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We're still not over Oldsmobile's death. So take a stroll down memory lane with us

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Denny Hamlin took his cut — he gripped the checkered flag like a Louisville Slugger and took a swing moments after he delivered on his called shot at Dover — and then lobbed a high, hard one at some of the NASCAR greats before him. Yeah, maybe 36 drivers have won […]

Denny Hamlin is off to one of the best starts of his two-decade career, with three wins for Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin and Christopher Bell have delivered four wins this season to JGR. William Byron …

Hamlin has had a great career, but has not won a Cup Series title. He should be OK with that.

A pair of consecutive night races kicks off the first of two NASCAR weekends at Martinsville Speedway as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series kicks things off on Friday night with the NASCAR Xfinity Series following 24 hours later.

North Augusta’s new Public Safety headquarters is several months ahead of schedule. NADPS Capt. Charles Williams said all looked good for construction to wrap up—and personnel to move in—by spring of 2025.

Between 1958 and 1971, the division now known as the NASCAR Cup series staged 29 races at the Bowman Gray Stadium short track in North Carolina. The list of Cup

A decades-old rumor said a moonshine still once operated under the track

What was once legend may now be a reality. And you might just hear the voice of Junior Johnson saying, ‘See, I told you so.’

It is no secret that some of NASCAR’s earliest stars also moonlighted as moonshiners. According to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, many of auto racing’s early stars drove, owned or built moonshine cars, with Wilkes County a hotbed for “white lightning.”