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"Anyone can be fast" - The evolution of NASCAR Cup champ Ryan Blaney

Blaney, the reigning Cup Series champion, picked up his second victory of the 2024 season on Sunday at Pocono Raceway, giving him consecutive multiple win seasons for the first time in his career.

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What next for NASCAR's popular female hope?

Hailie Deegan is probably more important to NASCAR racing than it realises. Since Danica Patrick retired from competition, Deegan has emerged as the most likely successor to her standing as the leading lady of stock car competition in America. But this week Deegan’s hype train hit the buffers, as at the…

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What next for Hailie Deegan in NASCAR?

Hailie Deegan is probably more important to NASCAR racing than it realizes. Since Danica Patrick retired from competition, Deegan has emerged as the most likely successor to her standing as the leading lady of stock car competition in America.

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Joey Hand: "I am all grins" after battling for Chicago Cup win

Hand, 45, has both a class victory and an overall victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race. Although an experienced road racer, NASCAR is still fairly new to him. On Sunday, he was making just his eighth career Cup Series start. He was driving a part-time entry for…

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Joey Logano to fill in for Hailie Deegan in Chicago NASCAR Xfinity race

Instead, 2x NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano will get behind the wheel of the No. 15 AMR Ford Mustang.

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Why Joey Logano took a 'ginormous risk' to win at Nashville

Stretching the fuel in Logano's No. 22 Penske Ford for 110 laps – including five overtimes that covered an extra 31 laps – certainly looks like the right decision now.

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America’s got talent! Is Trackhouse’s versatile teenager the next big thing?

In January 2024, Zilisch signed a multi-year development deal with Trackhouse Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by former racer Justin Marks and Cuban-American rap star Pitbull.

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Could Trackhouse's versatile teenager be America's next big racing talent?

In January 2024, the Trackhouse Racing NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by former racer Justin Marks and Cuban-American rap star Pitbull signed Connor Zilisch to a multi-year development deal.

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NASCAR's wet weather racing exploit was flawed, but 'so much fun'

At Richmond earlier this season, the Cup series had its first experience utilizing wet weather tires on shorter ovals as teams began the race with them and ran the first 30 laps until the track dried.

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Joe Gibbs Racing confirms Chase Briscoe as Truex's 2025 replacement

Although the news shouldn't be too much of a surprise, as Christopher Bell accidentally leaked the news in a press conference at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend. On Tuesday, it was Bell himself who introduced Briscoe at the JGR press conference.

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SVG "a long way" from a NASCAR oval win but "getting better"

The three-time Supercars champion captured his first victory in the Xfinity Series last Saturday at Portland International Raceway, passing Justin Allgaier with three of 75 laps remaining and holding on for the win.

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Filling in for Larson at Coke 600 "a lot of fun" for Allgaier

Allgaier, who competes full-time in the Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports, was the designated fill-in driver for Kyle Larson in his well-planned attempt to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

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Allgaier "the lucky one" as Larson's standby driver for Coke 600

What contribution Allgaier ultimately makes remains up in the air as it will be dictated by weather conditions in Indianapolis on Sunday.

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NASCAR Classic: How 'One Hot Night' changed the All-Star Race forever

The 1992 All-Star Race was an event where everything perfectly came together to create one of the most memorable races in NASCAR history, and it wasn't even an event that counted towards the season-long championship.

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Supercars star Cam Waters "would love to race NASCAR full-time"

Waters, an 11-time winner in Supercars, will make his second Truck start of the 2024 season at Kansas with ThorSport Racing.

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Erik Jones "feeling pretty good" despite suffering back injury in 70G crash

The Legacy Motor Club Toyota driver was originally released from the infield care centre following a multi-car wreck late in the race ultimately won by Tyler Reddick, but returned on his own complaining of back pain.

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Taking a closer look at Corey Lajoie's wild ride at Talladega

LaJoie, who drives the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, was entering the tri-oval as the eighth car back in the outside line.

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Hendrick has never had a win "that means any more than this one"

Hendrick was originally scheduled to serve as the honorary pace car driver for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race, which was also the 40th anniversary of HMS’ first Cup win by Geoffrey Bodine.

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NASCAR penalties: Biggest fines in stock car racing history

Given the restrictive nature of the ethos of ‘stock’ car racing, which originally was aimed at taking cars straight out of the showroom and on to the racetrack, crew chiefs and mechanics have toiled to find ever more ingenious ways of making their cars run faster.

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All eyes on Las Vegas for further signs of an SHR rebound

The four-car Ford team went winless last season and saw two of its veteran drivers – Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola – retire from full-time competition in the offseason.

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NASCAR penalties: Biggest fines in stock car racing history

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How Cindric's four-wide move defined a wild Atlanta NASCAR Cup race

Saturday’s 300-mile Xfinity Series race had been a mundane affair, featuring mostly single-file racing with drivers apparently unwilling to take risky moves for fear of losing track position. Numerous cars running out of fuel at the end set up a dramatic two-lap overtime and surprise winner, but that was hardly indicative…

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Johnson crashes early, but LMC still earns two top-tens in Daytona 500

While team co-owner and Hall of Fame inductee Jimmie Johnson’s race didn’t go as well as he hoped, LMC’s two full-time drivers – John Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones – both left Monday’s rain-delayed Daytona 500 with a strong start to the 2024 season.

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Five big NASCAR changes to look out for in 2024

The 2024 NASCAR Cup season has begun in earnest.

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2024 Daytona 500: Complete starting lineup in pictures

Forty cars will start the most-watched motorsports event in the United States this weekend, which also serves as the annual season-opener for the NASCAR Cup Series.

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