Denny Hamlin topped Saturday’s abbreviated NASCAR Cup Series practice for the Brickyard 400 – going fastest with a lap of 182.039mph (49.44s). The Joe Gibbs Racing driver jumped to the top of the board in the final few minutes of the session.

Where the NASCAR Cup Series once had its "Dale and Dale Show" at Daytona in 1993, on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway there will be plenty at stake when the "Ty and Ty Show" takes to the 2.5-mile oval at the legendary Brickyard.

Denny Hamlin never wanted to drive for a team other than Joe Gibbs Racing. A two-year contract extension may seal the deal.

Chase Briscoe earned the NASCAR Cup Series pole for Sunday's Brickyard 400 crown-jewel race at Indianapolis (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports).

Radical Motorsport, the UK’s leading race car manufacturer, has announced a multi-year partnership with Creventic, organizers of the 24H SERIES, to bring Radical’s successful one-make championship format back to mainland Europe.

Hamlin won in the No. 11 Toyota for the second straight time at Dover to add to wins this season at Martinsville, Darlington, and Michigan.

Following Shane van Gisbergen's second consecutive win one week ago at Sonoma Raceway, the NASCAR Cup Series was at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday for the running of the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, which saw Denny Hamlin prevail in a double-overtime finish over teammate Chase Briscoe and go back-to-back at the Monster Mile.