Ty Dillon

Cup Series cometh: NASCAR returns at Daytona 500

February 15, 2023 Cory Lavalette

The green flag waves on the 2023 Cup Series season Sunday with stock car racing’s crown jewel, the Daytona 500. Joey Logano will begin defense of his 2022 championship as one of only two active […]

Look Ahead — 2023 Newcomer of the Year: Ty Gibbs’ talent, aggressiveness join Cup Series

January 5, 2023 Cory Lavalette

Ty Gibbs is just 20 years old, but the Charlotte native already has an Xfinity Series title under his belt and 11 wins in 51 races in NASCAR’s second-tier series. In February, he’ll make the […]

Dillon gets into playoffs with Daytona win, Blaney nabs last spot

August 28, 2022 The Associated Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon’s wife was doing a rain dance during a lengthy weather delay in hopes of getting the skies to open up again and wash out the rest of the race. […]

Byron wins wild race at remodeled Atlanta

March 20, 2022 The Associated Press

HAMPTON, Ga. — William Byron had a freight train in his rearview mirror. He was a sitting duck, it seemed. Fortunately for him, all those challengers started jostling against each other rather than working together […]

Cup Series has old faces in new places

February 15, 2022 Cory Lavalette

All of the talk heading into the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season has been about the Next Gen car’s arrival, so it’s been easy to overlook the drivers who have landed in new rides. A […]

Richard Petty sells race team to GMS Racing

December 2, 2021 North State Journal Staff

Richard Petty, the Level Cross native who followed in his father’s footsteps and became the most legendary stock car driver of all time, is getting out of the racing business. Petty, 84, sold his majority […]

Austin Dillon wins one Duels race, brother Ty falls just short of qualifying in other

February 12, 2021 The Associated Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Trying to make a splash with his new team, Ty Dillon fell a half-lap shy of making the Daytona 500. Dillon was one of four drivers competing Thursday night for the […]

Silly season makes way for start of Cup Series racing

February 10, 2021 Cory Lavalette

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 […]

Cup racing is back with the Daytona 500

February 14, 2018 Cory Lavalette

No one knows how to wave the green flag on a sports season quite like the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, which holds its marquee event — the Daytona 500 — as the first stop […]