Chase Elliott won his first NASCAR Cup Series title Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, joining his father, Bill, as champions of stock-car racing’s top division. At 24 years, 11 months and 11 days old, Elliott became the third-youngest Cup Series champion in NASCAR history. Only Jeff Gordon, who claimed his first title at 24 years, three…
Chase Elliott came in clutch on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, winning the Xfinity 500 to advance to the Championship 4 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Elliott led 236 of 500 laps in the Round of 8 finale to secure his first appearance in the final round of the postseason by earning his fourth victory…
Kyle Busch stretched his final fuel run to break his 33-race winless skid in the NASCAR Cup Series, scoring his first win of the season in a rain-delayed Wednesday finish at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led a race-high 90 of the 334 laps in the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500….
Joey Logano landed a Championship 4 berth, scoring his third victory of the season in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Kansas Speedway. Logano led 47 of 267 laps in the Hollywood Casino 400, the first of three races in the Round of 8 elimination round. The driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford…
Kevin Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Ford led just 32 of the 367 laps in the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, taking command when Chase Elliott and Martin Truex, Jr. collided in a contest for the lead with 15 laps left. His eighth victory of the season was his third at the…
There was no drama in Kevin Harvick’s victory in the Drydene 311 at Dover International Speedway, an old-fashioned thrashing in the back end of a Saturday/Sunday NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader. There was more than enough suspense, however, in the battle between Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and William Byron for the final position in the…
William Clyde Elliott, Jr. scored a historic triumph Sunday, prevailing in his third straight road-course event to win the first NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course. The dream has come true! Elliott led a race-high 34 of the 65 laps in the inaugural Go Bowling 235 on the 3.61-mile road…
With two wins in his pocket heading into Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Brad Keselowski was already in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, but it was this third win of 2020 that came in the sort of dominating style the championship contender hoped would show his team’s readiness to challenge…
Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Cole Custer roared to his first Cup Series victory Sunday afternoon at Kentucky Speedway, emerging from a late-race restart with a bold four-wide move just after the white flag. Driving the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Ford, Custer led just five of the 267 laps in the Quaker State 400…
Denny Hamlin scored his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season Sunday with a sweeping performance in the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Even thought there was a late race charge from Chase, Hamlin was able to “hold on” and win the race. Hamlin led a race-best 137 of the 267 laps on…
