3:25 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — Daniel Hemric flirted with going to other teams but will replace Ryan Newman in the NASCAR Cup Series at Richard Childress Racing starting in 2019. Hemric is second in the
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7:10 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We have some advice for you, Mr. Phelps. Steve Phelps moves into his new role as NASCAR president come Monday morning. He’s worked for NASCAR since 2004, so he’s intimately
10:37 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NEWTON, N.C. — Jordan Anderson, a popular competitor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according
9:45 AM ET Ah, the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval. So weird, so challenging, so divisive — and it has yet to host a lap of actual racing. As unique as the 17-turn, 2-point-something-mile road course/oval hybrid might be, it isn’t alone. Since NASCAR’s first “Strictly Stock” season in 1949, the series now known as Monster
11:00 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FAIRFAX, Va. — Erik Jones didn’t mope Sunday about his perilous spot following the first two NASCAR Cup Series playoff races. He didn’t go out on Lake Norman and hang with other drivers
3:36 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports JTG Daugherty Racing will release AJ Allmendinger following the 2018 season. The 36-year-old Allmendinger, who is completing the third year of what was previously announced as a five-year deal through 2020, was 27th
11:47 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The Charlotte Motor Speedway road course will be new to everyone this weekend as the first races will be held on it. Both the Xfinity and Cup series will race on Charlotte’s road
12:00 PM ET Ricky Craven Close Ricky Craven is a driver with wins in all of NASCAR’s top three series, including rookie of the year titles in both the 1992 Nationwide Series and 1995 Sprint Cup series. He currently serves as a NASCAR analyst on ESPN studio programs. My first impression when driving NASCAR’s new
3:00 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The NASCAR Silly Season — when people will figure out what team they will be on and what they will drive in 2019 — appears as unpredictable as whether a team will have
9:19 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Denny Hamlin knows what he faces to try to advance to the next round of the NASCAR playoffs. And as he left Richmond Raceway following a 16th-place finish Saturday night, he didn’t really