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Heading into Daytona, the points battle around the few remaining spots in the playoffs is incredibly close. Martin Truex Jr. enters the weekend in the safest position, 77 points ahead of the cut-line. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs is in an okay spot unless misfortune befalls him at 39 points up. But the battle between Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain and Bubba Wallace is far from over ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team have been hit with a pricy penalty after Toyota tore down an engine before it could be inspected by NASCAR following Hamlin's victory at Bristol Motor Speedway way back in March. NASCAR explained the L2-level penalty was issued for failing to meet NASCAR's engine seal requirements with the following statement, noting that Toyota reported the ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR sent a clear message last week to drivers that there are impressive consequences for your actions, especially for Austin Dillon who was stripped of his playoff eligibility after plowing through the cars of Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin to win the Cup race at Richmond. But Dillon and the Richard Childress Racing team immediately moved to appeal the decision where a three-person panel only ...Keep readingView the full article

"I'll relive that restart, what lane to choose overnight, for sure," said William Byron following his runner-up finish at Michigan International Raceway on Monday. "It seems like, always as the leader, you want to take the top. I've gotten beat twice here by the bottom. I had the lead on the bottom barely over him [Reddick], but he had a better car than us. He was a little bit faster."Byron won ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson lost out on not only a potential win at Michigan, but his points lead in the championship after a mid-race spin took the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet out of contention. A trio of sudden tire failures forced a caution flag late in the second stage, where a handful of drivers chose to stay out in an effort to grab some stage points. Larson was among the majority who chose to pit ...Keep readingView the full article

Tyler Reddick hung on to take victory at Michigan International Speedway after a late-race incident set up a sprint to the finish.It was Reddick's second win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup season having won at Talladega, using a push from fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs to snatch the lead away from William Byron.Reddick was cruising to victory a few laps before an incident for Martin Truex Jr. turned the ...Keep readingView the full article

It was Reddick's second win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup season, using a push from fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs to snatch the lead away from William Byron. He also won earlier this year at Talladega Superspeedway.Reddick was cruising to victory a few laps before the caution, but an incident by Martin Truex Jr. turned the race into a shootout. On the ensuing restart, Alex Bowman hit the backstretch ...Keep readingView the full article

Corey LaJoie was battling with Noah Gragson for position just inside the top-20 when it all went wrong during the final stage of Monday's NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway. He made contact with the left-rear of Gragson's car and spun to the inside apron, where in a shocking and unexpected outcome, the car immediately went airborne in a blowover crash. The car slid upside down ...Keep readingView the full article

A thrilling battle for the lead offered plenty to talk about, despite rain putting a damper on things about a quarter of the way through Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Kyle Larson snatched the lead away from Denny Hamlin on the initial start, but pole-sitter Hamlin never let him get too far ahead. As the laps ticked away, Hamlin finally got up alongside Larson on lap ...Keep readingView the full article

Rain has been throwing a wrench into NASCAR's plans at Michigan all weekend long, and Sunday was no different.After a two-hour delay, the race finally got underway with Denny Hamlin leading the field. Kyle Larson quickly charged to the point, leading most of the stage. After several laps of trying to get alongside, he finally got under the Hendrick Motorsports driver with 11 laps to go in the ...Keep readingView the full article

With Austin Dillon losing his playoff spot in the fallout from the Richmond finish, Chris Buescher and Ross Chastain enter this weekend equal on points at 584. Buescher is the defending winner at Michigan, while Chastain was the fastest driver in practice on Saturday.Although neither has reached Victory Lane in 2024, both drivers had brushes with the checkered flag this season. Chastain spun ...Keep readingView the full article

With nearly 300 starts, and having been a full-time Cup driver since 2017, it would be difficult to find a moment where Jones intentionally drove 'dirty' against his fellow competitors. Sitting 27th in points, he finds himself in a must-win situation, just like Richmond winner Austin Dillon. But if he were faced with a similar situation at the end of one of the next three races, would he ...Keep readingView the full article

Built in 1937, the appropriately nicknamed 'Madhouse' was the site of points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races from 1958 to 1971. 54 years later, it will serve as the unofficial kick-off to the 2025 season. The event will take place on February 2 and be broadcasted by FOX Sports.“Bowman Gray Stadium has a storied history in motorsports, so we look forward to bringing the Cup Series back to this ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race ended in a two-lap overtime finish. Justin Allgaier jumped ahead, but the Joe Gibbs Racing duo of Sheldon Creed and John-Hunter Nemechek were in hot pursuit. Racing down the backstretch on the final lap, Carson Kvapil was hooked into the outside wall mid-pack. Sieg and Chandler Smith spun to the inside, skidding across the apron.In a blow-over crash more ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR fans are relatively acquainted with AJ Allmendinger, who has been a major part of the series since 2007, but his path to racing stock cars was never really a straight line, nor was it originally aimed at this particular series at all. What could be considered a series of course-correcting events, most interesting and eventually considered fortunate across his career, would eventually land ...Keep readingView the full article

While on air with NBC Sports during a rain delay at Michigan International Speedway, Richmond winner Austin Dillon was careful when asked about the ongoing appeal process. However, he had plenty to say regarding Joey Logano, who was central to the dramatic and ugly finish last weekend.He was the leading driver in Turn 3 when Dillon intentionally overdrove the corner entry, spinning Logano out ...Keep readingView the full article

In a series born via the exploits of bootleggers and outlaws, NASCAR's history is unsurprisingly steeped in decades of contact and drivers pushing the limits of what may be deemed acceptable. There's almost an expectation to see occasional bump and runs, or a driver full-throttle against the wall to escape playoff elimination. But bumpin' or rubbin' or wreckin' is not always racing, and NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

Kurt Busch was arrested for speeding and drink driving on Monday night in North Carolina.The 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion was initially pulled over for speeding, having been reportedly travelling at 63mph in a 45mph zone on Monday night.Busch was later arrested and charged with drink driving, careless driving, and reckless driving by the Iredell County Sheriff's Office.Busch's blood-alcohol ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR has announced that Austin Dillon's controversial Richmond win stands, but his automatic playoff berth has been revoked for taking out both Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin on his way to victory.Logano passed Dillon for the lead to start the two-lap overtime and looked like he would hang on for the win when Dillon drove deep into Turn 3 on the final lap and knocked Logano into the outside ...Keep readingView the full article

Under-fire NASCAR Cup race winner Austin Dillon insists that his spotter’s “wreck him” call before he collided with Denny Hamlin at Richmond on Sunday night “didn’t change” what then happened.Dillon qualified for the playoffs with his victory but is awaiting NASCAR’s penalty report from the weekend to see if it chooses to penalise him for wrecking both Hamlin and Joey Logano at the ...Keep readingView the full article