Charlotte’s William Byron wins pole for NASCAR at Darlington
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The 2025 Homestead race weekend is earlier in the schedule this season, but should be similarly entertaining as the spring stretch begins in south Florida.
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Byron led the first 243 laps before his strategy went awry on the final pit stop.
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Yardbarker on MSNDarlington finish proves pit road is where NASCAR races are won and lostPit road isn't the only factor that goes into winning a NASCAR race, but like the trenches in an NFL game, it's an aspect that can often be the deciding factor. So far this season, Hamlin's pit crew has a clutch gene. It appears that Blaney's pit crew does not.
Denny Hamlin earned his 55th career NASCAR Cup Series victory, moving into a tie with Rusty Wallace for 11th on the all-time win list in NASCAR’s premier series. With his first victory in just over 10 years at the 0.526-mile oval, Hamlin snapped a 31-race winless skid that dated to April 2024 at Dover.
On Sunday, the 75-year-old broadcaster worked alongside Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer up in the booth at Martinsville, covering a race that ended with Denny Hamlin leading the final 73 laps and taking the checkered flag with a four-plus second lead over the second-place finisher and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell.
With the two leaders side-by-side coming off Turn 4, Bell prevailed in the drag race back to the finish line to win by .049 seconds, the second-closest margin of victory in Phoenix history and the closest since the frontstretch was moved from what is now the back straightaway to the dogleg in 2018.
Austin Hill emerged victorious in Saturday night's NASCAR Xfinity Series US Marine Corps 250 at Martinsville Speedway, but the only people who will likely remember that fact are Hill and his No ...
The NASCAR Cup Series has completed the first short track race of the year, with Denny Hamlin winning Sunday's Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin led 274 laps to earn his sixth career victory at his home track in Martinsville. He pulled away from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell, giving the team a 1-2 finish.
However, NASCAR called a caution flag due to a crash coming to the finish line on the final lap, and as a result, the running order was frozen just hundreds of feet before the cars collected the ...
Chase Elliott’s top-10 finish wiped out after a controversial NASCAR penalty. The ruling changed his race outcome and raised questions about enforcement.