NASCAR Cup Series

A 65-race winless streak seems to have ignited a fire within Kevin Harvick as he has now won the last two NASCAR Cup Series races in a row.

Bubba Wallace will remain with 23XI Racing for the 2023 NASCAR Cup season and beyond as he signs a multi-year contract extension.

Kimi Räikkönen Mike Rockenfeller and spent Thursday doing NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen orientation testing at Virginia International Raceway in preparation for their débuts at Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Roval.

One doesn’t need to be a neuroscientist to understand the health effects of concussions, and difficulties with simulator testing proved this for Kurt Busch. He will miss Richmond, his 4th straight no-show.

Noah Gragson will replace Ty Dillon in the #42 of Petty GMS Motorsports for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series.

Mike Rockenfeller, who has won everything endurance-related from Le Mans and Nürburgring to Daytona and Spa, will now head to the NASCAR Cup Series as he drives for Spire Motorsports at Watkins Glen.

3F Racing is hoping to run a part-time NASCAR Cup schedule in 2022 and become the first German team. Owner Dennis Hirtz was previously the marketing director for GT team Phoenix Racing.

Kevin Harvick snapped a 65-race winless streak to claim the NASCAR Cup victory at Michigan, a track whose doubleheader he swept in 2020.

Over six decades since Wendell Scott at Savannah Speedway on 20 July 1962, Bubba Wallace topped Michigan qualifying to become just the second black NASCAR Cup pole winner. The two and Bill Lester are the only black drivers to win a pole in any of NASCAR’s three national series.

NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Busch and his family were able to get out of Mall of America following a shooting on Thursday, which he and wife Samantha have discussed in length in the days since.

Buddy Arrington and Neil “Soapy” Castles, longtime independent drivers on the NASCAR Grand National (now Cup) Series circuit, died just two days apart on Tuesday and Thursday at 84 and 87.

Michael McDowell’s L2 penalty from Pocono, which includes deducting 100 points and suspending crew chief Blake Harris for four races, will not be appealed by Front Row Motorsports after all.

Ty Gibbs will drive the 23XI Racing #45 for the third consecutive race this Sunday at Michigan as Kurt Busch remains out due to injury.

Richard Childress Racing has opened a third car, the #33, for NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie and two-time race winner Austin Hill to make his maiden Cup start this Sunday at Michigan.

Tyler Reddick completed a sweep of July’s NASCAR Cup Series road course races by holding off challenges from (and eventually penalised) Ross Chastain and Austin Cindric to triumph in Indianapolis.

With Kurt Busch still not medically cleared to race, Ty Gibbs will once again substitute for him at Indianapolis.