NASCAR

Kyle Busch leads Gibbs trio to win 2nd NASCAR championship

November 17, 2019 The Associated Press

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch casually collected the championship flag from his team and did a slow, subdued celebratory lap. The most polarizing driver in NASCAR had just won his second Cup title and wanted […]

Joe Gibbs walks fine line managing 3 NASCAR Cup Series title contenders

November 13, 2019 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Joe Gibbs is a retired Hall of Fame NFL coach with three Super Bowl titles who changed course in his early 50s to wade into NASCAR and see if he couldn’t build a […]

Cup racing was right to add playoffs

October 23, 2019 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Spoilers, tension, a sense of urgency. Heroes, villains. The NASCAR playoffs are playing out with all the drama Brian France envisioned for the elimination-style playoff system he helped launch in 2004. After multiple […]

CHAMP STAMP: Wallace says he’ll get tattoo of Richard Petty

July 27, 2019 Dan Gelston | The Associated Press

LONG POND, Pa. — Bubba Wallace is committed to getting a “champ stamp ” of Richard Petty. Wallace says he’ll get a tattoo somewhere on his body of an autograph of Petty’s signature after losing […]

COLUMN: Charlotte’s ‘roval may be NASCAR’s race of the year

September 26, 2018 admin

CONCORD — Charlotte Motor Speedway already has a win for the buzz it created by taking a bulldozer to its infield and building something new to NASCAR. Charlotte’s “roval” will debut Sunday in a critical […]

Truex Jr. overcomes early speed bump to dominate at Charlotte

October 8, 2017 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Martin Truex Jr. qualified 17th for Sunday’s Bank of America 500 and failed to finish in the top 10 after the first stage of a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points race for […]

Monster Energy Cup Series heads into playoffs

September 13, 2017 Cory Lavalette

It’s playoff time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, with the 10-race postseason kicking off Sunday at 3 p.m. with the Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Martin Truex Jr., who tied […]

Hamlin claims second win of year at Southern 500

September 4, 2017 Cory Lavalette

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin claimed his second win of 2017 and his second career Darlington Raceway victory Sunday night in the Bojangles’ Southern 500. “It means so much,” Hamlin said. “I mean, this […]

After leaving home state nest, Landry soaring with BC Eagles

July 26, 2017 Brett Friedlander

The heat and humidity of a midsummer day in North Carolina can be oppressive even to those who are used to it. But for Harold Landry, the blast of hot air that greeted him as […]