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The final three qualifiers have been named to join the previous six qualifiers in Miami for this weekend’s NASCAR Heat Champions Road to Miami finale. The nine weekly qualifiers will join three more qualifiers to be determined on Saturday during final qualifications at Homestead-Miami Speedway and will complete the field of 12 that will be compete in the finals to be held Sunday at 10:30 a.m ... Keep reading View the full article

Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver Denny Hamlin took pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series title decider at Homestead, with Kyle Busch the highest-placed of the four title contenders in second View the full article

Hamlin surprised this year’s NASCAR Cup Series championship contenders by topping the group in the final round of Friday’s qualifying session. His average lap speed of 173.863 mph was good enough to top his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, to earn the pole for Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The pole is Hamlin’s fourth of the season and 30th of his career. Hamlin ... Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch will lead NASCAR's title contenders at the start of Sunday's championship finale View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series Highlights: Denny Hamlin steals the pole from the Championship 4 for the final race of the 2018 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. View the full article

Latvala and Tanak – who topped three stages in the four-stage loop – jumped erstwhile leader Mads Ostberg in his Citroen on the penultimate stage of the loop – SS11 Ulunga. Ostberg struggled on his tyre choice of two mediums and three hards compared to Latvala and Tanak’s two hards and three mediums. Toyota could employ team orders to swap Latvala and Tanak – who are separated by ... Keep reading View the full article

Enfinger topped the final round of Friday’s knockout qualifying with an average lap speed of 169.348 mph to claim the pole for the Ford 200 season finale. The pole is Enfinger’s second of the season and third of his career. Enfinger qualified for the Truck playoffs but was eliminated from title contention in an earlier round. Stewart Friesen ended up second followed by the four drivers ... Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin tweets he'll have a new crew chief in 2019; Joe Gibbs Racing hasn't named a replacement View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. is trying to win his second straight NASCAR championship and send Furniture Row Racing out a winner View the full article

The Blue Oval has won 18 of the 35 points races run this year with Stewart-Haas Racing holding the majority at 12. But the other six belong to Team Penske. Additionally, both organizations have gotten all of their drivers to Victory Lane this season. Walt Czarnecki, executive vice president of Penske Corp. and vice chairman of Team Penske, believes that the addition of SHR made the entire Ford ... Keep reading View the full article

Truex was the first to go out in Friday’s lone practice session and quickly posted what would turn out to be the fastest average lap of the session (173.997 mph). The No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team only completed five laps in the 1 hour, 20-minute session. Fellow title contender Kyle Busch (173.299 mph) was second and Clint Bowyer third (172.977 mph). Chase Elliott and title contender ... Keep reading View the full article

Chad Knaus tells Daryl Motte that he can't single out any one favorite memory from his time with Jimmie Johnson, but that he's fortunate to have been a part of a lot of people's lives on the No. 48 team . View the full article

Regan Smith tells Daryl Motte why Furniture Row Racing shutting down might be the biggest story in NASCAR over the last five years. View the full article

After 26 regular season and nine playoff races, four drivers remain to fight for the title in the Homestead-Miami Speedway finale. The Championship Four drivers are the best of the best, winning 22 of 35 races run this season with three former series champions among them. Take a look at how each driver stacks up ahead of the 400-mile finale to crown the 2018 MENCS champion. Kevin ... Keep reading View the full article

There’s a simple reason for that. He’s never been in this position before. Gragson, does however, plan to make the most of his opportunity, which will also mark his final start with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Gragson is moving up to the Xfinity Series next season and will compete with JR Motorsports. First, though, is the unfinished business of a Truck series championship. “I talked to ... Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch says non-contenders for the NASCAR Cup title should give the 'Final Four' who can win the crown "that extra quarter-inch" of racing room this weekend View the full article

The Hyundai driver came across a tractor mid-way through his first pass on the Sherwood stage on Friday morning, the near-miss ultimately leading to a rollover that took him out of the rally. Rally Australia organisers have since confirmed that the tractor was driven onto the stage "without authority" to move some hay bales. Reflecting on the encounter, the Norwegian reckons there's little ... Keep reading View the full article

The leading Australian Rally Championship contenders crashed their factory-backed Subaru on the first pass through the Coldwater stage this morning, the car hitting a hay bale guarding a tree and then catching fire. After being treated by medical crews on the scene Taylor and Read were cleared of any major injuries, however the car has been withdrawn from the event. "Following an incident ... Keep reading View the full article

Citroen driver Ostberg continued to benefit from running last in the order, emerging from the repeat of this morning's stages with a 6.2s lead over Jari-Matti Latvala and Craig Breen, who topped the final forest stage of the day. Thierry Neuville, meanwhile, has a lot of work to do to get his title bid back on track, the Hyundai driver set to sweep the road tomorrow after ending the loop well ... Keep reading View the full article

The Norwegian’s i20 Coupe WRC slid into a ditch on a fast right-hander shortly after passing a tractor which was being driven down the road in the Sherwood test. The tractor had been working on a chicane, pushing a straw bale back into place after Jari-Matti Latvala’s Toyota collided with the third-stage obstacle, moving the bale out of position. Penasse told Motorsport.com: “They ... Keep reading View the full article

Ostberg was forced to sit out of the previous round in Spain to make way for rally winner Sebastien Loeb as he made his final of three appearances for Citroen. But C3 WRC driver Ostberg benefitted from a low running order, which defined the legs, to take a 5.4-second advantage over Esapekka Lappi from the first three stages of the season finale. Points leader Ogier was first onto the gravel ... Keep reading View the full article

Kevin Harvick speaks to NASCAR Race Hub before the 2018 Monster Energy Cup Series title race. View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. speaks to NASCAR Race Hub before the 2018 Monster Energy Cup Series title race. View the full article

Patrick who retired from racing this year after competing in the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500, has been interviewed for this weekend’s In Depth with Graham Bensinger show, and several clips were posted on YouTube this morning. Among the many racing topics covered, Patrick said she much preferred the atmosphere in the NASCAR paddock to that found in IndyCar. She said of the open-wheel ... Keep reading View the full article

Joey Logano speaks to NASCAR Race Hub before the 2018 Monster Energy Series Cup title race. View the full article