In a city of gamblers, the best strategy might be to play it safe. That's a difficult position for Kyle Busch, who feels intense pressure to run well at his home track, where he has just one win in 18 Cup Series starts.

Feeding off one of the largest crowds at a sporting event during the coronavirus pandemic, Kevin Harvick zipped into the second round of the playoffs in pursuit of a championship that is clearly his to lose.

Brad Keselowski entered the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs certain he has as good a chance at the 2020 season championship as favorites Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin.

There was no doubt which of his two Darlington Raceway victories this year Kevin Harvick enjoyed more.

There are two clear favorites for the NASCAR Cup Series title as the 10-week playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington Raceway.

A NASCAR race is far more than 500 miles of left turns. It's a turbo-charged miniature Mardi Gras of booze-soaked infield campsites, concerts, fireworks and patriotic displays.

NASCAR has decided it will not grant COVID-19 relief during the Cup Series postseason, meaning a positive coronavirus test could end a driver's bid for the 2020 championship.

Jimmie Johnson sat on pit road in his mangled mess during a red flag and surely realized the "storybook ending" he talked about a day earlier was gone.

Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O'Ward before the event at World Wide Technology Raceway finished under caution.

William Byron snaked his way through a smoky crash scene late Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, then narrowly avoided another melee a few laps later.

Racing at Daytona International Speedway always comes with a hefty dose of drama.

At an eerily empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Takuma Sato snatched a second Indianapolis 500 victory in an odd and unsatisfying finish to the latest edition of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin have emerged as the clear contenders to win it all in the Cup Series this year, and again they proved their mettle in a doubleheader.

Marco Andretti will lead the field to green Sunday as the first Andretti in pole position for the Indy 500 since Mario in 1987.

Denny Hamlin crossed Dover International Speedway off the meager list of tracks where he had yet to win a NASCAR race, then turned his ambitions toward one more goal he'd like to scratch off the docket.

Dover Motorsports Inc. announced the hire before Saturday's Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson is at the win-or-else stage of his playoff push as he hits his favorite track.

The Indianapolis 500 has been stripped almost to the bone for the 104th running of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

What do you do when the entire world believes you are a racist?

Racing the road course at Daytona International Speedway could have been a debacle.

Chase Elliott was already stock car racing royalty, a prince as the son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott and the sport's reigning most popular driver. Now he's also the road king.

No practice. No qualifying. Just climb through the window and go — as fast as you can through a tricky layout with unknowns all around. No biggie.

Kevin Harvick won just about everything he could in a stellar weekend at Michigan International Speedway, although fittingly, Denny Hamlin was the last driver to pressure him.