NASCAR

11:23 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. — Jeffrey Earnhardt saw what Ryan Preece was able to do by competing in select Xfinity Series races in some of the best equipment, and that is how he hopes to

12:32 AM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Friday night at ISM Raceway to earn a spot in the four-man title chase at Homestead. Moffitt charged from third to first with a strong inside move after a restart with three laps left in the

8:17 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Harvick has won the pole for Sunday’s final qualifying race for the championship. The strong run came as his team is snared in a cheating controversy. Harvick’s winning car from last week was found to have an illegal spoiler and the punishment cost him his automatic

6:48 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. – Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso is retiring from that circuit after this season, but whether any NASCAR racing is on the horizon is still to be determined. Kevin Harvick

4:48 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. — The France family is looking to merge its sanctioning body NASCAR and its track-operating company International Speedway Corporation into one privately run company run that it would run. The France

10:12 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. — Suspended crew chief Rodney Childers vowed that the illegal rear spoiler on Kevin Harvick‘s car did not win Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, arguing that other teams were working

1:00 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NASCAR will evaluate its penalty system following the season, a typical procedure and one that could spark additional internal debate about whether NASCAR needs to start disqualifying teams for violations and whether it

12:40 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. will replace Daniel Suarez in the No. 19 car starting next season, Joe Gibbs Racing confirmed Wednesday. Truex needed a new place to race after

1:35 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The last time Kevin Harvick arrived in Phoenix to race amid a cloud of controversy, he promptly won the event. That was back in March. So as he heads to ISM (formerly Phoenix)

10:28 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Kevin Harvick is no longer locked into a NASCAR Cup Series playoff spot as his race-winning car from Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway was found to have illegal alterations to the rear spoiler.