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NASCAR race at Las Vegas: William Byron wins thanks to restart
Mar 5, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver William Byron (24) celebrates his victory of the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Gary A. Vasquez Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports William Byron led 176 laps on Sunday — and that included the final one. The 24 car swept all three stages at Las Vegas Motor Speedway en route to his first win of the 2023 season. It also marked the first win for Hendrick Motorsports on the year — reminding the rest of the field how dangerous Hendrick cars are on intermediate tracks: HMI teammate Kyle Larson finished second,…
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NASCAR star Elliott has leg surgery after snowboard accident
NASCAR superstar Chase Elliott had successful surgery for an unspecified injury to his left leg Friday night, hours after a snowboarding accident in Colorado. He will miss this weekend’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas. Team owner Rick Hendrick told The Associated Press that Elliott was “just out of surgery” and “it went well.” Hendrick gave no additional details about Elliott’s condition or the accident. Hendrick is NASCAR’s winningest car owner and Elliott is NASCAR’s most popular driver. Josh Berry will drive the No. 9 Chevrolet on Sunday in place of Elliott. Elliott would need a waiver from NASCAR to be eligible for this year’s playoffs because he’s missing a race.…
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Meet the American who created NASCAR: Bill France Sr., Daytona speed demon and racetrack pioneer
Bill France Sr. was born with a mind for business, a gift for people — and a need for speed. He turned those passions into a nationwide obsession with stock car racing. France founded the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing — NASCAR — 75 years ago this week, on Feb. 21, 1948, in Daytona Beach, Florida. NASCAR has grown into the world’s premier stock car racing circuit. “Big Bill,” as he was known, is the unquestioned godfather of the autosport. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUGHT AND BLED AT THE ALAMO BUT LIVED TO TELL ITS HEROIC TALE: SLAVE JOE “His story is a great American success story,” NASCAR…
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AUTO RACING: Historic start and a surprise winner for NASCAR
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Pala Casino 400 Site: Fontana, California. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 2:05 p.m., and qualifying, 2:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Auto Club Speedway. Race distance: 200 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Austin Cindric won after starting fifth. Last race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the longest Daytona 500 in history in the second overtime and under caution after a race-ending crash. Fast facts: Stenhouse’s third career victory came at the same track as his last one, the summer race in 2017. … Reigning series champion Joey Logano finished second, followed by Christopher Bell. … Pole-sitter Alex Bowman finished fifth, the first time the pole…
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How a Spinout Destroyed the Michael Waltrip Racing NASCAR Team in 2013
Clint Bowyer’s late spin at Richmond in 2013 led to race-fixing accusations and an episode that would appear to be acknowledged as “Spingate,” a enormous incident that would guide to many suspensions. Michael Waltrip Racing was hit with a NASCAR-record $300,000 good, the dissolution of a significant sponsorship and other lesser sponsorships. In the long run, it was a spinout that led to the closure of Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR). A person of the strangest and most controversial episodes in NASCAR’s 75 several years of existence occurred in the course of what at first experienced all the trappings of a typical NASCAR Cup race, the Federated Vehicle Sections 400, on…
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Layne Riggs’ gamble pays off with NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national title
Nothing has come easy for Layne Riggs from the moment his auto racing career began. A veteran in late model stock car competition despite being just 20, the second-generation competitor from Bahama, North Carolina, has fought for every victory with a small operation, all while waiting for the right opportunity to follow in his father Scott Riggs’ footsteps as a driver in one of NASCAR’s top three divisions. The decision to bet on himself by going for a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series title paid off for Riggs, who joined a long list of notable national champions with a stellar season that saw him claim 16 victories at five…
