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On Aug. 3, NASCAR reinstituted a policy to require all team personnel and media wear a face mask in enclosed areas of the track at all times, regardless of vaccination status. On Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR made several additional changes – effective with this weekend’s races at World Wide Technology Raceway (Trucks) and Michigan International Speedway (Xfinity and Cup series). Among the ...Keep readingView the full article

Wallace, who competes fulltime in the Cup Series for 23XI Racing, will drive Hattori Racing Enterprises’ No. 61 Toyota in Saturday Xfinity race at Michigan International Speedway. HRE’s Truck series driver, Austin Hill, was originally scheduled to run the race but will instead focus on the start of the Truck Series playoffs Friday night at World Wide Technology Raceway. Wallace, 27, has ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson kicked off the weekend in a big way, winning the Knoxville Nationals for the first time Saturday night. Just a few hours later, the Hendrick Motorsports driver then qualified fourth and went on to lead the most laps at IMS, but victory eluded him. A late-race caution put him a couple rows back for the restart, and the chaos that soon erupted would rob him of a chance at the ...Keep readingView the full article

JR Motorsports announced on Monday that Berry, 30, will compete fulltime in the Xfinity Series in 2022, driving the organization’s No. 8 Chevrolet. Berry has a long history with JRM, having competed for its Late Model program for 11 years, earning 89 wins and several championships along the way, including the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championship in 2020, a CARS LMSC driver ...Keep readingView the full article

It didn’t end well for either. Entering Turn 1 of the second overtime, Hamlin led the way and Briscoe, who lined up second on the final restart, made it to the outside of Hamlin in attempt to pass for the lead. Instead, Briscoe ran off the course, cut across the grass and reemerged on the track entering Turn 3 and briefly ahead of Hamlin. NASCAR immediately assessed Briscoe a ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin led the way entering the second, two-lap overtime but Chase Briscoe ran off course and cut the track and was immediately handed a penalty by NASCAR. Briscoe, however, continued racing on the track and battled Hamlin hard for the lead, hitting him in the right-rear corner and spinning him. Allmendinger, running third at the time, inherited the lead and ended up holding off Ryan ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin led the way entering the second, two-lap overtime but Chase Briscoe ran off course and cut the track and was immediately assessed a penalty by NASCAR. Briscoe, however, continued racing on the track and raced Hamlin hard for the lead, hit him in the right-rear corner and ended up turning him. Allmendinger, running third at the time, inherited the lead and ended up ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR has red-flagged the event after issues with the curbing caused a massive incident late in the race. The curbing caused issues earlier in the race as debris was wedged beneath it. Following a late-race debris yellow in the same area, NASCAR worked on the curbing. Even so, the following restart quickly devolved into chaos. On the second lap of green-flag running, the curbing finally ...Keep readingView the full article

After having to abandon his first lap on the track in Round 1, Byron was among the first to hit the track in the final 10-minute session and set an average single-lap speed of 100.044 mph – the fastest lap of the weekend so far. The pole is Byron’s second of the 2021 season, in which there have only been six qualifying sessions so far. He also won the pole at Road America in ...Keep readingView the full article

Stage 3 The final stage of the race went completely green with Ty Gibbs in control for the final restart. However, Austin Cindric was quickly able to overtake him and never looked back. Sam Mayer was battling teammate Elliott for position inside the top-five when the two came together. Mayer spun and slammed the tire barrier, but he was able to get the car off track and avoid a ...Keep readingView the full article

Truex posted the top single-lap speed of 98.028 mph in the final minute of the session, which was extended by several minutes due to a late caution for Bubba Wallace going off course with a flat tire. William Byron ended up second-fastest and also posted his fast lap (97.479 mph) in the few additional minutes added to the session. Truex’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, was third ...Keep readingView the full article

JR Motorsports driver Michael Annett had returned last weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International to the No. 1 Chevrolet after missing three races while having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right femur. Annett participated in two laps of practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course on Friday but on Saturday morning JRM announced he would not compete in the race this ...Keep readingView the full article

Cindric, who already has five wins on road courses in his NASCAR career, topped the practice 50-minute session with a best single-lap speed of 95.154 mph. It’s the second consecutive season the Xfinity Series has competed on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. Chase Briscoe won last year’s inaugural race while Cindric led half the 42 laps but ended up fifth. “I got a fast Ford ...Keep readingView the full article

Friday, August 13th 5:35 a.m. EST. – NASCAR Xfinity Series practice (NBCSN) Saturday, August 14th 10:05 a.m. EST. – NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying (NBC Sports App) 11:05 a.m. EST. – Cup practice (NBC Sports App) 4 p.m. EST. – NASCAR Xfinity Series race (NBCSN) What time is the NASCAR Cup race? The Cup race will take place Sunday following the IndyCar/Xfinity ...Keep readingView the full article

Papis, 51, was set to make his first NASCAR start since 2013 in this weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis road course. However, that return will have to wait as he has tested positive for COVID-19. “It’s always an unfortunate event when another driver has to be taken out of the car. I have a great respect for Max and all that he has done for the motorsport’s world ...Keep readingView the full article

The race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval once boasted the largest crowd of the season, with over 250,000 attending at its peak, but in recent pre-pandemic years has struggled to attract 50,000 fans in the stands. Ever since the 2008 race – which featured NASCAR throwing competition cautions every 10 laps or so to prevent tyre blowouts – attendance has waned. The declining crowd ...Keep readingView the full article

Papis, 51, hasn't started a NASCAR race at the national level since 2013. But this weekend, he will pilot the No. 17 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet Camaro at the famed Brickyard. “I was talking with Max last week in Nashville and I brought up the race on the Indy Road Course," said team owner Rick Ware. "I jokingly asked Max if he remembered how to drive a four-speed manual or if he was too ...Keep readingView the full article

Ever since the 2008 race which featured NASCAR throwing competition cautions every 10 laps or so to prevent tire blowouts, attendance has waned. A race that once boasted the largest crowd of the season (250,000-plus) has in recent years been lucky to attract 40,000 to 50,000 fans in the stands. Read Also: NASCAR suspends Xfinity Series car chief, issues fines Christopher Bell ...Keep readingView the full article

Joseph Keim, car chief of driver Alex Labbe’s No. 36 Chevrolet team, has been suspended from this weekend’s Xfinity Series race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Keim was suspended as part of a penalty for Labbe’s Chevy losing its rear axle during last Saturday’s race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Labbe retired from the race because of the issue and finished ...Keep readingView the full article

Radioactive from Watkins Glen International for the NASCAR Cup Series. View the full article