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On Lap 276 of 367 in Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, fire erupted first out of the right side of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford and then the left, which forced him to bring the car to a stop at the bottom of Turn 1. Harvick safely exited the vehicle which quickly became engulfed by smoke and fire. Harvick had not experienced any issues with his engine prior nor suffered any ...Keep readingView the full article

Audi became the first major manufacturer to embrace Dakar's new T1U regulations for electric and hybrid cars earlier this year when it entered a trio of RS Q e-trons for Stephane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz and Mattias Ekstrom. Despite the scale of challenge involved, Audi's maiden outing the Saudi Arabia-based rally-raid was largely a success, yielding four stage wins and a spot inside the ...Keep readingView the full article

Erik Jones on his conversation with Richard Petty after earning the 200th win for the No. 43 car and also whether the victory Sunday made up for not making the playoffs View the full article

In a race where many playoff drivers encountered misfortune, Logano did well to avoid trouble. He of course still had his moments, including door-to-door contact with Christopher Bell exiting Turn 2. But overall, it was a good day for the No. 22 Team Penske Ford. After starting from pole position, he led 64 laps en route to a fourth-place finish, collecting a handful of stage points as ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson explains what he felt when he had an engine issue early in the Darlington race. View the full article

Fast Thoughts with Bob Pockrass: The Next Gen car and NASCAR's playoff format are a recipe for frustration when suspected parts fail View the full article

Kyle Busch on coming so close but having an engine failure end his night 23 laps early. View the full article

Denny Hamlin explains his strategy over the final laps as he hoped to pass Erik Jones for the win View the full article

Alex Bowman sums up his 10th-place day at Darlington. View the full article

William Byron’s eighth-place finish at Darlington was just his second top-10 in 19 races since his win at Martinsville. He’s second in the Cup standings. View the full article

William Byron and Alex Bowman came out strong in the playoff opener, while Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson had races to forget, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

Harvick spent the first part of Sunday’s race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway recovering from a bad first pit stop but eventually made his way into the top-10 in Stage 3. But on Lap 276, fire erupted out of both sides of the underside of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford which forced Harvick to bring it to a stop at the bottom of Turn 1. Harvick safely exited the vehicle which quickly became engulfed by ...Keep readingView the full article

Petty GMS Motorsports driver Jones, who had run in in the top 10 for most of the 367-lap race, inherited the lead with 22 laps remaining when the engine blew on Kyle Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota under caution. Jones then led the way on the restart on lap 348 and spent the final 20 laps holding off a fierce challenge from Busch's team-mate Hamlin, winning by 0.252 seconds at the flag. The ...Keep readingView the full article

Erik Jones outlasted some of the playoff favorites to claim his first victory of the season on Sunday at Darlington Raceway, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

Hamlin was the last of the leaders to make his final green-flag pit stop – a strategy many called into question – but he got a break when a late caution for Cody Ware bunched the field up one final time. During the caution, Kyle Busch – who had exited pit road with the lead – suddenly suffered an engine failure and fell out of the race. That turned the lead over to Jones with Tyler ...Keep readingView the full article

Jones, who had run in in the top-10 most of the race, inherited the lead on Lap 345 of 367 when Kyle Busch – who exited pit road with the lead – suddenly saw the engine blow in his No. 18 Toyota while the race was still under caution. Jones then led the way on the restart on Lap 348 and spent the final 20 laps holding off a fierce challenge from Denny Hamlin, finally clearing him by 0.252 ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Elliott's day ends early after colliding with turn 1 wall at Darlington Raceway for the 2022 Southern 500. View the full article

Kyle Busch's engines blows up with 25 laps to go while leading the 2022 Southern 500. View the full article

Erik Jones holds off late charge from Denny Hamlin to win the 2022 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. View the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs kicked off Sunday with the Cook Out Southern 500 in Darlington. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Elliott entered the postseason as the championship leader in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, and he's going to need all 40 of those bonus points now. The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion will finish 36th (last place) at Darlington. In the final moments of the first stage, he lost control and spun. The spin collected fellow playoff driver Chase Briscoe, damaging both cars. While ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson, a good friend of Denny Hamlin, said (when asked about Hamlin) that he wasn’t sure how much time Hamlin would dedicate to his ownership role at 23XI Racing. He’s sure now. View the full article

Denny Hamlin, still seeking his first championship, said the JGR No. 11 team will win or lose as a team, as it has in past playoffs. He also said he didn’t think the uncertainty on Kyle Busch’s future would impact JGR performance in the playoffs. View the full article

Ogier will once again pilot the third factory Toyota GR Yaris, which he has been sharing with Esapekka Lappi, for New Zealand's return to the WRC for the first time since 2012. The Frenchman had previously told Motorsport.com that New Zealand was on his wish list of events to contest this season in his partial WRC campaign this year. Event organisers have confirmed this morning that Ogier ...Keep readingView the full article

As the laps wound down in Saturday’s race, Sheldon Creed held tight to the lead in looking for his first win of the 2022 season and a trip to the playoffs. Kyle Larson briefly got around Gragson for second and raced side-by-side with Creed for the lead in the closing laps. The two made contact which sent Creed into the wall. Gragson caught them both on the white flag lap and moved back to ...Keep readingView the full article