NASCAR Cup

During a morning press conference at its Kannapolis, North Carolina, race shop, Stewart-Haas Racing announced Aric Almirola as the driver of the No. 10 Smithfield Ford in 2018.

Denny Hamlin did almost everything right on Sunday afternoon. Despite his best efforts, however, the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota left Texas Motor Speedway in a good-sized hole.

Martin Truex, Jr. isn’t invincible after all. Kevin Harvick put a serious dent in Truex’s sense of invulnerability on Sunday afternoon, passing Truex with nine laps left in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway...

Tony Stewart had enjoyed unique status at Texas Motor Speedway – until Friday afternoon, that is. Before Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500...

Chase Elliot wasn’t going there. If he’s hatching a revenge plot against Denny Hamlin in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, he’s keeping to himself.

A driver without a signed contract for 2018 won the pole position for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway with a record lap — giving a timely birthday present to his crew chief.

No one was more disappointed following last Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8 opener at Martinsville Speedway than Chase Elliott.

As has been done for each of the past 20 fall seasons, operations crews were hard at work this week, implementing an annual heavy maintenance program on the aging 1.54-mile racing surface at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Joey Logano's crew chief accepted blame Tuesday for not pitting Logano with a tire rub, a call that may have cost Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski a spot in NASCAR's championship.

The drama between Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott garnered most of the attention after Sunday’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway, and justifiably so.