NASCAR Cup Series

It’s official: Brad Keselowski will become a minority owner in Roush Fenway Racing, drive the #6 car, and lead the team’s competition division for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series.

In a race marred by rain-related chaos at the start and shortened by 10 laps due to darkness, Aric Almirola held off Christopher Bell for his and Stewart-Haas’ first win of 2021 and threw the playoff picture into chaos.

With Brad Keselowski set to become a co-owner and driver at Roush Fenway Racing in 2022, Team Penske will bring up Xfinity driver Austin Cindric to fill the #2 Cup car. Harrison Burton will replace Matt DiBenedetto at Penske ally Wood Brothers Racing.

To little surprise, Hendrick Motorsports has signed Kyle Larson to a contract extension through the 2023 NASCAR Cup season.

Kurt Busch and younger brother Kyle battled throughout Sunday’s Cup race at Atlanta, and the elder sibling won out in the track’s final race on the current configuration.

Chase Elliott once again proves himself as one of the greatest road course drivers in NASCAR as he became the first Cup winner at Road America since 1956.

In the NASCAR Cup Series’ first on-track activity at Road America since 1956, brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch ran 1–2 in practice, though the latter will go to a backup after crashing.

In a shocking development, Chip Ganassi will exit NASCAR in 2022 as he has sold Chip Ganassi Racing’s assets and charters to Trackhouse Racing Team.

The final stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup doubleheader Race 2 at Pocono saw fuel strategy play a major role. By the end, Kyle Busch was able to conserve his gas to the end and win his second race of the year.

Just when Kyle Larson was about to win his fourth straight NASCAR Cup race, his tyre went down in the final corner of the final lap. Hendrick team-mate Alex Bowman slipped by to win instead.

Ryan Ellis will run his first NASCAR Cup race since 2016 at Kansas for Rick Ware Racing, an opportunity provided by friend Cody Ware to make up for their entanglement together at Mid-Ohio.

Jeff Gordon will step down from his NASCAR Cup colour commentary position at Fox Sports in 2022 as he becomes Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports.

In the NASCAR Cup Series’ first trip to Nashville Superspeedway, Kyle Larson led 264 of 300 laps to win his third straight points race (fourth in a row including the All-Star). Team-mate Chase Elliott was disqualified for five loose lug nuts.

Ryan Eversley, an IMSA regular and host of the Dinner with Racers podcast, will run his maiden NASCAR race when he enters the Road America Cup round for RIck Ware Racing.