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Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 01:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Just hours after defending NASCAR’s officiating this season, the series was embarrassed by an error on the Phoenix Raceway surface that painted the restart zone in the wrong place for the Truck Series championship. The restart zone was at least 50
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Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski will miss Saturday qualifying for the season finale race because his wife went into labor in North Carolina. Cole Custer was expected to qualify the No. 6 Ford in Keselowski’s absence at Phoenix Raceway. Keselowski, who is
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Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 01:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Blaney was fastest of NASCAR’s championship contenders Friday in the only practice session ahead of the title-deciding season finale Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. “Ryan Blaney gets around Phoenix really, really well,” said Blaney crew chief Jonathan Hassler. “There’s never been
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Associated Press Nov 3, 2023, 04:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR on Friday dismissed the sentiment that this weekend’s championship finale lacks the pizzazz and star power of a major event. The final four — Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney and William Byron — is the youngest since the winner-take-all
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Associated Press Nov 1, 2023, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — After a mediocre NASCAR season with its current Mustang, Ford Performance said Wednesday it will use its top-of-the-line Dark Horse in the Cup Series next year. The Dark Horse is considered the blue-ribbon model of the Mustang lineup, with a starting
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Associated Press Oct 29, 2023, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Blaney will race for his first Cup championship after qualifying for NASCAR’s title-deciding finale with a Sunday win at Martinsville Speedway. William Byron, who led the Cup Series with six wins this season, earned the fourth and final slot in the championship by
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ESPN News Services Oct 28, 2023, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For the third time in this year’s playoffs, NASCAR regular-season champion Martin Truex Jr. is facing elimination and wondering how his title chances have exploded spectacularly. Truex heads into Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway tied with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin at
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Associated Press Oct 28, 2023, 03:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aric Almirola will not return to Stewart-Haas Racing next season, he announced Saturday, a year after he postponed his planned 2023 retirement because sponsor Smithfield elected to remain in NASCAR. But Smithfield said Saturday morning that “the time has come for Smithfield to end
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Alanis King, Racing columnistOct 23, 2023, 04:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Christopher Bell secured his place in the Championship 4 by winning at Homestead-Miami on Sunday. James Gilbert/Getty Images Fans of stock car racing likely spent Sunday like they normally would: watching NASCAR. It was a 400-mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in southern Florida. During
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Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 08:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Christopher Bell wasn’t thinking of winning the race. Balance issues with his Toyota caused him to fall to 22nd after Stage 2 on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But Bell took advantage of a late caution in Stage 3 and stormed from
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Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Sam Mayer became the first driver to claim a spot in the NASCAR Xfinity series championship with a victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday. Mayer, driver of the No. 1 for JR Motorsports, was ranked sixth in the playoff field entering
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Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 04:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Ryan Blaney has experienced a range of emotions since Sunday, from disappointment to relief. The No. 12 Team Penske driver was disqualified after the opening race of the round of eight in NASCAR’s playoffs because of an alleged illegal front shock
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Associated Press Oct 16, 2023, 07:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Monday rescinded Ryan Blaney‘s disqualification at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when series officials found a problem with the template used during postrace inspection. The reversal restored Blaney’s sixth-place finish from Sunday’s race, which had been stripped hours after the
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