Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske’s Joey Logano booked his place in the NASCAR Cup title decider by sealing Martinsville victory in a last-corner collision with Martin Truex Jr. Reigning champion Truex of Furniture Row Racing had passed long-time leader Logano to lead with two laps to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports has secured a new full-time sponsor for Jimmie Johnson in the NASCAR Cup Series to replace outgoing sponsor Lowe’s. Seven-time Cup champion Johnson has been sponsored by Lowe’s since making his debut in the series in 2001, but it announced

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott says his recent NASCAR Cup series form has been “surreal”, having turned his season around to make the round of eight in the playoffs. Elliott is seen as the lead driver in NASCAR’s push to promote its

Defending NASCAR Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr says he is “fortunate” to still be in the 2018 playoffs. The Furniture Row Racing driver sealed his passage into the round of eight with a fifth-place finish at Kansas last weekend, having entered the race on the cusp of the cut-off. A crash at Dover and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Chase Elliott claimed his third NASCAR Cup win of the season in Kansas, as third place finisher Kyle Larson just missed out on a place in the Round of 8. After running in the bottom half of the top 10 in the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Larson and his Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR Cup team have been hit with a post-race penalty after last weekend’s Talladega race that has damaged his playoff hopes. Larson finished 11th at Talladega race, and said his pace was “embarrassing” at times.

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Larson says his pace in the NASCAR Cup series weekend at Talladega was “embarrassing at times”, calling on Chip Ganassi Racing to invest more in its restrictor-plate package. Larson qualified a dismal 34th for the playoff race after he was penalised

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kurt Busch has expressed his frustration at the NASCAR officials for “two missed calls” in overtime during the Cup series playoff race at Talladega. Busch had led a race-high 103 of the 193-lap race after winning pole and leading a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aric Almirola secured his place in the next round of the NASCAR Cup series playoffs with victory in overtime at Talladega, as his Stewart-Haas Racing team dominated the event. SHR locked out the top four positions for a majority of the 193-lap

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson says his shock split with crew chief Chad Knaus happened because poor recent performances meant the Hendrick team had to try “something different”. Johnson and Knaus’s relationship dates back to Johnson’s first full season at Hendrick

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will part with his crew chief Chad Knaus at the end of the 2018 season. Johnson and Knaus are the longest-running driver/crew chief pairing in the series, having been together since Johnson joined Hendrick Motorsports full-time

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leavine Family Racing has announced Matt DiBenedetto as Kasey Kahne’s full-time NASCAR Cup Series replacement for the 2019 season. Eighteen-time Cup race-winner Kahne moved to the small LFR team for this season after losing his Hendrick Motorsports seat, but decided to retire

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kasey Kahne will sit out the remainder of his final full-time season in the NASCAR Cup series due to his ongoing heat exhaustion problems. The 38-year-old announced on Tuesday that he has not been medically cleared to complete the season after a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Clint Bowyer says he feels “sick” for ruining his Stewart-Haas Racing team-mate Aric Almriola’s chances of victory in the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover. Almirola had inherited the race lead on lap 320 of 404 when erstwhile race leader Kevin Harvick

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR will ban a key driver aid for the 2019 Cup series season by removing the driver-adjustable track bar that allows competitors to alter chassis set-up on track. The device was introduced for the 2015 Cup season so drivers could influence handling

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Chase Elliott says his maiden oval NASCAR Cup series victory at Dover was “sweeter” because he lost a great chance to get a breakthrough at the same venue last year. The Hendrick Motorsports driver said he “gave away” victory at Dover last

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsport’s Chase Elliot took victory in overtime at Dover to move into the third round of the NASCAR Cup playoffs. Running in the top 10 for the majority of the race but outside the leading pack, Elliot had moved up to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has explained its decision to implement a new aerodynamic package for the 2019 Cup series. The rules are based on the design used in this year’s Charlotte All-Star Race, which won praise for improving the racing during the event. Two versions

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Xfinity and Truck racer Jordan Anderson has had a charge against him that alleged he was in possession of a stolen motor vehicle dropped. A warrant was issued for Anderson’s arrest late last month in a statement released by the Rowan

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has unveiled its revised aero rules package for the 2019 Cup Series season. Elements of the package will be used in 22 of next year’s 36 points-paying Cup races, as part of NASCAR’s efforts to improve the quality of racing by

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ryan Blaney’s first NASCAR Cup series victory for Penske at Charlotte’s Roval will be “monumental” for his career, believes his team boss Roger Penske. Penske promoted Blaney to its team in 2018 after he had driven for the closely aligned Wood Brothers

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charlotte track owner Speedway Motorsports Inc is unlikely to try to duplicate the Roval concept at its other NASCAR Cup venues, despite the success of last weekend’s race. The first Cup round on the 1.5-mile oval’s 2.28-mile infield road course featured a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Busch says the only explanation for the Charlotte Roval NASCAR Cup race leaders crashing in unison on a late restart was that “all of us are just stupid”. Brad Keselowski locked up and slid into the barrier at the corner nicknamed

NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr suggested Jimmie Johnson’s elimination from the playoffs was justice for their “stupid” last-corner collision while fighting for the Charlotte Roval win. In a last push to take the lead, Johnson – now on a 51-race winless streak – locked up and spun at the final chicane, collecting Truex and

Ryan Blaney snatched victory in the Charlotte ‘roval’ NASCAR Cup Series race after leaders Martin Truex Jr and Jimmie Johnson collided at the final corner. Blaney had been running third while Truex and Johnson battled for position in a three-lap dash to the finish line after a late red flag. Truex held the lead and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma in 2019 will be run on the circuit’s full 2.52-mile layout to celebrate the track’s 50th anniversary. NASCAR will now forgo ‘The Chute’ that bypasses Turns 4 to Turn 7 on the full circuit and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Richard Childress Racing has named Daniel Hemric to take over its No. 31 Chevrolet NASCAR Cup entry from the departing Ryan Newman next season. Hemric, who currently competes in the Xfinity Series for RCR and is a playoff contender, will step up

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The JTG Daugherty NASCAR Cup team has announced Ryan Preece as race-winner AJ Allmendinger’s replacement for the 2019 season. Preece was the 2013 champion in NASCAR’s Whelen Modified series, and has continued racing Late Models alongside a part-time Xfinity campaign with Joe

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of NASCAR Truck regular and occasional Xfinity driver Jordan Anderson. A statement released on Thursday by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina said a warrant had been issued for Anderson for possession

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One-time NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Busch says he has avoided stress going into the Charlotte roval’s race debut, with drivers “nervous” about the low-grip, punishing course. Busch’s victory at Richmond guaranteed him a place in the Round of 12 stage of