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For four Cup Series drivers, their hopes of winning the 2020 NASCAR title ended at the conclusion of the Xfinity 500 Sunday (Nov. 1st) at Martinsville Speedway. Below is a … Continue Reading Comments from the eliminated playoff drivers
Chase Elliott’s victory Sunday (Nov. 1st) in the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway produced the Hendrick Motorsports driver’s 10th career win in NASCAR’s elite series. Elliott’s win at Martinsville was … Continue Reading Chase Elliott hits double-digit wins in Cup Series
“I’m just at a bit of a loss for words. Like I said, this is the piece we’ve been missing. I feel like we’ve had the group to do this. We just have to go make it happen and we did tonight.”
By Geoff Bodine Earlier this week, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Kyle Larson would return to the Cup Series with the No. 5 car entering 2021. I texted team owner Rick … Continue Reading Geoff’s Journal: The return of the 5, Kyle Larson, and championship outlook
By Nick Lewis Next weekend a new Xfinity Series champion will be crowned for the first time at Phoenix Raceway. For the last 20 years the NASCAR Championship weekend was … Continue Reading New Xfinity champ to be crowned at Phoenix
“Martinsville is one of those places that’s really cool to win at. For me in particular because my family is from here. There’s a guy in a hot dog for Halloween. The fans here are awesome. It’s amazing to win here at what is one of my home tracks I would say and do what my dad did. I think it was his first Xfinity win was here.”
A quintessential NASCAR short track race ensued at Martinsville Speedway on Friday night, and after all the physical intensity wound down, Grant Enfinger stood tall above the smoke show, winning his way onto the Championship 4 ballot to battle for a title at Phoenix Raceway next week.
The Autotrader EchoPark 500 has been rescheduled to tomorrow due to inclement weather. NASCAR announced that the Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway will resume Monday (Oct. 26th) at … Continue Reading Postponed: NASCAR at Texas
By Nick Lewis Sheldon Creed held off Austin Hill coming off of Turn 4 to get the checkered flag and caution after an intense last 30 laps of racing in … Continue Reading Creed fends off Hill for win at Texas
Martin Truex Jr. has failed pre-race inspection at Texas motor Speedway and will have to start from the rear of the field. NASCAR announced that the sanctioning body confiscated the … Continue Reading Martin Truex Jr. fails pre-race inspection