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Dillon’s victory last July at Texas allowed him to qualify for the 2020 Cup Series playoffs, where he ended up finishing a career-best tying 11th in the series standings. If he can repeat that performance in Sunday night’s NASCAR All-Star Race – albeit with a much different format – Dillon and his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing team can add a $1 million check to his Texas ...Keep reading View the full article

Girlfriends and wives of NASCAR drivers take to the iRacing simulator for the Better Half Dash at virtual Texas Motor Speedway. View the full article

The annual competition among many of the Cup Series’ top drivers is getting a dramatic reboot this year, only the second iteration of the event to be held away from its traditional base at Charlotte Motor Speedway since 1986 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event to be moved to Bristol Motor Speedway last year. The race on 13 June will feature six rounds, totalling 100 laps. The ...Keep reading View the full article

The annual competition among many of the Cup Series’ top stars is getting a dramatic reboot this year, including a new track host with Texas Motor Speedway. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the all-star event to be moved to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway last year but until then, Charlotte Motor Speedway had hosted it every year except one since 1985. There are many other changes in Sunday ...Keep reading View the full article

As previously reported by Motorsport.com on May 18, Brad Keselowski will likely move to Roush Fenway Racing next season as a partial owner as well as drive the No. 6 Ford, which is currently driven by Newman. Sources said Newman could remain with the organization in a third team, but whether that would be in a full or part-time role remains unclear. Read Also: Brad Keselowski ...Keep reading View the full article

Logano was outspoken following his incident on Lap 59 at Talladega Superspeedway in April. The No. 22 Ford Mustang went up and over in the middle of the pack with several cars narrowly avoiding the flipping car while it was upside down. After being released from the infield care center, Logano said he was 'happy to be alive.' The size of tapered spacers will be reduced from 57/64-inch ...Keep reading View the full article

On Tuesday, the Wood Brothers announced that Team Penske engineer Jonathan Hassler would take over as crew chief for the No. 21 team beginning with this weekend’s NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway. Hassler replaces Greg Erwin, who has served as the organization’s crew chief the past three seasons in the Cup Series. Erwin had served as Paul Menard’s crew chief for two seasons ...Keep reading View the full article

Through 16 races this season, Hendrick’s four drivers – Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and William Byron – have amassed seven wins, with Larson leading the way with three. Larson’s win Sunday at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway was the fourth consecutive by an HMS driver and the fourth consecutive race Hendrick drivers have finished first and second. Already this year, Hendrick has ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson held off his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Chase Elliott in a two-lap overtime fight to secure the win in at Sonoma Raceway, but his victory never seemed seriously challenged. Larson started on the pole, won both stages and led 57 of the 92 laps and was only under threat when a late-race three-car wreck set up an overtime period. But after Elliott got close in the first three turns ...Keep reading View the full article

Truex owns three career wins at Sonoma, including back-to-back victories in 2018 and 2019. In both of those races, Truex led the most laps and won by an average margin of 6.15 seconds. But when asked if he had anything for Kyle Larson in Sunday’s return to the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Northern California road course, Truex was succinct in his answer. “No. Our only hope was for it really to go ...Keep reading View the full article

While Larson needed to hold off his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Chase Elliott, in a two-lap overtime to secure the win in the Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, his victory never seemed seriously challenged. Larson started on the pole, won both stages and led 57 of the 92 laps. A late-race three-car wreck set up an overtime, but after Elliott got close in the first three turns ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race from Sonoma Raceway where Kyle Larson goes back-to-back to win in overtime. View the full article

Kyle Larson swept the day at his home track after two stage wins and victory for his ninth career win. View the full article

A multi-car collision ensued with just 15 to go after Corey LaJoie was spun around by Ross Chastain, collecting Kevin Harvick and William Byron in the wreck. View the full article

Caution is out with nine laps left in Stage 2 after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. lost his front right tire and collided with the outside barrier. View the full article

Briscoe qualified third, grabbed the lead on Lap 1 and never relinquished it, holding off Dylan Lupton by 3.110 seconds in overtime to win the General Tire 200, his first series victory. Briscoe, a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series, had never competed at the Sonoma road course before and was hoping to gain some valuable experience prior to Sunday’s Cup race. Despite a fairly mild first half ...Keep reading View the full article

Reddick and his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Austin Dillon, have shown they have the speed to compete with the likes of Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing this season. But there is a lot more to winning races than just being fast. Reddick calls some of the missing ingredients “the little details.” “Probably the biggest one has been here in the last two or three weeks is ...Keep reading View the full article

Allmendinger crushed the competition at Mid-Ohio, picking up his seventh career victory at the NASCAR Xfinity Series B&L Transport 170. View the full article

It seemed as though Austin Cindric had the victory within his grasp as he led the race with seven laps to go, over ten seconds clear of the field. However, the beached car of Jeb Burton brought out a caution and forced a restart. Allmendinger made an aggressive move to the inside entering Turn 1, taking the leaders three-wide. The pass was completed cleanly, but contact ensued soon after ...Keep reading View the full article

The center, which was originally announced in January 2020, was delayed when the original site was repurposed during the COVID-19 pandemic by GM Defense for production of the new Infantry Squad Vehicle, a light and agile troop carrier developed for the U.S. Army. The new site is larger (130,000 square-feet rather than 75,000 square-feet) than the original and the $45 million facility is now ...Keep reading View the full article