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NASCAR has banned the display of the Confederate flag at all race tracks and properties, effective immediately, due to its racist symbolism. The flag – historically the emblem of the Confederate South, who opposed the abolition of slavery, during the American Civil War in the 19th Century – was already banned from being displayed in

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick eased to his second victory of the NASCAR Cup Series season at Atlanta after dominating the final stage of the race. Harvick’s #4 Ford Mustang re-started the final segment of the 325-lap race in third position, but quickly passed Joe Gibbs Racing duo Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr to assume

NASCAR Cup racer Bubba Wallace has called on his peers to join him in condemning racial injustice, saying “the silence from the top drivers in our sport is beyond frustrating”. Wallace made a one-hour guest appearance on the Dale Jr. Download show on NBCSN this week, where hosts Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mike Davis discussed

Brad Keselowski inherited victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol as leaders Joey Logano and Chase Elliott took each other out with two laps to go. After a caution period instigated by long-time leader Denny Hamlin spinning on tyre marbles ended with five laps of a scheduled 500 to run, Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports

One-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski favours the current policy of abandoning qualifying and practice for midweek races – regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitated the condensed format. Team Penske’s Keselowski, who won Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, was drawn on pole for the first race following NASCAR’s return at Darlington with the new random

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott overtook an ailing Kevin Harvick late on to claim his first victory of the season in the rescheduled NASCAR Cup Series second race at Charlotte. After Tropical Storm Bertha had battered Charlotte on Wednesday which led to the initial postponement, Team Penske’s Joey Logano emerged as the early front-runner when the

The second NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte has been postponed until Thursday night due to rainstorms in North Carolina. The race, originally scheduled for an 8pm ET start on Wednesday night, has been pushed back nearly 24 hours with the green flag expected to fall at 7pm ET on Thursday evening – midnight Friday

Three Joe Gibbs Racing crew members have been suspended for four NASCAR events after two large pieces of ballast came off Denny Hamlin’s car at the start of Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. Prior to last weekend’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, two pieces of ballast fell out of the back of Hamlin’s No.11 Toyota as he

Brad Keselowski recovered from the back of the grid in the Charlotte 600-mile NASCAR Cup race to win, while second-placed Jimmie Johnson was disqualified post-race for a technical infringement. A spin on lap 399 of a scheduled 400 for Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron brought out a caution, with Byron’s team-mate, long-time leader Chase Elliott, opting

Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after NASCAR’s first qualifying session since its return. The Coca Cola 600 is the third Cup Series race to be run this week, after two races were run at Darlington last Sunday and

Joey Logano says that NASCAR’s event healthcare measures make him “feel safer at the race track than I do at the grocery store” regarding the threat of from COVID-19. Speaking to the media via Zoom ahead of this Sunday’s race at Charlotte, Logano said that the protocols put in place by NASCAR has allowed it

Chase Elliott says he has accepted Kyle Busch’s apology and concedes that the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion didn’t wreck him “on purpose” in Wednesday’s Cup race at Darlington. On NASCAR’s second race back in action following the coronavirus postponements, Elliott had just passed Busch for second place in the closing stages, but as Busch

One-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Jarrett believes the late clash between Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott at Darlington on Wednesday would have sparked “ugly” scenes without the COVID-19 situation. NASCAR’s return to the track took a twist when two of its biggest stars clashed on track, with Elliott giving Busch a one-fingered salute after contact

Denny Hamlin employed a clever strategy to win his second NASCAR Cup Series race of the season at Darlington in a race cut short by rain on Wednesday night. In the second race of NASCAR’s return following the coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus – the first Wednesday NASCAR race since Richard Petty’s 200th victory at Daytona on

Kyle Busch concedes his error triggered the collision with Chase Elliott to wreck his rival’s race as they battled for second place in the closing laps of Wednesday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. NASCAR’s second race since its return to action from the coronavirus postponements – the first Wednesday NASCAR race since Richard

OPINION: Although NASCAR defied common convention and returned to racing in the middle of a global pandemic, the initial signs are that the race went – largely – without any issues, and the series must retain its scrupulous approach to safety A lot could have gone wrong as NASCAR held the first top-tier motorsports event

NASCAR will carry out an official review on Monday but the immediate reaction to Sunday’s first live race with no fans appeared a very positive one. With all the safety protocols in place in order to restart NASCAR’s season during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a lot of anxious anticipation as to how the event

NASCAR racing superstar-turned-TV-analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Jimmie Johnson can win races and contend in this year’s Cup Series playoffs if he can clean up his “mental mistakes”. Johnson was within half a lap of winning Stage 1 on NASCAR’s racing return at Darlington Speedway, in the Real Heroes 400, when he crashed into the

As just one of four journalists allowed inside Darlington Raceway for NASCAR’s return after the coronavirus postponements, JIM UTTER provides insight into the new normal and, while the comeback has been a success, he predicts greater celebrations will be delivered at a later date I’ve spent more than 20 years covering NASCAR races and witnessed

Stewart Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick eased to victory at Darlington as the NASCAR Cup series returned to action for the first time since March. NASCAR had suspended its season following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic following the race at Phoenix in early March, before a calendar re-jig ended with the first spring race at

New Chip Ganassi Racing recruit Matt Kenseth is “excited” to make his NASCAR Cup return at this weekend’s Darlington round, as he replaces Kyle Larson at the team. Kenseth was drafted into the #42 car after Larson was released from his Ganassi contract for using a racial slur during a NASCAR-sanctioned iRacing event. Having last

NASCAR has a “huge responsibility” on its shoulders as it becomes the first high-profile sporting category to return to competition amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Cup Series will resume the 2020 season at the Darlington Raceway on Sunday, having been paused since the 8 March round at Phoenix. United States president Donald Trump declared a

NASCAR Cup race winner Alex Bowman will remain at Hendrick Motorsports after signing a contract extension to keep him at the team until the end of 2021. Bowman, who replaced Dale Earnhardt Jr in the #88 car having substituted for him during 2016 as Earnhardt recovered from a concussion, began his full-time foray in the

Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr believes there are people who want NASCAR to “fail” when the Cup Series makes its return to racing following its coronavirus-enforced hiatus at Darlington on Sunday. The driver of the #43 Chevy for Richard Petty Motorsports believes the eyes of the sporting world will be on NASCAR this weekend, as it

Ryan Newman can’t remember the final moments when he was last competing in a NASCAR race, but he has no apprehensions about his return to action nearly three months later. Newman, 42, suffered a closed head injury in a violent crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 season opener on the 17th February

The world is seeking its ‘new normal’ during this coronavirus pandemic. In top-level motor racing, that first step comes Sunday when the NASCAR Cup returns after a two-month break – its first track action since Phoenix on 8th March. The first race back will be held on Sunday 17th May at Darlington Raceway starting at

Brad Keselowski will head the NASCAR field on its return to action this weekend at Darlington Raceway following the random draw used in the new event format. With NASCAR suspended since the fourth round at Phoenix in early March, a partial easing of lockdown restrictions in the United States has allowed officials to plot out

NASCAR has released more of its revised schedule for its coronavirus-delayed 2020 season, detailing events set to take place between 30 May and 21 June. NASCAR will return to action this weekend at Darlington Raceway, a month after the fourth round of the campaign at Phoenix. Numerous events have been postponed and three have been

The real-life 2020 motorsport season will resume this weekend courtesy of the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series’ visit to Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. A fifth race of the top-flight stock car season brings an end to the two-month pause brought on by the coronavirus global health crisis. NASCAR has attempted to fill the suspension

NASCAR has detailed how it plans to organise the starting grid ahead of this weekend’s return to action at Darlington Raceway. The series has been suspended since the fourth round at Phoenix in early March. Plans to run races at Homestead and Atlanta behind closed doors were also cancelled due to lockdown restrictions in the