Articles in NASCAR

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Race car drivers are accustomed to mechanical failures and accidents foiling their victory efforts, but this year the COVID-19 virus could be the unseen villain that might …

William Byron’s final race of the regular season portion of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule began with the young driver contemplating playoff-berth mathematics.
But the day ended in Victory Lane as the Hendrick Motorsports driver …

NASCAR Cup drivers are coming home to Daytona this weekend, except somebody gave them the wrong course map. If it’s anything like the Xfinity race that started in damp conditions on Saturday, the first Cup …

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Joe Gibbs Racing and Erik Jones will end their partnership upon conclusion of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, a “Silly Season” decision announced in a joint statement on Thursday.
Jones, …

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Once upon a restrictor plate, Jeff Burton led every lap of a NASCAR Cup Series race on a strange, early autumn Sunday afternoon in Loudon, N.H.
The events surrounding the Dura …

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
In less than a month, NASCAR has lost three of its icons – Dr. Rose Mattioli, Bob Bahre and Maurice Petty.
Their personalities made them unique, but their contributions to motorsports …

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
FORT WORTH, Texas – Austin Dillon did his “pop-pop” proud, and zinged his critics, after leading a 1-2 sweep for Richard Childress Racing in Sunday’s 24th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts …

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
FORT WORTH, Texas – NASCAR Cup Series driver Chris Buescher, a native of Prosper, says it’s very simple to describe a sunny July afternoon anywhere in Texas.
“It’s just miserable. Miserably …

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Only twice since NASCAR’s All-Star race made its debut in 1985 has the event been held someplace other than Charlotte Motor Speedway and on both occasions the …

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
NASCAR Cup rookie Cole Custer kept using the words “unbelievable” and “unimaginable” when describing his first-ever series victory in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway.
And why shouldn’t he? Until …