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Denny Hamlin leads trio of Toyotas in dominant Martinsville NASCAR Cup win

It was a dominant showing for Denny Hamlin at Martinsville, leading over half the race (274 of 400 laps) in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. This is Hamlin's first win of the 2025 season and the 55th of his career -- tying Rusty Wallace for 11th on the…

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Larson thinks he would have "about 50 Cup wins right now” without Next Gen car

Kyle Larson is one of the top drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series right now, but switch from the Gen-6 to the current Gen-7 race car is something that he believes put a notable dent in his stats page.

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FOX explains why IndyCar race at Thermal switched to NASCAR Cup at Homestead

IndyCar broadcast freezes, switches to NASCAR on FOX due to technical issue, causing 20-minute delay and missing pit stops.

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Runaway wheels and a day for the underdogs: Winners and losers from NASCAR in Vegas

Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing have dominated the NASCAR Cup at Las Vegas for the last three seasons, which has also been the case in the first four races of the new year. But Sunday showcased the strengths of drivers outside of the Hendrick and JGR-circle like Berry, Suarez,…

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Driving for the Wood Brothers, Josh Berry earns first NASCAR Cup win

Josh Berry wins NASCAR Cup Series race with Wood Brothers Racing, earning his first career victory.

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Joey Logano is “mad at something” after every Cup race this year

Joey Logano struggles in NASCAR Cup Series, leading laps but plagued by crashes and mistakes, seeking turnaround.

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Katherine Legge's eventful NASCAR Cup debut ends 100 laps shy of the finish

Katherine Legge's goal in her first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race was "to be respectful of the leaders and stay out of the way." Driving the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet, she started from the rear of the 37-car field and planned to do just that.

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Bell earns third straight NASCAR Cup win, beating Hamlin by just 0.049s

Christopher Bell was just a few laps away from a fairly calm victory at Phoenix Raceway when the caution flag flew for his teammate Ty Gibbs, who suffered a brake failure. This set-up a two-lap dash to the checkered flag where Bell had to fend off another Joe Gibbs Racing…

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2025 NASCAR Cup Phoenix official race results

The official race results from the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, where Christopher Bell beat Denny Hamlin to claim his third straight win.

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Katherine Legge takes next step in NASCAR career with Cup debut at Phoenix

Katherine Legge — a name many have seen across various racing paddocks over the years, particularly as a veteran sports car and IndyCar driver — will make her NASCAR Cup Series debut at Phoenix Raceway this weekend. The 44-year-old becomes just the 17th woman to ever compete at the highest…

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NASCAR Cup Richmond: Austin Dillon wrecks his way into the playoffs

Dillon, who had a fast car all weekend, worked his way around Denny Hamlin for the lead late in the race and appeared headed to victory when a wreck with less than two of 400 laps remaining sent the race into overtime.

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Indy 500 champ Josef Newgarden would "love to drive a NASCAR Cup car"

Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn., was a guest at Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway and the back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion reiterated his desire to one day drive in NASCAR.

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NASCAR Cup Sonoma: Pit strategy propels Kyle Larson to win

Many of the planned strategies in Sunday’s race went awry with seven cautions in the first 41 laps and that prompted Larson’s crew chief Cliff Daniels to run Larson as long as possible in the final stage before making his final stop.

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Gateway NASCAR Cup: Cindric earns shock win as Blaney runs out of fuel

Blaney, the reigning series champion, looked primed to pick up his first win of the 2024 season after surviving a wild duel with Christopher Bell.

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The exclusive list of NASCAR Cup champions with Indy 500 starts

Only five NASCAR Cup Series drivers have ventured into the world of American open-wheel racing. Among that group, only five were or went on to be Cup champions. Kyle Larson will be the sixth when he takes the green flag in the 2024 Indianapolis 500.

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Kansas NASCAR Cup: Larson beats Buescher in closest finish in history

Chris Buescher and Kyle Larson raced side by side off Turn 4 on the final lap of overtime and stayed that way as they took the checkered flag.

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NASCAR Cup Talladega: Reddick escapes chaos for dramatic win

23XI Racing's Reddick led on the penultimate lap, but Brad Keselowski pushed Michael McDowell back out front and into the lead as the field went into Turns 1 and 2.

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Ty Gibbs leads NASCAR Cup practice at Texas; Busch and Johnson crash

Gibbs led the way overall and among Group A drivers, running a fast lap at 190.510mph. He was followed by Brad Keselowski in second, who had a bit of a moment early in the session.

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NASCAR Cup Las Vegas: Larson sees off Reddick for first win of the season

While Larson statistically dominated the race – winning both of the opening stages and leading 181 of 267 laps – the end of each stage came down to a one-on-one battle between Larson and Reddick.

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NASCAR Cup: Daniel Suarez wins wild Atlanta race in three-wide photo finish

Suarez, who had recovered from a multi-car accident on the second lap, lost the lead on a restart with five of 260 laps remaining, but was able to power to the outside lane on the final lap as Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney raced side-by-side.

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Toyota unveils redesigned Camry XSE for NASCAR Cup Series

Toyota unveiled a newly designed Camry XSE car that will make its debut in the 2024 NASCAR Cup season. The Camry XSE Next Gen follows the Toyota Camry TRD Next Gen, which produced 18 victories and 25 poles during the last two seasons of competition.

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The many surprise driver cameos of the 2023 NASCAR Cup season

As for why that may be, the new car itself has to be part of it. The addition of several more road courses, the NASCAR Garage 56 entry at Le Mans, as well as innovative programmes such as Project91 and others like it have all helped to lure several international…

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NASCAR Cup Phoenix: Blaney claims title as Chastain wins season finale

Chastain was eliminated early in the Cup playoffs and led just one lap in the previous nine races, but his Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet led 157 of the 312 laps on Sunday.

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Bubba Wallace leads NASCAR Cup practice at Homestead; Logano wrecks

It’s actually the first start at the track for Wallace since 2021 as he was serving a one-race suspension from NASCAR at this race one year ago for intentionally wrecking another opponent.

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NASCAR Cup Las Vegas: Larson holds off Bell in close battle for win

Despite Larson winning both stages and leading a race-high 133 of 267 laps, his victory on Sunday was anything but easy.

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