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The track was scheduled to undergo a repave following last season’s race, much to the chagrin of drivers and race fans, but the track announced it would delay construction until the track’s 2018 NASCAR tripleheader is completed then re-visit plans of possible pavement facelift. The 1.54-mile asphalt track is the second-oldest racing surface on the circuit and is a track favored by many NASCAR drivers. The 21-year-old surface is also known for being a bumpy track because of sealed cracks in the asphalt, but the old, rough and weathered surface allows for side-by-side racing in multiple grooves....

MORE: Fontana odds, key stats, sleepers, fantasy drivers to watch “We just showed up at the track swinging hard, trying to get all that we could,” said Johnson, who has won three poles in his last 113 races, as his average starting position declined from 9.8 in 2013 to 12.1 in each of the last two years. “We crossed the line there, for sure, and the car came around on me....

More than a thousand spectators will be present at the Auto Club Speedway for the 2022 Wise Power 400. The race was canceled in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Bowman was the winner of 2020 Auto Club 400. The race will be broadcast on FOX and streamed on the Fox Sports App. The second event of the Cup Series was contested over 200 laps on a two-mile D-shaped oval truck....

After trading bold passes with Denny Hamlin throughout the competition, it appeared Harvick would fall short. But Hamlin wrecked seven laps before the finish, allowing Harvick to cruise to victory. Matt Kenseth, who came out of retirement in the middle of the season, finished second and had a real shot at an upset during an overtime restart. Aric Almirola finished third and rookie Cole Custer landed in fourth. Tire trouble was the theme of the afternoon, with Alex Bowman and William Byron also losing their treads....

Then a caution caused by Ryan Blaney forced a restart. There would be two more yellow flags and two overtimes before the checkered, all of which shook up the playoff picture. The drama didn’t affect Denny Hamlin, who was leading at the time of Blaney’s caution and went on to win the race. Chase Elliott couldn’t pass Hamlin, but he took advantage of the restarts to finish second and take the eighth and final spot in the Round of 8 away from Brad Keselowski....

It appeared Denny Hamlin had been named the winner at Pocono for a record seventh time, with his Joe Gibbs teammate Kyle Busch right behind him. Two hours after the checkered flag had been waved and the celebrations had quieted down, NASCAR announced both Hamlin and Busch had failed post-race inspections, giving the victory to Elliott. NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran explained there was material on the front fascia of the cars that was out of place and warranted the disqualification of the two Toyotas....

He considers that April afternoon — surprising the field in his part-time gig driving for the smaller James Finch-owned team — one of the most pivotal moments in his championship career. “That was a huge, huge win for me,’’ Keselowski, 34, recalled. “I think that first win put me in position to be with Penske. I don’t know if I would have been with (Team) Penske without that. That was huge for me....

White, who has earned a little over $77K on NASCAR’s Nationwide Series circuit this year also drives in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series. He has earned two starts on the main circuit, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - one each in 2011 and in 2012. He has earned over $2.9M in his 11-year career in NASCAR. MORE: Schemion Back on Top of GPI World Rankings | Paul Pierce, Richard Seymour Playing WSOP Main Event | WSOP November Nine Set...

In a video posted Tuesday, Ragan serenades his No. 55 Toyota with The Weeknd’s hit single “I Can’t Feel My Face.” MORE: Athletes turned musicians | Sprint Cup winners in 2015 | NASCAR’s arenas of speed It’s no surprise a NASCAR driver is in love with fast cars, but considering Ragan is averaging a 23rd-place finish this season, a Taylor Swift break-up song may be the next video he makes with his ride....

The collision did little to the safety vehicle that was on the track to pick up debris, but the rear of McDowell’s No. 95 was heavily damaged. MORE: Best championship battles in Chase era “Everybody jumped on the brakes and I just didn’t have time to react,” McDowell explained over the radio. “I’m not really sure what happened. I’m embarrassed for my team. My mistake. Luckily no one was hurt....

So what gives? Why so much respect for Logano and Harvick this time around? For starters, Logano is going for his fourth straight win. He swept through the Contender Round of the Chase like nothing we’ve seen before, and last week’s win came when he had a target on his back as some veterans eyed retaliation at Talladega. Johnson is the last driver to win four straight races (2007), and he accomplished the feat during the Chase (Martinsville was one of the wins)....

Mike Wallace comes from a NASCAR racing family Wallace is the younger brother of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Rusty Wallace, the older brother of Kenny Wallace, and the uncle of Steve Wallace. While NASCAR didn’t specifically state which social media post resulted in the suspension, it came the same day he posted the following on Facebook: Wallace had just three other posts after that, the last in November to update his profile picture....

The NASCAR spin will try to convince everyone that a sport that stands still, that doesn’t change, is a sport that falls behind. The reality is that a sport that changes its fabric so often — beyond adding a team or two, the most successful sports rarely change their formats — is a desperate sport, an insecure sport trying to manufacture a recipe for excitement instead of organically relying on its natural flavor....

Nate Silvester, a deputy with the Bellevue Marshal’s Office, amassed millions of views this week after posting a TikTok video deriding James following the NBA legend’s much-criticized and now-deleted tweet over the police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant. Silvester has also posted a pair of videos defending Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. On Tuesday, the Marshal’s Office said the “personnel issue” was “being dealt with internally....

While discussing his role in the favorably early-reviewed The Suicide Squad, Fillion’s interview perhaps inevitably turned to the subject of Uncharted. Having famously wanted to take part in the project, his thoughts on the end of this 12-year film project that switched hands more than an old Pizza Hut would surely be worth hearing. Some might have expected to hear a bit of contempt after so much work was put in, but it turns out he’s as ready as anybody to see this long-awaited treasure....

It was the first big league hit in six at-bats for Karns, but that wasn’t the historically significant fact. Tuesday’s game was the first interleague game in which the only run came on a home run by an American League pitcher. MLB introduced interleague play in 1997. MORE: Seven best trade destinations for Jonathan Papelbon | If Tigers sell, they need to go big Karns became just the 11th pitcher in MLB history to win a game 1-0 on his own home run....

The national anthem is usually an uneventful affair, but singers do struggle in the biggest moments. So it was with The Black Pumas’ Eric Burton, who performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” ahead of Game 1 between the Phillies and Astros in Houston. Burton’s rendition started out fine, but once he got into the meat of the song, he tripped over the lyrics, twice singing “What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last streaming....

Oregon is just under a touchdown favorite as it meets Ohio State in the first College Football Playoff National Championship tonight (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). The game is being played indoors at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. About eight hours before kickoff, some Las Vegas books are dealing Oregon -6, while others have -6.5. Money on Ohio State has pushed the point spread down from the opening line of -7....

Fortunately, your situation sounds completely different. People who are sleep-deprived feel groggy during the day and may fall asleep when they least want to, at their desks or behind the wheel. Voluntary napping, on the other hand, is not a sign of sleep deprivation, illness or aging. In fact, a “power nap” can be helpful as well as enjoyable. Federal researchers studied 200 airline flight crews that each conducted eight 9-hour transpacific flights during a span of 12 days....