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 […]
AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR’s most popular driver is now a Cup champion, too. Chase Elliott took the torch from teammate Jimmie Johnson by winning his first Cup title Sunday, driving from the back of the […]
Back at the start of September when the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs began, there was a clear-cut favorite: Kevin Harvick. And even after three postseason races — two of which the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CONCORD — Chase Elliott’s streak of bitter defeats in the NASCAR Cup Series’ frantic first push of rescheduled races finally ended with his first Cup victory of the season. Elliott won Thursday night in the […]
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin won NASCAR’s first Wednesday race since 1984 when rain stopped the event with 20 laps remaining at Darlington Raceway. The Daytona 500 winner was out front but out of fresh […]
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 […]
CHARLOTTE — Kyle Larson was fired Tuesday by Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a stunning downfall for the budding NASCAR star who uttered a racial slur during a livestreamed virtual race and then watched nearly every […]
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