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Byron was the first lead-lap car to make a green flag pitstop – uncharacteristic on the short track – in the middle of the final stage and when the cycle of stops was completed, he emerged as the leader for the first time in the race.Byron soon built a big advantage and appeared set for an uneventful victory, until John Hunter Nemechek lost his right-front tyre and slammed into the Turns 3 ...Keep readingView the full article

William Byron maneuvered his way through a late caution to maintain his lead all the way to victory, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Hendrick Motorsports. View the full article

Elliott ran strong throughout Sunday’s race and a late-race wreck sent up an overtime restart that put Elliott alongside Hendrick Motorsports teammate and leader William Byron on the front row.When the race resumed. Elliott got near Byron and gave his No. 24 Chevrolet a shot from behind, but Byron remained unfazed and cleared for the lead off Turn 2. He then held off a late challenge by fellow ...Keep readingView the full article

Hendrick was originally scheduled to serve as the honorary pace car driver for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race, which was also the 40th anniversary of HMS’ first Cup win by Geoffrey Bodine.Hendrick, however, missed the race as he is recovering from recent knee replacement surgery.Shortly after William Byron held off his HMS teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott to win the race in overtime ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch spoke with Bob Pockrass about being 13th in the standings and his recent crew chief change. View the full article

Check out the best highlights from the NASCAR Cook Out 400. View the full article

Byron was the first lead lap car to make a green flag pit stop – uncharacteristic on the short track – in the middle of the final stage and when the cycle of stops was completed, he emerged as the leader for the first time in the race.Byron soon built a big lead and appeared headed to uneventful victory when a wreck with two of the scheduled 500 laps to go brought out a caution and sent the ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the final laps of the NASCAR Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA. View the full article

Kyle Busch talked about being 13th in the NASCAR Cup Series standings and the importance of the Austin Dillon team improving after their crew chief was changed to Justin Alexander. View the full article

The 2024 NASCAR season takes on Martinsville Speedway in Virginia for the Cook Out 400 on Sunday. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Check out the highlights from the Dude Wipes 250 from Martinsville Speedway! View the full article

Sam Mayer led on the restart to overtime, but Sheldon Creed dived inside of Mayer to make the field three-wide as he tried to get him and Almirola. Instead, Creed nearly caused himself and Mayer to spin out.That allowed Almirola to pull away to the lead and his victory was secured when NASCAR was forced to throw a caution on the final lap for a multi-car wreck.Almirola also collected the ...Keep readingView the full article

Martin Truex Jr. spoke on the restart zone and how it affected the race in Richmond, Virigina. View the full article

NASCAR implemented some new aero rules for short tracks for the second consecutive season, which focuses on a simpler diffuser and a 3-inch spoiler.In the two races in which it’s been used so far – Phoenix and Richmond – there has been no visible improvement in the racing in general and especially for Busch and his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing team.“I didn’t think we could make it ...Keep readingView the full article

"I don't think the result changes." – Denny Hamlin discussed the controversial restart rule with Bob Pockrass after winning the Toyota Owners 400. View the full article

What Denny Hamlin said Saturday about the spat he had with track owner Marcus Smith yesterday. Hamlin said the disagreement shouldn’t have gotten personal. View the full article

Denny Hamlin’s thoughts on whether NASCAR should put a timing line at the start of the restart zone to judge restarts. And what he said about a driver who would be angry if they get called for it this weekend. View the full article

Larson, the last of 10 cars in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying, just nipped Bubba Wallace on his second lap to grab the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race.It was 40 years ago at the spring Martinsville race that Geoffrey Bodine won the first Cup race for team owner Rick Hendrick, which kept his fledgling organization in business and evoled into one of NASCAR’s most successful ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin Dillon answers questions about the crew chief change, the return of Justin Alexander atop his pit box and what has been the core of his struggles this year. View the full article

Justin Alexander is beginning his third stint as crew chief for Austin Dillon (2017-18, 2020-22). What he said about taking over the No. 3 team with Dillon 28th in the standings. View the full article

The top three average speeds in Saturday’s practice came from the first 20-minute session with LaJoie leading the way at 94.585 mph.In 12 career starts at the 0.526-mile short track, LaJoie has never started better than 14th or finished better than 18th (twice).Bubba Wallace was second overall (94.382 mph) and Ryan Preece was third (94.265 mph).Chase Elliott was fastest in the second session ...Keep readingView the full article

Multiple sources have confirmed to Motorsport.com that Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport have collectively written a letter to the FIA expressing a need for the current Rally1 technical rules to see out the original window from 2022 to the end of 2026.In February, the FIA’s working group revealed its vision for the future of top-level rallying, including a raft of proposals incorporating changes to ...Keep readingView the full article

Even though Waters got knocked out of the race after 176 of 200 laps, that didn’t negatively affect his experience.“I had so much fun tonight and all day today. It is totally different racing from what I usually do, and I just wanted to learn,” he said. “I learned so much.“There at the end, I just had nowhere to go and knocked the radiator out of it. It is a shame, but I was having fun ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the best highlights from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Long John Silver’s 200. View the full article

Eckes led the first 100 of the 200-lap race – including collecting both Stage wins – but the one-stop pit strategy his team employed left him 19th when the final stage got under way.With 75 laps to go, Eckes had raced his way back into the top 10 but then a string of cautions for multi-truck wrecks gave him several restarts to gain track position.He finally caught leader Ty Majeski with 27 ...Keep readingView the full article