10:58 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports BRISTOL, Tenn. – Martin Truex Jr. blamed himself for being in position to be wrecked by Kyle Busch and blamed Busch for wrecking him even if it was unintentional during a wild Saturday
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10:19 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kurt Busch stole the spotlight from his younger brother Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway to grab an overdue short-track victory. Busch won for the first time this season but sixth on the 0.533-mile bullring he once dominated. But that was before younger brother Kyle Busch learned
11:00 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson capitalized on Kyle Busch‘s early exit to win the Xfinity Series race Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, his first victory ever at the track he calls his favorite. The first night race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Aug. 26, 1978, wasn’t overly dramatic, but
8:02 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson doesn’t feel he has to win in the next three races to carry momentum into the NASCAR Cup series playoffs. He sits 10th in the standings and has
10:54 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson won his third pole of the season as he eyes his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the year. Kyle Larson wins the pole after finishing second at Bristol in April, while Chase Elliott qualifies second. Here’s the field for Saturday’s Cup race. The first
4:25 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports BRISTOL, Tenn. – Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. wouldn’t rule out moving to a new team for 2019 as Furniture Row Racing continues to look for sponsorship. The first night
11:04 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Johnny Sauter took the lead when John Hunter Nemechek slowed because of late fuel pump issues, then held off Stewart Friesen on Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway for his fifth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season. Kasey Kahne, who has 18 career wins
1:15 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Plenty of changes in the NASCAR Cup Series have occurred over the past year. Look no further than Thursday’s news that after 15 years in the Cup series, Kasey Kahne is retiring from
8:56 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Kasey Kahne will no longer race in the NASCAR Cup Series full time after the 2018 season, he announced Thursday morning. The 38-year-old Kahne, 28th in the series standings in his first year
9:31 AM ET Aug. 26, 1978. It was a dark and stormy night … OK, it wasn’t necessarily stormy. But it was a little damp. You’ll have that in Bristol, Tennessee, in late August. And it was most definitely dark, as it always was as night fell among the barns and farms tacked up along