6:49 AM ET As you read this on your electronic device, your favorite NASCAR Cup Series is likely strapped into their own much larger electronic device, running virtual laps on a racetrack that they have never driven before, built inside a racetrack that they have all raced on so many times before. Yes, that’s a

8:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series is back at Daytona International Speedway this weekend, but on the road course. The Go Bowling 235 will be held on Sunday, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. Kevin Harvick swept the Michigan doubleheader last weekend. But who will take the checkered flag this time? Senior

1:49 PM ET More than seven of 10 sports fans support teams and athletes speaking out on issues of social justice and racial equality, according to an online survey of 837 sports fans conducted for ESPN. Of the 71% of fans who supported athletes speaking out, 44% strongly supported it. Nearly half of the fans

10:50 AM ET Associated Press Corporate interest in Bubba Wallace has picked up momentum and NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver has signed a new sponsor that includes funding for his Richard Petty Motorports team. Columbia Sportswear Co. on Wednesday announced a multiyear sponsorship with Wallace as a brand ambassador that will also put the company

10:00 AM ET Associated Press Roush Fenway Racing announced a 12-race sponsorship deal Wednesday with Guaranteed Rate to fund Ryan Newman‘s car through the remainder of the 2020 NASCAR season. The deal between Roush and the retail mortgage lender is a large one in the current economic climate; teams are piecing together funding in small

1:47 PM ET Associated Press The path to landing a Cup Series ride with Joe Gibbs Racing was bumpy for Christopher Bell, who was hired for the coveted job after the team told Erik Jones he was being let go at the end of the season. The decision by Gibbs blindsided Jones, who thought talks

10:47 AM ET Associated Press Spire Motorsports said Tuesday it has purchased the NASCAR charter and assets of Leavine Family Racing, which is closing its team at the end of this season. The purchase of the No. 95 from Bob Leavine gives Spire a second guaranteed spot in Cup Series races, the Leavine race shop

4:47 PM ET Associated Press HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Christopher Bell is returning to Joe Gibbs Racing and will drive the No. 20 Toyota in the Cup Series in 2021. Bell will replace Erik Jones, whose contract with JGR expires at the end of this season. Jones has two wins in 133 Cup Series starts. Bell

7:58 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kevin Harvick completed a doubleheader sweep at Michigan International Speedway, holding off Denny Hamlin in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race after Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney crashed out early in the final stage. Hamlin was right behind Harvick for the final few laps and came

3:29 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print BROOKLYN, Mich. — Aric Almirola is one of several drivers sent to the back of the field for the start of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan. Almirola is going to the backup car. Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman, Chris Buescher, Michael McDowell,