With Matt Tifft hospitalised for a medical issue, Matt Crafton will make his first NASCAR Cup start since the 2015 Daytona 500 in his place.
Denny Hamlin took home his fifth win of 2019 in the Round of 12 finale, while Chase Elliott squeezed his way into the Round of 8.
In a bizarre scene of events this week, the haulers of Kaulig Racing and JTG Daugherty Racing were involved in an accident and caught fire on their way to the Kansas Speedway weekend, respectively. Eerily, both teams had major driver announcements the day before their respective incident.
Clint Bowyer has signed an extension with Stewart-Haas Racing through 2020.
Weeks after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. lost his ride with Roush Fenway Racing for Chris Buescher, JTG Daugherty Racing has announced Stenhouse will take over Buescher’s own ride in 2020.
It took a day to settle, but Ryan Blaney beat out Ryan Newman in one of the closest finishes at Talladega en route to his first win of 2019.
The final two stages of the 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega has been moved to Monday afternoon due to rain.
Two-time Truck champion Matt Crafton will be on standby for Paul Menard at Talladega. Menard is currently dealing with neck pain.
Over Tuesday and Wednesday, Austin Dillon drove a generic version of NASCAR’s future: the NextGen car.
On Sunday, Blake Jones will return to the NASCAR Cup Series and the track where he won his first ARCA race in 2015: Talladega.
Austin Dillon and Richard Childress Racing will test NASCAR’s NextGen (Generation 7) car at Richmond this week.
Kyle Larson began the Cup Series Round of 12 with his first win since 2017.
Tyler Reddick, reigning Xfinity champion and 2019 regular season winner, will move up to the Cup Series in 2020 with Richard Childress Racing.
NASCAR has revealed the 2020 Cup Series regulations. For the most part, things will stay the same outside of slight changes to reduce costs.
Chase Elliott went from stuffing his car in the tyre barrier to winning at the Charlotte Roval, while Alex Bowman went from spinning on the opening lap to squeezing his way into the Round of 12.
Austin Cindric repeats Cup practice sub role, fills in for Michael McDowell during Roval practice
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With Michael McDowell out of commission due to a kidney stone, Austin Cindric strapped into his car for Roval 400 practice.
Chris Buescher will rejoin Roush Fenway Racing, this time at the Cup level as he replaces Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the #17 for the 2020 season.
