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Sunday's Talladega NASCAR Cup race could be "nuts" given the rule changes made following practice, say leading drivers View the full article

“It’s gonna be nuts,” Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer said of Sunday’s race.It will be the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega with NASCAR change to no ride-height rules for superspeedways this season, and NASCAR reduced the size of the cars’ restrictor-plates on Friday after drivers were averaging laps in practice at over 203mph.“I think this year it ... Keep reading View the full article

Marvin Musquin wins his second-straight main event as points leader Jason Anderson has trouble from the start and finishes 17th. View the full article

Shane McElrath keeps the 250 championship battle alive as he scores his second win of the year in Salt Lake City. View the full article

NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Spencer Gallagher leads only the final lap of the Xfinity Series race at Talladega, and scores his first career win. View the full article

Former race leaders Justin Allgaier and Austin Cindric both ran out of fuel before the start of overtime but once it started, Gallagher took the lead before the start of the final lap and held off Brandon Jones to win Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.It’s his first series victory in 49 career starts.Justin Allgaier, who ran out of gas as the leader and ... Keep reading View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Spencer Gallagher took the lead on the overtime lap to capture his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. View the full article

The accident happened near mile marker 164 in the northbound lane of Interstate 85 at 6:10 a.m. ET Saturday morning. According to reports, the vehicle ran off the roadway left and hit an embankment. The duo were returning to South Carolina from Saturday's ARCA race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. James Harvey Hylton, 83, and his son, 61-year-old James Harvey Hylton, Jr., both were ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Ryan Truex and Ty Majeski were among the cars taken out of contention during a multi-car wreck at the start of stage two. View the full article

NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Watch as active Cup series drivers take over the NASCAR Xfinity Series broadcast on FOX at Talladega. View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Kevin Harvick will start on the pole Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway while he goes for his fourth win of the year. View the full article

Harvick, the final car to make an attempt in Round 2, posted an average lap speed of 194.448 mph to win the pole for Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. He just edged his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, Kurt Busch (194.082 mph), who went out right before Harvick.Martin Truex Jr. ended up third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Chase Elliott completed the top-five.The pole is ... Keep reading View the full article

Here are five things to watch in the Sparks Energy 300 (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox):Four drivers – Christopher Bell, Elliott Sadler, Matt Tifft and Austin Cindric – are eligible to win a $100,000 bonus from Xfinity’s Dash4Cash program in Saturday’s race. Whichever of the four drivers finishes highest in the race will win the bonus. In addition, the top four finishers in the race who have ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR has made a change to the aerodynamic rules package for this weekend's Cup Series race at Talladega on safety grounds following Jamie McMurray's huge accident View the full article

Late Friday afternoon, NASCAR spokesman Tom Bryant said following a meeting between NASCAR and the Cup teams, the restrictor-plate size on the Cup engines will be reduced from 7/8ths of an inch to 55/64ths of an inch.The change – could slow the cars by about 12 to 15 horsepower – will be in effect for both Saturday’s qualifying sessions and Sunday’s GEICO 500.“This is absolutely a ... Keep reading View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. can now lean on the same guy he turned to for advice at times as a young driver trying to make it to the Cup Series. View the full article

Trevor Bayne spoke to the media at Talladega Friday, saying that his health is ‘100%.’ View the full article

Ganassi Chevrolet driver Jamie McMurray escaped unhurt from a multiple roll in final practice for this weekend's Talladega NASCAR Cup race View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Jamie McMurray rolled his car at least seven times at Talladega Superspeedway. View the full article