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NASCAR and team officials inspect Ross Chastain’s crashed car after the Cup Series practice in Fontana. View the full article

Erik Jones on how twitchy the Cup cars were at Fontana and what could be done: "Part of it is tires, part of it is suspension. There's so many factors, it's not one thing." View the full article

"This track is tough." Austin Cindric says there were a lot of mistakes Saturday in Fontana. Does he view those spins as mistakes? View the full article

The Team Penske driver is fresh off his first career win in the season-opening Daytona 500, beating out GMS Petty's Erik Jones for the top spot in qualifying. Several drivers including Chase Elliott, William Byron, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Aric Almirola had incidents during the session as these new cars continue to prove themselves difficult to drive. Read Also: Daytona 500 ...Keep readingView the full article

Daytona 500 champion Austin Cindric will be in excellent position Sunday to start the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series with two consecutive wins. Cindric posted the fastest average lap speed (174.647 mph) in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. "There's so much learning and there's so much going on," Cindric said. "Overall, it ...Keep readingView the full article

As NASCAR teams try to get a handle on the new Next Gen car race car, several found the limit at the two-mile track just before qualifying. Kevin Harvick, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell all spun in separate incidents. Additionally, Ross Chastain crashed heavily. Read Also: Wrecks and spins mar NASCAR Cup series practice at Fontana Denny Hamlin was ...Keep readingView the full article

Saturday morning’s practice sessions were the first time NASCAR had been on track in Fontana, Calif., since March 2020 and it was the debut of the Next Generation race cars on a 2-mile oval. Overall, Hamlin was fastest among the two 15-minute sessions with an average lap speed of 173.414 mph. He was followed by Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano and Alex Bowman. Completing the top-10 ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick loses control of his Subway Ford and brings out the caution in Cup Series practice at Fontana. View the full article

Five minutes into Cup Series practice, Ross Chastain slams the wall suffering significant damage with Chris Buescher spinning out as well. View the full article

NASCAR now ventures to the West Coast, starting with Auto Club Speedway at Fontana this weekend before journeying to Las Vegas and Phoenix. These tracks are closer in layout to the intermediate ovals that NASCAR races on the most. Cindric admits he’s not yet confident that teams have got their arms around the new car just yet, and believes there are still some hurdles in front of the ...Keep readingView the full article

The No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Kevin Harvick), No. 6 RFK Racing Ford (Brad Keselowski), No. 12 Team Penske Ford (Ryan Blaney), No. 22 Team Penske Ford (Joey Logano), No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota (Bubba Wallace), and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Ford (BJ McLeod) all failed inspection twice. The penalty will be the loss of pit selection and one crew member being ejected from the race ...Keep readingView the full article

The Next Gen car has only tested once on the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and that was a one-car test with William Byron in early March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic brought a three-month halt to the season. The car itself has gone through numerous changes since then, not to mention Byron was involved in a wreck during the test itself. The Cup Series didn’t race or ...Keep readingView the full article

Truex, the younger brother of NASCAR Cup Series star Martin Truex Jr., ran several races for JGR in Xfinity in both the 2011 and 2012 season. JGR announced Thursday that Truex, 29, will drive four races this season in the team’s No. 18 Toyota. Truex’s first race will be March 5 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He is also scheduled to drive the No. 18 Toyota April 8 at Martinsville, Va.; May ...Keep readingView the full article

Michael McDowell said he won’t be able to help rookie (and teammate) Todd Gilliland much this weekend at Fontana with a new car and limited practice time. View the full article

Christopher Bell likens the new practice format to hot laps at a dirt track. Bell is used to hot laps and that’s better than no practice, which he has had for most of his first two years in Cup. View the full article

Both the No. 31 Kaulig Racing and The No. 50 The Money Team Racing entries have been issued penalties after wheel-related failures during the Daytona 500. In the case of TMTR's Kaz Grala, the car completely lost a wheel which then bounced across the track and forced several drivers to take evasive maneuvers. Justin Haley's Kaulig Racing crew chief Trent Owens, as well crew members ...Keep readingView the full article

How to watch NASCAR at Auto Club Speedway Both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will be on track this weekend for Round 2 of the 2022 season. Rookie Austin Cindric heads into the race as the newly crowned Daytona 500 winner with another first-time winner, Austin Hill, taking the checkered flag in the NXS season-opener at Daytona. Here's how and where to watch all the on-track ...Keep readingView the full article

Radioactive from the 2022 Daytona 500 for the NASCAR Cup Series in Daytona Beach, FL. View the full article

Harvick, who got wrecked out of last Sunday’s Daytona 500 and finished 30th, believes the two-mile track will prove an “aggressive” test for the new-sized tires, which feature a much lower-profiled sidewall. He believes that no amount of pre-race simulation can prepare for the demands that lie ahead in this Sunday’s 400-miler in California. “When you go to Fontana, a two-mile ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2020 Xfinity champion, aged 23, came within a whisker of successfully defending his crown in the second-tier series last year and made the dream start to life as a Cup Series full-timer last weekend by beating Bubba Wallace to the flag in the biggest race of the season. PLUS: How Penske's rookie sensation opened NASCAR's new era in style From this, it may be deduced that a ...Keep readingView the full article