As NASCAR celebrates its 75th anniversary this season, the sport and GEICO have announced a series of pieces called “NASCAR Legends Presented by GEICO”, which begins this week.“NASCAR Legends” will unfold over four weeks and conclude with the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 23 where fans can enter...

Kevin Harvick will start from the pole in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Harvick put down a lap of 194.448mph in the final round of single-car qualifying. It is Harvick's second pole at Talladega and his first this season. It is the 22nd pole of his career.The Stewart-Haas Racing...

Jamie McMurray walked away uninjured after barrel-rolling down the Talladega Superspeedway backstretch in final practice.The No. 1 Chevrolet suffered a left-rear tire failure and spun to the left while drafting in a pack of cars. Being hit in the left-side door by Ryan Newman sent him airborne and he barrel-rolled...

NASCAR's return to restrictor-plate spectacle at Talladega brought a boost in TV audience from recent events, but still was a slight downturn from last year.The GEICO 500 at Talladega earned a 3.53 rating on Fox, averaging 5.9m viewers. That's down from a 4.04/6.67m for last year, also on the Fox...

For just the second time this year, Felix Sabates emerged from one of the Chip Ganassi Racing haulers parked in the Cup Series garage Sunday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway. And he couldn't help but sport a smile."I'm lucky to be here," Sabates said.Last fall, Sabates suddenly fell ill and had...

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had everyone he wanted in Victory Lane after winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, although his father had an adventure getting there.Ricky Stenhouse Sr. (pictured) was watching the race perched outside the backstretch. After his son won his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race,...

On the one hand, Kyle Busch was frustrated he was unable to win the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway after leading the field to green on the green-white-checkered finish. But on the other, it was nice to go home in one piece.Busch, who led a race-high 48 laps, finished third...

While much continues to be said and written about Chip Ganassi Racing's Kyle Larson, the organization's other driver, Jamie McMurray, has been putting together a consistent season of his own."Yeah, it's been a really good year," McMurray told RACER. "There really hasn't been a race that we haven't had a...

It's often been said that NASCAR restrictor-plate racing is like a game of chess. Drivers spend the day hoping to make the right moves at the right time to end up with the ultimate payoff. And many say a race at Daytona and Talladega can be both mentally and physically...

For the first time in four years, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will lead the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field to the green flag.In dramatic fashion, Stenhouse won the pole for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with a lap of 191.547 mph. The fastest in the first round of qualifying,...