After two spectacular finishes to end the NASCAR Cup Series’ regular season, the real fun is set to start at Atlanta Motor Speedway with Sunday’s Quaker State 400 in Hampton, Ga. But first, a larger look at the first three races that will eliminate four drivers and advance a dozen into the Round of 12…… MORE
After a dramatic regular-season finale that saw Chase Briscoe charge into the Playoffs with an 11th-hour victory at Darlington Raceway, the NASCAR Cup Series begins the 10-race process of identifying a champion. Arguably, this is the most unpredictable Playoff since NASCAR implemented the elimination format in 2014, and not just because the first race of…… MORE
Going into the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, nobody saw Joey Logano as a true championship favorite. Yes, he’d proven that he can win a title even when not expected — as he did in 2018 when he defeated the “Big Three” of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. — but 2022 was…… MORE
Martin Truex Jr. is planning to take part in the Daytona 500 and reunite with his former crew chief Cole Pearn. Truex said in June that he no longer will be a full-time driver after this season but revealed his plans for the season-opening race Wednesday at the NASCAR playoffs media day in Charlotte, N.C.…… MORE
Chase Briscoe beat Kyle Busch in a two-car breakaway Sunday night, taking the Cook Out Southern 500 and joining the championship field in the final regular-season race in Darlington, S.C. A lame duck driver at Stewart-Haas Racing who will join Joe Gibbs Racing in Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 19 next season, Briscoe scored his second…… MORE
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Offering up a fist pump and big smile, Bubba Wallace claimed perhaps the most consequential pole position of his young career — turning in the fastest lap on Saturday in the final round of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying for Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (6 p.m. ET, USA…… MORE
And then there was one. Race, that is. The NASCAR Cup Series’ 26-race regular season wraps up at Darlington Raceway with Sunday night’s Cook Out Southern 500, the crowning jewel event’s first appearance on the cutoff line before the 10-race title chase begins next Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Thirteen of the 14 winners have…… MORE
NASCAR revealed its 38-race schedule for the 2025 Cup Series with the traditional Daytona 500 season opener set for Feb. 16 at Daytona, Fla., and the first international points race in 67 years to take place June 15 at Mexico City. The regular-season finale also will take place at Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 23,…… MORE
NASCAR will add a Cup Series race in Mexico City in 2025, an event that will mark the sport’s first points race outside of the United States in 67 years, NASCAR officials announced Tuesday. “This is going to be certainly a monumental event for us, the first time we’re going south of the border,” said…… MORE
NASCAR upheld the decision to strip Austin Dillon of his playoff eligibility after hearing Dillon’s appeal. NASCAR announced its final ruling Monday, citing final appeals officer Bill Mullis’ explanation that according to their evidence from SMT and IDAS systems, a violation of Rule 12.3.2.1.B “more likely than not” occurred at the end of the Aug.…… MORE
