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In his second NASCAR Xfinity Series start this season with Chip Ganassi Racing, Chastain once again swept both stage wins but this time added the victory, winning Saturday’s DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is Chastain’s first win in 132 career starts. At Darlington (S.C.) Raceway two weeks ago, Chastain won both stages in his debut with CGR but was involved in an ... ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Daniel Hemric, Tyler Reddick, and Shane Lee are taken out in a late wreck at Las Vegas. View the full article

NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Chase Briscoe gets airborne in a violent crash late at Las Vegas. View the full article

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Matt Tifft gets loose and collects Ryan Reed, sending both cars hard into the wall. View the full article

Ryan Newman will leave Richard Childress Racing at the end of the 2018 NASCAR Cup series season, the team with which he almost won the championship with four years ago View the full article

In the latest 'silly season' twist, Newman revealed that he and RCR will part ways after five seasons with the organization. In his time behind the wheel of the No. 31 Chevrolet, Newman has won only one race (Phoenix 2017), but still came within arm's reach of the series title in 2014. Ultimately, he finished second to Kevin Harvick in the championship, but it stands as the best points result ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Jones, who won the pole Friday for Sunday’s South Point 400, set the pace early in Saturday’s final practice, posting an average lap speed of 181.251 mph early in the 50-minute session. “It is slick. The track has had more grip than I thought it was going to have, thankfully, which has been nice,” Jones said. “I mean 400 laps is going to be really slick – especially if it’s hot as ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Newman ended the season with an average lap speed of 183.892 mph to top the session after running 29 laps. Playoff contender Ryan Blaney ended up second (183.268 mph) and fellow playoff driver Aric Almirola was third (183.194 mph). Rookie William Byron was fourth-fastest and Daniel Suarez completed the top-five. Rounding out the Top 10 were Erik Jones, pole winner for Sunday’s South Point ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The two Yaris WRC drivers are almost a minute clear of Hayden Paddon in third and with Tanak needing every point available to close the gap to championship leader Thierry Neuville, Latvala is not expected to challenge him. Asked about the situation, team principal Tommi Makinen said: “I’m not sure I need to say anything about that. I am sure our drivers have seen already the situation and ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak took the lead of the rally on SS11 as Sebastien Ogier retired and Andreas Mikkelsen hit trouble, while Jari-Matti Latvala slotted into second to make it a Toyota one-two. Latvala managed to reclaim five seconds from Tanak on SS12 but to conclude the loop Tanak edged Latvala by 5.1 seconds on Icmeler to end the day with a 13.1s lead. If he can secure a third win in a row on Sunday ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Kristoffersson won the final race of both Q1 and Q2 to top the order, as Audi driver Mattias Ekstrom set the best time in free practice and Peugeot campaigner Sebastien Loeb ran Kristoffersson close for the fastest time in Q1, before being slowed by accident damage in Q2. Kristoffersson, Ekstrom and Loeb all won their races in Q1, but as Ekstrom couldn’t match the time set in the first race ... ... Keep reading View the full article

M-Sport Ford driver Ogier started SS11 fourth and 46.1s off the lead, but on the rally’s longest stage he’d taken 31 seconds out of leader and Hyundai man Andreas Mikkelsen with half the 34.24km-stage still to go. But TV pictures showed Ogier’s car parked on the outside of a tight right-hander, as the car appeared to be beached off the road and both Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Neuville was the first casualty of a highly dramatic morning, having to retire from the rally lead after breaking his suspension on the opening Yesilbelde stage. Ogier won that stage by a huge 22 seconds and moved into a 25s lead over Mikkelsen, only to sustain suspension damage of his own just minutes after Neuville had given up on his attempts to repair his car on the road section and ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Hyundai's points leader Neuville suffered a suspension breakage while first on the road during the morning's opening stage and despite his best efforts to fix the problem, he had to retire from the day. That handed Ogier - who started the day just 0.3 seconds in arrears of his title rival - a huge 25-second lead. But on the very next stage, Ogier's M-Sport Ford suffered damage to his ... ... Keep reading View the full article

When then-race leader Brett Moffitt encountered a fuel pickup problem on the restart of the third overtime, Enfinger moved into the lead and then held off a furious challenge from Johnny Sauter to win the Westgate 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is the first of the season for Enfinger, a victory that also locks him into the second round of the playoffs regardless of his performance ... ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights: Grant Enfinger wins at Las Vegas after leader Brett Moffitt stumbles on the final restart. View the full article

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights: A multi-truck wreck ensues on the penultimate lap at Las Vegas. View the full article

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights: Contact between Jesse Little and Todd Gilliland sends Gilliland spinning into the wall. View the full article

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights: Tanner Thorson smacks the wall then erupts into flames, ending his day early. View the full article

Jones, 22, sent a statement that his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing has the speed to compete for this season’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship, rocketing to the pole for Sunday’s playoff opener. Jones used an average lap speed of 188.121 mph to top Joey Logano (188.101 mph) and lay claim to the top starting position in Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Erik Jones surprised the field by winning the pole for the opening race of the NASCAR Cup series playoffs View the full article

Martin Truex Jr. determined to seize chance to repeat as NASCAR Cup series champion amid imminent demise of Furniture Row Racing View the full article

Harvick has repeatedly said he believes NASCAR needs more “unique events,” which produce far more interest and intrigue than the same scheduled races each season. NASCAR is currently in the midst of five-year scheduling agreements with tracks in all three of its national series, which were done in hopes that the continuity would enable tracks to promote and plan more effectively. A side ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Logano's 189.653mph lap led the way among playoff contenders and was also the fastest of all. Fellow Ford drivers Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola were not far behind with laps of 189.460mph and 188.864mph. Erik Jones and Kurt Busch rounded out the top-five. Jamie McMurray was the top non-playoff driver in tenth on the speed charts. Jimmie Johnson was the slowest of the 16 playoff ... ... Keep reading View the full article