AVONDALE, Ariz. – Perhaps there was “something” that seemed almost inevitable about Joey Logano’s impressive run to his third NASCAR Cup Championship Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. The 34-year old Connecticut native, father-of-three and perpetual race and title contender once again proved why competitors can never take him lightly, never count him out. He is not […]

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano pulled off a masterful restart and held on for dear life. Fifty-four laps later, Logano had his third NASCAR Cup Series championship—most among full-time active drivers—by a scant 0.330 seconds over Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney. On the final restart on Lap 259 of 312 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series […]

AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR president Steve Phelps provided positive bookends to his state-of-the sport press conference on Friday morning at Phoenix Raceway. In the preamble to questions from reporters, Phelps described NASCAR racing as “resilient and growing,” citing a welcome recovery from adverse weather that affected television ratings for several of the Cup Series’ most […]

NASCAR penalized the Nos. 1, 3 and 23 Cup Series teams for Member Conduct violations during Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway. After an investigation of the on-track data and team scanners from the final laps of Sunday’s Round of 8 elimination race, NASCAR determined the actions of those involved violated sections 4.4.B&D: NASCAR Member Conduct […]