There are two road courses on the schedule each year. The other is Sonoma, which Kyle Busch won. There are five regular-season races left befor the Chase for the Sprint Cup. MORE: Weekend preview | Power Rankings | Odds | Chase standings | Bad day for Harvick The Xfinity Series will also run at The Glen while the Camping World Trucks Series takes the week off. Practices begin for Sprint Cup and Xfinity on Friday with qualifying for both series held on Saturday....

The 32-year-old driver with Team Penske bagged his second NASCAR championship over the weekend, capping off a stellar season for owner Roger Penske, who also won a 17th IndyCar title in September, with Will Power as the driver. Speaking on Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray, Joey said that his win was made all the more special because he did it in front of his 4-year-old son Hudson....

The driver known as “Rocket Man” appeared to escape the wreck without any serious injuries, as he walked out of a local hospital Wednesday afternoon under his own power. There is currently no timeline for Newman’s return, so Roush Fenway Racing will turn to Ross Chastain in the No. 6 Ford for Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. MORE: NASCAR schedule for all Cup Series races Unfortunately for Chastain, he wasn’t able to hop on the track Saturday ahead of the Pennzoil 400 (3:30 p....

Sunday’s short-track race should be intense, as six active drivers (Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch) have previously captured victories at Phoenix. Kyle Busch led 177 laps at last year’s FanShield 500 on his way to the checkered flag, and he is considered the betting favorite ahead of other contenders like Harvick and Hamlin. MORE: NASCAR schedule for all Cup Series races Will one of NASCAR’s heavy hitters find a path to the winner’s circle once again, or will a sleeper make a splash?...

The order was determined by a formula that combines owner and driver points for the season and performance in the previous race (in this case at Martinsville last weekend). There are no qualifiers during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing NASCAR to get creative in figuring out where each driver starts. This was the 10th time a version of the formula was used to determine the starting lineup for a race....

Drivers’ starting positions for the Federated Auto Parts 400, the second race of the Cup Series playoffs (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN5, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), were based on four factors: Driver’s finishing position from the previous race (25 percent) Car owner’s finishing position from the previous race (25 percent) Team owner points ranking (35 percent) Fastest lap from the previous race (15 percent) NASCAR is conducting qualifying for just eight of the 36 Cup Series points races in the 2021 season....

With so many over-the-top TV streaming services carrying Fox in 2020, there are more ways than ever to watch the network’s NASCAR presentations, which this year feature its first ever two-man booth for NASCAR Cup Series broadcasts. Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon will call all the races, but they’ll have help from analysts Jamie McMurray and Larry McReynolds, plus pit reporters Jamie Little, Matt Yocum, Vince Welch and Regan Smith....

NASCAR made two big blunders during the first half that could have had a big impact on the season and one race in particular. Which snafu was the biggest? Waiting a few weeks before allowing cool-down units on pit road during knockout qualifying? Or allowing the caution lights to come on inadvertently at the end of the race at Bristol? Here’s the case for both sides: Cool-down units It took NASCAR two weeks of watching drivers run at slow speeds during the new group qualifying before it moved to allow teams to have cool-down units to cool their cars....

This is Byron’s fifth pole in 65 career starts, and sitting in 12th in the Cup Standings, the 21-year-old has a great shot to punch his ticket to the next round in his second season. “I knew we could qualify top 5, but I was really wanting a pole and really kind of went out there and got it,” Byron said. “So, really proud of this Unifirst team, it’s going to be great to start up front....

The 29-year-old out of Welcome, N.C., narrowly beat out Kevin Harvick for the top spot in qualifying at the Camping World 400 and will start first in Sunday’s race at Chicagoland Speedway. MORE: Chicagoland odds, sleepers, fantasy picks Daniel Hemric also had a good qualifying run and will start third while Jimmie Johnson will be fourth. The Camping World 400 can be seen at 3 p.m. ET Sunday on NBCSN....

The All-Star Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, July 15 will feature a choose cone rule, according to The Athletic, which noted NASCAR is expected to make the announcement Wednesday. NASCAR likes to experiment with potential rule changes at the All-Star Race, a non-points event, which makes the mid-July short track race a perfect time to test the choose cone concept for the first time in NASCAR’s three premier series....

Rodney Childers sat home this week while his driver, Kevin Harvick, raced at Pocono. Why? Childers was suspended one race because one of the 20 lug nuts was loose on Harvick’s car at Indianapolis. MORE: Is lug nut focus foolish? | Stewart’s response to fine | What got it started Rodney Childers (Getty Images) Maybe it was the result of a rainy day at Pocono. Maybe it was time for discussion of the draconian measures NASCAR is taking in its penalties....

In fact, problems from Nash's injury still linger. As this season gets under way, Nash is dealing with nerve damage stemming from the leg injury, he told ESPNLosAngeles.com . He feels both tingling and hurt "in different scenarios." "I'm still extremely optimistic," Nash said. "I just think maybe the level of health is different. It is going to be a day to day struggle for me and that's something I'm up for though, and I'm optimistic that if I don't have any freak situations again I can try to get on top on all of these things....

“WeGo Public Transit will suspend all bus service and WeGo Central will be closed beginning at this time. We are currently assisting customers who are downtown and elsewhere to get to their final destinations,” WeGo Public Transit wrote in a press release. “This is a precautionary measure made by law enforcement to conduct on-going investigations and protect the public. Normal operations should resume tomorrow morning unless law enforcement directs us otherwise....

In TikTok videos posted last Thursday, Nate Silvester—an officer with the Marshal’s Office in Bellevue, Idaho—came to Potter’s defense after a commenter made fun of her on one of the cop’s TikTok videos, in which he orchestrates a prank on his coworkers involving a taser. The commenter joked “At least he knows the difference between a glock and a taser,” referring to debates over whether Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun instead of her taser before shooting Wright....

The debut of the 2022 “Monday Night Football” slate was certainly one to remember: Geno Smith outplayed Russell Wilson, Wilson received a chorus of boos in his return to Seattle and Jamal Adams took a near-interception off the facemask (and then got hurt). But the entire game boiled down to a final drive by the Broncos: Down 17-16 on their own 22-yard line with 4:02 left on the clock and all three timeouts in their pocket, the Broncos took their time getting up the field....

The study— conducted by Stanford University researchers in July and published by peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet on Friday— evaluated the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in blood samples from 28,500 dialysis patients across 46 states. It is one of the largest studies of its kind conducted to date in the U.S. Based on the data collected, researchers estimate roughly 9.3 percent of the country’s population had COVID-19 antibodies in July....

According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), there are over 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers serving in the U.S. which it says is the highest figure ever. Out of these, 12 percent are female. Life is not easy if you work in the law enforcement sector. On a day to day basis, these people on their lives on the line to protect the innocent. According to NLEOMF, since the first recorded police death in 1786, there has been over 21,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty....

What are nachos? Defined by Merriam-Webster, nachos are a combination of tortilla chips topped with melted cheese and often additional savory toppings, such as hot peppers or refried beans. Some variations of the dishes include salsa, guacamole and minced beef. Who invented nachos? According to an analysis done by Yelp, Mexican cuisine has risen in popularity over the last 15 years, with restaurants being consistently loved by the population. Nachos have been loved by people in Mexico and the U....

Span is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks, but will rejoin the team next week to begin his rehab treatment. The center fielder underwent sports hernia surgery in December, but seemed to have fully recovered by the time spring training started. He hit .302/.355/.416 with five home runs and 37 RBIs last season and is entering the final year of his contract with the Nationals.