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NASCAR has suspended Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams one race for parking his car on the start/finish line at Atlanta Motor Speedway during Saturday’s race. less, the athleteJordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck share their thoughts on the news. What was your initial reaction? Bianchi: When you saw Williams not only park his car, but then decide to get out and walk across the infield to the pits, your first thought was, “There’s no way this guy isn’t suspended for racing.” But as support for him swelled across social media, the…

While fans of Chase Elliott are stunned to see their favorite driver miss nearly six weeks due to injury, they are mostly unhappy with him for putting his season in jeopardy, according to an unofficial survey of his fans this week by the athlete. Elliott, who broke his left leg in a snowboarding accident on March 3, has received a large majority of support in the the athleteto survey. More than three-quarters of those we identified as Elliott fans said they weren’t bothered by his decision to hit the slopes…

every week during the NASCAR Cup Series season, the athlete It will evaluate how the full-time drivers stack up against each other. The evaluation will not take into account the results of the just finished race, but the entire season. Drivers will be divided into classes, and depending on their performance, they can move up or down in a given week. While just one good or bad week won’t necessarily greatly affect a driver’s rating, there will be occasions when a driver might jump dramatically – for example, someone unexpectedly…

FONTANA, Calif. — Five thoughts after NASCAR’s final weekend on the big oval at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California … 1. Big Takeaway In the past 42 years, a 50-square-mile area of Southern California has seen three racetracks that hosted a combined 90 NASCAR Cup Series races disappear. Fontana is gone for now, though whether it returns in its proposed short track form remains to be seen. NASCAR and the track have continued to express optimism about a reconfiguration plan after selling off $544 million of the expansive property,…

DAYTONA BEACH, FL — Over a morning cup of coffee with his wife on Sunday, Tad Gescheker shared something. JTG Daugherty Racing co-owner felt his driver, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He would win the Daytona 500 later that day. That was the same thinking he had before the August 2014 race at Watkins Glen when JTG won its only NASCAR Cup Series race with then-driver AJ Allmendinger. Normally, the feeling Gesheketer was feeling Sunday morning would warrant an immediate trip to a nearby medical facility. The harsh truth is that most…