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Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorJul 13, 2023, 09:15 AM ET Arrow McLaren IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist spoke to ESPN about what he drives when he’s not at the racetrack. Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On any given Sunday, race car drivers around the world pilot the most exhilarating automobiles on the planet. From the first practice
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 02:25 PM ET Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and his former crew chief of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Chad Knaus headline a list of 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame class of 2024. There are 10 nominees on the modern era ballot and five on
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Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Anheuser-Busch and Trackhouse Racing announced a multiyear agreement Tuesday that will make Busch Light, long one of the main sponsors for retiring NASCAR star Kevin Harvick, the primary sponsor for Ross Chastain in the Cup Series. The deal, which begins in 2024, had been in the works
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Associated Press Jul 9, 2023, 10:18 PM ET HAMPTON, Ga. — William Byron won the rain-shortened NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night for his second win in Atlanta in the last two years and his fourth victory of the season. The threat of rain affected strategy as drivers fought to move toward
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Associated Press Jul 8, 2023, 11:21 PM ET HAMPTON, Ga. — John Hunter Nemechek passed Justin Haley at the start of overtime and held off Daniel Hemric to win the NASCAR’s Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night for his third victory of the season. Haley, who led 80 laps, was in
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Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 09:57 PM ET CHICAGO — Shane van Gisbergen won his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a rainy Sunday in downtown Chicago, chasing down Justin Haley and Chase Elliott in a memorable finish to the series’ first street race. After passing Elliott, van Gisbergen dueled with Haley in the final laps
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Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 11:35 AM ET CHICAGO — A NASCAR contractor died after being electrocuted while setting up for the Chicago Street Race. The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the man who died Friday as Duane Tabinski, the founder of an events company hired to install audio equipment for the race, local station
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Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 02:36 PM ET CHICAGO — Cole Custer was declared the winner of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race in downtown Chicago after persistent rain flooded the street course on Sunday. The race was scheduled for Saturday, but it was suspended after 25 laps because of a lightning strike in the area.
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Associated Press Jul 1, 2023, 08:14 PM ET CHICAGO — The first NASCAR Xfinity Series race on the street course in downtown Chicago has been suspended until Sunday because of lightning. Cole Custer led each of the first 25 laps Saturday before the delay because of a lightning strike in the area. John Hunter Nemechek
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Jun 27, 2023, 02:39 PM ET Jimmie Johnson will not race this weekend in NASCAR’s Cup Series street race in Chicago following the deaths of his wife’s parents in Oklahoma. Police in Muskogee, Oklahoma, told TMZ that Jack and Terry Janway and an 11-year-old boy were found dead in their home Monday night. Police said
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Associated Press Jun 25, 2023, 10:56 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — Ross Chastain held off Martin Truex Jr. and won the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night, his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory. This was Chastain’s first win since Talladega in April 2022, and he drove his Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to the
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Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 07:27 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — A.J. Allmendinger pulled away on the second overtime restart Saturday to win his second NASCAR Xfinity race this year and 17th of his career at the Nashville Superspeedway in the Tennessee Lottery 250. The 41-year-old Allmendinger pitted on Lap 145 and used fresher tires
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Jun 24, 2023, 05:42 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — Ross Chastain smiled and conceded he had no idea how having the No. 1 pit box selection would be for Sunday’s Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. “I’d never had it before,” he said. Chastain earned it with honors Saturday, claiming the Busch
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 03:16 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The race to reopen a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is getting a boost from a truck-mounted jet dryer that’s normally used to keep moisture off the track at the Pocono Raceway. A vehicle-mounted, kerosene-fueled turbine arrived Thursday at the scene of the June
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 01:21 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Josh Berry will take the final step in his long journey to the top of racing with Stewart-Haas Racing next season as the replacement for future NASCAR Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick. Harvick is retiring at the end of this season, and Berry on
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