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7:40 PM ET Associated Press HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin is still sore from last week’s late wreck at Daytona and won’t race, as had been planned, in the Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. Hamlin will be full go for the Southern 500 on Sunday, the start of the NASCAR Cup Series

4:59 PM ET Associated Press MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Bubba Wallace is switching numbers, just like his famous car owner Michael Jordan did. Wallace will drive the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing the rest of the season instead of his usual No. 23. The team announced the move Wednesday. The switch was made because the

5:03 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to win at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series’ regular-season finale Sunday. Dillon passed Austin Cindric for the lead with three laps to go after a red flag that lasted 3

8:58 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway was rained out Saturday night and rescheduled for Sunday. The 400-mile race, the regular-season finale that will decide the last two playoff spots, will now begin at 10 a.m. EDT. It will air on CNBC. Weather forecasts

2:04 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jeremy Clements won a crash-filled Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway early Saturday for his second career victory and first since 2017. No. 2 came in race No. 421 for the 37-year-old driver/team owner. “I’m speechless, man,” Clements said near the start-finish line. “I don’t

6:19 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daniel Suarez says he was never concerned about his racing future and insists he won’t be down the road despite signing a one-year contract extension with Trackhouse Racing for 2023. Suarez, 30, made it clear Friday that he accepted a short-term deal with the belief that

6:07 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Thunderstorms washed out practice and qualifying at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, leaving Kyle Larson on the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale. Larson gets the pole for Saturday night’s race because of a formula that puts significant emphasis on last week’s finish; Larson

Aug 26, 2022 Associated Press Aric Almirola is putting off retirement and remaining at Stewart-Haas Racing for at least another year and maybe more after signing a multiyear agreement that includes more financial backing from longtime sponsor Smithfield Foods. The 38-year-old Almirola, who is completing his 11th consecutive year with Smithfield as a sponsor, said

Aug 26, 2022 Associated Press American tool company Craftsman will return as title sponsor of NASCAR’s Truck Series beginning in 2023. Craftsman served as the title sponsor from the truck series’ inception in 1995 through 2008. Camping World has been the title sponsor since. But Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis announced in July that his

10:40 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch will miss the start of NASCAR’s playoffs with concussion-like symptoms that have sidelined him for six weeks, meaning two spots in the 16-driver field will be open Saturday night in the regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway. 23XI Racing on Thursday withdrew the medical waiver

11:02 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Team Penske signed Joey Logano on Wednesday to a long-term contract extension that locks down both the 2018 NASCAR champion and teammate Ryan Blaney for the next several years. Blaney got a contract extension last week, and Logano’s has been finalized to keep him in the No.

3:43 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Dawn Staley will be out front again, this time at Darlington Raceway. South Carolina’s two-time national women’s championship coach will drive the pace car for the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs – the Southern 500 on Sept. 4. Staley attended the event in 2017

8:30 PM ET ESPN News Services WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Kyle Larson outlasted Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott on a restart with five laps to go and won the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. Elliott had control of the race late, but a caution gave Larson a chance and he

6:57 PM ET Associated Press WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Kyle Larson zoomed past Ty Gibbs and William Byron when the two leaders made contact with under five laps to go, then held off AJ Allmendinger to win the Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. Byron and Gibbs dominated the 82-lap race around

3:37 PM ET Associated Press WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup pole on Saturday at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot. Elliott, a two-time winner at The Glen, turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 10.477 seconds around the 2.45-mile natural terrain road course.

7:24 PM ET Associated Press MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Kurt Busch said Thursday he’ll miss the final two races of NASCAR’s regular season, bringing it to six races the 2004 champion has been sidelined with concussion-like symptoms. Busch wrote on Twitter he’ll miss the Sunday race on the road course at Watkins Glen International and then

1:48 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Team Penske signed Ryan Blaney to a multiyear contract extension ahead of his final push to make NASCAR’s playoffs. Blaney has been part of the Penske organization since he was 19 and ran three races in 2012 in the Xfinity Series. He’s been part of the three-car

7:22 PM ET ESPN News Services RICHMOND, Va. — Kevin Harvick may be stamping himself as the man to beat in NASCAR. The 2014 series champion took the lead from Joey Logano with 66 laps to go and held off Christopher Bell at Richmond Raceway on Sunday for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory.