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Bell held off a wild charge from Austin Cindric on new tires following a restart with two of 45 laps remaining to take the win in Saturday’s CTECH 180 at Road America. The victory is Bell’s first on a road course in his NASCAR career. The win is Bell’s sixth of the 2019 season and 14th of his Xfinity Series career. “Man, I’m honestly in shock,” Bell said. “I really butchered ...Keep reading View the full article

Allmendinger's average lap speed of 109.792 mph topped Matt DiBenedetto (109.382 mph) to claim the pole for Saturday's CTECH Manufacturing 180 at Road America. In his fourth series start of the season for Kaulig Racing, it's Allmendinger's first pole. He is coming off a third-place finish a few weeks ago at Mid-Ohio. "I'm very satisfied. I feel our chances are better to win this week," ...Keep reading View the full article

When Clements earned his stunning first career NASCAR victory in 2017 at Road America, it helped catapult his team into the playoffs. But his small, underfunded family organization wasn’t in a good position to capitalize on it but did manage to finish a career-best 12th in the series standings. “We were not prepared honestly at the time. We weren’t running very good that year in a ...Keep reading View the full article

A NASCAR spokesman confirmed Friday evening the 19-year-old native of Walllkill, N.Y., has been suspended for actions detrimental to stock car racing, including a violation of the sport’s code of conduct. Dippel was scheduled to compete in Sunday’s Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. There was no immediate word from Young’s Motorsports ...Keep reading View the full article

Allgaier has shown no secret of his disappointment of not yet being able to secure a win this season in the Xfinity Series with his No. 7 JRM team but he still sees racing with the organization as “a great fit. “I will be back next year. Same deal. Everything is good,” Allgaier said Friday at Road America. “We’re doing the same thing next that we are doing right now. First and ...Keep reading View the full article

The attempt by the pilots to attempt another landing was outlined in Friday’s preliminary accident report on the accident released by the National Transportation and Safety Board. Earnhardt, his wife Amy, their daughter Isla, a family dog and two pilots all escaped serious injury when the Cessna 680A on which they were flying ran off the runway upon landing on Aug. 15. Earnhardt was on his ...Keep reading View the full article

DiBenedetto said his “priority” is to win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series because he believes that’s the only way he will continue to climb the career ladder in NASCAR. “The attention and support we got from fans in general, that was unreal,” DiBenedetto said Friday at Road America. “The crowd cheering when I was about to get interviews on the big screen, everybody ...Keep reading View the full article

Get to know the pit crew for the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 team of Austin Dillon. View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Road America Friday, Aug. 23 1:35 – 2:25 p.m. – Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App) 3:35 – 4:55 – Final Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App) Saturday, Aug. 24 11:40 a.m. – Xfinity qualifying (NBC Sports App live, NBCSN to air it at 1:30 p.m.) 3 p.m. (Green flag at 3:21 p.m.) – Xfinity ...Keep reading View the full article

Ryan Newman raced Matt DiBenedetto hard late in the Bristol race while trying to stay on the lead lap and the two made contact. Do you think that was just racing or did Newman do something wrong? Jim Utter: While it may not be a popular answer for race fans, I don't have any problem with how Newman raced on Saturday night. He was not a lap down (as many claim), he was on the tail end of the ...Keep reading View the full article

Dale Earnhardt Jr's plan to contest next weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington is still on despite his recent plane crash View the full article

NASCAR has taken further steps to reduce Cup drivers' participation in its lower level Xfinity and Trucks series View the full article

Earnhardt, who retired from fulltime NASCAR competition at the end of the 2017 season, has still competed in one Xfinity Series race each season and his lone start this year was planned for Aug. 31 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. In a message posted to his Twitter account Wednesday night, Earnhardt said “I plan on driving still.” “My lower back is bruised up real bad. Lots of swelling ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR has once again reduced the pool of Cup Series drivers eligible to compete in Xfinity and Trucks and the number of races in which they may participate. Beginning next season, drivers with more than three fulltime seasons in the Cup series will be limited to five races each year in both Xfinity and Trucks. In addition, any drivers earning points in the Cup series are barred from ...Keep reading View the full article

Hezemans, who sits second in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series standings, will become the fifth driver to compete in one of the NASCAR’s three national series after racing in the European NASCAR championship. The 22-year-old son of motorsport icon Toine Hezemans will make his Xfinity Series debut this weekend at Road America, driving the No. 99 BJ McLeod Chevrolet Camaro. Despite racing in ...Keep reading View the full article

With two races left before the start of the playoffs, it’s been a rough little stretch for us of late since winning at Chicagoland Speedway. We knew some of the race tracks that were coming up would not suit us that well with what we have going on this year. Some races, we’ve had some self-inflicted problems. At Kentucky, we cut a left-front tire. At Watkins Glen, we ran out of fuel – stuff ...Keep reading View the full article

Chase Briscoe, who is already locked in the Xfinity playoffs thanks to his win at Iowa, took part in a two-day test Monday and Tuesday, along with Noah Gragson, who is still looking for a victory but in excellent position to gain entry to the playoff field on points. The series championship race is scheduled for Nov. 16, where four drivers will do battle, with the highest finisher to claim the ...Keep reading View the full article

The 22-year-old driver was indefinitely suspended from NASCAR due to a violation of the sport's substance abuse policy. Currey was going to make his tenth career NASCAR Cup Series start last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway before the failed drug test. He will enter the Road to Recovery program, but will not be able to race again until he completes it. Currey explained why he failed the ...Keep reading View the full article

Fans will also be able to win a NASCAR Racing Experience and a copy of NASCAR Heat 4 by watching and registering on Twitch during the broadcast this Wednesday night. Additionally, fans will be able to watch exclusive highlights from NASCAR Heat 4 between the Playstation 4 and Xbox One division races. There will be 10 teams making the playoffs after the final race of the regular season at ...Keep reading View the full article

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