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NASCAR recovers from early washouts to produce decent racing in season marred by antitrust lawsuit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR opened the season with near washouts in the first two races of the year that could have set the tone for a miserable 2024 campaign. Instead, the top motorsports series in the United States showed it could be flexible, moving its preseason race at the...
Truex wins pole for final NASCAR full-time race as Logano highest qualifying title contender
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr., who is retiring from full-time NASCAR competition after Sunday's season finale, won the pole for the championship-deciding race at Phoenix Raceway. Truex turned a lap at 134.741 mph Saturday to earn the top starting spot. He plans to run a...
Christopher Bell says NASCAR robbed him of spot in Cup Series championship through race manipulation
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Christopher Bell made it clear Saturday that he believes NASCAR cheated him out of a shot at the Cup Series title when he was punished for reacting to race manipulation in the final playoff qualifying race. Bell moved out of fellow Toyota driver Bubba...
Michael Jordan instills winning attitude at 23XI Racing as Reddick races for 1st NASCAR Cup title
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Reddick needs no pep talk or motivation when it comes to winning his first Cup Series title. He drives for Michael Jordan, after all, and the NBA Hall of Famer collected six championships in his unwavering desire for excellence at all times. Now in his...
Defending NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney paces 1st practice of title-deciding weekend at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Reigning NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney paced the first practice session at Phoenix Raceway, where he is among four drivers who will race for the title Sunday. Blaney in a Ford for Team Penske topped the leaderboard in Friday's 50-minute practice session. He is...
NASCAR defends drivers in Cup Series title race, officiating and playoffs as final weekend arrives
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR President Steve Phelps defended the four drivers racing for the Cup Series championship this weekend — even though others had better statistics than the finalists — as well as the playoff system itself in Friday’s annual State of the Sport address. ...
NASCAR's championship weekend shrouded in off-track drama from lawsuit to alleged race manipulation
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR heads into its championship weekend locked into a federal antitrust lawsuit with NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. Its officiating has been under months-long scrutiny, and this week it issued a wave of hefty fines for alleged race manipulation in the final playoff...
NASCAR levies $600,000 in fines and suspends 9 team members for race manipulation ahead of finale
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Drama continued to encompass NASCAR ahead of its championship-deciding season finale as the sanctioning body issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three different teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway. ...
NASCAR's championship field heads to Phoenix with no clear favorite to win Cup title
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roger Penske already won two sports car championships this season and heads to Phoenix Raceway with two chances to win a third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series title with both Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney in the winner-take-all season finale. The two Penske...
Blaney gets shot at back-to-back NASCAR titles after controversial finish at Martinsville Speedway
Ryan Blaney celebrated his victory at Martinsville Speedway, a win that launched NASCAR's defending champion into the title-deciding season finale. Meanwhile, Christopher Bell and William Byron waited awkwardly alongside their parked cars for a ruling from NASCAR on who would be the...
