11:18 PM ET ESPN News Services STERLING, Conn. — Modified stock car great Michael Stefanik has been killed in a single-engine plane crash. He was 61. State police said the crash happened Sunday afternoon in Sterling, Connecticut, near the Rhode Island state line. They said the single-engine, single-seat Aerolite 103 took off from the Riconn

10:23 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Martin Truex Jr. raced his way into the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs with a victory Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the opening round of the postseason. The win is Truex’s series-best fifth of the season and again cemented Joe Gibbs Racing as the team

11:10 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Tyler Reddick stretched his final tank of fuel Saturday to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and wrap up the regular-season championship. Christopher Bell had the most dominant car, but Reddick’s Richard Childress Racing team gambled on fuel strategy to beat Bell

5:16 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Stewart-Haas Racing surged into the opening race of NASCAR’s playoffs with a Clint Bowyer-led sweep of the front two rows at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing, meanwhile, struggled across the board in its preparation for Sunday’s opening playoff race. While SHR put its four Fords

11:53 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Austin Hill passed Ross Chastain with 11 laps to go and pulled away to win Friday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the final race of the first round of the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series playoffs. Hill and Chastain earned spots in the Round of

10:59 AM ET After 26 races, we welcome you to the playoffs that, for the first time, do not feature Jimmie Johnson. It’s been a rough couple years, but when you have seven championships on your resume you can take a couple body shots and not let it ruin your reputation. Look at the late

10:45 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Paul Menard will retire at the end of the season and Wood Brothers Racing has hired Matt DiBenedetto to replace him in the iconic No. 21 Ford. Menard has driven for Wood Brothers for two seasons, but has spent 16 years in the Cup Series. On Tuesday,

6:17 PM ET Associated Press Kevin Harvick won the Brickyard 400 for the second time, beating Joey Logano by 6.118 seconds in a crash-marred Sunday race that ended Jimmie Johnson‘s perfect playoff run. Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman claimed the final two spots in the 16-driver field while Johnson was eliminated for the first time.

6:17 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson drove through pit road with his rear bumper dangling off the back, already aware of the consequences when he parked the car. His chance at ending a 27-month victory drought with a record-tying fifth Brickyard 400 win gone. His quest for a record-breaking eighth series put

6:33 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Busch held off Justin Allgaier for the final four laps to win the NASCAR Xfinity race at Indianapolis by 0.132 seconds Saturday. The victory was the 96th of Busch’s career, the most by any driver in series history. It also was Busch’s fourth win in Indy’s Xfinity