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Denny Hamlin had one of the strongest starts to the season in 2024, winning the Clash at the Coliseum and three of the first 11 points races. While he still had strong results after that, Hamlin did not win again the rest of the season and was eliminated after the third round for the third

Field Level Media Dec 22, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR will conclude its initial three-year agreement for the street race held in Chicago in July and has not yet committed to holding the event beyond 2025. “For us, we’re just looking at 2025. It’ll be the third year of a three-year run,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge set a Jan. 8 hearing to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports. The two teams are suing NASCAR and were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that will allow them to compete

Associated Press Dec 20, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge set a Jan. 8 hearing to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports The two teams are suing NASCAR and were

Dec 20, 2024, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Yuki Tsunoda will represent experience and continuity at Racing Bulls next year but, passed over for promotion, the Japanese looks to be running out of road at the Red Bull-owned Formula 1 team. Editor’s Picks 2 Related A flurry of Red Bull announcements culminated on Friday

Associated Press Dec 18, 2024, 04:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona 500 champion, died Wednesday. He was 89. NASCAR released a statement that Lorenzen had died and had confirmed the death with his family. A cause of death wasn’t given, but Lorenzen had been

Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan got a victory in court over NASCAR on Wednesday. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports got a victory over NASCAR in federal court Wednesday. Judge Kenneth Bell ruled in favor of the teams’ request for a preliminary injunction to race as chartered teams in 2025.

Editor’s note: This continues the series in which we review each 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs driver in reverse order of championship finish.Season in review: Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaCrew Chief: James SmallFinal 2024 Ranking: 10thKey stats: Five top fives, 11 top 10s, two poles, 555 laps led How 2024 ended:

Dec 15, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Abbi Pulling still has a long road ahead to reach Formula 1 after winning the all-women’s F1 Academy title, but it remains the target and she believes time is on her side. Part of the Renault-owned Alpine F1 team’s academy, the 21-year-old Briton will have a

When the NASCAR Cup Series makes its return to Bowman Gray Stadium next year for the first time since 1971, the racing on the cozy quarter-mile — in keeping with the track’s decades of tradition — is expected to be tight. From a logistical standpoint, NASCAR officials and teams will get a taste of that

Associated Press Dec 12, 2024, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Front Row Motorsports, one of two teams suing NASCAR in federal court, accused the stock car series Thursday of rejecting the planned purchase of a valuable charter unless the lawsuit was dropped. Front Row made the claim in a court filing

Kelly Crandall Dec 12, 2024, 09:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Blaney spends his offseasons by switching off the competitive part of his personality. James Gilbert/Getty Images Ryan Blaney gets lazy. Brad Keselowski takes more chances. Hendrick Motorsports drivers get right back down to business. There is no one-size-fits-all template for navigating a NASCAR winter,

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There won’t be a Stewart-Haas Racing in NASCAR next season now that Hall of Famer Tony Stewart has left the series and the four-car organization he co-owned with Formula 1 team owner Gene Haas. There also won’t be a JTG Daugherty

Dec 8, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will serve a penalty for swearing when he visits Rwanda next week to collect his winner’s trophy, the governing FIA said on Sunday. Verstappen, who secured his fourth successive championship in Las Vegas last month, was ordered to do “work of public interest’

RFK is ditching sweet dinner rolls, naturally, but it’s due to a Bimbo conflict, and it all started with RFK’s desire to bed down with a major U.S. grocery conglomerate. With NASCAR’s consent, no less. Huh? Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. Here goes … For the past

Disparaging the lawsuit brought by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports as a “misguided attempt to dress up private business frustrations in antitrust garb,” NASCAR this week motioned a federal judge to dismiss the case altogether. NASCAR CEO Jim France, a co-defendant, separately filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that his inclusion is

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterNov 28, 2024, 07:38 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Open Extended Reactions EVERYTHING HAPPENS FAST in the desert. Day becomes night, night becomes day,

With the 2024 NASCAR Cup season complete, here’s a look at the leaders in various statistical categories. Most wins in 2024 season 6 — Kyle Larson 4 — Joey Logano 3 — Ryan Blaney 3 — William Byron 3 — Tyler Reddick 3 — Christopher Bell 3 — Denny Hamlin Most top-five finishes in 2024