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NASCAR's comeback from the coronavirus continues with its first Wednesday race in 36 years. In that last race, Richard Petty won his 200th Cup Series race at Daytona on July 4, 1984.

Busch tied Richard Petty's NASCAR record with his 200th win. An impressive late surge to claim the Cup Series race on the same weathered Fontana track where he got his first Cup win.

They called him the "Silver Fox". he was the gold standard for NASCAR. David Pearson has died at the age of 83. His 105 career wins trails only Petty's 200 on NASCAR's all-time list,

.Jimmie Johnson Has Won His Seventh NASCAR Championship. The win ties Johnson with Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty in the NASCAR record books. He did it by holding off defending champion Kyle Busch and Joey Logano on a late restart. The fourth contender in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship was Carl Edwards...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A slot in NASCAR's record books is absolutely in reach for Jimmie Johnson. Johnson earned one of four coveted spots in next month's title-deciding season finale on Sunday when he scored his ninth career victory at Martinsville Speedway. The...

Jimmie Johnson, whom many had written off in today's 500 mile race in Martinsville, VA after suffering front end damage early on, took the checkers in pursuit of his record-tying seventh NASCAR season championship.

CORNING, N.Y. (AP) — Richard Petty, the winningest driver in NASCAR history, was honored Thursday night with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for outstanding contributions to motorsports. The award, given by the International Motor Racing Research Center, was presented by NASCAR, International Speedway Corp...