Articles filed under NASCAR
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What’s the difference between racing Indy 500 and Daytona 500? Drivers who have tried both explainFeb 13, 2025 3:08 pm - They are the signature spectacles in each racing series, the Indianapolis 500 and all its pageantry with more than a century of tradition and milk drinking in open wheel racing, and the Daytona 500, NASCAR's season opener run under the Florida sun at the unofficial home of the "birthplace of speed."
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Briscoe gives Toyota its first Daytona 500 pole as Johnson and Truex also lock into NASCAR openerFeb 12, 2025 9:54 pm - Chase Briscoe led a banner night for Toyota in qualifying for the Daytona 500 by winning the pole for NASCAR's "Great American Race." It is the first Daytona 500 pole for Briscoe, who moved to Joe Gibbs Racing this season when Stewart-Haas Racing closed at the end of 2024.
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NASCAR’s lone Black Cup driver Bubba Wallace ‘couldn't care less’ if Trump attends Daytona 500Feb 12, 2025 5:23 pm - Bubba Wallace said he "couldn't care less" if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series' only Black full-time driver of perpetrating "a hoax" when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.
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NASCAR heads into 2025 with plenty of storylines, none bigger than a lawsuit filed by Michael JordanFeb 11, 2025 8:14 pm - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has no shortage of storylines headed into its 76th season and the biggest one is the federal court showdown between the stock car series and ...
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Edwards and Rudd walked away from NASCAR and never looked back. Their reunion is at the Hall of FameFeb 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd had very little overlap in their respective NASCAR careers. Edwards only entered the the elite Cup Series in 2004 — a mere 67 races before Rudd ended his 32-year career — so the two never got a chance to know one another. But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, and, on Friday night they will return to their old racing community as inductees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
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Joey Logano wins Phoenix finale for 3rd NASCAR Cup championship in 1-2 finish for Team PenskeNov 10, 2024 9:13 pm - AVONDALE, Ariz. — Eliminated from the playoffs at the end of the second round, Joey Logano received a second chance when another competitor was disqualified. He pounced ...
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Kyle Larson heads to Martinsville looking for 7th win of season to have shot at NASCAR titleNov 01, 2024 4:56 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There's a tradition at Hendrick Motorsports in which a driver celebrates a win with a victory bell that he takes all over the motorsports campus so that...
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Jordan's belief in Reddick pays off, and 23XI team will have a shot at NASCAR titleOct 28, 2024 9:41 pm - HOMESTEAD, Fla. — The hardest hit that Tyler Reddick took at Homestead-Miami Speedway wasn't from a bounce into the wall or from another driver crashing into him. It was ...
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Joey Logano seizes fresh chance in NASCAR playoffs to take spot in championship finaleOct 20, 2024 5:40 pm - LAS VEGAS — Knocked out of the playoffs this time last week, Joey Logano seized on his reversal of fortune to become the first driver locked into NASCAR's championship fi...
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Kyle Larson opens the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs as the title favoriteOct 19, 2024 4:57 pm - LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson has been lucky of late in Las Vegas, where he opens the third round of NASCAR's playoffs on top of the Cup Series standings and the favorite to wi...