May 2, 2020 Kevin Matz NASCAR is back in action Sunday (3:30 pm ET) at Darlington Raceway. It’s been nine weeks since drivers turned laps during a live competition, with Darlington the first stop on a modified schedule that seeks to complete a full season by November. NASCAR has implemented format changes that will minimize

3:35 PM ET Ryan Newman doesn’t remember his Feb. 17 crash at the finish of the Daytona 500, but he greatly appreciates the outpouring of support that continues to come from those who will never be able to forget the images of the frightening accident. “I feel like a complete walking miracle,” he said. Newman

9:06 PM ET Associated Press Brad Keselowski celebrated his first pole win of the season — and perhaps the most memorable of his career — from afar. After waiting nearly a full hour Thursday evening, the Team Penske driver watched NASCAR’s chief scorer, Kyle McKinney, finally pluck the No. 1 ball out of a random

6:11 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR champion Kyle Busch will sprint back into competition when the season resumes by running all seven races that have been scheduled over an 11-day span. Busch will drive his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Toyota on Sunday when the Cup Series season resumes at Darlington Raceway then

4:24 PM ET NASCAR on Thursday announced its next series of races, which will include stops at five tracks — Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The next set of races will begin at Bristol, with an Xfinity race on May 30 followed by a Cup Series race

9:14 PM ET It was a month ago when Kerry Tharp’s phone rang. The area code was a familiar one: 386, as in Daytona Beach, Florida. The man known throughout the racing world as “The Commander” is in his fifth year as president of Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s old-school equivalent to Fenway Park or Lambeau Field

5:02 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin closed NASCAR’s iRacing Series with a victory at a simulation of throwback North Wilkesboro Speedway. The Daytona 500 winner was instrumental in organizing his fellow Cup drivers for the invitational series that started after the series was suspended. Hamlin, who races barefoot on a top-of-the-line

10:47 PM ET Associated Press Kyle Larson has returned to racing for the first time since he was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing for using a racial slur in an iRacing event last month. Larson was one of 48 drivers attempting to make the main event Friday night in the World of Outlaws race at

2:52 PM ET Jimmie Johnson has been bunkered down during the coronavirus quarantine, logging virtual practice laps for what should be unpredictable first race back for NASCAR, and reflecting on what could have been and what might still be for what is supposed to be his final full-time season behind the wheel. “It’s going to

12:54 PM ET With NASCAR set to resume racing with four Cup Series events later this month, officials announced Friday three races at other tracks that were being replaced in the 2020 schedule. Races at Chicagoland Speedway and Sonoma Raceway and Richmond Raceway’s spring event are off the calendar for 2020. “Due to the current