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5:18 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Reigning Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith became the first repeat NASCAR winner at the Circuit of The Americas road course, holding off Kyle Busch to win the XPEL 225 on Saturday. Smith, a 23-year-old driving the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford, led the final 15 laps and

5:11 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Darlington Raceway has signed Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall to a name, image and likeness deal for a second straight year. The track that’s “Too Tough To Tame” first partnered with McCall for the Southern 500 last year, with the quarterback using his social media accounts to

9:00 AM ET Jenson Button will take part in three NASCAR Cup Series races in 2023, beginning this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas. James Gilbert/Getty Images “If I’m being honest, never in a million years …” Jenson Button, the 15-time Formula One race winner, is speaking for himself. At least, that is his intent.

8:34 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Josh Williams was given a one-race suspension on Tuesday as punishment for parking his car at the start-finish line at Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Williams accepted his punishment but said he doesn’t regret his actions that led to the penalty. He will miss this

6:51 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Joey Logano dominated early and then passed Brad Keselowski on the final lap to win NASCAR’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and end the early-season domination of Chevrolet and Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday. Logano won the pole and led a strong showing of three straight Team Penske

1:02 AM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Austin Hill continued his dominant start to the NASCAR Xfinity season, holding off Daniel Hemric at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night for his third win in five races. Hill overcome a record-setting day of cautions in doubleheader Xfinity and truck series races. There were 11 cautions,

7:26 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — A frustrated Josh Williams made a dramatic exit in the caution-marred first stage of NASCAR’s Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, leaving his car parked on the start-finish line for dramatic effect. Four cautions covered 26 of 40 laps in the first stage, including

3:04 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Back-to-back wins haven’t stopped William Byron from believing he and his Hendrick Motorsports team have a lot to prove in Sunday’s NASCAR stop in Atlanta. In fact, Byron said Saturday, there is even more on the line. Drivers of the Hendrick Chevrolets want to show the strong

2:58 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR levied the largest combined fine on one team in series history Wednesday, hammering Hendrick Motorsports for modifying air-deflecting pieces last weekend at Phoenix Raceway. Hendrick was issued a combined $400,000 in fines — $100,000 to each of its four crew chiefs, along with four-race suspensions for

11:03 AM ET ESPN News Services Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson said Tuesday he will drive the No. 84 Chevrolet in NASCAR’s March 26 race at the Circuit of the Americas and the May 28 Coca-Cola 600 as part of his limited race lineup this season. Johnson returned to NASCAR this season after a two-year

7:26 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — William Byron took advantage of a late restart to earn a Cup Series victory, just like last weekend. Kyle Larson was the victim of Byron’s late restart prowess, just like last weekend. It was a strange bit of déjà vu at Phoenix Raceway, as Byron won his

8:27 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Sammy Smith won the Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday, the first victory for the 18-year-old high school student who is taking classes online so he can be a full-time driver. Making his 13th start in the past two years for Joe Gibbs Racing, Smith

4:13 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Larson won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series’ United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Larson’s 130.237 mph lap in his No. 5 Chevrolet was another positive for Hendrick Motorsports, which finished 1-2-3 in Las Vegas last weekend, led by race

6:43 PM ET Associated Press Jenson Button will make his NASCAR debut later this month at Circuit of the Americas, the first of three Cup Series races scheduled for the former Formula One world champion. Button puts two former F1 champions in the field for the March 26 race on the permanent road course in

9:02 AM ET Chase Elliott broke his leg snowboarding last week, keeping him out of Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas. Sean Gardner/Getty Images People are going to be people. Racers are going to be racers. Chase Elliott? He was doing nothing more than being Chase Elliott. That’s how the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champ broke

1:07 PM ET Associated Press Kimi Räikkönen will again enter a NASCAR Cup Series race, this time at Circuit of the Americas, where the Finnish driver scored the final victory of his Formula One career in 2018. Räikkönen will again race for Trackhouse Entertainment Group in its special Project91 entry that is designed to give

5:32 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — With Chase Elliott expected to miss about six weeks with a broken left leg, Hendrick Motorsports will turn to Josh Berry and sports car racer Jordan Taylor to fill in for NASCAR’s most popular driver. Hendrick provided a timetable for Elliott’s recovery Tuesday while saying Berry will

7:22 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — One way or another, a Hendrick Motorsports driver figured to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas. Kyle Larson nearly won the Pennzoil 400 in regulation, but a late caution put teammate William Byron in position to capture the checkered flag in overtime. Byron took