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Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 08:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Regular-season champion Tyler Reddick won the pole Saturday for the second race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs Sunday. Reddick turned a 167.452 mph lap in a Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing to best Hendricks Motorsports driver Kyle Larson by

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Austin Hill grabbed the second spot next month in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale, racing to his fourth victory of the season Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hill drove the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet past Cole Custer with 12

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Frankie Muniz finished 33rd on Saturday in his first Truck Series race since the “Malcolm in the Middle” star announced he would become a full-time NASCAR racer next season. Muniz, who is 38, recently made the jump from part-time racer to

Keith Jenkins Oct 25, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Some players know each other like the back of their hands. They’ve faced off so frequently that they recognize each other’s tendencies, strengths and weaknesses. But some players have a connection that’s on a whole other level. That’s the case for NFL players Chase

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison finally got his victory from Bowman Gray Stadium more than five decades after he took the checkered flag and the trophy. NASCAR on Wednesday formally recognized 86-year-old Allison as the winner of the Myers

Oct 23, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former “Malcolm in the Middle” actor Frankie Muniz is taking the next step in his racing career by landing a full-time seat in the NASCAR Truck Series for 2025. Muniz will drive in the No. 33 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing, the team announced Tuesday. “I

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dale Earnhardt Jr. is getting back behind the wheel of the No. 8 Chevrolet with the iconic Budweiser paint scheme. The NASCAR Hall of Famer plans to compete in a limited series of late model stock car races in 2024 and 2025, starting

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions William Sawalich will be a full-time driver during the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, with Joe Gibbs Racing announcing Monday the 18-year-old is set to be behind the wheel of the team’s No. 18 Toyota. Sawalich, an Eden Prairie, Minnesota native, has made

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Knocked out of the playoffs this time last week, Joey Logano seized on his reversal of fortune to become the first driver locked into NASCAR’s championship finale. Logano was below the cutline and eliminated from the eight-driver field when he

Associated Press Oct 20, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — NASCAR regular-season champion Tyler Reddick rolled his car early during Sunday’s playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reddick, who had just won the first stage of the opening race of the semifinal round of the playoffs, was involved in a

Associated Press Oct 19, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — AJ Allmendinger won a two-lap sprint to finish Saturday night for his first victory of the season and an automatic berth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale. Allmendinger won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by leading a race-high 102 laps

Associated Press Oct 19, 2024, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Christopher Bell won the pole in Saturday qualifying for the opening race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs. Bell turned a lap at 185.344 mph in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing to take the top starting spot for Sunday

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports said Monday it will not appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification at Charlotte Motor Speedway that eliminated him from NASCAR title contention. Bowman finished Sunday’s race at The Roval in 18th-place — high enough to eliminate Joey Logano of Team Penske

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 05:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan said Monday she will move from NASCAR to IndyCar and compete in the Indy NXT Series next year with HMD Motorsports. Deegan will drive the No. 38 entry for the full 14-race calendar of the series one step below

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 05:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR has acknowledged that it is aware of allegations that an engineer for a Cup Series team accessed proprietary information and shared it with another team. The stock series released no details about the allegations because neither team has filed a

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson raced to his Cup Series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday to easily advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs, winning on The Roval — the hybrid road course/oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Larson led a race-high 62

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 07:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Sam Mayer won on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a controversial overtime finish Saturday that allowed Mayer to advance in the Xfinity Series playoffs. It came at the expense of Parker Kligerman, who not only was denied his first

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Shane van Gisbergen completed a Saturday qualifying sweep by winning the pole for both the Xfinity Series and Cup Series races. Van Gisbergen is racing for the Xfinity Series title but will run his 10th Cup Series race of the season