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Harvick spent the first part of Sunday’s race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway recovering from a bad first pit stop but eventually made his way into the top-10 in Stage 3. But on Lap 276, fire erupted out of both sides of the underside of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford which forced Harvick to bring it to a stop at the bottom of Turn 1. Harvick safely exited the vehicle which quickly became engulfed by ...Keep readingView the full article

Petty GMS Motorsports driver Jones, who had run in in the top 10 for most of the 367-lap race, inherited the lead with 22 laps remaining when the engine blew on Kyle Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota under caution. Jones then led the way on the restart on lap 348 and spent the final 20 laps holding off a fierce challenge from Busch's team-mate Hamlin, winning by 0.252 seconds at the flag. The ...Keep readingView the full article

Erik Jones outlasted some of the playoff favorites to claim his first victory of the season on Sunday at Darlington Raceway, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

Hamlin was the last of the leaders to make his final green-flag pit stop – a strategy many called into question – but he got a break when a late caution for Cody Ware bunched the field up one final time. During the caution, Kyle Busch – who had exited pit road with the lead – suddenly suffered an engine failure and fell out of the race. That turned the lead over to Jones with Tyler ...Keep readingView the full article

Jones, who had run in in the top-10 most of the race, inherited the lead on Lap 345 of 367 when Kyle Busch – who exited pit road with the lead – suddenly saw the engine blow in his No. 18 Toyota while the race was still under caution. Jones then led the way on the restart on Lap 348 and spent the final 20 laps holding off a fierce challenge from Denny Hamlin, finally clearing him by 0.252 ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Elliott's day ends early after colliding with turn 1 wall at Darlington Raceway for the 2022 Southern 500. View the full article

Kyle Busch's engines blows up with 25 laps to go while leading the 2022 Southern 500. View the full article

Erik Jones holds off late charge from Denny Hamlin to win the 2022 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. View the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs kicked off Sunday with the Cook Out Southern 500 in Darlington. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Elliott entered the postseason as the championship leader in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, and he's going to need all 40 of those bonus points now. The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion will finish 36th (last place) at Darlington. In the final moments of the first stage, he lost control and spun. The spin collected fellow playoff driver Chase Briscoe, damaging both cars. While ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson, a good friend of Denny Hamlin, said (when asked about Hamlin) that he wasn’t sure how much time Hamlin would dedicate to his ownership role at 23XI Racing. He’s sure now. View the full article

Denny Hamlin, still seeking his first championship, said the JGR No. 11 team will win or lose as a team, as it has in past playoffs. He also said he didn’t think the uncertainty on Kyle Busch’s future would impact JGR performance in the playoffs. View the full article

As the laps wound down in Saturday’s race, Sheldon Creed held tight to the lead in looking for his first win of the 2022 season and a trip to the playoffs. Kyle Larson briefly got around Gragson for second and raced side-by-side with Creed for the lead in the closing laps. The two made contact which sent Creed into the wall. Gragson caught them both on the white flag lap and moved back to ...Keep readingView the full article

Noah Gragson wins in WILD finish at Darlington over Sheldon Creed and Kyle Larson after last-lap pass. View the full article

Recent results show Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson running well at Hendrick but William Byron and Alex Bowman not as strong. What is going on? Thoughts of Larson and Elliott View the full article

William Byron and Alex Bowman give their thoughts on why they haven’t had the results of their Hendrick teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott View the full article

Kyle Busch talks about his persona, if it costs him potential sponsors and whether he will have to change for a new sponsor. He then put a percentage on how much he might have to change, and that opened the door for me to guess what teams might be wooing him. Enjoy the banter: View the full article

Kyle Busch won’t put a timeline but it seems like in the next two weeks he could have a decision. Some of what he said Thursday about where he is at in negotiations. View the full article

Logano, who won from pole at Darlington earlier this year, had to watch as several drivers challenged his fast time late in the session. None were closer than Christopher Bell, who came just 0.009s shy of stealing away the top spot. "I like winning a lot," Logano said after winning pole. "That's what we come here to do. When you fire off in the playoffs you want to have a good start and this ...Keep readingView the full article

Cindric was fastest overall with an average speed of 167.698 mph while William Byron ended up second (166.495 mph) but topped all drivers in Group B. Erik Jones was third-fastest (166.483 mph), Tyler Reddick fourth and Martin Truex Jr. completed the top-five. Cindric, Byron and Reddick are among the 16 drivers competing in the Cup Series playoffs. Among those drivers who completed at ...Keep readingView the full article