9:51 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Kasey Kahne had trouble believing how good he felt Monday. He had raced over the weekend in a sprint car in California at a Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit race co-sponsored by Rico Abreu. He
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10:10 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Spencer Gallagher announced Friday that he would pretty much end his racing career after the 2018 season. He might run an occasional truck, but beyond that, he’s turning in his steering wheel. The
11:38 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports KANSAS CITY, Kan. — When asked about Chase Elliott after Elliott’s win at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Kyle Busch wondered why he should even care about his fellow competitor. There’s a pretty simple
9:37 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR set up its playoff system for win-and-in dramatics. It wants the thrill of victory and agony of defeat as it eliminates four drivers after three-race rounds. That didn’t
6:24 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Chase Elliott won at Kansas Speedway on Sunday for his second victory in three races, cementing himself as a championship threat late in a season in which mighty Hendrick Motorsports has lagged. Elliott needed 98 career starts before he figured out how to close out a
6:55 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — John Hunter Nemechek‘s father first brought him to victory lane at Kansas Speedway almost 15 years ago, when “Front Row” Joe Nemechek swept the weekend Xfinity and Cup series races. His son drove himself there on Saturday. Kyle Larson failed to win two appeals of a
2:00 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 prevailed in two appeals of the penalty issued to Chip Ganassi Racing driver Kyle Larson as both a three-member appeals panel and the final appeals officer ruled Friday against the team. The
9:04 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Joey Logano hopped out of his car and jokingly thanked his Penske Racing team for all the wise adjustments that they made before he qualified on the pole for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway. Joey Logano will start on the pole for the first time this
12:37 PM ET Matt Willis Close ESPN Staff Writer Matt Willis has been a studio researcher at ESPN since 2006, working on “NASCAR Now” and “SportsCenter,” among other shows. He graduated from Ithaca College in 2006 with a degree in journalism. While there, he worked on ICTV, on shows such as “Ya Think You Know
12:35 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kyle Larson remains 36 points behind the current cutoff spot heading into the elimination race Sunday at Kansas Speedway as Chip Ganassi Racing lost an appeal Friday of a