2:44 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — NASCAR is set for a tripleheader of racing at Pocono Raceway from three national series on Sunday. NASCAR says it’s the first time three NASCAR National Series races will be raced on the same day at the same track. It will be the fifth time three

7:26 PM ET ESPN News Services LONG POND, Pa. — Kevin Harvick snapped an 0-for-38 drought at Pocono Raceway, taking the checkered flag Saturday on one of three tracks where victory had eluded him. Harvick won the first of two NASCAR Cup races in front of no fans this weekend at Pocono and will start

6:55 AM ET Mirko Vitali was relaxing with friends on Giglio Island, just off the coast of Italy, when he learned about his unintended role in a major story in the United States. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees had used the Italy-based photographer’s “handshake against racism” image — that’s what Vitali called the photo,

7:17 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Being an agent of change in NASCAR cuts both ways for Bubba Wallace. He is seen as a hero to some, particularly those who have longed for a Black driver to shake things up in a predominantly white sport. To others, the 26-year-old Wallace represents something

4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services DANBURY, N.C. — The owner of a North Carolina racetrack advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale in a social media marketplace days after NASCAR announced a noose had been found in the garage of driver Bubba Wallace, who is Black, at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Mike Fulp, the owner of

1:32 PM ET NASCAR on Thursday completed its investigation into the garage pull rope formed as a noose that was found in Bubba Wallace‘s garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, with president Steve Phelps saying “our initial reaction was to protect our driver.” NASCAR released an image of the noose that was found in the

2:27 PM ET ESPN News Services New Hampshire Motor Speedway will allow fans in the grandstands and suites for the Aug. 2 NASCAR Cup Series race. Fans will be subject to social distancing requirements and additional health and safety protocols. New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s modified protocols will include social distancing in the grandstands and concession

1:46 PM ET Bubba Wallace is thankful that a noose found in his garage at Talladega Superspeedway wasn’t intended for him, but he doesn’t think the ensuing investigation was an overreaction. “Are we hypersensitive to everything that’s going on in the world now? Absolutely,” Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, told ESPN’s First Take on

9:20 PM ET Sonoma Raceway officials are conducting an investigation after “a piece of twine tied in what appeared to be a noose” was found “hanging from a tree on raceway property” on Saturday, the California track’s president said in a statement. “Our staff, on-site business tenants and local law enforcement have been contacted and

5:33 PM ET ESPN News Services The FBI has determined that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime and that a pull rope fashioned like a noose had been on a garage door at Talladega Superspeedway since as early as October, NASCAR said Tuesday. “The FBI report concludes, and photographic