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Chase Elliott wins at Texas for 2nd Cup victory this season | AP News
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chase Elliott went low, got a push from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and held on to become only the second NASCAR Cup driver with multiple wins this season.Elliott stayed ahead of Denny Hamlin for the closing four laps after a final restart at Texas on Sunday for his second victory this year. He finished just ahead of Hamlin in both of those wins. On that final restart at the 1 1/2-mile Texas track, Elliott took the bottom line and had teammate Alex Bowman behind him. He cleared Hamlin going onto the backstretch and remained in front to the checkered flag. “I just felt like, man, if I didn’t get clear off of (Turn) 2, I was going to be in a lot trouble,” Elliott said. “So fortunately Alex gave me a great push. I was able to execute Turns 1 and 2, get clear, and then just kind of manage the last few laps.” Elliott, voted NASCAR’s most popular driver each of the past eight seasons, got his 23rd career win and his second at Texas, where two years ago he ended a 42-race winless streak. He led five times Sunday for a race-high 87
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Chase Elliott wins NASCAR Cup race at Texas: Highlights, results
Updated May 3, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ETThe 2026 NASCAR season still belongs to Tyler Reddick after his five wins in 10 races this year. But Carson Hocevar added a new dynamic to the mix, recording his first-career NASCAR Cup Series win and celebrating in style at Talladega, before the country's best stock car drivers arrived at Texas Motor Speedway this week.Hocevar, 23, took that momentum into qualifying at the Fort Worth oval on Saturday, May 2 by caputuring his second career Cup Series pole, almost exactly one year after winning the pole at Texas last season.Reddick, meanwhile, finished outside the top-10 for just the third time in 2026 at the Jack Link's 500. The Würth 400 on Sunday, May 3 could be a sign of whether 23XI Racing's historic start is slowing down or Reddick just ran into a momentary speed bump.Reddick is considered one of the race favorites along with 23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin and defending NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Larson. Veteran Joey Logano is the defending race champion.Here's what else to know for Sunday's Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, including the starting grid after qualifying and how to watch when NASCAR
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Friends of late NASCAR star Greg Biffle looted funds shortly after driver's death, investigators say
Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash last year, investigators say two of their “friends” conspired to break into the empty home and took cash, guns and financial information in an attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. More than 40 search warrants have been issued, authorities in North Carolina say, focusing on a married couple who allegedly knew Biffle and his wife Cristina. The suspects did “a lot of planning in an attempt to make a financial gain” off their deaths, Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said. The Associated Press is not naming the pair because no arrests have been made. Biffle, his wife and his two children, along with three others, died in the Dec. 18 crash, which remains under investigation by the NTSB. Some survivors of those killed are suing the estates of Biffle and the pilot for millions of dollars. According to a search warrant affidavit, the husband being investigated met Biffle when the former driver used his private helicopter to deliver aid after Hurricane Helene. The woman attended a Christmas party at the Biffles’ home in Mooresville, North Carolina, weeks before the crash.
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Chase Elliott wins at Texas for 2nd Cup victory this season | AP News
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chase Elliott went low, got a push from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and held on to become only the second NASCAR Cup driver with multiple wins this season.Elliott stayed ahead of Denny Hamlin for the closing four laps after a final restart at Texas on Sunday for his second victory this year. He finished just ahead of Hamlin in both of those wins. On that final restart at the 1 1/2-mile Texas track, Elliott took the bottom line and had teammate Alex Bowman behind him. He cleared Hamlin going onto the backstretch and remained in front to the checkered flag. “I just felt like, man, if I didn’t get clear off of (Turn) 2, I was going to be in a lot trouble,” Elliott said. “So fortunately Alex gave me a great push. I was able to execute Turns 1 and 2, get clear, and then just kind of manage the last few laps.” Elliott, voted NASCAR’s most popular driver each of the past eight seasons, got his 23rd career win and his second at Texas, where two years ago he ended a 42-race winless streak. He led five times Sunday for a race-high 87
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Chase Elliott wins NASCAR Cup race at Texas: Highlights, results
Updated May 3, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ETThe 2026 NASCAR season still belongs to Tyler Reddick after his five wins in 10 races this year. But Carson Hocevar added a new dynamic to the mix, recording his first-career NASCAR Cup Series win and celebrating in style at Talladega, before the country's best stock car drivers arrived at Texas Motor Speedway this week.Hocevar, 23, took that momentum into qualifying at the Fort Worth oval on Saturday, May 2 by caputuring his second career Cup Series pole, almost exactly one year after winning the pole at Texas last season.Reddick, meanwhile, finished outside the top-10 for just the third time in 2026 at the Jack Link's 500. The Würth 400 on Sunday, May 3 could be a sign of whether 23XI Racing's historic start is slowing down or Reddick just ran into a momentary speed bump.Reddick is considered one of the race favorites along with 23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin and defending NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Larson. Veteran Joey Logano is the defending race champion.Here's what else to know for Sunday's Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, including the starting grid after qualifying and how to watch when NASCAR
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Friends of late NASCAR star Greg Biffle looted funds shortly after driver's death, investigators say
Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash last year, investigators say two of their “friends” conspired to break into the empty home and took cash, guns and financial information in an attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. More than 40 search warrants have been issued, authorities in North Carolina say, focusing on a married couple who allegedly knew Biffle and his wife Cristina. The suspects did “a lot of planning in an attempt to make a financial gain” off their deaths, Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said. The Associated Press is not naming the pair because no arrests have been made. Biffle, his wife and his two children, along with three others, died in the Dec. 18 crash, which remains under investigation by the NTSB. Some survivors of those killed are suing the estates of Biffle and the pilot for millions of dollars. According to a search warrant affidavit, the husband being investigated met Biffle when the former driver used his private helicopter to deliver aid after Hurricane Helene. The woman attended a Christmas party at the Biffles’ home in Mooresville, North Carolina, weeks before the crash.
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