Joe Gibbs on the pressure of "extremely hard" playoff format This year, they had three teams make the Round of 8, but only one managed to advance into the Championship 4. Motorsport · Nov 1, 2023
Byron relieved to make NASCAR Championship 4 after "worst race of the year" Byron has more wins than any other driver in the NASCAR Cup Series this year, but narrowly escaped elimination as his 30-point buffer evaporated during the race. Autosport · Oct 30, 2023
Hamlin: Homestead failure 'sealed our fate' in title fight A power steering failure in last weekend’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway knocked Hamlin out early and left him with a 17-point deficit heading into Sunday’s race at Martinsville. Motorsport · Oct 29, 2023
2023 NASCAR Cup Martinsville playoff race results Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell were already locked in, while both Ryan Blaney and William Byron held on to the two remaining transfer spots. Motorsport · Oct 29, 2023
Blaney advances into title race with Martinsville Cup win Playing it safe, Blaney and several other lead-lap cars waited to make their final pit stop well within their fuel window while Almirola and Chase Elliott were among that pit earlier hoping for one or more late-race cautions. Motorsport · Oct 29, 2023
Truex earns Martinsville Cup pole for critical playoff race For the second consecutive week, Truex beat all his competition and won the pole for a playoff race and will lead an all-Joe Gibbs Racing front row Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Motorsport · Oct 28, 2023
One year later: Revisiting the Ross Chastain NASCAR wall-ride It was the penultimate race of the 2022 season. Chastain was facing certain elimination from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Autosport · Oct 27, 2023
One year later: Revisiting the Ross Chastain wall-ride It was the penultimate race of the 2022 season. Chastain was facing certain elimination from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Motorsport · Oct 27, 2023
Hamlin's Martinsville position couldn't be "more exciting" A power steering failure late in last weekend’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway knocked Hamlin out of the race early and in a difficult scenario to advance to this season’s title race at Phoenix. Motorsport · Oct 26, 2023
2023 NASCAR Cup Martinsville II schedule, entry list, and how to watch Christopher Bell claimed victory at Homestead, joining Kyle Larson as the only drivers locked into the final four. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed William Byron and then held off fellow playoff drivers Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick. Motorsport · Oct 26, 2023
Bell on NASCAR playoff heroics: "I live for those moments" Kevin Harvick may be known as “The Closer” – a driver who has the uncanny ability to show up at the end of races and snatch victories from others – but Bell is quickly becoming the driver who produces clutch wins exactly when they’re needed. Motorsport · Oct 24, 2023
Bell secures title shot with dramatic Cup win at Homestead Bell and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team struggled for much of the race and at one point he was in danger of falling a lap down. Motorsport · Oct 22, 2023
2023 NASCAR Cup Homestead schedule, entry list, and how to watch Kyle Larson held off a charging Christopher Bell to win at Las Vegas and lock himself into the Championship 4. Motorsport · Oct 20, 2023
NASCAR rescinds Blaney's Las Vegas disqualification Blaney finished sixth and scored eight stage points in a race narrowly won by Kyle Larson from Christopher Bell, but the Team Penske driver was later disqualified when his #12 Ford Mustang failed post-race inspection. Autosport · Oct 17, 2023
Motorsport · Oct 15, 2023 Larson holds off Bell in close battle for the win at Las Vegas Despite Larson winning both stages and leading a race-high 133 of 267 laps, Larson’s victory Sunday was anything but easy.
Motorsport · Oct 12, 2023 NASCAR 2023 Las Vegas playoff schedule, entry list, and how to watch A.J. Allmendinger earned an emotional victory for himself and Kaulig Racing last weekend at the Charlotte Roval, holding off William Byron in the closing laps.
Autosport · Oct 12, 2023 The brothers giving a different perspective to sportscar racing Michail Antonio’s prediction on the Footballer’s Football Podcast he co-hosts with Newcastle striker Callum Wilson, that his West Ham side would finish above Liverpool in the Premier League table this season, was subject to some mockery online after a recent 3-1 defeat at Anfield. Antonio’s linkup play was key in…
Motorsport · Oct 8, 2023 Allmendinger holds off Byron for emotional Roval Cup win Allmendinger didn’t move into the lead for the first time until he passed Kyle Busch on the start to the final stage but had to navigate five restarts over the final 31 laps.
Motorsport · Oct 7, 2023 Reddick tops Bell for Roval Cup pole; Hamlin spins Reddick, one of the four drivers lowest in points without a win heading into the final race of the Round of 16, went out early in the 10-minute final round of qualifying and went right to the top of the speed chart.
Motorsport · Oct 1, 2023 Blaney beats Harvick in photo finish for Talladega playoff win As Sunday’s race wound to a finish, Blaney and Harvick found themselves swapping pushes and the lead.
Motorsport · Sep 24, 2023 William Byron passes Bubba Wallace late to steal Texas Cup win After watching his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson – who dominated most of the race – wreck out late, Byron got around Bubba Wallace and Chase Briscoe on a restart with five of 267 laps remaining to take the lead for the first time.
Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023 Bubba Wallace takes pole position for Texas Cup race Wallace, the final car to make a qualifying attempt, went right to the top with an average lap speed of 188.337 mph to claim the pole for Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023 McDowell leads NASCAR Cup practice at Texas; Bell spins The top three average one-lap speeds all came from the first session on Saturday with McDowell’s lap at 185.293 mph leading the way.
Motorsport · Sep 22, 2023 Denny Hamlin Q&A: The view from the 'dark side' In fact, after his victory last weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Hamlin offered an open invitation to “any fan to want to come to the ‘dark side.’ ”
Motorsport · Sep 21, 2023 NASCAR 2023 Texas schedule, entry list, and how to watch 12 drivers remain in the fight for the NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2023.