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Brandon Jones passed Busch with 20 of 200 laps remaining and held off his other JGR teammate, Harrison Burton, to win Saturday’s LS Tractor 200. The race was the first this season in the series for Busch, who owns 11 victories at the track. For Jones, 23, it’s his second career victory. He earned his first win last season at Kansas Speedway. “I could not believe (Busch) left the ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR's semifinal race in Phoenix last fall was a bit of a snooze View the full article

Chase Elliott has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup series event at Phoenix Raceway, capturing his first pole of the season and ninth of his career View the full article

Seven-time NASCAR Cup winner Jimmie Johnson says he's going to do an IndyCar team test with McLaren Racing on April 6 View the full article

Elliott was fastest in Friday’s final practice and on Saturday his average lap speed of 138.116 mph in qualifying was good enough to win the pole for Sunday’s FanShield 500. The pole is the ninth of Elliott’s career and first at Phoenix Raceway. “The line through (Turns) 1 and 2 was a lot different today. Kevin (Harvick) kind of made the top (lane) work and after everyone saw that ...Keep reading View the full article

Elliott posted his session-best average lap speed of 134.213 mph early-on and an HMS driver has now led the last five Cup Series practice sessions dating back to Las Vegas two weeks ago. Kyle Busch ended up second (134.203 mph) and Aric Almirola was third (133.655 mph). Last week’s winner, Alex Bowman, ended up fourth and Ty Dillon completed the top-five. “Just a little tight right ...Keep reading View the full article

William, who picked up some right-side damage early in the session, rebounded to post the fastest average lap speed at 134.594 mph late in the 50-minute session. “You got to know where the wall’s at, you know. I nicked it a little bit,” Byron said. “The car is pretty good. We need a little more speed but I thought we were pretty good.” Elliott ended up second (133.848 mph) and Brad ...Keep reading View the full article

Newman, 42, traveled to Phoenix this weekend to support his team and also to attend an outing for Ford drivers in Tempe, Ariz. “I feel fine,” said Newman in a video posted by Fox Sports. “I’m here to spectate and have some fun.” Newman suffered an unspecified head injury in a last-lap wreck in the Daytona 500. He was transported by ambulance to Halifax Medical Center in ...Keep reading View the full article

Ryan Blaney's future is secure with Team Penske and his present looks pretty good as well View the full article

Ryan Newman is spending his weekend at Phoenix Raceway, displaying his humorous spirit less than a month after that scary Daytona 500 accident. View the full article

Ryan Newman is back at the racetrack View the full article

Sunday’s race at Phoenix is critical to teams for two important reasons – it’s an opportunity to race on the track on which this season’s championship race will be held later this season, and it’s the first race in which teams will revert back to the 2018 aero package on shorter tracks and road courses. In January, NASCAR announced it would return this season to aero rules at nine ...Keep reading View the full article

All times Eastern Standard Time Friday, March 6 12:00 p.m. - ARCA final practice 2:35 p.m. - Xfinity Series practice 3:35 p.m. - Cup Series practice 4:30 p.m. - ARCA qualifying 5:02 p.m. Xfinity Series final practice 5:35 p.m. Cup Series final practice 7:00 p.m. ARCA's General Tire 150 (Green flag at 7:15 p.m.) (FS1) Saturday, March 7 1:05 p.m. - Xfinity Series ...Keep reading View the full article

Team Penske announced Friday that it had signed Blaney to a multi-year contract extension to continue to drive the No. 12 Ford “for years to come.” Blaney, 26, currently leads the series standings after three races (averaging a 6.3 finish) and has qualified for the series playoffs in each of his three previous fulltime seasons, capturing three wins during that span. “Ryan is a ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series has moved its championship from Homestead-Miami Speedway to Phoenix Raceway and reactions are split between drivers. View the full article

The 44-year-old Californian, who is due to retire from full-time NASCAR competition at season’s end, attended last month’s IndyCar Spring Training and expressed enthusiasm for broadening his range of motorsport experiences, but remained coy on the subject of specific dates. However, Johnson – who tested a Formula 1 car for McLaren in a ride-swap with Fernando Alonso at Bahrain in 2018 ...Keep reading View the full article

The 43rd running of the Busch Clash will be held on the Daytona road course for the first time in 2021. The event will take place under the lights on Tuesday, February 9. NASCAR will utilize the same layout as the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, the most iconic endurance race in America. “The famed road course at Daytona has a long and storied history with sports cars and motorcycles, and now ...Keep reading View the full article

Kevin Harvick is hoping to rediscover his mastery of Phoenix Raceway when NASCAR's Cup Series arrives this weekend View the full article

Stewart announced Wednesday that he will compete in the July 4 Xfinity Series race at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which will be contested for the first time on the track’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. The three-time Cup Series champion has made 18 starts in the Brickyard 400 (winning twice), five in the Indy 500 and competed in four IROC races at the track but this will be his ...Keep reading View the full article

William Byron completed a two-day test Tuesday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., of the newest prototype of the Next Generation car, which will debut in 2021 in the Cup Series. Unfortunately, his more than 300 miles of testing runs included a run-in with the wall off Turn 2. The 2-mile track is the largest yet to be used during the new car’s testing process. “We were probably six ...Keep reading View the full article