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• Gio Ruggiero wins rain-shortened ARCA race, pole-sitter Cleetus McFarland wrecks

  06-06-2026 00:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAfter earning his first-ever ARCA pole, Cleetus McFarland led the early laps at Michigan before falling back through the top ten, and scrubbing the wall. He also had a sketchy moment, colliding with Thomas Annunziata as he came down on a three-wide situation.It was Connor Mosack who took control after him, leading all the way to the Lap 35 competition caution. Cleetus had fallen back to tenth at that point, after starting from pole.On the restart, Jake Bollman took the lead
  
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• Two car chiefs ejected after multiple NASCAR Cup inspection failures at Michigan

  06-06-2026 23:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoTwo NASCAR Cup Series teams had a little trouble getting through inspection on Saturday, and so, the standard penalties have been applied.26 of the 37 entries passed on their first attempt, while nine passed on their second attempt, but there were two that needed to go through the inspection process three times.The No. 17 RFK Racing Ford of Chris Buescher, which entered this race eighth in the championship standings, failed twice before passing on the third attempt.The No. 44 NY
  
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• “You Saved My Family”- Billionaire Rick Hendrick Comes Clean on Emotional Sacrifice Behind Most Loyal Workforce in Motorsports History

  06-06-2026 23:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BRISTOL, TN - SEPTEMBER 21: Rick Hendrick looks on prior to the running of the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race on September 21, 2024, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN. Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire AUTO: SEP 21 NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon240921905 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireLong before Rick Hendrick owned race teams, dealerships, or championship trophies, he was learning lessons on his family’s tobacco far
  
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• Corey Heim wins Michigan NASCAR Truck race in nail-biting finish

  06-06-2026 22:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt was 'Heim Time' once again!Corey Heim, who is set to go full-time Cup racing next year with 23XI Racing, won Saturday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.The 2025 NCTS champion now has 26 career wins, and three in just five starts this year.There was just 0.065s between Heim and TRICON Toyota Kaden Honeycutt at the checkered flag.NASCAR Truck Series win No. 3 in 2026 for Corey Heim! He talks with @JoshRSims after getting it done in Michigan.
  
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• NASCAR Truck Series Standings Today: Truck Series Points Leaders after Michigan

  06-06-2026 22:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway marked the 12th points race of the 2026 season for the Truck Series, with Kaden Honeycutt closign the gap on Layne Riggs atop the NASCAR Truck Series standings.The Chase battled also tightened on Saturday in Michigan, even with a few Cup Series drivers taking points away from full-time Truck drivers. Now that the race is over, let’s take a look at the Truck Series points leaders right now.Note: Corey Heim is 11th in the NASCAR Truck
  
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• Who Won Last Year’s NASCAR Cup Race at Michigan? Full Details Here

  06-06-2026 22:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  As NASCAR returns to Michigan International Speedway this weekend, some fans may be wondering who won the last Cup Series race at the two-mile oval.The answer is Denny Hamlin, though the veteran driver needed one of the most dramatic fuel-mileage finishes of the 2025 season to get it done.Hamlin captured the FireKeepers Casino 400 on June 8, 2025, earning his third victory of the season. But the final result barely tells the story of what unfolded during the closing laps.For most of the afternoo
  
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• Richard Childress Has Demand For NASCAR Hall Of Fame After Kyle Busch's Death

  06-06-2026 20:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Not everyone spoke out in the first few days of Kyle Busch's tragic passing at the end of last month. But after taking some time to gather all of his thoughts, Busch's boss and friend Richard Childress finally broke his silence.The Richard Childress Racing owner addressed the media on Saturday afternoon to ahead of Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400. He had initially planned to announce that Busch would be returning to the team for the 2027 NASCAR Cup season, but after his passing, he used the mome
  
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• NASCAR: Richard Childress says Kyle Busch was set to return to his team for the 2027 Cup Series season

  06-06-2026 20:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR team owner Richard Childress revealed that he was set to announce on Saturday that Kyle Busch would be back for a fifth season with the team.Instead, Childress was at Michigan International Speedway making his first public comments after Busch’s sudden death on May 21 at the age of 41.“The hardest part of this is that today, we were going to be in here, Kyle was going to be with me and we were going to announce that he was coming back in 2027 and drive for [Richard Childress R
  
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• Michigan's Cup drivers looking for breakthrough at home track

  06-06-2026 20:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan is the home state for three current NASCAR Cup Series competitors — RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski, Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones and Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar — and all are looking for their first victory at Michigan International Speedway in Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 (3 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).When it comes to competing there, the 2012 series champion Keselowski and another former champion, Hendr
  
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• Richard Childress Has Made a Decision About Kyle Busch’s No. 33 Chevrolet

  06-06-2026 20:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The future of Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 Chevrolet is no longer uncertain.The same day after revealing that Kyle Busch had been set to return to RCR in 2027, team owner Richard Childress announced that Austin Hill will remain behind the wheel of the No. 33 Cup Series car for the rest of the 2026 season.The decision provides stability for the organization during one of the most difficult periods in its history. Since Busch’s death on May 21 at age 41, RCR has been forced to bal
  
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• Richard Childress compares pain of losing Kyle Busch to Dale Earnhardt’s death

  06-06-2026 19:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Richard Childress had hoped to announce a contract extension for Kyle Busch at Michigan International Speedway.Instead, the longtime owner of Richard Childress Racing held a news conference Saturday at the track to publicly address the unexpected death of Kyle Busch for the first time since the two-time Cup Series champion died on May 21 after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis. For Childress, whose NASCAR team weathered the loss of seven-time champion Dale Earn
  
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• Kyle Busch Was Set To Return To RCR For 2027 Season Prior To Tragic Death

  06-06-2026 19:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR community is still mourning the sudden loss of two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch. Busch died on May 21 due to severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. Before he was rushed to the hospital, the 41-year-old driver was found unresponsive while in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord, North Carolina. Shortly after Busch's death was made public, Richard Childress Racing announced that his No. 8 vehicle will be exclusively reserved for his 11-year-old son Brexton."Richard Ch
  
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• Christopher Bell ready to remedy Michigan struggles

  06-06-2026 19:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell is considered a perennial NASCAR Cup Series championship contender, finishing fifth or better in the title chase four of the last five seasons. He’s earned 13 wins and claimed top-10 finishes in nearly half of his starts — 113 such finishes in 230 total races.However, the lone active track the 31-year-old Oklahoman hasn’t earned a NASCAR Cup Series top-10 finish? Michigan International Speedway, where the field will race on Sunday (3 p.
  
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• Richard Childress speaks publicly for first time since Kyle Busch's death

  06-06-2026 19:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Richard Childress had intended to walk into the Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, June 6 with his Chevrolet partners to talk about Kyle Busch’s future.Instead, Childress eulogized the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion’s legacy.The press conference was supposed to be a celebration. Childress, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and owner of Richard Childress Racing, had planned to use the press conference ahead of the FireKeepers Casino 400 as a chance to announce Busch  was retu
  
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• Richard Childress returns to public spotlight where he planned to reveal Kyle Busch extension

  06-06-2026 19:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoRichard Childress made himself available to the media on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway for the first time since the death of Kyle Busch.As it turns out, this press conference had been scheduled for several weeks, and the time had been made available to formally announce that the two-time Cup Series champion was signing an extension with RCR for 2027.The agreement was that close to being finalized. Childress says that Busch told him that they were going to make the C
  
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• Richard Childress Speaks Out for First Time Since Death of Kyle Busch

  06-06-2026 18:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  During a media availability at Michigan International Speedway, Richard Childress spoke publicly for the first time since the death of Kyle Busch late in May. There were a few things that Childress shared with the media, including Busch's would-be 2027 plans, who is racing the No. 33 car the rest of the season, and more. Richard Childress Racing has lost two all-time greats since the turn of the century. It is yet another difficult time for RCR and the RCR family, not to mention the impact on th
  
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• Richard Childress Reveals the Announcement He Never Got to Make About Kyle Busch

  06-06-2026 18:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Richard Childress arrived at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday expecting to talk about Kyle Busch’s future.Instead, he found himself reflecting on the loss of a friend.During an emotional media availability, the Richard Childress Racing owner revealed that RCR had planned to announce a contract extension with Busch this weekend that would have kept the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion with the organization through the 2027 season.“We were going to announce today that Kyl
  
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• Austin Hill will drive No. 33 RCR car for remainder of 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

  06-06-2026 18:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Austin Hill will drive in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet for the rest of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, team owner Richard Childress said on June 6 at Michigan.Hill has filled in for the last couple races in the No. 33 after the death of Kyle Busch last month. Busch died on May 21 from complications of pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.Hill, 32, had made occasional starts in a part-time RCR Cup Series entry over the last three seasons to go along with a full-time O'Re
  
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• Nos. 17, 44 teams penalized in pre-race Cup inspection at Michigan

  06-06-2026 18:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Two teams were penalized for infractions during Saturday’s pre-race technical inspection for the NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway.The No. 17 RFK Racing Ford for driver Chris Buescher failed inspection on each of its first two attempts before passing on its third attempt. The same occurred for the No. 44 NY Racing Chevrolet, which will be driven this week by JJ Yeley.MORE: Michigan schedule | Cup standingsAs a result, both teams will lose pit selection for Sunday’s
  
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• Heim holds off Tricon teammate Honeycutt for Michigan Truck Series win

  06-06-2026 18:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  In a close battle between Tricon Garage teammates, Corey Heim held off a fierce challenge from Kaden Honeycutt to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.In his fifth Truck Series start of the 2026 season, the driver of the No. 1 Tricon Toyota picked up his third victory this year, one week after it was announced that the 2025 series champion will race full-time next year in the NASCAR Cup Series with 23XI Racing.RELATED: Unofficial results | At-tra
  
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• The most unforgettable Kyle Busch moments at Michigan

  06-06-2026 16:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAs NASCAR heads to Michigan, we want to highlight the most iconic, or even infamous Kyle Busch moments from his time racing at the 2.0-mile oval. He had some incredible battles, including a few that got a little heated, and on more than one occasion he helped to forge the future stars of the sport.Last week, we highlighted some of Busch's wildest Nashville moments, which you can check out HERE.Busch is the winningest driver in NASCAR history with 234 victories across the top
  
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• Richard Childress: Kyle Busch was set to return to RCR in 2027

  06-06-2026 14:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BROOKLYN, Mich. — Team owner Richard Childress said Saturday that a press conference this weekend at Michigan International Speedway was intended to reveal the news of a contract extension for Kyle Busch, who died last month before his return could be announced.Childress’ first public remarks since Busch’s death came Saturday at the 2-mile Michigan track, site of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race and a venue where Busch won four times in national-series competition. He said
  
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• 2026 Michigan International Speedway pit stall assignments

  06-06-2026 14:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  See where your favorite NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers will pit this weekend at Michigan International Speedway.NASCAR Cup SeriesStay tuned.NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). RELATED: Michigan weekend schedule | How to watch NASCAR on Prime VideoNASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 powered
  
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• NASCAR Michigan predictions 2026, expert picks for Cup Series race

  06-06-2026 12:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series cruises into Michigan for the FireKeepers Casino 400 on June 7.Last week, the Toyotas ruled the day at Nashville with Denny Hamlin earning the victory via a three-way battle between he and teammates Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe.Six of the nine full-time Toyota drivers are inside the top 16 going into the 15th race of the season this weekend.Toyota has also won the last two races at Michigan (Tyler Reddick in 2024, Hamlin last year).Here are The Tennessean's expert pic
  
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• Cleetus McFarland involved in ARCA championship affecting crash

  06-06-2026 04:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoJust before the ARCA race at Michigan International Speedway was called just past halfway to its scheduled distance for rain, an incident involving Cleetus McFarland had an impact on a fringe unlikely championship contender. On lap 49 of 100, second in points Ryan Vargas dived under the YouTuber also known legally as Garrett Mitchell. He was held tight and broke traction when he lost the nose.  They both washed up the track and into the path of an oncoming Andy Jankowia
  
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• Remembering Ned Jarrett: A NASCAR legend from track to television

  06-06-2026 00:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Today’s news that NASCAR Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett had died at age 93 felt like losing a longtime close friend, albeit one you never met in person, but was in your living room most Sundays for decades.If you grew up a fan of NASCAR in the 80s and 90s, the era that really helped set the table for the sport’s peak in national prominence that would follow, you enjoyed great on track battles between the likes of all-timers Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott and
  
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• Ned Jarrett, NASCAR Hall of Famer and two-time champion, dead at 93

  05-06-2026 22:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ned Jarrett died at 93 years old.Ned Jarrett, one of NASCAR’s founding legends and the sport’s oldest living champion, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Newton, N.C. He was 93 years old.Known throughout the sport as “Gentleman Ned,” Jarrett was a two-time Cup Series champion who won 50 races across a career that ran from 1953-66, becoming just the third driver in history to reach that milestone.He claimed titles in 1961 and 1965 — the latter in extraord
  
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• Joe Gibbs Racing, Chris Gabehart, Spire agree to terms on deleted text message retrieval

  05-06-2026 22:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAs part of the ongoing Joe Gibbs Racing v Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit, fact discovery is currently taking place and includes the pursuit of a text message conversation between Gabehart and Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson that both individuals deleted from their phones.JGR is suing its former competition director and crew chief, and a rival organization, over allegations that Gabehart illegally misappropriated trade secrets and confidential data while transitioning
  
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• Cleetus McFarland earns pole position for ARCA race at Michigan

  05-06-2026 21:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIn qualifying for the ARCA Menards Series Henry Ford Health 200 at Michigan International Speedway, a surprise rocketed to the time of the qualifying charts.Driving the No. 30 Rette Jones Racing entry, popular YouTuber and NASCAR hopeful Cleetus McFarland (real name Garrett Mitchell) earned pole position.With a fast lap of 38.987s, Cleetus beat Jake Bollman to pole position by just 0.025s, securing the top spot on the grid.Lanie Buice will start third, Connor Mosack fourth, and G
  
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• Ned Jarrett, NASCAR Hall of Famer, 2-time Cup Series champion and longtime broadcaster, dies at 93

  05-06-2026 21:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEWTON, N.C. (AP) — Ned Jarrett, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and longtime broadcaster, died Thursday of natural causes in his home, his family announced. He was 93.Jarrett was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011 after 50 career wins on the sport's top circuit, including championships in 1961 and 1965. He was part of the second five-member NASCAR Hall of Fame class.Jarrett, known as “Gentleman Ned” for his demeanor, may have been better known by younger NASCA
  
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