Author: Les Grossman

THE NASCAR Xfinity Series will crown the 2024 champion Saturday with the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship race at Phoenix Speedway.Justin Allgaier, Austin Hill, Cole Custer and AJ Alllmendinger are racing for the title on Saturday, although Friday’s free practice session has already changed the dynamic of the title race. Allgaier was involved in a multi-car accident early in practice and will use a backup car on Saturday. This means he will start at the back of the pack to start the 200-lap race.Custer looks to repeat as Xfinity Series champion, while the other three drivers could win their first Xfinity…

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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Reigning NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney paced the first practice session at Phoenix Raceway, where he is one of four drivers who will race for the title Sunday.Blaney in a Ford for Team Penske topped the standings during Friday’s 50-minute free practice session. He is trying to become the first driver to win back-to-back titles since Jimmie Johnson won five consecutive championships from 2006 to 2010.A victory by Blaney or teammate Joey Logano would give team owner Roger Penske three straight Cup titles. Logano, who finished ninth in Friday practice, won the 2022 title. Penske is coming…

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Alex Bowman will cross the finish line to win the NASCAR Cup Auto Club 400 in March 2020. It is unclear when the new track at the former Auto Club Speedway site will open. (Getty Images)NASCAR will not visit Southern California next year and there is no certainty when the stock car racing series will return with construction of a new track in the unincorporated county slowing from San Bernardino.NASCAR, which moved its 2025 season-opening event from Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after three years, he had hoped to race at Fontana next year, but the planned half-mile oval track…

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Top 5 NASCAR Cup Playoffs conclude at MartinsvilleRevisit the top five results of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Martinsville Speedway, featuring Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain.11:42 p.m.Now playingOn pause

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NASCAR imposed penalties on Ross Chastain, Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace and their teams for their actions on the Martinsville Speedway track.All three drivers were penalized for race manipulation during Sunday’s Martinsville NASCAR race, NASCAR announced Tuesday.Each driver was fined $100,000 and lost 50 driver points. NASCAR also fined the owners of each team, Trackhouse Racing, Richard Childress Racing and 23XI Racing, $100,000 and deducted 50 points from the owners.Crew chiefs Phil Surgen, Justin Alexander and Bootie Barker, along with their respective observers Brandon McReynolds, Brandon Benesch and Freddie Kraft, have all been suspended for the 2024 season finale at Phoenix…

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