We are still wondering who is replacing Johnny when 2019 season arrives. Maybe a few drivers who are looking for a full-time ride, maybe Brett Moffitt would be a perfect fit for GMS racing? Brett has been looking for a full-time ride since he has became a free agent who won his truck title in 2018 at Homestead Miami Florida. Johnny will not return to the truck series race after three years with GMS racing in the truck series....
The ‘Dega’ is set to make its first out of two appearances on the Cup Series calendar this year. Teams and drivers are set to re-visit the track later in the year on October 2, 2022 for the YellaWood 500. The governing body is back to its traditional qualifying format this Saturday after opting for four heat races at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend. The coming weekend involves no practice sessions and teams and drivers are expected to go straight from qualifying into the race on Sunday....
While Kyle Larson dominated most of the day, leading more than 200 laps in the 325-lap race, Blaney was the most opportunistic, taking a late lead over Larson and winning the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. Blaney’s win makes it six different winners in six races this season, even though Larson was flirting with his second win on the year for much of the day....
Truex Jr., of course, proclaimed on Oct. 28 he would not let Logano win the championship after Logano crashed Truex Jr. to win at Martinsville. But Truex Jr. couldn’t help it when Logano sped past him in the decisive race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. MORE: Watch NASCAR live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Among this year’s championship contenders, Logano was the only driver without a title. Truex Jr. took the crown last year, while Kyle Busch won in 2015 and Kevin Harvick won in 2014....
With eight laps to go, Harvick began to hit leader Kyle Busch with some bump-and-runs to knock him off the course. One lap later, Harvick did just that to give himself a sizable lead for the remainder of the race. NASCAR SCHEDULE: Dates, times, TV info Luckily the post-race comments were relatively civil between the two. Busch understood that that was how racing shakes out sometimes, but added that how one races eventually gets back to them....
One week removed from letting out his frustrations on Joey Logano’s face, Kyle Busch looked liked like he was well on his way to channeling his aggression toward a victory on Sunday. Then Logano blew a tire and cost Busch the win, clearing the way for Ryan Newman to take the checkers at the Camping World 500 in Phoenix. MORE: Busch, Logano not penalized for post-race fight With Busch leading, Logano blew a tire with five laps to go that forced a caution....
Busch, who won Stage 1 and led for 100 laps, fell to ninth. Blaney ended up holding Harvick off by .139 seconds. It was a clean race for the most part, as only two caution flags came out, but Jimmie Johnson crashed into the wall with 65 laps remaining, triggering a red flag. Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s day ended just 58 laps in due to engine problems. Kyle Larson won Stage 2 of the race....
Truex Jr. was looking to win his thrid-straight road race having won at Watkins Glen in 2017 and at Sonoma earlier this year. Last weekend’s winner at the Gander Outdoors 400 at Pocono , Kyle Busch, notched a third-place finish and remains on top of the point standings. The race started with Denny Hamlin at the pole position, with leader Kyle Busch right behind. Hamlin wound up finishing 13th....
All roads lead to Homestead for Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr., the last four drivers left standing after a long, grueling season. The latter three clinched a berth in the championship race with their performances at the Can-Am 500, the penultimate race of the playoffs. Here’s everything you’ll need to know as NASCAR enters the home stretch of its 2018 season. Which drivers qualified for the championship race?...
What do you make of him? Is he a villain? Or is he the breath of fresh air some have waited for in this era of Jimmie Johnson dominance? It wasn’t too long ago he was wetting his beak in the top series and earning the nickname ‘Brad Crash-a-lot-ski’ from a few prominent Cup drivers thanks to his ultra-aggressive driving and some early mistakes. But now he’s starting to repeat 2012, a year he won Chicago to kick off the Chase en route to winning the title....
Matt Kenseth will start on the pole, but it is the Busch brothers, Kyle and Kurt, who The Linemakers’ Micah Roberts belives are the top contenders for this evening’s race. Here are updated odds and final driver ratings for Sunday’s race in Charlotte. Micah Roberts’ Top-10 Rated NASCAR Drivers Bank of America 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway Rating. Driver Odds Practice 1, Qualified, Practice 2, Practice 3 1. Kyle Busch 6/1 21st, 2nd, 10th, 1st Led the most laps on last two 1....
Moving some races to the middle of the week would lessen the competition NASCAR’s top series faces on the weekends, and while there are logistical issues holding up the concept for 2018, it remains under consideration for the future. “Mid-week points races are an idea, but there’s a whole lot of work that needs to be done to make them viable,” a source told SportsBusiness Daily. NBC Sports executive Jon Miller said in December that his network is interested in airing races in the middle of the week....
Driving with a unique Superman paint scheme as part of a movie promotion, Jimmie Johnson held off Kevin Harvick in NASCAR’s version of overtime Sunday. It was his second victory of the season and gave him sole possession of seventh overall on the all-time win chart with 77, passing Dale Earnhardt. MORE: Race recap | Images from Fontana | Danica’s crash | Larson’s wall-banger Kyle Busch blew a right-front tire bringing out the caution flag with two laps remaining, setting up the two extra laps of overtime....
Ten cautions on the night didn’t manage to slow down the intense racing on the half-mile clay track as Matt Crafton pulled away from pole-sitter Stewart Friesen and Chase Briscoe on the final lap for the win. Despite suffering heavy right-side damage in a wreck on Lap 34, Christopher Bell was able to work his way through the 32-truck field to the front in the third stage until being passed by Friesen on Lap 113 of the 150-lap race....
Harvick led 177 of the 337 laps during the event, and appeared on his way to an easy win after passing leader Ryan Blaney with 17 laps remaining. But a caution for Joey Gase’s spin with three laps remaining set up an overtime restart. Harvick took the top line on the overtime restart, and after Blaney pulled slightly ahead, Harvick rocketed past him and held on for the victory....
In a news release to announce the impact of the schedule changes and the new 10-year television deal that goes into effect next season, track operator International Speedway Corp. said the split will remain at 65 percent to the tracks, 25 percent to the teams through the purse and 10 percent to NASCAR. MORE: 2015 Sprint Cup schedule | NASCAR made right moves with sked | Power Rankings ISC, a publicly traded company whose majority of voting stock is controlled by the NASCAR-owning France family, is obligated to tell investors some details about the deal because it is the biggest revenue stream for ISC....
According to the Fox broadcast, Wilson’s injury was expected to end his day. MORE: Seahawks-49ers stats, updates, highlights Wilson, already gimpy with a lingering right ankle injury, was dragged down awkwardly by San Francisco linebacker Eli Harold on a scramble to his right early in the second half. Harold was flagged for a horse collar tackle on the play. Wilson came back into the game after one play out. He attempted just one pass (a short completion to Doug Baldwin) before he was taken out for good before the next series....
The main event Saturday is now Nate Diaz vs. Tony Ferguson in a five-round welterweight fight. Khamzat Chimaev will face Kevin Holland in a 180-pound catchweight bout that is also scheduled for five rounds. Li Jingaliang, who was set to fight Ferguson in the co-main event, will now fight Daniel Rodriguez in a three-round catchweight contest. MORE: UFC 279 date, start time, odds, schedule & card The changes were made after Chimaev badly missed weight Friday for his main-event showdown with Diaz....
Robinson is an energy player who makes up for his small stature with raw athleticism and emotion, and all of the NBA knows that, as the Denver Post noted. Robinson received a technical foul in the Nuggets' Friday game against the New York Knicks when he became frustrated with officials failing to call foul after several swipes as he handled the ball. “They hate me, they hate me,” Robinson told the Post Friday (via EyeOnBasketball)....
The layered tease is reigniting speculation that Fillion will indeed assume the role of Nathan Drake if and when the adaptation eventually enters production. The actor posted a grainy shot of rapper Drake with a slight wink, captioned “Sic Parvis Magna. 7/16/18.” The Latin phrase translates to “Greatness From Small Beginnings,” which could hint at his ambition to be a part of one of modern gaming’s most respected franchises. More importantly though, the phrase is found inscribed on Nathan Drake’s ring from the Uncharted games, which he took from the historical English explorer Sir Francis Drake....
