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Tuesday, Jul 2

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Carson Hocevar penalized for incident under caution

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Hocevar, 21, is currently competing in his rookie season as a Cup driver.During the Cup race at Nashville, Brad Keselowski crashed and brought out a caution on Lap 244.As the field slowed down the backstretch, Hocevar started running into…

Justin Haley hopes Cup field has "caught up a little bit" to SVG

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Justin Haley, who started last in the series’ inaugural street race last July, moved into the lead with 30 laps remaining and with the race length cut short due to impending darkness, he was good on fuel to the finish.As it turned out, van…

Monday, Jul 1

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Joey Logano to fill in for Hailie Deegan in Chicago NASCAR Xfinity race

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Instead, 2x NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano will get behind the wheel of the No. 15 AMR Ford Mustang.In a statement, the team indicated that there are hoping to improve the team's competitiveness with input from Logano. Deegan has…

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Why Joey Logano took a 'ginormous risk' to win at Nashville

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Stretching the fuel in Logano's No. 22 Penske Ford for 110 laps – including five overtimes that covered an extra 31 laps – certainly looks like the right decision now.After all, with the win, the two-time champion is locked in the playoffs…

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"A lot of craziness" wreaks havoc on Sunday's Nashville Cup race

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In regulation, it looked at first like the race was going to come down to a battle of pit strategy between Denny Hamlin (who took four tires on his final stop) and last year’s race winner Ross Chastain (who took two).The two waged a wild…

Zane Smith "pissed" despite career-best result at Nashville

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Smith, 25, entered Nashville last in points among full-time drivers. His best finish of the 2024 season was 13th in the season-opening Daytona 500.But after five overtime restarts with cars wrecking and running out of fuel left and right,…

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NASCAR Cup Nashville: Logano stretches fuel to win in five overtimes

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Logano inherited the lead after the third overtime when Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. were both forced to pit for fuel. He appeared to be in position to claim the win in the fourth overtime, but a caution came out just before Logano…

Sunday, Jun 30

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Indy 500 champ Josef Newgarden would "love to drive a NASCAR Cup car"

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Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn., was a guest at Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway and the back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion reiterated his desire to one day drive in NASCAR.“I’m a Nashville guy. I was…

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NASCAR Xfinity Nashville: Nemechek wins in race defined by brutal heat

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Nemechek had asked for an adjustment during pit stops prior to the start of Stage 3 and within 10 laps he’d lost the lead to Cole Custer.Nemechek, however, redeemed himself by reclaiming the lead from Custer on a restart with 46 of 188…

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Recent string of races "a bit frustrating" for William Byron

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Byron has already won three times this yer and is well-positioned for the playoffs, but his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team has had difficulty producing top 10 finishes on a week-to-week basis of late.Earlier this season, Byron had five…

Saturday, Jun 29

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NASCAR Cup Nashville: Hamlin beats Berry, Bell to pole position

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Hamlin, who has won the last three races held on concrete tracks, is in good position to make it four in a row at the 1.33-mile speedway.On a blistering hot day, Hamlin was the last driver to go out in the final round but still managed to…

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NASCAR Cup Nashville: Ty Gibbs leads the way in practice

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Gibbs, who is still looking for his first Cup series victory of his career, led the way with an average lap speed of 159.286 mph in the first 20-minute session.“It’s a fun track and I hoping to keep learning like I go at every place we go…

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Riley Herbst has "a lot of options on the table" in NASCAR for 2025

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At least part of the final decision to Herbst’s plans will be what his longtime sponsor, Monster Energy, wants to do.When Stewart-Haas Racing co-owners Gene Haas and Tony Stewart announced they were closing the organization at season’s end…

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NASCAR Trucks Nashville: Eckes leads every lap in dominant win

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Eckes started third but had grabbed the lead by the exit of Turn 2 on the opening lap. He cruised to the Stage 1 win, earned the Stage 2 win thanks to a late caution and was never seriously challenged in the final 32 green-flag dash to the…

Thursday, Jun 27

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2024 NASCAR at Nashville schedule, entry list, and how to watch

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Christopher Bell and Joe Gibbs Racing won a wild Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which was halted with 82 laps to go when severe weather hit the track. Tyler Reddick was in the lead, but NASCAR waited out the storm.The remainder…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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America’s got talent! Is Trackhouse’s versatile teenager the next big thing?

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In January 2024, Zilisch signed a multi-year development deal with Trackhouse Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by former racer Justin Marks and Cuban-American rap star Pitbull.Marks is quite the visionary among the NASCAR team…

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Long-time RCR competition executive Andy Petree retires

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Petree, 65, first joined Richard Childress Racing over 30 years ago. He worked as a crew chief with legendary driver Dale Earnhardt, winning the 1993 and 1994 NASCAR Cup Series championship together.Earnhardt earned 15 of his 76 Cup wins…

Tuesday, Jun 25

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NASCAR's wet weather racing exploit was flawed, but 'so much fun'

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At Richmond earlier this season, the Cup series had its first experience utilizing wet weather tires on shorter ovals as teams began the race with them and ran the first 30 laps until the track dried.It was just a taste, but most observers…

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Joe Gibbs Racing confirms Chase Briscoe as Truex's 2025 replacement

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Although the news shouldn't be too much of a surprise, as Christopher Bell accidentally leaked the news in a press conference at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend. On Tuesday, it was Bell himself who introduced Briscoe at the JGR…

Monday, Jun 24

Reddick: "It's a bummer" to lose after leading during lengthy rain delay

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Reddick stayed out at the end of the second stage and inherited the race lead. The driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota then held the position on the several restarts that followed, fighting off attacks from Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin,…

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Josh Berry cashes in on wet weather racing's "new opportunity"

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Berry, in his rookie Cup season with Stewart-Haas Racing, started Sunday’s race strong but when it was red-flagged after 219 laps due to heavy rain he was mired in 20th.NASCAR, however, elected to wait out a nearly two-hour, 15-minute…

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NASCAR says wet weather racing at New Hampshire was "very successful"

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NASCAR waited out a nearly two-hour, 15-minute rain delay in the final stage Sunday and mandated teams run the final 77 competitive laps on wet weather tires.Twice under caution, NASCAR allowed teams to put on new sets of wets with non…

Chase Briscoe on Loudon runner-up: "The rain saved us for sure"

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Briscoe, who drives the No. 14 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing, was mired mid-pack for much of Sunday’s race and outside the top 10 when the race was halted after 219 laps for thunderstorms.NASCAR, however, waited out a nearly two-hour, 15…

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NASCAR Cup NHMS: Bell wins on rain tires in weekend sweep

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Bell, who won Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, got a big jump on the field on an overtime restart and cruised to a 1.104-second win over a surprising Chase Briscoe.The final 77 laps of the race were run on wet weather tires – the longest…

Sunday, Jun 23

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NASCAR Xfinity NHMS: Bell wins in overtime with last-lap pass

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Bell, who had won in his last three starts at the 1.058-mile oval, restarted third at the start of a two-lap overtime behind Cole Custer and Sheldon Creed.Custer moved quickly to the lead, but Creed and Bell closed in and after Creed got…

Saturday, Jun 22

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Briscoe reacts to Bell leaking his future NASCAR plans

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During a news conference Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Bell – who drives the No. 20 Toyota at Joe Gibbs Racing – was asked about how a potential leadership vacuum at the organization would be filled next season after Martin Truex…

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NASCAR Cup NHMS: Hocevar leads brief practice; Sunday start time changed

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NASCAR scrapped Cup qualifying early on Saturday when rain moved into the area but when a small break came worked feverishly to dry the track in hopes of getting teams some practice time.As it turned out, teams got on track for just over…

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NASCAR Cup NHMS: Qualifying rained out; Chase Elliott on pole

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Persistent rain around the 1.058-mile track in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday forced the cancelation of Saturday’s qualifying session.The field for Sunday’s race was set by the NASCAR performance metric, which is based in large part on the…

Friday, Jun 21

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Cole Custer: "It would be a dream" to drive for Haas Cup team

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Custer's return to the Cup Series at the Haas Factory Team would likely not be a surprise as his father, Joe, will manage the one-Cup, two-Xfinity car operation and Haas Automation has been part of the younger Custer’s entire NASCAR career…

Thursday, Jun 20

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How a North Wilkesboro test could help Logano to a NHMS win

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Logano led 199 of the 200 laps at last month’s All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and his victory was helped at least in part by being one of three drivers that participated in a Goodyear tire test at track in March.Paul…