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Larson back in Victory Lane with win at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson wasn’t sure he’d ever race again in NASCAR, and if he could, he didn’t know who would even hire him. It was Rick Hendrick who took the chance on a […]
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Silly season makes way for start of Cup Series racing
The green flag flies on the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season with Sunday’s Daytona 500, opening a schedule that features the most changes in recent memory. This year’s slate includes seven road races, five new […]
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NSJ 2020 Pro Team of the Year: Elliott leads Hendrick back to NASCAR’s peak
The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season was supposed to be a grand farewell tour for retiring seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson — a track-by-track salute to one of the greatest stock car drivers of all time […]
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Reinstated Larson to drive No. 5 for Hendrick
CHARLOTTE — Kyle Larson will be back in NASCAR next season driving the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson signed a multiyear contract Wednesday with Hendrick that ended his seven-month banishment from NASCAR for […]
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Kyle Larson reinstated to compete in NASCAR in 2021
CHARLOTTE — Kyle Larson can return to NASCAR competition next season following a long suspension for using a racial slur while playing a video game. He was suspended in April for after he used the […]
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Kurt Busch finally wins at home track, advances to Round of 8
LAS VEGAS — Two decades of heartbreak at his home track finally ended for Kurt Busch when a little bit of luck fell his way at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch happened to be the […]
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Chastain snags Ganassi Cup ride in busy NASCAR free agency
CHARLOTTE — Ross Chastain snagged one of the coveted open Cup seats on Monday in a promotion at Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 42 next season. This year marks a particularly active free […]
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Harvick, Hamlin … and everyone else
The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs get underway Sunday at Darlington with 16 drivers — including six former champions — vying to be the last man standing at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 8. The field of […]
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NASCAR’s Kyle Larson to AP on slur: ‘I was just ignorant’
INDIANAPOLIS — What do you do when the entire world believes you are a racist? When your career has collapsed because you uttered the N-word while playing a late night video game? Kyle Larson packed […]
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Start your engines: NASCAR returns this weekend
The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to return, though it will feature no fans in the stands and a Southeast-heavy schedule that will begin Sunday and see four races in 11 days with Sunday-Wednesday doubleheaders […]