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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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Elliott wins at Daytona for 3rd straight road track win
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Chase Elliott was already NASCAR royalty. Now he’s also the sport’s road king. Elliott won the Cup Series’ first road course race at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, holding off hard-charging […]
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Austin Dillon tests positive for COVID-19, out for Daytona road race
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR driver Austin Dillon tested positive for COVID-19 and will not compete in Sunday’s Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway’s road course. Richard Childress Racing said Dillon tested positive Saturday […]
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Austin Dillon leads 1-2 RCR finish in Cup race at Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas — Austin Dillon stayed in front after a restart with two laps to go and beat rookie Tyler Reddick to the checkered flag at Texas, giving Richard Childress Racing a 1-2 NASCAR […]
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Silly season gives way to season-opening Daytona 500
For the first time in years, the NASCAR Cup Series doesn’t enter the season with one of its mainstay drivers having just driven off into the sunset toward retirement. In the previous three years alone, […]
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What we’ve learned through six Cup races
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series took a week off after starting the season with races in six consecutive weeks. The series returns Sunday in Texas with the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 (2 p.m., FS1) […]
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No. 3 crew chief part of Carolina connection that won Daytona 500
WELCOME — As a boy growing up within earshot of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Justin Alexander spent many a Sunday afternoon watching his favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt Sr., race his iconic No. 3 Chevrolet into Victory […]
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History repeats itself at Daytona, right down to a lucky penny
WELCOME — The symmetry was so magical, it was almost too good to be true. Twenty years after Dale Earnhardt Sr. earned his only Daytona 500 win, and on the anniversary of his death at […]