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Associated Press Oct 19, 2024, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Christopher Bell won the pole in Saturday qualifying for the opening race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs. Bell turned a lap at 185.344 mph in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing to take the top starting spot for Sunday

Associated Press Oct 19, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — AJ Allmendinger won a two-lap sprint to finish Saturday night for his first victory of the season and an automatic berth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale. Allmendinger won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by leading a race-high 102 laps

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports said Monday it will not appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification at Charlotte Motor Speedway that eliminated him from NASCAR title contention. Bowman finished Sunday’s race at The Roval in 18th-place — high enough to eliminate Joey Logano of Team Penske

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 05:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan said Monday she will move from NASCAR to IndyCar and compete in the Indy NXT Series next year with HMD Motorsports. Deegan will drive the No. 38 entry for the full 14-race calendar of the series one step below

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 05:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR has acknowledged that it is aware of allegations that an engineer for a Cup Series team accessed proprietary information and shared it with another team. The stock series released no details about the allegations because neither team has filed a

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson raced to his Cup Series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday to easily advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs, winning on The Roval — the hybrid road course/oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Larson led a race-high 62

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 07:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Sam Mayer won on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a controversial overtime finish Saturday that allowed Mayer to advance in the Xfinity Series playoffs. It came at the expense of Parker Kligerman, who not only was denied his first

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Shane van Gisbergen completed a Saturday qualifying sweep by winning the pole for both the Xfinity Series and Cup Series races. Van Gisbergen is racing for the Xfinity Series title but will run his 10th Cup Series race of the season

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin have become the faces of the antitrust lawsuit brought against NASCAR earlier this month. Chris Graythen/Getty Images If

Kelly Crandall Oct 11, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denny Hamlin’s role as team owner at 23XI Racing has taught him patience, a quality he has not always been known for as a driver. Sean Gardner/Getty Images All it took for Denny Hamlin to learn patience was becoming a NASCAR team owner. He used

Associated Press Oct 9, 2024, 11:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The two teams suing NASCAR asked a judge for a preliminary injunction Wednesday so they can compete next season under the charter system they are challenging as their antitrust case moves through federal court. 23XI Racing, which is owned by Michael

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 06:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLADEGA, Ala. — A 27-car crash that involved eight of NASCAR’s 12 title contenders. A chaotic cleanup that infuriated competitors. And a surprise winner. Just a regular race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapped a 65-race losing streak by winning in overtime at

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLADEGA, Ala. — Sammy Smith jumped from last in the Xfinity Series playoff standings to the first driver to move on to the second round by winning Saturday’s race in overtime at Talladega Superspeedway. It was the first win of the year for the

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 3, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions The NASCAR community came together on Wednesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway to help provide aid to victims of Hurricane Helene. Ryan McGee CONCORD,

Associated Press Oct 2, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two NASCAR teams — one of them owned by Michael Jordan — filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France on Wednesday, claiming the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Smashed the hopes of a bunch of playoff drivers trying to earn an automatic berth in the next round, too. The seventh-generation

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Aric Almirola crashed victory lane in the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff opener Saturday at Kansas Speedway for his second victory of the season. Almirola, the 40-year-old former Cup driver running a limited Xfinity schedule for Joe Gibbs Racing, has six

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 03:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell won the pole on Saturday for the third straight NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, giving him the best possible starting position as he tries to advance through the second round of the playoffs. Bell turned a