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During a break at the Martinsville test last week, Kyle Larson gives his views of who are the favorites heading into the playoffs View the full article

Last year, Larson entered the playoffs as the regular season champion and No. 1 seed behind the strength of five wins and 52 playoffs points. He went on to advance to the championship race, where he held off Martin Truex Jr. to claim his first series title. The road to a repeat for Larson will be harder this season as the 2022 playoffs kick off on Sunday night at Darlington (S.C.) ...Keep readingView the full article

To say RCR has run the gambit on good and bad news this year has been an understatement. To start, Tyler Reddick confirmed that RCR had picked up his option year on his contract (for 2023) and followed that up with his first career win July 3 at Road America. But just nine days later, Reddick stunned the sport – and presumably RCR – with an announcement that he had agreed to a deal to ...Keep readingView the full article

With 22 laps remaining in Sunday's regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, a massive pile-up at the first corner triggered by falling rain led to most of the lead-lap cars being wiped out. The race was red-flagged after this as the rain intensified at the time. Austin Dillon came through the chaos at the 20-car pile-up and went on to take victory when the race was restarted ...Keep readingView the full article

After being one of only a handful to avoid the massive wreck on Lap 138 of 160 before the subsequent 3½-hour rain delay, Cindric lined up second behind Austin Dillon when the final 16 laps got underway. With a shove from Martin Truex Jr., Cindric quickly moved into the lead on the restart but Dillon remained close behind. Soon after, Cindric’s No. 2 Ford found itself with an army of ...Keep readingView the full article

When the race – which was originally postponed from Saturday night – got halted again on Sunday after 139 of 160 laps, Blaney was multiple laps down and would have been the first out of the playoffs. The weather situation appeared dire and it looked like that’s the way the race would end. But after waiting nearly 3½ hours, the skies finally cleared, the track was dried and the race ...Keep readingView the full article

In a wild final stage, in which two multi-car crashes had already propagated, the final big incident resulting after rain had started to fall put Dillon into the lead. As the field entered Turn 1 on 138th lap, rain – which had already been threatening for several laps – began to fall hard and started to bite. Several cars immediately began spinning on the track. Dillon, who was running ...Keep readingView the full article

After a 3-hour, 20-minute rain delay, Dillon – whose only hope to make the playoffs was to win the regular season finale – restarted in the lead on Lap 145 but quickly lost it to Cindric. With three laps remaining, Dillon got into the back of Cindric entering Turn 1 and got him loose, which allowed Dillon to reclaim the lead and he held off his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Tyler ...Keep readingView the full article

We now know which 16 drivers are locked into the postseason after a wild, rain-affected, wreck-marred regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway. 14 drivers were locked in prior to the race, but both Ryan Blaney and Martim Truex Jr. were in a position of uncertainty. A new winner mould mean that one of them would be eliminated, and with 25 points between the two drivers, they had ...Keep readingView the full article

With 22 laps to go, the pack charged off into Turn 1 with Daniel Suarez and Denny Hamlin vying for the race lead. Moments later, they and several other drivers lost traction and crashed in a massive incident that collected most of the lead lap cars. The roughly 20-car wreck was a track blocker, and few drivers escaped unscathed. The first among them was Austin Dillon, who now leads. The race ...Keep readingView the full article

The green flag for Saturday night's race was originally scheduled for 7:46 p.m. ET. It has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Sunday. It will be broadcasted live on CNBC. Due to qualifying being rained out on Friday, the starting lineup was set by the rule book. That put Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott on the front row, just one week after their run-in ...Keep readingView the full article

After a three-hour rain delay and entering the third overtime, it appeared Austin Hill and A.J. Allmendinger were going to battle it out for the win in Friday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race. But before the final restart, Allmendinger struggled with fuel pressure issues and Austin Hill failed to go on the restart because of an electrical problem. Clements got by Allmendinger for the ...Keep readingView the full article

Motorsport.com first reported on Aug. 19 that Almirola had decided to put off retirement from the NASCAR Cup Series and that he and Smithfield would return to SHR for the 2023 season. Read Also: Aric Almirola puts NASCAR retirement on hold, will return for 2023 In addition, SHR announced on Friday at Daytona International Speedway that both driver and sponsor would return with ...Keep readingView the full article

Craftsman, the original title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series, will return in 2023. Stanley Black & Decker, the world's largest tool company, has agreed to a title sponsorship deal with the third tier of NASCAR's three national divisions. It will be branded as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, which was the original name of the division from its inception in 1995 through ...Keep readingView the full article

The starting lineup will be set by the rule book. That puts Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott on the front row, just one week after their run-in while battling for the win at Watkins Glen International. Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Kevin Harvick, Chris Buescher, Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman will round out the top-ten. Daytona ...Keep readingView the full article

Suarez, 30, joined the team in its infancy at the beginning of the 2021 season. This contract extension is an important milestone for the former NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, who finally finds a bit of stability in his Cup career. Before this news, he had never spent more than two seasons with the same Cup team. After initially stepping up to Cup in 2017 with Joe Gibbs Racing, he joined ...Keep readingView the full article

Ives, who turns 43 in September, has been a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief since 2015. Between his time atop the pit box for Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, and Alex Bowman, he has lead his team to 10 Cup wins. Prior to that, he won the 2014 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship with Chase Elliott. Bowman is locked into the 2022 playoffs, courtesy of his victory at Las Vegas in March. Much of ...Keep readingView the full article

Earlier this month, Petty GMS Racing announced it had signed Gragson to a multi-year deal to drive is No. 42 Chevrolet in the Cup Series beginning next season. Petty GMS officials said one of the benefits of adding Gragson – aside from his obvious talent on the track – was the fact he will join them with experience in the Next Gen car. Read Also: Noah Gragson to step up to NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

The 20-year-old is set to sit out next month’s Acropolis Rally in Greece in favour of Dani Sordo as part of the team’s split driver roster for its third I20 N entry. However, the South Korean marque has today confirmed that Solberg will return to the wheel of the i20 N for the following gravel event in New Zealand (29 September - 2 October). New Zealand is set to return to the WRC this ...Keep readingView the full article

One race remains, and the playoff picture is changing before the green flag even flies at Daytona. Kurt Busch has withdrawn his playoff waiver, and will not be part of the playoffs. The No. 45 remains locked in on the owner side, but Busch, who is still recovering from a July concussion, is now out. Ty Gibbs will continue to fill-in for Busch in the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota. This news ...Keep readingView the full article

Smith, who clinched the 2022 regular season title in the Truck Series, will return to another fulltime season in the No. 38 Ford next year, the organization announced on Thursday. In addition, Smith, 23, will make his Daytona 500 debut with FRM as part of a plan that will include other Cup Series starts for the organization in 2023 as well as possible Xfinity Series races with another ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch and 23XI Racing announced on Thursday that Busch will not be able to return to the #45 Toyota in time for the start of the playoffs next weekend at Darlington and had therefore withdrawn his medical waiver to participate. While Busch will no longer be eligible for the driver’s championship, the #45 team will continue to compete for the owner’s championship. Busch’s withdraw means ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch and 23XI Racing announced on Thursday that Busch will not be able to return to the No. 45 Toyota in time for the start of the playoffs next weekend at Darlington, S.C., and had therefore withdrawn his medical waiver to participate. While Busch will no longer be eligible for the driver’s championship, the No. 45 team will continue to compete for the owner’s championship. Busch’s ...Keep readingView the full article

The Japanese marque has invested heavily in hydrogen power as an alternative fuel for motorsport, having recently entered a hydrogen- powered GR Corolla into the Fuji 24 Hours in June, which was driven by Toyota CEO and president Akio Toyoda and Toyota’s WRC boss Jari-Matti Latvala. Last weekend Toyota used the hydrogen powertrain it has developed in an upgraded GR Yaris, which took on a ...Keep readingView the full article