Kyle Larson was willing to play it smart in the closing laps Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Larson earned his seventh points win of this NASCAR Cup Series season, and the feud between Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick took an interesting turn Sunday on Charlotte Motor Speedway's Roval.

It's been nearly 16 months since Bubba Wallace was waiting out a rainstorm in his motorhome in the Talladega Superspeedway infield when NASCAR informed its only full-time Black driver that a noose had been found in his garage stall.

The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are set for a matinee Monday at Talladega Superspeedway. Weather permitting, of course.

Turns out 21 was Denny Hamlin's lucky number in Vegas.

Alex Palou raised the Spanish flag over his head and hugged every teammate he could find. With the first championship trophy of his professional career at last in his hands, he planted his lips on the IndyCar Series' Astor Cup and savored a dream come true.

To earn his 100th Formula One victory, Lewis Hamilton drew on much of his vast experience from the first 99.

The dramatic close to the NASCAR Xfinity Series regular season showed just how far AJ Allmendinger will go to win his first title. It also enforced to Austin Cindric what he's up against in his bid to defend his championship.

Kyle Larson won at Bristol Motor Speedway, which wasn't really a big surprise or even the most interesting thing that happened Saturday night during the first elimination race of this year's NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Bristol Motor Speedway can be a beast. The .533-mile concrete bullring in northeast Tennessee has tight quarters, so traffic can often be an impediment, and a lack of patience or loss of tempers can easily alter the outcome of a race.

Homestead-Miami Speedway will return to the playoff portion of the season in 2022, while the St. Louis area was awarded a Cup Series race and NASCAR will compete on Easter Sunday for the first time in more than three decades in schedule changes released Wednesday.

J-G-R. Easy as 1-2-3. For the sixth time in Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR Cup Series history.

Denny Hamlin shook off a difficult week in the best way possible.

For all the potential outcomes that could have occurred Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale was somewhat predictable.

There's one guy Tyler Reddick doesn't expect any help from Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway: Austin Dillon, who happens to be his teammate.

Ryan Blaney's Team Penske Ford needed a push to pass William Byron's Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during a pivotal moment Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. A Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota provided the boost.

One by one, drivers sped across the deteriorating curbing in the fifth and sixth turns late in the Brickyard 200. One by one, they veered off course.

AJ Allmendinger screamed in elation Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Just about every other NASCAR Cup Series driver left the famed motorsports venue frustrated, angry or bewildered by a bizarre Brickyard 200 finish.

It took five wins by Kyle Larson to catch the most consistent driver in NASCAR's Cup Series this season, but he finally did it.

Marcus Ericsson thought for sure his car would snap in half as he treated the slowed car in front of him like some sort of Monster Jam ramp and soared through the air and leapfrogged a spot before he slammed onto the asphalt.

Kyle Larson took another step toward the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season title. Chase Elliott lamented a race that he let get away.

With darkness closing in at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Aric Almirola sprung to life late in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race and pulled off a surprise victory, the first win of the year for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Rick Hendrick gave Kyle Larson a second chance in NASCAR because Hendrick Motorsports had wanted him in its lineup for years. Now that Hendrick has his man, he has locked Larson down for two more seasons with full sponsorship.