NASCAR reveals 2020 All-Star Race format
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The 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol will be split into four stages, will introduce a choose cone, and will feature new number placements closer to the rear wheel.
Sports car driver Jade Buford will race in NASCAR for the first time when he runs Saturday’s Xfinity Series race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Jimmie Johnson’s open-wheel excursion will continue next week when he joins Chip Ganassi Racing for an IndyCar test on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Due to COVID-19, the NASCAR Champion’s Week and Awards Banquet in Nashville has been cancelled.
In a reversal of Saturday’s late-race battle, Denny Hamlin used pit strategy to beat Kevin Harvick at Pocono for his fourth win of the season.
Brandon Jones, Chase Briscoe open Sunday Pocono tripleheader with chaotic Truck, Xfinity wins
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Sunday’s Pocono tripleheader began with wreck-filled Truck and Xfinity races that ended with wild two-lap dashes to the finish. Brandon Jones and Chase Briscoe scored the victories with dramatic last-lap passes.
In the first doubleheader race of the Cup Series’ Pocono weekend, pit strategy was the key of the game as Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin for his maiden win at the Tricky Triangle.
For the first time ever, the NASCAR Cup Series and American Flat Track will share a race weekend together, doing so at Charlotte Motor Speedway in October.
Ander Vilariño will not run the 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as the new schedule—created as a result of COVID-19—will interfere with his business and family life.
2 August’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway will allow up to 35% attendance. It will be the first major sporting event with fans allowed in the New England region since the COVID-19 lockdown.
NASCAR has released a photo of the noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage at Talladega. In a teleconference shortly after, President Steve Phelps broke down the timeline of events during the investigation.
The last 28 hours for NASCAR have seen rain, a horrific gesture, wrecks, fuel strategy, and a dramatic photo finish between Ryan Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. as the latter won Talladega by just .007 seconds.
After a noose was discovered in Bubba Wallace’s garage, the NASCAR world came together to show support. Drivers and crews pushed Wallace’s car to the grid before the race, while president Steve Phelps took great offense to allegations of it being staged and pledged his support to the FBI investigation.
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and a NASCAR race being postponed by rain. In this case, Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega has been moved to Monday.
With his win in Saturday’s Xfinity race, 21-year-old Justin Haley is the 32nd driver in NASCAR history to win a race in all three national series (Cup, Xfinity, Truck).
CART champion Alex Zanardi is in serious condition and has undergone surgery after being involved in a scary handbiking accident on Friday.
19 July’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway will allow for fans, making it the first sporting event in the state with spectators since the rise of the pandemic.
