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Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 03:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Kyle Larson has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago, beating Ty Gibbs by one-hundredth of a second. Larson posted a fast lap of 87.836 seconds in the second round of qualifying on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile

Associated Press Jul 3, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports has dropped longtime sponsor Hooters, saying the restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy wait-staff outfits could not meet its financial commitment to the NASCAR team. Hooters had sponsored the No. 9 car driven by NASCAR Cup Series

Associated Press Jul 3, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR Cup Series rookie Josh Berry has signed to drive the Wood Brothers’ No. 21 car next season after the shuttering of his current Stewart-Haas Racing team. The announcement came Wednesday. The team said Berry signed a multi-year contact. He takes

Associated Press Jul 2, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Carson Hocevar was fined $50,000 and docked 25 driver points for spinning out Harrison Burton under caution during Sunday’s Ally 400 at Nashville Speedway. NASCAR announced the penalty on Tuesday against Hocevar, who drives the Spire Motorsports No. 77. Hocevar

Associated Press Jun 30, 2024, 09:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEBANON, Tenn. — Joey Logano felt he couldn’t get to the finish line fast enough with his No. 22 Ford sputtering and nearly out of gas. First, he had to hold off the driver with the fastest car to win the rain-delayed race that

Associated Press Jun 29, 2024, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Hunter Nemechek took the lead off a restart on lap 142 and drove away for the win at the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday for his 11th career victory. The 2021 trucks series regular season champ led 76 of 188

Associated Press Jun 29, 2024, 04:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEBANON, Tenn. — Bubba Wallace refused Saturday to discuss the details of the physical altercation in late May that led to the suspension of Aric Almirola by Joe Gibbs Racing, saying he preferred to “keep some people’s images good.” Wallace spoke after qualifying for

Associated Press Jun 25, 2024, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Chase Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing confirmed that the NASCAR driver will replace retiring Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 19 Toyota for the 2025 Cup Series season, days after driver Christopher Bell accidentally spoiled the surprise at a news conference.

Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell mastered the NASCAR Cup Series’ first race ever that ended with cars running on rain tires and pulled away after a 2 hour, 15-minute weather delay to beat darkness and the field and win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell used a three-wide, last-lap pass on Saturday to drive away and win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race for the fourth straight time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 29-year-old Bell needed three extra laps on the 1.058-mile track but

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 03:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell knew the instant he spilled the tea — without even the courtesy of a spoiler alert — that he would catch grief for prematurely disclosing Chase Briscoe was headed to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. Bell’s goof was the

Alanis King, Racing columnistJun 21, 2024, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In his first full season in NASCAR, Shane van Gisbergen has claimed two victories the Xfinity Series. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Last summer, three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen shocked the NASCAR world by winning his debut in the top-level Cup Series. It was

Associated Press Jun 20, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — NASCAR team owner Gene Haas will remain in the Cup Series and field one car in 2025 in the wake of the decision to shutter the organization he owns with Tony Stewart at the end of the season. Haas will keep

Associated Press Jun 16, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Ryan Blaney dominated the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway on Sunday night for his first victory of the season and a spot in the playoffs. Blaney led four times for a career-high 201 laps, finishing 0.716 seconds ahead

Associated Press Jun 15, 2024, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Sam Mayer took the lead from Riley Herbst on the overtime restart to win Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway. It was the second win of the season for Mayer, and sixth career win in the series. Mayer, who

Field Level Media Jun 15, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Kyle Larson was hoping for a rainout of Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Iowa Speedway. His wish wasn’t granted, but in the end, it didn’t matter. Larson will start from the front of the field in Sunday’s Iowa

Associated Press Jun 14, 2024, 08:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — NASCAR’s inaugural Cup Series practice at Iowa Speedway turned into a test for tires and created questions about the quality of race Sunday will produce. There were five separate tire problems Friday, the first day Cup cars have ever turned laps

Associated Press Jun 14, 2024, 06:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Martin Truex Jr. announced Friday that he will retire from full-time racing at the end of the season, saying it was time to live by his own schedule after 19 years in NASCAR’s Cup Series. “I mean, it’s as simple as