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Check out the best moments from Ben Rhodes' best moments from his championship press conference. View the full article

Are Hendrick teammates William Byron and Kyle Larson the ones to beat in Sunday's championship following their strong qualifying? View the full article

Denny Hamlin shared his thoughts on officiating in NASCAR after Corey Heim's wreck. View the full article

Ross Chastain spoke about Carson Hocevar's incident in Phoenix. View the full article

Only two of the four drivers eligible to win the 2023 season title advanced to the final round of qualifying Saturday, but Byron came away with top overall average speed at 132.597 mph to win the pole for Sunday’s season finale.Whoever finishes highest among Byron, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell and Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney will the ...Keep readingView the full article

Rhodes, 26, won his second Truck series title in three seasons Friday night at Phoenix Raceway in most uncharacteristic fashion – by basically surviving a wave of carnage that engulfed the four title contenders in a race that went into four overtimes.All four drivers – Rhodes, Corey Heim, Carson Hocevar and Grant Enfinger – were involved in on-track incidents at some point in the race and ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the full highlights from the Craftsman 150 from the Phoenix Raceway. Grant Enfinger, Ben Rhodes, Corey Heim and more battle it out in this Craftsman Truck Series Playoff race. View the full article

It was a difficult race for the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway as title contenders Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar wrecked each other and Grant Enfinger and Rhodes both suffered damage in separate incidents.Zane Smith went into the first of four overtimes as the leader but was eventually caught up in one of the three restart wrecks.On the final restart, Eckes got around leader Chase Purdy and ...Keep readingView the full article

“I think this week has been definitely different than everything leading up to this just because of the fact that there isn’t a next week,” Kevin Harvick said Friday.“There’s been a next week up until this week.”But next week, Harvick’s long, distinguished driving career will come to an end but his role in NASCAR will not.The next chapterIn addition to operating several other ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch posted the fastest average speed of 130.813 mph early in the 50-minute session Friday at Phoenix Raceway but ran eventually ran into an issue.Just over 32 minutes into the session, A.J. Allmendinger drifted up the track and into Busch in Turn 4 and the two made contact. Allmendinger spun around which brought out a caution. The damage did not appear extensive to either car. The session ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2023 season saw NASCAR’s return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its Garage 56 entry, its first-ever street race in the Cup series through the Grant Park area of Chicago and 50 percent more sellouts at Cup races than a year ago.Competition on the track – particularly the intermediate tracks – with the Next Gen car continues to get good marks, 10 of the 16 organizations which own the 36 ...Keep readingView the full article

While they hope there are gains in their new body, Michael McDowell said being within NASCAR’s parameters won’t mean a huge initial gain next year when Ford debuts its new body design. View the full article

Ryan Blaney's sister, Erin, is the girlfriend of William Byron. It makes for a fun dynamic as the two drivers compete for the Cup title on Sunday. View the full article

While his season hasn't been as flashy as other championship contenders, Christopher Bell has quietly put himself in position to grab the title. View the full article

After undergoing development during the off-season, Hyundai has made great strides with its i20N this season but is still behind the championship's pacesetting Toyota GR Yaris on both reliability and performance.With one round of the season remaining, Hyundai has scored 14 podiums, the same as it had amassed at this point last season, albeit with one less victory, and has been unable to halt ...Keep readingView the full article

He now has the opportunity to become just the 18th different driver in history to win multiple Cup Series titles. To get there he’ll have to beat Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, and his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate William Byron.Larson believes that “you can make a case for all of us on why each of us could or should be the champion, adding: “I mean ...Keep readingView the full article

While Byron has been a favorite to win the title most of the season and he and his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team have led the series with six wins.Byron’s playoff point advantage accumulated throughout the year helped him survive a subpar race last weekend at Martinsville that put him back on equal footing with his three fellow championship contenders this weekend at Phoenix Raceway.While ...Keep readingView the full article

William Byron doesn’t expect his girlfriend, Erin Blaney, to be wearing any team or driver gear — or some sort of split loyalty merch — for either him or her brother Ryan Blaney as they battle for the title Sunday. View the full article

Christopher Bell had only won on Bristol dirt this year until his Homestead win a couple of weeks ago. But he had quietly finished fourth in the regular season. What he said last week about his year and making a second consecutive Champ 4 appearance. View the full article

Allgaier's NASCAR journey parallels that of Grant Enfinger in Trucks in that both have spent the majority of their careers in one series where they have found success but never won a championship.Oddly enough, Enfinger once drove for an ARCA Menards Series team owned by Allgaier’s family.“There would be nothing cooler than the two of us celebrating winning a championship on the same ...Keep readingView the full article

Enfinger showed up late to NASCAR national series competition, debuting as a full-time driver in Trucks in 2017 at age 32. That was two years after he won an ARCA Menards Series title with GMS in 2015.In his seven-plus seasons in Trucks, Enfinger has been a consistent performer, but only twice has he won more than one race in a season. Both of those years – 2020 and this season – he has ...Keep readingView the full article

Fresh off his victory at Martinsville, Ryan Blaney heads to a Phoenix track where he has thrived in recent visits. View the full article

All three national divisions will be crowning a champion this weekend, so let's take a look at them all, starting with the Cup Series.Ryan Blaney's victory at Martinsville solidified his surprise playoff run and locked him into the Championship 4 alongside Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell.William Byron claimed the final transfer spot, 8pts over Denny Hamlin. Hamlin was eliminated along ...Keep readingView the full article

The WRC welcomed an all-new concept to the championship last weekend with the inaugural running of the Central European Rally, which saw rallying's top tier host an event in three countries for the first time.The Central European Rally concept, which will return in 2024, comprised 18 asphalt stages held in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. The event was well received by the championship and ...Keep readingView the full article

When Kevin Harvick makes his 826th Cup start Sunday at Phoenix, it will mark the end of a legendary career. View the full article