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Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions One of Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick and William Byron will be crowned 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday in

Associated Press Nov 7, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Truck Series championship competitor Ty Majeski was fined $12,500 by NASCAR this week for passing on media obligations to vote in his home state of Wisconsin on Election Day. Majeski, who is one of four drivers who can win the truck

Associated Press Nov 5, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drama continued to encompass NASCAR ahead of its championship-deciding season finale as the sanctioning body issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway. The penalties came down after

Associated Press Nov 4, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Retired NBA great Michael Jordan and his fellow owners of two NASCAR teams went to federal court Monday for a hearing in their antitrust fight against the stock car series over what they say is an unfair business model. 23XI Racing,

Associated Press Nov 3, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Ryan Blaney celebrated his victory at Martinsville Speedway, a win that launched NASCAR’s defending champion into the title-deciding season finale. Meanwhile, Christopher Bell and William Byron waited awkwardly alongside their parked cars for a ruling from NASCAR on who would be

ESPN News Services Nov 2, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aric Almirola‘s victory Saturday at Martinsville Speedway helped nab Cole Custer a shot at the Xfinity Series championship after a heated race that may have earned the defending champion enemies in next week’s finale. Almirola is running a part-time schedule for Joe Gibbs

ESPN News Services Nov 2, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Martin Truex Jr., who is retiring from full-time racing in two weeks, won the pole in Saturday qualifying at Martinsville. Truex turned a lap at 95.951 mph to beat Hendrick Motorsports drivers Chase Elliott and William Byron. Truex was eliminated from the playoffs

Kelly Crandall Oct 31, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kevin Harvick, left, and co-owner Tony Stewart won Stewart-Haas Racing its two NASCAR Cup Series championships in 2011 and 2014. Chris Graythen/Getty Images Rodney Childers hardly goes down into the basement of his North Carolina home. The basement is where you’ll instead find his teenage

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Michael Jordan won a championship in Phoenix in 1993. Tyler Reddick ensured that his car owner will have a chance to win another title there this year. Reddick went high and overtook Ryan Blaney on the final turn to win at

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 08:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Regular-season champion Tyler Reddick won the pole Saturday for the second race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs Sunday. Reddick turned a 167.452 mph lap in a Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing to best Hendricks Motorsports driver Kyle Larson by

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Austin Hill grabbed the second spot next month in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale, racing to his fourth victory of the season Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hill drove the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet past Cole Custer with 12

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Frankie Muniz finished 33rd on Saturday in his first Truck Series race since the “Malcolm in the Middle” star announced he would become a full-time NASCAR racer next season. Muniz, who is 38, recently made the jump from part-time racer to

Keith Jenkins Oct 25, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Some players know each other like the back of their hands. They’ve faced off so frequently that they recognize each other’s tendencies, strengths and weaknesses. But some players have a connection that’s on a whole other level. That’s the case for NFL players Chase

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison finally got his victory from Bowman Gray Stadium more than five decades after he took the checkered flag and the trophy. NASCAR on Wednesday formally recognized 86-year-old Allison as the winner of the Myers

Oct 23, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former “Malcolm in the Middle” actor Frankie Muniz is taking the next step in his racing career by landing a full-time seat in the NASCAR Truck Series for 2025. Muniz will drive in the No. 33 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing, the team announced Tuesday. “I

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dale Earnhardt Jr. is getting back behind the wheel of the No. 8 Chevrolet with the iconic Budweiser paint scheme. The NASCAR Hall of Famer plans to compete in a limited series of late model stock car races in 2024 and 2025, starting

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions William Sawalich will be a full-time driver during the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, with Joe Gibbs Racing announcing Monday the 18-year-old is set to be behind the wheel of the team’s No. 18 Toyota. Sawalich, an Eden Prairie, Minnesota native, has made

Associated Press Oct 20, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — NASCAR regular-season champion Tyler Reddick rolled his car early during Sunday’s playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reddick, who had just won the first stage of the opening race of the semifinal round of the playoffs, was involved in a