The nightcap of NASCAR’s Cup Series weekend doubleheader at Pocono Raceway ran until just before nightfall Sunday. There was still enough sun to finish all 350 miles, however. The first-place car won by daylight, to borrow a horse racing term. It was the 11 of Denny Hamlin, who had redemption on his mind after coming home second to […]
The TV channel for a NASCAR race is elusive enough in a normal season when Fox and FS1 trade broadcasts of Cup Series events through the first half of the schedule. The challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic make the “what channel is today’s NASCAR race on” question even more understandable. Today, because NASCAR’s coronavirus-related schedule shake-up […]
NASCAR is trying something different with the Cup Series races at Pocono this year — run them on consecutive days. The coronavirus pause threatened to scuttle the plan, but NASCAR returned to racing early enough to keep it intact. The first half of the doubleheader, the Pocono Organics 325 in partnership with Rodale, took place Saturday, […]
With the NASCAR Cup Series set for its first doubleheader this weekend at Pocono, drivers may have to settle for only having one good day, according to Denny Hamlin. Saturday afternoon’s opening race will be 325 miles, with the starting line-up having been determined by a random draw. Because teams are going to be using […]
The start time for Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, the first of a two-day doubleheader at the Tricky Triangle, is a little earlier than the start time for tomorrow’s race. The distance for the Pocono Organics 325 on Saturday is also a little shorter, 130 laps as opposed to the 140 laps that will […]
The starting lineup and pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, the first in a two-day doubleheader at the Tricky Triangly in Long Pond, Pa., were set by the same procedure that determined the starting lineup for the last five Cup Series races, all of which were scheduled to run without prior practice or qualifying sessions. The […]
Bubba Wallace looked exhausted. The emotions. The media attention. The encouragement and the vitriol. It's been a long week for NASCAR's No. 43 car driver. He's ready for it to be over. “Part of my emotion today is one, being wore the hell out," he said on a Zoom call Friday. "Two, is being a little frustrated. […]
A spokesman for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday condemned a racist Facebook post from the owner of a race track in the state. Mike Fulp, who owns 311 Speedway in Pine Hall, N.C., advertised a “Bubba Rope” for sale on Facebook Marketplace. The listing was posted Wednesday and removed Thursday, according to The Associated […]
A few photos of the noose a Richard Petty Motorsports team member found in Bubba Wallace’s car garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday have been shared on social media, but none as clear as the picture NASCAR released Thursday. NASCAR president Steve Phelps said Thursday the photo was captured by NASCAR security as part of its investigation. […]
Bubba Wallace is, in his own words, “pissed off.” And he should be. The 26-year-old NASCAR Cup Series driver in a Tuesday night CNN interview admitted he was spending too much time on social media, where strangers were blaming him for what was a misunderstanding on the part of his own Richard Petty Motorsports race […]