9:21 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Monster Energy and NASCAR have agreed to an extension of their sponsorship agreement, a source familiar with the negotiations told ESPN on Tuesday. The energy drink company had signed a two-year deal in

1:54 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Ryan Preece borrowed money in 2017 to pay Joe Gibbs Racing for a couple races. He won at Iowa Speedway and hoped that it was an investment well-spent. It appears, so far, as

9:33 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — Joe Gibbs knows how to deal with frustrated athletes. He wouldn’t have a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame if he didn’t. So when he saw Kyle

7:25 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — An angry Kevin Harvick sounded off on the new NASCAR common air gun used for changing tires, a piece of equipment he indicated cost him the race Sunday at

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch‘s return to Victory Lane only 10 races after his last win just seemed to take much longer. There were all those runner-up finishes in between, one in particular. A runner-up finish in the 2017 season finale kept Busch from winning another NASCAR Cup Series championship, something he had to

FORT WORTH, Texas — Ryan Blaney became the third different Team Penske driver in as many NASCAR Xfinity Series races to win in the No. 22 Ford when he took the checkered flag on a chilly Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. Blaney was the pole sitter and led 132 of 200 laps. The Xfinity Series

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kurt Busch got a little more aggressive in the first round of qualifying, and it paid off with a pole at Texas Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick thinks NASCAR should mix up the schedule and rotate which tracks host playoff events, the championship race and even the all-star event. Daniel Suarez, the

2:56 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Harvick‘s job isn’t to promote races, but he feels if NASCAR wants buzz, it has to rotate its championship event. The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule was released

9:36 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — How the NASCAR Cup Series race will develop Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway (2 p.m. ET, FoxSports 1) is truly a bit of a mystery. In the second year

8:30 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — Daniel Suarez moved with ease among the patients, families and doctors during a hospital visit Thursday. Some didn’t know who he was, but others knew exactly that Suarez would

Harvick Following in Truex’s Footsteps? Texas will mark the 3rd race on a 1.5-mile track this season. Kevin Harvick won the first 2, both in dominating fashion, leading 395 of a possible 592 laps (67%). Overall, Harvick has won 3 of the last 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks dating back to last season, with 11

8:00 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The NASCAR marketing campaign promoting its athletes relies heavily on its young drivers — the new faces of the sport and ones league executives hope resonate with both new and longtime fans. But

5:27 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule looks much like the 2018 schedule, with only the Easter break coming at a different spot in the 36-race slate. The 2019 season will open Feb. 17

8:41 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Win 200 races and compete for 35 years in NASCAR and it makes sense that a driver would collect more stuff than he could ever want or need. So Richard Petty is auctioning

11:00 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Five weeks before trial, Tony Stewart and the parents of Kevin Ward Jr. have agreed to settle the wrongful-death lawsuit against the three-time NASCAR Cup champion. U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd set

8:16 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CHARLOTTE, N.C. — BK Racing is now in the hands of a trustee appointed by the bankruptcy court. What does that mean? It means that team owner Ron Devine has no financial or

Apr 2, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Morgan Shepherd doesn’t know how long he will continue racing. As far as years, that is. “I’m not never stopping,” the 76-year-old Shepherd said. “When I stop, my toes will be turned up.”

9:54 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The first of three off weekends in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season allows teams to either take a breath or get to work trying to turn things around in a hurry. After