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Kyle Larson heads to Martinsville looking for 7th win of season to have shot at NASCAR title

Nov. 01, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There’s a tradition at Hendrick Motorsports in which a driver celebrates a win with a victory bell that he takes all over the motorsports campus so that every employee who contributed to the win gets a chance to give it a ring. Kyle Larson did the ceremony...

NASCAR declares Bobby Allison the winner of a 1971 race, moving him into 4th on all-time wins list

Oct. 23, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison finally got his victory from Bowman Gray Stadium, more than five decades after he took the checkered flag and the trophy. NASCAR on Wednesday formally recognized the 86-year-old Allison as the winner of the Meyers...

Kyle Larson will again run the Indy 500 but NASCAR and the Coca-Cola 600 will be his commitment

Sep. 10, 2024 16:16 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — With NASCAR and the Coca-Cola 600 the promised priority, Kyle Larson will again attempt the Indianapolis 500 next season with the caveat he must leave if rain again ruins his bid to complete “The Double.” Larson in May became the fifth driver in history to...

NASCAR has finalized a new charter agreement. Team co-owner Michael Jordan won't sign it

Sep. 09, 2024 17:46 PM EDT

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — NASCAR is in a stalemate with Michael Jordan and how it ends could potentially get very messy for both sides. After more than two years of contentious negotiations over a new revenue agreement, NASCAR last weekend finally got 13 organizations — all but two...

Darlington honors the late Cale Yarborough at his hometown track where he won five Southern 500s

Aug. 29, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Cale Yarborough used to sneak under the fence as a child at Darlington Raceway, planning for the day when he would dominate at the hometown track known as “Too Tough To Tame.” Yarborough, the Hall of Fame driver who died at age 84 this past New Year's...