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For the Cup: Legge and other extraordinary women who’ve raced NASCAR

When Katherine Legge takes the green flag in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, she will become the 17th different woman to compete at the top level of stock car racing and the first in over seven years. The British racer will also be just the third woman…

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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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Ricky Stenhouse Jr wins dramatic Talladega Cup race in photo finish

Talladega Superspeedway was action-packed from start to finish, featuring the biggest 'Big One' in NASCAR Cup Series history and a three-wide photo finish.

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Breaking down the NASCAR Cup playoffs: How it works in the modern era

The regular 2024 NASCAR Cup series season may have closed at Darlington, crowning Tyler Reddick its champion, but the 2024 Series title is far from settled. That's all determined in the next 10 races as part of the Cup playoffs. If you're already lost, or a fan who needs a…

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Chase Briscoe just gave Stewart-Haas one last shot at NASCAR glory

Stewart-Haas Racing's 15-year story in NASCAR will come to an end in just ten weeks, but after a miracle moment in Darlington, the team's 323 employees have something fight for until that day comes: the Cup Series championship.

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How NASCAR's unlikely return to Rockingham was made possible for 2025

Rockingham Speedway is back (again) in the latest effort to return NASCAR racing to the historic venue. During the only off-weekend for the Cup Series in 2025 (Easter), the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series will head to ‘The Rock’ in a stunning revival of the North Carolina track. The Trucks…

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Custer to make NASCAR Cup return with Haas Factory Team in 2025

Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer will return as a full-time competitor in the Cup Series next season with a squad run by Haas Formula 1 founder Gene Haas.

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Chase Briscoe laments 'bittersweet' final Brickyard 400 for SHR

SHR driver Kevin Harvick – now retired from full-time NASCAR Cup competition – won the last two 400-mile races on the IMS oval before the Cup series began using the IMS Road Course in 2021.

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Veteran crew chief Rodney Childers to join Spire Motorsports in 2025

Childers, the winningest active crew chief in the Cup Series, signed a multi-year contract to lead Spire’s No. 7 Chevrolet team and driver Corey LaJoie starting in 2025.

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Logano fine with NASCAR waiting for Larson "as long as it’s within reason"

Larson is driving the No. 17 Arrow McLaren-Hendrick Chevrolet in the 108th running of the Indy 500 while also competing full-time in the Cup Series in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. He currently leads the regular season standings and is locked into the 2024 Cup Series playoffs via…

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Harvick: Working with Hendrick "a peek behind the curtain"

Harvick, who retired from full-time competition in the Cup Series at the end of last season, was asked by Hendrick Motorsports team owner Rick Hendrick if he would run Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet in All-Star Race practice on Friday at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.

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Van Gisbergen hopes to get "in a seat in the Cup Series next year"

The three-time Supercars champion became the first driver in more than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when captured the victory in the inaugural Chicago Street Race last July driving for Trackhouse Racing.

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Stenhouse signs multi-year extension to remain in NASCAR Cup Series

Stenhouse, 36, who gave the team its first Daytona 500 victory in 2023, has competed full-time in the Cup Series for 12 seasons but said he has found a home with JTGD.

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Noah Gragson adds NASCAR Xfinity, ARCA races to 2024 schedule

Gragson, who drives the No. 10 Ford full-time in the Cup Series for Stewart-Haas Racing, will compete in several Xfinity and ARCA events this season with Rette Jones Racing.

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Larson earns third straight NASCAR Cup pole, beating Gibbs at Texas

Larson was the only driver to break into the 28.3s in the final round of qualifying, earning his 19th career pole. It was another milestone for Hendrick Motorsports, capturing its 250th pole in the Cup Series.

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Repaved North Wilkesboro Speedway "not even the same track"

Again this season, the iconic 0.625-mile track will host two days of racing, a Truck Series race on May 18 followed by the Cup Series’ all-star race on May 19.

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IMS' Boles "pleasantly surprised" with NASCAR return to oval

In an interview with Motorsport.com, IMS president Doug Boles said ticket sales for the Cup Series’ first race on the 2.5-mile oval since 2020 have been up year-over-year since the announcement of its return last September.

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Q&A: NASCAR executive talks expansion into Brazil

In late 2022, GT Sprint Race formed a partnership with NASCAR was rebranded as the NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race for 2023.

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Joe Gibbs Racing expands Xfinity team, adds several new drivers

With John-Hunter Nemechek moving up to the Cup Series and Sammy Smith departing the team for JR Motorsports, there were multiple openings at Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) for 2024.

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What's next for Trackhouse Racing's Project 91 NASCAR ride?

Trackhouse Racing co-owner Justin Marks first announced the organization’s Project 91 program in May 2022, a plan to expand its international reach by fielding the part-time No. 91 Chevrolet entry in the Cup Series for international racing drivers.

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Media rights and charters unresolved after milestone NASCAR year

The 2023 season saw NASCAR’s return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its Garage 56 entry, its first-ever street race in the Cup series through the Grant Park area of Chicago and 50 percent more sellouts at Cup races than a year ago.

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2023 NASCAR Phoenix finale schedule, entry list, and how to watch

All three national divisions will be crowning a champion this weekend, so let's take a look at them all, starting with the Cup Series.

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Ford to debut 'Dark Horse' Mustang for 2024 NASCAR Cup season

Ford Performance unveiled a new-version Mustang to compete in the Cup Series beginning next season which is based on the Mustang ‘Dark Horse,’ the seventh generation Mustang.

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NASCAR issues rash of Cup, Xfinity and Truck penalties

In the Cup Series, Ryan Newman, who has been competing with Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 team was assessed a $10,000 fine for a safety violation discovered in practice and qualifying related to driver protective clothing and equipment.

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Matt Mills secures full-time NASCAR Truck ride for 2024

Mills replaces the outgoing Carson Hocevar, who will move to the Cup Series with Spire Motorsports next year. Hocevar has won three races so far this year and remains in contention for the title.

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