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• Carson Hocevar credits tow truck driver for saving his race at Talladega

  27-10-2026 22:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoCarson Hocevar went behind the wall during the red flag with five laps to go in last weekend's NASCAR Cup event at Talladega, and somehow returned to the race without losing a single lap.Now, teams cannot work on cars under the red flag, but the Spire Motorsports team still managed to get the No. 77 back into the race in time for the final restart, where they battled back to an impressive top ten finish. According to Hocevar, an 'MVP' tow truck driver played a key role in it all.
  
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• Carson Hocevar Takes Blame For Joey Logano’s Talladega Crash

  27-10-2026 22:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Carson Hocevar says the crash that flipped Joey Logano late at Talladega Superspeedway was his fault. He took the blame after Sunday’s YellaWood 500.Hocevar’s Spire Motorsports Chevrolet hit Logano’s No. 22 Ford on Lap 183 as the lanes came together in the tri-oval. Logano’s car hit the outside wall and flipped onto its roof after contact from Chase Briscoe. Several other cars were collected, and Riley Herbst hit the inside wall hard.Logano climbed out of his car. Herbst climbed out with
  
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• Brad Keselowski to address questions about NASCAR future and RFK exit at Martinsville

  27-10-2026 21:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAt the end of September, the NASCAR world was shocked to learn that Brad Keselowski would depart the team he co-owns at the end of the 2026 season, as RFK Racing splits from the champion that helped bring them back to a competitive level.Keselowski has since been fairly vague and tight-lipped, while RFK Racing team president Chip Bowers has said that the main issue surrounded Keselowski's desire to continue driving while the rest of the ownership group wanted him to focus more on
  
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• “Facts Matter. Silly Me”- Bubba Wallace’s Spotter Publicly Shuts Down NASCAR Journalist’s 23XI Feud Claim

  27-10-2026 21:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireOne radio message from Bubba Wallace has sparked a public clash between his spotter and NASCAR journalist Danielle Trotta. After Wallace complained about being put in a position to help Tyler Reddick at Talladega, Trotta reported that 23XI Racing had asked him to push his championship-contending teammate because the No. 45 Toyota was short on fuel. Freddie Kraft is now challenging that interpretation, insisting Wallace’s frustration came after a near-miss on track, not s
  
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• Frankie Muniz Has Big Plans for NASCAR in 2027 Despite Uncertain Future

  27-10-2026 21:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Photo by: Mark J. RebilasFrankie Muniz is not ready to walk away from NASCAR, even after a challenging 2026 season. The actor-turned-racer is already looking ahead to 2027, hoping to build on his experience in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series while expanding his opportunities in sports car racing.Muniz recently won the GT4 America Am Class championship alongside co driver Tyler Stone, giving him the first professional racing title of his career. That success has opened new doors, but he has mad
  
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• More Details Emerge on Riley Herbst’s Injury as 23XI Boss Breaks Silence on Horrific Crash

  27-10-2026 19:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 11: Riley Herbst 35 23XI Racing Blind Lemon Toyota walks down pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Daytona 500 on February 11, 2026 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire AUTO: FEB 11 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon2602114495500 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireJoey Logano’s upside-down slide stole the spotlight at Talladega, but Denny Hamlin believes Riley Herbst
  
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• Hauler Talk: NASCAR warned fuel-saving teams about minimum speed at Talladega

  27-10-2026 19:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR warned most of the field about maintaining minimum speed when many drivers were conserving fuel during the first stage of Sunday’s Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.During the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast, NASCAR vice president of racing communications Mike Forde said “75% of the field at one point” was under minimum speed, which NASCAR relayed to all the teams through its Microsoft Teams chat system.RELATED: Talladega results | Chase Report after ‘Dega
  
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• "Where's The Points?": Dale Jr Reacts As NASCAR Finally Returns $10,000 Fine in Heartfelt Gesture

  27-10-2026 18:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 14: Dale Earnhardt Jr. watches the action from the garage prior to practice for the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Xfinity Series United Rentals 300 on February 14, 2025 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire AUTO: FEB 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 300 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon25021410544300 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireDale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th to first in the final 5 laps of the 2004 EA Sports 500 at T
  
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• “All My Kids Were Crying”- Joey Logano Breaks Down Emotional Motorhome Return After Chilling Radio Silence

  27-10-2026 18:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  February 11, 2026, Daytona Beach, Fl, USA: JOEY LOGANO 22 of Middletown, CT gets gets ready to practice for Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach , FL. NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series 2026 February 11: Daytona 500 PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY – ZUMAa161 20260211_aaa_a161_016 Copyright: xWalterxG.xArcexSr.x ©IMAGO/ZUMA PressJoey Logano was battling near the front at Talladega, just five laps from the finish, when his No. 22 Ford was caught in a major wreck. The t
  
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• 22 YEARS LATER, NASCAR Is FINALLY Making Things Right With Dale Earnhardt Jr.

  27-10-2026 18:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Earnhardt Jr., the 22-year-old race driving son of NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Sr., talks strategy with Jeff Green as he checks out the Nashville Speedway on April 19, 1996. He will be driving in a pair of 50-lap races the next night at the track.NASCAR has finally done the right thing after two decades of silence. The sanctioning body admitted a mistake made in 2004 regarding Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his celebratory language. Instead of just saying sorry, the sport put real money on the
  
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• "Illegal When We Go To Martinsville"- Denny Hamlin Calls Out NASCAR's Blatant Hypocrisy Over Chevrolet Team Orders

  27-10-2026 18:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 03: Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing National Debt Relief Toyota stands in his pit following practice for the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Playoffs South Point 400 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday Oct. 3, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Will Lester/Icon Sportswire AUTO: OCT 03 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs South Point 400 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon26100311572 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireDenny Hamlin kept his criticism of NASCAR on a short leash for 34 weeks. A 3
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series Drivers Clash Over Yellow-Line Rule After Kyle Larson’s Controversial Talladega Victory

  27-10-2026 18:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BRISTOL, TENNESSEE - APRIL 11: (L-R) Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Comparion Insurance Toyota, Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Discount Tire Ford, and Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, talk on the grid during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 11, 2026 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Matt Kelley/Getty Images) GettyKyle Larson’s dramatic victory at Talladega Superspeedway has put NASCAR’s double-yellow line rule under fresh
  
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• Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle named co-winners of Comcast Community Champion of the Year Award

  27-10-2026 17:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThe Comcast Community Champion of the Year Award, which was established in 2015, is offered to an individual in NASCAR to recognize their 'community service-focused efforts to make the world a better place.'And in 2016, the award will have co-winners for the very first time -- Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle. Busch died suddenly this past May at the age of 41 due to pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, while Biffle was among seven lost in a tragic plane crash last December.Now, they
  
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• Sammy Smith Reaches Rare NASCAR Feat at Talladega

  27-10-2026 17:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sammy Smith won two NASCAR races at Talladega Superspeedway in less than 24 hours. Both came on last-lap passes.Smith won Friday’s Truck Series race in the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports. He passed Ty Majeski and Corey Heim in the final seconds for his first career Truck win, in his 11th start.On Saturday, he won the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race in the No. 8 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. He passed teammate Carson Kvapil on the final lap to win again, less than a day after his Truck
  
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• "Don't Believe Anyone Will Ever Be Tier One": Denny Hamlin Dissects Rick Hendrick’s Chevrolet Chokehold Keeping RCR & Trackhouse In HMS' Shadow

  27-10-2026 17:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, NC – OCTOBER 12: Rick Hendrick talks with team members during qualifying for the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 on October 12, 2024 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire AUTO: OCT 12 NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon2410123525400 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireRoss Chastain spent much of the race a lap down at Talladega, but his position on the track still mattered to Kyle Larson�
  
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• NASCAR makes amends for 2004 Dale Earnhardt Jr. swearing fine

  27-10-2026 17:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIn 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was celebrating yet another Talladega win. In Victory Lane after the EA Sports 500, Earnhardt used a profanity when he hilariously said about his fifth Talladega win: "It don't mean sh*t right now, daddy's done won here ten times so I gotta do a little more winning."The broadcast apologized for his 'enthusiastic language,' but NASCAR took a bizarrely harsh stance on the moment. The Sanctioning Body later fined Earnhardt $10,000 and docked him 25 champi
  
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• Brad Keselowski to address media Saturday at Martinsville

  27-10-2026 16:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Brad Keselowski will address the media on Saturday at Martinsville Speedway, he announced Tuesday via social media.Keselowski, the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion, currently drives the No. 6 Ford for RFK Racing, a team which he currently co-owns. Keselowski and RFK Racing announced Sept. 29 that the two will part ways at the end of the season, ousting Keselowski from the No. 6 Ford at the conclusion of a five-year driving contract.MORE: Cup Series standings | Keselowski through the years“The
  
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• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Talladega Finish: ‘One Wrong Move’

  27-10-2026 16:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was in front on the final lap at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. He says one wrong block cost him the win.Stenhouse took the lead as Kyle Larson got shuffled out of line by Austin Hill on the white-flag lap. He then pulled away while the cars behind him made contact.Coming off Turn 4, Stenhouse moved up to block a run by William Byron. Byron went to his inside anyway, and Larson charged up the inside with Ross Chastain pushing him.Larson won by 0.041 seconds over Byron. St
  
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• “I’m Tired of the Ambiguity”- Denny Hamlin Calls Out NASCAR’s Inconsistency With Blunt Kyle Larson Claim

  27-10-2026 15:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson ©Credits- IMAGOKyle Larson needed just one lap to turn a frustrating afternoon at Talladega into a career-defining victory. Starting the final lap in 11th, the Hendrick Motorsports driver found a way through the chaos and surged past the competition to beat William Byron by a razor-thin 0.041 seconds. It was the kind of finish superspeedway racing promises, but the celebrations soon gave way to questions about the decisive moves in the closing moments. And Denny Ham
  
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• Dale Jr. Backs NASCAR’s Call on Kyle Larson’s Last Lap

  27-10-2026 15:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson’s win at Talladega Superspeedway drew questions about NASCAR’s double-yellow line rule. NASCAR ruled he never went below the line, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. says that call was right.Larson took the white flag in the lead, fell to 11th and then charged back to win in overtime. Ross Chastain pushed him up the inside on the final lap. He beat teammate William Byron by 0.041 seconds, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished third. It was Larson’s first Cup win at a superspeedway.Photos from t
  
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• Chevrolet Pulls Off Rare NASCAR Feat at Talladega Not Seen Since 2013

  27-10-2026 13:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson’s last-lap comeback at Talladega Superspeedway was remarkable enough on its own. But buried beneath the chaos of Sunday’s YellaWood 500 was another accomplishment NASCAR hadn’t seen in nearly 13 years.Chevrolet didn’t just win the race. It swept the top six finishing positions.And remarkably, those six drivers represented five different Cup Series organizations.The last time any manufacturer pulled off a top-six sweep in NASCAR’s premier series was November 2013 at Phoenix
  
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• Did Kyle Larson Violate the Yellow-Line Rule? Hamlin and Earnhardt Jr. Weigh In

  27-10-2026 12:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson’s controversial victory at Talladega Superspeedway continues to draw reactions after NASCAR ruled that the Hendrick Motorsports driver had not crossed below the double-yellow line. The most prominent responses since the controversy include comments from Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hamlin’s comments on this week’s Actions Detrimental podcast focused on the distinction between driving below the line and forcing another driver beneath it. Earnhardt, meanwhile, used the deba
  
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• NASCAR’s Denny Hamlin Delivers Blunt Response to Scary Talladega Crash

  27-10-2026 01:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR star Denny Hamlin delivers a blunt response to a frightening crash involving Joey Logano and Riley Herbst at Talladega. GettyJoey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, sits flipped over after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 25, 2026 in Talladega, Alabama. GettyRiley Herbst, driver of the #35 Monster Energy Toyota, took a brutal hit against the wall at Talladega Sunday.GettyDenny Hamlin says one hit like the one
  
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• Larson takes command of NASCAR Chase with Talladega win

  27-10-2026 01:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  TALLADEGA, Ala. - Kyle Larson seemed to be still in shock in a post-race interview after his thrilling overtime victory in Sunday's YellaWood 500 victory at Talladega Superspeedway. The California native not only won perhaps the most critical race in the 2026 NASCAR Chase for the Cup Series Championship but also saw most of his 10-race Chase competitors fall out of contention with a variety of large wrecks and tire issues.Larson commented on his first victory in 58 outings on NASCAR's Superspeed
  
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