Chase Elliott took another step toward NASCAR history with his win at Martinsville last weekend. The 24-year-old now has 10 career victories and 58 career top-five finishes. His latest triumph advanced him to the NASCAR Championship 4 for the first time. He’ll compete for the title at Phoenix on Sunday against Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski. If […]
The moment came because other drivers pitted ahead of him, but Jimmie Johnson’s brief lead Sunday at Phoenix in his final NASCAR race nonetheless sparked a strong reaction on social media. The seven-time champion is stepping away after a 2020 season in which he struggled to keep up with top rivals. He missed the playoffs […]
NASCAR’s playoffs offered the most dramatic race of the season last weekend at Martinsville in the campaign’s penultimate competition, with Chase Elliott booking a spot in the championship and Kevin Harvick suffering a shock elimination. While some have criticized the rules system that enabled Harvick’s ouster despite the veteran winning a circuit-best nine races in […]
Denny Hamlin’s spot in NASCAR’s “championship four” could’ve been jeopardized by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones. But radio communication indicates that Jones was told not to pass Hamlin late in Sunday’s race at Martinsville. Hamlin and Jones were running in the 12th and 13th positions at the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway with about 15 […]
Chase Elliott shrugged off controversy when asked for his feelings on Joey Logano following a September flare-up at Las Vegas. His team had called Logano a “dips—” who deserved to “get sent.” He insisted it was a one-off, heat-of-the-moment encounter. “You know, it’s all good,” Elliott told Sporting News. “He’s gonna race how he wants, and that’s fine. That’s […]
The second round of the NASCAR playoffs is complete, and the field has been cut from 12 drivers to eight. The third round features three more races before another four drivers will see their title hopes end and the final four will be set for the championship race. Here's all the information you need to get ready for […]
The NASCAR Cup Series playoff Round of 12 concludes Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in what could be an elimination race unlike anything seen before. The ROVAL course, introduced in 2018, already comes with increased risk of wrecks. With the directive to drive through rain for the Bank of America ROVAL 400, cautions could become […]
Matt DiBenedetto became emotional Sunday after giving up a late lead to Denny Hamlin at Talladega in the YellaWood 500 and falling short of his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series win. DiBenedetto entered the competition desperate to prove he deserved a Cup Series team in 2021 with his Wood Brothers future uncertain. A victory would have […]
You could hear the excitement in Bubba Wallace’s voice as he took his first lead of the day with eight laps to go in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega, telling his team over the radio, “Well, this should piss the haters off.” But with six laps left, Wallace found himself running into the […]
Fans who attended NASCAR’s Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., last June had little reason to think they were witnessing a farewell. But it now appears possible, if not likely, that NASCAR will stop running events at Chicagoland following the cancellation of its race there this summer, and Tuesday reports it would […]