DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Among those trying to win the Daytona 500 this year are a Florida watermelon farmer, a short-track champion from New England, a television analyst and a 22-year-old whose career nearly was […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael Annett stretched the Speedweeks streak of first-time winners to three with a victory Saturday in the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Annett won for the first time […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron put Hendrick Motorsports in a familiar position: On the pole for the Daytona 500. His bigger goal is to make the starting spot pay dividends for the NASCAR powerhouse. […]
AP Auto Racing Writer Eds: Updates with Busch controversy. With AP Photos. HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR’s season of doom and gloom sputters toward the checkered flag with a stout championship field but the inability […]
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch thought he got the jump on the competition with a pole-winning run at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Then he was bumped by teammate Denny Hamlin and the politics began. Hamlin gets the […]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. sat on a bench, scrolling through their phones , oblivious to their surroundings and the stakes. Joey Logano was a room away, mingling […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin Harvick’s bid for a second NASCAR title suffered a massive setback Wednesday when he was stripped of his berth in the championship race because his winning car failed inspection after Texas […]
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — When the reigning series champion slipped past him with one lap to go at Martinsville Speedway, Joey Logano figured he had lost his shot at racing for NASCAR’s title. A win would […]
CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson saw an opportunity to snap a 58-race losing streak, and went for it. It cost him a shot at an eighth NASCAR championship and allowed Ryan Blaney to steal a […]
CONCORD, N.C. — If there was just one race to watch the entire NASCAR season it would be the one on Charlotte’s newfangled “roval” thing. NASCAR has claimed the “best drivers in the world” and […]
LAS VEGAS — Seven months into the NASCAR Cup series season, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick are dead-even atop the standings. Defending champion Martin Truex Jr. is right behind them, and the other 13 drivers […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson doesn’t have a playoff spot locked in as the seven-time NASCAR champion prepared for rain-drenched Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the final race of the regular season. Johnson is in a 48-race […]
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