1:35 PM ET Welcome to the winner’s club, Alex Bowman. I’m not in it, but I’ve met people who are, and they all seem really happy about their decision to join. It’s a select club, only 192 members. A Google search tells me there are 134,000 people in Mensa. That’s about 698 times more people
NASCAR
9:33 PM ET Associated Press Alex Bowman has raced to his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory, leading a terrific performance for Hendrick Motorsports at Chicagoland Speedway. Bowman had one of the fastest cars during practice, and the strength of his No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet showed after the race was delayed by a summer storm.
7:56 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Austin Dillon has won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Dillon recorded a top lap of 176.263 mph in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. It’s the sixth career pole for the 29-year-old Dillon, who is seeking his first Cup Series
6:57 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Cole Custer held off Joey Logano on Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway for his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season. The 21-year-old Custer had the strongest car all day long, leading 151 of the 200 laps for the 300-mile race. But he had to come back
12:17 AM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway for the second year Friday night, building a big lead for his second victory of the season. And this time the defending series champion got to celebrate with a burnout in the No. 24 GMS Racing
5:18 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Christopher Bell plans to stay with Joe Gibbs Racing for at least one more year. The 24-year-old Bell has re-signed with JGR for 2020, but he isn’t sure if he will be staying in the NASCAR Xfinity Series or moving up to the Cup Series. “I’m good
3:20 PM ET Sonoma gave the Cup series its first taste of road course racing of the season. Is it me or does three road races (one of those being on a “roval”) not seem like enough over a 36-race schedule? We didn’t get a thriller, just the stage breaks for cautions and seven lead
6:52 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Martin Truex Jr. won the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive year, comfortably holding off teammate Kyle Busch for his fourth victory of the season. Truex won for the fourth time in the past eight points-paying races, earning his 23rd career
12:41 AM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Ross Chastain won the NASCAR Truck Series race Saturday night at The Raceway at Gateway, a week after losing a victory at Iowa when he was disqualified for failing a postrace inspection. Chastain grabbed track position with a gas-only last pit stop in Niece Motorsports’ No. 45
4:45 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Kyle Larson won the Cup Series pole at Sonoma Raceway for the third consecutive year Saturday, navigating the course’s new layout with ease. Larson reached an average lap speed of 95.712 mph in his Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet to earn his first pole of the season on