Joey Logano ended a year-long winless NASCAR Cup drought with victory at Talladega, edging Kurt Busch at the finish. Logano spent the majority of the race towards the front of the pack and finished second in first two stages before charging to the lead on lap 139 of the 188-lap race. From then on, he

Sunday’s Talladega NASCAR Cup race could be “nuts” given the rule changes made following practice, say leading drivers. The restrictor plates fitted to limit horsepower and control speeds at superspeedways already mean cars run in large drafting packs and big accidents are common. This year NASCAR lifted its minimum ride height rule for Daytona and

NASCAR has made a change to the aerodynamic rules package for this weekend’s Cup Series race at Talladega on safety grounds following Jamie McMurray’s huge accident. Following a meeting between NASCAR and the Cup teams, the restrictor-plate size on the engines will be reduced from 7/8ths of an inch to 55/64ths of an inch. The

Ganassi Chevrolet driver Jamie McMurray escaped unhurt from a multiple roll in final practice for this weekend’s Talladega NASCAR Cup race. Within the first five minutes of the session, McMurray appeared to suffer a left-rear puncture in the middle of the back straight – turning him across the front of Ryan Newman’s Chevrolet. McMurray’s car

Jack Roush delayed calling Matt Kenseth about a NASCAR Cup series comeback with Roush Fenway Racing because he was still “raw” about Kenseth’s first exit. Kenseth’s only top-tier NASCAR title came with the team in 2003 when it was known as Roush Racing, and he departed at the end of ’12 to move to Joe

One-time NASCAR Cup champion Matt Kenseth will return to the Cup series with Roush Fenway Racing, sharing the #6 car with Trevor Bayne for the remainder of the 2018 season. Kenseth won his only top-tier title in 2003 driving for the team when it was known as Roush Racing and left RFR after 13 seasons

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch hopes he is not “peaking too early” in the 2018 NASCAR Cup series regular season. Busch became the second driver after Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick to win three races in a row in 2018 after his victory at Richmond last weekend. A win is enough to guarantee one of 16

Reigning NASCAR Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr says he and his Furniture Row Racing team beat themselves at Richmond after pit problems and a failed strategy left him 14th. Truex qualified on pole and led a race-high 121 laps as he competed for the win ahead of the penultimate caution with 10 tours remaining.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch matched Kevin Harvick’s streak of three 2018 NASCAR Cup series wins in a row after taking victory at Richmond. Busch had to be patient in order to move into winning contention late on, as Penske’s Joey Logano swept the first two stages in a clean start to the race. The

NASCAR Cup series points leader Kyle Busch says that Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick is still “a little bit better” than he is in the 2018 season. Busch has risen to the lead of the standings after back-to-back victories in the two most recent races at Texas and Bristol. Prior to his winning breakthrough, Busch had

The NASCAR Cup series says its one-year title sponsorship extension with Monster Energy is part of a new strategy to “make it easier for sponsors to say yes” to deals. The series spent the off-season in talks with Monster over the renewal of the deal, with the title sponsor understood to have asked for multiple

Ford has revealed it has used Formula 1 experience to help develop its new Mustang for the 2019 NASCAR Cup series. Tommy Joseph – formerly of the Red Bull, Williams, Sauber and Honda F1 teams – joined Ford in February 2017 in an aerodynamics role to work on the project. Efficient aerodynamics have become increasingly

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson says it is frustrating to lose to Kyle Busch for the fourth time at NASCAR Cup series venue Bristol. Larson had previously been beaten by Busch three times at Bristol in the feeder Xfinity Series between 2013 and ’15. His latest defeat came in the top-tier Cup series after Busch

Richard Petty Motorsports’s Darrell Wallace Jr says he was devastated and “blindsided” by his fall to 16th at Bristol after leading his first NASCAR Cup series laps. After the race resumed on Monday afternoon following a rain delay, Wallace took the lead of the race on lap 375 of 500 when he passed Penske’s Brad

Ford has revealed it will introduce the Mustang for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series. The manufacturer’s Fusion model is currently used in the top-tier Cup series and is the oldest make on the grid after Chevrolet introduced its new Camaro for 2018, a year after Toyota brought an updated Camry. There has been speculation in

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson says he and Hendrick Motorsports are now going in the right direction after struggling to find momentum earlier in the Cup season. Johnson is currently on a run of 31 races without a win but took his best result of the 2018 season with third in Monday’s rain-delayed Bristol

Kyle Busch won a rain-delayed NASCAR Cup race at Bristol after a late pass of long-time leader Kyle Larson. The race was split across two days after rain caused an overnight postponement after 204 of the 500 laps had been completed. Larson was the overnight leader after the first day’s running and led much of

NASCAR​’s​ seventh ​Cup Series ​race of 2018, at Bristol Motor Speedway, has been postponed until Monday, following a third red flag for rain midway through stage two of three. Heavy rain had already been forecast for Sunday afternoon, forcing NASCAR to push their race start time one hour forward. However, after two earlier red flags

Kyle Busch says the NASCAR Cup series has to “stop this spec game” as he believes efforts to reduce costs have not helped level the playing field. NASCAR opted to introduce mandatory spec, Formula 1-style, pitguns for 2018 in a bid to save costs in an area where teams could find advantages with more expensive

The NASCAR Cup series is too easily blamed for its pitgun problems even though it has levelled the playing field on pitroad, according to Front Row Motorsports driver David Ragan. NASCAR opted to introduce new Formula 1-style pitguns for 2018 in an attempt to end a costly development battle between the Cup’s larger outfits as

The NASCAR Cup series believes that the Charlotte All-Star race is the “perfect opportunity” to trial a radically different format for the 2018 race. NASCAR confirmed it will trial a new aero package that was debuted in the feeder Xfinity series last year at Indianapolis. It means that each Cup car will be fitted with

Hendrick Motorsports’s Chase Elliott has been hit with a penalty for a violation during last weekend’s Texas race that has cost him 20 points in the NASCAR Cup series standings. Elliott’s #9 Chevrolet Camaro violated sections 20.4.8.1 of NASCAR’s rulebook, which relates to a rear brace support, because his rear window did not meet the

Monster Energy will extend its title sponsorship of the NASCAR Cup series into the 2019 season, but is “highly unlikely” to continue beyond that. The energy drink company has signed a one-year extension to the partnership it began with NASCAR in 2017 and will remain the the ‘official energy drink of NASCAR.’ Autosport understands Monster

The NASCAR Cup series has taken six cars to a windtunnel for aerodynamic testing on Tuesday following last weekend’s Texas race. NASCAR selected the Fords of Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano, the Chevrolets of Jamie McMurray and Chase Elliott and the Toyotas of Kyle Busch and Erik Jones to be analysed. The series introduced more

The NASCAR Cup series admits it should have penalised Kevin Harvick during one of the pitstops that the Stewart-Haas Racing driver later branded “pathetic”, after further pitgun failures at Texas. Harvick lost out in Sunday’s race to Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch, and was hampered by two botched pitstops having dominated early on. The

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch took his first NASCAR Cup series victory of the 2018 season at Texas, narrowly defeating Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick. Busch had fallen down the order at the beginning of the third stage, having won the previous instalment. He was then given a reprieve when Denny Hamlin and Aric Almirola collided,

The NASCAR Cup series has released its 2019 calendar. Its dates are almost identical to last year’s calendar, with a minor change coming as the Easter break takes place on April 20-21 next year. It means that the season will open with the Daytona 500 on February 17 and end at Homestead-Miami on November 17.

Stewart-Haas Racing believes it needed time to get over “growing pains” in order to have the upturn in form it is currently enjoying in the 2018 NASCAR Cup series. SHR’s switch from Chevrolet to Ford for 2017 took time to get to grips with, with the current iteration of SHR having previously had its engines

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. BK Racing, the former Red Bull NASCAR Cup series team, has been taken over by a trustee following a judge ruling in the latest stage of its bankruptcy filing. The team filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of the 2018 Daytona

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch feels he is “on his own island” between first and third in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series races. Busch finished in second after leading 24 laps of the 500 at Martinsville last weekend, coming in 1.146