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Jul 25, 2022 Denny Hamlin was stripped of his Pocono win on Sunday night after his Toyota Camry failed technical inspection. Logan Riely/Getty Images Next Gen car, Next Gen punishment. On Sunday evening, so soon after the finish of the 21st race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season that the confetti was still stuck to

Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch lost their 1-2 finish in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono on Sunday because of tape that had been applied to the front of their cars. The Joe Gibbs Racing duo was disqualified Sunday night during post-race inspection after NASCAR said their cars didn’t meet the rule book. The

Chase Elliott, who finished third on track, was named the winner of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway after Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch, the one-two finishers, were disqualified after post-race inspection. Denny Hamlin had won another confrontation with Ross Chastain late in the race to finish first, winning by .927 of a

9:12 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Funny Car leader Robert Hight took the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday in the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals in a bid to become first NHRA driver to win four straight races at Sonoma Raceway. Hight’s run of 3.825 seconds at 332.75 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro held

Oddsmakers believe Sunday’s race at Pocono is wide open. Eight drivers have odds of +1000 or better ahead of the first race at the 2.5-mile triangle with NASCAR’s new Cup Series car (3 p.m. ET, USA). There’s no track that compares well to Pocono, so it’s understandable how the race could be hard to project.

Kyle Busch could be driving for a new team in 2023. It once seemed unfathomable that Busch could ever leave Joe Gibbs Racing. But the two-time champion and JGR have so far been unable to come to an agreement on a new contract for 2023 and beyond. From NBC Sports: “We have to have contingency

Jul 19, 2022 Associated Press CHICAGO — Ben Kennedy is thinking big. As in big cities, big ideas and big plans. That’s how NASCAR and Chicago got together. Kennedy played an instrumental role in NASCAR bringing an unprecedented street race to downtown Chicago during its 75th season in yet another radical change to its once

8:22 PM ET Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Joe Gibbs said he’s surprised his eponymous race team has yet to sign two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch to a contract for 2023. Busch faced an uncertain future after M&M Mars announced it would pull its marketing spend at the end of this season. The

Bobby East, a stock car driver who competed in NASCAR’s lower circuits and won three titles with the USAC, died after being fatally stabbed during an altercation at a gas station on Wednesday, local police confirmed to KTLA. He was 37 years old. Police in Westminster, part of north Orange County, California, had previously announced

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. earned his first pole position in four seasons, taking the top starting spot in Saturday qualifying with a lap of 127.113 mph at the 1.058-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He‘ll start the No. 19 JGR Toyota in Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter 301 (3 p.m. ET, USA, NBC

11:59 AM ET Hazel Southwell Audi was one of the founding factories in Formula E, but shuttered its program after last season. Audi Communications Motorsport / Michael Kunkel Formula E hasn’t always had technology on its side. Or calendars, or manufacturers or the general goodwill of the motorsport community. But it has always had a way

Chase Elliott’s victory at Atlanta was a big deal for winless drivers in NASCAR’s Cup Series. Elliott became the first driver to get three wins when he won in his home state and he’s just one of five drivers with multiple wins so far in 2022. Thirteen drivers have scored wins across the first 19

2:14 PM ET ESPN News Services 23XI Racing got a jump on the 2024 Cup Series season with the surprising announcement Tuesday that it signed Tyler Reddick to join the NASCAR team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Reddick, a two-time Xfinity Series champion, is in his third full season driving for Richard Childress

Tyler Reddick is leaving Richard Childress Racing after the 2023 season. 23XI Racing announced Tuesday that Reddick would join the team in 2024. 23XI is co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin and currently fields cars for Bubba Wallace and Kurt Busch. The team was formed ahead of the 2021 season and ran as a

6:59 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Even when things are going well for Charles Leclerc, there always seems to be a negative waiting just around the corner. Ferrari had the pace to secure a one-two victory in Austria that had the potential to slash at least 10 points from Max Verstappen’s championship lead over Leclerc.

7:21 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott got by Corey LaJoie with just under two laps to go and crossed the finish line under yellow after a block sent LaJoie crashing into the wall Sunday, giving the Georgia-born driver his first victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Elliott pulled back around in front

3:52 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria – Sergio Perez has dropped from fourth on the grid at Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix sprint race to 13th after all his lap times during Friday’s Q3 session and one from Q2 were deleted. Perez cut a corner at Turn 8 on his fastest lap in Q2, meaning he progressed

Max Verstappen looks primed to get a fifth victory at the Red Bull Ring in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix (9 a.m. ET, ESPN2). Verstappen swept both races in Austria in 2021 as Formula 1 ran a doubleheader at the track for a second consecutive year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Verstappen’s wins in 2021 followed