Just days after going through one of the worst things a parent could experience when his wife suffered a miscarriage, Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a thrilling and emotional victory in the Xfinity Series’ first race since March.
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Wednesday night NASCAR racing saw Denny Hamlin take the win as rain fell on the track, but perhaps the biggest story of the night is Kyle Busch turning Chase Elliott late.
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Matt Kenseth proved that he’s still got it with a top 10 finish in The Real Heroes 400 this past Sunday.
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Erik Jones’s crew chief Chris Gayle faces a one race suspension after two loose lug nuts were discovered on the 20 car.
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Xfinity Series driver David Starr has lost his ride with JD Motorsports as COVID-19 has limited his sponsors’ funding.
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Alex Bowman has signed a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports through 2021.
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In an interview with French site Auto Hebdo, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series president Jerome Galpin said the 2020 season will begin in early September.
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The next slate of NASCAR races have been revealed, with dates at Bristol, Atlanta, Martinsville, Homestead, and Talladega through late May and June.
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Gray Gaulding will run his first NASCAR race of 2020 on Sunday at Darlington with Rick Ware Racing.
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For NASCAR’s upcoming races with no qualifying, the starting lineup will be set by random draw, followed by field inversions for later races.
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NASCAR has expanded the Xfinity and Truck Series grids from 36 and 32 to 40 each for races without qualifying.
Thanks to rain, the NASCAR Xfinity Series is going to have to wait a while longer before getting the show back on the road.
In NASCAR’s first race in 70 days, Kevin Harvick took the victory with a dominating run at Darlington. It is his 50th career Cup win.
Reigning Cup champ Kyle Busch and newly-crowned Pro Invitational champ Timmy Hill will run all 7 NASCAR races at Darlington and Charlotte in an 11-day span.
B.J. McLeod’s Xfinity Series team will move up to the Cup level at Darlington on Sunday.
Tommy Baldwin will make its first Cup Series start in 2017 when NASCAR resumes at Darlington next Sunday. Josh Bilicki will pilot the effort in the #7.