Joe Gibbs Racing’s Erik Jones says he will “sleep a lot easier” after his second place at Pocono boosted his chances of qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Jones is yet to score a victory that would guarantee a place in the playoff, with just six regular-season races remaining in 2019. The 16 drivers

NASCAR has unveiled the first details of its maiden double-header weekend at Pocono and suggested that the two races will be a distance of 350 miles each. Pocono is hosting a double-header of two races across June 27-28 instead of the usual two separate races on different summer weekends. The track has recently undergone a

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will get a new crew chief starting at this weekend’s Cup series race at Watkins Glen. After Johnson, who is without a win in 2019, finished 15th on Sunday’s Pocono race his Hendrick Motorsports team decided to make a change, with Cliff Daniels becoming his crew chief. Daniels was

Denny Hamlin believes he and his Toyota-powered Joe Gibbs Racing team “can win anywhere” after a third victory in 2019 at Pocono in the NASCAR Cup Series last weekend. Hamlin scored his first two NASCAR Cup wins at the Pennsylvania track in 2005-’06, and Sunday’s triumph was his fifth at the circuit after he stretched

Denny Hamlin prevailed despite fuel worries in a tense overtime period to lead home a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3 in the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono. Hamlin and his team-mates Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr were leading the race with a handful of laps of the scheduled 160 to run, while deploying the lift

Toyota driver Denny Hamlin said he wouldn’t “completely screw” eventual winner and Ford driver Kevin Harvick in their fight for the New Hampshire NASCAR Cup Series race. Harvick and Hamlin emerged as the contenders for victory at Loudon, after a late caution neutralised the field. In the closing laps the pair touched, including on the

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick survived a final lap battle at New Hampshire with Denny Hamlin to clinch his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Hamlin was leading throughout a large portion of the final stage before Kyle Larson hit the wall at Turn 1 and triggered a caution with

Kentucky NASCAR Cup Series winner Kurt Busch says he was “proud” of his brother, Kyle, for their fight for victory last weekend in which the two made contact. Penske’s Joey Logano looked home and dry before a caution triggered a five-lap showdown. Chip Ganassi Chevrolet driver Kurt Busch had fresher tyres and drove around the

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch clinched his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, beating his brother Kyle Busch in a thrilling overtime finish at Kentucky. Penske’s Joey Logano had seemed on course for victory after he battled past dominant stage two winner Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing) to take the lead for

Spire Motorsports Chevrolet driver Justin Haley says his shock NASCAR Cup Series win at Daytona would likely not have happened without the red flag that ultimately ended the race. Part-time Cup driver and Xfinity regular Haley won the Daytona race, having run as low as 27th, following a pile-up that caused more than 20 cars

Justin Haley’s against-the-odds NASCAR Cup Series victory at Daytona last weekend became embroiled in controversy on social media, despite it being a proper underdog success story. Jim Utter says only NASCAR could be handed the opportunity to champion one of the things it craves the most, yet allow it to become entangled in ill-feeling. An

Xfinity regular Justin Haley claimed a shock victory at Daytona in just his third NASCAR Cup Series start, after the race was truncated by stormy weather that wrong-footed Kurt Busch. A strategic gamble following a multiple car pile-up halfway through stage three propelled Spire Motorsports’ Haley to victory. On lap 119 of the scheduled 160,

The NASCAR Cup Series night race at Daytona has been delayed until Sunday afternoon on account of persistent heavy rain throughout Saturday evening. The 400-mile 160 lap race was due to start at 19.40 local time but rain forced a delay before organisers eventually announced the postponement. Rescheduled to take place during daylight hours on

Penske’s Joey Logano will start the NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona from pole position after persistent lightning led to the cancellation of qualifying. The weather conditions at the track on Friday afternoon prevented NASCAR from completing the pre-qualifying inspection and forced the cancellation of qualifying. The field for Saturday night’s race has been set

NASCAR president Steve Phelps says he does not expect “massive, wholesale” changes to the 2021 Cup Series calendar. The series revamped its calendar in 2020 and Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said at the time that the “fans and the industry as a whole have been vocal about the

Martin Truex Jr believes Hendrick Motorsports’ strong performance at Chicagoland Speedway could have been a one-off in the NASCAR Cup Series. Hendrick’s Alex Bowman earned his first career win in the Cup Series on Sunday as all four of the team’s drivers finished 11th or higher in the 400-mile race in Chicago. Three of Hendrick’s

Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman beat Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson in a late-race duel to clinch his maiden NASCAR Cup Series victory at Chicagoland. In his 134th Cup start, Bowman emerged as a contender for victory during a second stage in which he climbed from the periphery of the top 10 to battle with

Stewart-Haas Racing’s winless 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season so far is due to choosing “the wrong direction to start the year”, says lead driver Kevin Harvick. While fellow Ford team Penske Racing has won five races already this year with reigning champion Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, SHR has failed to register a single regular-season

Team owner Joe Gibbs says he was “sweating” over the prospect of having Martin Truex Jr and Kyle Busch in the same outfit for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season. The closure of Furniture Row Racing at the end of 2018 led to Truex moving to Joe Gibbs Racing and linking up with Busch. The

The Charlotte Roval will redesign its backstretch chicane ahead of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series race in a bid to improve overtaking. The chicane is located after the NASCAR field turns through the oval circuit’s banking, before then heading onto the backstretch and into the Turns 11-12 complex. Previously, the original chicane layout proved difficult

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr clinched his fourth NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2019 season, resisting late pressure from team-mate Kyle Busch at Sonoma. Busch made his final pitstop three laps later than Truex Jr, and carried a tyre advantage into the final 23 laps of the 90-lap race. Emerging eight seconds adrift

NASCAR Truck Series title contender Johnny Sauter has been suspended for one race after crashing into Austin Hill in Sunday’s race at Iowa Speedway. NASCAR announced on Tuesday that Sauter would be suspended from this weekend’s race at Gateway, the 11th round of the 2019 season. Despite missing the race, Sauter will remain eligible for

NASCAR Truck Series title contender Johnny Sauter faces a possible suspension after crashing into Austin Hill at Iowa, with Hill saying he wouldn’t “put up with it” after the race. On Lap 138 of 200, Austin Hill hit Johnny Sauter at Turn 4, which sent Sauter into the wall – an action Hill took in

Team Penske’s Joey Logano survived a two-lap shootout to score a dominant win at Michigan and take the NASCAR Cup Series points’ lead with his second win of the season. With just four laps of the intended 200 to run in the race which was delayed 24-hours because of rain, Erik Jones’ #20 Joe Gibbs

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan has been postponed until Monday following persistent light rain that left cars unable to complete more than a handful of formation laps. The race, which was due to begin at 2pm local time on Sunday, has been pushed back to 5pm on Monday. NASCAR attempted to begin it

Greg Biffle took victory in his first NASCAR start since the end of the 2016 Cup season by triumphing in Friday night’s Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The 49-year-old 2005 Cup Series runner-up was making what has so far been billed as a one-off return to top-level racing with Kyle Busch’s Truck team.

The introduction of hybrid power to NASCAR is “a matter of when, not if” according to Ford Performance’s motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook. The series looks to develop a next-generation powertrain from the 2022 season, with plans to introduce a new-specification of car – labelled the Gen-7 – for the 2021 season. The Gen-7 will feature

Kyle Larson says he must be “smarter” when he has a car capable of strong NASCAR Cup Series results, after winning two stages but falling to 26th at Pocono. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver started seventh but managed to cycle to the front as various strategies around him played out. He won both of the

Kyle Busch dominated the second half of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono to score his fourth victory of the 2019 season. Busch, who started second in the #18 Toyota Camry took the lead of the race soon after the second 50 lap stage started. He was relatively untroubled from then on, only relinquishing

NASCAR could adopt one of the Gen-7 components planned for the next generation of Cup Series cars by as early as 2020. Two Gen-7 components were tested in the All-Star Race at Charlotte last weekend, with the single-piece carbonfibre splitter radiator pan receiving positive feedback that could lead to a 2020 inclusion. NASCAR and its