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Jimmie Johnson is riding a longshot in hopes of keeping alive his NASCAR playoff run View the full article

Byron, who drives the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, won the pole for Sunday night’s Southern 500, driving a car featuring the livery of the fictional race car driver Trickle from the movie, “Days of Thunder.” In the movie, Trickle – whose character was based loosely on the late racer Tim Richmond – won his first NASCAR Cup series race at Darlington. Byron, 21, is also ...Keep reading View the full article

With two races remaining before the 16-driver playoff field is set in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Johnson is unlikely to make the cut unless he can win this weekend at Darlington, S.C., or the following week at Indianapolis. Missing the playoffs would be a first for the seven-time Cup series champion who owns 83 career wins but whose last victory came in June 2017 at Dover ...Keep reading View the full article

The 21-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series driver for JR Motorsports believes he has one of the best race cars he’s had all season at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, and what better time to showcase it than alongside his team co-owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Since his retirement from fulltime competition at the end of the 2017 season, Earnhardt has been competing in one Xfinity Series race per season. He ...Keep reading View the full article

Stenhouse’s average lap speed of 168.845 mph was set relatively early in the 50-minute session. Kyle Larson ended up second (168.764 mph) and William Byron was third (168.480 mph). In six career starts at Darlington, Stenhouse’s best finish was 12th in last season’s Southern 500. Kurt Busch, who topped the first session, ended up fourth and Matt DiBenedetto completed the ...Keep reading View the full article

Busch’s average lap speed of 171.261 mph, set at the end of the 55-minute session at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, topped William Byron (170.703 mph) and Aric Almirola (170.065 mph). Busch, who drives the No. 1 Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing, has made 22 career starts at Darlington without a victory. His best finish is a pair of thirds (2017 and 2010). Alex Bowman ended up fourth and ...Keep reading View the full article

“It was a very scary experience and we’re just happy to be healthy and have a weekend like this to look forward to and trying to get back to doing my job as a broadcaster for NBC and all the things we’re excited about in our lives and ready to focus on other things,” Earnhardt said Friday at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. “It’s good to be doing something normal. We’ve been taking ...Keep reading View the full article

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson is on the cusp of missing the playoffs title shootout for the first time in his career, with just two races until the cut-off View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Friday, August 30 1:05 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Xfinity Series practice (NBCSN) 2:05 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Cup Series practice (NBCSN) 3:05 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Xfinity Series final practice (NBCSN) 4:05 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Cup Series final practice (NBCSN) Saturday, August 31 12:35 p.m. Xfinity Series qualifying ...Keep reading View the full article

1. The NASCAR Throwback weekend is one of the most popular and newest traditions in NASCAR, not to mention the Southern 500. How important is Darlington Raceway to NASCAR in 2019 in your opinion? Jim Utter: If NASCAR is going to keep any links to its history, tracks like Darlington and Martinsville are the best way to preserve them. Darlington was the first fully-paved speedway in the ...Keep reading View the full article

Darlington throwback: Brad Keselowski relishes NACAR celebration at Darlington Raceway and its old-time racing, paint schemes and uniforms View the full article

Joe Gibbs Racing's Erik Jones sits down with NASCAR Race Hub's Regan Smith on another edition of The Pub. View the full article

Dippel was suspended by NASCAR before last weekend's race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, citing actions detrimental to stock car racing, including a violation of the sport's code of conduct. Read Also: Tyler Dippel has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR Dippel was reportedly charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, but the charges have since been ...Keep reading View the full article

Take a lap with Austin Dillon at Darlington Raceway on the iRacing simulator for this weekend's Southern 500 View the full article

Austin Dillon is honoring his grandfather with his paint scheme for Darlington Raceway. View the full article

He and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team don’t plan on making the same mistake twice. Bell wrecked out of consecutive races in the playoffs last fall, won at Phoenix in a “must-win” situation to contend for the championship at Homestead, only to run 11th in the season finale as Tyler Reddick won the race and the title. Bell collected his sixth win of the 2019 season on Saturday, earning ...Keep reading View the full article

Column: Hamlin cites new maturity in turnaround season View the full article

Borland has most recently served as crew chief for driver Ty Dillon at Germain Racing. In his 15-year career as a Cup series crew chief, he has 13 wins and 39 poles – all with driver Ryan Newman. Justin Alexander will serve as Dillon’s crew chief until Borland’s return. In a statement released early Monday morning, Borland said he was informed over the weekend he tested positive in a ...Keep reading View the full article

Moffitt is already locked into the second round of the playoffs, but further cements himself as the title favorite with his fourth win of the season. He beat Alex Tagliani to the line by 5.1 seconds, leading an impressive 44 of 64 laps. "I'd say we are hitting our stride at the right time," said Moffitt. "Before it was like we were missing a little bit everywhere and now we're hitting ...Keep reading View the full article

DiBenedetto got the opportunity to drive Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Road America and for much of the weekend he appeared ready to capitalize. Instead, teammate Christopher Bell ended up with his first road course victory and DiBenedetto’s hopes for his first NASCAR national series win ended in the final turn of the final lap. “Just being ...Keep reading View the full article