7:55 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-time Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin has been undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery as part of his treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Marlin’s daughter, Sutherlin House, announced Thursday that Marlin completed the third of four surgery stages this week at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He began the surgery

4:25 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Darrell Waltrip is set to take the checkered flag on his broadcasting career. The Fox Sports analyst will retire at the end of the network’s portion of the NASCAR schedule following the June 23 race at Sonoma Raceway in California. It will likely be the last time

1:00 AM ET Over the past month, as I’ve watched and conversed about NASCAR Cup Series racing, I haven’t been able to shake the voice of one particular sports superstar. It echoes over the sounds of 39 race cars on Sunday, the NASCAR radio call-in radio shows Monday and all of the NASCAR podcasts and

1:00 AM ET It’s easy to see how NASCAR can get lost amid the shuffle this time of year. You’ve got the NCAA tournament, MLB’s Opening Day, The Masters, NBA/NHL playoff pushes, and even WrestleMania coming up this weekend. But we just had a race at Texas that featured 26 lead changes, tied for the

2:12 PM ET It has long been considered bad luck, not to mention bad taste, for a NASCAR racer to roll into a speedway driving a pink race car. Even Dale Earnhardt, aka the Man in Black, suffered a lifetime of ribbing about his very first racing machine, a 1956 Ford painted door-to-door in pink,

7:04 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Denny Hamlin overcame two penalties on pit road and won the NASCAR Cup race at Texas, where Kyle Busch missed out on the chance for a tripleheader weekend sweep and pole sitter Jimmie Johnson‘s career-worst winless streak stretched to 66 races. Hamlin led the final 12

5:30 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch has set himself up for the chance at a Texas three-step. Busch rocketed ahead of Tyler Reddick on the final restart with six laps remaining and won the NASCAR Xfinity race Saturday, setting up the possibility of a tripleheader weekend sweep at Texas Motor

1:25 AM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch raced to his fourth straight NASCAR Trucks Series victory Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch pushed his NASCAR-record victory total to 202 and his Truck record to 55. Busch had plenty of challengers, but still led 97 laps in the No. 51 Toyota,

9:50 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Jimmie Johnson will start on the pole at Texas, where he is a seven-time winner. With Johnson leading the way after a final-stage fast lap of 188.890 mph, Hendrick Motorsports took the top three qualifying spots Friday. William Byron was second, and Chase Elliott third. NASCAR

12:11 PM ET Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Marty Smith and Ryan McGee get some face time with the