Updated 2:25 pm CDT, Sunday, June 30, 2019 Austin Dillon drives on the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. Austin Dillon drives on the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. Photo: Nam Y. Huh, AP Photo: Nam Y. Huh, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Austin Dillon drives on the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. Austin Dillon drives on the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. … [Read more...] about The Latest: NASCAR Cup Series race delayed by lightning
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Thunderstorms in forecast for NASCAR Cup Series race
Published 8:45 am CDT, Sunday, June 30, 2019 Austin Dillon drives to the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. Austin Dillon drives to the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. Photo: Nam Y. Huh, AP Photo: Nam Y. Huh, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Austin Dillon drives to the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. Austin Dillon drives to the track during a practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, June 29, 2018. … [Read more...] about Thunderstorms in forecast for NASCAR Cup Series race
Ask Aric Almirola: Is the driver or car more important in NASCAR qualifying?
Last week’s pole at Atlanta was a career accomplishment for Tampa’s Aric Almirola.It was just the second pole of the Hillsborough High alumnus’ NASCAR Cup Series career (2012 Coca-Cola 600), and it was a great start to a weekend that saw him lead 36 laps and finish eighth. Almirola enters Sunday’s Pennzoil Oil 400 at Las Vegas ranked 11th in points.The Tampa Bay Times asked the driver of the No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford about what it takes to qualify well in Ask Aric — a periodic feature where the NASCAR playoff contender shares his thoughts on racing, the season and his hometown.There are obviously a lot of factors involved in winning the pole, as you did last weekend. What are the most important? What can you control as the driver? How much is luck or track conditions? How much is the car/your crew, and did that play an even bigger role last weekend?I think car and driver in qualifying is really 50-50. You can’t drive a slow car fast. And then … [Read more...] about Ask Aric Almirola: Is the driver or car more important in NASCAR qualifying?
Seven-time Cup champions Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus to split after 17 years
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2018, file photo, Crew chief Chad Knaus, left, and Jimmie Johnson watch the leaderboard during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday,, in Daytona Beach, Fla. There will be no eighth NASCAR title for Johnson and Knaus. Hendrick Motorsports will split the driver and crew chief at the end of this season, the team announced Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File) Terry Renna FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2013, file photo, Chandra Johnson takes photos of her husband, Jimmie Johnson, center, and his crew chief, Chad Knaus, after Jimmie won his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in Homestead, Fla. There will be no eighth NASCAR title for Johnson and Knaus. Hendrick Motorsports will split the driver and crew chief at the end of this season, the team announced Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File) Terry Renna FILE - In this Friday, April 20, 2018, file photo, Jimmie Johnson, … [Read more...] about Seven-time Cup champions Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus to split after 17 years
Drivers want NASCAR to shift gears
Photo: Jeff Zelevansky Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 LOUDON, NH - JULY 20: Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Credit One Bank Chevrolet, sits on pit wall during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 20, 2018 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) less LOUDON, NH - JULY 20: Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Credit One Bank Chevrolet, sits on pit wall during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor ... more Photo: Jeff Zelevansky Drivers want NASCAR to shift gears 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Loudon, N.H. NASCAR has been reluctant to make more than modest tweaks to its schedule. That hasn't stopped its drivers this summer from wondering about possibilities in hopes of luring more fans: A Cup race on Eldora dirt More races … [Read more...] about Drivers want NASCAR to shift gears