Logano ends victory drought in NASCAR points return to North Wilkesboro
Joey Logano held off Denny Hamlin for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season Sunday night in the first points race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years.
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Joey Logano held off Denny Hamlin for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season Sunday night in the first points race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years.
Ryan Blaney is hitting his stride with eight straight top 10 finishes, including a win last week at Atlanta. That gives him plenty of momentum heading into Sunday night’s much-hyped historic return to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the track’s first championship points race in 30 years
Blaney drove like NASCAR’s King while ruling the Cup Series race from qualifying through every stage in a weather-delayed victory which left the Team Penske Ford driver in contention for the points championship.
A late brush with the wall wasn’t enough to send Ryan Blaney to pit row. The decision paid off with a dominant victory.
Ryan Blaney won the pole with a lap time of 30.815 seconds at 179.912 mph on Saturday. Blaney’s teammate, Joey Logano, was second with a lap time of 30.851 seconds at 179.702 mph.
Connor Zilisch joined fellow drivers Carson Hocevar and Jesse Love for a music video as part of a collaboration between NASCAR and the Stones ahead of the band’s 25th studio album, “Foreign Tongues,” which comes out on Friday.
Chase Briscoe held off Christopher Bell in NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway, racing to his first Cup Series win of the season.
Denny Hamlin has the pole position for a NASCAR Cup Series race. Again.
Shane van Gisbergen became the winningest active NASCAR Cup Series driver on road and street courses, dominating at Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive year.
Ty Gibbs earned the first road-course pole position of his NASCAR Cup Series career, capitalizing on a decision to take another crack at Sonoma Raceway.
Ty Dillon sat down with a thousand-yard stare beside an equally stone-faced Denny Hamlin, and both were clad in black to promote their In-Season Challenge matchup.
Corey Heim picked up his first NASCAR Cup win in just his 13th start.
Corey Heim, a part-time driver making only his 13th start in the Cup Series, outdueled teammate Tyler Reddick to win the inaugural NASCAR race at Naval Base Coronado.
Shane van Gisbergen qualified first Saturday for the inaugural race on Naval Base Coronado near San Diego, turning a 2-minute, 14.788-second lap around the 16-turn, 3.4-mile street course that easily put him ahead of Carson Hocevar.
Corey Heim will move up to the Cup Series in 2027, and to prepare, 23XI is giving him a taste of NASCAR's premier class throughout 2026.
Denny Hamlin, adamant he still plans to retire at the end of next season, won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway for his third consecutive victory and passed the late Kyle Busch for sole possession of ninth place on the all-time wins list.
Denny Hamlin will start his third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series race from the pole after qualifying in the top spot at Pocono Raceway on Saturday.
Christopher Bell will race at Pocono and possibly the next month or so with a cast on his left wrist.
Carson Hocevar, whose aggression has earned him the nickname of “The Hurricane” in rubbing the NASCAR establishment the wrong way, left a trail of wreckage in his wake Sunday at Michigan.
Despite many NASCAR family outings at the 2-mile oval, Hocevar somehow missed the Michigan wins in 2008 and 2012 for favorite driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Richard Childress held a news conference Saturday at the track to publicly address the unexpected death of Kyle Busch for the first time since the two-time Cup Series champion died on May 21 after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis.
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