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11:42 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson denied Kevin Harvick his first win of the season with a masterful pass at Bristol Motor Speedway that was overshadowed Saturday night by a post-race skirmish between Harvick and reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott. Tempers were so hot that Harvick, his losing streak now at

11:05 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Force topped Funny Car qualifying for the 163rd time in his career Saturday in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. The 72-year-old Force’s run of 3.860 seconds at 332.18 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro on Friday held up, for his third No. 1 qualifier

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson celebrated victory in Saturday‘s Bass Pro Shops Night Race with a burnout on the frontstretch at Bristol Motor Speedway, as tempers flared between Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott on pit road. With an assist from Elliott, who took Harvick‘s line at the 0.533-mile concrete track and slowed his progress, Larson

AJ Allmendinger’s car was not pointed straight when he took the checkered flag on Friday night at Bristol. Allmendinger won a wild Xfinity Series race on Friday night ahead of Austin Cindric as he and Cindric crashed coming to the finish line. Cindric accelerated back toward Allmendinger in the final two corners of the race

The Cup Series is racing on Easter.  NASCAR has long avoided racing on Easter Sunday, but that will change in 2022. The sanctioning body released the 2022 Cup Series schedule on Wednesday and it includes a night race on April 17 at Bristol. It’s the first Cup Series race on an Easter Sunday since 1989. 

It’s not a guarantee that Kyle Busch is going to advance to the second round of the Cup Series playoffs. Busch’s start to the postseason hasn’t been great. He crashed out at Darlington over Labor Day weekend and then got a late speeding penalty at Richmond after he was running in the top five for

NASCAR is hoping that an exhibition race at the Los Angeles Coliseum will provide a boost.  The sanctioning body announced Tuesday that the season-opening Busch Clash would be run on a temporary short track in the middle of the Coliseum. The Feb. 6 race moves up a week and across the country from Daytona International

7:12 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will open the 2022 season inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in one of the biggest shake-ups to its schedule in years. The annual exhibition the Clash, held at Daytona International Speedway since 1979, will shift to Los Angeles next year. The invitation-only race was always

7:03 PM ET Associated Press MOHNTON, Pa. — Tommy Johnson Jr. won the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals on Sunday as a substitute driver for Matt Hagan, beating John Force in the Funny Car final in the playoff opener. With Hagan recovering from COVID-19, Don Schumacher Racing turned their Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat over to

11:44 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va, — Martin Truex Jr. assumed the lead when Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch was penalized for speeding with about 50 laps to go and won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. The victory was the third for Truex in the last five

Max Verstappen’s car ended up on top of Lewis Hamilton’s on Sunday at Monza. (via Formula 1) Lewis Hamilton was able to walk away from a scary crash with title rival Max Verstappen at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton came out of the pits right ahead of Verstappen as the two drivers entered

Martin Truex Jr. received a penalty on the opening lap of the race for crossing the start/finish line in front of pole-sitter Denny Hamlin at the green flag. But 400 laps later Truex led the field across the line again — this time as the race winner of Saturday night‘s Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute

8:12 PM ET Associated Press MOHNTON, Pa. — Brittany Force broke the Maple Grove Raceway speed record Friday to lead Top Fuel qualifying in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals, the first event of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Seeking her seventh straight No. 1 and ninth of the season, Force had a

Corinna Schumacher said her husband Michael Schumacher is “different, but he’s here” in an upcoming Netflix documentary. The Formula 1 great suffered a severe head injury in a 2013 skiing accident. Schumacher hit his head on a rock while skiing with his son Mick and suffered a brain injury. He was in a medically induced

5:51 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch was fined $50,000 by NASCAR on Tuesday for recklessly entering the garage following a crash in the opening race of the playoffs. Busch was fined for a safety violation, actions detrimental to stock car racing and violating NASCAR member conduct guidelines during Saturday night’s Cup

Kyle Busch has been fined $50,000 by NASCAR for taking his frustration out on some cones following a crash at Darlington on Sunday night. Busch crashed out of the race on lap 125 after he clipped Austin Dillon‘s car and hit the wall. Busch drove straight to the garage after the wreck and ran over

6:28 PM ET Associated Press BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Tim Wilkerson won the NHRA U.S. Nationals on Sunday at Lucas Oil Raceway, taking the biggest race of the season for his first Funny Car victory since 2016. Wilkerson beat Ron Capps in the final with a 3.912-second run at 320.36 mph in a Ford Mustang. Wilkerson

Sep 2, 2021 The oldest adage in auto racing is also the sport’s greatest truth. Nothing solves a problem — more problems than you might think — like horsepower. As the 2021 NASCAR playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington Raceway, no one has more horsepower than Kyle Larson. One year ago, no one had bigger problems.