The NASCAR Cup Series believes it is receiving less “negativity” over its new-for-2019 aero package now it has been raced on almost every type of circuit. The arrival of the aero package was most notably criticised by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch, who believed the changes would take away the driver skill and later said

NASCAR All-Star race winner Kyle Larson admitted he was completely at fault for the biggest crash of the 600-mile Cup championship round at Charlotte. Ganassi driver Larson’s victory in the previous weekend’s non-points race had turned around a previously miserable 2019 season. He was among the frontrunners late in Sunday night’s main event when he

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr survived an early impact with the wall to claim victory in the 600-mile NASCAR Cup series race at Charlotte. With just 10 laps of the scheduled 400 left to run, Brad Keselowski spun his Penske Ford into the pitlane with a flat tyre, which brought out the 17th caution

Hendrick Motorsports now has the best cars in the NASCAR Cup Series field, despite having only won once in the 2019 season, reckons Penske’s Brad Keselowski. Powerhouse team Hendrick has endured two lean years, with its talismanic seven-time champion lead driver Jimmie Johnson having not taken a race win in a championship round since June

Kevin Harvick said his Stewart-Haas Racing team “shot both of our feet off” with poor pit work in NASCAR’s All-Star race. Harvick finished second to Kyle Larson in the non-championship race for a $1million prize, but had to come back through the field after a slow pitstop and then an additional stop to sort a

Ryan Newman called Clint Bowyer “embarrassing” after a fight following NASCAR’s All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Roush Fenway Ford driver Newman clashed with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Bowyer multiple times on the slowing-down lap, culminating in Bowyer making contact with the outside wall. Bowyer then approached Newman’s car in the pitlane and threw a series of

Kyle Larson stormed from the back of the grid to win NASCAR’s non-championship All-Star race and earn and $1million, fending off late pressure from Kevin Harvick at Charlotte. The surprise result came amid a tough season for Ganassi driver Larson, who has not won a Cup championship round since September 2017. That meant he had

Clint Bowyer was involved in a post-race spat with Erik Jones after the Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series round over a “dumb” move that Bowyer felt cost him second place. Stewart-Haas Ford driver Bowyer had a strong run at the leaders on the outside coming up to the final lap but was blocked by Jones’s

Penske’s Brad Keselowski survived a thrilling overtime finish to take victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas. After failing to finish in the top 10 in the first two stages of the race, Keselowski was propelled into contention late on in the final stage when a caution was issued with 28 of the

Over a quarter of the grid for the Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series race failed technical inspection and will be put to the back of the field for the start. A total of 11 cars in the 40-strong entry lost their official starting position when the inspections were carried out shortly before the Saturday night

NASCAR has decided to alter the Cup Series aero package for three upcoming tracks after reviewing the performance of its new rules in 2019 so far. Originally, the year’s Pocono Raceway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway events were slated for the use of the baseline new aero package plus a smaller tapered

Martin Truex Jr says attending to “little details” has been the key to turning around his first NASCAR Cup Series season with Joe Gibbs Racing. The 2017 champion joined JGR this winter when former team Furniture Row closed down. Though Truex achieved early second places at Atlanta and Phoenix, he led just 14 laps across

NASCAR Cup Series points leader and Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver Kyle Busch says the series’ new aero package for this season “sucked” at Dover. Busch – who equalled Morgan Shepherd’s 1990 record of 11-straight top 10 finishes to start the season – struggled in the rain-delayed race on Monday, hitting the wall in what

Martin Truex Jr stormed from the back of the NASCAR Cup Series field to take his second victory of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing in the rescheduled Dover race. Truex was sent to the back ahead of the race after his Toyota machine failed pre-race inspection prior to yesterday’s abandoned race. The 2017 champion

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover has been postponed to Monday after persistent rain in Delaware left cars unable to run more than a handful of formation laps. Running of the race has been pushed back to 12:00pm Eastern Time, (17:00pm in the UK), on Monday. Monday’s forecast is for clear and sunny skies,

Leading NASCAR Cup Series drivers expressed concerns after nearly two dozen cars went faster than the Dover qualifying record in Friday afternoon practice. Kurt Busch posted the fastest average lap speed in practice at 168.445 mph, which is nearly 4mph faster than the track qualifying record of 164.444mph set in 2014 by Brad Keselowski. This

Single-car qualifying is returning to the NASCAR Cup, beginning this weekend at Dover International Speedway. For remainder of the season, qualifying for the Cup, as well as in the Xfinity and Truck championships’, will move to a single-car, single-round format at all race tracks except road courses. At oval tracks measuring 1.25 miles in length

Chevrolet had to overcome the odds and perhaps most importantly its own teams’ doubts to take its first win of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season at Talladega. Heading to Talladega, Chevy’s last win in a championship round had been at Kansas Speedway last October, and Jimmie Johnson’s victory in the non-points pre-season Clash race

Alex Bowman said he would not have let Hendrick team-mate Chase Elliott win the Talladega NASCAR Cup Series race despite Chevrolet’s tactical plan. Elliott led Bowman home in a Hendrick one-two after they and JTG Daugherty Chevrolet driver Ryan Preece moved into formation at the front of the field in the final three laps. All

Kyle Larson says he felt like his frightening aerial accident at the end of the Talladega NASCAR Cup Series race would never stop. Larson and Jeffrey Earnhardt were hit by the spinning William Byron on the final lap of Sunday’s and sent spearing across the track. While Earnhardt impacted the wall nose-first, Larson’s car lifted

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott scored his and Chevrolet’s first win of the NASCAR Cup Series season at Talladega in a race blighted by two big accidents. As the Chevrolet runners grouped together in their green-flag pit strategy, Elliott was able to rise from 13th on the grid to take fourth in stage one, before going

There are many unknowns about Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Talladega, but one thing appears clear – manufacturer loyalty will supersede duty to drivers’ individual teams. Cup teams have been faced with new aero rules, including the replacement of restrictor-plates with tapered spacers, and the changes have proved challenging for both the paddock and NASCAR

NASCAR has adjusted its aero rules after just one Cup Series practice session at Talladega Superspeedway amid concerns over high speeds. This weekend is the first superspeedway race under NASCAR’s new aero rules for the 2019 season, which include replacing the restrictor plate long used to control speeds on the fastest tracks with a tapered

Chase Elliott is hopeful that aero updates in NASCAR this year will help the series move away from the teamwork element that has dominated recent Talladega and Daytona races. Drafting among team-mates has been common in NASCAR for decades, but it has intensified in recent years on the superspeedways to the point where at last

Chip Ganassi says his driver Kyle Larson and Chevrolet have his “full support” after a difficult start to the NASCAR Cup season. Larson, who has finished in the top 10 in the drivers’ standings for the last three years with Chip Ganassi Racing, has two top-10 finishes to his name from the opening nine rounds

NASCAR will use its non-championship Charlotte All-Star race to debut two parts from its planned 2021 Cup Series Gen-7 car. Current manufacturers Toyota, Chevrolet and Ford have been in discussions with NASCAR to help inform the direction of the new regulations, and the series has consulted manufacturers outside of the series in a bid to

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano says he and his Penske team need to “clean up some mistakes” after missing out on what he believes were three winnable races. Logano ran up front at Richmond last weekend, where a slow pitstop forced him to fight back towards the front. He managed to catch race

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr said his final stint on the way to a NASCAR Cup Series victory at Richmond was “like driving in the snow”. Truex took his first short course win at the 81st attempt over Penske’s Joey Logano and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer to record his maiden victory for JGR. The

Martin Truex Jr prevailed in a late-race shootout with Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer to finally take his first short track win in the NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond. The result was also a first win for 2017 champion Truex since he joined Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last season following the closure

Eight cars have been put to the back of the grid for Saturday night’s Richmond NASCAR Cup Series race after failing technical inspection, including four of the top 10 qualifiers. This weekend featured a condensed two-day schedule, which meant cars did not go through inspection prior to Friday night’s qualifying session. Instead, all of the