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Extension of Hendrick and Chase Elliott’s contract with NAPA

Hendrick NAPA

Chase Elliott will continue to be sponsored by NAPA in the NASCAR Cup Series as part of a multi-year deal renewal. During the 2022 NAPA EXPO on Wednesday at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas, NAPA made the announcement regarding the long contract with Hendrick Motorsports. On Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet, NAPA’s […]

Three members of Austin Cindric’s team are given NASCAR suspensions for loose wheels

Austin Cindric NASCAR 2022

As a result of a loose wheel during a race, Austin Cindric is the most recent NASCAR Cup Series racer to lose his crew chief and two additional members of the crew. For the following 4 races, starting with Sunday’s contest at Pocono Raceway, NASCAR has prohibited Jeremy Bullins, Cindric’s crew chief, Curtis Thompson, and […]

Set playoff field for the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series

2022 NASCAR Truck Series

Following the race on Saturday at Pocono Raceway, the playoff lineup for the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series has been announced. 8 racers were previously confirmed for the regular season’s grand finale. With the exception of a shock victor, Grant Enfinger and Matt Crafton controlled the last two spots and were considered to be quite safe. […]

Chandler Smith triumphs in the Pocono Truck race, setting up the playoff field

Chandler Smith19 2022

The NASCAR Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday was won by Chandler Smith, who withstood Ryan Preece’s relentless attacks in the closing laps. With 14 of the 60 circuits left, Preece took the lead after the restart, but Smith overtook Preece with a boost from driver Corey Heim of Kyle Busch Motorsports. Smith […]

Despite spinning during Pocono Cup practise, Ross Chastain is still the fastest

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In the NASCAR Cup Series race on Saturday at Pocono Raceway, Ross Chastain spun out but still finished first. Chastain set the quickest overall average track pace in practise earlier in Group B, clocking in at 167.719 mph. Though Chastain’s No. 1 Chevrolet spun off Turn 3 and down the frontstretch with just over a […]

Denny Hamlin wins the Pocono Cup pole, but Kurt Busch fails

Denny Hamlin Pocono Cup

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway will feature a first row led by Denny Hamlin and Joe Gibbs Racing. The racer that qualified second-to-last for the championship race on Saturday, Hamlin, recorded the fastest average track pace of 169.991 mph. Kyle Busch, a member of Hamlin’s JGR squad, came in second (169.498 mph), […]

Busch will be replaced by Gibbs as he miss the Pocono NASCAR Cup race

Busch Pocono NASCAR Cup

Due to ongoing concussion symptoms, Kurt Busch will skip Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. Busch, 43, was seriously injured in a crash during the last round of qualifying on Saturday, but NASCAR determined that he was not fit to race after a checkup on Sunday morning. The statement from NASCAR is as […]

Hamlin defeats Chastain to clinch the Pocono NASCAR Cup race

Poconos Raceway 2022

On Sunday, Denny Hamlin achieved two of his goals: revenge on Ross Chastain and then another NASCAR Cup Series triumph. On the first lap of Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway, pole-sitter Hamlin ran into the wall. All 160 of his laps were eventful on his way to the win. In an effort to take the […]

Ty Gibbs: “I never imagined competing against these guys”

Ty Gibbs Nascar 2022

Ty Gibbs didn’t anticipate making a start in the NASCAR Cup Series this year, but as is common, things sometimes change. Kurt Busch’s 23XI Racing team asked Gibbs to race its No. 45 Toyota after NASCAR declared early Sunday that Busch was not fully qualified to participate at Pocono Raceway. The 19-year-old grandson of Joe […]

Elliott was the winner at Pocono after Hamlin and Busch were disqualified

Elliott Pocono 2022

Chase Elliott, who finished third, unexpectedly won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race when the victor and runner-up were disqualified. NASCAR revealed that Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota and Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing vehicle had failed post-race testing more than two and a half hours after the finish of Sunday’s race at Pocono […]