AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Cole Custer and Justin Allgaier will race for the title.
NASCAR wants to race again in Southern California, but when will it happen?
NASCAR remains dedicated to racing again in Southern California, but it's unclear when a planned, reconfigured race track in Fontana will be ready.
Friday 5: NASCAR Cup title contenders ready for championship weekend at Phoenix
Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick and William Byron are left to race for a Cup championship Sunday on NBC and Peacock.
NASCAR Classics: Races to watch before Phoenix Championship Race
Throughout the 2024 NASCAR season, Ken Martin, director of historical content for the sanctioning body, will offer his suggestions on which historical races fans should watch from the NASCAR Classics library in preparation for each upcoming race weekend. Martin has worked exclusively for NASCAR since 2008 but has been involved with the sport since 1982, overseeing various […]
NASCAR Cup Scan All: Martinsville playoff race
Relive the best radio sound from the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, presented by Toyota.
NASCAR’s championship weekend shrouded in off-track drama from lawsuit to alleged race manipulation
Its officiating has been under months-long scrutiny, and this week it issued a wave of hefty fines for alleged race manipulation in the final playoff qualifier. Three champions will be crowned starting Friday at Phoenix Raceway. The four drivers who are competing in Sunday's winner-take-all finale have tuned out the distractions, starting with Tyler Reddick, who made the final four for the first time in his career and is trying to give Jordan his first championship since Jordan became a team owner in 2021.
Long: Before the NBA championships and Olympic gold medals, there was racing for Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan's passion for racing came from his father.
F1 drivers unite to issue statement demanding FIA treats them like adults
- All 20 drivers hit out after recent swearing punishments
- Verstappen and Leclerc both received sanctions from FIA
Formula One drivers have demanded the FIA stops treating them like children in a damning indictment of the governing body’s policies and its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), which represents F1 drivers, issued a strongly worded and highly critical statement on Thursday, addressing the recent controversy over swearing. It took issue with the “tone and language” used by Ben Sulayem and questioned the financial transparency of the FIA, in a highly unusual and very public critique which puts the FIA in a difficult position.
Continue reading...Advance to Victory Lane: Who will rise to the occasion at Phoenix?
Editor’s note: Race projection updated after practice and qualifying sessions. And then there were four. Thirty-five races have led us here, and with the Championship 4 contenders now set, it‘s going to be a fight to the checkered flag on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Peacock). RELATED: […]
NASCAR Fan Cam: Cup playoff race at Martinsville
Get an inside look at what it's like to attend the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Martinsville Speedway through the lenses of multiple fans.
NASCAR levies $600,000 in fines and suspends 9 team members for race manipulation ahead of finale
Drama continued to encompass NASCAR ahead of its championship-deciding season finale as the sanctioning body issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three different teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway. The penalties came down after a contentious final battle Sunday at the Virginia track in which Christopher Bell initially qualified for the championship final four, but his move to hit the wall and use it for momentum violated a banned safety rule and was disallowed.
NASCAR suspends 9 people from 3 teams, issues $600K in fines for actions at end of Martinsville race
NASCAR suspended nine people and issued a total of $600,000 in fines to three teams for their actions at the end of last weekend's Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
NASCAR’s championship field heads to Phoenix with no clear favorite to win Cup title
Roger Penske already won two sports car championships this season and heads to Phoenix Raceway with two chances to win a third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series title with both Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney in the winner-take-all season finale. The two Penske drivers will try to make it three consecutive Cup titles for “The Captain,” who won the 2022 title with Logano and last year's championship with Blaney. The first hearing in the case was Monday and a federal judge promised a ruling on a preliminary injunction by Friday, the same day NASCAR hits the track at Phoenix for its first practice of the weekend.
NASCAR issues major penalties to three Cup Series teams after Martinsville
NASCAR penalized the Nos. 1, 3 and 23 Cup Series teams for Member Conduct violations during Sunday‘s race at Martinsville Speedway. After an investigation of the on-track data and team scanners from the final laps of Sunday‘s Round of 8 elimination race, NASCAR determined the actions of those involved violated sections 4.4.B&D: NASCAR Member Conduct […]
Team executives talk Phoenix title race: ‘We’re going to have to step up, no doubt’
With Ryan Blaney‘s 11th-hour victory last Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, Team Penske has a decided edge among NASCAR Cup Series powerhouses entering Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App). RELATED: Phoenix championship weekend schedule With both 2022 series champion Joey Logano […]