Lap 1 and we have trouble! Chase Elliott was spun around by Ross Chastain going into Turn 1 on the first lap and chaos ensued. In the aftermath, Denny Hamlin and Connor Zilisch both took damage as cars piled up in the NASCAR Cup Series race.

7. John H. Nemechek, 61. 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 61. 9. Alex Bowman, 59. 10. Chase Elliott, 56. 11. Joey Logano, 55. 12. Christopher Bell, 53. 13. Denny Hamlin, 51. 14. Michael McDowell, 51. 15. Carson Hocevar, 48. 16. Chris Buescher, 47. 17. Erik Jones, 46. 18. Riley Herbst, 40. 19. Ty Dillon, 39. 20. Austin Dillon, 39. 21. Ross Chastain, 37. 22. Todd Gilliland, 36. 23. Kyle Busch, 35. 24. Jimmie Johnson, 34. 25. Daniel Suárez, 33. 26. Justin Haley, 31. 27. AJ Allmendinger, 29. 28. Zane Smith, 27. 29. Ty Gibbs, 26. 30. Ryan Preece, 24. 31. Josh Berry, 23. 32. Corey LaJoie, 21. 33. Brad Keselowski, 21. 34. Shane Van Gisbergen, 18. 35. Cole Custer, 17. 36. Noah Gragson, 13. 37. Cody Ware, 4. 38. JJ Yeley, 1. For more than a century, Times Union photographers have been documenting the Capital Region’s fascinating people, places and pivotal moments.

Austin Cindric‘s first career NASCAR Cup Series win came in the most dramatic and historic ways -- a victory in the 2022 Daytona 500. Last week, the driver of the Team Penske‘s No. 2 Ford was again at the front of the field in the Daytona 500.

NASCAR Cup Series season started off with multiple controversial last-lap caution calls/no-calls at Daytona and Atlanta. In Duel 2 at the World Center of Racing, Erik Jones crossed the finish line first but officials awarded Austin Cindric the win due to his position just in front of the No.

Denny Hamlin appeared to take a shot at NASCAR following Wednesday's countersuit. NASCAR sued 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports, and 23XI Racing co-owner Curtis Polk for alleged "anticompetitive conduct.

Denny Hamlin has an interesting theory on why NASCAR didn’t enforce Turn 6 track limits at the COTA Cup Series race on Sunday. On the Actions Detrimentalpodcast, Hamlin explained why NASCAR didn’t call out drivers for cutting the turn short.

Through the month of February and the first few days of March, the NASCAR community was focused on the entertaining racing action on the track. William Byron started off the 2025 Cup Series campaign by going back-to-back in winning consecutive Daytona 500s.

Around the deadline of signing the new charter agreement, which 23XI and FRM refused to sign, both teams decided to take legal action against NASCAR and its CEO Jim France, accusing both entities of "unlawful monopolization of premier sock car racing in order to enrich themselves at the expense of the premier stock car racing teams."

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs ended with Joey Logano winning the championship and a contingent of fans calling for change. NASCAR officials responded to those calls by announcing possible modifications to the future postseason format would be on the table.

Denny Hamlin was impressed with Connor Zilisch’s NASCAR Cup Series debut, even if it didn’t all go according to plan for the 18-year-old wunderkind.  Zilisch was involved in a wreck after his teammate Daniel Suarez spun,

Denny Hamlin has 74 wins in his NASCAR career, as of February 2025. He has won 54 times in the NASCAR Cup Series in 18 years of racing. He has also claimed victory 18 times in Xfinity Series and ...

As the leaders jostled for position late in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at COTA, Connor Zilisch doored Corey Heim. Denny Hamlin didn’t like it. Of course, Heim is a 23XI Racing development driver and was put in the Sam Hunt No.