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Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 03:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell won the pole on Saturday for the third straight NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, giving him the best possible starting position as he tries to advance through the second round of the playoffs. Bell turned a
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Keith Jenkins Sep 25, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR has crowned a Cup Series champion every year since 1949. The title is decided by a scoring system that awards drivers points based on race results throughout the season. Although several drivers have won multiple championships, there’s only one who earned the nickname
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Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 10:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR champions Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. were among the first four drivers knocked out of the playoffs Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, where Kyle Larson cruised to an easy victory. The first of three elimination races in the 10-race playoffs began
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Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 10:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRISTOL, Tenn. — Cole Custer won the final race of the Xfinity Series regular season to seal the regular season championship, as well. Custer’s win Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway gave him the driver championship over Justin Allgaier and bonus points to carry
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Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Bowman, who just two weeks ago was desperately trying to debunk rumors his seat was in danger, will start the first elimination race of NASCAR’s playoffs from the pole. Bowman turned a lap at 126.720 mph Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee
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Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bubba Wallace has signed a multiyear contract extension with 23XI Racing, the team announced Wednesday. “From day one Bubba has been an integral part of 23XI,” the team said in a social media post. “We’re excited to announce that he has
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — William Byron‘s Chevy skidded down the track and came to rest tilted against the wall with a tire jammed into Brad Keselowski‘s driver-side window in a late fight for position between two NASCAR playoff drivers. Ryan Blaney wasn’t lucky enough
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Associated Press Sep 14, 2024, 06:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Teen sensation Connor Zilisch raced to a win in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut, saving enough fuel in a wreck-marred finish to take the first of what many in the industry expect to be many checkered flags on Saturday at
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Associated Press Sep 14, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Martin Truex Jr. was the highest-qualifying playoff driver among the 16 in the field for Sunday’s Cup race at Watkins Glen International, a needed boost for the 2017 NASCAR champion who needs a win to guarantee himself a spot in
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Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Rick Hendrick, the winningest owner in NASCAR history, said Tuesday “I was just tired” of the lengthy negotiations over a new charter agreement and that played into his decision to sign NASCAR’s final offer. NASCAR gave teams a deadline of last
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Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 10:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports and Arrow McLaren Racing scheduled a Tuesday afternoon news conference in which they are expected to announce Kyle Larson will run the Indianapolis 500 again in 2025. Larson told The Associated Press last week he wanted to run the
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — Austin Hill swept the Xfinity Series season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track, as the Georgia native continued to excel under the venue reconfiguration. Since moving to the drafting track configuration in 2022, Hill has won three of the five
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — Ford dominated Saturday qualifying at Atlanta as Michael McDowell took the top starting spot ahead of the playoff opener. McDowell in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports set the fastest lap with an average speed of 179.261 mph for
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team co-owned by Michael Jordan, said Saturday it skipped a deadline to sign a new charter agreement with the sanctioning body because “it did not have an opportunity to fairly bargain” for a new contract. The two-car
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