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Chandler Smith wins second career Xfinity Series race after Justin Allgaier's late flat tire

Mar. 09, 2024 19:48 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler Smith won his second career Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, earning a surprise victory for Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing after Justin Allgaier crashed while holding a big lead with just four laps remaining. The 21-year-old Smith...

AUTO RACING: Chevy continues to dominate in NASCAR, and Verstappen wins F1 season-opener

Mar. 05, 2024 19:15 PM EST

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Shriners Children's 500 Site: Avondale, Arizona. Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 2:10 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Phoenix Raceway. ...

Nemechek ends Chevrolet's early NASCAR dominance with Xfinity Series win for Toyota at Las Vegas

Mar. 02, 2024 19:52 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — John Hunter Nemechek ended Chevrolet's early dominance by winning the wind-swept Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday in a Toyota. Chevrolet started the year with seven consecutive victories across NASCAR's three national series, including...

NASCAR Hall of Famer Jimmie Johnson runs into early trouble, finishes 28th at Daytona 500

Feb. 19, 2024 22:04 PM EST

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson could only watch on pit road as the familiar, jubilant scene that twice before was for him raged around Daytona International Speedway. Fireworks exploded above him and a Hendrick Motorsports car — the organization Johnson once helped...

Jimmie Johnson struggled in his first year as NASCAR team owner. Can he make Legacy a winner?

Feb. 14, 2024 23:50 PM EST

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth forged a deeper friendship bantering on all those punishing bicycle rides than they did as rivals on four wheels over their Hall of Fame NASCAR careers. Johnson gained an understanding of Kenseth’s often unassuming...

NASCAR represented at Daytona by Toyota team filled by Wallace, Nemechek and Corey Heim

Jan. 25, 2024 16:24 PM EST

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,...