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Helio Castroneves won his first race on Detroit's Belle Isle and celebrated that victory by exiting his car and climbing one of the fences surrounding the temporary street course.

The All-Stars during qualifying Saturday night were the pit crew members for Kyle Busch.

"Boats and large boulders washed ashore," in Tonga, says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, after a huge volcano eruption at the islands. The Tongan capital Nuku'alofa "is covered in a thick film of volcanic dust," Ardern adds.

Brad Keselowski is in the final two races of his NASCAR career with Team Penske and would love nothing more than to close his 12-year run with another Cup championship.

Tyler Reddick finished fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale Saturday night and secured the final spot in the 16-car postseason field.

One week after Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe tangled on the track in NASCAR's Cup Series, they'll be back in action Sunday at Michigan.

Brad Keselowski is ready to begin the "next evolution" of his racing career.

Roush Fenway Racing is adding NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski as a new partner.

Kyle Busch celebrated his 36th birthday Sunday by winning a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway.

Brad Keselowski made it nine different winners through the first 10 races of the NASCAR Cup Series season last week at Talladega.

Brad Keselowski did it exactly right this time and finally got that last-lap victory, winning in overtime Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Larson wasn't sure he'd race in NASCAR again until Rick Hendrick took a chance on a him. Last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Larson raced to his first NASCAR victory since he was reinstated from a nearly yearlong suspension. He was hired by Hendrick Motorsports when NASCAR said the suspension would lift at the start of this year. KEEP IT COOLLast year's spring race in Phoenix was a hot one, with temperatures pushing close to 90 degrees. ... Jason Biggs, host of “Cherries Wild” on NASCAR broadcast partner Fox, is the grand marshal.

Racers crash during the last lap in the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Latest on the Daytona 500 (all times local):12:35 a.m.Brad Keselowski has no regrets about the way he handled the final lap of the Daytona 500. ___12:15 a.m.Michael McDowell won the Daytona 500 after Penske Racing teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski wrecked on the final lap. ___3:25 p.m.Derrike Cope was knocked out after only three laps, an ignominious end for the 62-year-old driver who won the 1990 Daytona 500. ___2 p.m.Bubba Wallace’s car failed inspection twice for the Daytona 500 and will have to start at the back of the field. AdWallace drives a new entry owned by NBA great Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin.

Alex Bowman and William Byron were slated to lead the Daytona 500 field to green but that's in danger following Thursday night's qualifying races. Byron was collected in a crash in the second Duel and it ruined his Chevrolet. AdAustin Cindric and Kaz Grala both earned their first berths into the Daytona 500 by claiming the two available transfer positions in the Duels. He was the leader on the final lap of the second Duel until Dillon crossed to Wallace’s inside and inched ahead. “We’ve got an incredible race car and I can’t wait for the Daytona 500.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Racing at Daytona International Speedway always comes with a hefty dose of drama. Nearly half the field is looking to clinch a postseason berth with a victory, including seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson. Crazy things will happen.Thats exactly what NASCAR envisioned when it moved Daytonas summertime extravaganza to the regular-season finale. Cup races at Daytona already were considered wild-card events in which just about anyone could end up in victory lane. Throw in the raised stakes, and it's sure to create an ultra-intense couple of hours on the track.

NASCARs most popular driver won the Cup Series road course race at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, holding off hard-charging Denny Hamlin following a late restart and notching his third consecutive victory away from ovals. The 24-year-old Elliott also won on road courses at Charlotte and at Watkins Glen last year. Elliott, Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. had the cars to beat. Making up that kind of ground on a 14-turn, 3.61-mile road course was a nearly impossible tough task, especially considering Elliott was turning mistake-free laps at the front of the field. Newman was one of the few Cup drivers with experience on Daytonas road course.

NASCAR takes to the retooled road course at Daytona this weekend for what surely will be a unique unprecedented, really experience for dozens of drivers who have only raced it online. The Xfinity Series race is Saturday, followed a day later by the Truck Series and the Cup Series. Both ran the Rolex 24 endurance race on the road course in January. Kenseth and Ryan Newman have victories on the Daytona road course, each winning IROC races in the mid-2000s. While Busch and Allmendinger surely provided teammates help learning the tracks nuances, many teams eager to gain an advantage turned to road course experts for assistance this week.

BROOKLYN, Mich. NASCAR has docked Ryan Newman and Chris Buescher 20 points each and confiscated their spoilers prior to Saturday's race at Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR said the two violated a rule stating that except as specified, spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer. Each car is also being sent to the rear for the start of the race. Other penalties include a loss of 20 owner points and a $25,000 fine. Newman and Buescher are both without a victory this year, and both were outside the top 20 in points even before these penalties.

(AP Photo/Butch Dill)NASCAR's return to racing shifts to Talladega Superspeedway, with new rules in place after Ryan Newman's frightful crash in the season-opening Daytona 500. The Alabama track will admit up to 5,000 fans Sunday with at least one NASCAR team facing a coronavirus scare while NASCAR will be on the lookout for the newly banned Confederate flag. The 5,000 fans in the grandstands will arrive just 48 hours after Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed two unidentified employees tested posted for COVID-19. Those who test positive may not be among the 16 permitted to go to the track under virus rules. He continued to recover during the coronavirus shutdown and returned to racing when NASCAR got back to the track in May.

His 50th career Cup Series victory felt like a lot like the others until he climbed out of his No. Harvick is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in each of the Cup Series' five races this season. The 48-year-old Kenseth raced in the Cup Series for the first time since the 2018 season finale. ___6:45 p.m.Two small grass fires broke out at Darlington Raceway behind Turns 1 and 2 during the final stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race. The Real Heroes 400 is underway at Darlington Raceway, without fans and with masks and social-distancing mandates all around.

FILE - In this May 11, 2012, file photo, drivers take the green flag for the start of the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. NASCAR will re-fire the engines moments after mask-clad drivers climb into their cars at Darlington Raceway. (Tyler Barrick/Pool Photo via AP, File)DARLINGTON, S.C. NASCAR will not be as you remember it when racing returns at old egg-shaped Darlington Raceway. He tested at Darlington shortly before the season was suspended and determined then he was fit to race again. Busch and Hill are adding Xfinity Series races at Darlington and Charlotte, and a Truck Series race at Charlotte to their calendar. His only victory so far this season was the Truck Series race at home track Las Vegas.

Faced with many of its teams falling into financial ruin, NASCAR is waving the green flag on a plan it believes allows the series to safely return to racing. The seven races so far announced in May are at Darlington and Charlotte Motor Speedway tracks within driving distance from teams North Carolina base. Four are in the elite Cup Series and the other three are lower-tier Xfinity and Truck Series races. NASCAR has issued two rounds of layoffs during the pandemic cuts last week decimated staffing at many race tracks and those still employed took pay cuts, furloughs or forced vacation. The move gives the France family almost total autonomy of the largest racing series in the United States and flexibility to make its own plan to survive the pandemic.

Talladega Superspeedway wasnt immune from The Big One or a typical overtime finish, even in virtual racing. Alex Bowman scored his first iRacing victory of NASCARs invitational series by holding off Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece in a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish at virtual Talladega in Alabama. The victory is the third consecutive for Hendrick Motorsports, which got back-to-back wins from William Byron headed into Sundays esports event. It took just 16 laps for the multicar accident that is a trademark of Talladega racing. LaJoie started on the pole and the top three finishers in last weeks race at virtual Richmond started at the back.

Newmans crash brought new eyes to the series and presented an opportunity to kick-start the story lines that will follow NASCAR into November. Most important was the action Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, which will host the championship finale for the first time. A new rules package introduced last season ruined the racing at short tracks and the snoozefest at Phoenix last year forced the issue for NASCAR. With a new venue set to host the championship race, NASCAR could not afford a lackluster affair. All three Penske drivers swapped crew chiefs and Logano got Paul Wolfe, who won a championship with Brad Keselowski.

This we know: Ryan Newman might very well be the toughest man in NASCAR. He could have been killed; in a statement, he intimated he understands it should have been a fatal accident. The screens, as it turned out, werent tall enough to shield Newman from fans high in the Daytona grandstands. And, ODonnell expressed regret NASCAR didnt tarp Newmans car because some sort of coverage would have contained all the broken parts, pieces, and twisted metal needed to be examined in the accident investigation. The calls and visits from the NASCAR executives and my friends and competitors has been truly uplifting. 2019 Associated Press.

Hes done such a great job, and its been fun getting to know each other, and the whole team, Logano said. Matt DiBenedetto in a Ford for the Wood Brothers a Penske partner for his second race was 0.491 seconds behind to tie his career-best finish. Tough to be that close, but, hey, this is only the second race of the season. BRISCOE WINS XFINITYChase Briscoe won the rain-delayed Xfinity Series race Sunday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is the third career Xfinity Series win for Briscoe, a rising star in Fords development program.

LAS VEGAS Ryan Newman said he suffered a head injury in his crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 but did not disclose details in a statement from the driver read before Sunday's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I did sustain a head injury for which I'm currently being treated," Newman wrote in a statement. Newman walked out of the Daytona Beach hospital roughly 42 hours later appearing unscathed and holding hands with his two young daughters. Newmark opened the news conference by reading Newman's lengthy statement, which began with an apology from the driver for not being in Las Vegas. 6 Ford on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as Newman's streak of 649 consecutive starts dating to the 2002 season opener comes to an end.

Ryan Newman said he suffered a head injury in his crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500, but did not disclose further details in a statement from the driver read before Sunday's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I did sustain a head injury for which I'm currently being treated," Newman wrote in a statement. Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, and Corey LaJoie, driver of the #32 RagingBull.com Ford, crash during the last lap of the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Newman walked out of the Daytona Beach hospital roughly 42 hours later appearing unscathed and holding hands with his two young daughters. Newmark said NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton arrived at the hospital Monday night moments after the Roush representatives did.

Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital Wednesday, about 42 hours after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Roush Fenway Racing released a photo of Newman leaving a Daytona Beach hospital holding the hands of his two young daughters. Chastain has won three times in the Truck Series and twice in the Xfinity Series, including a win at Las Vegas in 2018. No one could ever take the place of Ryan Newman on the track, and I cant wait to have him back, Chastain tweeted. It took a safety team nearly 20 minutes to remove Newman from the car and he was taken directly to the hospital.

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NASCAR driver Ryan Newman has been released Wednesday from the hospital days after a terrifying crash during the final lap of Daytona 500. Ryan Newman Continues Great Improvement pic.twitter.com/xIZRiaRApi Roush Fenway (@roushfenway) February 19, 2020Newman was leading Monday's race when he was hit from behind by Ryan Blaney. The impact sent Newman's Ford into the outer wall, causing it to flip over and skid along the track on its roof for some distance. Here is the final lap of the Daytona 500 in which Ryan Newman's car was flipped at the line. This is Hamlin's second Daytona 500 win in a row and third overall.

Hamlin won his second consecutive Daytona 500 and third in five years on Monday night as he surged past Newman on the final lap of a second overtime shootout. Drivers were stricken with concern, including Hamlin, the first driver since Sterling Marlin in 1995 to win consecutive Daytona 500s. Now his third Daytona 500 win puts him alongside six Hall of Fame drivers as winners of three or more Daytona 500s. He tied Dale Jarrett who gave JGR its first Daytona 500 win in 1993 Jeff Gordon and Bobby Allison. Gibbs has four Daytona 500 victories as an owner.

Ryan Newman has barrel-rolled his way through many terrifying crashes over his 20-year NASCAR career. The 42-year-old Newman was involved in a ghastly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday night, and everyone feared the worst. It took two long hours before NASCAR announced Newman had non-life threatening injuries and was in serious condition at nearby Halifax Medical Center. Newmans crash surely will elicit calls for NASCAR to do even more. Its all about competitiveness and fun, said Newman, who also announced he and his wife had split after 16 years or marriage.

He is so respected for being a great competitor by everyone in the sport.NASCAR scrapped the traditional victory lane party for Hamlins third Daytona 500 victory, rocked by Newmans accident 19 years after Dale Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Medical personnel used solid black barriers to block the view as the 2008 Daytona 500 winner was placed in a waiting ambulance and taken to a hospital. Now his third Daytona 500 win puts him alongside six Hall of Fame drivers as winners of three or more Daytona 500s. He tied Dale Jarrett who gave JGR its first Daytona 500 win in 1993 Jeff Gordon and Bobby Allison. Gibbs has four Daytona 500 victories as an owner.

Ryan Newman was involved in a crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday, sending his car flipping into the air. Here is the final lap of the Daytona 500 in which Ryan Newman's car was flipped at the line. Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, flips over as he crashes during the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, February 17, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Safety crews respond to a wreck involving Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, after the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, February 17, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Florida. This is Hamlin's second Daytona 500 win in a row and third overall.

Then Newman's car angled back into traffic, creating the most violent and frightening wreck at Daytona since the death of Dale Earnhardt in 2001. Here's what we know:Race-winner Denny Hamlin gave Blaney a huge shove that pushed him toward leader Newman and caused Blaney's car to wobble. "We pushed Newman there to the lead and then we got a push from (Hamlin). The impact caused Newman's car to flip onto its roof and then its side. Newman's car again landed on its roof and skidded past the finish line to a stop, spewing sparks and fuel that caused a fire.

Ryan Newman was involved in a crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday, sending his car flipping into the air. Here is the final lap of the Daytona 500 in which Ryan Newman's car was flipped at the line. Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, flips over as he crashes during the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, February 17, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Safety crews respond to a wreck involving Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, after the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, February 17, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Florida. This is Hamlin's second Daytona 500 win in a row and third overall.

I dont know that you could have done anything more stupid leading this race than what I did right there. The focus was on the four drivers who would be trimmed from the 16-driver championship field, and Bowman spent the entire race fighting for a spot in the second round. We did not have the race car, and thats what I had to do.The point difference swung to Bowman, who couldnt celebrate because he needed immediate medical attention. He was three laps down at the time and already locked into the second round of the playoffs. UP NEXTThe opening race of the second round of the playoffs, Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

Kevin Harvick is so confident in his talent and team he doesnt get excited when he wins. With just three races before the playoffs, the timing of his latest strong performance may help him win a second championship. Johnson had an early setback, making contact with a wall on Lap 15 that damaged his right rear quarter panel and tire, and finished 34th. We want to win every race, but definitely here, said Mark Rushbrook, global director for Ford Performance. Harvick said he couldnt lift his arm in June at Sonoma Raceway, but estimated his shoulder is 80% healthy.