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3:31 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR has docked Ryan Newman and Chris Buescher 20 points each and confiscated their spoilers prior to Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR said the two violated a rule stating that except as specified, spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer. Each car

9:16 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Zane Smith scored the first Truck Series win of his career Friday night with a last-lap pass in double overtime at Michigan International Speedway. Grant Enfinger tried to win the race as the leader on four previous restarts but a slew of cautions spoiled his race. Enfinger

5:10 PM ET Associated Press Darlington Raceway has gotten state approval to have fans in the stands when it runs NASCAR’s Southern 500 next month. The state commerce department gave the track “Too Tough To Tame” an exemption to have up to 8,000 fans in the stands, according to an agency spokesman. South Carolina Gov.

7:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Brooklyn, Michigan, for a double-dip of races Saturday and Sunday. Racing begins Saturday with the FireKeepers Casino 400 (4 p.m. ET) and continues with the Consumers Energy 400 on Sunday (4:30 p.m. ET). Brad Keselowski won the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 in New

8:44 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Erik Jones won’t return to Joe Gibbs Racing next season, ending his time with one of NASCAR’s top teams after three Cup seasons but several years in Gibbs’ driver development program. “We appreciate all Erik has done for Joe Gibbs Racing over the past several years,” Joe

1:30 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR driver Spencer Davis says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss Friday night’s Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Davis said he tested positive Thursday and his team’s entry has pulled out of the Michigan race. “I support the protocols in place by the CDC

6:31 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has fined an Xfinity Series team $50,000 because driver Alex Labbe violated the testing policy for the road course at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR will race on that configuration for the first time later this month and is not holding any practice sessions before the events.

1:43 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi Racing has made a crew chief change for the No. 42 driven by Matt Kenseth, with engineer Phil Surgen taking over for the remainder of the season. Surgen has been with the Ganassi organization since 2016. He replaces Chad Johnston, who had been the crew

12:40 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Leavine Family Racing has sold its NASCAR team but will finish the season with driver Christopher Bell. Team owner Bob Leavine made the announcement Tuesday, saying he could not risk his 41-year-old construction business by continuing to fund the team. Leavine is the second team owner to

3:49 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brad Keselowski finally got a contract extension from Team Penske, announced the day after NASCAR’s 2012 champion won his third race of the season. Keselowski has been open in his desire to remain with the organization where he gave Roger Penske his first NASCAR championship. The 10-week