KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell became his own self-fulfilling prophecy in winning the pole position for Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). “I think it’s a great track for me,” Bell said in a question-and-answer session with reporters before NASCAR Cup Series qualifying. “I…… MORE

Kansas Speedway used to be a jinx track for Kyle Busch. That was before the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota got a handle on the 1.5-mile intermediate speedway, a trend he hopes will continue in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). In his first…… MORE

On the positive side, Hendrick Motorsports has won five of the 11 NASCAR Cup Series races so far this season. Further, Hendrick drivers collectively have 14 all-time Cup victories at Darlington Raceway, more than any other organization in the sport. Here’s the negative, though: Hendrick hasn’t earned a trophy at the Lady in Black since…… MORE

NASCAR Cup Series points leader Chase Elliott snapped a career-high 26-race winless streak Monday afternoon by taking the checkered flag at the DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway in Delaware. Resuming the 400-lap race that was interrupted by rain on Sunday, Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet passed Ross Chastain with just over 50 laps to…… MORE

Chris Buescher earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole position at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway Saturday and will lead the field to green in Sunday’s DuraMAX Drydene 400 (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford turned a fast lap of 159.207 mph…… MORE

As the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway for Sunday’s DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) the top drivers in the championship points standings are still looking for their first win of the 2022 season. NASCAR Cup Series standings leader Chase Elliott is…… MORE

Ross Chastain made a last-straightaway pass of leader Erik Jones to win a frantic GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series finish at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon in Talladega, Ala. Running third off Turn 4 to Jones and then-second-place Kyle Larson, Chastain stayed low and watched Larson go high for the pass and Jones move up…… MORE

The famed Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway is a track beloved for its high action and unpredictability. And those are apt adjectives for NASCAR’s Cup Series competition this season as well, with eight different winners through the first nine races. The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway high banks for Sunday’s GEICO 500 (3…… MORE

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Cole Custer charged from ninth to second in the first of four 15-lap qualifying heat races on Saturday to earn the pole position for Sunday night’s Food City Dirt Race at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt track (7 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Custer surged from fifth to…… MORE

Among the many changes affecting the second Food City Dirt Race at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Track, the move from day to night for the race is perhaps the most significant. The sentiment toward the move has been universally positive. Drivers are anticipating a more traditional dirt race when they take to the half-mile…… MORE

There are seven different race winners in the seven-week-old NASCAR Cup Series season and plenty of reason to believe that trend of 2022 first timers continues in Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Last week for the first time since he won…… MORE

Virginia native Denny Hamlin ran down William Byron and passed him with five laps to go as Toyota won its first race this season in the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. At his home track, Hamlin put his Joe Gibbs Racing Camry into victory lane for the fourth time at…… MORE

For the second consecutive race and third time of the seven-race old season, Penske Racing’s Ryan Blaney will start from the Busch Light Pole — earning the top position Saturday in qualifying for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Blaney’s No. 12 Penske Racing Racing Ford…… MORE

Ross Chastain notched his first NASCAR Cup series victory by winning a two-lap, overtime sprint, claiming the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR race at Circuit of the Americas Sunday in Austin, Texas. Starting second on the final restart, Chastain muscled his way past race leader Tyler Reddick, was passed by A.J. Allmendinger after the white…… MORE

AUSTIN, Texas — Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney will start from pole position in Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) — becoming the first multi-time pole winner of the 2022 season. It’s his second pole this year and eighth in his career. Blaney’s lap of 92.759 mph…… MORE

William Byron regained the lead for the checkered flag to win the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Byron finished in front of Ross Chastain in a 325-lap test, with other cars crashing behind him as he crossed the finish line. Chastain was second, followed by Kurt…… MORE

Chase Briscoe secured his first career victory by keeping the lead across the last 80 laps to win the Ruoff Mortgage 500 on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. On a restart with four laps to go, Briscoe moved to the front with the aid of a slight bump from Ross Chastain. Chastain ended…… MORE

Sunday’s Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) marks the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car’s one-mile competitive debut. And three races into the season, the car – and the racing it’s produced – has received superlative reviews. There have been three different race winners -…… MORE

Alex Bowman beat defending Cup Series champion Kyle Larson in a tight two-lap shootout with a strong run off the final turn, winning the Pennzoil 400 Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. On the race’s final pit stop — brought out by Erik Jones’ wreck with three laps left — Bowman and Larson decided to…… MORE

Hendrick Motorsports is set to make a sizable donation in an effort to help the country of Ukraine, which was invaded by neighboring Russia last week. In addition to a $200,000 pledge to Samaritan’s Purse, the race team also will donate $2,000 for each lap led by its four drivers in Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at…… MORE

The Daytona 500 saw its television ratings increase dramatically over the previous two editions, when the race wasn’t held in its regular Sunday afternoon time slot, with the latest viewership total coming in only slightly below the 2019 figure. The Fox telecast attracted 8.87 million viewers on Sunday, when Austin Cindric took the checkered flag…… MORE

Chase Briscoe and Daniel Hemric were moved to the rear of the starting grid for Sunday’s Daytona 500 after their cars failed pre-race inspections. Briscoe had qualified ninth in his No. 14 Ford and Hemric had been 33rd in the No. 16 Chevrolet. Instead they will begin the 64th running of the Great American Race…… MORE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Pit stops in the Daytona 500 will be fundamentally different this year. Just ask Ricky Stenhouse Jr. It’s not just because the new NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars have gone to a single center lug instead of five lug nuts to secure each tire. And it’s not just because the…… MORE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roush Fenway Keselowski teammates Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher swept Thursday night’s Bluegreen Vacation Duels, but a last-lap collision in the second race wiped out then-front-runner Joey Logano and spoiled a perfect night for the Ford Performance entries. Running second to Logano, Buescher made a move to the inside on the…… MORE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Defending champion Michael McDowell turned the fastest lap of Tuesday’s combined two opening Daytona 500 practice sessions at Daytona International Speedway with a top lap of 192.736 mph in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford. David Ragan, a former summer Daytona race winner, was second fastest in the No. 15…… MORE