NASCAR

The NASCAR world suffered a tremendous loss before Sunday’s Cup Series Championship. Joe Gibbs Racing co-founder Coy Gibbs died unexpectedly on Saturday night, the company announced Sunday afternoon. He was 49 years old.

Bubba Wallace won’t be taking part in this week’s NASCAR Cup Series race. The 23XI Racing driver received a one-race ban for his antics during last weekend’s playoff race at Las Vegas.

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway took a scary turn when Cody Ware’s car crashed hard into the outside wall between Turns 3 and 4. The one-car incident occurred on Lap 168 during Stage 2 of the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

Kyle Busch has been one of NASCAR’s hottest commodities the past few months. The two-time Cup Series champion’s contract with Joe Gibbs Racing is set to expire in 2023, and there were rumors that Busch was looking elsewhere for his next deal.

A major crash with 21 laps in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 took out a number of cars, and the drivers are already making it clear how unhappy they are that NASCAR did not bring out the red flag earlier.