Rain forced NASCAR’s Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series to cancel practice on Friday and qualifying. As a result, Chase Briscoe (Cup), Noah Gragson (Xfinity), and Chandler Smith (Truck) will start on the poles for their respective races.
In a battle of drivers seeking their first NASCAR Cup Series win, Chase Briscoe held off Tyler Reddick and Ross Chastain to be that guy in Phoenix.
Roger Penske is the third NASCAR Cup team owner to publicly pledge support to Ukrainian relief efforts as his Penske Corporation/Team Penske will donate $1 million to the World Central Kitchen.
Ex-Formula One and CART driver Tarso Marques will begin racing in the NASCAR Cup Series for Team Stange Racing, running eight races beginning at Road America in July.
In a day where much of the field was spinning, Alex Bowman beat out team-mate Kyle Larson in overtime to win at Las Vegas.
NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports will also help Ukraine as owner Rick Hendrick will donate $20,000 to Samaritan’s Purse’s relief fund. For each lap led by a Hendrick car at Las Veags, an additional $2,000 will be donated.
NASCAR team owner Richard Childress will support Ukraine’s war effort through AMMO, Inc., which he directs and whose subsidiary GunBroker has sponsored NASCAR teams. It will donate one million rounds of ammunition to the cause.
12 cautions plagued Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Fontana, but reigning champion Kyle Larson held off Austin Dillon and Erik Jones to win at the California circuit for the second time.
Perhaps lending credence to the Next Gen car being harder to drive than its predecessor, many Cup drivers spun out or hit the wall during Saturday’s practice and qualifying. By the end, Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric won his first Cup pole.
What do Daytona 500 champ Austin Cindric and Robby Gordon have in common? They’re the only drivers with NASCAR Cup Series wins and X Games medals. Thanks to rallycross and Stadium Super Trucks, the NASCAR/X Games overlap is quite deep.
Garrett Smithley will drive the #15 for Rick Ware Racing in the West Coast rounds at Auto Club Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Phoenix Raceway.
NASCAR Cup rookie Austin Cindric, on the 85th birthday of boss Roger Penske, is already a winner just one race into his ROTY campaign as he held off Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace to win the Daytona 500.
Chase Elliott’s contract with Hendrick Motorsports will now run through the end of the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season.
RFK Racing, set for its first Daytona 500 under the new identity, won both Duel qualifying races on Thursday with Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher. Kaz Grala and Greg Biffle clinched their spots in the 500 with their Duel runs.
Kyle Larson continues Hendrick domination with Daytona 500 pole, Gragson and Villeneuve qualify on speed
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Reigning Cup champion Kyle Larson led a Hendrick Motorsports 1–2–3 to win the team’s 7th Daytona 500 pole in the last 8 years. Noah Gragson and Jacques Villeneuve qualified for the 500 with their times.
Tuesday’s two practice sessions for Sunday’s Daytona 500 and Wednesday’s qualifying were largely dominated by Fords as drivers worked with their team-mates and fellow manufacturer allies in the draft.
Greg Biffle seeks to run his first NASCAR Cup Series race since 2016 when he enters the Daytona 500 for NY Racing Team, who last ran a Cup race in 2018.
