1:35 PM ET Wait a second, Alex Bowman is perhaps the hottest driver in the NASCAR Cup series. There’s a completely intended pun there. In each of the past three weeks, Bowman has finished as runner-up — behind Chase Elliott at Talladega, Martin Truex Jr. at Dover and Brad Keselowski at Kansas. That’s behind two
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2:59 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson has unveiled a military-themed camouflage paint scheme for the Coca-Cola 600 with the name of a fallen soldier written across the front windshield of his No. 48 Chevrolet. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion will pay tribute to Army Sgt. Richard Donlan, who died during
11:36 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Brad Keselowski raced to his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season Saturday night, holding off a charging pack in overtime to take the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski took the lead from Alex Bowman with seven laps to go, building a big lead
11:36 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ross Chastain raced to his first NASCAR Trucks victory Friday night after leader Stewart Friesen ran out of gas with three laps to go at Kansas Speedway. “This is what sports is all about — comebacks man,” Chastain said after leading just five laps. Friesen took
8:37 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kevin Harvick scored his third pole of the season and his Stewart-Haas Racing team swept the top four spots in qualifying for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Harvick, the defending race winner, turned a lap of 179.217 mph Friday night in the
5:04 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kevin Harvick joked that the intra-team competition at Stewart-Haas Racing is marked by a whole lot of trash talk, and that Clint Bowyer usually says so much it’s tough to get a dig in. Harvick had the final word Friday night. He scored his third pole
10:04 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace acknowledged going through some tough times, on and off the track, before breaking down in tears ahead of Saturday night’s Cup series race at Kansas Speedway. The 25-year-old Wallace has struggled through his second full season at NASCAR’s top level, his best
6:49 AM ET Owners and their employees stood on the front stretch, angry and confused. Fans were frozen in the grandstand, brows furrowed, staring at the racetrack’s public address speakers, waiting on an announcement that might finally cement the event’s final finishing order. The competitors themselves simmered, trying not to overreact as one of the
5:50 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will stop the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after the second stage for a 30-second moment of remembrance. Charlotte officials also made the gesture in 2009 when the 600 was run on Memorial Day because of rain the previous day. The National Moment of Remembrance
4:00 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch was not surprised he dodged a fine from NASCAR for ranting about its current rules package. Busch’s expletive-riddled assessment after Monday’s rain-postponed race in Delaware in years past likely would have drawn a hefty fine. But NASCAR let Busch’s criticism go this week, and he