3:02 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — As Brad Keselowski rattled off three consecutive wins to create a scenario where NASCAR’s “Big 3” had won just once in the last six races, there was some talk that

11:06 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Kyle Busch passed Brad Keselowski with 38 laps to go and held off hard-charging Kevin Harvick to win the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. Busch won for the 50th time in his career, the sixth time on the 0.75-mile oval and

3:48 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — Roush Fenway Racing has introduced veteran Ryan Newman as the driver of its No. 6 car for 2019. Newman will drive the car currently being shared by Matt Kenseth and

11:15 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. led a race-high 96 laps Friday night, but that wasn’t the coolest part of his lone Xfinity Series start of the 2018 season. Christopher Bell advanced to the second round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs Friday with his win at Richmond Raceway. Dale Earnhardt Jr.,

12:33 AM ET ESPN News Services RICHMOND, Va. — Christopher Bell took the lead away from Matt Tifft with 13 laps to go and won the opening race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs on Friday night. While finishing fourth in his lone race of the season was fun, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said the moments

8:17 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Kevin Harvick won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. Ryan Newman, who has one win in five years with Richard Childress Racing and is leaving that team after 2018, will drive for Roush Fenway Racing in 2019, a source told ESPN. Brad

12:34 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — Brad Keselowski‘s wife, Paige, skipped the race Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway so she could be with family who live in eastern North Carolina in the path of Hurricane

Sep 22, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season has been somewhat historic in the sense it is the first that three different drivers have won three consecutive races. Kevin Harvick rattled off

11:29 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Stewart-Haas Racing won a NASCAR Cup Series title in 2014 using chassis it bought and engines it leased from Hendrick Motorsports. The alliance ended following the 2016 season, but for all practical purposes,

4:02 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Brian France has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, according to a report by TMZ. There has been a lot of talk