Rick Hendrick is now a 15-time championship-winning car owner in the NASCAR Cup Series, but the newest one accomplished a first.“This is definitely the most unexpected championship,” Hendrick said Tuesday. “I had conceded, and in my mind, it was over because Denny [Hamlin] had about a three-second lead and a...
Chase Elliott has been voted NASCAR’s most popular driver in the Cup Series for the eighth consecutive season. The results were announced Tuesday night during the NASCAR Awards celebration in Scottsdale, Arizona. Elliott received 56 percent of the total votes cast. The other top five drivers in the voting, in...
A season that Shane van Gisbergen described as “awesome” was capped off Tuesday during the season-ending awards celebration when he officially accepted Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series.“I’ve really enjoyed it and the wins have been great,” van Gisbergen said. “That is more than we probably...
Denny Hamlin says he’s doing as well as one would expect two days after losing the NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway.“There is not a whole lot of second-guessing, I would say,” Hamlin said. “From my standpoint, there is not much else you can do about it. So, there...
The agony of defeat saturated the air on pit road Sunday night at Phoenix Raceway.It battled the tire smoke and the cheers from Kyle Larson and Hendrick Motorsports as they celebrated the NASCAR Cup Series championship. It brought tears to the eyes of those wearing Joe Gibbs Racing logos, both...
Jeff Gordon was all too happy to welcome Kyle Larson into the multi-time NASCAR Cup Series championship club on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway.Gordon, the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, celebrated with, and for, Larson in multiple ways. The first being as a teammate and friend, and the second as...
Chase Briscoe would have liked a chance at competing for the NASCAR Cup Series championship on Sunday but, given the adversity he and his team faced, it was as if they never did.
Kyle Larson had a moment while celebrating his second NASCAR Cup Series championship when his mind drifted elsewhere. “Iit kind of hit me like, ‘Oh, man, I can't imagine what he's feeling right now,’” Larson said of fellow championship contender Denny Hamlin.
“It just doesn’t seem right, you know?” Byron said. “He had beaten us, and we’re running second, and it’s four laps to go, and you go into the wall and cause a caution. I don’t want to be that guy..."
When William Byron hit the Turn 3 wall with bone-jarring impact on lap 310 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, the gut punch it delivered to Denny Hamlin was exponentially more painful.The resulting caution and strategic call by crew chief Cliff Daniels allowed Kyle Larson to snatch the Cup...
Denny Hamlin admitted he didn’t feel much emotion Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway, but the post-race scene told the tale.
Jesse Love turned in the ultimate season bookends winning the opening race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series 2025 schedule at Daytona then closing it out with the biggest win of his young career to claim the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Saturday night at Phoenix Raceway.The 20-year-old Californian had to best...
Denny Hamlin will begin his NASCAR Cup Series championship quest from the pole Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. William Byron and Kyle Larson, two of the three other Cup Series title contenders, qualified second and third.
NASCAR’s Cup Series title race is old hat for William Byron.“When I hear you say that – third straight – it’s really cool,” Byron said of his consecutive appearances in the Championship 4. “We should take pride in that as a team, honestly, because it’s hard to do, especially with...
NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch looks ahead to this weekend's Phoenix finale, back on his debut there 25 years ago, returning to IROC and more.
It’s not quite a revival of the NASCAR Thunder Special exhibition races at Suzuka, but six NASCAR vehicles will make a demonstration run around Fuji Speedway – including the 2023 Le Mans Garage 56 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, driven by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.The demo run will take...
Cup Series drivers with more than three years of full-time experience will be allowed to enter a maximum of 10 races in the O’Reilly Auto Parts (currently Xfinity) Series and eight in Trucks in 2026.
The best man won on Friday night, but it was far from a foregone conclusion.Statistics might suggest otherwise. In winning the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, Corey Heim swept the first and second stages, led a race-high 100 of 161 laps and took the checkered flag...
The odds say Chase Briscoe is the long shot of the four NASCAR Cup Series title contenders going into Sunday’s battle at Phoenix Raceway. The driver, however, says he’s fine with that, even if he doesn’t agree.“My whole career, I've been the underdog with the longest odds, so I kind...
Final practice for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season happened to be one of the most eventful, including for the title contenders.Ty Gibbs was fastest at 131.868mph (27.300s) with Ryan Blaney second at 131.406mph, Austin Cindric third at 131.377mph, Ryan Preece fourth at 131.353mph and Denny Hamlin (P) fifth at...
NASCAR is not ready to announce a new playoff format, but one is certainly coming in the near future.
NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps offered the most lengthy and in-depth remarks the sanctioning body has made about its ongoing litigation when he read from a prepared statement on Friday.
Kyle Larson is not only seeking his second NASCAR Cup Series title on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway, but also the chance to move closer to the champions who came before him.
One of the best NASCAR Cup Series drivers without a championship is ready to shed that title Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.
Rick Hendrick and Joe Gibbs talk on a regular basis, but don’t necessarily talk about racing unless it’s a congratulations about something.