Briscoe’s win in Las Vegas keeps his NASCAR Cup Series championship hopes alive
If anyone thought Chase Briscoe was going to quietly slip out of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff picture, they clearly forgot to factor in his intermediate track pedigree.
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If anyone thought Chase Briscoe was going to quietly slip out of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff picture, they clearly forgot to factor in his intermediate track pedigree.
Chase Briscoe held off a last-lap charge from points leader Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski doesn’t have a specific landing spot for next season after announcing he is leaving Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing at the end of the year. However, that does not mean he is ready to retire after 19 years in NASCAR.
NASCAR drivers competing Sunday in Las Vegas took time to reflect on the loss of Las Vegas native Kyle Busch, the two-time Cup Series champion who died May 21 from sepsis following severe bacterial pneumonia.
Denny Hamlin seized the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, positioning himself to make up ground on points leader Kyle Larson, who qualified sixth.
Kyle Larson has won two of the last three after his dominant victory at Kansas Speedway on Sunday. And he’s in the pole position for another championship.
Kyle Larson passed Chase Briscoe with seven laps to go after having ceded the lead to him earlier in the final stage, and the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion capped a dominant Sunday at Kansas Speedway by driving his No. 5 Chevrolet to victory lane.
"I think it's Toyota's championship to lose," Bubba Wallace said. "Based on how many races we've won, it would be a shame if we didn't seal the deal."
Darrell Waltrip, who parlayed a Hall of Fame driving career in NASCAR into a long-time broadcasting stint at Fox Sports, has stepped away from public life due to a progressive brain disease.
If Ryan Blaney’s analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title.
Joey Logano led the final seven laps Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway after seizing the lead from Carson Hocevar, who overshadowed the winner despite finishing third.
Even as his winless drought stretched on for more than a year and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chevrolets lagged behind his competitors’ Toyotas, Kyle Larson never lost faith in his abilities or trust in his team.
Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings.
Joey Logano secured the pole position for NASCAR's postseason race at World Wide Technology Raceway, positioning himself for a needed boost in the championship Chase.
The Chase leader and favorite, the newest Southern 500 champion and two rising young racers who had top-six finishes at Darlington Raceway to open NASCAR’s postseason on Sunday night — the hardest challenge for the four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers might be vying against one another for the Cup Series title.
Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson with 18 laps to go and held on to win the Chase-opening Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night.
NASCAR drivers are in favour of the 10-race "Chase" format, last used in 2013, saying that it would yield a more legitimate champion.
The NASCAR Cup Series standings have been reset. Denny Hamlin, the regular-season champion, had his sizable advantage slashed to 25 points over Ryan Blaney as the series shifts into playoff mode.
Ryan Preece won the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway in overtime Saturday night to take the final playoff spot.
Ross Chastain took the pole Friday for NASCAR's regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway.
As Chase’s top seed, Hamlin is optimistic about NASCAR title bid against surging Team Penske
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