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NASCAR's rising stars to watch in 2025

Just like any other sport, tomorrow's champion is always waiting in the wings and in the pinnacle of stock car racing, the final two steps before the big show are the NASCAR Truck and NASCAR Xfinity Series.

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The "weakness" van Gisbergen has identified to improve in NASCAR

It’s been a long year for Shane van Gisbergen. In his first season racing full-time in the USA, the New Zealander clocked up 33 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity series and 11 in the Cup series. After already changing bases once in his career, to Australia, he has criss-crossed North…

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The ten closest finishes of the 2024 NASCAR season

NASCAR's 2024 season saw record-breaking close finishes, with the Cup Series' Kansas race claiming the closest finish ever at 0.001 seconds — watch it here.

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De Minaur gives Australia a mighty Davis Cup boost

World No.9 Alex de Minaur's surprise inclusion has significantly boosted Australia's hopes of beating the USA in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in Spain.

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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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NASCAR Cup Series Fans React To Joey Logano Earning 3rd Championship

X (Twitter) users responded Sunday to driver Joey Logano claiming the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, 3rd title at Phoenix Raceway.

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NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison passes away, aged 86

1983 Cup Series champion and 2011 NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison has died, according to a release from the Allison family.

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Byron has "blocked out a ton of the noise" after Martinsville controversy

The driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet is making his second consecutive appearance in the Championship 4 — but he'd rather not repeat his 2023 performance.

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Five Story Lines to Watch Ahead of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Championship

A champion will be crowned at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday in a one-and-done race for the title that is sure to bring the drama.

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How NASCAR's Ross Chastain survives to drive: with meditative runs that make the "birds chirp louder"

This year hasn’t quite gone as Ross Chastain had planned: He narrowly missed making the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs despite consistently good results. His first win of the season finally came in late September (outside of the regular season) at Kansas Speedway — and Chastain credits his fitness regimen for…

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Sportsbook Lists Ryan Blaney As NASCAR Cup Series Title Favorite

According to BetOnline Sportsbook, Ryan Blaney (+275) earned the top sports-betting odds to capture the circuit championship Sunday at Phoenix.

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Weston-super-Mare’s heartbreak, Arsène Wenger and the debate over football governance

Decision to scrap FA Cup replays reopens discussion about what buckles next in an increasingly unsustainable calendar

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NASCAR makes major change to all-time wins list, ending 53-year controversy

For over half a century, controversy and debate surrounded a NASCAR Cup Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium on August 6, 1971.

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Women’s World Cup has the hallmarks of gamechanger for rugby union

Talking to World Rugby’s Sally Horrox is also to sense energy and momentum as England prepare to host the tournament

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Seeking Talladega redemption, can Michael McDowell be the next playoffs spoiler?

Michael McDowell is a pole miser as of late, earning his sixth pole of the 2024 season at Talladega Superspeedway -- a category where he leads all drivers so far this year. It's a tremendous feat for a driver who failed earn a single pole in the first 15 years…

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From dead last to playoff rival: How Harrison Burton shattered the points battle

Going into NASCAR's second-to-last race of the regular season at Daytona, Harrison Burton sat at 34th in the points among his full-time Cup competitors -- dead last. A solid battle between he and seasoned Cup veteran Kyle Busch, found Burton just ahead as they crossed the line with the checkered…

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The damning data behind Austin Dillon's unprecedented NASCAR penalty

After multiple days of deliberation and analysis, NASCAR issued a precedent-setting decision to penalize Austin Dillon for the controversial moves leading to his Richmond win. Dillon gets to keep the victory—trophy, money, and everything—but his automatic playoff berth has been revoked. Plus, both Dillon and the Richard Childress Racing team…

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Busch "would not have been able to race" without break due to injury

While on vacation, Busch appeared in photos with a brace around his left wrist. The 2x NASCAR Cup Series champion had sprained it in the closing laps of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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NASCAR Cup Indianapolis: Kyle Larson wins drama-filled Brickyard 400

Larson, who ran in the Indianapolis 500 earlier this season as part of an aborted attempt to do ‘the Double,’ picked up an anticlimactic win under caution in an otherwise drama-filled race on Sunday.

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NASCAR Cup Indianapolis: Reddick beats Elliott for Brickyard 400 pole

Reddick's No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota has shown speed since it first hit the track in Friday’s practice, when he was fastest in overall lap speed and in the 10-lap average.

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Kyle Larson's Return To Indianapolis Speedway

Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR champion, gears up for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis with renewed focus and appreciation for the iconic oval track.

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Drivers tackled tire test after 'head-scratching' spring Bristol race

Six Cup teams participated in a tire test on Tuesday at the concrete short track, and it remains unclear whether it resulted in any solid answers or will prompt a change in the tires used for the next event.

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"Anyone can be fast" - The evolution of NASCAR Cup champ Ryan Blaney

Blaney, the reigning Cup Series champion, picked up his second victory of the 2024 season on Sunday at Pocono Raceway, giving him consecutive multiple win seasons for the first time in his career.

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Spire Motorsports well on its way to building "the best team we can"

Haley’s improbable victory at Daytona came when his No. 77 team elected not to pit while the remaining lead lap cars did, betting the rain would come and the race may not restart.

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