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After spending much of the race swapping the lead, Kyle Busch emerged as the leader on lap 213 of 260 following the final round of green-flag pitstops. But Kurt did not go away and methodically began chasing Kyle back down. With the help of Ross Chastain, Kurt’s Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate, slowing up Kyle, Kurt regained the lead with 25 laps remaining. Although Kyle mounted several ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race turned into a one-on-one battle between the brothers as together they led 235 of the 260 laps (Kurt had the most with 144). But it was Kyle who emerged as the leader thanks to a lightning-fast green-flag pit stop on Lap 213 by his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing pit crew. Kurt, however, stayed in the hunt and as the two raced side-by-side coming off Turn 4 on Lap ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway. View the full article

After spending much of the race swapping the lead, Kyle Busch emerged as the leader on Lap 213 of 260 following the final round of green-flag pit stops. But Kurt did not go away and methodically began chasing Kyle back down. With the help of Kurt’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Ross Chastain, slowing him up, Kurt passed Kyle with 25 laps remaining. Although Kyle mounted several more ...Keep readingView the full article

Kurt Busch picked up his 33rd career victory on Sunday at the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400. View the full article

During the break between Stages 2 and 3 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race and following pit stops, drivers and track officials noticed several chunks of asphalt had come up in the racing groove near the restart zone on the frontstretch. NASCAR ended up halting the race for nearly 20 minutes while a crew made repairs to the affected area. Atlanta was last repaved 24 years ago ...Keep readingView the full article

Cody Ware created a chain reaction wreck after getting loose and making contact with Anthony Alfredo, causing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Daniel Suarez to lose control and slam into the wall. View the full article

The third-generation racer whose grandfather is Mario Andretti and father is Michael Andretti held off local star Luke Fenhaus in a two-lap shootout to take the win at the 1/4-mile, high-banked asphalt oval. “Honestly, I know it’s not a popular win, but I tried to be as clean as possible,” said Andretti, 34. “I’m so proud of him (Fenhaus). I’m trying to learn from him, to be honest ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch lands his 102nd win at Atlanta for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Credit Karma Money 250. View the full article

Busch held off a wild charge from Jeb Burton on the restart of a two-lap overtime but held on to win Saturday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, winning all five of his series starts this season and claiming his 102nd career win. The race is likely the last for Busch in the series, who said he would step away from the series after he hit win No. 100, which he did earlier this season ...Keep readingView the full article

Hill was ruled the leader when a caution came out during the third of four overtimes to take the lead for just the second time in the race. When the fourth two-lap overtime began, Hill got a strong restart, cleared for the lead and held off Chandler Smith by 1.207 seconds to win the first series race at the iconic dirt half-mile track. “We got stuck back in the field and I ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick is currently ninth in the series standings – and still likely headed for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs – but he is far off his stellar 2020 season in which he won a career-high nine races and led more than 1,500 laps. Harvick has yet to earn a win this season and has led a total of 39 laps in the first 20 races. He’s still tops at SHR as the next higher driver in points – Chase ...Keep readingView the full article

Motorsport.com obtained a copy of a memo sent to Cup Series teams last weekend at Road America from John Probst, NASCAR’s senior vice president of innovation and racing, in which he provided an update to the Next Gen rollout. In the memo, Probst says a crash test of the current spec Next Gen car was done June 30 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway using a crash dummy and was autonomous ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick is currently ninth in the series standings – and still likely headed for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs – but he is far off his stellar 2020 season in which he won a career-high nine races and led more than 1500 laps. Harvick has yet to earn a win this season and has led a total of 39 laps in the first 20 races. He’s still top at SHR as the next highest driver in points – Chase ...Keep readingView the full article

On this edition of McReynolds' Rundown, Larry discusses the idea of a new July 4th racetrack, Trackhouse buying Ganassi Racing and if Hendrick Motorsports might be under the microscope. View the full article

Elliott, 25, will compete in the SRX series finale on July 17 at Nashville (Tenn.) Fairgrounds Speedway, joining his NASCAR Hall of Fame father, Bill Elliott, who has been a regular in the series during its inaugural season. SRX, founded by Tony Stewart, Ray Evernham, Sandy Montag and George Pyne, features 12 drivers in identical cars competing in six short track races on a mix of pavement and ...Keep reading View the full article

Radioactive from Road America for the NASCAR Cup Series for the Jockey Made In America 250. View the full article

The 'Next Generation' Atlanta Motor Speedway will be narrower than before and have the banking increased from 24 to 28 degrees -- higher than any other intermediate track on the NASCAR schedule. The track width will be deceased from 55 feet to 40 feet in the corners. The frontstretch will be 52 feet wide and the backstretch 42 feet. The current track surface is the oldest in NASCAR and ...Keep reading View the full article

Elliott had secured a win earlier this season, but it was a rain-shortened event at the Circuit of the Americas – not exactly the best circumstances under which to celebrate. Sunday, however, in front of the largest crowd in the history of the iconic road course, Elliott pulled of a suspenseful burnout on the frontstretch in tight quarters then did another after his TV interview in Turn 5 ...Keep reading View the full article

The 26-year-old scored his maiden Cup win on the Daytona road course earlier this year, but had endured a disappointing run of form with just five further top-10 finishes in the following 17 points-paying races prior to Road America. Bell had a gradual rise up the order in Sunday's race, earning a penalty for driving through too many pit boxes while pitting under caution between Stages 1 and ...Keep reading View the full article