KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The oldest driver to race in each of NASCAR’s top three divisions is calling it a career. James Hylton is 79. He will race Friday night in Kansas City in the lower-tier ARCA race and that’s it. Born on his family’s farm in Virginia in 1934, Hylton’s family worked hard to make ends meet during…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — To some, Clint Bowyer has become a pariah. To those in Kansas, he’s still one of their own. The native of Emporia, Kan., insists his spin at Richmond that set off a chain of events that rattled NASCAR to its core was unintentional. NASCAR failed to prove that Bowyer was attempting to manipulate the finish…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kevin Harvick turned the fastest lap in qualifying for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, and will sit on the pole for the first time since the 2006 season. Harvick, who is tied for fourth in points, negotiated brutal crosswinds entering Turn 3 that ruined several good qualifying runs to post a lap of 187.526 mph…
Jon Beason is a New York Giant. The Panthers traded the three-time pro-bowler, record-setter and former team captain Friday.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Chase contender Kyle Busch slapped the wall hard in the opening minutes of practice at Kansas Speedway on Saturday and will go to a backup car for this weekend’s race. A few minutes later, his older brother Kurt Busch backed into the wall in Turn 2. Kyle Busch, who is third in points, had just…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kyle Busch heads to Kansas Speedway this weekend, his personal house of horrors, sitting pretty in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He’s in third place and within striking distance of leader Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson, two drivers who have had plenty of success at Kansas. Busch knows he’ll have to turn around…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Matt Kenseth is proving to be unbeatable at Kansas Speedway. The winner of the last two Sprint Cup races at the track, Kenseth hopped into his Nationwide car and drove it to victory Saturday, taking advantage of a late-race wreck involving Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch to conserve enough fuel for the end. Kenseth crossed…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kevin Harvick won a wreck-filled race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, keeping out of trouble all afternoon and making a big move in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Harvick pulled away from Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon on a restart with 19 laps to go for his third win of the year. It…
UNDATED (AP) — The NFL day began with five unbeaten teams at 4-0. There are now three at 5-0. — The Broncos are 5-0 — just barely. Denver won a shootout at AT&T Stadium by outscoring the Dallas Cowboys 51-48. Matt Prater’s chip-shot 28-yard field goal at the final gun was the difference. The Broncos have won 16 straight regular…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford says he needs rookie Cody Zeller to play well in order for his team to improve. At the same time Clifford wants the 7-footer to ease into his NBA career and not feel the weight of expectations of a player picked fourth overall in this past summer’s draft. Finding common ground…
