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Michael McDowell has been taken to a hospital with a stomach ailment and missed practice Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway View the full article

McDowell, who drives the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports, first visited the infield care center at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday morning before then being transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. Team Penske Xfinity Series driver Austin Cindric took over the driving duties of McDowell’s car in Friday’s practice session. The team will update its plans once ...Keep reading View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Friday, September 27 12:05 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. Cup Series Practice (NBC Sports App) 1:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Xfinity Series Practice (NBC Sports App) 3:05 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Xfinity Series Final Practice (NBCSN) 4:40 p.m. - Cup Series Qualifying (NBCSN) Saturday, September 28 11:05 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. Cup ...Keep reading View the full article

In a statement released Thursday, Ilmor president Paul Ray said after a number of issues experienced with the NT-1 engine by teams in the Sept. 13 race, those engines were returned to NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C., for evaluation. “The combination of the high engine load condition combined with the extreme weather conditions in Las Vegas resulted in some engines ...Keep reading View the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr will leave Roush Fenway Racing after seven full seasons with the team and be replaced by Chris Buescher for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series campaign View the full article

Stenhouse has driven the No. 17 for RFR since the 2013 season, winning twice. Both his victories came in the 2017 season at Daytona and Talladega, placing a career-best 13th in the championship standings. Previously, he drove for RFR in the Xfinity Series and won back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012. The 31-year-old has struggled this year with just one top-five and two top-tens, scored 23rd in ...Keep reading View the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Roush Fenway Racing will split at the end of the season and Chris Buescher will replace him in 2020 View the full article

Bowyer enters this weekend NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at the Charlotte Roval 14th in the playoff standings, four points behind the 12th-place cutoff to advance to the second round. One year ago, Bowyer’s continued playoff hopes also came down to his performance at the Roval – when he was also four points outside the cutoff. Last year, a third-place finish catapulted him into the ...Keep reading View the full article

Of the 36 points-paying races on the Cup Series schedule, 21 will air on broadcast television between FOX and NBC. The regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway will begin a five-week stretch of primetime races under the lights. 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule Date Location Network Start ...Keep reading View the full article

Newly crowned IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden will make a demo run around the infield road course following qualifying for the third race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Newgarden is fresh off his second IndyCar championship, securing it in the season finale at Laguna Seca last weekend -- Team Penske's 16th IndyCar title. Read Also: Second championship “feels more ...Keep reading View the full article

Bell will have sponsorship from Rheem and Procore. Additionally, the technical alliance between LFR and Joe Gibbs Racing that began earlier this year will be "enhanced" for the 2020 season. The Norman, Oklahoma native will make his MENCS debut in 2020 Daytona 500 at the age of 25. He joined Toyota Racing Development as a rising star in 2013 and won the 2017 Truck Series title with Kyle Busch ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR on FOX analyst Jamie McMurray takes a lap around the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. and Cole Pearn recap the strategy that brought them to Victory Lane at Richmond Raceway. View the full article

But that might not necessarily be a bad thing. While Chase Elliott remains in a strong position to advance to the second round of the Cup Series playoffs, the fortunes of his teammates William Byron and Alex Bowman may rest on strong performances in Sunday’s Bank of America 400. Both drivers struggled in Saturday night’s race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. Byron fell two laps down early and ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series points leader Martin Truex Jr said his spin on the way to a second victory in a row at Richmond "added some drama" to the race View the full article

Busch won a stage, led the most laps (202 of 400) and once Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 was over, he and Kevin Harvick had scored enough points to lock themselves into Round 2 of the playoffs regardless of how they finish next weekend at Charlotte. Still, losing the chance at the victory likely stung, as Busch has won four times this season but his most recent was in June in ...Keep reading View the full article

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Erik Jones has become the first person to be disqualified from a NASCAR Cup race under the series' new crackdown on rules infringements View the full article

Jones – who finished 36th last weekend in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff opener at Las Vegas – was originally credited with a fourth-place finish Saturday night at Richmond, part of a 1-2-3-4 finish by the JGR organization. NASCAR said the No. 20 Toyota failed the optical scanning system, which measures the hard points on the car body. The car will be taken back to NASCAR’s research and ...Keep reading View the full article

Martin Truex Jr.’s back-to-back victories in the first two playoff races may be the biggest surprise so far, but Newman’s solid start should be a close second. Read Also: Martin Truex Jr. first spins, then wins Richmond Cup race He followed up a 10th-place finish last weekend at Las Vegas with a sixth-place effort Saturday night at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. At one point ...Keep reading View the full article

Martin Truex Jr survived a spin to win the 2019 NASCAR Cup season's second race at Richmond, taking his second victory in a row and his sixth this year View the full article