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Sheldon Creed wins Chase opener at Darlington, closes championship gapDARLINGTON, S.C. - It took 138 races for Sheldon Creed to finally claim his first career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at Atlanta this February. On Saturday night, he earned his second trophy -- and the timing couldn't be better with the Californian opening the nine-race Chase for the se...

Expect a wild night in regular-season finale at DaytonaWith drivers still chasing playoff points and a giant question mark in store for them this weekend, the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series campaign's regular-season finale could be 160 hectic laps at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night in Daytona Beach, Fla.,The Coke Zero Sugar 400 has had a Ford i...

Suspect charged in burglary of late Greg Biffle's homeA suspect has been arrested in the burglary of Greg Biffle's home, which happened just three weeks after the former NASCAR driver died in a plane crash.,Police in Iredell County, N.C., announced the arrest Tuesday of Terrell Williams, 44, of Stone Mountain, Ga. He faces multiple felony charges, incl...

Homestead-Miami to remain NASCAR's season-ender in 2027

Homestead-Miami Speedway will host the NASCAR Cup Series and two other season-finale races for the second consecutive year in November 2027, NASCAR announced on Tuesday.,The 1.5-mile oval in Homestead, Fla. -- the site of championship weekend for this coming Nov. 6-8 -- will also be the site for the...

Connor Zilisch joining Hendrick Motorsports for 2028 season

NASCAR rookie Connor Zilisch signed a multiyear deal on Monday to drive the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports starting in the 2028 season.,Zilisch, who currently races for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series, will replace Alex Bowman, who first raced for Hendrick in 2016 but has annou...

Austin Dillon chasing three-peat at Richmond Raceway

Richmond Raceway gets its turn Saturday night -- the only shot the D-shaped, 3/4-mile short track has -- at delivering its special brand of excitement in the Cook Out 400 (7 p.m., USA Network).,If the NASCAR Cup Series group is lucky -- the 300-mile race, the season's 24th -- will be a return to for...

Carson Kvapil pulls away in OT at Iowa Speedway for second straight OAP win

NEWTON, Iowa -- The "new" Carson Kvapil is now two-for-two.,In his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race since claiming his first career victory July 25 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kvapil again found his way to Victory Lane on Saturday in the Hy-Vee Perks 250 -- this time in two overtimes...

Ryan Blaney holds off Kyle Larson to claim pole position at Iowa Corn 350

One solid month of races -- four events in what will likely be a sauna-like August -- is all that remains to set the first Chase field of 16 drivers to race for 10 weeks and determine the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship.,The first of the final four happens Sunday at Iowa Speedway with the Iowa C...