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When Kyle Larson captured the checkered flag at Charlotte, all four Hendrick Motorsports drivers managed to advance into the Round of 8. That is no longer the case.Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, has been disqualified after failing post-race weight requirements in technical inspection. The car was too light. He had finished 18th, winning Stage 2, but that's all ...Keep readingView the full article

Joey Logano has made the Championship 4 every other year since the format's inception in 2014, but that odd statistic ends this year: he was eliminated from the playoffs by four points in Charlotte.Those four points were of a certain significance to Logano. When Austin Dillon ran him over (and Denny Hamlin moments later) for the Richmond win this past summer, Logano wasn't just denied a checkered ...Keep readingView the full article

After winning the opening stage by staying out, Tyler Reddick restarted deep in the field for Stage 2. When Austin Dillon spun in the tight Turn 7 just ahead, Reddick was entering the corner too hot and started to slide out of control. Reddick was slowed by slamming doors with his car owner and fellow Toyota driver Denny Hamlin, an act that lifted the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota completely off the ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson took a commanding victory at the reconfigured Charlotte Roval, ahead of Christopher Bell and William Byron. Larson then took daughter Audrey for a ride around the track in his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after she retrieved the checkered flag for him."It's the first time in my playoff career I've not been close to the cut line so it was good to have a little bit of a ...Keep readingView the full article

Stewart-Haas Racing will be shutting down at the end of the year, and the entire four-car team is rallying around Chase Briscoe as he tries to do the impossible. No one expected the No. 14 Ford to make the playoffs, but a dramatic win in the final race of the regular season made it a reality. Few said he would advance beyond the first round, but again, he did while champions such as Martin Truex ...Keep readingView the full article

The four-inch curbing at Turn 16 is no more, just hours before the start of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series elimination race at Charlotte. The corner apex, which was extended before the race weekend, created a narrower final corner.Commonly called 'turtles' or 'sausage kerbs' elsewhere in the world, drivers were aggressively running over the top of the curbs during practice in qualifying, and later ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen's weekend at Charlotte started off promising, winning pole position for both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity races at the Charlotte Roval.He led early in the Xfinity race, but missed out on winning the first stage when Kaulig Racing teammate AJ Allmendinger passed him. The New Zealander still crossed the line in second and ended up scoring 13 out of a possible 20 points across both ...Keep readingView the full article

Parker Kligerman took the lead from Shane van Gisbergen and held off Sam Mayer in a thrilling battle to seemingly escape playoff elimination and win for the first time in his NASCAR Xfinity career -- then, everything changed.The No. 42 of Leland Honeyman was buried beneath a tire barrier with two laps to go, but for some reason, NASCAR waited to throw the caution as they assessed the situation. In ...Keep readingView the full article

Sam Mayer, who was put in this position after being disqualified at Talladega, won in overtime at Charlotte to salvage his 2024 title hopes. The driver of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet is now a back-to-back winner at the Charlotte Roval in NASCAR Xfinity competition.However, it was not without some controversy. Parker Kligerman was in control of the race and as he took the white flag, the ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen is missing out on the Bathurst 1000 this weekend for the first time since 2006, but he's making the most of it as he dominates the NASCAR time sheets in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is his first pole position in just 12 career starts at the Cup level. Tyler Reddick, who spun in practice, had a much tidier qualifying session, setting the early benchmark in the final round at ...Keep readingView the full article

The Round of 12 opened with another spoiler as Ross Chastain took the checkered flag at Kansas. The field then raced into Talladega where yet another non-playoff driver stole all the glory with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. winning the race. This means no one got to automatically advance into the Round of 8 via a win this round, but that doesn't mean no one is locked in.Locked in or feeling goodWilliam ...Keep readingView the full article

Two teams — Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports — are suing NASCAR alleging a violation of antitrust laws. Here is the latest news and everything to know about the saga. View the full article

This weekend, the heat is on for Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric, and Chase Briscoe who enter below the cut line, with Chase Elliott on the playoff bubble as NASCAR returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for yet another Round of 12 elimination race on its infield road course. And if the playoff heat isn't enough of a challenge, the series added another challenge for drivers — a slightly ...Keep readingView the full article

As expected after last week's lawsuit filing, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have filed a preliminary injunction, seeking to keep their charters for the 2025 season while the lawsuit is ongoing. If their request is not granted, they will be forced to compete as "open" teams next year, losing out on significant revenue. They would also lose the ability to be locked into every race, notably ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the best mic'd up moments from the YellaWood 500 at Talladega in the latest episode of Radioactive. View the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a very capable superspeedway racer. His first-ever Cup win came at a drafting track, along with his second, and his third, and now his fourth. Two Cup wins at Talladega and two at Daytona since moving to the series full-time over a decade ago, including a dramatic victory in the 2023 Daytona 500.But Talladega almost ended very differently for Stenhouse, who crossed the ...Keep readingView the full article

What is going on with NASCAR's tow policy? We dive into the chaos surrounding a hot-button topic in the sport. View the full article

When over half the field crashed near the end of Talladega's 500-mile event, several cars were left stranded despite sustaining minimal damage. Stationary burnouts and arguments with track workers ensued as drivers were desperate to remain in the race. For the multiple playoff drivers involved, there was an added sense of urgency. Chase Briscoe was actually told to put his hand over the latch if ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick is joined by co-hosts Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith to discuss NASCAR's damaged vehicle policy following the biggest crash in Cup Series history at Talladega. View the full article

As the field battled for stage points, the Chevrolets of Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain moved to the outside of Ryan Blaney just seconds from the finish line. Bowman filled the hole in the middle as Blaney fell back, but when the bumpers connected in the always treacherous tri-oval, Blaney's car got sideways. The No. 12 Team Penske Ford bounced off the door of Shane van Gisbergen before shooting ...Keep readingView the full article