Tag: NASCAR
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Denny Hamlin adamantly insisted its not over after a critical mistake last week put the Daytona 500 winner on the verge of elimination from NASCARs championship race. He remained undeterred, confident…
Roger Penske was a car-loving, 14-year-old who regularly listened to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio when his father landed tickets to the 1951 race. They made the trek from Cleveland, and Penske fell in…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Kevin Harvick and the Stewart-Haas Racing team had already been preparing for NASCARs finale. With another win at Texas, they now know they will be racing for a Cup title…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Martin Truex Jr. struggled on short tracks for 15 years before he finally snapped his streak of futility and swept this season at Richmond. Hed been inching his way closer to…
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) Kyle Busch is slowly coughing away his championship chances and Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano are fighting again. Chase Elliott has fast cars but awful luck, while Kevin Harvick has…
All the momentum is with Denny Hamlin headed to Martinsville Speedway for the opening race of the third round of NASCARs playoffs. Hamlin, a five-time winner at the Virginia short track, need not look far…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Denny Hamlin was surrounded by Joe Gibbs Racing teammates at the front on the final restart, and that put Chase Elliott in the most difficult and precarious of situations. Somehow,…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Ryan Blaney emerged safely from the wreckage at Talladega Superspeedway that claimed other playoff contenders, winning by a tiny margin that was huge for his championship hopes. Blaney beat Ryan Newman…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) It is odd to classify a victory on a 1-mile concrete oval in Delaware as the biggest win of Kyle Larsons career. Maybe he is among those who count their greatest…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Chase Elliott crashed head-on into a wall and still recovered to win a pivotal race. That wasnt even the most exciting thing to happen in NASCAR last week. The series so…
