KANSAS CITY, Kan. – In an event fraught with pit road mistakes and mechanical issues, Kurt Busch ran an impeccable race. In an intensely competitive run to the finish of Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, Busch nosed past leader Kyle Larson at the finish line on Lap 259 of 267 and completed the pass […]
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Joey Logano Bumps Way To NASCAR Cup Series Win At Darlington
May 8, 2022 by 16 Comments
Executing a decisive bash-and-run on the next-to-last-lap of Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, Joey Logano wrested the lead from William Byron and ended a NASCAR Cup Series 40-race winless streak dating to March of 2021 at the Bristol Dirt Track. After Logano gave Byron’s Chevrolet a jolt entering Turn 3 on the white-flag lap, […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Darlington Raceway – Hendrick Motorsports Looking To Break 10-Year Drought
May 5, 2022 by 2 Comments
On the positive side, Hendrick Motorsports has won five of the 11 NASCAR Cup Series races so far this season. Further, Hendrick drivers collectively have 14 all-time Cup victories at Darlington Raceway, more than any other organization in the sport. Here’s the negative, though: Hendrick hasn’t earned a trophy at the Lady in Black since […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Dover Speedway – Top Cup Drivers Still Looking For First 2022 Win
April 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
As the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway for Sunday’s DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) the top drivers in the championship points standings are still looking for their first win of the 2022 season. NASCAR Cup Series standings leader Chase Elliott is […]
Last Lap Thriller: Ross Chastain Grabs Cup Series Victory At Talladega
April 24, 2022 by 1 Comment
One lap. That’s all it took for Ross Chastain to drop a watermelon and raise a trophy in celebration. The 29-year old Floridian led only the last – typically frantic – lap in the GEICO 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway on Sunday to take his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory. Chastain was running third […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Talledega Superspeedway – Season Turnaround Coming For Some?
April 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The famed Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway is a track beloved for its high-action and unpredictability. And those are apt adjectives for NASCAR’s Cup Series competition this season as well – with eight different winners through the first nine races. The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway high banks for Sunday’s GEICO 500 (3 […]
Kyle Busch Grabs Suprise Milestone Victory In Bristol Dirt Cup Race
April 18, 2022 by 12 Comments
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kyle Busch has a special fondness for Bristol Motor Speedway, but the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota needed a huge stroke of luck on Sunday night to rekindle his love affair with the half-mile track. Busch won the Food City Dirt Race from a distant third place after […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt – Shift To Night Race Bring Different Dynamic To Event
April 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Among the many changes affecting the second Food City Dirt Race at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Track, the move from day to night for the race is perhaps the most significant. The sentiment toward the move has been universally positive. Drivers are anticipating a more traditional dirt race when they take to the half-mile […]
William Byron Becomes First Repeat Cup Series Winner Of 2022 At Martinsville Speedway
April 10, 2022 by 1 Comment
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – The first night race for the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway was a cakewalk for Hendrick Motorsports—until a late caution sent the race to overtime, that is. But William Byron survived a final restart and a mistake on the white-flag lap to win Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Martinsville Speedway – Denny Hamlin Leads Cup Series Back To The Paper Clip
April 6, 2022 by 1 Comment
There are seven different race winners in the seven-week-old NASCAR Cup Series season and plenty of reason to believe that trend of 2022 first timers continues in Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Last week for the first time since he won […]
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