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Associated Press Nov 22, 2024, 09:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott was named NASCAR’s most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year at the sport’s season-ending awards ceremony Friday night. The only major NASCAR award determined solely by the vote of fans, Elliott earned 266,363 votes to beat out Hendrick

Associated Press Nov 22, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin will have a new crew chief in 2025. Joe Gibbs Racing announced Friday that Chris Gayle will serve as the crew chief for Hamlin’s No. 11 team, with Chris Gabehart being promoted to competition director. Gayle has served as

Associated Press Nov 19, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing will field a third car in the Cup Series in 2025, with Ryan Preece joining the team in the No. 60 Ford. Preece will pair with Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher in the team’s three-car lineup, the

ESPN News Services Nov 16, 2024, 09:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint said Saturday that they will compete in 2025 as “open teams” after the sanctioning body removed anticompetitive release claims that will allow them to race while the legal process continues. 23XI Racing, the team

Associated Press Nov 14, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Roger Penske on Thursday added the most prestigious street race in North America to his portfolio with the purchase of the Grand Prix of Long Beach. He bought the race from Gerald Forsythe, who owned half the event with the late Kevin Kalkhoven. Forsythe

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 11, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Joey Logano took home his third NASCAR Cup Series championship on Sunday in Phoenix. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Legitimacy (li-jit-uh-muh-see) noun. The state

Associated Press Nov 10, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Eliminated from the playoffs at the end of the second round, Joey Logano received a second chance when another competitor was disqualified. He pounced on the opportunity. Logano was added to the round of eight following Alex Bowman‘s disqualification and immediately

Associated Press Nov 9, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s “Alabama Gang” and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86. NASCAR released a statement from Allison’s family that said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina. A cause of death wasn’t given, but Allison had been in declining

Associated Press Nov 9, 2024, 11:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Justin Allgaier won his first NASCAR Xfinity season championship Saturday night at Phoenix Raceway, making a stunning comeback after falling a lap down midway through the race. Allgaier worked his way back through the field and passed Austin Hill and Cole

Associated Press May 8, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael McDowell, a former Daytona 500 winner, said Wednesday he will not return to “Front Row Motorsports” after this season. McDowell, 39, has been with “Front Row Motorsports” since 2018. He won the Daytona 500 in 2021 and last year’s Cup