3:17 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Busch won the pole and all eight title contenders qualified in the top 10 for the final race to decide the championship field. Busch earned the top starting spot for Sunday’s race at ISM Raceway outside of Phoenix. He turned a lap in Saturday qualifying at
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12:06 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Bubba Wallace was fined $50,000 by NASCAR for causing a caution last week at Texas that affected the race for at least one playoff driver. Wallace also was docked 50 points in the driver standings after a Saturday morning meeting between Wallace, Richard Petty Motorsports officials and
11:07 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Stewart Friesen held off Brandon Jones in the final two laps at ISM Raceway on Friday night to earn a spot in the four-man fight for the season title next week in the NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck Series playoffs finale. Friesen, Brett Moffitt, Ross Chastain and Matt
7:26 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Denny Hamlin thought he was the favorite to win NASCAR’s championship but now finds himself in danger of not even making it to the title round. Chase Elliott is fairly certain he has backed himself into such a hole that his only chance at a championship is
10:42 PM ET Here we are, the calendar has turned to November, and I’m trying desperately to ignore the holiday decorations in the stores. I mean, I’ve got a solid festive spirit, but it’s still pumpkin spice season, and I cling to those moments. Oh yeah, and there are only two races left in the
7:28 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Harvick won the fall Cup race at Texas for the third year in a row Sunday, again taking one of the championship-contending spots at NASCAR’s season finale in two weeks. Harvick won from the pole, leading 120 of 334 laps in the No. 4 Ford
12:12 AM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Christopher Bell led 101 of the 200 laps, claimed both stages and won the NASCAR Xfinity race at Texas on Saturday night to secure one of the four spots to race for the series championship. Bell led four times, going ahead to stay with 30 laps
8:33 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Harvick will start from the pole at Texas Motor Speedway after a qualifying lap of 189.707 mph Saturday night. Harvick goes into Sunday’s race fifth in points with two races remaining to qualify for one of the three remaining championship-contending spots in the finale. The
6:15 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kurt Busch and sponsor Monster Energy have agreed to a multiyear extension to stay with Chip Ganassi Racing. The deal was announced Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway after track president Eddie Gossage had presented the 41-year-old Busch a rocking chair that generally indicates retirement. That was
6:01 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Joey Logano has again arrived at Texas in the middle of a rift with another playoff contender after some short-track shenanigans. It all comes with the defending NASCAR Cup champion trying to lock in a spot for the championship finale. A year ago, Martin Truex Jr.