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NASCAR Cup Series Highlights: Joey Logano gives a heartfelt speech at the Cup Series banquet in Las Vegas as the 2018 champion. View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series Highlights: Dale Earnhardt Jr. announces Chase Elliott as the winner of the 2018 Cup Series Most Popular Driver award. View the full article

During the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Awards event in Las Vegas on Thursday night, Elliott was named the winner of the 2018 National Motorsports Press Association’s Most Popular Driver award. This was the 28th consecutive year a member of the Earnhardt or Elliott family has won the award, including Chase’s father, Hall of Famer Bill Elliott who won the award each season from 1984 to ... Keep reading View the full article

Chase Elliott has been voted NASCAR's most popular driver, ending a 15-year run for superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr. View the full article

Joey Logano talks about the thrill of finally going to the Cup banquet as the champion and having to get a new tuxedo for the first time since his rookie year. View the full article

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Motorsport.com’s Jim Utter, Nick DeGroot and Tim Southers answer several questions as NASCAR prepares to officially crown Joey Logano as the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series champion this week in Las Vegas. Who is at least one driver you think will make the Championship 4 in the NASCAR Cup Series next season who failed to make it this year? Jim: I think there will be two - and both from Hendrick ... Keep reading View the full article

Hear from Jimmie Johnson and Fernando Alonso after they swapped rides at the Bahrain International Circuit. View the full article

Atlanta Motor Speedway, a part of Speedway Motorsports Inc., has announced management changes with 24-year veteran Hutchison to oversee day-to-day operations of the 1.5-mile track located just south of the city of Atlanta. Track President Ed Clark will remain President of the facility and will assist in the transition and continue to work on long-range opportunities for the track and ... Keep reading View the full article

Stewart-Haas Racing, in its partnership with Fred Biagi, announced Tuesday that it will field a second full-time entry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2019 with Briscoe. Briscoe, 23, will compete in the No. 98 Ford with Nutri Chomps serving as the primary sponsor for the season’s first 13 races. Nutri Chomps and its parent company, Indiana-based Scott Pet, have been longtime supporters of ... Keep reading View the full article

On a day when seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson impressed in an F1 car during the JJxALO car swap organised by McLaren, Alonso says car characteristics and lack of tyre grip left him struggling to understand where the limit was. “I think I was very far away from a very good lap,” explained Alonso. “Driving style, it was still not very clear to me what is the best way to perform a ... Keep reading View the full article

Tifft, 22, will be making his Cup Series debut behind the wheel of the No. 36 FRM Ford Mustang in February's Daytona 500. He will be one of three drivers eligible for ROTY status, joining Ryan Preece and Daniel Hemric. He has been competing full-time in the Xfinity Series for the past two years, ending 2018 sixth in the series standings. He will join teammates Michael McDowell and David Ragan ... Keep reading View the full article

Fernando Alonso says he was "very far away" from finding a good lap in his NASCAR test run in Bahrain View the full article

Wheeler, a native of Southold, New York, will be paired with driver Matt DiBenedetto at Leavine Family Racing, which is making the switch to Toyota and TRD power for the 2019 season. Wheeler has spent the last three seasons as crew chief for Denny Hamlin at Joe Gibbs Racing, ending their relationship with a pole and a 12th-place finish in the Homestead-Miami Speedway finale. The duo won five ... Keep reading View the full article

The Luxembourger, who has been competing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series since 2017, is set to drive for the new team - The Garage Shop. Linster has put together a powerful programme for 2019. In addition to his involvement in the NWES, he also plans to drive in the Dutch LMV8 Oval Series for Hendriks Motorsport at Raceway Venray. "I met a former engineer of the Earnhardt family in ... Keep reading View the full article

The NASCAR Race Hub Fans' Choice Award for Driver of the Year goes to Kevin Harvick. View the full article

Rick Crawford, who competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series from 1997 until 2013 making 336 starts and scoring five wins, was sentenced to 130 months and was also fined $5,000 during a hearing on Monday. The hearing was held in the United States District Court Middle District of Florida location in Orlando, Fla. Crawford was arrested on March 1 by the Seminole County (Fla.) ... Keep reading View the full article

The NASCAR Race Hub Fans' Choice Award for Best Finish goes to Joey Logano moving Martin Truex Jr. for the win at Martinsville. View the full article

The NASCAR Race Hub Fans' Choice Award for Wildest Wreck goes to Jamie McMurray's flip at Talladega. View the full article

The NASCAR Race Hub Fans' Choice Award for Best Paint Scheme goes to Brad Keselowski's Rusty Wallace tribute at Darlington. View the full article