The XFINITY Series will take a break from road course racing this weekend, hitting the high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway. Following a rain-filled event at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course, NASCAR’s second-tier series looks to normalcy this weekend. With 42 cars on the preliminary entry list, two folks will pack their bags and go home before Friday evening’s …
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to action this weekend after its final off week of the year. Entering a 14-race stretch until mid-November, the series is set to begin the playoffs in less than a month. Returning to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend, the sport’s premier division will hit the coliseum-like oval for its …
Israel will be represented on a NASCAR track for the first time when cars hit the track this weekend at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course. NASCAR Next member Alon Day, who hails from Ashdod, Israel and currently lives in Tel Aviv, will step in a vehicle not soaked in the yellow paint he’s accustomed to. Instead, he has …
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase Grid will be set come the checkered flag at Richmond International Raceway in exactly one month. With 11 drivers already winning races and 10 of them seemingly locked into the Chase, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it’s safe to say the playoffs are set for the most part. However, with …
Tommy Baldwin Racing isn’t used to competing in the top 5. Or the top 10. Or the top 20. The No. 7 car has been soaked with seven different primary sponsors this year. With an average finish of 28.2, it hasn’t had much exposure in 2016 besides having an eighth-place finish during the season-opener at …
The fog appeared at the right time for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Chris Buescher. The reigning XFINITY Series champion has always dreamed about winning at NASCAR’s premier division, but couldn’t imagine his dream would come true. After a Lap 91 restart, Buescher made contact with Brian Scott, who stacked up the tail end of …
For the second time this year, Pocono Raceway was plagued with rain. This time, the weather wouldn’t hold up once again, postponing the Pennsylvania 400 to Monday morning at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN. At 2:44 p.m. ET, NASCAR officials announced the postponement after originally scheduling the race for 1:30 p.m. local time. With the Air …
In a Nutshell: William Byron owned Pocono Raceway throughout the weekend. Come Saturday’s Pocono Mountains 150, the No. 9 truck, deemed the one to beat by his competitors, set the pace. Holding off Cameron Hayley on a restart with four laps remaining in the race, Byron earned his fifth triumph of the season, a Truck Series record …
From five laps down to finishing in the top 10, rookie Christopher Bell set the bar for an unlikely NASCAR Camping World Truck Series record on Saturday afternoon during the Pocono Mountains 150. With five free passes, Bell took advantage of Saturday’s eight caution flags, the most since the Truck Series began visiting Pocono Raceway …
For the second time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, Martin Truex, Jr. will lead the field to the green flag three times in one season. Piloting the No. 78 Toyota, Truex topped the charts in the final round of qualifying for the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway at 50.211 seconds (179.244 mph), his …
The cowboy-hat-and-sunglasses look is one that is natural for Austin Dillon. The North Carolina native walked around the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage on Friday morning as smooth as silk, casually signing autographs and pausing momentarily to take pictures with fans. But the former Camping World Truck and XFINITY series champion is much more relaxed than …
The XFINITY Series is meant to help prepare young drivers for NASCAR’s premier division, the Sprint Cup Series. However, with the dominance of Sprint Cup teams and drivers in the series, it has been difficult for young drivers to make a name for themselves in the division. But that’s when Stewart-Haas Racing will come in. The …
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