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Associated Press Feb 3, 2024, 04:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure he’d be healed from offseason shoulder surgery in time to compete in the Clash at the Coliseum, won the Saturday night exhibition that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express”

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 1, 2024, 09:21 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 Buzz for the 2024 NASCAR season will begin to build at Sunday’s Clash at the Coliseum exhibition in Los Angeles. Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Associated Press Jan 28, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roger Penske snapped a 54-year losing streak at the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Sunday when Felipe Nasr held off two-time defending race winner Tom Blomqvist in the final 45 minutes of the most prestigious endurance race in the United

Associated Press Jan 25, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DARLINGTON, S.C. — Darlington Raceway is going back to racing’s roots for its latest NASCAR throwback next May. The track announced Thursday that the latest edition to celebrate NASCAR history will focus on the roots of racing and origin stories of drivers who began

Associated Press Jan 22, 2024, 05:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR backtracked on its plan to close the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum grandstands for the first day of on-track activity for the upcoming Clash on the very same day the shutdown was announced, said Ben Kennedy, the architect of NASCAR’s

Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 10:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus, who teamed up to win a record-tying seven Cup championships, were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night. The sport’s dominant duo, both first-ballot inductees, joined Donnie Allison, an original member

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 11, 2024, 09:11 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 Cale Yarborough won three NASCAR Cup Series championships in 1976, 1977 and 1978. Bettmann/Getty Images As the race shops and racetracks of the

Dec 31, 2023, 11:20 AM ET Cale Yarborough, a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion in the 1970s, has died at the age of 84. Yarborough’s crowning achievements include four Daytona 500 victories and five Southern 500 wins. His championships in 1976, 1977 and 1978 made him the only driver to win three straight NASCAR titles

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterDec 27, 2023, 09:11 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 The NASCAR Cup Series Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway was one of the most entertaining races of the 2023 season. (Photo by

Associated Press Dec 13, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Noah Gragson has spent the past five months working on personal growth and maturity after his “like” of an insensitive meme of George Floyd nearly cost him his NASCAR career. He’ll get a chance to show if he has truly evolved

Associated Press Dec 7, 2023, 08:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Leah Pruett will step away from the NHRA drag racing series in 2024 to focus on starting a family with Tony Stewart. Her NASCAR Hall of Fame husband will replace her next season in the Top Fuel dragster that Pruett drove to a career-best

Associated Press Nov 30, 2023, 09:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chase Elliott overcame the worst season of his career to maintain his hold on the NASCAR most popular driver award for the sixth consecutive year. Elliott missed seven races this season, failed to make the playoffs and wasn’t required to attend

Associated Press Nov 30, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One NASCAR championship down and Ryan Blaney already has his eyes on another prize: the Indianapolis 500. Roger Penske said Thursday that NASCAR’s reigning Cup champion had inquired about someday running “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” but “The Captain” pumped the

Associated Press Nov 29, 2023, 05:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal announced Wednesday that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season. The new media rights deal is worth $7.7 billion when the previously announced $1.1 billion

Associated Press Nov 29, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — RFK Racing will enter a third car in next year’s season-opening Daytona 500 for David Ragan, who will pilot the No. 60 Ford as part of a new program for the organization. The #Stage60 program will bring the No. 60 to

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 16, 2023, 02:55 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 NASCAR Hall of Fame broadcaster Ken Squier died Wednesday at the age of 88. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Storyteller. That term has become a

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Ken Squier, a longtime NASCAR announcer and broadcaster, has died. He was 88. Squier died Wednesday night in Waterbury, Vermont, according to the management of the local WDEV radio, which he owned. “Though he never sat behind the wheel of a stock car, Ken Squier contributed to

Nov 14, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions There’s no telling if there will be a bountiful harvest of fast-food pizza, fried chicken and tacos at the housewarming party, but newly retired NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick and his wife have recently bought the home made famous for its appearance in the movie “Talladega Nights: