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Daniel Hemric celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Avondale, Ariz. Hemric won the season title. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Hemric snatches Xfinity Series title as Gibbs wins a title

By Jenna Fryer Nov. 06, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

Chase Elliott (9) drives during a NASCAR Cup Series auto racing race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in Concord, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Larson wins Charlotte as Elliott and Harvick continue feud

By Jenna Fryer Oct. 10, 2021 06:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, file photo, Kevin Harvick waits in his garage before practice for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis. Chase Elliott, according to Harvick, doesn't race very smart. In fact, moving forward in NASCAR's playoffs, Harvick plans to run all over the reigning Cup champion. Those were the angry words Harvick had for Elliott after the race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Saturday, Sept. 18, where a feud no one saw coming took center stage. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Harvick out to stop earliest playoff elimination of career

By Jenna Fryer Oct. 09, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

Joey Logano (22) leads a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the end of the second stage as Austin Dillon (3), William Byron (24), Tyler Reddick (8) and Kyle Larson (5) follow at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Reddick lands NASCAR's final playoff spot despite crash

By Mark Long Aug. 29, 2021 03:09 PM EDT

Ryan Blaney celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Blaney wins at Daytona, Reddick earns final playoff berth

By Mark Long Aug. 28, 2021 11:14 PM EDT

Michael Annett (1) and Sam Mayer (8) crash during the early laps of the restart of the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/David Graham)
NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona

Aug. 28, 2021 01:09 PM EDT

Race fans relax in the infield waiting for the evening start of a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Daytona

Aug. 27, 2021 05:15 PM EDT

FILE - Tyler Reddick, left, and Austin Dillon talk before the first of two qualifying auto races for the NASCAR Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, file photo. There’s one guy Tyler Reddick doesn’t expect any help from at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night: His teammate. Reddick and fellow Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon are essentially battling each other for the 16th and final spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. And that makes teamwork at the 2½-mile superspeedway downright tricky, maybe even unthinkable, for the duo. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona

Aug. 27, 2021 11:41 AM EDT

Tyler Reddick (8) leaves the pit area with heavy damage after being involved in an incident on the track during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
Teammates Reddick, Dillon eye final playoff spot at Daytona

By Mark Long Aug. 27, 2021 10:59 AM EDT

Joey Logano (22) crashes into a tire wall during a NASCAR Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. (Randy Crist/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Allmendinger gets 1st Indy win in crash-marred Brickyard 200

By Michael Marot Aug. 15, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, Justin Marks walks through the garage during practice for the NASCAR Daytona 500 Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
Marks bypasses charters to buy entire Ganassi NASCAR team

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 02, 2021 05:15 PM EDT

Former Nascar driver Jeff Gordon exits a Hendrick Motorsports trailer to speak at a news conference before the scheduled races at Pocono Raceway, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Long Pond, Pa. It was announced Wednesday that Gordon was leaving the Fox Sports broadcast booth to become vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
NASCAR Hall of Famer Gordon ready for new role at Hendrick

By Dan Gelston Jun. 27, 2021 02:01 PM EDT

FILE - Jeff Gordon, right, celebrates his victory with team owner Rick Hendrick after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., in this Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, file photo. Jeff Gordon will leave the Fox Sports booth for a daily role at Hendrick Motorsports as vice chairman ranked second only to majority owner Rick Hendrick. The new job positions the four-time champion and Hall of Famer to eventually succeed Hendrick at the top of NASCAR’s winningest organization. (AP Photo/Bob Brodbeck, File)
Gordon to leave Fox Sports booth for daily role at Hendrick

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 23, 2021 01:47 PM EDT

Chase Elliott drives down the front stretch during a NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Larry Papke)
NASCAR All-Star race will be Texas-sized sendoff for Gossage

By Stephen Hawkins Jun. 12, 2021 02:06 PM EDT

Martin Truex Jr. (19) slides through Turn 12 after a crash as Chris Buescher (17) and Garrett Smithley (53) drive around during the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Chase Elliott wins rain-shortened NASCAR Cup debut in Austin

By Jim Vertuno May. 23, 2021 12:10 PM EDT

Martin Truex Jr. (19) does a burnout as he celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Elliott would love to find a way to be different at Richmond

By Hank Kurz Jr. Apr. 17, 2021 05:29 PM EDT

FILE - Hooters 500 winner Bill Elliott, left, and NASCAR Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki celebrate in Victory Lane following the Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., in this Nov. 15, 1992, file photo. Chase Elliott will honor the late Alan Kulwicki by racing the same Hooters paint scheme that was on Kulwicki’s car in the 1992 season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway when Kulwicki beat Bill Elliott for the Winston Cup title. Chase Elliott will run the paint scheme at Darlington Raceway on May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
NASCAR, motorsports approach to virus vaccine varies greatly

By Hank Kurz Jr. Apr. 16, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

Kevin Harvick makes a pit stop during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
NASCAR returns to its roots with 1st of 2 visits to Atlanta

By Paul Newberry Mar. 20, 2021 02:14 PM EDT

FILE - A crew member pours a sports drink over Kevin Harvick, from Bakersfiield, Calif., as he is interviewed in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cracker Barrel 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., in this March 11, 2001, file photo. Harvick returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the 20th anniversary of his emotional first Cup victory.(AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)
Harvick reflects on anniversary of emotional Atlanta victory

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 18, 2021 03:57 PM EDT

Daniel Suarez (99) and Kyle Larson (5) race through Turn 4 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway, Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Avondale, Ariz. Suarez was a guest analyst on Fox Sports for Saturday's Xfinity race. Suarez is the first Mexican analyst used in the broadcast of a NASCAR national series race and called a lap in his native Spanish. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)
Column: Suarez makes historical mark for himself, NASCAR

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 15, 2021 06:19 PM EDT