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NASCAR has no plans to penalize Carson Hocevar and Ryan Blaney for their fight Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell joined "Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour" podcast on Monday to talk about the sport and he shared NASCAR's view of the fight when it comes to penalties. "We’re not going to encourage fighting, but what we are going to encourage is passion," O’Donnell said Monday in the […]

Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) — Carson Hocevar’s reaction to Ryan Blaney confronting him following the Cup race Saturday night appeared both natural and symbolic for Spire Motorsports. Hocevar didn’t let Blaney get the first punch. Instead, once Blaney grabbed him, Hocevar started swinging. Spire Motorsports has had to do a lot of that lately, trying to fight back against perceptions and allegations. The organization started in the 2019 season […]

Joey Logano could make me (and others) eat their words about whether he could win a championship this year. From eating words to Ryan Blaney eating some knuckles, it was a wild time at Bristol. And after three races, it seriously is time to wonder whether Denny Hamlin can recapture his mojo with the three-race intermediate-track swing that starts this weekend at Kansas Speedway. Here are my contender rankings after […]

Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) — After a mild-mannered 425 laps, the Bristol night race lived up to the hype. The last 75 laps were wild, as championship contenders crashed, punctuated by a post-race brawl. Fans will talk about the Carson Hocevar-Ryan Blaney fight for years to come, as Hocevar nailed Blaney in the face with a punch. "It makes you feel a little better for losing," Hocevar told me […]

Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) — The Hurricane apparently also knows how to throw a punch. Carson Hocevar belted Ryan Blaney when Blaney grabbed a hold of him after the race on Saturday night at Bristol, with Hocevar getting in two punches to Blaney. "I saw him and I was like, ‘OK, he’s moving pretty fast for a convo and then he grabbed me," Hocevar told me and other reporters […]

Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) — Ty Gibbs doesn’t just return to Bristol Motor Speedway with the memories of winning his first career Cup race back in April. He arrives with a car carrying the memory of Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR Cup champion who died suddenly in May. A long-time driver for M&Ms at Joe Gibbs Racing, Ty Gibbs will carry an M&Ms tribute scheme to Busch for the […]

The third race of The Chase gets the green flag this weekend, as the NASCAR Cup Series stops at Bristol Motor Speedway for the night race at 7:30 p.m. ET. Now that the postseason is here, every competition comes with the ultimate stakes. Going into Bristol, Denny Hamlin sits atop The Chase leader board. However, Kyle Larson is right on his wheels. Will Hamlin keep the distance between himself and […]

Only three drivers were able to cut into Denny Hamlin’s margin in a wild race at World Wide Technology Raceway. The 1.25-mile track — located across the river from St. Louis and commonly referred to by its previous Gateway name — featured a race where nearly all Chase drivers were involved in an incident one time or another. Here are my Chase contender rankings with eight races left, the next […]

The next race on The Chase calendar runs on Sunday, Sept. 13 at World Wide Technology Raceway, also known as Gateway. The field will get the green flag at 3 p.m. ET. Will one of the drivers tied atop the oddsboard get into Victory Lane or will a long shot emerge from the field? Here are the odds as of Sept. 13 via DraftKings Sportsbook. This page may contain affiliate […]