After a rain-shortened Toyota 500 on Wednesday, NASCAR drivers are readying themselves for the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race of the year. The 600-mile endurance test is run at the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway. Martin Truex Jr., who is at 6/1 for Sunday’s race, is the defending champion. He told […]

Denny Hamlin earned his second win of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season Wednesday night by claiming the Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway. The race ended early as NASCAR called off the remainder of the action due to heavy rain with 20 laps remaining. Tire Gamble Pays Off Hamlin took […]

Two days of rest is all the NASCAR drivers are getting before they jump back in their cars and compete in the Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday. This race is 100 miles longer than Sunday’s The Real Heroes 400 at the same track. Harvick won Sunday’s race, for […]

While all of the NASCAR drivers had more than two months off before Sunday’s race at Darlington, Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth were off the track even longer. Both managed respectable finishes at The Real Heroes 400 despite the long layoffs. Newman was making his return after a horrifying crash […]

The Real Heroes 400 could be the hardest NASCAR race I will ever handicap. The drivers haven’t been on the track since March 8, and I haven’t made a bet on the sport since Feb. 22. So, in shaking off the rust, I’ve decided I’m going to pick Kurt Busch […]

Live racing returns on Sunday at The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway, and both drivers and gamblers, are going to have to shake off the rust. Two months and 10 days after the last NASCAR Cup Series race was held, the sport has implemented new rules that will affect […]

Live NASCAR racing returns on Sunday at The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway, and drivers are admitting emotions ranging from eagerness to nervousness. The last time drivers were in a competition was March 8 at the FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway. The season was suspended the following week because […]

NASCAR and Kansas Speedway officials announced Thursday that the race scheduled for May 31 will not run as planned. No specific reason was given for the postponement, but it is believed to be because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. NASCAR is set to return to the track this Sunday following […]

Denny Hamlin ended the iRacing series the same way he started — with a victory. Hamlin, who won the opening race seven weeks ago at Homestead-Miami, captured Saturday’s virtual contest at North Carolina’s North Wilkesboro Speedway. The North Carolina race track was an original layout for NASCAR drivers, opening in […]

William Byron won his third virtual race, taking Sunday’s eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series event at the virtual version of Dover International Speedway. Byron has now won three of the last four iRacing events. Byron previously captured iRacing wins at Bristol and Richmond, and said after the Dover victory that […]

NASCAR officials are expected to announce as early as Thursday that live racing will resume on Sunday, May 17. According to several reports, officials have already informed drivers and teams that the NASCAR Cup Series will resume in Darlington, South Carolina, after being on hiatus since March 15 because of […]

Ryan Newman will be behind the wheel of his No. 6 Ford whenever NASCAR resumes its 2020 racing schedule. That’s the word from NASCAR, which confirmed on Monday that Newman has been medically cleared to drive again. “We share Ryan’s enthusiasm in his return to the track. We look forward […]

Chip Ganassi Racing announced on Monday that NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth will replace Kyle Larson behind the wheel. Larson was suspended by NASCAR, and fired by Chip Ganassi Racing earlier this month after uttering a racial slur during a virtual race on April 12. Larson apologized for the remark, but […]

Hendrick Motorsports scored its third consecutive victory in the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series on Sunday as Alex Bowman won a thrilling virtual race at Talladega. Bowman’s teammate William Byron won the previous two contests. Bowman, who was 22/1 to win at Talladega, outdueled Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece in […]

NASCAR is considering when to resume its season, and several states are jockeying to be the first to host a race. North Carolina has first dibs, but state politicians in Texas and Florida have expressed interest in having NASCAR’s first rescheduled race run in their states. The Cup Series schedule […]

Chip Ganassi Racing fired NASCAR driver Kyle Larson on Tuesday, just two days after he used a racial slur during an iRacing event on Sunday night. Ganassi made its decision following a period in which nearly all of Larson’s sponsors dumped him over the incident. Funding Dries Up After Major […]