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Truex passed Kevin Harvick with 20 of 267 laps remaining and went on to cruise to victory in Sunday night’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, taking the first win in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Truex had won four times this season but his most recent victory came in June at Sonoma, Calif., and had not finished better than 13th in the last three races. The win is the ...Keep reading View the full article

Logano got held up by a lapped car with two of 80 laps left in the stage which allowed Truex to slip by for the lead. Until then, Logano had dominated the stage. Kyle Larson finished third, Kevin Harvick was fourth and Chase Elliott completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman. Following the break between Stages ...Keep reading View the full article

Stefanik was piloting a single-engine, single-seater Aero Ultra-Light aircraft. According to a report from NBC Connecticut, he had taken off from RICONN Airport along the Rhode Island border and crashed into a wooded area near the airport. NASCAR confirmed Stefanik's passing to Motorsport.com. He was 61 years old. In his career, Stefanik won 74 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races in 453 ...Keep reading View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. has won the opening race of NASCAR's playoffs to earn an automatic berth into the second round View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. has won the second stage of NASCAR's playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway View the full article

Reigning series champion Joey Logano has won the first stage of Sunday's opening round of NASCAR's playoffs View the full article

Logano started 22nd but quickly made his way through the field and took the lead for the first time on Lap 33. He expanded his lead after a round of green-flag pit stops. Aric Almirola finished third, Daniel Suarez was fourth and Austin Dillon completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Kurt Busch, William Byron, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson and Erik Jones. Clint Bowyer started ...Keep reading View the full article

Truex races into 2nd round with win in opening playoff race View the full article

NASCAR's playoffs begin at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Clint Bowyer leading all four Fords from Stewart-Haas Racing to the green flag View the full article

Hansen placed 15th overall after the opening day at the Bikernieki circuit in Riga, following retirement from Q2 after turn one contact with European Champion Robin Larsson. As bone dry conditions turned to full wet on Sunday morning for the remaining two qualifiers, Hansen was set the best time in Q3 and Q4 to climb to second in the Intermediate Classification, behind points lead Andreas ...Keep reading View the full article

Ogier took the rally lead from Citroen teammate Esapekka Lappi at the end of Saturday's running and continued to pull out time over the Finn across Sunday’s four stages, finally taking victory by 34.7 seconds. The reigning champion could only managed third on the rally-closing Power Stage however, while title rival Ott Tanak swept up the maximum five points, which leaves Ogier still trailing ...Keep reading View the full article

Reddick – with Christopher Bell closing fast – stretched his fuel 70 laps and held on for the win in Saturday’s Rhino Pro 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, clinching the 2019 Xfinity Series regular season championship in Victory Lane. The win is the fifth of the season for Reddick, the reigning series champion. “It was nerve-wracking to say the least the last few laps I started ...Keep reading View the full article

Position Driver Team Manufacturer Wins Points 1 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6 2,055 2 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 2,044 3 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 2,044 4 Austin Cindric Team ...Keep readingView the full article

Tyler Reddick stretched his final tank of fuel Saturday to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor and wrap up the regular-season championship View the full article

Clint Bowyer, behind an average lap speed of 178.926 mph, topped his three SHR teammates to win the pole for Sunday’s South Point 400, his first pole since the 2007 season. The pole is just the third of Bowyer’s career, which spans 14 fulltime seasons in the Cup Series. “I get to sign my name on some sheet that I don’t think I’ve ever signed before and I’m going to go brag for a ...Keep reading View the full article

Clint Bowyer has won just the third pole of his Cup career in time to open NASCAR's playoffs View the full article

A media session Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that was mostly spent glowingly rehashing his popular third-place finish last week at Indianapolis ended up morphing into a discussion about how some veteran drivers dislike being “raced hard.” He began by recounting an incident with Ryan Newman at Darlington two weeks ago during which Newman directed an obscene gesture toward him at one ...Keep reading View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article

The GCK driver beat points leader Andreas Bakkerud to race victory in the first session of the weekend and in the overall times. Championship contender Kevin Hansen set the third best time having started from an outside grid slot and taken he lead of his race at the first corner, while a similarly good launch propelled Bakkerud’s RX Catel teammate Liam Doran into the lead of his race in ...Keep reading View the full article

Ogier’s afternoon got off to the perfect start as he won the Yesibelde stage for a second time, having won the same stage in the morning, and closed the gap to Lappi down to 2.2s. The 2018 WRC champion was fourth-fastest on the following test, Datca, gaining 6.9s on his teammate and taking the lead as Lappi made a small mistake towards the end of the stage. Lappi fought back brilliantly to ...Keep reading View the full article

Ogier started the day 17.7s behind Lappi, but managed to close the gap to just 2.2s after the second stage of the loop, Datca, having won the day's opener, Yesilbelde. But Lappi fought back to win the final stage of the morning, Kizlan, to extend his lead back to 10 seconds. Thierry Neuville had started the day as the nearest challenger to the Citroen pair, but he lost ground when he rolled ...Keep reading View the full article

Tanak completed SS8 Yesibelde - the first stage of the morning - fifth-fastest despite being the fourth car on the road, and had moved up to seventh in the overall rally standings after championship rival Thierry Neuville's dramas. But the Toyota driver was unable to make it to the start of SS9, with his Yaris breaking down with an electrical problem while he was en route to the start of the ...Keep reading View the full article

Hill passed Ross Chastain with 11 of 134 laps remaining and held on for the win in Friday night’s Westgate 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his second win in the last four races. The win is the third this season for Hill and third of his career. His first came in the season opener at Daytona. “This win means the world to me,” Hill said. “We were going to stay out that last caution ...Keep reading View the full article

Busch’s average lap speed of 177.276 mph topped the Team Penske duo of Joey Logano (176.783 mph) and Brad Keselowski (176.321 mph). In 19 career starts at his hometown track, Busch has never won but has two top-five and five top-10 finishes and has won two poles. “When we raced here in March, the high groove in (Turns) 3 and 4 was the first ever time that I’ve seen the Cup guys up ...Keep reading View the full article

Mission accomplished, and not only that, but Hamlin’s four wins through the first 26 races is the most wins he’s had in a season since 2012. Under the current playoff system, Hamlin’s wins also give him a base of playoff points that will help carry him to the Homestead finale. But first things first. “We are certainly in a better position now than we have ever been as far as ...Keep reading View the full article