8:20 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski said he was sending a message by intentionally running into William Byron during practice Thursday for the upcoming Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway. Keselowski was upset about Byron’s blocking a year ago at Daytona and retaliated during the second of two practice

7:32 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There are few venues on NASCAR’s schedule quite like Daytona International Speedway in July. Sweltering summer heat and humidity with rain and lightning always lurking. Kiddie pools and American flags everywhere. A usually intense night race on a slippery surface. An over-the-top fireworks display afterward. It’s

1:35 PM ET Welcome to the winner’s club, Alex Bowman. I’m not in it, but I’ve met people who are, and they all seem really happy about their decision to join. It’s a select club, only 192 members. A Google search tells me there are 134,000 people in Mensa. That’s about 698 times more people

9:33 PM ET Associated Press Alex Bowman has raced to his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory, leading a terrific performance for Hendrick Motorsports at Chicagoland Speedway. Bowman had one of the fastest cars during practice, and the strength of his No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet showed after the race was delayed by a summer storm.

7:56 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Austin Dillon has won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Dillon recorded a top lap of 176.263 mph in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. It’s the sixth career pole for the 29-year-old Dillon, who is seeking his first Cup Series

6:57 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Cole Custer held off Joey Logano on Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway for his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season. The 21-year-old Custer had the strongest car all day long, leading 151 of the 200 laps for the 300-mile race. But he had to come back

12:17 AM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway for the second year Friday night, building a big lead for his second victory of the season. And this time the defending series champion got to celebrate with a burnout in the No. 24 GMS Racing

5:18 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Christopher Bell plans to stay with Joe Gibbs Racing for at least one more year. The 24-year-old Bell has re-signed with JGR for 2020, but he isn’t sure if he will be staying in the NASCAR Xfinity Series or moving up to the Cup Series. “I’m good

3:20 PM ET Sonoma gave the Cup series its first taste of road course racing of the season. Is it me or does three road races (one of those being on a “roval”) not seem like enough over a 36-race schedule? We didn’t get a thriller, just the stage breaks for cautions and seven lead