7:04 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson went for the win Sunday afternoon, not knowing the consequences. Johnson wrecked in the final chicane while battling Martin Truex Jr. for the win on the new Charlotte
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8:18 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Hailie Deegan became the first woman to win a NASCAR K&N West Series race as she executed a bump-and-run move on her teammate for the win Saturday night at Meridian (Idaho) Speedway. The
6:18 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Briscoe won the first of two big NASCAR races on the new roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Briscoe grabbed his first career Xfinity Series victory Saturday on the hybrid track of speedway and road course. NASCAR will adjust a tire barrier after Bubba Wallace and Erik
1:49 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR adjusted the angle of a tire barrier at Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to Cup Series final practice Saturday so drivers would have more racing room at the exit of
7:24 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — AJ Allmendinger hasn’t had much fun in the past 18 months, so frustration turned into disappointment when JTG Daugherty Racing decided to release him after the 2018 season. Kurt Busch
6:37 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Kurt Busch won the pole for the NASCAR playoff race at the new “roval” at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a hybrid of the road course and oval that has drivers concerned with the complexity of the circuit. Busch, who is eighth in the playoff standings, will be joined
9:30 AM ET The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season has been dominated by three drivers — Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. The trio has combined to win 18 of 28 races (64 percent) and has led 3,448 of a possible 7,861 laps (44 percent, as long as you’re OK rounding up from
3:25 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — Daniel Hemric flirted with going to other teams but will replace Ryan Newman in the NASCAR Cup Series at Richard Childress Racing starting in 2019. Hemric is second in the
12:33 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — Ryan Preece will replace AJ Allmendinger at JTG Daugherty Racing in 2019, the team announced. Preece, who turns 28 next month, has two Xfinity Series wins with eight top-5s in
10:37 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NEWTON, N.C. — Jordan Anderson, a popular competitor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according