Kyle Larson won his second NASCAR title on Sunday, but even he didn't feel right seeing another championship slip through Denny Hamlin's fingers.
Kyle Larson denied Denny Hamlin his first career championship when a late caution at Phoenix Raceway sent the title-deciding finale into overtime.
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On Saturday in Avondale, Arizona, in front of an entourage of about 30 friends and family, Denny Hamlin, in search of his first NASCAR title in his 20th full season, won the pole at Phoenix Raceway for Sunday's winner-take-all NASCAR championship finale.
NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps said "we are trying our hardest" to settle the federal antitrust lawsuit with the two teams suing the racing series in the most expansive comments yet from the defendants.
William Byron won at Martinsville Speedway in the third-round finale of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, while Kyle Larson sealed the final Championship 4 spot on points.
Just four drivers are left standing in NASCAR's 2025 playoffs, and come Sunday afternoon in Phoenix, one of them will be crowned Cup Series champion.
Daniel Suarez, who is being replaced at Trackhouse Racing by Connor Zilisch next year, was named Justin Haley's replacement at Spire Motorsports.
Chase Briscoe, driving the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, gave Joe Gibbs Racing its second spot in NASCAR's championship-deciding season finale with an overtime victory Sunday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway, his first career win at the famous venue.
Bubba Wallace used to find little enjoyment at the racetrack, starved for NASCAR success. Since the birth of his son, though, that has all changed.
Denny Hamlin became the first driver to lock in a spot in NASCAR's championship-deciding finale, winning Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his career-goal 60th Cup Series triumph.
NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick raced Sunday with his championship hopes on the line at the same time his infant son has been diagnosed with a tumor in his chest.
Shane van Gisbergen won his fifth consecutive race on a road or street course Sunday with a victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Joey Logano narrowly moved on to the third round of NASCAR's playoffs in a nail-biter with Ross Chastain.
Chase Elliott drove from eighth to the checkered flag during a two-lap overtime sprint at Kansas Speedway to earn a spot in the third round of NASCAR's playoffs.
Cooler heads have prevailed inside Joe Gibbs Racing following last week's run-in between teammates Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs.
Rodney Childers, who guided Kevin Harvick to the 2014 Cup Series championship, has finally landed a new job as the crew chief at JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series.
Chase Briscoe is Cup Series winner, but always felt like he had something to prove. In his first year at Joe Gibbs Racing, he's doing just that.
Ryan Blaney opened the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with an emphatic victory for Team Penske.
Joey Logano led a top-three sweep for Ford in qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Sunday's second-round opener in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart will continue his drag-racing career in 2026 -- and he will compete against his wife, Leah Pruett.
Christopher Bell seized the victory on a late restart at Bristol Motor Speedway, completing a first-round sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs for Joe Gibbs Racing.
AJ Allmendinger upstaged the NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway by claiming his first pole in 10 years.
Denny Hamlin won from the pole position at World Wide Technology Raceway, playing the strategy perfectly to lead the final 25 laps in his series-high fifth victory this season.
Denny Hamlin remained perfect in qualifying during the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, capturing the pole position at World Wide Technology Raceway.
A federal judge on Wednesday denied two teams -- one owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan -- a preliminary injunction in their antitrust suit against NASCAR to be recognized as chartered teams for the remainder of the season.
Chase Briscoe held off Tyler Reddick at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night and advanced to the second round of the NACAR Cup Series playoffs.
The bitter fight between NASCAR and two of its teams that have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock-racing giant spilled into public view Thursday.
Ryan Blaney won a four-wide race across the Daytona International Speedway finish line Saturday night in NASCAR's regular-season finale, a victory that denied a long shot driver a spot in the playoffs and gave Alex Bowman postseason life.
The is a vocal crowd within NASCAR unhappy with the the playoff format. Not Joey Logano, though, who has come to thrive in the biggest moments.
A North Carolina judge on Friday granted Legacy Motor Club a preliminary injunction blocking Rick Ware from selling his NASCAR team during a battle over one of his charters.
Connor Zilisch, a 19-year-old driver who has seven victories in NASCAR's second-tier Xfinity Series this season, is getting promoted to a Cup ride in 2026.
Kaulig Racing will be Ram's anchor partner when the automaker makes its return to NASCAR in 2026, and team owner Matt Kaulig said the team will field five entries in the Truck Series.
JR Motorsports driver Connor Zilisch has been cleared to race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, less than two weeks after breaking his collarbone during a post-race fall in victory lane.
Humpy Wheeler, a pioneering motorsports promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, has died, NASCAR said. He was 86.
NASCAR in 2026 will race on a new street course in San Diego, return Chicagoland Speedway to the schedule, move the All-Star race to Dover, Delaware, and end its 38-race season back at Homestead-Miami Speedway.