We’ve had three different winners in the first three rounds of the Chase. Denny Hamlin won at Chicago, Matt Kenseth won at New Hampshire and Kevin Harvick won at Dover to wrap up the Chase’s first round. A total of 12 drivers now remain from the 16-driver field that began things. Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer have been eliminated from the Chase. MORE: Harvick wins | Chase standings | Johnson’s luck runs out | Earnhardt squeaks by...

A ton of caution flags, several wrecks and a red-flag stoppage wouldn’t stop Chase Elliott from claiming victory at the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix, his sixth career road course win and his first win overall this year. Though lightning didn’t push back the start of the race, Sunday’s wet weather at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, did force plenty of delays. There were also six DNFs on the day and several more drivers finished the race with damaged cars....

MORE: Keselowski passes Kyle Busch for win Stenhouse’s tap also allowed Chase Elliot to dive to the inside of Busch’s car and get to the stripe first, depriving Busch of a stage win and a playoff point. Busch has filed the incident in his memory banks. MORE: Junior caught up in wreck involving Danica, Denny “They were doing everything they could in order to stay on the lead lap, but when you’ve got the leader to your outside and you just keep banging him off the corner, that’s pretty disrespectful,” Busch said....

Kurt Busch won the Sprint Cup Series race when the series came to Michigan earlier this season. Jeff Gordon won last year’s second race and the pole at Michigan. MORE: Chase standings | Schedule | Michigan preview | Odds, betting analysis All three series will begin practice on Friday with the Sprint Cup Series holding qualifying on Friday for the final event of the day. The Camping World Series and Xfinity Series will hold their qualifying and races on Saturday....

While some have criticized the rules system that enabled Harvick’s ouster despite the veteran winning a circuit-best nine races in 2020, the tension in final laps was undeniable. A points reset for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix could bring similar fireworks, even if it again means a driver without the breadth of success throughout the year of his rivals gets crowned. MORE: The moment Chase Elliott’s crew almost ruined everything...

No deal has been signed, but the sides are “close,” an unidentified source who was attended the latest meeting on Friday told NASCARTalk.com. MORE: 2016’s best driver lineups | Changes already in place | What SN sees in 2016 The system was likely to be unveiled within two weeks — during Speedweeks at Daytona, Sports Business Journal report. Teams arrive Feb. 11 to prepare for the Sprint Unlimited exhibition race and Feb....

Video captured the scenes on Saturday, where Grady could be seen punching Callihan while he was sitting inside his car. Grady’s barrage continued and he was seen kicking the vehicle before being picked up by a staff member and carried away. Moments later, several men were seen trying to calm Grady down after he repeatedly hit Callihan and kicked his car. Grady unleashed his barrage following an accident during the heat race where he competed with Callihan for a transfer spot....

Smith, 88, was given a promising prognosis from doctors after being diagnosed this past spring. Smith was treated with surgery and chemotherapy, according to his daughter-in-law, Cassi Mitchell Smith. MORE: NASCAR best moments 2015 | Bobby Dale Earnhardt talks becoming the next big thing Smith founded SMI in 1994. Today the corporation owns nine speedways, including some of the most popular tracks on the NASCAR circuit in Charlotte, Texas, Las Vegas and Bristol....

Mother Nature — or, more specifically in this case, tropical storm Bertha — appears to care not for midweek NASCAR racing at Charlotte. NASCAR AT CHARLOTTE:Odds to win | Starting lineup | TV schedule Tropical storm Bertha was named Wednesday morning as it neared the South Carolina coast. Most projections show the storm heading northwest, right over Charlotte Motor Speedway, throughout Wednesday and into Thursday. This obviously is not a good development for NASCAR, which would plan to start the race at 7 p....

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — His name is spoken in automotive rarefied air. And as a NASCAR team owner, an engineer, an innovator and all-around highly respected member of the sport, Jack Roush will be formally inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Feb. 1. For so many, Roush’s official new title, “NASCAR Hall of Famer,” was inevitable and necessary. Not only did the former Ford Motor Company engineer field championship cars at every level of NASCAR competition, he is also considered one of the sport’s most important innovators....

On Thursday, Brown announced that his 2022 racing season will be sponsored by LGBCoin, a cryptocurrency inspired by the “Let’s Go Brandon” slogan. His uniform and car will bear the LGBcoin logo throughout all 33 races of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season. “The patriotic coin dubbed ‘America’s Coin’ aims to inspire positivity and unity, grounded in a strong belief of the American dream,” Brown’s racing team, Brandonbilt Motorsports (BMS), announced in a press release....

He was 51 years old then. I never imagined he would still be racing at NASCAR’s highest level 21 years later. That makes Shepherd special and worthy of respect and praise. That he does it for reasons other than money and a desire to compete — using racing to spread his faith and promote charitable causes — makes him even more admirable. Instead, he is being widely criticized for his efforts....

Almirola beat out Clint Bowyer with just seconds remaining in qualifying to earn the top spot and will start on the front row alongside Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who qualified second. MORE: NASCAR’s 2019 rule changes, explained “In that final round, we knew that a second lap was going to be faster than the first,” Almirola said. “That first lap, we kind of decided to throw that lap away and work on building the speed up....

After winning a race there in the playoffs last year with a controversial bump of Martin Truex Jr., the defending Cup Series champion will start on the pole for Sunday’s race. Truex won’t be too far behind him; he will start ninth. Kevin Harvick will start fourth, and five-time Martinsville winner Denny Hamlin will start fifth. MORE: Martinsville odds, prediction, sleeper The STP 500 can be seen at 2 p....

In front of a capacity crowd of more than 20,000 at the half-mile clay track of Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Sprint Cup regular Kyle Larson took home the Eldora golden shovel after overcoming adversity early in the race. MORE: Jeff Gordon at Indy; back to the Brickyard The 150-lap race divided into three segments of 40, 50 and 60 laps was controlled by pole sitter and local dirt racer Bobby Pierce for 102 laps until transmission troubles led to a wreck for the 19-year-old....

The National Weather Service (NWS) said that many rivers and creeks were at or near their highest level since 2010, a year that witnessed floods that killed 21 people across Tennessee and caused around $1.5 billion worth of damage in Nashville. Nashville Fire Department said that more than seven inches of rain fell in the Metro Nashville Davidson County area during late Saturday, early Sunday. That is the second-highest two-day rainfall ever recorded....

That is when I came up with what I call “the 3D test for anti-Semitism”—the three Ds are demonization, delegitimization and double standards. If we watch a 3D movie without 3D glasses, we see a blurred, partial picture. But when we put on our 3D glasses everything becomes clear—and when we use the 3D test for anti-Semitism we can easily distinguish between legitimate criticism and anti-Semitism. These 3Ds—demonization, delegitimization and double standards—are the three main tools that anti-Semites employed against Jews throughout history....

After a ‘disastrous’ showing in 2018, Nathan Chen is stepping up on the world stage in 2022. Chen has advance to the second half of the men’s short program competition, and he’ll take a commanding lead with him, after a world-record setting performance. It was nearly a flawless performance for the 22-year-old from Salt Lake City, a program that was set to “La Bohème” by Charles Aznavour, which included two quadruple jumps and a triple axel....

Joey Chestnut looks to once again hoist the mustard belt for his ninth straight title on Saturday at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. In the women’s competition, Miki Sudo looks to defend her first title after eating 34 hot dogs in 10 minutes last year. Here’s everything you need to know before people start dipping hot dog buns in water. MORE: Images from the 2014 contest | List of contestants | Recap of Chestnut’s 2014 win...

Chestnut and Sudo continued their runs of dominance with record-setting performances at the 2020 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. The champions conquered previous highs in the men’s and women’s divisions despite the unusual setup of this year’s event. In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), no fans were in attendance for the contest, and participants were spaced at least six feet apart and separated by plexiglass....