CUP SERIES

In what could be a sneak preview of the Championship 4 race later this year, Denny Hamlin outdueled Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. to win the Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts Thursday night at Kansas Speedway.

Rumors have been swirling since mid-June that the single-car team, Leavine Family Racing might be looking for a buyer in the near future due to the financial struggle teams currently are having due to COVID-19.

Highlighting their Body Camera line of products, Digital Ally will serve as the primary sponsor for the No. 38 Ford Mustang driven by Sunoco Rookie-of-the-Year Candidate John Hunter Nemechek on Thursday at Kansas Speedway. The brand will also appear on the No. 34 of Michael McDowell for the doubleheader weekend at Dover International Speedway in August.

"Following discussions with our race teams and the broader industry, NASCAR will continue to conduct its race weekends without practice and qualifying for the remainder of the 2020 season in all three national series. The current format has worked well in addressing several challenges during our return to racing. Most importantly, we have seen competitive racing week-to-week. NASCAR will adjust the starting lineup draw procedure for the Playoff races, and will announce the new process at a later date."

Tickets are on sale now for a limited number of fans as part of a highly anticipated doubleheader on Sunday, Aug. 16, featuring the NASCAR Cup Series as well as the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.

Austin Dillon held a hard-charging field off three times on restarts in the closing laps to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2020 season in Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. It was a 1-2 finish for the Richard Childress Racing team with Dillon’s rookie teammate Tyler Reddick finishing a mere .149-seconds behind.

In a brochure mailed to season ticket holders at Phoniex Raceway, the list of 2021 race dates show that NASCAR will return to the one-mile race track in a similar-looking schedule as 2020.

Fans will now have the opportunity to own a one-of-kind piece of memorabilia from the first-ever NASCAR All-Star race at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The front bumper off of the No. 43 was placed on the No. 34 hauler immediately after an incident with Michael McDowell during last Wednesday’s NASCAR All-Star Open.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today a multi-year partnership with Cash App, a consumer finance service. Cash App will be the primary sponsor of the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, piloted by Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr., for five events, and will also be an associate partner throughout the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) campaign.

"With recent crashes at Pocono and Kentucky, we have too much work for our shop guys to go and gamble on wrecking a car that we will need at New Hamphshire," stated team owner Carl Long. "We are all disappointed, but it is strictly a business decision that we had to make."