Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson said he “did all we could” after missing out on the playoffs in his final full-time season. With the final places in the playoffs still to be decided heading into Saturday’s final regular season round at Daytona, Johnson finished fifth in both of the opening two stages, but

William Byron clinched his first NASCAR Cup victory at Daytona as a late race crash denied seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson a place in the playoffs. Byron, Johnson and Matt DiBenedetto, the three drivers on the bubble in the fight to get into the Round of 16 as the field arrived at Daytona, all managed

NASCAR has declared itself happy with the speed of the prototype Next Generation car now scheduled to be introduced for the 2022 Cup Series after resuming testing this week. The two-test on Monday and Tuesday at Dover International Speedway, with Stewart-Haas Racing driver Cole Custer behind the wheel, was the first held since March and

Despite one of his best finishes of the season at Dover, Jimmie Johnson will go into the final race to make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs as an outsider. A late-race two-tyre pit call briefly gave Johnson the lead in Sunday’s second race of a weekend double-header at Dover International Speedway and he came away

Kevin Harvick claimed his seventh NASCAR Cup Series victory of 2020, clinching the regular season title with a race to spare. Jimmie Johnson held onto third after an early penalty for speeding on pit road and was sent to the back of the grid, but still lies four points outside the playoff positions. It was

Denny Hamlin led a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing in the first race of the Dover NASCAR Cup Series double-header. Hamlin had little competition as he took the first two stage victories, but fell back to fourth for the start of the final stage. Team-mate Martin Truex Jr picked up the race lead and

Jimmie Johnson, competing in his final full-time year in the NASCAR Cup Series, will run a livery paying homage to both Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt at the Throwback weekend. The hood and top-end of the car will feature the iconic Petty blue, while the sides, rear bumper and nose area will pay tribute to

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson has formally requested reinstatement to series, but remains indefinitely suspended for using a racial slur on a live stream. Larson, 28, was fired from his Chip Ganassi Racing team in April for using a racial slur during the broadcast of an iRacing event and was also indefinitely suspended

Chase Elliott secured his second victory of the season in the first ever NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona road course, fending off Denny Hamlin after a late restart. Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet had worked his way into a 10-second lead over the pack after the race was suspended following a lightning strike

Austin Dillon has become the fourth NASCAR Cup driver to have tested positive for COVID-19 and will how miss the race on the Daytona Road Course this weekend. The Richard Childress Racing team announced on Saturday morning that Dillon had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and, according to NASCAR protocols, would enter a period

The race to make the NASCAR Cup Series playoff is hotting up, with seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson currently at risk of missing out on a spot in his final season. Johnson sits 26 points outside the playoff positions with four races remaining – the Daytona road course, a doubleheader at Dover and the regular season

Christopher Bell will move over to Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, replacing the departing Erik Jones at the team. Bell, who drove for JGR in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (winning 16 races), has spent his rookie Cup Series campaign with the Gibbs-affiliated Leavine Family Racing, placing third overall in 2019.

Kevin Harvick resisted a late challenge from Denny Hamlin to claim his second NASCAR Cup Series win of the Michigan double-header. Harvick, who had swept all three stages to claim victory in overtime in Saturday’s first 161-lap race at the 2.0-mile Michigan oval, started in 18th place after NASCAR flipped the top 20 finishers and

Kevin Harvick fended off an attack from Brad Keselowski in overtime to seal victory in the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series double-header at Michigan. Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing machine was dominant throughout the eventual 161-lap encounter around the 2.0-mile Michigan oval, scooping all three stages in his Ford Mustang after a flurry of late

Erik Jones’ tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series will come to an end after the 2020 season. On Thursday evening, JGR announced Jones would not return to its No. 20 Toyota in 2021. Jones had signed a one-year extension with JGR last season and in recent weeks had said he had

One-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski has renewed his contract with Team Penske into 2021, ending speculation that he would leave upon the expiry of his current deal. The 2012 champion, whose third victory of the 2020 season last weekend at New Hampshire followed wins in the big ticket Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte

With Brad Keselowski in a contract year at Team Penske he says negotiations over his future have altered as the “bar” to reach the NASCAR Cup Series has “lowered significantly”. After earning his third victory of the 2020 season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Keselowski appears to be in great position to re-sign with his

Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski dominated the latter stages of the NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire for his third win of 2020, his first at the venue since 2014. Keselowski’s Ford Mustang was engaged in a duel for the lead with the Joe Gibbs Toyota Camry of Denny Hamlin throughout the opening two stages

Two-time Le Mans 24 race winner Earl Bamber will make his NASCAR debut in the Xfinity Series on the Daytona road course on 15 August. The Porsche factory driver, who took outright victory at Le Mans in 2015 and 2017, has signed to race for Richard Childress Racing in the team’s #21 Toyota Camry, which

Maurice Petty, an engine builder who propelled the Petty family dynasty to NASCAR success and younger brother of NASCAR legend Richard, has died aged 81. Maurice primarily served the Petty Enterprises organisation, founded by his father Lee, as an engine builder and crew chief, but he also had his own racing career from 1960 to

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin held on for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup victory at Kansas Speedway, having grabbed the lead with 13 of 267 laps remaining. Hamlin ended a streak of three sub-par finishes by passing Kevin Harvick for the lead with 13 laps to go and held off a furious challenge from Team

NASCAR has decided to keep its “show up and race” schedule for the remainder of the 2020 season in its three national series. Ever since NASCAR resumed running races in May following a two-month hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has run its race weekends without any practices and without qualifying except for the Coca-Cola

Austin Dillon scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win since the 2018 Daytona 500 at Texas for Richard Childress Racing after seeing out a flurry of late restarts. After a caution period for a Quinn Houff spin on lap 306 of 334, Dillon was one of those to make a pitstop for fresh Goodyear tyres

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott fended off a late charge from reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch to win the rescheduled All-Star race at Bristol and bank $1 million. The exhibition race is where those who scored a win in the previous year of Cup racing, are a past All-Star winner or a series champion

Martin Truex Jr admits he ‘probably took away Kevin Harvick’s chance to win’ at the Kentucky Speedway after a thrilling last-lap NASCAR Cup duel, in which Cole Custer won out. Truex fought from the rear of the field to lead 57 laps on Sunday at Kentucky but, after losing the lead after two late restarts

Cole Custer claimed his maiden NASCAR Cup victory in a last-lap dash to the flag at the Kentucky Speedway, winning out in a four-wide battle for the lead. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver went four abreast with long time race leaders Martin Truex Jr, Kevin Harvick and Ryan Blaney as they took the white flag to

Round 10 of the 2020 eNASCAR Heat Pro League season in association with Motorsport Games took the drivers to Auto Club Speedway. Kyle Arnold led the way early in the first 45 lap race for Playstation 4 gamers, but both Josh Parker and Maxwell Castro would take a turn out front as the field stayed

Watkins Glen will drop off the NASCAR Cup Series schedule for the first time since 1985 and be replaced by the Daytona road course, the series’ latest schedule update reveals. The former Formula 1 venue in New York has been a staple of the calendar for over three decades, and was due to stage this

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will return to competition this weekend at the Kentucky Speedway after being cleared by his doctors after testing positive for COVID-19. Last week, Johnson announced he had received a positive test result for the strain of coronavirus responsible for the current global pandemic, but did not know at

The first NASCAR-IndyCar double-header experiment at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was an obvious success by all available measures, but the absence of spectators means there can be no guarantees it will become commonplace, as JIM UTTER explains One of the benefits of the scheduling changes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented NASCAR and IndyCar