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Associated Press Jun 16, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Ryan Blaney dominated the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway on Sunday night for his first victory of the season and a spot in the playoffs. Blaney led four times for a career-high 201 laps, finishing 0.716 seconds ahead

Associated Press Jun 15, 2024, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Sam Mayer took the lead from Riley Herbst on the overtime restart to win Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway. It was the second win of the season for Mayer, and sixth career win in the series. Mayer, who

Field Level Media Jun 15, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Kyle Larson was hoping for a rainout of Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Iowa Speedway. His wish wasn’t granted, but in the end, it didn’t matter. Larson will start from the front of the field in Sunday’s Iowa

Associated Press Jun 14, 2024, 08:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — NASCAR’s inaugural Cup Series practice at Iowa Speedway turned into a test for tires and created questions about the quality of race Sunday will produce. There were five separate tire problems Friday, the first day Cup cars have ever turned laps

Associated Press Jun 14, 2024, 06:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Martin Truex Jr. announced Friday that he will retire from full-time racing at the end of the season, saying it was time to live by his own schedule after 19 years in NASCAR’s Cup Series. “I mean, it’s as simple as

ESPN News Services Jun 13, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Martin Truex Jr. is planning to retire at the end of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, according to multiple reports. Truex, 43, is expected to announce his retirement Friday at his pre-race news conference at Iowa Speedway ahead of this weekend’s Iowa

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 10:40 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 Tony Stewart’s Stewart-Haas Racing will cease operations at the end of the season. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Racers, start your valuations. After months

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SONOMA, Calif. — Kyle Larson celebrated NASCAR approving his participation in the playoffs with his third Cup victory of the season — a Sunday win at his home track. The victory for Larson, who grew up 80 miles away from Sonoma Raceway in Elk

Associated Press Jun 8, 2024, 11:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SONOMA, Calif. — Shane van Gisbergen raced to his second straight Xfinity Series victory, winning from the pole Saturday at Sonoma Raceway to further build his reputation as one of the best road racers in NASCAR. The former rugby player then autographed a rugby

Associated Press Jun 4, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Tuesday granted Kyle Larson the waiver he needs to remain eligible to compete in this year’s playoffs despite missing the Coca-Cola 600 because he instead ran the Indianapolis 500. The decision came after nearly nine days of internal NASCAR

Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Ill. — Austin Cindric emerged as the surprise winner of the NASCAR Cup series race Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway when teammate Ryan Blaney apparently ran out of gas while leading on the final lap. Blaney, the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion,

Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shane van Gisbergen grabbed the lead coming out of a late caution and held on on the road course just north of downtown Portland on Saturday for his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory. From New Zealand, the 35-year-old van Gisbergen won the NASCAR Cup

Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Ill. — As he’s trying to race his way into the NASCAR Cup series playoffs, Chase Briscoe now faces a fresh challenge with the potential for his Stewart-Haas Racing team to deteriorate around him. Owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced this week

Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Ill. — Michael McDowell completed a lap at 139.241 mph Saturday to earn the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It’s the third pole for McDowell’s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first

Associated Press May 30, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carl Edwards says he never expected to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame so when the announcement came down a week ago, he was unreachable for hours until his wife encouraged him to check his phone. He was shocked

Associated Press May 29, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Front Row Motorsports said Wednesday it has purchased a charter that will expand the NASCAR team to three cars in the Cup Series in 2025. Front Row did not reveal the seller, but the announcement comes one day after Stewart-Haas Racing

Associated Press May 28, 2024, 04:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stewart-Haas Racing, a two-time NASCAR championship team with 69 Cup Series victories since its 2009 formation, will close its organization at the end of this season Co-owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced the decision Tuesday after nearly a year of

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 27, 2024, 09:36 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 On Sunday, Kyle Larson became the first person in 10 years to  attempt the Indy 500-Coke 600 Double. Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty