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Time to worry: Playoff hopes are slipping away for these NASCAR Cup drivers

13 races down, 13 races to go in the regular season for the NASCAR Cup Series. At the halfway point, there have been eight different winners with Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing [JGR] taking the lion's share of victories.

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Derek Kraus to make surprise NASCAR Cup start in Coca Cola 600

Derek Kraus, 23, will make his first NASCAR Cup Series start of the year this weekend, competing in NASCAR's longest race -- the 66th running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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William Byron signs extension to remain with Hendrick through 2029

William Byron has signed a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports that will keep him at Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) through the 2029 season.

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Kyle Larson denies Chris Buescher the NASCAR Cup pole at Kansas

Last spring at Kansas, it was Kyle Larson versus Chris Buescher for the race win in the closest photo finish the Cup Series has ever seen. This weekend, it was the same two drivers again in the fight for pole, but it wasn't quite as close. This is Larson's 22nd…

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Zane Smith earns first NASCAR Cup pole with monster lap at Talladega

Zane Smith earns first Cup pole with Front Row Motorsports, beating Kyle Busch by 0.132s in Talladega qualifying.

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Kyle Larson: "I want to embarrass" the NASCAR Xfinity field

Kyle Larson nearly pulled off the weekend sweep at Bristol, only falling short in the Truck race with a runner-up finish there. But in the Cup and Xfinity races, he combined to lead of 687 of 800 possible laps, winning both races rather easily.

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Hamlin dominates and Xfinity's demo derby: Winners and losers from Martinsville

The Martinsville NASCAR weekend had a first-time winner in Trucks, a veteran driver returning to the top in Cup, and an Xfinity race most would like to forget.

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Daniel Hemric celebrates with a backflip as he earns first NASCAR Truck win

Daniel Hemric's NASCAR career has taken him in several different directions across all three National divisions. He originally made it to the Cup Series in 2019 before moving back down to the Xfinity Series where he became a champion in 2021. In 2024, he was back full time in the…

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Austin Hill to run five NASCAR Cup races with RCR this year

Austin Hill has 120 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and is currently competing in his fourth consecutive full-time season with Richard Childress Racing. He's enjoyed plenty of success, winning 11 races and making the Championship 4 in back-to-back years.

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The Wood Brothers' knack for finding first-time winners

Of the 20 drivers who have been fortunate enough to win races with the Wood Brothers Racing team, nearly half of them were first-time winners, with Josh Berry being the latest. From there, it's been fairly split on what the future held for these drivers as some never won again,…

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The winners and losers from NASCAR's first road race of the 2025 season at COTA

Bell goes back-to-back, Zilisch's Cup debut comes to an abrupt end, and missed opportunities highlight some of the Cup Series' fun at COTA on Sunday.

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Corey LaJoie will attempt the Daytona 500 — and take on a new broadcast role, too

After much speculation and intrigue, Corey LaJoie has finally revealed his 2025 plans. LaJoie joins an impressive list of open entries who will attempt to make the 67th running of the Daytona 500 next month — part of a partial season schedule he’ll drive with Rick Ware Racing.

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JR Motorsports enters Justin Allgaier into Daytona 500 in partnership with Chris Stapleton

The NASCAR team owned by Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. will attempt to make its Cup Series debut in the biggest race with a champion driver and a partnership with a Grammy Award-winning artist

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Your complete guide to NASCAR's 2025 Silly Season

When Stewart-Haas Racing announced the imminent closure of its four-car NASCAR Cup Series operation, it sent shockwaves through the sport, while scattering a lot of talented people throughout the paddock. It's end became the catalyst to what has become one of the silliest silly seasons in some time. Several drivers…

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RFK Racing expands its lineup, adding Ryan Preece for 2025

RFK Racing hasn't run three full-time cars in the NASCAR Cup series since 2016, but that changes in 2025 when the team will enter the No. 60 car alongside the No. 6 driven by team co-owner Brad Keselowski and the No. 17 of Chris Buescher.

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A look inside the race for the NASCAR Championship

On Thursday at Phoenix Raceway, Tyler Reddick began one of the biggest weekends of his career: his first true shot at a NASCAR Cup Series championship. Forty drivers showed up to Phoenix, yet all but the Championship Four — Reddick, William Byron, and past Cup champions Joey Logano and Ryan…

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Christopher Bell, NASCAR's quiet contender, knows he's "as big a threat as anyone"

Last year, Netflix released its first season of “NASCAR: Full Speed,” a docuseries following the 2023 Cup Series. The film crew zeroed in on potential championship contenders, planning to shadow the eight drivers they expected to make it to the end. When Christopher Bell made the top eight, they brought…

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The moments that defined Juan Pablo Montoya’s NASCAR career

Juan Pablo Montoya is one of the most versatile race car drivers on the planet. His illustrious career includes seven Formula 1 wins, reaching the top podium step with both Williams and McLaren. He also scored 30 podiums and 13 poles in just 94 starts, and finished as high as third…

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NASCAR Cup Series To Race In Mexico City

NASCAR makes history with its first points-paying race in Mexico City at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, featuring Cup, Xfinity, and Mexico Series races.

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No NASCAR Cup win as yet, but Ty Gibbs is "right there"

The 21-year-old grandson of NASCAR and NFL Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs burst onto the NASCAR national series scene with a victory in his first Xfinity Series start in the 2021 season, the same year he won 10 races and the ARCA Menards Series championship.

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NASCAR's Shane van Gisbergen on the race that changed his life

The man known as SVB talks about the wild win from one year ago, why he ditched Supercars, and getting used to NASCAR.

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Cole Custer: "It would be a dream" to drive for Haas Cup team

Custer's return to the Cup Series at the Haas Factory Team would likely not be a surprise as his father, Joe, will manage the one-Cup, two-Xfinity car operation and Haas Automation has been part of the younger Custer’s entire NASCAR career as a sponsor.

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Penske's Walt Czarnecki: "We never lost faith in Austin Cindric"

After excelling in sports cars and in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, Cindric burst into the Cup Series with a dramatic victory in the 2022 Daytona 500 in his rookie season.

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10 NASCAR drivers share what they love — and don’t — about the Daytona 500

"It's one of the few things that — having been in the Cup Series for 13, 14 years now — still give me chills."

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Van Gisbergen will compete for Kaulig Racing in 2024 NASCAR Cup starts

Kaulig Racing will be SVG's in both his Xfinity and Cup starts this year as the three-time Supercars champ aims to quickly advance through the world of stock car racing. He is under contract at Trackhouse Racing, which has formed an alliance with Kaulig.

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