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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Kevin Harvick started 10th Sunday at ISM Raceway, chasing his third straight NASCAR Cup Series victory and record-extending ninth at the desert track. View the full article

M-Sport Ford driver Ogier started Sunday with a 35-second lead over Meeke but his advantage got even safer after an incident for the Northern Irishman on the opening stage of the day.Meeke tipped his Citroen on its side four kilometres from the end of the Alfaro stage and, while he managed to continue with the help of fans, he lost 47 seconds and fell behind Hyundai's Dani ... Keep reading View the full article

Ryan Newman sits down with Kaitlyn Vincie on 'NASCAR Raceday' to revisit his miraculous win at Phoenix one year later. View the full article

Kaitlyn Vincie checks in with 'NASCAR Raceday' to see what other drivers and teams are saying about the penalty handed down to the the No. 4 crew. View the full article

Kevin Harvick checks in with 'NASCAR Raceday' to say that NASCAR felt a lot pressure to react to his rear window infraction, but didn't explain their reasoning well enough. View the full article

Jeff Emig & Ralph Sheheen give you full highlights and analysis from a wild night in Daytona that saw Justin Brayton score his first career win. View the full article

Sebastien Ogier took penalties to start last month’s Rally Sweden Power Stage late in an effort to run further down the order when the road offered more grip.There is an expectation that the same thing will happen in Mexico on Sunday. In an effort to defuse this situation, the teams were contacted by the governing body and advised to come up with a solution.There is no rule ... Keep reading View the full article

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The victory ended Newman’s personal 127-race winless streak in the series, but perhaps even more importantly, it also ended a 112-race dry spell for the Richard Childress Racing organization.The win, coupled by a victory months later at Charlotte by teammate Austin Dillon, sent both drivers into the 2017 NASCAR playoffs.Sharing in the garageNewman is already running better than he ... Keep reading View the full article

Justin Brayton scores his first career win in the 450 main at Daytona and at 33 becomes the oldest winner in Supercross history. View the full article

The reigning champion began the day sitting in fifth place but made progress thanks to an impressive pace and some good fortune as others hit trouble.Friday leaders Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb both suffered punctures on SS14 (Guanajuatito 2) which dropped the pair out of realistic contention.Loeb had to stop to replace his front left tyre during the stage, after hitting a rock ... Keep reading View the full article

Jordon Smith cruises home for the win in Daytona, dominating the 250 main event. View the full article

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Brad Keselowski overcame an early pit-road speeding penalty Saturday to win the rain-delayed NASCAR Xfinity Series at ISM Raceway. View the full article

Keselowski held off pole-winner Justin Allgaier over the final 22 laps and survived two rain delays totaling over two hours to win Saturday’s DC Solar 200 at ISM Raceway near Phoenix.The victory was in Keselowski’s first series start of the season with Team Penske and 36th of his career. He also overcame a pit road speeding penalty in Stage 2.“It was a good car. I thought the car was ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Xfinity Series Highlights: Brad Keselowski comes back from a speeding penalty to win the rain-delayed race at ISM Raceway. View the full article

Rally leader Loeb struck a small stone mid-way through SS14 and had to stop to replace the delaminated tyre, losing over two minutes. Sordo lost 30 seconds after hitting a similarly sized stone early in the stage.These incidents enabled M-Sport's Ogier to jump two places to grab the top spot as he out-paced Loeb's Citroen team-mate Kris Meeke by 3.8s.Sordo's frustration was ... Keep reading View the full article

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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Kevin Harvick left everyone else behind the last two weeks in Atlanta and Las Vegas. He figures to be even harder to beat Sunday at ISM Raceway, the mile oval in the foothills outside Phoenix where he has a record eight victories. View the full article

Harvick completed a sweep of Saturday’s two practice sessions at ISM Raceway near Phoenix, including the leading way in the final session with an average lap speed at 134.544 mph.Harvick posted the lap right at the start of the session and was forced to sit out the final 15 minutes because his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford twice failed pre-qualifying inspection on Friday.His ... Keep reading View the full article

Harvick went to the top of the charts early in practice with a 134.806mph lap, but he was not alone. Elliott ran an identical lap time, down to the thousandths. Elliott was among just a handful of drivers to make a 20 consecutive lap run and led the way in that category. Kyle Busch spent some laps late in the session following eight-time Phoenix winner Harvick and clocked in third ... Keep reading View the full article

Loeb, who kicked off the day second overall behind Dani Sordo, topped the first of three stages and beat the Spaniard by 12.3s to take first place.He was narrowly faster than Sordo in the subsequent SS12 but lost three seconds in SS13 and Loeb ended the leg with a lead of only 2.9s.The aforementioned two stages were topped by Kris Meeke and Sebastien Ogier, the duo forming a four-way ... Keep reading View the full article

Why aren't the wedge adjusters set up with remotely controlled servo-motors so that adjustments can be made on the fly? – From JerryIn short, costs. NASCAR's on a path of cost reduction and nowhere has that been seen more than in the pits. The mandated air guns and reduction in over the wall pit crew are evidence of its approach. Anytime you introduce a piece of technology like the ... Keep reading View the full article

Ford claimed victory at both Atlanta and Las Vegas with Kevin Harvick in response to Austin Dillon and Chevrolet’s win in the Daytona 500. Blaney sits second in the standings, behind Penske team-mate Joey Logano, and he feels that the first short-track visit of the season in Phoenix will allow teams to uncover more reliable data about each other’s true strengths.“I think there will ... Keep reading View the full article

The Belgian team has strong ambitions for this year's NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season.After winning a race at the final at Circuit Zolder, Braxx Racing wants to win titles in 2018. To maximize their chances Braxx Racing will add a third car. The cars will be driven by cycling legend Tom Boonen, Rallycross and GT driver Pedro Bonnet, owner Jerry De Weerdt and endurance legend Marc ... Keep reading View the full article

Nine-time world champion Loeb secured his first stage victory since Monte Carlo in 2015 by setting the fastest time on SS7 (El Chocolate 2) before doubling up in the second pass through Ortega (SS8).The Frenchman jumped both Citroen teammate Kris Meeke, who suffered spins on both SS7 and SS8, and Ott Tanak to lie just 7.5s off Sordo heading into day two.The afternoon's stages were a ... Keep reading View the full article