Jun 30, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports JOLIET, Ill. — One pit box won’t look like the rest on pit road during each NASCAR Cup Series race the rest of the year. NBC’s at-track studio doubles as a pit box
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1:10 AM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday night after leader John Hunter Nemechek ran out of gas on the final lap. Moffitt won for the third time this season and fourth time overall, and he did it in a
6:18 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports JOLIET, Ill. — Kyle Larson is limited to 25 sprint-car races a year by his NASCAR Cup Series team owner, and he plans to make the most of them. Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn’t
6:20 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports JOLIET, Ill. — Race-car driver Jesse Iwuji hopes he has a less dramatic trip home from the track this weekend than he did last. But he is prepared if someone needs his help.
9:00 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NEW YORK — Dale Earnhardt Jr. clearly enjoyed perks of his new job Wednesday. The perks of a media tour to promote the start of NASCAR races on NBC didn’t initially appear all
10:39 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Brennan Poole is suing his former team, Chip Ganassi Racing, and former agency Spire Sports and Entertainment on claims that they illegally conspired to move the DC Solar sponsorship from Poole in the
9:00 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NEW YORK — As he roamed in and out of appearances on a media tour Wednesday in New York City, Dale Earnhardt Jr. talked with ESPN.com about his new job: NASCAR analyst for
8:47 AM ET NASCAR went road racing this weekend for the first time in 2018. Amid the left turns, right turns, inclines and drops, we saw the same drivers who have been battling at the front all season again get to the front. This time, it was defending champion Martin Truex Jr. picking up his
8:28 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports SONOMA, Calif. — When NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs say races are won and lost on pit road, they don’t mean anything like what happened Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. It had nothing to
8:12 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Martin Truex Jr. was running second as the laps dwindled in Sonoma, and crew chief Cole Pearn didn’t think they were as fast as Kevin Harvick. Pearn told his team to prepare for a pit stop on the 73rd lap, and he told Truex over the radio