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By REID SPENCER, NASCAR Wire Service The early bird got the victory on Saturday afternoon at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. In a long green-flag run to start the final stage of the Toyota 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, Corey Heim brought his No. 11 TRICON Garage Tundra to pit road before any of the […] The post NASCAR Truck: Corey Heim claims fourth win of season appeared firs…

By AMANDA VINCENT Shane van Gisbergen claimed his first-career NASCAR Xfinity Series win Saturday in his 13th race — the Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway. “It was really cool. Had some great racing,” van Gisbergen said. “I need to get better at my restarts and learn how to position, but that […] The post NASCAR Xfinity: Shane van Gisbergen notches first win a…

By AMANDA VINCENT With a 32.468-second/138.598 mph lap in the second of two rounds of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway near St. Louis, Michael McDowell claimed the pole for Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300. It’s McDowell’s third-career pole and third of the 2024 Cup Series season — his first […] The post NASCAR Cup: Michael McDowell on Gateway pole appe…

By AMANDA VINCENT With a 32.475-second/138.568 mph lap around World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway near St. Louis during NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualifying Friday evening, Ty Majeski claimed the pole for Saturday’s Toyota 200. It’s his third pole of the season and his second-straight at Gateway. Christian Eckes qualified second to join Majeski on the […] The post NASCAR Truck: Ty Majesk…

By AMANDA VINCENT The Coca-Cola 600 didn’t go it’s full distance Sunday night at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Rain resulted in the abbreviation at lap 249 of the 400-lap scheduled distance. Christopher Bell was the race leader at the stoppage and, therefore, the winner of the 2024 Coca-Cola 600 after leading a race-high 90 laps. It was […] The post NASCAR Cup: Christopher Bell wins shortened …

By AMANDA VINCENT With a 29.355-second/183.955 mph lap in the second and final round of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway on Saturday, Ty Gibbs claimed the pole for Sunday evening’s Coca-Cola 600. It’s Gibbs’ first-career pole in the Cup Series. “It’s really cool to get my first pole in the Coca-Cola 600. […] The post NASCAR Cup: Ty Gibbs claims first pole at Charlot…

By AMANDA VINCENT Chase Elliott’s first NASCAR Xfinity Series race of 2024 led to a win Saturday in the BetMGM 300 at NASCAR’s home track of Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. It was his sixth-career win in the series but his first since 2016. Three JR Motorsports drivers finished in the top-five with Brandon Jones, Sammy […] The post NASCAR Xfinity: New tires get Chase Elliott to Charlotte win app…

By AMANDA VINCENT Nick Sanchez claimed his second-career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win and his second win of the 2024 season Friday night in the North Carolina Education 200 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. The win came on the birthday and 700th race for his Rev Racing truck chief Chris Showalter. “We started off bad. We knew […] The post NASCAR Truck: Nick Sanchez wins at Charlotte appear…

By AMANDA VINCENT NASCAR Cup Series regular Ty Gibbs posted a 30.475-second/177.194 mph lap in NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway on Friday to claim the pole for Saturday’s BetMGM 300. Gibbs’ lap was the only lap of the qualifying session that clocked-in over 177 mph. Cup drivers swept the front row […] The post NASCAR Xfinity: Ty Gibbs claims pole at Charlotte ap…

By AMANDA VINCENT Carl Edwards, Ricky Rudd and Ralph Moody were selected as 2025 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees by the Hall of Fame voting panel on Tuesday at the Charlotte (N.C.) Convention Center. Their official induction will be Feb. 7. Edwards and Rudd were chosen from the modern-era ballot and Moody from the pioneer ballot. […] The post Edwards, Rudd, Moody selected for NASCAR Hall of Fame ap…