Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kurt Busch secured his first win since the 2017 season-opener by snatching victory in during a dramatic NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol. Having finished seventh and ninth in the first two stages, Busch first took the lead with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr is uncertain about his future at Furniture Row Racing given the team’s sponsorship difficulty. Furniture Row announced recently that it had lost sponsor 5-hour Energy for 2019. The current season is the first in Furniture

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Retiring NASCAR Cup driver Kasey Kahne turned down an approach from leading team Stewart-Haas Racing for 2019. Autosport revealed earlier this month that Kurt Busch and sponsor Monster Energy will be leaving SHR to replace Jamie McMurray at Ganassi next season. Kahne,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kasey Kahne will retire from full-time NASCAR competition at the end of the year, having turned down an option to continue with Cup series outfit Leavine Family Racing in 2019. Kahne switched to Leavine after a disappointing spell at Hendrick Motorsports, winning

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Elliott Sadler, a three-time race-winner in the NASCAR Cup series and regular Xfinity title contender, will retire from full-time competition at the end of 2018. His retirement will bring an end to a NASCAR career that began in 1997 and encompassed 12

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The beleaguered BK Racing NASCAR Cup series team could have its charter bought by Xfinity team GMS Racing, handing it a graduation into the top tier. NASCAR has run its equivalent of the American sporting franchise system with its charter since 2016,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Harvick’s Michigan race-winning Stewart-Haas Racing Ford is one of six NASCAR Cup series cars being used by the series to help inform its 2019 specification tests. Harvick’s machine will be joined by five other cars that were raced at Michigan for

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Harvick claimed his seventh NASCAR Cup series victory of the season with a dominant performance at Michigan. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was at the front of the pack when the race restarted after a late safety car, brought out after Ty

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Cup champion Kurt Busch will leave Stewart-Haas Racing at the end of the season to join Chip Ganassi Racing, Autosport has learned. Multiple sources have suggested 2004 champion Busch will drive Ganassi’s #1 Chevrolet Camaro, replacing veteran Jamie McMurray – who

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ford has revealed the Mustang challenger that it will enter into the 2019 NASCAR Cup series. The Blue Oval announced earlier this year that the Mustang would replace the Fusion at the end of 2018, and it has previously raced its most

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ford cannot accept “reduced performance” from its 2019 NASCAR Cup series Mustang challenger after Toyota and Chevrolet experienced slow starts with new cars in the last two years. Watch the Mustang’s unveiling Chevrolet made the perfect start with its new Camaro by

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One-time NASCAR Cup champion Bill Elliott says that his Xfinity race at Road America later in August will be his last in NASCAR. The 62-year-old announced his plans for a one-off NASCAR return with Xfinity outfit GMS Racing – the team his

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR CEO Brian France will relinquish his role and take an “indefinite” leave of absence after he was arrested for driving under the influence. France, who has been NASCAR’s CEO since 2003, was arrested on Sunday night by a police department in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has released a statement after a New York police department arrested CEO Brian France for driving under the influence. France was arrested on Sunday night for alleged aggravated driving while intoxicated and for possession of a controlled substance. The 56-year-old was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick says Chase Elliott’s first NASCAR Cup series win at Watkins Glen is a “huge shot in the arm” for his organisation heading into the playoffs. Hendrick underwent huge changes for 2018 following the retirement of team veteran

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott earned his first career NASCAR Cup series victory after surviving significant late-race pressure from reigning champion Martin Truex Jr at Watkins Glen. Elliott, who won the second stage and had battled for the lead throughout the race,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR legend Bill Elliott, father of current Cup series driver Chase Elliott, will make a one-off return to racing in the second-tier Xfinity event at Road America later this month. The 1988 Cup champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner will drive the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sportscar driver Katherine Legge will make her debut in NASCAR’s second tier Xfinity series at Mid-Ohio later this month. Former Champ Car/IndyCar and DTM and racer Legge, who will also contest the road course race at Road America on August 25, will

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A top three finish at Pocono in the NASCAR Cup series proves that Hendrick Motorsports is recovering from the slump it has endured in 2018, says driver Alex Bowman. Bowman finished third at Pocono after the race was sent into overtime following

Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr believes NASCAR Cup media and fans need a “reality check” about his struggles in 2018 because finishing second in the Daytona 500 skewed perceptions of him. Wallace managed to avoid a series of multi-car collisions to finish runner-up in his first race as a full-time Cup driver after Austin Dillon and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The NASCAR Cup series has explained how 13 cars failed post-qualifying inspection at Pocono last weekend, with championship contenders Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick two of the drivers penalised. NASCAR has introduced a much more thorough inspection process system for 2018, using

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Richard Petty Motorsports driver Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr admitted he was “scared” during the ‘hardest crash of his career’ in the NASCAR Cup series race at Pocono on Sunday. Wallace was unhurt in the crash, which was caused by a brake failure

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch overcame a 28th-place start and overtime to seal Pocono NASCAR Cup Series race victory, ahead of team-mate Daniel Suarez in a career-best second. Busch had a two second lead over first-time polesitter Suarez heading into the closing

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Richard Petty Motorsports has extended the contract of NASCAR Cup series driver Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr in a “multi-year agreement”. NASCAR legend Richard Petty and Wallace had confirmed last week that negotiations over a new contract were progressing. Wallace is currently undertaking

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Richard Childress Racing wanted the Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series teams to form an alliance early in the season to get on top of the 2018 Camaro during its struggles. RCR is the only team to have won a race with the new

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr is likely to remain at Richard Petty Motorsports for the 2019 NASCAR Cup series, with the two parties in discussion over a contract extension. Wallace secured the full-time seat with RPM for 2018 after a four-race cameo as

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aric Almirola believes he must win a race in the NASCAR Cup series this season to prove that Stewart-Haas Racing made the right decision to sign him for 2018. Almirola lost the chance to fight for victory in his best performance of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Larson says he does not want the NASCAR Cup series to race on a dirt track, after Tony Stewart mooted an Eldora race. Stewart has overseen the emergence of the Eldora Speedway’s dirt track race, culminating in a highly popular Trucks

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott hopes a first NASCAR Cup series stage win of 2018 in a dismal season for his team and Chevrolet was not down to “dumb luck”. Chevrolet has won just one race this year, coming at the restrictor-plate

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr’s Furniture Row Racing outfit is in a “tough spot” because his primary sponsor will exit at the end of the 2018 season. Energy drinks company 5-Hour Energy served as the primary sponsor for 14 races