Alex Bowman used a hyper-fast pit stop during a caution with 99 laps to go to take the lead from teammate Kyle Larson and used clean air from there to win Sunday’s Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware. The victory was Bowman’s first at the Monster Mile, the fourth…… MORE

NASCAR driver Justin Haley will miss two races this weekend in Dover, Del., due to COVID-19 protocols. In the Xfinity Series’ Drydene 200 on Saturday, has been replaced by Zane Smith in the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet at Dover International Speedway. In the Cup Series’ Drydene 400 on Sunday, Haley’s spot went to Josh…… MORE

Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage announced his retirement Thursday and will step down after the June All-Star race at the track. Gossage was with Speedway Motorsports for three decades, including the last 25 at Texas Motor Speedway. “The timing just feels right after 32 years with the company,” Gossage said in a statement. “The…… MORE

Martin Truex Jr. won for the third time in the 2021 season Sunday when he captured the Goodyear 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. And a dominating win it was for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver as he led 248 of 293 laps. At times, his margin over the closest…… MORE

Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced Tuesday that his annual NASCAR Xfinity Series start will take place on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Go Bowling 250 is scheduled for Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. ET at Richmond Raceway. Earnhardt’s No. 8 Chevrolet will sport a blue-and-white “United for America” paint scheme featuring four…… MORE

Former NASCAR driver Eric McClure has died at age 42. His family said he passed away on Sunday but did not list a cause of death, adding family members “would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support during this very difficult time.” McClure drove competitively from 2003-16, making three starts in the Cup…… MORE

Netflix is in production on a documentary series involving Bubba Wallace and his journey with the newly formed 23XI Racing Team, the company announced Thursday. Per Netflix, “the series will take viewers behind the scenes of the 2021 NASCAR season through the eyes of the only Black driver at the top level of the sport,…… MORE

Alex Bowman took the lead from Denny Hamlin with 10 laps to go, put a bit of space between them and went on to win the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday in Virginia. The victory was the first of the season for the Hendrick Motorsports driver, his first…… MORE

Martin Truex, Jr. became the first driver to win multiple races this season as he won Sunday’s rain-delayed Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway. Truex passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin with 16 laps to go, watched in his rear-view mirror as Hamlin and Chase Elliott battled for…… MORE

Joey Logano took the lead with 57 laps to go, survived a restart in overtime and went on to win Monday’s weather-postponed NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. The win was the first of the season for the Team Penske driver and the first on a dirt surface for…… MORE

Dirt — that’s the great unknown when NASCAR Cup Series drivers venture to the transformed Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Food City Dirt Race (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). NASCAR’s top series hasn’t raced on dirt since Sept. 30, 1970, when Richard Petty beat runner-up Neil Castles by more than…… MORE

It’s unusual for the NASCAR Cup Series to run six races to start a season without seeing a repeat winner. Not since 2014, when Kevin Harvick became the first multiple winner in the eighth event of the season, has the series produced six different winners in the first six races. Last year, there were two…… MORE

This is an important weekend on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule as teams compete Sunday in the Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – the 50th race at the recently-renovated venue that will host Championship Weekend in November. Not only is there a trophy to win,…… MORE

NASCAR could be rekindling a historic partnership with Nashville very soon. The return to top-level racing at the famed Fairgrounds Speedway, which has not hosted elite NASCAR events in decades, moved closer to reality Friday when Speedway Motorsports signed a letter of intent on a long-term deal to lease, manage and repair the track in…… MORE

William Byron continued the 2021 trend of races being won by unlikely drivers with a victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida. The victory was just the second of Byron’s 111-start Cup career. It gave the Hendrick Motorsports driver just his 10th career top-five finish. His first victory…… MORE

NASCAR suspended team owner Chip Ganassi for a violation of COVID-19 protocols at Daytona International Speedway last weekend. He also was fined $30,000. NASCAR said Ganassi, 62, was penalized for allowing a “non-essential individual” into a restricted area. Pending an appeal, Ganassi will serve his suspension this upcoming weekend at the NASCAR Cup Series event…… MORE

Michael McDowell always goes into a NASCAR Cup Series road course event feeling confident and prepared to win. For the first time in his career — he’ll bring a huge trophy with him. McDowell earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in the Daytona 500 last weekend and the road course specialist arrives for Sunday’s…… MORE

Michael McDowell emerged from an ugly final-lap wreck to take the lead and went on to win Sunday’s weather and crash delayed running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. The victory was McDowell’s first in the NASCAR Cup Series in 357 starts. The Front Row Motorsports driver was running third behind Team Penske…… MORE

The final two practice sessions for the season-opening Daytona 500 were washed out by rain on Saturday. Polesitter Alex Bowman was among the drivers who were looking to troubleshoot on Saturday, one day before NASCAR’s most prominent race. Bowman wasn’t able to get a lap in around the 2 1/2-mile track at Daytona International Speedway…… MORE

Florida native Aric Almirola drove to a convincing victory in the opening Bluegreen Vacations Duel at Daytona’s qualifying race Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. Almirola’s No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford led a dominating 52 of the 60 laps and held off Christopher Bell’s No 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota by a mere .041-seconds for…… MORE

Alex Bowman swapped car numbers for the 2021 season — from 88 to 48 — but has certainly retained his Daytona magic, earning the pole position for Sunday’s Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The qualifying result gives the Hendrick Motorsports driver a record fourth consecutive front-row start in…… MORE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch may carry the nickname “Rowdy” but it was a couple of his competitors acting that way that allowed him to move into the lead out of the final turn and earn his second career Busch Clash victory Tuesday night. Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs…… MORE

Richard Childress Racing and BetMGM announced the first sponsorship between a NASCAR team and a sports betting operator on Wednesday. While numerous sportsbook sponsorship deals have been struck in team sports across the United States, this marked the first in NASCAR. Financial terms of the one-year deal were not disclosed. BetMGM has signed on for…… MORE

The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series will return in 2021 with a 10-race schedule. Started last spring to fill the void left by the pause in racing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the iRacing event proved so popular that NASCAR announced Tuesday that it will be making an encore. “The success of our eNASCAR iRacing Pro…… MORE

Austrin Cindric, looking to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut, will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 under the Team Penske banner. Cindric, a 22-year-old Ohio native, captured the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. He earned five wins in a six-race stretch at midseason, then captured the season-ending event at Phoenix. He will compete…… MORE