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“I think on the road courses we’re not far off. I think you can line us up and go,” Logano, 31, said after testing Monday and Tuesday on the Roval in his No. 22 Ford Mustang. “I think we’ve proven in the last year or two – whatever, just line us up and race. “I always go back to Daytona (Road Course) last year when we showed up with no practice on a brand new race track that none ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch Motorsports announced Thursday that Nemechek, 24, will return to drive the No. 4 Toyota next season. Also returning to the No. 4 team will be crew chief Eric Phillips, the winningest crew chief in series history. “I came to Kyle Busch Motorsports because it was an opportunity to get back to Victory Lane – I accomplished my goal of being here for wins and I’m excited to be ...Keep readingView the full article

Logano’s Penske Racing team was one of 21 that participated in the two-day Charlotte test – the most teams to take part in a Next Gen test so far after an earlier eight-car test at Daytona International Speedway. During the test this week, NASCAR came up with multiple possible solutions for teams to try to address a problem of excessive heat in the cockpit which plagued several drivers in ...Keep readingView the full article

Tony Stewart Racing will field two fulltime entries in 2022 – one in Top Fuel for nine-time event winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for 39-time event winner Matt Hagan. Stewart, 50, has been a regular at NHRA events since last year when he and Pruett began dating. The couple are now engaged and set to be married in November after the NHRA season finale in Pomona, Calif. “When I ...Keep readingView the full article

Following Sunday’s race, Busch’s No. 18 Toyota was found to have two lug nuts that were not safe and secure. He finished fourth in the race. For the infraction, Busch’s crew chief, Ben Beshore, has been suspended from this Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway. He was also fined $20,000. The No. 18 car’s race engineer Seth Chavka will serve as interim crew chief for Beshore this ...Keep readingView the full article

Late in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race on the Charlotte Roval, the rear bumper cover of Chase Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet dislodged and began dangling from behind his car. Elliott had wrecked on lap 55 of 109 after being hit by Kevin Harvick, which left the reigning Cup champion with severe rear-end damage. In virtually every case such situations have happened in the ...Keep readingView the full article

John Probst, NASCAR’s senior vice president of innovation and racing, said the updates to the Next Gen chassis that will be introduced to the Cup Series in 2022 will be primarily made to its front and rear clips – all of which can be retrofitted into an existing clip. There will also be changes to suspension parts. Probst said teams participating in the 17-18 November test on the Charlotte ...Keep readingView the full article

John Probst, NASCAR’s senior vice president of innovation and racing, said the updates to the Next Gen chassis will be primarily made to its front and rear clips – all of which can be retrofit into an existing clip. There will also be changes to suspension parts. Probst said teams participating in the Nov. 17-18 test on the oval track at Charlotte Motor Speedway will have the updates in ...Keep readingView the full article

Late in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race on the Charlotte Roval, the rear bumper cover of Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet dislodged and began dangling from behind his car. Elliott had wrecked on Lap 55 of 109 after being hit by Kevin Harvick, which left the No. 9 with severe rear-end damage. In virtually every case such situations have happened in the past when noticed by NASCAR, a race ...Keep readingView the full article

The latest coming together between the pair came three weeks after a fiery post-race confrontation at Bristol, when a delayed Elliott - who had suffered a puncture in contact from Harvick while battling for the lead - deliberately held up the 2014 champion and helped his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Kyle Larson to steal victory. Stewart-Haas Racing's Harvick appeared to retaliate at Charlotte ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson first noticed an electrical problem on his car early in Stage 2 and when he pitted under caution on lap 34, his team discovered he had lost an alternator belt. Changing the battery provided a quick fix but the team formulated a plan to change the belt under additional stops. Once the work was complete, Larson’s car was as fast as ever. He got inside leader Denny Hamlin off Turn 4 ...Keep readingView the full article

Byron established early in Sunday’s race at the Charlotte Roval that he had a car capable of winning on the 2.28-mile, 17-turn road course. He ended up leading the most laps (30) of any driver and late in the final stage he was running down leader Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick, who was running second. Reddick made contact with Byron as both entered the backstretch chicane on Lap 91 of ...Keep readingView the full article

At Bristol, Elliott cut down a tire after contact with Harvick while they battled it out for the race lead. He returned to the race off the lead lap and deliberately held up the No. 4 car, allowing his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson to steal the race win. This sparked a fiery post-race confrontation between the two former champions. Well, payback finally came Sunday at Charlotte ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson first noticed an electrical problem on his car early in Stage 2 and when he pit under caution on Lap 34, his team discovered he had lost an alternator belt. Changing the battery provided a quick fix but the team formulated a plan to change the belt under additional stops. Once the work was complete, Larson’s car was as fast as ever. He got inside leader Denny Hamlin off Turn 4 on a ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at the Bank of America 400k at the Charlotte Roval. View the full article

Dillon, 29, will drive GMS’ No. 94 Chevrolet in 2022 as it embarks in its inaugural season in the Cup Series. The Statesville, N.C.- based organization will continue to field three fulltime Truck Series teams next year as well. At this time, GMS does not have a charter for its Cup team, which means Dillon will have to race his way into next season’s Daytona 500. However, GMS officials ...Keep readingView the full article

With three laps remaining in the 67-lap scheduled race, Allmendinger had built nearly a 9-second lead but when Tommy Joe Martins wrecked off Turn 14 on Lap 64, the field got one more chance. Several lead-lap cars took on new tires and others – including Allmendinger – were close on fuel as the two-lap overtime got underway. Allmendinger’s engine sputtered coming to the white flag, but ...Keep readingView the full article

Team Hezeberg, a joint effort between racing legend Toine Hezemans and Dutch entrepreneur Ernst Berg, plans to field the No. 27 Ford Mustang in several races next season as the Cup Series debuts the Next Gen car. The team’s operations in the United States will be based at Reaume Brothers Racing in Mooresville, North Carolina. “The introduction of the Next Gen car by NASCAR is at the core ...Keep readingView the full article

Team Hezeberg, a joint effort between racing legend Toine Hezemans and Dutch entrepreneur Ernst Berg, plans to field the No. 27 Ford Mustang in several races next season as the Cup Series debuts the Next Gen car. The team’s operations in the United States will be based at Reaume Brothers Racing in Mooresville, N.C. “The introduction of the Next Gen car by NASCAR is at the core of our ...Keep readingView the full article

What time is the NASCAR race? Denny Hamlin is safely in the Round of 8 with his victory at Las Vegas, but the other 11 playoff drivers have a nervous weekend ahead at the Charlotte Roval. Kevin Harvick, Christopher Bell, William Byron and Alex Bowman all enter below the cutline the points extremely tight from third to ninth in the standings. The Xfinity cars will be the first ones on ...Keep readingView the full article