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Winners and losers from an action-packed NASCAR Cup race at Richmond

Dillon earned a huge win at Richmond in what many are calling the best short track race of the 2025 season

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William Byron clinches regular season championship: "It feels damn good"

Byron will enter the postseason with a lot of bonus points, setting him up with a decent chance of advancing through every round of the 2025 playoffs

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Chase Elliott gets wrecked moments after avoiding Richmond pileup

Elliott made it through the big wreck, only to get hooked after the fact in his first DNF of the 2025 season

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Winners and losers from NASCAR's Watkins Glen triple-header

All three national divisions of NASCAR were racing at Watkins Glen this weekend. And while the winners were no surprise, there were plenty of unexpected moments. The Truck race went into triple overtime, the Xfinity race featured a 45-minute red flag, and the Cup race -- well, that race also…

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Shane van Gisbergen earns dominant NASCAR Cup win at Watkins Glen

NASCAR's winningest foreign-born driver has done it again. Shane van Gisbergen crossed the line over eleven seconds in the NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen. It was redemption for SVG, who lost this race one year ago after making a mistake on the final lap. This victory also comes on the same…

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Denny Hamlin wins dramatic Dover NASCAR Cup race in double overtime

Denny Hamlin certainly had to earn it at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday. After a one-hour rain delay, he had to face two hard-charging teammates in the closing laps, beating both Christopher Bell and later Chase Briscoe to capture the win.

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Qualifying cancelled due to rain, Chase Elliott on pole for NASCAR Cup at Dover

Rain would not let up at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon, forcing NASCAR to cancel Cup Series practice and qualifying at the tricky concrete oval. Along with the usual unknowns going into a race weekend, teams also have a new and untested Goodyear tire for this race.

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Rajah Caruth and Jake Finch secure rides for Dover NASCAR Xfinity race

The NASCAR Xfinity race at Dover will feature NASCAR Truck Series regular Rajah Caruth and rising star Jake Finch, who will be making his Xfinity Series debut.

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Shane van Gisbergen extends winning streak with an intense NASCAR Cup victory at Sonoma

Shane van Gisbergen started Sunday's Cup race from Sonoma Raceway on pole position, and he stayed there for most of the day. SVG has now won the last three road/street courses on the schedule, securing Red Bull's first win as a primary sponsor in the Cup Series since the 2011…

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Will any NASCAR Cup driver actually challenge Shane van Gisbergen at Sonoma?

When NASCAR's top division went to Mexico City for the first time last month, Shane van Gisbergen (SVG) won in the biggest margin of victory seen in any Cup race in over 15 years. Just last week at the Chicago Street Course, he was once again victorious — this time, sweeping…

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William Byron: "I'm just an idiot" for wrecking out of Chicago Cup practice

In NASCAR Cup Series practice at Chicago, things were looking promising for William Byron. He was faster than Shane van Gisbergen, setting the pace in the first practice group. He lapped the street circuit in 1:31.008s, over three tenths quicker than SVG.

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How Chase Elliott drove from eighth to first in the final ten laps to win Atlanta

With ten laps to go, it looked like Chase Elliott's shot of winning at his home track was quickly fading. He had fallen to eighth in the running order and the Fords were working well together at the front of the pack.

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Winners and losers from an unbelievable NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta

Inclement weather, red flags, track-clearing pileups and a last-lap pass by the hometown hero -- EchoPark Speedway put on a show for the ages on Saturday night. Some are calling it the best race of the year with non-stop action throughout the pack, even after half the field was collected…

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Chase Elliott wins at home in action-packed NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta

Chase Elliott has snapped a 44-race winless streak, surviving a chaotic NASCAR Cup race and completing a dramatic last-lap pass to win at his home track in Atlanta, Georgia.

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How working with Prime Video changed Corey LaJoie's perspective as a driver

This weekend's NASCAR Cup race at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) will feature a full field of 40 cars. Among the four open entries will be the No. 01 Rick Ware Racing Ford with Corey LaJoie behind the wheel. He is making his fourth start of the 2025 season.

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Hendrick Motorsports penalized for violation with Chase Elliott's NASCAR Xfinity car

Following a triple-header weekend at Pocono Raceway, NASCAR chose to take the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Chase Elliott and the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Christopher with them back to the RD Center for further inspection.

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Predicting the winner of NASCAR's $1 million in-season bracket challenge

NASCAR's annual All-Star Race offers no points and has no impact on the champion, but one million dollars is plenty of incentive for the drivers to give it their all. Well, it's no longer the only event that offers such a prize as NASCAR introduces an in-season tournament that will…

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Chase Elliott "really bummed" by Pocono Xfinity loss after restart run-in

Chase Elliott wasn't even supposed to be running the NASCAR Xfinity Series race this weekend, but in a surprise announcement earlier in the week, Hendrick Motorsports revealed that the sport's Most Popular Driver would be taking part in the 100-lapper on Saturday.

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Connor Zilisch and crew chief Dale Earnhardt Jr. win Pocono NASCAR Xfinity race

18-year-old Connor Zilisch earned his first oval win Saturday at Pocono Raceway, and he did it with help from 'rookie' crew chief and JR Motorsports co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. atop the box. Zilisch made the pass for the win on Jesse Love with just a few laps to go before hanging on…

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Denny Hamlin earns Pocono pole as William Byron wrecks in wild qualifying session

Denny Hamlin missed the race in Mexico City, but it didn't seem to impact him as the NASCAR Cup Series rolled into Pocono. With a record seven wins at the 2.5-mile track, it was obvious that the No. 11 Toyota would be fast again, and in qualifying, no one could…

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Here’s Chase Elliott’s theory on why he’s still winless in 2025

After 16 of 36 races in 2025, Chase Elliott sits fourth in the regular season standings. While he remains winless, the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet has finished inside the top 20 in every single race this year and holds the third-best average finish of all drivers.

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Shane van Gisbergen stuns in record 16+ second NASCAR Cup win in Mexico

Sunday in Mexico City, Shane van Gisbergen (SVG) was nearly unstoppable, driving off with the victory by almost 17 seconds. It ended up being the biggest margin of victory in any Cup race since the 2009 season. Christopher Bell finished a distant second with Chase Elliott third, but neither could even see…

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Drivers react to NASCAR's use of tire packs to enforce track limits

In Mexico City, NASCAR has placed tire packs around the track at the apex of several corners, even adding another one after the first practice session. While drivers may use as much pavement as they want in some areas, such as the exit of the final corner, NASCAR wants to…

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Chase Elliott Praises Carl Edwards’ Work As NASCAR TV Analyst

Chase Elliott has only positive things to say about former NASCAR Cup Series driver Carl Edwards’ role in Amazon Prime’s NASCAR coverage.

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Daniel Suarez: “Sky is the limit” when Mexico and US work together

Most of the time, Chase Elliott is NASCAR's Most Popular Driver, but that's certainly not the case this weekend in Mexico City. Daniel Suarez, the only Mexican driver in the Cup Series, is getting a lot of attention since his arrival and understandably so.

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