10:13 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The NASCAR Cup Series visits Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a 2 p.m. ET race on Sunday that likely will take place in temperatures 10 to 15 degrees cooler than a typical July race.
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9:25 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The Circuit of the Americas and Texas Motor Speedway sit three hours apart, and while they both are auto racing venues, not everyone has viewed their coexistence through the lens that a rising
2:37 PM ET Tuesday’s news that Furniture Row Racing, which won the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series title with Martin Truex Jr., will close after the 2018 season has evoked a gamut of emotions — from surprise to anger to sadness. ESPN.com’s panel of experts goes beyond the emotions to discuss how the team’s ceasing of
5:50 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Barney Visser stood outside his hauler at Martinsville Speedway last October, and the question came up about how much of his own money had he put into Furniture Row Racing. He gave one
2:34 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Furniture Row Racing, which won the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series title with Martin Truex Jr., will close after the 2018 season. A 2018 championship contender with four victories this year and sitting third
10:14 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Alex Bowman might have to do some scoreboard watching Sunday while he competes in the NASCAR Cup series regular-season finale (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A career day would put
10:17 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Jimmie Johnson won’t race Indianapolis Motor Speedway much differently Sunday (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN) from the way he raced at Darlington Raceway before his night ended early with a bum oil pump. He
1:38 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DARLINGTON, S.C. — Brad Keselowski entered the media center Sunday night a little dehydrated and admittedly probably a little tipsy, two not-so-surprising results of winning the Southern 500, considered by many as one
11:35 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Brad Keselowski beat leader Kyle Larson out of the pits with 22 laps to go, then pulled away on a restart to win the Southern 500 on Sunday night and sweep the weekend at Darlington Raceway. Keselowski took the Xfinity race Saturday when leaders Ross Chastain and
6:56 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DARLINGTON, S.C. — Ross Chastain, a driver looking to make the most of a three-race Xfinity Series opportunity with Chip Ganassi Racing, led 90 laps Saturday at Darlington Raceway to try to show