11:15 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. led a race-high 96 laps Friday night, but that wasn’t the coolest part of his lone Xfinity Series start of the 2018 season. Christopher Bell advanced to the second round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs Friday with his win at Richmond Raceway. Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
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12:33 AM ET ESPN News Services RICHMOND, Va. — Christopher Bell took the lead away from Matt Tifft with 13 laps to go and won the opening race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs on Friday night. While finishing fourth in his lone race of the season was fun, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said the moments
8:17 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Kevin Harvick won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. Ryan Newman, who has one win in five years with Richard Childress Racing and is leaving that team after 2018, will drive for Roush Fenway Racing in 2019, a source told ESPN. Brad
12:34 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — Brad Keselowski‘s wife, Paige, skipped the race Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway so she could be with family who live in eastern North Carolina in the path of Hurricane
Sep 22, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season has been somewhat historic in the sense it is the first that three different drivers have won three consecutive races. Kevin Harvick rattled off
11:29 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Stewart-Haas Racing won a NASCAR Cup Series title in 2014 using chassis it bought and engines it leased from Hendrick Motorsports. The alliance ended following the 2016 season, but for all practical purposes,
4:02 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Brian France has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, according to a report by TMZ. There has been a lot of talk
Brad Keselowski’s triple-win score is something that doesn’t happen often in NASCAR, even if it’s been relatively frequent this year. David Allio/Icon Sportswire The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs started in style on Sunday, and what better locale for drama, controversy and oodles of Miller Lite than Las Vegas? The attrition rate and unpredictability bodes well
8:51 AM ET The Big Three. That’s the term we’ve heard throughout the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, referring to collectively dominant performances of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and defending series champion Martin Truex Jr. Between them, they have hoarded 17 wins in 27 races. On Sunday evening, Brad Keselowski made his case for a
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 Dale Earnhardt Jr. will return to the driver’s seat on Friday, and he insists he won’t worry about whether he will return to Victory Lane at Richmond Raceway. Earnhardt, who retired from NASCAR