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• Chase Briscoe went into “desperation mode” chasing Kyle Larson at Kansas

  28-09-2026 02:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAlthough Kyle Larsondominated the NASCAR Cup race at Kansas, Chase Briscoe made him fight for the win in the final run of the race.He passed Larson with 30 laps to go after the final set of pit stops, but Larson never truly went away. With seven laps to go, Larson snatched the lead back and Briscoe then hit the wall multiple times while trying to stay with Larson. Instead, he fell back to fourth and watched his title hopes slip further away."I thought I was really good there
  
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• NASCAR champ Brad Keselowski leaving team he co-owns at end of season

  29-09-2026 17:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Former NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski is leaving the team he co-owns at the end of the 2026 season and currently does not have a Cup Series ride lined up for next year.Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing announced the news in a press release Tuesday morning, shortly after a report from The Athletic was published. Keselowski has been a co-owner of the team — alongside longtime NASCAR owner Jack Roush and the Fenway Sports Group — since 2021 when he left Team Penske.While The At
  
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• NASCAR News: Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing Abruptly Parting Ways After 2026 Season

  29-09-2026 16:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectDriver and co-owner Brad Keselowski had reason to celebrate entering September, with Ryan Preece’s win in the regular-season finale at Daytona earning RFK Racing a second spot in The Chase. Now, Keselowski’s time with RFK is reportedly about to end thus creating uncertainty regarding both his and the team’s future.Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic reported Tuesday that Keselowski will no longer drive for RFK Racing following the 2026 NASCAR Cup Seri
  
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• Brad Keselowski to make shock exit from RFK Racing in abrupt NASCAR split

  29-09-2026 16:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoRFK Racing and Brad Keselowski are splitting at the end of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season in shocking news. He is a co-owner of the organization, but that is in question as well with the team saying they "intend to collaboratively and mutually work through the appropriate next steps regarding his existing ownership interest in the organization, and the team supports his desire to explore his career opportunities elsewhere."Keselowski spent most of his career with Team Penske, but joi
  
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• Kyle Larson Draws Jimmie Johnson Comparisons After Dominant NASCAR Chase Start

  29-09-2026 16:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson‘s start to the NASCAR Cup Series Chase is drawing comparisons to Jimmie Johnson‘s championship years. Larson doesn’t see himself as the title favorite yet.Larson has finished fifth, first, second, and first in the first four Chase races. He capped that run by winning at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, sweeping both stages and leading 235 of 267 laps.He now leads Denny Hamlin by 26 points with six races left. The run came after Larson ended a 51-race winless streak at Wor
  
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• Chip Ganassi Racing signs Christian Lundgaard for 2027 in multi-year IndyCar deal

  29-09-2026 15:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoChip Ganassi Racing (CGR) has signed Danish driver Christian Lundgaard to a multi-year contract to drive the #9 PNC Bank Honda starting in the 2027 season in the IndyCar Series. Lundgaard will join recently-crowned five-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou and Kyffin Simpson as part of the driver roster for the winningest team in series history.The 25-year-old Dane is coming off a standout 2026 campaign in which he earned victories at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course and R
  
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• Brad Keselowski to depart No. 6 RFK Racing Ford at end of 2026

  29-09-2026 12:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Brad Keselowski will leave the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford at the conclusion of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, RFK Racing announced Tuesday morning.Keselowski, the 2012 Cup Series champion, has driven the team‘s flagship entry as a driver and co-owner since the beginning of the 2022 season.RELATED: Cup Series standings | Keselowski through the yearsKeselowski has won 36 times at NASCAR‘s top level, ranking 25th on the Cup Series‘ all-time list just ahead of three fellow champions
  
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• Parker Eatmon's race recap in the Truck Chase race at Kansas in 2026

  29-09-2026 10:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Parker Eatmon gained eight positions at Kansas Speedway, bringing the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet home 22nd after starting 30th. Eatmon spent most of the event outside the main battle for the top 10.The young driver stayed out of the major incidents and kept the truck running through the extended rain interruption and late-race tire problems. Eatmon completed all 134 laps and finished 26.926 seconds behind Kaden Honeycutt, improving considerably from his starting position. The result earn
  
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• Bubba Wallace loses ground in Chase after up-and-down race at Kansas

  29-09-2026 06:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bubba Wallace recovered from involvement in the race’s largest accident to finish ninth Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Wallace started seventh but missed the Stage 1 points after slipping outside the top 10 during the opening 80 laps.His afternoon became more difficult on the Lap 121 restart when contact involving Carson Hocevar and Ty Gibbs sent Gibbs into Wallace and triggered a multicar incident. The No. 23 Toyota came to pit road for repairs but remained on the lead lap, allowing Wallace t
  
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• “We’d Be in a Fistfight’: Tony Stewart’s Tell-All of NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell

  29-09-2026 06:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tony Stewart sounded off on NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell in a recent interview. GettyIf Tony Stewart and NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell were in the same room, there would not be much of a conversation. With their past grievances that were aired out in a courtroom last December, “Smoke” would not have much to say to NASCAR’s Chief Executive.There would not be words, only fists.“If I saw O’Donnell now, we’d be in a fistfight, for sure, and that’s because o
  
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• Kyle Busch honored with renamed roads near Las Vegas NASCAR track

  29-09-2026 06:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Busch’s name and legacy will live on at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.The track, owned by Speedway Motorsports LLC, announced on Monday, Sept. 28 that it has renamed two roads near the track in honor of the late NASCAR driver. The news comes as the top-level Cup Series heads to Las Vegas this weekend for the South Point 400, the fifth race in NASCAR’s postseason Chase.The street intersections leading into "The Bullring" — a short track near the main speedway — right off w
  
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• Kyle Larson controls Chase after win at Kansas in 2026

  29-09-2026 06:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson delivered a commanding performance Sunday at Kansas Speedway, winning the Hollywood Casino 400 after leading 235 of 267 laps. Larson started second, swept both stages and recorded the fastest lap to collect the maximum 76 points available.The Hendrick Motorsports driver had to earn the victory late. Chase Briscoe ran Larson down and took the lead on Lap 238, but Larson regrouped as Briscoe’s Toyota became increasingly loose. Larson reclaimed the top spot with seven laps remaini
  
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• Denny Hamlin calls crew that jumped Corey Heim at Martinsville 'cowards'

  29-09-2026 05:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin did not hold back when relaying his thoughts about the scuffle 23XI Racing driver Corey Heim was involved in at Martinsville.Hamlin — a co-owner of 23XI Racing alongside NBA legend Michael Jordan — spoke about the post-race incident at Martinsville on Saturday, Sept. 26 following the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 during his podcast, “Actions Detrimental” on Monday, Sept. 28.Heim, who will drive full-time for 23XI in NASCAR’s Cup Series next season, was at
  
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• Remembering Gordon Johncock: The unvarnished legend with a heavy right foot

  29-09-2026 04:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIf you had wandered into a quiet timber mill in northern Michigan over the last 30 years, you would have met an unassuming man in a faded red flannel shirt, smelling of fresh pine and far more eager to talk about forestry than his own place in history.Yet beneath Gordon Johncock’s gentle, soft-spoken nature was a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion who gave motorsport some of its most thrilling moments. With his passing on September 28, 2026, at age 90, the racing commu
  
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• "Very Damaging and Demoralizing"- NASCAR Insiders Declare Kansas a Fatal Blow to Several Championship Hopefuls

  29-09-2026 03:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, KS – SEPTEMBER 27: Kyle Larson 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Playoffs Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, KS. Photo by Kyle Ocker/Icon Sportswire AUTO: SEP 27 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Hollywood Casino 400 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon260926022 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireKyle Larson has been dominant in his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ever s
  
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• Bubba Wallace Reacts to Kansas Crash With Carson Hocevar

  29-09-2026 02:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bubba Wallace grinded out a ninth-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. The top-10 result came after the driver of the No. 23 was involved in a multi-car pileup on a restart midway through Stage 2.Among those collected with Wallace were fellow Chase driver Carson Hocevar and non-Chase drivers Erik Jones, Josh Berry and Zane Smith. While the crash damage hindered Hocevar, who finished 33rd, it was not enough to stop Wallace from finishing top 10
  
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• Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Gordon Johncock dies at 90

  29-09-2026 01:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoGordon Johncock, the legendary open-wheel driver who won the Indianapolis 500 twice and claimed the 1976 USAC National Championship, passed away peacefully at his home in South Branch, Michigan, on September 28, 2026. He was 90 years old.Born on August 5, 1936, in Hastings, Michigan, Johncock began driving at just five years old on his family’s farm behind the wheel of a John Deere tractor. He started racing Midwest super-modifieds in the late 1950s and captured his fi
  
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• NASCAR ARCA’s Jake Bollman Gets Honest About Teammate After Wild Kansas Crash

  29-09-2026 01:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR ARCA driver Jake Bollman got honest about his teammate after a wild crash at Kansas, offering his perspective on the chaotic incident. GettyNitro Motorsports teammates Thomas Annunziata and Jake Bollman are still not speaking, three days after a Kansas Speedway crash flipped their ARCA Menards Series title fight upside down.These two share a shop, a points chase and, as of Friday night, a grudge neither seems in a hurry to drop before the team has to figure out how to field them both agai
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series: Bubba Wallace Blames Carson Hocevar as Kansas Restart Wreck Changes His Race

  29-09-2026 01:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 06: Carson Hocevar, driver of the #77 Spectrum Chevrolet, (R) and Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Xfinity Toyota, talk onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 06, 2026 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) GettyBubba Wallace left Kansas Speedway with a ninth-place finish after getting caught in a Lap 122 restart crash during the Hollywood Casino 400.
  
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• Denny Hamlin slams "f****** cowards" who attacked Corey Heim and calls for NASCAR ban

  29-09-2026 00:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoDenny Hamlin is furious after 23XI Racing driver Corey Heim was isolated and jumped by several members of a rival late model team at Martinsville Speedway this past weekend.Following the prestigious ValleyStar Credit Union 300 late model race, the rising NASCAR star was involved in a dramatic altercation at the track's famous hot dog stand.He had collided with Treyten Lapcevich on the final restart, denying him a shot at the win and taking second as they raced to the ch
  
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• Denny Hamlin slams 'cowards' who attacked Corey Heim and calls for NASCAR ban

  29-09-2026 00:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoDenny Hamlin is furious after 23XI Racing driver Corey Heim was isolated and jumped by several members of a rival late model team at Martinsville Speedway this past weekend.Following the prestigious ValleyStar Credit Union 300 late model race, the rising NASCAR star was involved in a dramatic altercation at the track's famous hot dog stand.He had collided with Treyten Lapcevich on the final restart, denying him a shot at the win and taking second as they raced to the ch
  
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• NASCAR at Las Vegas 2026: Chase Race Odds, Broadcast Info and More

  28-09-2026 23:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin Post-Race Press Conference After Winning the Spring 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (NASCAR Media)LAS VEGAS —  Las Vegas Motor Speedway marks halfway for the Chase for the NASCAR Cup Series championship and near-halfway for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase.The fifth NASCAR Cup Series Chase race of 10 is set for Sunday afternoon while the fourth NOAPS Chase race of nine is set for Saturday evening.This is the first time NASCAR has raced i
  
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• Kyle Larson Breaks Two Massive Stats in NASCAR Cup Kansas Win

  28-09-2026 23:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson breaks two huge stats in dominant Kansas win. GettyFrom the drop of the green flag, Kyle Larson was the man to beat in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. The driver of the No. 5 was only passed once under a green flag run when Chase Briscoe took command with 30 circuits remaining. However, “Yung Money” would not be denied in the fourth race of the Chase as he regained control with 11 laps to go.Larson led 235 of 267 laps, breaki
  
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• Watch: Fiery radio exchange after Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen clash at Kansas

  28-09-2026 23:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoShane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill have had a multiple issues since the three-time Supercars champion arrived on the NASCAR scene.In 2024, they tangled while battling for wins at COTA and Sonoma in the NASCAR O'Reilly Series. Earlier this year, SVG blamed Hill for wrecking him at both Pocono and San Diego, and the loss off points ultimately cost him a spot inside the 2026 NASCAR Cup Chase field.NASCAR even had to sit the drivers down after Van Gisbergen wrecked Hill at Chic
  
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• Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen clash at Kansas; tense RCR radio exchange follows

  28-09-2026 23:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoShane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill have had a multiple issues since the three-time Supercars champion arrived on the NASCAR scene.In 2024, they tangled while battling for wins at COTA and Sonoma in the NASCAR O'Reilly Series. Earlier this year, SVG blamed Hill for wrecking him at both Pocono and San Diego, and the loss off points ultimately cost him a spot inside the 2026 NASCAR Cup Chase field.NASCAR even had to sit the drivers down after Van Gisbergen wrecked Hill at Chic
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series: Losers at Kansas Speedway After Costly Race

  28-09-2026 23:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, KANSAS - SEPTEMBER 27: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, lead the field during the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on September 27, 2026 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) GettyKyle Larson turned the Hollywood Casino 400 into a record-setting NASCAR Cup Series win at Kansas Speedway, but several Chase drivers left Kansas with major problems
  
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• Kyle Larson Takes Control of NASCAR Chase Standings After Kansas

  28-09-2026 23:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Photo by: Scott SewellThe NASCAR Cup Series championship battle took another major turn Sunday at Kansas Speedway.Kyle Larson dominated the Hollywood Casino 400, leading 235 of 267 laps and earning a maximum 76-point day. The victory gave Larson his second win in the first four races of the Chase and significantly expanded his lead in the championship standings.With six races remaining in the Chase, Larson now sits 26 points ahead of Denny Hamlin.Updated Chase StandingsHere is where the 16 playo
  
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• NASCAR: Carson Hocevar’s Kansas Wreck Sparks Tension Despite Racing Legends’ Defense

  28-09-2026 21:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, KANSAS - SEPTEMBER 27: Carson Hocevar, driver of the #77 Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet, looks on prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on September 27, 2026 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) GettyCarson Hocevar left Kansas Speedway with a 33rd-place finish after a Lap 122 wreck ended his day in the Hollywood Casino 400. The Spire Motorsports driver was involved in contact with Brad Keselowski, who also collected Bubba Wallac
  
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• "Averages Say He Won't" - Denny Hamlin's Crew Chief Drops Blunt Verdict on Kyle Larson's Flawless Chase Surge

  28-09-2026 21:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireKyle Larson was 55 points behind Denny Hamlin before the Chase got underway in Darlington. It took Larson just three races to pip Hamlin as the championship leader, and after the win in Kansas, the Hendrick Motorsports driver has opened up a 26-point lead over the Joe Gibbs Racing veteran.While the tables have turned on Hamlin and his No. 11 JGR Toyota team, his crew chief Chris Gayle took a moment to predict that Larson and the No. 5 team won’t be able to keep u
  
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• Toby's Take: Has The Next Gen Car Lost Its Luster On 1.5-Mile Tracks?

  28-09-2026 20:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sep 27, 2026; Kansas City, Kansas, USA;NASCAR Cup Series drivers Kyle Larson (5) and Chase Briscoe (19) battle for the lead late in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.Scott Sewell-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectThe Next Gen car, which was introduced in the NASCAR Cup Series ahead of the 2022 season, has produced interesting results in NASCAR's top division. Unquestionably, the car has dramatically reduced the speed deficit from the front of the field to the rear of the f
  
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