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Todd Gilliland wins first career Truck Series race by holding off championship contender Ross Chastain in overtime at Martinsville Speedway View the full article

Keselowski ended up eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs last weekend at Kansas but his average lap speed of 96.283 mph has him poised at the chance to sweep both races at the 1-mile track this season. Penske teammate Ryan Blaney ended up second (95.762 mph) and Kurt Busch was third (95.704 mph). Daniel Hemric was fourth and Ryan Preece completed the top-five. Rounding out the ...Keep reading View the full article

Heading into this weekend’s race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, the pit crews of teams of Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney have changes. Logano and Blaney still remain in contention to win the 2019 series title. Keselowski’s pit crew, one of the organization’s most consistent this season, has been sent to Blaney’s No. 12 team. Two members of Blaney’s crew have moved ...Keep reading View the full article

Matt Tifft becomes ill before practice at Martinsville Speedway, taken to hospital; Matt Crafton replaces him View the full article

Chase Elliott has an engine failure less than five minutes into the opening practice for the third round of NASCAR's playoffs View the full article

Chase Elliott has an engine failure less than five minutes into the opening practice for the third round of NASCAR's playoffs View the full article

Logano bolted to the top of the leaderboard late in the session with an average lap speed of 96.657 mph. Martin Truex Jr. was second (96.176 mph) and last weekend’s race winner, Denny Hamlin, ended up third (95.966 mph). Clint Bowyer was fourth and Kyle Busch completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 speeds were Chris Buescher, Ryan Blaney, Aric Almirola, Daniel Suarez and Jimmie ...Keep reading View the full article

Tifft, 23, suffered a "serious medical issue" prior to the start of Saturday morning's practice at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, sources confirmed to Motorsport.com. Front Row Motorsports officials confirmed Tifft was taken first to the track's infield care center and then transported to Martinsville General Hospital. He would be evaluated there to determine whether he needed to go to a ...Keep reading View the full article

Gray, a third-generation drag racer, is taking the next step in his NASCAR immersion by making his first Gander Outdoors Truck Series start on Saturday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. His NASCAR path is an unusual one – it began like many other aspiring drivers competing in Late Models and midgets but then took a turn to drag racing, where he won the 2018 NHRA Pro Stock championship at 19 ...Keep reading View the full article

Not much is changing at GMS for the 2020 season. Brett Moffitt and Sheldon Creed will again return as full-time drivers competing for the GOTS championship. Sam Mayer will also return in an expanded schedule while he also competes for the ARCA Racing Series title. “To have all three of these talented young men back with our organization is a blessing,” said Mike Beam, team president ...Keep reading View the full article

Hamlin and Gibbs group go to Martinsville as title favorites View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times local Friday, October 25 12:05 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. NGOTS 1st Practice (No TV) 2:05 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. NGOTS Final Practice (No TV) Saturday, October 26 9:05 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. MENCS 1st Practice (CNBC/NBC Sports App) 10:05 a.m. NGOTS Qualifying (FS1) 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. MENCS Final Practice (NBC Sports App/NBCSN at 12:30 ...Keep reading View the full article

Stewart-Haas Gaming edged Leavine Family Racing in a tiebreaker decided by most laps led when both organizations finished Wednesday night’s eNASCAR Heat Pro League title races tied with 4,079 points apiece. The finale consisted of two 70-lap races — one for the PlayStation 4 league and another for the Xbox One group — with 14 drivers competing in each. All of the drivers gathered at ...Keep reading View the full article

There’s plenty of intriguing strands around NASCAR right now, with the new Gen-7 platform coming on-stream for 2021. As we’ve written before, it opens the door for new manufacturers to jump in at the ground floor of what promises to be a lower-cost and more attractive version of America’s most popular racing series. NASCAR would like to double the amount of manufacturers ...Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin has explained why the crew chief switch that took him from a winless 2018 to a contender for this year's NASCAR Cup Series title has been a "game-changer" View the full article

No other driver has gone from championship afterthought in February to championship favorite with four of 36 races remaining. Hamlin entered the 2019 season coming off his first winless season in what was at the time a 13-year fulltime career. His No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team made another crew chief change with the addition of Chris Gabehart in the offseason. I think clearly ...Keep reading View the full article

Earlier this year in Phoenix, Arizona, 14 teams chose 28 drivers. Now just eight drivers and four teams remain with one race remaining in the 2019 season. The finale will take place at the virtual ISM Raceway with each of the competitors showing up at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday. JR Motorsports, Stewart-Haas Gaming, Leavine Family Gaming and Team Penske ...Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin and Chris Gabehart recap the strategy that brought them to Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway. View the full article

The 21-year-old Hendrick Motorsports drive in his sophomore season in the Cup Series ran up front in most of Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway and finished a respectable fifth. It was a solid performance but nothing short of a victory was likely going to advance Byron to the semifinal round of the playoffs. “It’s just a bummer. But we had a great run and we can take ...Keep reading View the full article

Column: Brian France was right to bring playoffs to NASCAR View the full article