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11:37 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Rain forced the postponement of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway after just 42 laps Saturday night, setting up a doubleheader Sunday. The day will start at noon with the completion of an Xfinity Series race that was suspended after 91 laps Friday night. That

12:41 AM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway lasted 91 laps Friday night before rain that delayed the start returned midway through the second stage. Brandon Jones was leading when the caution flag flew and, after two laps, it became a red flag as the cars were

8:35 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo will get to drive Dale Earnhardt’s famous yellow and blue Wrangler NASCAR once he scores his first podium for McLaren. Earnhardt’s 1984 Wrangler Chevrolet, to be precise, which is part of McLaren CEO Zak Brown’s private car collection. Brown has made the offer to his new signing, who made his

10:26 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott has seen the picture somewhere — it’s hanging in their family shop, Bill Elliott confirms — of his shaking hands with Alan Kulwicki following the 1992 season finale. The photo symbolizes a golden era for NASCAR and shows one driver losing with grace and accepting

8:28 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in 50 years. He couldn’t see much — visibility was next to nothing during this Monday dust storm — but

2:48 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Martin Truex Jr. entered the Truck Series race for the first time in 15 years just to get extra laps on the dirt surface at Bristol Motor Speedway. That reconnaissance mission turned into a runaway victory for Truex, who dominated the Monday afternoon race and then quickly

12:50 PM ET NASCAR has postponed the inaugural Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway to Monday because of heavy rains and a flood warning in the area. The 250-lap feature is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET. The Truck Series race was initially rescheduled to 9 p.m. ET Sunday night but will now run

5:33 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR feverishly tried to save its ballyhooed first Cup Series dirt race since 1970 from turning into a total disaster, the likes not seen since the 2008 tire debacle at Indianapolis made for one of the worst events in sport history. The Cup Series is slated to

11:21 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Think of iRacing and Kyle Larson and the first thing that comes to mind is his use of a racial slur while participating in a late-night session nearly a year ago. Of course it is, and Larson knows that. He can’t escape that he said the N-word,

7:26 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Ryan Blaney became the sixth driver to win in six races to start NASCAR’s Cup season, surging to the front with nine laps to go after Kyle Larson‘s dominant performance at Atlanta Motor Speedway fell apart on a fading set of tires Sunday. Larson easily won the

8:29 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Justin Allgaier snatched the lead after Martin Truex Jr. made a mistake on pit road, and then held off his furious charge at the end to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Allgaier’s celebration was marred by a scuffle on pit

5:54 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Kyle Busch raced to his 60th NASCAR Trucks Series victory with a dominating performance Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Busch pulled way over the last 30 laps and finished more than 4 seconds ahead of the field. “It’s always cool to get back to victory

7:05 PM ET Associated Press LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Tony Stewart is engaged to Leah Pruett, the NHRA drag racer he began dating at the start of the pandemic. The pair announced their engagement in social media posts. “So excited to spend the rest of my life with a

7:31 PM ET ESPN News Services AVONDALE, Ariz. — Martin Truex Jr. pulled away in the final laps Sunday at Phoenix Raceway for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season and 28th overall. Truex beat the four championship finalists from last year. He had failed to advance into the season-ending finale for the

8:50 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Austin Cindric used a dominant performance and a good restart with two laps left Saturday for his second straight victory at Phoenix Raceway. Cindric won again on the track where he captured his first NASCAR Xfinity Series championship in November. He led 119 of 200 laps in

7:15 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson is back in NASCAR and back in victory lane. On Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Larson raced to his first NASCAR victory since he was reinstated from a nearly yearlong suspension. He ran just the first four races last season, then lost his job

8:04 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — AJ Allmendinger raced to the first victory of his comeback season by passing Daniel Hemric on the final restart in the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Allmendinger this year agreed to his first full-time season since 2018 in a deal with Kaulig Racing.

1:16 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — John Hunter Nemechek beat boss Kyle Busch, ending Busch’s three-race winning streak at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with a victory in Friday night in the NASCAR Truck Series race. Nemechek this year stepped down two levels from the Cup Series to drive a truck for Kyle Busch