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Chase Elliott does a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
New Attitude Elliott? Chase prefers a practical approach

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 28, 2022 01:17 PM EDT

Chase Elliott holds the guitar presented to him after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AUTO RACING: Road courses ahead for NASCAR, F1 and IndyCar

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2022 11:58 AM EDT

Chase Elliott poses with his guitar and trophy after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Column: Chase Elliott pushes to race Nashville Fairgrounds

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 27, 2022 02:33 PM EDT

Jourdan Osinskie, the jack man on the pit crew for driver Todd Gilliland, tries to dry off their pit box during a storm delay at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Chase Elliott needs nearly 7 hours to win at Nashville

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 27, 2022 12:10 AM EDT

Jourdan Osinskie, the jack man on the pit crew for driver Todd Gilliland, tries to dry off their pit box during a storm delay at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Speedway Motorsports founder remembered at NASCAR race

By Teresa M. Walker Jun. 26, 2022 11:19 PM EDT

Drivers pass under the green flag to start a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Allgaier dominates at Nashville to win Xfinity Series race

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 25, 2022 06:16 PM EDT

Driver Martin Truex Jr. looks at his phone as he rides in a golf cart after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race qualifying session Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Hamlin to lead field to green at hot Nashville Superspeedway

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 25, 2022 02:51 PM EDT

Martin Truex Jr. (19) drives during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway, Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Madison, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Truex Jr. tells Joe Gibbs Racing he's returning in 2023

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 25, 2022 10:05 AM EDT

Ryan Preece makes it 2 for 2 at Nashville in NASCAR Trucks

Jun. 24, 2022 11:35 PM EDT
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Preece won for the second straight year at Nashville Superspeedway and gave David Gilliland Racing its second consecutive NASCAR Camping...

Richard Petty talks with NASCAR drivers, including Ryan Blaney, lower left, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., upper left, before a group photo Friday, June 3, 2022, to promote the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill. Petty won the Cup championship seven times. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)
Stenhouse signs multi-year contract extension with JTG

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 24, 2022 06:03 PM EDT

Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, prepares to drive before the final practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Castroneves hoping SRX win leads to seat in Daytona 500

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 24, 2022 01:40 PM EDT

FILE - Alex Bowman waits for the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on June 20, 2021, in Lebanon, Tenn. Bowman felt he underperformed last year when NASCAR brought the Cup Series back to the Nashville area for the first time in 37 years. He's now seeking a stronger showing Sunday, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Alex Bowman seeks big Nashville weekend for sponsor Ally

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 24, 2022 01:04 PM EDT

Jimmie Johnson sits in his pit box before the final practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, May 27, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Johnson eyeing IndyCar, IMSA and Le Mans for 2023 schedule

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 23, 2022 11:14 AM EDT

North Carolina sports betting legislation falters in House

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 22, 2022 09:09 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that would have authorized sports betting across all of North Carolina fell apart late Wednesday as the House narrowly rejected a...

FILE -New Hampshire Motor Speedway Chairman of the Board Bruton Smith speaks during a news conference at the track, Friday July 15, 2011, in Loudon, N.H. Bruton Smith, a North Carolina native and entrepreneur who fell in love with auto racing and parlayed it into a career as an eccentric and successful promoter, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 of natural causes. He was 95. His death was confirmed by Speedway Motorsports, the company he founded and owns and operates 11 race tracks across the United States. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 22, 2022 04:45 PM EDT

Bruton Smith, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and one of the series' most eccentric and successful promoters, dies at 95

Jun. 22, 2022 04:39 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bruton Smith, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and one of the series' most eccentric and successful promoters, dies at 95. ...

Red Bull Racing Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, is sprayed with champagne by members of his team after winning the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday, June 19, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
AUTO RACING: NASCAR's top 3 series heading to Nashville

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2022 11:32 AM EDT

El mexicano Daniel Suárez festeja su victoria bebiendo vivo en la NASCAR Cup Series en Sonoma, California, el domingo 12 de junio de 2022. (AP Foto/D. Ross Cameron)
Column: Trackhouse in Nashville as NASCAR's hottest team

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 20, 2022 03:57 PM EDT

Todd Gilliland, center right, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Truck Series auto race Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)
Todd Gilliland wins NASCAR Truck race on dirt at Knoxville

Jun. 18, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

SRX hopes second season is another surprise summer smash

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 17, 2022 03:32 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman does want not to be the hero or the villain or anything else in the six-race Superstar Racing Experience. He plans to just be...