NASCAR News

Adapting adroitly to a new competition package for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, Kyle Busch sped to victory in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, taking a giant step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with his second victory since returning from an 11-race injury absence.

If any driver in the NASCAR garage has reason to pay close attention to safety issues, Kyle Busch is at the top of the list.

Cruz Pedregon raced to the qualifying lead in Funny Car Friday at the Lucas Oil Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by General Tire at Route 66 Raceway.

Brad Keselowski held of Erik Jones and a charging Kyle Busch after a restart with 31 laps left and collected his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season in Friday night’s Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

Kyle Larson got good news Friday afternoon when NASCAR canceled Sprint Cup Series qualifying for Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 race at Kentucky Speedway.

Before last Saturday, Chase Elliott had never finished higher than 15th at a restrictor-plate track.

In a race that ended five laps short of its scheduled distance, polesitter Matt Crafton was declared the winner of Thursday night’s UNOH 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event after Ben Kennedy’s Toyota damaged the catchfence at Kentucky Speedway beyond the track’s capacity to repair it expeditiously.

Exploding fireworks lit up the sky over Atlanta Motor Speedway Friday night, as the Papa John’s Pizza Fireworks Extravaganza kicked off the Fourth of July Weekend ahead of Week 10 of O’Reilly Auto Parts Friday Night Drags.

Dale Timms scored his second straight SECA Late Model feature victory Saturday night at Hartwell Speedway in Hartwell, Ga.

The battle for a points championship in three divisions at Thursday Thunder remains tight after an intense week five showdown on the quarter-mile Thunder Ring at Atlanta Motor Speedway.