HAMPTON, Ga.—Grabbing the lead on an overtime restart as Saturday night’s Alsco Uniforms 250 went six laps past its posted distance, John Hunter Nemechek streaked to his third NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season. The only time Nemechek led was during the overtime, after a push from Daniel Hemric powered him into the lead […]
John Hunter Nemechek Grabs Overtime Win In Xfinity Series Event At Atlanta
July 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Aric Almirola Claims NASCAR Cup Series Pole At Atlanta
July 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
HAMPTON, Ga. – The NASCAR Cup Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, so it should come as no surprise that Aric Almirola would lead an armada of Ford drivers in time trials for the Quaker State 400 (7 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Almirola claimed the fifth Busch Light […]
Corey Heim Triumphs In Wild NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race At Mid-Ohio
July 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Corey Heim started on the pole and finished with his second victory of the year in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. What happened between the green flag and checkered flag was pure chaos. In a race that started in a deluge and ended in […]
75th Anniversary Feature: The Fraternity Of Georgia Born Winners At Atlanta Is A Small One
July 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
You might think a race at Atlanta Motor Speedway would have been a successful home game for a number of Georgia-based drivers. You’d be wrong. Drivers from all over the map have triumphed at the 1.54-mile speedway, on which NASCAR currently uses the superspeedway competition package—from Florida to Wisconsin to California. Surprisingly, however, in 118 […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Atlanta Motor Speedway & Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
July 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
It’s crunch time for the Playoffs as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to a free-for-all at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the form of Sunday’s Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart (7 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Eleven drivers are all but assured of qualifying for the postseason based on victories in […]
Kiwi Power: New Zealander Shane Van Gisbergen Wins Chicago Street Race In NASCAR Cup Series Debut
July 2, 2023 by 13 Comments
CHICAGO—When the Grant Park 220 turned topsy-turvy at the 49-lap mark, the change didn’t slow New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, the first driver to win a race in his first NASCAR Cup Series start since Johnny Rutherford accomplished the feat 60 years ago. Driving the No. 91 Chevrolet under the aegis of Trackhouse Racing’s Project […]
Cole Custer Declared Winner Of Chicago Street Course Xfinity Series Race
July 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
CHICAGO – Drenching rain and standing water on the Chicago Street Course forced NASCAR to declare Cole Custer the winner of The Loop 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series race three laps short of halfway and five laps short of the completion of Stage 2. Custer had led all 25 laps of NASCAR’s first-ever street course race […]
Denny Hamlin Earns Pole For NASCAR Cup Series At Chicago Street Course
July 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
CHICAGO—On his final attempt late in Saturday’s final round of time trials, Denny Hamlin knocked three-time Australian SuperCars champion Shane Van Gisbergen off the provisional pole for the first-ever street course race in NASCAR Cup Series history. Speeding around the 2.2-mile, 12-turn Chicago Street Course in 88.435 seconds (89.557 mph) in his No. 11 Joe […]
NASCAR Chicago Notebook: Ross Chastain Looking For Balance In First Street Course Event
June 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
CHICAGO—The grand scale of Chicago is a far cry from bucolic Alva, Florida, but Ross Chastain is embracing his racing experience in The Windy City. Invigorated by his victory last Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway, Chastain comes to Chicago with a confident mindset balanced by a total lack of experience on a street course. The driver […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Chicago Street Race – Equal Footing For Cup Drivers In Windy City Debut
June 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Welcome to the unknown. Welcome to a NASCAR Cup Series race of untested variables and potential surprises. Welcome to an event where no driver has an advantage born of experience in a Next Gen car. Welcome to another NASCAR “first” — Sunday’s Grant Park 220 on the newly constructed Chicago Street Race (5:30 p.m. ET […]
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