DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have voted to designate “Darlington Raceway Week” for the days leading up to the Southern 500. The state Senate and House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution that names Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2016 as “Darlington Raceway Week, a Week Too Tough To Tame.” The resolution, led by state Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Hartsville, outlines…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Drivers Benny Parsons and Mark Martin and car owner Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress and Raymond Parks were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Parsons, the 1973 NASCAR premier series champion, was the first driver first driver to eclipse 200 mph. Parsons, also a longtime broadcaster, died in 2007 at age 65. Martin won…
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Matt Kenseth held off Kyle Larson in a thrilling run down the stretch to win a wreck-filled race Sunday at Dover International Speedway. Kenseth snapped a 17-race winless skid with his 37th career victory — and denied Larson his first win. “I got digging the best I could and tried to hold him off,” Kenseth said….
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — NASCAR announced a new format for the All-Star Race at Charlotte on Friday that will feature two 50-lap segments followed by a 13-lap shootout in which a portion of the field will be on fresh tires. The changes are intended to spice up the $1 million dash on May 21. Drivers will be required to…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — NASCAR has decided that Talladega Superspeedway won’t be an elimination race in next year’s championship Chase. The Alabama track swapped its date with Kansas Speedway in the most significant change to the 2017 schedule released Thursday. Talladega had been the third race in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship to…
Carl Edwards celebrates after winning the Sprint Cup auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., Sunday, April 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Chet Strange) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Carl Edwards had been grinding for 30 laps, doing everything he could to catch Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in a two-way breakaway from the pack at Richmond International Raceway. When…
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Carl Edwards avoided tire issues that hampered his teammates and took off on the final restart to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Starting on the pole for the second straight week, Edwards led 276 of 500 laps in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 Toyota en route to his first…
