears set to leave JGR and Toyota after this season. View the full article

Reddick, was fastest in Saturday’s practice session, was the last of 10 cars to qualify in the final round and rocketed to the top with an average lap speed of 180.608 mph. The pole is the second this season for Reddick and third of his career. His two previous poles in the Cup Series have come on road courses. “Oh man, I think we’re in pretty good shape,” said Reddick, who is ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick’s #4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford caught fire during last weekend’s first playoff race at Darlington, despite no crash damage or contact with the wall. Flames erupted out underneath both sides of the car and came in through his dashboard at one point, causing the 2014 champion to retire and be classified 33rd. After he vocally took NASCAR to task following the incident, NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick’s No. 4 Ford caught fire during last weekend’s race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway despite no crash damage or contact with the wall. Flames erupted out underneath both sides of the car and came in through his dashboard at one point. After vocally taking NASCAR to task following the incident, NASCAR mandated several changes to the car’s chassis this week that went into effect this ...Keep readingView the full article

Group A Christopher Bell topped the leaderboard in Group A at 178.412mph, which put him third overall. Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher, and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-five in the first group. In the closing moments, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. lost a right-rear tire and hit the outside wall in Turn 3. The team was able to repair the damage in time for qualifying. Blaney ...Keep readingView the full article

Hocevar, who had struggled much of the race, made his final stop for gas on Lap 80 of 134 and tried to hang to the end and grab the win, which would be his only way to move on in the playoffs. It nearly worked. Nemechek, the first car on new tires, moved into second and eight seconds behind with 14 laps remaining. On the final lap, Nemechek easily got around Hocevar to reclaim the lead ...Keep readingView the full article

John Hunter Nemechek passes Carson Hocevar on the final lap in turn 1 to win at Kansas and knock Hocevar out of the Truck Series playoffs. View the full article

Few playoff drivers escaped the playoff-opener at Darlington Raceway unscathed. Four title challengers finished 27th or worse while others, like Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson, spent the entire race trying to rebound from early issues. Regular season champion Chase Elliott was the first to exit the event and finished in last-place. Martin Truex Jr. may have missed the playoffs, but he was ...Keep readingView the full article

Let the games begin — all of them. Thursday's NFL opener is just the beginning of a seemingly never-ending stretch of sports, Martin Rogers writes. View the full article

Dale Earnhardt Jr. explains how he ended up racing a late model stock car as part of the revival of North Wilkesboro Speedway, which will have dirt races in October after the asphalt is torn up and before it is resurfaced. View the full article