8:19 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Just because he won’t be surrounded by 3,300-pound cars traveling at more than 200 mph doesn’t mean Jimmie Johnson will be able to relax when he runs the Boston Marathon on Monday. If the seven-time NASCAR champion isn’t thinking about his heart rate or his pace, he’ll be
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11:29 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. held off Clint Bowyer in a long duel and then Joey Logano for four laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. Truex gave Joe Gibbs Racing its sixth victory in nine races this season and won for
7:06 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Kevin Harvick is set to start from the pole on Saturday in the NASCAR race at Richmond Raceway, but the field has been jumbled considerably. NASCAR says eight cars failed prerace inspection, including three that failed twice. They include the cars of local favorite Denny Hamlin, a
10:25 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia native Elliott Sadler retired after last season, but made his return to NASCAR’s Xfinity Series on Friday night at Richmond Raceway. The 43-year-old Sadler drove for Kaulig Racing, finishing 12th in one of just two planned starts this season. He is also scheduled to race at
10:12 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Cole Custer was openly hoping for rain to shorten the NASCAR Xfinity race at Richmond Raceway on Friday night. Then, he was desperately hoping for the rain to stay away. Custer passed Austin Cindric with 20 laps to go and earned his second victory of the season.
1:39 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Stewart-Haas Racing announced a partnership with Toco Warranty that will make the company a primary sponsor of Clint Bowyer‘s No. 14 Ford Mustang for four races this season. The company will debut with SHR during the April 26-28 race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Bowyer’s car will also
1:00 AM ET On Wednesday afternoon after his eighth win at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch washed the champagne from his clothes and started to pack for Richmond International Raceway, where this weekend he’ll be racing for his ninth RIR victory and hoping for his third in a row. But first, he called in to
1:00 AM ET It’s only April, and it already has been a season of accomplishments for Kyle Busch. Busch catching Richard Petty’s record of 200 NASCAR National Series (Cup, Xfinity and Truck series) wins is old news. He already has flown by that, now with 204 wins. That’s almost 100 more than anybody not crowned
5:30 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch led a 1-2 finish with his older brother at Sunday’s Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway to grab his third win of the season. Busch used late strategy under caution and didn’t pit to earn the lead. His Toyota lined up ahead of Kurt Busch
1:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Kevin Harvick has been penalized before the start of Sunday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway because his car failed inspection three times. His engineer was ejected from the event, and Harvick lost his 13th-place starting position. He must start at the back of the field at the .533-mile bullring