Joey Logano Outduels Teammate For Las Vegas Monster Cup Win LAS VEGAS – It was a victory for Joey Logano. It was a victory for Team Penske. It was a victory for NASCAR’s new higher-downforce, lower-horsepower competition package, which debuted in full flower on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In a pitched battle between […]
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Las Vegas NASCAR Notes: Alex Bowman Talks Hendrick And Sim Racing
March 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
LAS VEGAS – You’ve heard the term “gym rat?” That’s a player who wears out the hardwood with extra basketball practice. Well, Alex Bowman used to be a “sim” rat. Before he landed his current full-time ride in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Bowman’s day job was driving the organization’s simulator, helping to fine-tune […]
Kevin Harvick Drafts To Monster Energy Cup Pole At Vegas; Ryan Preece To Start 24th
March 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
LAS VEGAS – Kevin Harvick knew he didn’t have the fastest car for Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But Harvick also predicted that the fastest car wouldn’t win the pole for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at the 1.5-mile track (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). He was right. […]
Las Vegas Native Kyle Busch Hoping For Hometown Sweep Weekend
March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a career week, followed by a career week for Kyle Busch. That’s how he rolls. And more opportunity awaits this weekend at his hometown Las Vegas Motor Speedway where he will compete in all three of NASCAR’s national racing series. Last weekend, the 34-year-old Vegas native became the all-time winningest NASCAR Gander Outdoors […]
Unmuffled Episode 47 – Featuring Mike Joy, Michael Bennett, Rob Russell, Noah Korner And Darrell Keane
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Unmuffled Episode 47 goes from the Monster Energy Cup Series to the SK Light Modifieds to the Late Models. On Episode 47 of Unmuffled we welcome NASCAR on Fox announcer Mike Joy and catch up with things on the national level, including the arrival of Ryan Preece to the Monster Energy Cup Series this year. […]
National Weekend Preview: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
NASCAR’s annual swing out West may as well be considered a “Home Sweet Home” stretch for many of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers. The sport had its beginnings as primarily a “Southern” institution, but for decades its westward expansion has produced thrilling tracks in new locations and all kinds of championship entrants hailing […]
Ryan Preece Excited For Return To Martinsville Speedway With Monster Energy Cup Series
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
(Press release from Martinsville Speedway) Long before Ryan Preece turned heads by avoiding not one, but two big wrecks during the closing laps of the Daytona 500, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rookie-of-the-year candidate was turning heads at Martinsville Speedway as a 17-year-old behind the wheel of a modified. Preece, who is now driving […]
Kurt Busch Heading To Hometown Track With High Hopes
February 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Kurt Busch’s third-place finish Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a high speed “How Do You Do?” for his new Chip Ganassi Racing team. Two races into the new gig with Ganassi and a new manufacturer in Chevrolet, Busch’s performance Sunday certainly was the right start for his new start. “I could say it wasn’t […]
Video View: Ryan Preece Reviews His Sunday In Atlanta
February 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
One thing nobody can accuse former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Ryan Preece of his forgetting about his fans. The Berlin native and Monster Energy Cup Series champion uses plenty of channels of social media communication to keep in touch with his fan base, including his post-race live video chats. On Sunday Preece reviewed his […]
Pit Road Wreck Ends Day For Ryan Preece In Cup Race At Atlanta
February 24, 2019 by 17 Comments
Last week at Daytona International Speedway, Ryan Preece turned plenty of heads with an eighth place finish in his first Daytona 500. Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway the Monster Energy Cup Series rookie and former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion looked primed to score a second consecutive top-10 finish for his JTG Daugherty Racing team. […]
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