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Christoper Bell’s day comes to an end with a heavy hit in Bristol. View the full article

If the first race is any indication, Alon Day is ready to compete for a second straight NASCAR Whelen Euro Series championship this season.Day outdueled Marc Goossens to pick up the win in the first ELITE 1 division race of the season at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.Day was able to cross the finish line .464 seconds ahead Goossens but Belgian driver later received a ... Keep reading View the full article

A minor fire broke out at Cole Custer’s pit, catching on crew member’s foot. No one was injured. View the full article

Christopher slams into the outside wall in lap 5, leading to a major multi-car wreck in Bristol. View the full article

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) Second-year Cup Series driver Erik Jones may be on the verge of a getting a breakthrough win at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. View the full article

Team driver David Ragan paced Saturday’s final practice with an average lap speed of 127.487 mph, which he sent early in the session.Ragan’s FRR teammate, Michael McDowell, who qualified ninth on Friday, ended the final session fifth-fastest (126.295 mph).Chase Elliott was second-fastest (127.073 mph), Denny Hamlin (126.997 mph) was third and Kurt Busch fourth (126.537 mph).“Our ... Keep reading View the full article

The series spent the off-season in talks with Monster over the renewal of the deal, with the title sponsor understood to have asked for multiple extensions on agreed deadlines to continue.NASCAR’s extension with Monster will now end after 2019 and the energy drink company is "highly unlikely" to negotiate a new deal to be the title sponsor beyond that date. ... Keep reading View the full article

Kennington will feature a logo honoring the team and town on his Toyota Camry this weekend and hopes in some small way it makes a difference.When the news broke of the terrible accident that claimed 16 lives associated with the Humboldt junior hockey league team last week, NASCAR driver D.J. Kennington reacted like a lot of his fellow Canadians.“When I heard the news I thought about ... Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Larson qualified sixth on Friday and ran even faster laps early Saturday morning. His top average lap was 14.874 seconds (129.004 mph) edging Martin Truex Jr. who finished with a quick time of 14.880 (128.952 mph).Larson completed nearly 50 laps during the morning session and was the first driver to move up and try to work in a second groove on the track.Times were quicker due ... Keep reading View the full article

Returning to racing after three years, Deodhar set the most consistent times across two sessions to be awarded the ELITE CLUB division winner. He was driving a Chevrolet Camaro for Dutch squad Mishumotors"That was pretty awesome and I am quite happy”, said Deodhar. “I didn't even know what to expect because we sorted everything out late in the race. To start with a win is like a ... Keep reading View the full article

Here are five things to watch in the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (1 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1):Four drivers – Christopher Bell, Daniel Hemric, Cole Custer and Ryan Preece – are eligible to win a $100,000 bonus from Xfinity’s Dash4Cash program in Saturday’s race. Whichever of the four drivers finished highest in the race will win the bonus. In addition, the top four finishers in the race ... Keep reading View the full article

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) NASCAR points leader Kyle Busch edged older brother Kurt Busch by 0.002 seconds Friday to take the pole for the Cup Series race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. View the full article

Kyle Busch, fresh off his victory last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, grabbed the pole for Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway with an average lap speed in the final round of 128.822 mph.He just edged his older brother, Kurt (128.804 mph) for the top spot. Brad Keselowski (128.282 mph) ended up third, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. fourth and Ryan Blaney fifth.Rounding ... Keep reading View the full article

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) Kyle Busch is growing tired of stock car racing's governing body trying to manufacture tighter competition in the annual All-Star race at the expense of the Cup Series' heavy hitters. View the full article

Hello mailbag. My question involves tires and qualifying. As a follower of multiple racing series', I am curious why NASCAR likes tires cold, while F1 uses tire warmers to heat their tires, and NHRA does burnouts to make the tires stick better? – From KenKen, according to NASCAR, they want all teams to be on equal footing and use the tires as provided by Goodyear. NASCAR doesn't want ... Keep reading View the full article

Even the most vocal critic of the move, Kyle Busch, admits he doesn’t have a better idea.“I don’t have any better ideas than any that are being thrown out there. I can’t complain if I don’t have any better ideas,” Busch said Friday at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. “The fact of the matter is that we’re trying to orchestrate something that doesn’t quite exist.“The trucks sometimes ... Keep reading View the full article

Blaney, who earned his career-best 10th-place finish at Bristol last August, posted an average lap speed of 129.877 mph to top the 55-minute session. Erik Jones posted the same speed ended up ranked second based on driver points.Kurt Busch bolted into the top three at the end of the session (129.657 mph). Last weekend’s race winner, Kyle Busch, was fourth and Kyle Larson completed the ... Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch says the NASCAR Cup series has to "stop this spec game" as he believes efforts to reduce costs have not helped level the playing field View the full article

A total of 31 cars will hit the track with 52 drivers from 20 teams this weekend in Valencia, Spain, in the two divisions with drivers coming from a total of 18 countries.Slated to compete in Valencia will be seven NWES champions led by defending series ELITE 1 champion Alon Day and two-time title holder Anthony Kumpen.Lucas Lasserre and Wilfried Boucenna both were crowned champions ... Keep reading View the full article

The NASCAR Cup series is too easily blamed for its pitgun problems even though it has levelled the playing field on pitroad, according to Front Row Motorsports driver David Ragan View the full article