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• What time is the NASCAR race today? TV schedule, channel, live stream for North Wilkesboro

  19-07-2026 06:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What time is the NASCAR race today? TV schedule, channel, live stream for North Wilkesboro originally appeared on The Sporting News.Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The NASCAR Cup Series is returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the first time in 30 years this weekend, with the highly-anticipated Window World 450. Cup Series drivers completed another intense race at EchoPark Speedway last weekend, marking the second time the circuit has visited Atlanta this y
  
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• NASCAR great Kevin Harvick wins Idaho 200

  19-07-2026 05:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jul. 18—POST FALLS — NASCAR Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick won the 27th annual Idaho 200 at Stateline Speedway on Saturday night, controlling the lead for much of the race to prevail in the CARS Tour Northwest pro late model race at the quarter-mile oval.The former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion won his Stateline debut last month in a CARS Tour Northwest event, then earned his first Idaho 200 victory, crossing the finish in a time of 1:48.30.66.Mead's Haeden Plybon, who won the Idaho
  
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• Brexton Busch Delivers Heartfelt Message After First Race Win Since Father's Death

  19-07-2026 04:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  This week was a special one for the Busch family as Brexton Busch, the son of the late-great Kyle Busch, secured his first racing win since his father's passing.Brexton Busch secured his win in a dirt track in Port City, Oklahoma on Friday. On Saturday, he took to X to share a heartfelt message about his father's passing.Busch said that he hasn't wanted to talk about it much but he's found the last two months "really tough" since his father passed away. But he said that he knows his father would
  
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• Brexton Busch Won His First Race Since His Father Kyle's Passing

  19-07-2026 02:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It's only been two months since NASCAR icon Kyle Busch passed away and while his family is still grieving, they are still getting on with their lives. This week was a special one for Busch's 11-year-old son Brexton though.On Friday, Brexton competed in dirt track races at Oklahoma’s Port City Raceway. He wound up winning his race, marking his first win since his father's passing on May 21. Taking to Instagram, Busch's widow Samantha Busch said that the moment made her feel "proud" and "hea
  
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• Bubba Wallace moves on and accepts NASCAR Atlanta penalty

  19-07-2026 02:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoBubba Wallace is more accepting of the penalty NASCAR issued to him on the final lap of the Cup Series race on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and has moved on to the rest of the regular season.“I mean, kind of have to, right,” said Wallace to a media scrum on Saturday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. “I mean, it is what it is.”Wallace was sent to the tail end of the lead lap after originally being scored second because race control determined he went below
  
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• Chandler Smith, NASCAR winner at North Wilkesboro, remembers Kyle Busch as a mentor

  19-07-2026 02:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NORTH WILKESBORO, NC — After burning out in his No. 38 Ford on the front stretch of the historic speedway that first opened in 1947, Chandler Smith hopped out of his truck, grabbed the checkered flag and bowed.Like so many other winning drivers who have captured victories this season since the shocking death of Kyle Busch, Smith paid homage to the late two-time Cup Series champion by performing his iconic celebration, the “Busch Bow.”Busch died on May 21 at the age of 41 due to
  
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• NASCAR Starting Lineup at North Wilkesboro: Full Grid After Qualifying Is Canceled

  19-07-2026 02:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Blaney will start from the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro after qualifying was canceled because of rain. GettyPersistent rain forced NASCAR to cancel Cup Series qualifying Saturday afternoon at North Wilkesboro Speedway, leaving the starting lineup for Sunday’s Window World 450 to be determined by the sport’s performance metric.That puts defending Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney on the pole after he topped the metric heading into the weeken
  
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• Is NASCAR at North Wilkesboro Qualifying Delayed Today? When Will it Start?

  19-07-2026 01:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Is NASCAR qualifying at North Wilkesboro delayed today? Get the latest weather updates, delay status, and official race updates.
  GettyRain rolled into the North Carolina foothills as North Wilkesboro Speedway prepared to send NASCAR Cup Series cars out for qualifying Saturday, forcing officials into a lightning hold ahead of Sunday’s Window World 450. The stoppage hit during a window already squeezed tight, with practice and qualifying sharing a single two-hour block scheduled from 5 p.m.
  
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• Racing Insights: North Wilkesboro to yield latest first-time winner in 2026?

  19-07-2026 01:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It’s the first points-paying NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway since 1996, and Sunday’s Window World 450 under the lights (7 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is bound to deliver some old-school, short-track flair.With that in mind, expect the big dogs to be feasting on points and the checkered flag Sunday, particularly Christopher Bell, as the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver won the All-Star Race last year at the 0.625-mil
  
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• Ryan Blaney looks to stay hot as NASCAR heads to North Wilkesboro for first points race in 30 years

  19-07-2026 00:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Blaney is hoping to turn a hot streak into history.The 2023 Cup Series champion is hitting his stride with eight straight top 10 finishes, including a win last week at Atlanta. That gives him plenty of momentum heading into Sunday night's much-hyped historic return to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the track's first championship points race in 30 years.The .625-mile track sat dormant, covered with overgrown bushes and weeds, for nearly a quarter century be
  
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• NASCAR starting lineup for Cup race at North Wilkesboro in July 2026

  19-07-2026 00:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Team Penske will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in July. Ryan Blaney won the pole for the 2026 Window World 450 at North Wilkesboro this weekend. Ty Gibbs will join Blaney on the front row for Sunday night's event. Qualifying was canceled due to inclement weather.Christopher Bell and Carson Hocevar will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Ryan Preece, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Josh Berry, Chase Briscoe, Co
  
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• Chandler Smith Makes NASCAR Truck History With North Wilkesboro Win

  19-07-2026 00:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chandler Smith makes NASCAR Truck history with North Wilkesboro win. GettyDuring the final stage of Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at North Wilkesboro, Chandler Smith was in a league of his own.The driver of the No. 38 drove away from the field in the last caution-free stage of the FaithFest 250 en route to victory. Smith finished a whopping 8.4 seconds over second place Layne Riggs, his Front Row Motorsports teammate.The gap was the largest margin of victory on a short trac
  
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• Ross Chastain must serve costly in-race penalty after three inspection failures

  19-07-2026 00:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThree different NASCAR Cup teams failed inspection multiple times at North Wilkesboro, resulting in penalties for all.The No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Austin Hill and the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet of Connor Zilisch each failed twice. As a result, both will have their car chiefs ejected for the remainder of the race weekend and they will lose their pit stall selection. For the No. 33, that will be Clay Alexander, and Eddie D'Hondt for the No. 88.However, t
  
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• Brexton Busch Wins First Race Since Kyle Busch’s Death, Honors Dad in Emotional Tribute

  19-07-2026 00:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Busch and his son, Brexton Busch, are introduced before the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway on May 3, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. GettyPhoto Courtesy of Samantha Busch / InstagramJust eight weeks after losing his father, Brexton Busch is back in Victory Lane.The 11-year-old son of late two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch captured his first victory since his father’s death Saturday night, charging from 14th on the starting gri
  
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