8:51 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Oh, Dale Earnhardt Jr., there’s nothing to be worried about. Earnhardt is known to be a little self-conscious and desperately wants to do well in his new role as a television broadcaster. So
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7:24 PM ET Associated Press BOWMANVILLE, Ontario — Justin Haley took the lead after Noah Gragson and Todd Gilliland collided on the final turn and won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff opener Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. NASCAR’s 15-time most popular driver has had eight Cup series races this season to hone
6:55 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Justin Allgaier won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America on Saturday, pulling away over the final five laps to pick up his second victory in three weeks. Brad Keselowski is one of several Cup series drivers who ESPN experts consider to be surprise absentees
9:20 PM ET ESPN News Services ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly‘s No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver’s father in the 1980s that surfaced this week. Lilly said in a statement Friday that its
9:05 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne spoke on back-to-back days at Bristol Motor Speedway earlier this month, and the message from each of them was pretty clear — their hearts no longer were into
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 Bill Elliott has an easy answer to the question of why he is competing in an Xfinity Series race at 62 years old. “Why not do it?” Elliott said. Elliott will drive the
8:39 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 playoff intensity is about to start for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. And then it will be on hold. And then on hold again. The way the schedule broke down this
2:44 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Front Row Motorsports is now a three-car team, but the driver, car number and car manufacturer it will field as its third entry at Darlington Raceway next week is still
6:16 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle will have to pay his ex-wife $250,001 after a North Carolina jury determined he had violated her privacy by having security cameras installed in their bedroom and bathroom
9:54 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Is everyone in NASCAR on the move? No. It just might seem that way as Silly Season talk heats up. There is some stability in NASCAR. And by some, we mean little. In