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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Larson and Kevin Harvick hate late-race cautions.  William Byron loves them.  After a two-tire call under the fourth caution flag in Sunday’s United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Byron surged past Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson in overtime to win his second straight NASCAR Cup Series race.  Byron can thank Ford drivers Aric Almirola and Harrison Burton, who on successive weekends spun with a handful of laps left—at Las Vegas and Phoenix, respectively—and gave Byron a chance toRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service  AVONDALE, Ariz. – Kyle Larson continued his dominance at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday with a pole-winning run for Sunday’s United Rentals Work United 500 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).  Larson topped the speed chart in Friday’s 50-minute NASCAR Cup Series practice session and posted the fastest lap of the weekend in the first round of time trials, covering the 1.0-mile distance in 27.324 seconds (131.752 mph).  In the final round of qualifying, Larson was the only driver to topRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor While Chase Elliott is on the mend from his leg injury sustained in a snowboarding accident last week, Hendrick Motorsports has made their plans for which drivers will pilot the team’s No. 9 entry in the weeks ahead. Hendrick officials noted that they expect Elliott to be out for the next six weeks, as his rehab continues in Colorado, and their plan is for two drivers will take over driving duties in the meantime. After his run at Las Vegas last Sunday, Josh Berry will continueRead More

Hendrick Motorsports has yet to name a driver for PhoenixRead More

A clean sweep is a performance check for the 24 teamRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — William Byron won the most important race of Sunday afternoon—by inches off pit road.  Quick work by Byron’s pit crew enabled the driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to beat teammate Kyle Larson off pit road for an overtime restart in the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and that was the decisive factor in Byron’s fifth career NASCAR Cup Series victory.  When Aric Almirola spun into the Turn 4 wall with four laps left of a scheduledRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor Less than 24 hours ago, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Chase Elliott would be out of the car for the weekend at Las Vegas after suffering a leg injury while snowboarding in Colorado. On Saturday morning, the team provided an update on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the path forward for the No. 9 team while he recovers. Hendrick Motorsports president and general manager Jeff Andrews explained that Elliott had suffered a fractured tibia in the accident and successfully underwent a nearly three-hour surgery onRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS—Chase Elliott will not compete in Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after sustaining a leg injury while snowboarding Friday in Colorado.  The 2020 series champion is scheduled to undergo surgery on Friday night, according to a release from Hendrick Motorsports.  Josh Berry, a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series driver for JR Motorsports, will replace Elliott in the No. 9 Chevrolet this weekend. Berry, 32, has two previous Cup starts, with a best finish of 26th at Michigan inRead More

By Matt Weaver, Special Contributor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There were happy teammates and even happier friends in the immediate aftermath of qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Thursday night. Alex Bowman clinched a front row starting spot for the Great American Race for the sixth consecutive year. It was also his third Daytona 500 pole. He will be joined on front row on Sunday by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson — giving the Chevrolet flagship their third straight front row lockout. As if those weren’t enough accolades, this was alsoRead More

The 2021 Cup champion is doing some extra homework on Thursday.Read More