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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, 07:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Martin Truex Jr., who is retiring from full-time NASCAR competition after Sunday’s season finale, won the pole for the championship-deciding race at Phoenix Raceway. Truex turned a lap at 134.741 mph Saturday to earn the top starting spot. He plans to

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 Nov 8, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — A federal judge on Friday denied a motion by two NASCAR teams — one owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan — to be recognized as chartered teams as they proceed in an antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2024, 11:15 AM 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 One of Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick and William Byron will be crowned 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday in

Associated Press Nov 7, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Truck Series championship competitor Ty Majeski was fined $12,500 by NASCAR this week for passing on media obligations to vote in his home state of Wisconsin on Election Day. Majeski, who is one of four drivers who can win the truck

Associated Press Nov 5, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drama continued to encompass NASCAR ahead of its championship-deciding season finale as the sanctioning body issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway. The penalties came down after

Associated Press Nov 4, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Retired NBA great Michael Jordan and his fellow owners of two NASCAR teams went to federal court Monday for a hearing in their antitrust fight against the stock car series over what they say is an unfair business model. 23XI Racing,

Associated Press Nov 3, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Ryan Blaney celebrated his victory at Martinsville Speedway, a win that launched NASCAR’s defending champion into the title-deciding season finale. Meanwhile, Christopher Bell and William Byron waited awkwardly alongside their parked cars for a ruling from NASCAR on who would be

ESPN News Services Nov 2, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aric Almirola‘s victory Saturday at Martinsville Speedway helped nab Cole Custer a shot at the Xfinity Series championship after a heated race that may have earned the defending champion enemies in next week’s finale. Almirola is running a part-time schedule for Joe Gibbs

ESPN News Services Nov 2, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Martin Truex Jr., who is retiring from full-time racing in two weeks, won the pole in Saturday qualifying at Martinsville. Truex turned a lap at 95.951 mph to beat Hendrick Motorsports drivers Chase Elliott and William Byron. Truex was eliminated from the playoffs

Kelly Crandall Oct 31, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kevin Harvick, left, and co-owner Tony Stewart won Stewart-Haas Racing its two NASCAR Cup Series championships in 2011 and 2014. Chris Graythen/Getty Images Rodney Childers hardly goes down into the basement of his North Carolina home. The basement is where you’ll instead find his teenage

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Michael Jordan won a championship in Phoenix in 1993. Tyler Reddick ensured that his car owner will have a chance to win another title there this year. Reddick went high and overtook Ryan Blaney on the final turn to win at