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Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway was originally scheduled to start just after 3pm EST, with the green flag planned for 3:21pm EST. Due to the threat of inclement weather, the start of Sunday's 400-mile/160-lap event has been moved up a full two hours to 1pm EST. Such a change is partly thanks to this leg of the NASCAR season existing on the streaming platform Prime Video, which ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick doesn’t want Carson Hocevar to change. While the likes of Austin Dillon and Bubba Wallace expressed frustrations on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, specifically over a Lap 83 restart where Hocevar tagged the rear of John Hunter Nemechek and ignited a melee, the 2014 champion doesn’t want to see an overcorrection. “I think that my advice to Carson Hocevar from ...Keep readingView the full article

As NASCAR heads to Pocono, we want to highlight the most iconic Kyle Busch moments from his time racing at the Tricky Triangle. It was the site of several milestone wins for KB, and a track he seemed to enjoy quite a bit with a total of eight wins. Busch is the winningest driver in NASCAR history with 234 victories across the top three series, and he died unexpectedly on May 21st, at the age of ...Keep readingView the full article

On NASCAR's Inside the Race podcast with Steve Letarte and Kyle Petty, they broke down the recent race at Michigan International Speedway, which featured a record-number of cautions. One of those cautions involved Tyler Reddick, whose incredible top 15 streak came to an abrupt end in a restart pileup. It was the 23XI Racing driver's first DNF of the 2026 season. Reddick held a 129-point ...Keep readingView the full article

Pocono Raceway doesn't have infield grass where they can stencil a black No. 8, but the track is going out of its way to honor fallen NASCAR legend Kyle Busch. The 41-year-old died unexpectedly on May 21st after a severe case of pneumonia progressed into sepsis. With 234 NASCAR wins, Busch scored more victories across all three national divisions than any other driver in history -- eight of ...Keep readingView the full article

When NASCAR arrives in San Diego for a brand-new street race at Naval Base Coronado, all eyes will be on Trackhouse Racing, and for good reason. Shane van Gisbergen has won six of the last seven road/street courses on the Cup schedule, and finished a close second in the only one he lost. In San Diego, SVG will attempt to conquer a 3.4-mile street course while driving a special Red Bull ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR is taking on Pocono for the 16th round of the 2026 Cup season. Along with the top division, the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and ARCA Menards Series will also be racing this weekend. Denny Hamlin earned his 63rd career win last weekend at Michigan, matching Kyle Busch on the all-time wins list. Hamlin paid tribute to the fallen NASCAR legend with a special flag after the ...Keep readingView the full article

There have been signs of life from Joey Logano and the Team Penske No. 22 over the past month but this is still, by far, his worst season with the organization and maybe since joining the Cup Series in 2009 altogether. There have been weeks where they unload off the hauler with a car that doesn't even practice or qualify in the top-25. Other weeks, there have been incidents like running into ...Keep readingView the full article

Trackhouse founder and team owner Justin Marks is putting his helmet back on for a start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Naval Base Coronado. He will drive the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, with sponsorship from Jockey. Marks founded Trackhouse Racing in 2021, a team that has since won 15 NASCAR Cup races, including the 2025 Coca-Cola 600. They field the No. 1 of Ross Chastain ...Keep readingView the full article

Sheldon Creed is debuting a new partnership this weekend in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Pocono Raceway and it’s more than just a logo placed on his Haas Factory Team No. 00 but is also a device that he will place on his head. Vielight is a small, light-emitting device placed on the cranium like a strap. It emits flashing red lights and has a component placed in the ...Keep readingView the full article

The Wood Brothers informed Josh Berry that they would be moving in a different direction at the end of this season, meaning the winner of the Las Vegas spring race last season joins a crowded list of impending free agents. The 35-year-old, and long-time short tracker turned NASCAR success story over this decade, has competed in the Cup Series since 2024 following a four-year stint in the ...Keep readingView the full article

“It’s very much going to be a survival race. Really challenging for the drivers.” That’s how Brad Keselowski summed up his expectations for the NASCAR Cup Series race next weekend at Naval Base Coronado. While no one else put it so bluntly, the consensus over the weekend at Michigan International Speedway is that the second-ever street course event should be an eventful one. On one ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell endured the hardest impact in the four-plus-year history of the NextGen car during his crash on Lap 148 of the NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway. The incident transpired when Chase Elliott broke traction over a bump in Turn 3 and slid up into Bell while racing for second. The contact shot Bell into the wall, that impact resulting in a 21-minute SAFER Barrier ...Keep readingView the full article

As part of Charlotte Motor Speedway's annual Summer Shootout, there was a special tribute to NASCAR legend Kyle Busch on Tuesday evening. The 41-year-old icon of the sport died suddenly on May 21st, just before the 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. There have been countless memorials to the two-time Cup Series champion, a driver who won 234 races across all three national NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell suffered a fractured left wrist during a vicious crash on Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway but has been cleared to compete this weekend at Pocono Raceway. The incident happened on Lap 148 when Chase Elliott lost the figurative nose of his Chevrolet over a bump in Turn 3 and slid up into Bell while they were racing for second. The contact ...Keep readingView the full article

Brendan Gaughan is getting back behind the wheel of a NASCAR race car! The 50-year-old racer will pilot the No. 20 Bill McAnally Racing Chevrolet Silverado at the June 19 Truck Series race at Naval Base Coronado -- an all-new street course for NASCAR, taking place on an active military base in San Diego, California.  Gaughan was born in Los Angeles, and is part of the family that owns South ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR is going racing on an active military base for the very first time with a brand-new street circuit, bringing all three national divisions. The 3.4-mile (5.472 km) street course features 16 turns, and construction for the temporary Qualcomm Circuit  began in late May. The race weekend is set to take place on the weekend of June 19-June 21 is NASCAR's way of contributing to the America ...Keep readingView the full article

Up front: The flag and hat used to commemorate Kyle Busch by Denny Hamlin on Sunday after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway will not be available for purchase. As Hamlin said after his post-race press conference, this is a ‘one-time use only’ circumstance. Hamlin matched Busch, who unexpectedly died last month at the age of 41, for ninth on the ...Keep readingView the full article

Whenever Denny Hamlin chooses to retire from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition, he fully expects that Brent Crews will be the driver that replaces him in what is now the No. 11 at Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin is 45 years old and has one more season left on what he expects to be his final contract. However, he also seems like the most competitive version of himself and said as much on Sunday ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday's wild NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway felt more like a superspeedway event with all of the chaos and carnage. Only 24 drivers reached the checkered flag, and eleven cautions eclipsed a record that had stood for 20 years. Denny Hamlin won the day, driving away from the field during the final run of the race. The victory was his 63rd in Cup, tying him with Kyle ...Keep readingView the full article

In the immediate aftermath of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, Bubba Wallace approached Carson Hocevar for a private conversation atop the outside pit wall. It lasted around five minutes, was respectful and cordial, and ended with appreciative shoulder slaps. “He’s fast,” Wallace told a media scrum after the conversation. “He’s fast, and he ...Keep readingView the full article

2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kurt Busch has released his first public message since the death of his younger brother and fellow Cup champion Kyle ahead of Memorial Day Weekend. Kurt was among the Busch family members that appeared at the Coca-Cola 600 during pre-race ceremonies, where Kyle was honored. Kurt walked over to the black No. 8 stenciled into the infield grass, and placed eight ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell was evaluated and released from the infield care center at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday following a vicious impact during a crash on Lap 147 of the NASCAR Cup Series race. The incident occurred when Chase Elliott bobbled underneath him, breaking traction and sending them both hard into the wall. Bell’s impact crushed the SAFER Barrier and necessitated a lengthy ...Keep readingView the full article

Remarkably, at 45-years-old, this is the best Denny Hamlin has ever felt behind the wheel of a race car. Hamlin earned the 63rd victory of his career on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, tying him for ninth on the all-time wins list with Kyle Busch, but also scoring back-to-back wins for the first time since last spring. Hamlin is up to three wins this season, and four if you count ...Keep readingView the full article

After Tyler Reddick's first DNF of the 2026 season and back-to-back NASCAR Cup wins by Denny Hamlin, the 23XI Racing driver's once-massive points lead is rapidly shrinking. Reddick entered this race with no finish outside the top 15, and a 97-point advantage over Hamlin. Now, Reddick is just 51pts ahead following a 35th place finish. The biggest mover in the standings was Bubba Wallace, who ...Keep readingView the full article

Chevrolet and Ford lost out in their own backyard on Sunday, with Toyotas from three different organizations finishing 1-2-3 at Michigan International Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin claimed victory, 11.110 seconds clear of Legacy Motor Club's Erik Jones in second, and 23XI Racing's Bubba Wallace in third. Kyle Larson led the way for Chevrolet in fourth, with Carson Hocevar ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin has tied Kyle Busch for ninth on the all-time wins list, collecting his 63rd career win after a dramatic NASCAR Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Hamlin won by 11.1 seconds, leading a Toyota 1-2-3 with Erik Jones second and Bubba Wallace third.  Kyle Larson finished fourth, and Carson Hocevar was fifth. Daniel Suarez finished sixth, Joey Logano seventh, Ryan Blaney ...Keep readingView the full article