Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney both ran out of fuel late in the race, setting the stage for the tight finish between Truex and Kenseth, a playoff outsider in need of a win. Truex now has four victories on the season. He leads the playoff standings by 18 points over second-place driver Jimmie Johnson, and the overall series lead by 116 points over Busch. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski produced early drama....
White, 45, is believed to have been a high-ranking member of the smuggling operation, Sgt. Daniel Thibaudeau of the Quebec Provincial Police told NBC Sports. It centered on purchasing tobacco leaf in North Carolina and taking it into Canada for redistribution. Profits from the tobacco were used to buy cocaine, police said. MORE: NASCAR driver arrests | Most heinous crimes connected to athletes White is an part-time NASCAR driver and a member of the Mohawk tribe in Kahnawake, Que....
Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag at The Real Heroes 400, an event held without any fans in attendance at Darlington Raceway. Drivers will stay at the 1.366-mile oval for Wednesday night’s Toyota 500 (6 p.m. ET, FS1), which will also include only essential personnel. MORE: Updated NASCAR schedule for 2020 There were some initial concerns about how NASCAR would be able to operate amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but teams didn’t encounter many issues at their first fan-less race outside of general awkwardness....
And that's no joke. MORE: Big wreck during Unlimited | Dale and Danica | Petty speaks again Pace car driver Brett Bodine, a former NASCAR Cup driver, was leading the field under caution on Lap 55 when he suddenly veered off the track with the car smoking. The rear of the Chevrolet SS pace car then caught on fire, forcing Bodine and another NASCAR official to bail out. Chevrolet issued a statement Sunday morning on the embarrassing incident: “The pace car experienced a fire in the trunk area, which contains a purpose-built auxiliary electrical kit to operate the numerous caution lights during the race,” Chevrolet said in a statement....
After the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol, the field went from 16 drivers down to 12. This year’s first round was unpredictable. Non-playoff drivers Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace took the checkered flag at Darlington and Kansas, respectively, in the first two races, preventing playoff drivers from cementing their place in the next round with a win. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell clinched a spot by way of points prior to Bristol....
Logano, who was starting in his 300th career race, began the day 37th, making it the furthest back a driver has come to win at Richmond. Logano qualified fifth but was forced to start from the rear of the field after his team changed the transmission in his car. “Coming from the back … man, it really feels good. I’m out of breath," said Logano on Fox Sports after the race....
The Xfinity race at Darlington, which originally was set to start Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET and was moved up two hours in an attempt to avoid potential bad weather, ended up getting postponed to Thursday due to rain. The new time for Thursday’s race was set for noon ET, but rain and lightning in the area again delayed the start of the race. MORE: Results from Wednesday night’s Cup Series race...
Thus, the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead did not start on time due to bad weather in the area. After a delay of almost an hour, the engines were re-fired to start the race at 4:41 p.m. ET. And after a few laps, the race was delayed yet again due to lightning in the area, and then again at 7:30 p.m. ET due to more lightning. MORE: Live updates from today’s NASCAR race...
That’s the location for the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., where pop-up storms were predicted to threaten the race Sunday throughout the afternoon and early evening. They did just that before the race even had a chance to begin. Eventually, the Geico 500 was postponed to Monday at 3 p.m. ET on Fox. MORE: Starting lineup for Monday’s postponed race Sunday’s race at Talladega was scheduled to start at 3 p....
Last year’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 winner again took home the checkered flag. Although Truex didn’t enter as a favorite, he certainly drove like one after leading for 58 of the 90 laps. The win also marked Truex’s third at the raceway. Kyle Busch finished second and was close to catching the leader in the final laps but ultimately couldn’t find a way past Truex. Ryan Blaney, Matt DiBenedetto and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five....
A hard crash that sent Matt Kenseth’s car airborne and Danica Patrick’s car hard into the wall reset the field with three laps remaining. Keselowski was able to hold off Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon, who came in second and third respectively, for his second win of the season. MORE: NASCAR dodges a bullet … again | Recap | Crashes and chaos | Race images Chase Elliott finished fourth followed by Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch....
While Sonoma Raceway has a prime July race date and Watkins Glen probably can’t do a fall date, it’s a little easier said than done. MORE: Most polorizing figures | Sonoma picks | Danica’s road-course adventures And then comes another issue — does NASCAR want to put a road course in the Chase? With road courses making up two of the 26 regular-season races, does NASCAR need to have a road course in its final 10 to help determine its champion if it wants to be a truly versatile racing series?...
Sprint Cup drivers will compete in the STP 500 with a 1:13 p.m. ET start. NASCAR will then need about 45 minutes after the Cup race to allow teams to get their pit stalls set up, and it hopes to get the Kroger 250 truck race started by 5:30 p.m. ET with Fox Sports 1 having the telecast. It is not unprecedented for NASCAR to have doubleheaders when a support race gets rained out, but it has never happened at Martinsville....
Busch is still looking for his first win of the season, but with three top-fives and 10 top-10s, he has been in the running all year long. Friday’s qualifying was just another example of how well he has been driving. “I like the way we made the right changes through each of the rounds and we stuck to a game plan,” Busch told NBCSN. “That’s exactly what you hope to have each time you go to qualifying....
Nashville unveiled the sweaters they’ll be wearing in Texas on Jan. 1. The Predators jerseys pay tribute to the Nashville Dixie Flyers, one of the city’s first-ever hockey teams that played in the Eastern Hockey League in the 1960s and won two titles. NHL PREDICTIONS: Final standings, playoff projections for 2019-20 Nashville’s uniforms are simple, white with yellow and blue stripes on each arm and a yellow block on the chest, containing the team name in a navy blue brush script....
Nasri has been put up for sale but was part of City’s three-game tour of the United States this summer, as is the case with fellow Frenchman Eliaquim Mangala. Get Man City’s EPL title odds Guardiola says he wanted to keep the midfielder at the Etihad Stadium one year ago, only for the former Arsenal man to decide to join Sevilla on loan. And though he has impressed whenever he has featured for the Blues in recent weeks, Guardiola says his future lies away from the club....
Boyer urged everyone else to try to be open-minded about the underlying message. “I’m not judging you for standing up for what you believe in. It’s your inalienable right,” Boyer wrote to Kaepernick for the military periodical Army Times. “What you are doing takes a lot of courage, and I’d be lying if I said I knew what it was like to walk around in your shoes. I’ve never had to deal with prejudice because of the color of my skin, and for me to say I can relate to what you’ve gone through is as ignorant as someone who’s never been in a combat zone telling me they understand what it’s like to go to war....
And wouldn't you know, the good-spirited wide receiver scored an early touchdown, then celebrated by delivering a piping hot imaginary pizza to Detroit fans. MORE: Week 12 in photos | Week 12 live scoreboard | Tavon Austin TD | Tolzien spin move Injury-free pizza is the best kind of pizza. (GIF via SB Nation)
“I think the Mayweather thing is a publicity stunt,” Diaz told The MMA Hour. “It’s great for both of them. Boxing followers will start following Conor, MMA followers are going to start following Floyd. They’re all benefiting, and no one is losing, so they’re going to keep the ball rolling … “I just think it’s all fake, phony and everyone needs to recognize it.” MORE: How Diaz won | McGregor the teaser | Diaz’s complaint...
