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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Jimmie Johnson has a reputation as a bland and boring NASCAR champion, a guy who loves his ice cream the same way he presents himself - plain and vanilla. View the full article

But times in NASCAR, they are a changing.RFR has seen the likes of several top NASCAR drivers move on or retire in recent years, including Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle, leaving Stenhouse as the senior spokesman.“It’s not the sport that it used to be, where you just kind of raced forever and keep digging,” Stenhouse said Friday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. “We’ve had a ... Keep reading View the full article

Larson, who earned his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory at the track last fall, was fastest in Friday’s final practice session prior to Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400.Larson posted an average lap speed of 120.315 mph with just over 10 minutes left in this 50-minute session. He was also second-fastest in Friday’s first session.Darrell Wallace Jr. was second-fastest ... Keep reading View the full article

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Jimmie Johnson's alarm clock beeps at 4:30 a.m. His wife and two daughters are still sleeping. So are his fellow NASCAR drivers. View the full article

Kyle Larson was leading the way most of the 50-minute session until Elliott’s went out with less than three minutes remaining to post an average lap speed of 121.327 mph.Larson ended up second (121.076 mph) while reigning series champion Martin Truex Jr. was third (120.757 mph). Jamie McMurray was fourth-fastest and Joey Logano completed the top-five.Elliott has struggled somewhat at ... Keep reading View the full article

Here are five things to watch in the ToyotaCare 250 (7 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1):Four drivers – Justin Allgaier, Daniel Hemric, Elliott Sadler and Spencer Gallagher – are eligible to win a $100,000 bonus from Xfinity’s Dash4Cash program in Friday night’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 ... Keep reading View the full article

The NASCAR Cup series says its one-year title sponsorship extension with Monster Energy is part of a new strategy to "make it easier for sponsors to say yes" to deals View the full article

After a two-year hiatus in the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown, the event returned this season in front of a nearly sold out Langley Speedway with Denny Hamlin able to hold off Kyle Busch to win his charity race for the second time.This was also the first time the event was held at Langley Speedway, where Hamlin made his start in weekly stock car racing.Hamlin held off Busch by ... Keep reading View the full article

Crew chief Chad Knaus shares with Daryl Motte that the two NASCAR cup drivers he wishes he could have worked with are Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin. View the full article

Kyle Busch won at Bristol with the classic 'bump-and-run' pass on Kyle Larson. Do you think the "old" Bristol is here to stay?Jim: I don't think last weekend's race was an entire transformation to the "old" Bristol - simply the result of the work the track had done to make the bottom lane a more viable option to once again get around the track. Particularly during longer green-flag ... Keep reading View the full article

Almirola joined Stewart-Haas Racing as Danica Patrick’s replacement for 2018 after missing two months of the Cup season with a back injury last year.He almost won the Daytona 500 in his first race with SHR but was tipped into a spin by eventual victor Austin Dillon on the final restart.While teammate Kevin Harvick has won three times this season and Clint Bowyer took victory at ... Keep reading View the full article

Adam Alexander and David Ragan talk about the struggles that have plagued the No. 9 team in 2018 and if they can turn it around. View the full article

Now, he has the opportunity to match the longest winning streak of his career.Busch followed up his win at Texas with a victory last weekend in the rain-delayed race at Bristol, Tenn., offering him the chance to make it three-in-a-row Saturday night at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.Busch won three consecutive races once before – during his 2015 Cup Series championship season with ... Keep reading View the full article

Defending NASCAR Whelen Euro Series champion Alon Day began defense of his 2017 championship in a dominating way by sweeping both ELITE 1 division races last weekend in the season opener.Not to be outdone, Frenchman Wilfried Boucenna equaled the performance of Alon Day as he also swept both races in the ELITE 2 division in Valencia.Both races will air on www.motorsport.tv in the UK ... Keep reading View the full article

Ford has revealed it has used Formula 1 experience to help develop its new Mustang for the 2019 NASCAR Cup series View the full article

Timothy Peters and team owner Ricky Benton must have enjoyed working with each other at Martinsville (Va.)Speedway last month when Peters finished seventh in the NASCAR Truck Series race.Now Benton has decided to field his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car for the second time this season with Peters behind the wheel this time around.Peters will drive the No. 92 car sponsored by ... Keep reading View the full article

Truex was eliminated in a multi-car pile-up in the first half of the Bristol race and also retired in Texas after a puncture forced him into the Turn 4 wall.Those results mean he has fallen from second in the standings down to seventh and he is now 108 points behind points leader Kyle Busch.Truex says he can take solace in his Richmond form, having led a race-high 198 laps in 2017 ... Keep reading View the full article

Tommy Joseph - formerly of Red Bull, Williams, Sauber and Honda – joined Ford at the end of 2017 in an aerodynamics role to work on the project.Efficient aerodynamics has become increasingly vital as downforce has been progressively downscaled by the series in recent years.Joseph then led the Mustang program, working alongside Ford’s NASCAR stable that includes Penske, Wood Brothers ... Keep reading View the full article

The award memorializes Argetsinger, founder and organizer of the first races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., 70 years ago. It is given for outstanding contributions to motorsports.This year’s award, which will be presented at a dinner gala on June 28 in Corning, N.Y., precedes the Six Hours of The Glen IMSA weekend at the Glen.The 2018 award will be the fifth presented by the IMRRC. Chip ... Keep reading View the full article

Chip Ganassi Racing's Kyle Larson says it is frustrating to lose to Kyle Busch for the fourth time at NASCAR Cup series venue Bristol View the full article