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Associated Press Nov 10, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Eliminated from the playoffs at the end of the second round, Joey Logano received a second chance when another competitor was disqualified. He pounced on the opportunity. Logano was added to the round of eight following Alex Bowman‘s disqualification and immediately

Joey Logano won his third NASCAR Cup Series title on Sunday at Phoenix. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) Joey Logano is a three-time Cup Series champion. Logano took the lead from William Byron shortly after the NASCAR Cup Series championship race’s final restart on lap 260 and led the rest of the way at Phoenix

Yes, that’s the pace car crashed into the barrels at the entrance to pit road during Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series championship race. NASCAR’s Cup Series championship race at Phoenix was red-flagged on lap 69 because of a not-so-nice incident involving the pace car. As the pace car led the field to green for a restart

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix looks to be the last for Denny Hamlin in a FedEx-sponsored car. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) Another longtime sponsor could be leaving NASCAR. Denny Hamlin posted a thank you message to FedEx on social media before Sunday’s Cup Series season finale at Phoenix. Per the Sports Business

Associated Press Nov 9, 2024, 11:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Justin Allgaier won his first NASCAR Xfinity season championship Saturday night at Phoenix Raceway, making a stunning comeback after falling a lap down midway through the race. Allgaier worked his way back through the field and passed Austin Hill and Cole

Bobby Allison is the fourth-winningest driver in NASCAR Cup Series history. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images) NASCAR Hall of Fame member Bobby Allison died Saturday. He was 86. His family said in a statement that Allison had died at home and surrounded by family. “Bobby was the ultimate fan’s driver,” the family said. “He thoroughly

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions One of Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick and William Byron will be crowned 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday in

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 qualifier. And Truck Series championship contender Ty

Nov 7, 2024, 07:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sauber Motorsport chairman and Audi chief executive Gernot Dollner has said the team’s signing of 20-year-old driver Gabriel Bortoleto is a sign of a “generational shift” in Formula 1. The addition of Bortoleto to the grid means at least a fifth of the 20 F1 drivers

Nov 6, 2024, 03:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sauber have confirmed Brazil’s Gabriel Bortoleto will drive in 2025 alongside Nico Hulkenberg as the team prepares to transition to Audi for 2026. The team announced on Wednesday Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will leave at the end of the season. Sao Paulo’s Bortoleto joins from

Associated Press Nov 3, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MARTINSVILLE, Va. — 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

It’s time for NASCAR to embrace a radical idea and drastically overhaul its points system. The vulnerabilities of the current playoff system were on full display once again on Sunday at Martinsville, as Chevrolet drivers refused to pass William Byron in the final laps and Christopher Bell bounced off the wall multiple times as he

Ryan Blaney won at Martinsville to make the title race again. Last year Blaney won at the half-mile short track a week before winning the first Cup Series title of his career. Blaney won again at Martinsville on Sunday to clinch a spot in the Championship 4. Blaney passed Chase Elliott with 15 laps to

ESPN News Services Nov 2, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aric Almirola‘s victory Saturday at Martinsville Speedway helped nab Cole Custer a shot at the Xfinity Series championship after a heated race that may have earned the defending champion enemies in next week’s finale. Almirola is running a part-time schedule for Joe Gibbs

Kelly Crandall Oct 31, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kevin Harvick, left, and co-owner Tony Stewart won Stewart-Haas Racing its two NASCAR Cup Series championships in 2011 and 2014. Chris Graythen/Getty Images Rodney Childers hardly goes down into the basement of his North Carolina home. The basement is where you’ll instead find his teenage

Jackson High School graduate Miles Stanley is the new crew chief for NASCAR driver Josh Berry and his No. 21 Mustang with Wood Brothers Racing. Stanley has been a race engineer in the NASCAR Cup Series for Team Penske, working as performance engineering manager the last three years. Stanley’s first race on the No. 21

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistOct 29, 2024, 09:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With his Andretti Global employers still not granted a place in F1, Colton Herta’s hopes of reaching open-wheel racing’s summit are on hold. Penske Entertainment: James Black It was a heady time. As Formula 1‘s popularity was spiking at the start of the decade,

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Michael Jordan won a championship in Phoenix in 1993. Tyler Reddick ensured that his car owner will have a chance to win another title there this year. Reddick went high and overtook Ryan Blaney on the final turn to win at