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DARLINGTON, S.C. — Erik Jones had been so close. Agonizingly close. All amidst uncertainty for next season, a future likely hinging on whatever comes out of 2019, and while his … Continue Reading Erik Jones puts it all together to win Southern 500 at Darlington
“I don’t even know what to say,” DiBendetto said. “I’m so sad we didn’t win, but proud, proud of the effort. I got tight there from the damage from trying to get by (Ryan) Newman and that immediately flipped a switch and got tight.”
Denny Hamlin’s victory Saturday night (August 17) in the Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway produced Hamlin’s fourth Cup Series win of 2019 and the 35th of … Continue Reading Denny Hamlin picks up 35th career win
For the first time in his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career, Jimmie Johnson is on the outside looking in with three races before the NASCAR Playoffs begin. Johnson finished … Continue Reading Jimmie Johnson leaves Michigan in unfamiliar territory
Martin Truex Jr. has now done something in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 41 other drivers have done. Truex Jr. raced in his 500 points-awarding event in NASCAR’s elite … Continue Reading Martin Truex Jr. completes 500th start of career
Kevin Harvick is now one Cup Series win away from tying Herb Thomas and two away from Tony Stewart on the series’ all-time wins list. Harvick led the final 18 … Continue Reading Kevin Harvick closer to Thomas, Stewart on wins list
“We just stayed mistake free and Martin (Truex Jr.) was a little quicker I felt like those last few runs,” Elliott said. “The track position was key and I didn’t mess up into Turn 1 this time, so that was good.”
Chase Elliott’s victory in the Go Bowling at the Glen Sunday (August 4) at Watkins Glen International tied the Hendrick Motorsports driver with 1992 Cup Series champion Alan Kulwicki and … Continue Reading Chase Elliott ties Alan Kulwicki, others on Cup Series wins list
Denny Hamlin’s victory in the Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway Sunday (July 28) propelled the Joe Gibbs Racing driver ahead of Fireball Roberts on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup … Continue Reading Denny Hamlin passes Fireball Roberts on Cup Series wins list
LONG POND, Pa. — After Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, five races remain until the playoffs. Here’s how the picture unfolds … Continue Reading NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture: Five regular season races remain after Pocono
“If it was going to be not enough, it was going to be not enough, so proud of the whole team for putting me on a great strategy there, pit stops, everything.”
LONG POND, Pa. — Austin Dillon, Jimmie Johnson, and William Byron will have to forfeit their top-eight starting positions and start at the rear for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup … Continue Reading Failures foil top-eight starts for A.Dillon, Johnson, Byron at Pocono
“I don’t get frustrated,” Harvick said. “I just want to win.”
Earlier in March, the 2020 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule was announced, with Pocono Raceway featuring a doubleheader weekend, the first of it’s kind in the top levels of NASCAR in the modern era.
With six races left in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular season, Jimmie Johnson once again finds himself outside of playoff eligibility in NASCAR’s premier series. Johnson finished 30th, … Continue Reading Jimmie Johnson falls below playoff cutline
Kevin Harvick and two-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Buck Baker are now tied on the series’ all-time wins list. Harvick’s victory Sunday (July 21) in the Foxwoods Resort … Continue Reading Kevin Harvick ties Buck Baker on wins list