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Larson wins the pole at Martinsville in what will be an emotional race day for Hendrick Motorsports
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kyle Larson won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, turning a fast lap at 96.034 miles per hour to edge Bubba Wallace for the top spot by one one-thousandth of a second. Wallace completed his best lap around the 0.526-mile...
Late caution gives Hamlin a second chance and he beats Gibbs teammate Truex at Richmond Raceway
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin won the race off pit road with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. after a caution with two laps to go and won in overtime at Richmond Raceway on Sunday night. Truex dominated the second half of the NASCAR Cup Series race — he led 288 laps...
Larson wins pole for NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond on Easter
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Kyle Larson turned a fast lap at 120.332 mph on Saturday to win the pole position for Sunday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. Larson, the defending race winner, barely edged Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott for his first pole of...
Rajah Caruth makes leap from computer racer to NASCAR national series winner
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rajah Caruth was like any other 4-year-old boy the first time he watched the movies “Cars” and vowed to become his own version of Lightning McQueen. He was, his family insists, obsessed with becoming a racecar driver. He just wasn't sure he would ever get...
Chevrolet heads to Las Vegas undefeated in 2024 across all three NASCAR national series
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two weeks into the new NASCAR season, Chevrolet heads into Las Vegas Motor Speedway undefeated. And not just in the top Cup Series, where Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing won a three-wide photo finish at the checkered flag last week at Atlanta and William Byron...
Ryan Blaney enters 2024 season the NASCAR champion. Up next, a shot at winning the Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Blaney hugged and kissed his now-fiancee moments before he slid into his Ford for a NASCAR playoff race last October at Martinsville Speedway. Gianna Tulio gave the standard goodbye most significant others offer to drivers on the grid, “Good luck,...
Brad Pitt at Rolex 24 to film scenes for Formula One movie
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Of course Brad Pitt is at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the most prestigious endurance race in the United States. The actor is not at Daytona International Speedway as a fan though. He's actually on track filming scenes for his yet-to-be-titled Formula One...
NASCAR represented at Daytona by Toyota team filled by Wallace, Nemechek and Corey Heim
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bubba Wallace and John Hunter Nemechek have raced in big events before, the Daytona 500 probably the biggest races of their careers to date. Even so, neither NASCAR driver had ever seen anything to the extent of the hoopla at the Rolex 24 at Daytona,...
