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• NASCAR officials detail reasons to not issue penalties after Chicagoland

  08-07-2026 05:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNASCAR competition officials reviewed every radio transmission and every bit of SMT data before deciding not to penalize any drivers for on-track behavioral reasons in the aftermath of the Cup Series race on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.On Lap 48, Hill was spun hard into the wall by Van Gisbergen, and the Richard Childress Racing No. 33 team immediately felt like it was intentional and retaliatory for what transpired between them two weeks prior. SVG was leading the race on a m
  
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• Kurt Busch places third at Le Mans in first race since Kyle Busch's death

  08-07-2026 03:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For the first time since his brother’s shocking death, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Kurt Busch got behind the wheel and returned to the racetrack this past weekend.At the iconic Le Mans course in France, Busch competed in the Historic Sportscar Racing series in the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear. It was the first time in the history of HSR — nearly 50 years — that the competition went overseas.The event featured three races. In the second, Busch notched a podium finish,
  
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• Larry McReynolds on NASCAR's future, Hamlin spat and not slowing down

  08-07-2026 03:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThe NASCAR Cup Series is 77 years old and Larry McReynolds has been inside the garage for 50 of them with no signs of slowing down whatsoever.Well, kind of.On Sunday, the two-time Daytona 500 winning crew chief and longtime NASCAR on FOX analyst will lead the field to green in the Quaker State 400 at Echopark Speedway. In other words, he’s going to have slow down for the field before they go really fast.But that’s the only thing slow about the 67-year-old these days.
  
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