8:08 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Elliott Sadler wants NASCAR to roll the dice. Or at least, he figures, a few betting windows can be added to race tracks across America. NASCAR moved its Indianapolis Cup series race to September thinking that better weather would mean an influx of fans, but a Colts home
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12:54 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports INDIANAPOLIS — Kasey Kahne doesn’t know when, or if, he will return to the NASCAR Cup Series as dehydration issues caused him trouble seeing and elevated his heart rate to the point of
7:43 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports INDIANAPOLIS — Defending Brickyard 400 winner Kasey Kahne will miss the race this weekend as he is suffering lingering effects of heat exhaustion from the race Sunday at Darlington Raceway. Leavine Family Racing,
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.
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