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NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Watch as active Cup series drivers take over the NASCAR Xfinity Series broadcast on FOX at Talladega. View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Kevin Harvick will start on the pole Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway while he goes for his fourth win of the year. View the full article

Harvick, the final car to make an attempt in Round 2, posted an average lap speed of 194.448 mph to win the pole for Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. He just edged his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, Kurt Busch (194.082 mph), who went out right before Harvick.Martin Truex Jr. ended up third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Chase Elliott completed the top-five.The pole is ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak continued his streak of stage wins on the first two parts of the loop, but was only fourth quickest on the long Cuchilla Nevada stage.He briefly lost power steering during the early miles, and had also shed all the oil from one of his car's dampers.Tanak was still able to stay comfortably clear of a podium battle shaken up by drama for Meeke on the same stage.Meeke tumbled ... Keep reading View the full article

Loeb stopped the clocks first in Q1, beating the previous best time set by Mattias Ekstrom by two tenths of a second, before Hansen then beat Petter Solberg to race victory with a mixed joker lap strategy in Q2. As he had in Q1, Loeb won the last race of the Q2 session but the time wasn’t enough to take a day one clean sweep, missing his teammate’s benchmark by 0.034s.The pair hold ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak, who joined Toyota from M-Sport Ford this season, extended his streak of stage wins on a foggy loop to six in a row as no one had the pace to live with him aboard his Yaris WRC.For most of the loop, Neuville trailed Citroen’s Kris Meeke until the penultimate stage, where the Belgian jumped ahead for second.Meeke described that test, Chuchilla Nevada - Rio Pintos, as “one of the ... Keep reading View the full article

Here are five things to watch in the Sparks Energy 300 (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox):Four drivers – Christopher Bell, Elliott Sadler, Matt Tifft and Austin Cindric – are eligible to win a $100,000 bonus from Xfinity’s Dash4Cash program in Saturday’s race. Whichever of the four drivers finishes highest in the race will win the bonus. In addition, the top four finishers in the race who have ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak won all but one of Friday’s gravel stages, only losing the opener after clobbering a rock and damaging the steering on his Yaris WRC.Former Rally Argentina winner Meeke, who is 22.7s behind Tanak, said: “It’s been impossible to follow Ott today."I think the only thing that can make a difference is the weather tomorrow; if the rain comes and the fog comes down in places like Los ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR has made a change to the aerodynamic rules package for this weekend's Cup Series race at Talladega on safety grounds following Jamie McMurray's huge accident View the full article

MRF announced its decision to step up to the second-tier World Rally Championship category with Gill earlier this month, but refused to go into details about its programme.However, it is now understood that MRF will field a single Fiesta R5 for Gill, ending the Indian tyre manufacturer’s long-standing relationship with Skoda. MRF and the Czech car maker together swept the last six ... Keep reading View the full article

Late Friday afternoon, NASCAR spokesman Tom Bryant said following a meeting between NASCAR and the Cup teams, the restrictor-plate size on the Cup engines will be reduced from 7/8ths of an inch to 55/64ths of an inch.The change – could slow the cars by about 12 to 15 horsepower – will be in effect for both Saturday’s qualifying sessions and Sunday’s GEICO 500.“This is absolutely a ... Keep reading View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. can now lean on the same guy he turned to for advice at times as a young driver trying to make it to the Cup Series. View the full article

Having spent the morning charging from ninth to second following an early mistake, Tanak quickly deposed Mikkelsen from first place on the super special that preceded the lunchtime service.Tanak then went quickest on all three of the afternoon's full-length stages with a pace the rest of the field could not match, despite being third in the running order on roads where the ... Keep reading View the full article

Trevor Bayne spoke to the media at Talladega Friday, saying that his health is ‘100%.’ View the full article

Ganassi Chevrolet driver Jamie McMurray escaped unhurt from a multiple roll in final practice for this weekend's Talladega NASCAR Cup race View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Jamie McMurray rolled his car at least seven times at Talladega Superspeedway. View the full article

Within the first five minutes of the session, it appeared McMurray had a left-rear tire go down in the middle of the backstretch and he turned right in front of Ryan Newman. McMurray’s No. 1 Chevrolet flipped up and over Newman’s No. 31.McMurray’s car proceeded to roll over three times before catching part of infield catchfence and then coming to a rest on the track on its wheels.“I ... Keep reading View the full article

Jamie McMurray flips atop Ryan Newman after popping a tire, before rolling down the straightaway at Talladega. View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Trevor Bayne says his multiple sclerosis isn't a factor in the former Daytona 500 winner sharing some of his races to Matt Kenseth. View the full article

Dillon went out late in the session with a group of drivers to draft and posted an average lap speed of 202.959 mph to top the speed chart.He was followed by Daniel Suarez and Kyle Busch, both of whom posted the same lap speed (202.680 mph). Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman completed the top-five.“Obviously we got some speed there. We’re just working on some small stuff,” Dillon said ... Keep reading View the full article

That’s not unexpected, considering that it will be Bayne’s No. 6 Ford that Kenseth is scheduled to take over for several races between now and the end of the 2018 season.Bayne speaks outBayne stepped out of his No. 6 hauler Friday morning at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway to issue a statement regarding the news, but elected to take no questions.“I appreciate you all coming out here ... Keep reading View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) NASCAR has acquired the ARCA series, a launching pad for drivers looking to reach stock car racing's top level. View the full article

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) NASCAR has acquired fellow stock car racing organization Automobile Racing Club of America, known as ARCA. View the full article

NASCAR on Friday announced that it is purchasing the Automobile Racing Club of America series, a lower-level stock car organization that has sanctioned races since 1953 and has had a longstanding unofficial relationship since its existence.“This is one of the most exciting announcements we’ve had in our lifetime,” said NASCAR’s Jim France. “The ARCA organization has been closely ... Keep reading View the full article

A impact with a rock on the day's opening Las Bajadas stage caused Tanak to spin and left his Toyota with minor steering damage, leaving him running ninth.Despite the steering not being right for the following two stages, Tanak won both and surged back up the order. That brought him to within a second of Mikkelsen, who hit the front for Hyundai on SS3.Reigning WRC champion Sebastien ... Keep reading View the full article