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While the Joe Gibbs Racing trio of Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, and Chase Briscoe battled it out for a race win, another car was charging fast in the closing laps. After pitting for four fresh-tires, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. restarted 13th for the four-lap dash to the checkered flag.  Stenhouse quickly made his way up to sixth, but ended up boxed in behind the side-by-side battle of Shane van ...Keep readingView the full article

This is the kind of win that Denny Hamlin has hated to lose over the years. Christopher Bell had the fastest car of the race over the course of the Cracker Barrell 400 at Nashville Superspeedway and took the final restart as the leader over Chase Briscoe and Hamlin. Ultimately, Bell couldn’t defend against both at the same time, and Hamlin won in an unfamiliar fashion. Watch ...Keep readingView the full article

At the checkered flag, there was only 0.005s separating the cars of Shane van Gisbergen, Tyler Reddick, and Chase Elliott in the battle for the final position inside the top five. After initially scoring SVG in seventh, NASCAR reviewed the finish, and bumped the New Zealander up to fifth -- that's how close it was. That is now Van Gisbergen's best-ever finish on an oval and his first oval ...Keep readingView the full article

On the final lap of Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Nashville, a multi-car battle was getting intense around the final spot inside the top five. With two fresh right-sides, Tyler Reddick squeezed between Chase Elliott and Shane van Gisbergen at the exit of Turn 4. He and Elliott slammed doors as they all raced to the line, with just 0.005s between all three cars. After reviewing the finish ...Keep readingView the full article

With Denny Hamlin's dramatic win in Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Nashville, he is 97pts behind of 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick in the battle for the points lead. Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has moved back inside the top 16, and is now two points ahead of Ryan Preece, who recorded a DNF at Nashville. Joey Logano is the next-closest, nine points back. The biggest mover in the points ...Keep readingView the full article

After a three-wide battle for the win, Denny Hamlin emerged victorious over Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe. This is Hamlin's 62nd career NASCAR Cup win, his second of the 2026 season, and his first at Nashville.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned his first top five since the Daytona 500, finishing fourth for the small Hyak Motorsports team. Chase Elliott and Tyler ...Keep readingView the full article

In a mad four-lap dash to the checkered flag, Denny Hamlin led a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3, and at the white flag, they were all battling three-wide for the win. Hamlin cleared Christopher Bell at the exit of Turn 2 on the final lap, winning the race over Bell in second and Chase Briscoe in third.  "Well, I think the 20 [Bell] and the 19 [Briscoe] were battling so hard on the first corner ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville was supposed to get underway at 7:20pm EST, but Mother Nature had other plans. Storms moved into the area, and the race could not get started on time. Thankfully, barring any additional storms forming, there appears to be a clearing behind this system that will allow for all 400 miles and 300 laps to be completed tonight. Last weekend's ...Keep readingView the full article

After an eventful debut at Rockingham, marred by multiple spins and slides, Cleetus McFarland arrived at Nashville Superspeedway looking for redemption at the secondary level of NASCAR. He was one-month removed from a fantastic ARCA showing at Talladega, where he finished second and nearly won in a dramatic finish. The popular YouTuber's NASCAR journey now took him to Music City, where he ...Keep readingView the full article

Rookie Brent Crews will have to wait another day for his first win in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. He tried his best to defend against former series champion Justin Allgaier, but there was no stopping the JR Motorsports veteran. He took the lead with 15 laps to go and never looked back, earning his 32nd career win and his fourth of the 2026 season. After climbing out of the roof ...Keep readingView the full article

At face value, Shane Van Gisbergen will absolutely take an 11th place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 last weekend but it speaks volumes about his development on ovals that he left Charlotte Motor Speedway a little disappointed.  The race was his best overall on ovals since the three-time Supercars champion transitioned full-time to NASCAR in 2024. He averaged a seventh-place running position and ...Keep readingView the full article

Following a rain-marred weekend around the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR will again set the starting lineup by the metric as rain washed out Nashville Cup qualifying. Denny Hamlin, who finished second in the Coke 600 and sits second in points, will lead the field to the green flag. He will share the front row with championship leader Tyler Reddick. Daniel Suarez, who earned a shock win in NASCAR's ...Keep readingView the full article

One piece of transparency that came out of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit is how much Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan wanted to sign Corey Heim as a long-term building block of their race team. Through the discovery process, it was revealed that Hamlin told Jordan that they needed to sign Heim to a full-time contract before anyone else did. In response ...Keep readingView the full article

Layne Riggs won the pole, swept the stages, and claimed victory in Friday's very late-night NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race, but that doesn't even begin to tell the whole story. Riggs made a dramatic late-race charge, defeating Rajah Caruth in a full-contact battle at the white flag to win at Nashville and collect a custom guitar.  This is Riggs' eighth career NCTS victory, and ...Keep readingView the full article

Every Sunday, Connor Zilisch has Stefan Parsons in his ear as his NASCAR Cup spotter, but this duo have switched roles for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Nashville. Parsons is driving the No. 4  Niece Motorsports entry in his first start of the year, and Zilisch will be his eye in the sky, watching from the roof and guiding him through the race. “It’s going to be a lot of fun ...Keep readingView the full article

Just after making his 13th appearance in the Indianapolis 500, Indiana native Conor Daly  has signed a deal to drive the No. 25 Kaulig Racing 1500 later this summer. Daly will compete at Indianapolis Raceway Park, making his seventh career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start and second at IRP. His best showing came at Kansas in 2024, finishing 17th. Daly's NASCAR career also three starts ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR community is still trying to grasp a future without Kyle Busch, and we at Motorsport.com thought that a good way to memorialize him would be to highlight some of Rowdy's most unforgettable moments -- the good, bad, and downright hilarious.  So, every week where it is applicable, we will select our favorite Kyle Busch memories from whatever track is next up on the NASCAR calendar ...Keep readingView the full article

Daniel Suárez's change of scenery from Trackhouse to Spire raised doubts, but the Mexican driver proved last weekend at the Coca-Cola 600 that he had made the right choice by securing his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory—a result that keeps him firmly in the hunt for a Chase spot. Suárez now sits tenth in the championship standings, just six points behind teammate Carson Hocevar and ...Keep readingView the full article

Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar recently swapped their Formula 1 machinery for a sim racing seat in a NASCAR challenge alongside Red Bull athlete Connor Zilisch. The challenge was simple: tackle the Miami International Autodrome circuit in the virtual NASCAR machine and see who could set the fastest lap time. Zilisch, who currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in the No. 88 ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR is heading to Nashville for the 14th round of the 2026 Cup season. Following a somber race weekend in Charlotte after the tragic passing of Kyle Busch, the NASCAR season continues on, and Nashville will host all three national divisions. Daniel Suarez earned a surprise win in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600, taking the lead with a two-tire call and holding the top spot until rain ended it ...Keep readingView the full article

In the aftermath of the death of Kyle Busch, Prime Video earned its largest NASCAR Cup Series viewership number on Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  According to the Nielsen Big Data + Panel measurement, Sunday averaged 3.06 million viewers, up 12 percent year-over-year as the first of five races for the digital streamer. The broadcast peaked at 3.37 million viewers ...Keep readingView the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch didn't always get along, and they even came to blows at the 2024 All-Star Race. But this weekend, Stenhouse will race a paint scheme in honor of the fallen NASCAR legend. The 2x NASCAR Cup Series died suddenly of pneumonia that progressed into sepsis last week, leaving the entire sport to grieve. He was honored throughout the weekend at Charlotte, and Busch's ...Keep readingView the full article

Over the course of attempting the Indianapolis 500, Coca-Cola 600 double, Katherine Legg and Live Fast Motorsports suffered a dislodged wheel on Lap 204 of the latter, which drew a penalty from NASCAR on Wednesday. As per section 8.8.10.4a in the NASCAR Rule Book, losing a wheel was met with two crew members being suspended for the next two races. Specifically, jack man Ian Schultz and tire ...Keep readingView the full article

The penalty issued by NASCAR to Ryan Preece was upheld on Wednesday following a hearing in front of the National Motorsports Appeals Panel.   The incident in question occurred on May 3 at Texas Motor Speedway when Ty Gibbs crashed due to contact from Preece behind him. There was an exchange between them earlier in the race and Preece vented the following message over the team radio ...Keep readingView the full article

Richard Childress Racing has announced that Austin Hill will again drive Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Cup Series entry following the tragic death of the 41-year-old NASCAR legend. Amid a sorrowful and rainy weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Hill drove the car in the Coca-Cola 600 as the garage mourned Busch’s passing. RCR suspended its use of the No. 8 ahead of the Charlotte race, changing the ...Keep readingView the full article

2025 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Jesse Love is set to go racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend. He will drive the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. Love has just three Truck starts, all coming during the 2023 season. He finished ninth, 13th, and fourth in those three appearances. "Grateful for everyone involved at Spire Motorsport for the ride this weekend ...Keep readingView the full article

Cleetus McFarland (aka Garrett Mitchell)  will be back behind the wheel of a NASCAR Craftsman Truck at Michigan International Speedway on June 6. Cleetus will drive the No. 4 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet. It will be his second appearance in the Truck Series, after making his debut in the same truck at Daytona. Unfortunately, his debut only lasted six laps, losing control at the exit of Turn 4 ...Keep readingView the full article