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On Monday, NASCAR confirmed that Cob has not been approved to compete on superspeedway tracks in the Cup Series thus would not be making her planned debut in Rick Ware Racing’s No. 15 Chevrolet. While Cobb, 47, has made a combined 247 starts in the Xfinity and Truck series, a NASCAR spokesman told Motorsport.com that Cobb is only currently approved to compete on superspeedways in ...Keep reading View the full article

After starting the season with three finishes of 28th or worse, DiBenedetto was mired 35th in the NASCAR Cup Series driver standings. Over the next four weeks, the team have put together better finishes and finally broke through with their first top-10 finish Sunday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. DiBenedetto, 29, had fallen a lap down before the final caution of the race but took the wave-around ...Keep reading View the full article

Hamlin is leading the regular season standings and has no finish worse than 11th. In nine races, he's scored eight top-fives and has won five stages. Despite all this, he has yet to reach Victory Lane. Sunday was just the latest opportunity that slipped away. Alex Bowman snatched away the race lead on the final restart and led just ten laps en route to his third career win. "Yeah, I mean ...Keep reading View the full article

Hamlin led on the final restart with 10 of 400 laps remaining with Logano lined up alongside him. While Hamlin had led the most laps in the race, Logano had shown the ability to lead late in the event. It looked like the duo would duel to the finish. Enter Alex Bowman. Bowman, who had run consistently in the top-five most of the race but got sent to the back of the field early at the ...Keep reading View the full article

In a race dominated by Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports driver Bowman pounced on a late restart to charge past Joey Logano and leader Denny Hamlin to assume control of the race in the dying stages. He had little trouble from that point hanging on for the win, finishing 0.381 seconds ahead of Hamlin to secure his first win driving the #48 car - which he took over after seven-time Cup ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway for the NASCAR Cup Series View the full article

On a restart with 10 of 400 laps remaining Sunday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, Bowman – who had not led a lap in the race up to that point – navigated around leader Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano to take the lead. He had little trouble from that point hanging on for the win, finishing .381 seconds ahead of Hamlin to the victory in the ToyotaOwners 400. It’s Bowman’s first win of the 2021 ...Keep reading View the full article

Alex Bowman overtook Denny Hamlin with only ten laps to go at Richmond, crossing the finish line after overcoming a pit road penalty. View the full article

Kevin Harvick wrecks at Richmond with only 20 laps to go after blowing his right rear tire between turns one and two. View the full article

Ryan Newman lost control of his car after getting clipped by Austin Cindric on Sunday. Newman was able to recover and drive off with only minor damage after tapping the wall. View the full article

Nemechek dominated a caution-marred race Saturday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, leading 114 of 250 laps, and held Busch at bay over the closing laps to win the ToyotaCare 250. The win is Nemechek’s second of the 2021 NASCAR Truck season and he’s quickly established himself as a championship favorite in his first full season with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Nemechek, 23, now has eight ...Keep reading View the full article

Austin Dillon chats with the RaceHub crew about his past performances at Richmond Raceway and what to expect there this weekend. View the full article

At one point early in Dillon’s Cup career, he made no secret the Virginia short track was his “least favorite” and he wouldn’t be upset if NASCAR dropped it off the schedule entirely. In his first nine races at the track with Richard Childress Racing, Dillon didn’t finish better than 13th and four times finished outside the top-20. In fall 2018, Dillon and his No. 3 Chevrolet team ...Keep reading View the full article

The 20-year-old son of retired NASCAR ace Jeff Burton won four times in his first full season in the second-tier Xfinity Series last year with Joe Gibbs Racing, placing eighth in the standings, and currently lies third in the Xfinity points. He will become the fourth member of the Burton racing family to compete at Cup level when he joins the Marty Gaunt-owned team, which narrowly failed to ...Keep reading View the full article

DEX Imaging will serve as the primary sponsor on the car. “We’re proud to represent such an innovative brand in DEX Imaging and equally proud to have Harrison make his first NASCAR Cup Series start with us,” said Marty Gaunt, President, Gaunt Brothers Racing. “As a Toyota team, we’ve seen firsthand how well Harrison has developed. He’s been racing and winning in Toyotas for years ...Keep reading View the full article

Likely not in the United States, but the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series recently completed what it considered a very successful test of running on ice at Val Thorens, France. Team FJ took one of its 400 horsepower NASCAR Euro race cars to the mountains – utilizing studded tires – and spent a whole day testing on ice. For over 10 years, the French venue annually hosts an event dedicated to ice ...Keep reading View the full article

A best finish of 18th through the first eight races of the 2021 season; not a single lap led; and currently ranked 27th in the series standings. All this from a driver who led the Xfinity Series last year with a career-high nine wins and led more than 1,000 laps. But the problem goes deeper than Briscoe. His advancement to the Cup Series came in the same season that his Stewart-Haas Racing ...Keep reading View the full article

Cobb, 47, who has made a combined 247 starts across the Xfinity and Truck series, will compete in RWR’s #15 Chevrolet in the GEICO 500 on the 25 April. She will become just the second female driver in NASCAR history who has competed in all three of NASCAR’s national series, after Shawna Robinson was the first to do so. “I am so thankful for this opportunity with RWR," said Cobb. “I ...Keep reading View the full article

Cobb, 47, who has made a combined 247 starts in the Xfinity and Truck series, will compete in Rick Ware Racing’s No. 15 Chevrolet in the April 25 GEICO 500. When Cobb takes the green-flag, she will become just the second female driver in NASCAR history who has competed in all three of NASCAR’s national series. “I am so thankful for this opportunity with RWR, Cobb said. “I have a long ...Keep reading View the full article

Late in Sunday’s rain-delayed Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Gibbs got his most recent hold-your-breath moment as Martin Truex Jr. patiently ran down JGR teammate Denny Hamlin, with the two running side-by-side for at least two laps. In the end, Truex cleared Hamlin with 15 of 500 laps remaining and held off Chase Elliott to become the Cup Series’ first two-time winner of ...Keep reading View the full article