1:00 AM ET This is usually the point in the NASCAR season when people talk about how we’re past the craziness of SpeedWeeks at Daytona and it’s time to move on to the “real season.” Except this season, that’s really not the case. We still have so much to learn about all the changes made
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6:31 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Brad Keselowski was so sick at Atlanta Motor Speedway his team had a standby driver on call. Keselowski said the help was not needed. The winningest driver in Team Penske history raced to an unlikely victory Sunday by recovering from a stomach virus to win at Atlanta
8:10 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Kyle Busch broke a tie with Ron Hornaday Jr. for the NASCAR Truck Series victory record Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, winning No. 52 in a race delayed by rain with nine laps to go. Busch is set to make his 500th career NASCAR Cup start Sunday.
4:34 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Christopher Bell routed the field at Atlanta Motor Speedway and led all but 20 laps to win the Xfinity Series race Saturday. It was the first victory for the Supra that Toyota is using this season in NASCAR’s second-tier series. “First Supra win in the Xfinity Series,
2:42 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — NASCAR was long overdue for an added punch to its racing product and eagerly awaits the results from a new competition package designed to increase the entertainment factor for the troubled series. The new rules debut Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where the prevailing opinion is that
6:41 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Aric Almirola has led a Ford sweep in NASCAR Cup qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almirola turned a lap at 181.472 mph Friday to take the top qualifying spot for Sunday’s race. He was followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Clint Bowyer, Almirola’s teammate at Stewart-Haas Racing.
1:05 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will race at NASCAR’s track dubbed “Too Tough To Tame.” Earnhardt Jr. announced Friday that he’ll compete at Darlington Raceway’s Xfinity Series race on Aug. 31 during the track’s Southern 500 weekend. Earnhardt Jr. retired from full-time racing in 2017. He ran the Xfinity
4:13 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael McDowell was still digesting his fifth-place finish at the Daytona 500 when Joey Logano appeared at the front of his car, angrily pointing at the Ford logo. He was questioning McDowell’s loyalty to the brand. “He shows up pointing at the Ford emblem, pushing on the
1:00 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There’s a rhythm to a NASCAR Victory Lane celebration. Every hat has been carefully stacked in advance. Every photo taken with every sponsor representative is preplanned. Even the spraying of champagne is done so according to the schedule. Not even the sport’s biggest event, the Daytona 500, is
11:57 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch felt like an amiable teammate, willing to do whatever it took to get Joe Gibbs Racing to victory lane at the Daytona 500. He’s not so sure Denny Hamlin did the same. Busch finished second in “The Great American Race,” extending his winless streak