12:24 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. — NASCAR drivers, preparing to compete Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, mourned World of Outlaws sprint car driver Jason Johnson, who died Sunday morning from injuries suffered in a crash at Beaver
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12:46 AM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Justin Haley won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Saturday night at Gateway Motorsports Park for his first career victory, pulling away on a wild last restart. Kyle Larson won his second pole of the season. Martin Truex Jr. will start next to him on the
5:51 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Kyle Larson proved again that he knows his way around Sonoma. Kyle Larson won his second pole of the season. Martin Truex Jr. will start next to him on the front row. Take a driver-by-driver look through the field for Sunday’s Cup series race. Watching teammate Matt
6:09 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. — Kevin Harvick is looking to be the first repeat winner at Sonoma Raceway since Jeff Gordon won three consecutive races from 1998 to 2000. That isn’t the only trend he’s
6:36 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. — You’ve been warned, Denny Hamlin haters: He’s taking the bait no more on social media. Watching teammate Matt Kenseth struggle while driving Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 6 Ford helped Trevor
4:39 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. — Trevor Bayne smiled as he returned to the driver’s seat in the NASCAR Cup Series garage Friday, fresh and determined after Roush Fenway put Matt Kenseth in its No. 6
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 SAN FRANCISCO — Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. wasn’t surprised that NASCAR decided against changing any of the aerodynamic rules this year amid too much uncertainty as to the on-track
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 SONOMA, Calif. — Trevor Bayne returns to NASCAR Cup Series competition this weekend at Sonoma Raceway (3 p.m. ET, FS1) after Roush Fenway Racing booted him from the car for five events in
2:48 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports A father who pulled his son out of a burning race car faces some minimal discipline for going on to a racetrack during an event. South Boston (Va.) Speedway put Dean Jones on
Jun 21, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NASCAR announced three weeks ago that it would return to Las Vegas in late November for the 10th consecutive year for its postseason Cup series awards celebration. What it didn’t say was that