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by Jim Clayborn | RNNBubba Wallace missed Sunday’s NASCAR race, and that’s evidently not his only sanction after losing his cool in Las Vegas last weekend.Denny Hamlin — who, along with Michael Jordan, co-owns the 23XI racing team that Wallace drives for — said Oct. 22 that the team has dealt with matters in a way that goes “above and beyond” the penalties handed down by NASCAR.Hamlin didn’t say what that means, choosing to keep those matters in-house.One racing analyst that "means" Wallace will have to forfeit a big chunk of money out of his 23XI purse, possibly more than...

NASCAR announced Tuesday that it had suspended Bubba Wallace from the next Cup Series Championship event after his incident with Kyle Larson in Las Vegas Sunday. After Larson's car forced Wallace's car into the wall, Wallace returned the favor by hitting the rear of Larson's car, forcing Larson's car to spin out. After the crash, Wallace got in Larson's face and pushed him. Wallace had a tense conversation with a reporter after the incident, telling NBC Sports' Marty Snider to "stop fishing" for an answer he didn't want to give. "My behavior does not align with core values that are...

Seems like Bubba Wallace has had some time to reflect on his actions from yesterday’s NASCAR race. And now he’s issuing an apology. In case you missed it, on lap 94 of the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400, Kyle Larson made a pass on Kevin Harvick to go neck and neck with Bubba Wallace who was coming past Harvick on the outside. Larson rode up the track and put Bubba into the wall. But Wallace, in a wild and high-speed display of retaliation, took out Larson after the contact, ending both of their days, and taking Christopher Bell, a...

Bubba Wallace shoved Kyle Larson multiple times after he appeared to intentionally crash Larson after Wallace brushed the wall while the two drivers raced side-by-side off Turn 4 in the first stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas. Larson was on Wallace’s inside and his car drifted up the track. Wallace’s car hit the wall and then went left and hit the right rear of Larson’s car. That crashed both of them and also collected playoff driver Christopher Bell. Wallace immediately exited his car after the crash and walked across the track and into the infield where...

Brandonbilt Motorsports (BMS) announces today the return of Larry’s Hard Lemonade as the primary sponsor for Brandon Brown’s No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro during this Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race at the Daytona International Speedway. After an eight month hiatus, Brandon Brown and Larry’s Hard Lemonade are set to make their 16th NXS start as a driver and primary sponsor duo. What first began as a single-race primary sponsorship during the 2020 NXS season opener at Daytona, quickly developed into a successful multi-race program which earned a total of two Top-5 and seven Top-10 finishes. The partnership also saw its...

Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kimi Raikkonen retired to Switzerland at the end of last year's Formula One season and has blissfully spent the last eight months with his young family. Did he miss racing? “Not really, no," the 2007 F1 champion said. Yet here he is, not even a full year into retirement, and Raikkonen will race again. Raikkonen will race Sunday at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York in — and this...

Pocono NASCAR Cup Series winner Denny Hamlin and second-place finisher Kyle Busch were disqualified Sunday after their cars failed post-race inspections. "There was some issues discovered that affect aero in the vehicle," said Brad Moran, managing director of the NASCAR Cup Series, widely considered the top auto race league. "There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn't have been. And that does basically come down to a DQ." Hamlin was the first Cup winner to be disqualified since April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis' victory at Wilson Speedway in North Carolina was thrown...

LONG POND, Pa. -- The siren at the Dawsonville, Georgia, pool hall that sounds whenever Chase Elliott wins a race did indeed go off Sunday night without the hometown star ever leading a lap at Pocono Raceway. "Winner, winner Joe Gibbs Racing are cheaters!'' the Dawsonville Pool Room tweeted. In an extraordinary decision for a NASCAR Cup Series race, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin had his Pocono win thrown out and runner-up and teammate Kyle Busch also was disqualified after their Toyotas failed inspections.

Police are searching for suspect Trent William Millsap in connection to the fatal stabbing of NASCAR's Bobby East NASCAR star Bobby East was fatally stabbed at a gas station in California last week, and police are still searching for the suspect in his killing. East, a three-time United States Auto Club (USAC) National Champion driver in USAC Silver Crown and Midgets, died Wednesday after being stabbed in the chest at a 76 gas station on Westminster Blvd. in Westminster, California, according to the USAC and police. "East was phenomenal in USAC National Sprint Cars as well, most notably on pavement...

NASCAR star Bobby East, 37, died after being stabbed at a California gas station Police are looking for Trent William Millsap, 27, who allegedly stabbed East and another man at a gas station in Westminster on Wednesday East was rushed to the hospital, but had succumbed to his injury, police said The US Auto Club champ was a star in the racing world, which once dubbed him 'the winningest' rookie in more than a quarter century

This time, it grovels for the sin of having had Texas Governor Greg Abbott wave a green flag at the All-Star Race. I have no gay pride. I don’t have gay hatred either. I simply don’t care very much. It’s enough for me that our laws give people equal protection and most Americans no longer consider homosexuality a sin. And that’s probably enough for most people. And I bet most people, like me, dislike the annual barrage of mandatory love for the LGBTQ+++ crowd and especially dislike the industry that’s sprung up around confusing kids about their biological and then...

NASCAR apologized to the LGBTQ community on Wednesday, for so-caled "recent actions" that may not have "alligned" with the auto racing giant's "mission to be a welcoming sport for all." "As we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, we acknowledge that recent actions have not alligned with NASCAR's mission to be a welcoming sport for all," the statement said. "We remain steadfast in our commitment to create a more inclusive environment – in our workplaces, at the race track & in the stands," the post concludes, along with along with a graphic featuring the so-called "progress" pride flag and a message wishing...

NASCAR suspended the wrong crew member after a wheel came off Denny Hamlin’s car at Dover on Monday. Hamlin’s crew didn’t get the left-front wheel tight on his car during a pit stop after the conclusion of the first stage of the race. As Hamlin was the first car to leave pit road, the wheel came off and came to a stop near the inside wall at the end of pit lane. The 2022 Cup Series cars have just one lug nut instead of five and loose wheels have been a significant issue for teams as they struggle with the...

AUSTIN — Confederate flags were banned from NASCAR events in June 2020, and some fans have seemingly started to get behind a new pennant — one that is unabashedly mixing politics and sports. At this weekend's NASCAR race at the Circuit of the Americas outside Austin, a walk through the car and RV parking lots revealed how effective NASCAR's ban on Confederate flags has been. Among the vehicles for the estimated 70,000 fans, not a single Confederate battle flag or any other flag representing the South's fight during the Civil War was spotted. But one banner that was conspicuously popular...

NASCAR's David Gilliland Racing (DGR) suffered an unspeakable tragedy on Tuesday when the driver of one of its team transport trucks was killed in a highway accident. Steven Stotts was driving team hauler to Phoenix Raceway

NASCAR legend Richard Childress is hellbent on helping the people of Ukraine. All eyes are on Ukraine as the nation attempts to repel a Russian invasion being carried out by Vladimir Putin’s forces. Well, help is on the way thanks to Childress. According to Jenna Fryer, the former racer and current team owner told reporters in a recent call that he’s sending a million rounds of ammo through Ammo Inc. to Ukraine. Furthermore, he pointed out that the situation in Ukraine is a great reminder of why the Second Amendment is so important in America. “This should be a wakeup...

A spectator at the Daytona 500 race in Florida said "f*** Joe Biden" live on air while being interviewed by a television news crew. During a live broadcast of the NASCAR Cup Series motor race in Daytona Beach on Sunday, a Fox 35 Orlando reporter approached a man in the stand by the track and asked him what he was going to say on the finish line. "What do you think I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say f**k Joe Biden," the unidentified man replied. The shocked reporter said "oh no no no, we're not doing that" before walking away to...

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Just days before it was found, Wallace - NASCAR's only full-time black driver - had successfully lobbied for the auto racing company to permanently ban the Confederate Flag from being displayed at any of its events. The request was made at the height of racial injustice protests across the country following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Wallace received an onslaught of backlash over the motion, with some fans of the sport claiming the flag was a crucial part of their southern heritage and therefore an integral part of NASCAR, a sport with deep Southern roots. On June...

The NASCAR Xfinity series driver has inked a two-year sponsorship deal worth with the cryptocurrency worth a reported "eight figures," even though he has been banned from advertising it on his race car. The exact dollar amount of the deal was not announced, but LGBcoin said Brown is now a "holder" of the currency and his spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business that he is being paid in "both cash and coin." NASCAR last week rejected Brown's Brandonbilt Motorsports plan to feature an LGBcoin livery during the 2022 season after the team announced that it had been approved. The meme coin...