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 […]
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kevin Harvick capped off his father-son weekend by dominating a race and putting 6-year-old son Keelan in the passenger seat to hold the flapping, checkered flag out of the window. “That was […]
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France announced Monday he was taking an indefinite leave of absence a day after his arrest in New York’s Hamptons on charges of driving while intoxicated […]
LONG POND — Kevin Harvick proved once again he had the fastest car on the track during Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. But speed was not enough to take the […]
LONG POND — Flunking post-qualifying inspection proved to be more of a nuisance than a penalty for Kyle Busch on Sunday. Busch methodically worked his way through the field, took control in the third stage […]
LONG POND — Shortly after completing the fastest lap in qualifying Saturday at Pocono Raceway, Kevin Harvick talked about messing up. The real gaffe came a bit later. And he wasn’t alone. Harvick’s No. 4 […]
LONG POND — In a race against his teammate and the rain, Zane Smith held off a furious charge from Sheldon Creed in the closing laps to win Friday’s ARCA race at Pocono Raceway. Clouds […]
LONG POND — Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. received a unique opportunity in last June’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. After Wallace’s XFINITY Series team ceased operations after the weekend, team owner […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon didn’t give much thought to NASCAR while racing sprint cars in Indiana as a teenager. He was too busy trying to get into open wheel racing. But when Gordon’s career […]
2018 The Times Leader