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Talladega Notes: Wallace says his 2021 Cup Series win at Talladega still brings out negativity on social platforms. Icon SportswireGetty Images The Talladega NASCAR weekend marked Bubba Wallace’s first trip pack to the track that give him his breakthrough victory ...

Just like Old Times: Big Weekend for an Earnhardt at Talladega

Jeffrey Earnhardt drives No. 3 to Xfinity pole, near victory for Richard Childress Racing. Icon SportswireGetty Images Dale Earnhardt Sr. won 10 times at NASCAR’s biggest track. His son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., scored six wins there. No other speedway was ...

Why NASCAR's Schedule Overhaul Is Not Done Yet

Kurt Busch says, ‘It’s important to be reaching out to new demographics, new fans, new markets.’ Allen J. SchabenGetty Images It’s clear that the future look of NASCAR will continue to veer away from the images of the past. After ...

Not Even Divine Intervention on Easter Could Save NASCAR's Dirt Issues at Bristol

Race winner Kyle Busch still not convinced that 3,500-pound Cup cars are a good fit for dirt. Icon SportswireGetty Images Believe in divine intervention if you want. But one thing’s for certain, not even divine intervention could save NASCAR’s dirt ...

How Kyle Busch Broke His Own Mold to Win NASCAR race on the Dirt at Bristol

Busch led just one lap, but it was the right one at rain-delayed Cup Series race on Sunday night. Chris GraythenGetty Images How did Kyle Busch win Sunday night’s long, dusty, rainy, muddy, wacky Food City Dirt Race at Bristol ...

Racing Will Return to North Wilkesboro Speedway in August

No NASCAR Cup or Xfinity on the immediate horizon, but there is a good chance Trucks could race there in 2024. RacingOneGetty Images Speedway Motorsports used the the NASCAR Cup Series’ Bristol dirt weekend as a platform to announce that ...

How NASCAR's Easter Race at Bristol Broke an Unwritten Rule

Series more times than not keeps Mother’s Day and Easter Sunday off the schedule. Chris GraythenGetty Images Early notes from the NASCAR weekend on the dirt at Bristol: For much of its history, NASCAR had an unwritten rule that called ...

NASCAR Fascination with Dirt, Mud Flaps May Be Wearing Thin

Kyle Larson, Kyle Bush latest to say that it’s probably time for NASCAR shut down the dirt experiment. Icon SportswireGetty Images NASCAR Cup teams were busy putting mud flaps – yes, mud flaps – on their race cars Friday at ...

Top 20 NASCAR Drivers by Winning Percentage: Richard Petty Is No. 4

List includes 16 Hall of Famers, one active NASCAR Cup Series champion, and one IndyCar driver. RacingOneGetty Images Jared C. TiltonGetty Images No. 20, Kyle Busch (.096) The only active NASCAR Cup driver on this list, Kyle Busch has 59 ...

Why NASCAR's Dirt Show at Bristol Should Be Better This Time Around

Changes in track degree angles, better weather expected to improve this year’s Food City Dirt Race. Icon SportswireGetty Images The second Food City Dirt Race, marking NASCAR’s second Cup race on dirt in the modern era, is scheduled Sunday night ...

Dale Earnhardt and 12 Other Guys Who Won NASCAR Cup Races in the No. 3

Earnhardt heads a list that includes six other NASCAR Hall of Famers. Allen KeeGetty Images BettmannGetty Images Fireball Roberts (1 win) NASCAR Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts won the 1959 Firecracker 250 at Daytona in a No. 3 Pontiac fielded ...

How William Byron Won the NASCAR Cup Race at Martinsville

Byron leads 212 laps on the way to his second NASCAR Cup win of 2022. Jared C. TiltonGetty Images Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott leads the first 185 laps and sweeps the stages. Byron was cruising to victory until a ...

Gallery: William Byron Wins Martinsville NASCAR Cup Race

William Byron is NASCAR Cup’s first double winner with victory at Martinsville. Jared C. TiltonGetty Images Meg OliphantGetty Images NASCAR Cup Series Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 LLumar Chevrolet, leads the field to the ...

Video: Fists Fly after NASCAR Martinsville Xfinity Race; But Drivers Make Nice Later

Ty Gibbs, Sam Mayer tangle but later make up at Martinsville. Meg OliphantGetty Images Ty Gibbs and Sam Mayer had a hot and cold sort of relationship all in the span of about 30 minutes at Martinsville Speedway Friday night. ...

NASCAR’s Nex Gen Car Could Set the Stage for Carnage Saturday Night

New body on Next Gen car could allow for more beating and banging. Jared C. TiltonGetty Images Chase Elliott grabs his first pole since Phoenix in 2020. Ty Gibbs leads 196 of 261 laps and loses Xfinity race in double-overtime ...

Finally, Pickleball Gets the Recognition It Deserves With NASCAR Xfinity Entry

Ryan Truex will pilot the ShopUSAPickleball.com Toyota in Martinsville this weekend. ShopUSAPickleball.com Admit it, you had no idea what Pickleball was, did you? Neither did we. It is not StickBall, that game played by The Bowery Boys in all those ...

When Britain had its own NASCAR | Thank Frankel it’s Friday

Memory is a funny thing and here’s an example: I’m writing this column about the ‘ASCAR’ race series that ran for eight seasons from 2001-2008 because today as I write Jason Plato announced he was retiring from the BTCC at ...

What Makes NASCAR and NFL Legend Joe Gibbs Special after All These Years

Member of NASCAR and Pro Football Halls of Fame, Gibbs, 81, still has his hands on the pulse of everything with this Cup team. Sean GardnerGetty Images Sportswriters who covered the Washington (then) Redskins back in the day often told ...

Richard Petty Set NASCAR Records in 1967 That Will Never Be Broken

The King’s season for the ages included an unbreakable 10 consecutive wins, 27 total. NASCAR archives It’s a generally accepted axiom that all records are made to be broken. It’s also true that there are exceptions to every rule. Richard ...

The Secret to Richard Petty's NASCAR Domination at Martinsville

The King won 15 races at NASCAR stop, including five consecutive events from 1968 to 1971. RacingOneGetty Images Through most of Richard Petty’s career, Martinsville Speedway was known as a “Richard Petty track.” Of course, that tag could be applied ...

Report: Dodge Is Going Back to NASCAR

We don’t know if this is because Dodge wants it more or NASCAR? But it is looking like Dodge will be back racing in NASCAR events. When it comes to stock car racing, to truly have competition, you need the ...

Richmond Results: How Denny Hamilin Became NASCAR's Seventh Different Winner This Season

Future NASCAR Hall of Famer wins for the 47th time in his illustrious career. Jacob KupfermanGetty Images There wasn’t another career first-time winner, although Denny Hamlin had not won through this year’s first six races. Sixteen drivers finished on the ...

Ty Gibbs States His Case for a Jump to NASCAR Cup Series

Grandson of Joe Gibbs, the Hall of Fame team owner, raced like a grizzled veteran in winning the Xfinity race on Saturday at Richmond Raceway. Jacob KupfermanGetty Images It would be insulting to call Ty Gibbs one of NASCAR’s “rising ...

Why Some NASCAR Cup Teams Just Can't Seem to Keep Their Wheels On

‘There are a lot of wheels falling off. You’d think we wouldn’t have that with the single lug.’ Icon SportswireGetty Images There were penalties for runaway wheels issued after the season-opening Daytona 500 and single violations at California’s Auto Club ...

First-time NASCAR Cup Winner Ross Chastain Doesn't Take His Watermelon Act Lightly

Cup driver’s signature Watermelon show dates back to an Xfinity Series win in 2018. Icon SportswireGetty Images NASCAR Cup driver Ross Chastain celebrated his first series victory last Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in a way that only a ...

Daniel Suarez Is On Deck to Be NASCAR's Next First-Time Winner

NASCAR Cup Series has already had three first-time winners this season. Dylan BuellGetty Images Ross Chastain’s victory in Texas gave the NASCAR Cup Series its third new winner this spring, quicker than at any time in recent history. Chastain’s win ...

Ross Chastain notches first win for Trackhouse Racing

AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 27: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 ONX Homes/iFly Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Echopark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on March 27, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by ...

Ross Chastain's NASCAR's Cup Win at COTA Made a Watermelon Fly

Watermelon farmer Chastain has four consecutive top-three finishes after notching his first Cup win on Sunday. Dylan BuellGetty Images Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but the new Next Gen car that NASCAR is so proud of continues to ...

Ryan Blaney goes from wreck to pole at COTA

AVONDALE, ARIZONA – MARCH 13: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Maytag Ford, stands on the grid prior to the Ruoff Mortgage 500 during at Phoenix Raceway on March 13, 2022 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) ...

NASCAR at Texas World Speedway Meant High Speeds, Deer, Rattlesnakes

Speedway in College Station was patterned after Michigan, and it brought high-speed oval racing to Texas. RacingOneGetty Images Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas, introduced the great state of Texas to NASCAR Cup racing. The first race there, on ...

Why Brad Keselowski Got Hammered for NASCAR Next Gen Rules Violation

Keselowski lost 100 points and 10 playoff points and the Roush Fenway Keselowski team itself also lost 100 owner points. Icon SportswireGetty Images NASCAR wasted no time reminding Cup Series teams of the serious consequences of looking for an unfair ...

How NASCAR's 'Le Grande Monster' Shook Up the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976

Hershel McGriff remembers what it was like to bring NASCAR and the roar of the unmuffled V-8 to the streets of France. RacingOneGetty Images The recent announcement that NASCAR will send a car to Le Mans in 2023 race caught ...

William Byron wins on new Atlanta Motor Speedway surface

HAMPTON, GEORGIA – MARCH 20: William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 20, 2022 in Hampton, ...

William Byron, Next Gen Deliver the Goods in NASCAR Cup Race at Atlanta

News and views from race that featured 46 lead changes, a record for the track, which opened in 1960. Sean GardnerGetty Images Call it the New Atlanta. William Byron drove masterfully over the closing laps with chaos developing all around ...

Chase Briscoe starts on pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway

AVONDALE, ARIZONA – MARCH 13: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #14 Mahindra Tractors Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the the Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 13, 2022 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty ...

Forecast for NASCAR Cup Race at Atlanta Calls for Calamity with a Chance of Chaos

Resurfaced, reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway could make racing feel like Daytona, Talladega Icon SportswireGetty Images Saturday afternoon’s only practice for the NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway left drivers saying they expect a certain level of calamity in Sunday’s ...

Hybrid NASCAR Camaro Could Compete In 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the toughest endurance race on the motorsports calendar, pushing vehicles, drivers, and manufacturers to their limits. 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the prestigious event, which has driven vehicle innovation and technological advancement ...

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