10:18 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will work his first Kentucky Derby on Saturday as part of his expanding role with NBC Sports. The retired NASCAR superstar is also slated to cover his first Indianapolis 500 later this month. Earnhardt will work alongside reporter Rutledge Wood at Churchill Downs as

5:45 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump welcomed NASCAR champion Joey Logano — and his race car — to the White House. Trump celebrated the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Tuesday on the South Lawn, along with team owner Roger Penske. With Logano’s car parked nearby, Trump praised the driver and called

1:38 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Austin Wayne Self has been reinstated by NASCAR following a violation of the substance abuse policy. The Truck Series driver completed a mandatory recovery program before he was approved Tuesday to race again. Self can compete as early as Friday at Dover International Speedway. NASCAR also on

5:56 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Chase Elliott has won the Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, giving Chevrolet its first victory of the season. Elliott took the lead shortly after a restart with four laps to go and worked with three other Chevy drivers to hold off the rest of the field.

1:13 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — The four Joe Gibbs Racing cars and both Roush Fenway rides will start at the rear at Talladega Superspeedway. NASCAR announced less than two hours before Sunday’s Cup series race that they were among eight penalized for unapproved adjustments. That includes points leader Kyle Busch, Daytona 500

6:21 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Austin Dillon will start on the pole at Talladega Superspeedway. What happens from there is anybody’s guess. Dillon celebrated his 29th birthday by posting the highest speed in qualifying Saturday at 192.544 mph for his second pole of the year. Aric Almirola, who won at Talladega in

5:42 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tyler Reddick held off Gray Gaulding in a two-lap shootout to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway for his first victory of the year. Reddick withstood a last-lap move by Gaulding to survive the caution-packed race and overcame a speeding penalty on pit

1:46 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Austin Dillon faces possible penalties after NASCAR confiscated the rear deck lid of his car. NASCAR said Saturday penalties for the noncompliant part on Dillon’s No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet could be announced as early as post-race Sunday night at Talladega Superspeedway. Dillon, the 2018 Daytona

8:21 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Drivers are even less certain than usual about what to expect at Talladega Superspeedway given a new package that NASCAR is still adjusting on the fly. To Clint Bowyer, that unpredictability at least makes it anything but boring. “If you woke up every day of your life

1:00 AM ET There is a woman in a wedding dress, walking. OK, actually it’s half of a wedding dress. The bottom is a white gown, the trim stained with red clay mud dust. The top is black, a jacket that appears to be sewn to the lower half, with a giant slanted white No.