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Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 3 p.m., NBCSN A driver not named Kyle Larson is the favorite for Sunday’s race. Don’t worry, Larson is the No. 2 favorite. But he’s got slightly worse odds to win (+525) than favorite Martin Truex Jr. at +500. Truex is the favorite for Sunday’s race after he won at Phoenix

11:44 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rick Hendrick gave Kyle Larson a second chance in NASCAR because Hendrick Motorsports had wanted him in its lineup for years. Now that Hendrick has his man, he has locked Larson down for two more seasons with full sponsorship. Hendrick on Wednesday told his 93 dealerships that

Kyle Larson has at least two more seasons at Hendrick Motorsports.  It’s not a surprise that Hendrick would want to keep this season’s winningest driver around for a couple more seasons. And the team’s announcement that Larson has been signed through 2023 also came with an announcement that team owner Rick Hendrick’s automotive group would

Josh Berry will fill in for Michael Annett in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, JR Motorsports announced Monday. The race is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. The team stated that Annett, who missed last weekend’s Truck race at Knoxville and Xfinity race at Atlanta, is out after an MRI

8:03 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Kurt Busch passed brother Kyle with 24 laps left and won the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday to complete a sibling weekend sweep at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kurt Busch raced to his first victory of the season, 33rd overall and the fourth of his career at Atlanta.

Kurt Busch owes Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Ross Chastain a lot of beer.  Busch made a pass of his brother Kyle Busch for the lead with 25 laps to go thanks to Chastain’s refusal to change his line in the corner. Chastain was being lapped by Kyle Busch and was running the same high groove

The NASCAR Cup Series will hold its 115th race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, but for the first time in 11 years, it will race at Atlanta twice in the same season. The Hampton, Georgia track hosted two Cup races a season every year since its opening in 1960, when Fireball Roberts won on

7:02 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Kyle Busch completed a 5-for-5 sweep of what might be his final season in the Xfinity Series with a late recovery at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Busch finished 0.550 seconds ahead of Jeb Burton for his 102nd Xfinity victory and 222nd overall in NASCAR’s three national

12:47 AM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Austin Hill survived a Friday night demolition derby on the dirt at Knoxville Raceway for his first NASCAR Truck Series victory of the year. Hill restarted on the inside beside Chandler Smith on the fourth overtime attempt and pulled away in Hattori Racing Enterprises’ No. 16 Toyota

Can Kyle Busch go a perfect five-for-five this season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series? The two-time Cup Series champion makes his fifth and final Xfinity start of the year Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN). Busch claimed the win last Saturday at Road America. He’s also won this season at Circuit of

Kyle Larson is the overwhelming choice of big money bettors at BetMGM to win Sunday’s Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Larson is the most-bet driver to win the race; 16.5% of wagers are on Larson. And those are significant bets. Over 40% of the handle — the total money wagered on the race

How many Cup Series drivers were consulted in Speedway Motorsports’ plans for Atlanta Motor Speedway? And who are they? Those are fair questions to ask in the wake of the company’s announcement that Atlanta would be repaved and reconfigured after Sunday’s Cup Series race at the track. The banking at the track is going to

Chase Elliott is going to start first in his home state. The Georgia native has the pole for Sunday’s race at Atlanta (3:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN) after winning at Road America on July 4. The Road America win was Elliott’s second of the season. Elliott has the pole because of NASCAR’s qualifying formula. There’s no

Quaker State 400 3:30 p.m. ET (NBCSN) Will a shorter race at Atlanta change the racing dynamic? Sunday’s race at Atlanta is the first race scheduled for less than 500 miles since the 37th race of the 1966 season. It’s also the second race at Atlanta this season. Atlanta hasn’t had two races in a

3:42 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — After 24 years, Speedway Motorsports officials could no longer allow drivers to have the final word in delaying the inevitable repaving of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Sunday’s NASCAR race will be the final event for the battered and heavily patched track surface. Construction will begin immediately on the

1:03 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — IndyCar plans to keep making stops at Road America, announcing a multiyear extension Tuesday that keeps the Wisconsin road course on the annual schedule of the open-wheel racing series. IndyCar began racing at Road America in 1982 and has made annual stops there since 2016. Exact

Atlanta Motor Speedway is finally getting repaved. The inevitable was announced on Tuesday as Atlanta said that Sunday’s race at the track will be the last on the current pavement. Atlanta was last repaved in 1997 and has been pushing off new asphalt for as long as possible. The repave also comes with a reconfiguration.

8:22 PM ET The Australian Grand Prix is believed to have been scrapped from the 2021 Formula One calendar, 7NEWS reports. The race at Albert Park in Melbourne was originally scheduled for March but a COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year forced organisers to shift the event to November, between the races in Brazil and