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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

Associated Press May 4, 2024, 08:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell put four trying weeks of crashes and misfortune behind him Saturday, posting the fastest time in qualifying at Kansas Speedway to earn the pole for the third time in his last five NASCAR Cup Series visits to the

ESPN News Services May 5, 2024, 10:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson came around Chris Buescher on the final lap and banged doors with him all the way to the finish line Sunday, where he was declared the winner of the Cup Series race by officials at Kansas Speedway

Associated Press May 2, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing, which he took to Victory Lane in the Daytona 500 two years ago, to continue driving the No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team

Associated Press May 2, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Erik Jones was cleared by doctors and approved to return by NASCAR on Thursday, but his Legacy Motor Club team will hold him out of this weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway to allow him more time to recover from his

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterApr 30, 2024, 09:35 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 stands next to his dragster after finishing fourth in his first professional final round at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals on

Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 06:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson over the final thrilling laps and wiggled through lapped traffic to win the NASCAR Cup race by about a quarter of a second Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway. Hamlin’s third win of the

Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Make it three straight NASCAR wins for the Truex kids at the Monster Mile. Ryan Truex won the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway for the second straight year, giving the younger brother of Martin Truex Jr. the only

Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Kyle Larson ran into his first speed bump in his busy May. Larson next month will become the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete “The Double” and run 1,100 miles in one day, starting with the Indianapolis 500 in

Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch turned a fast lap of 162.191 mph on Saturday and won the pole for the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Busch earned his first pole win of the season and No. 34 overall in 689 NASCAR

Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Erik Jones was in agony the instant his Toyota slammed into the outside wall on a late wreck last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. The 27-year-old Jones — as sturdy as NASCAR drivers come, having never missed a Cup race over seven-plus

Alanis King, Racing columnistApr 25, 2024, 09:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Parker Kligerman races during the NASCAR Xfinity Series on April 13 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Most people think of NASCAR as one thing: “Just a bunch of left turns.” But NASCAR is so

Associated Press Apr 23, 2024, 03:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STATESVILLE, N.C. — Erik Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck at Talladega and will not drive this weekend in the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Corey Heim will substitute for Jones in the No. 43

Associated Press Apr 21, 2024, 07:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLADEGA, Ala. — So much for Michael Jordan being a jinx at the race track. The Basketball Hall of Famer celebrated as if he was still on the court after Tyler Reddick stole a NASCAR Cup victory at Talladega Superspeedway, speeding across the line

ESPN News Services Apr 20, 2024, 07:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLADEGA, Ala. — Nineteen-year-old rookie Jesse Love won the first NASCAR Xfinity Series of his career in a crash-marred, double-overtime finish at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. Love held off Brennan Poole, who pulled alongside roaring into the trioval, and took the checkered flag

Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Chase Elliott pulled ahead and cleared Ross Chastain on the first lap after the second restart in overtime Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, ending a 42-race winless streak for NASCAR’s most popular driver. The race ended on the 16th caution

ESPN News Services Apr 13, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Sam Mayer made a last-lap pass and held on to win by a matter of inches ahead of Ryan Sieg at Texas Motor Speedway in one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Xfinity Series history on Saturday. Mayer was

Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Larson will be the pole sitter for the third NASCAR Cup race in a row after a fast lap of 190.369 mph in qualifying Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. This is the 250th pole ever for Hendrick Motorsports and