Despite sustaining damage in an early wreck, and despite leading only one lap in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Brad Keselowski nailed down an opportunistic overtime victory in the 10th event of the NASCAR Cup Series season. Surging to the front on the final lap, after fellow Ford driver Matt DiBenedetto abandoned the bottom […]
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NASCAR Weekend Preview: Talladega Superspeedway – Denny Hamlin Looking For Two Straight At Dega
April 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Conventional wisdom says anyone can win at Talladega Superspeedway. In the early days of NASCAR’s largest track, that was certainly the case. The 2.66-mile superspeedway has accounted for the first NASCAR Cup Series victories for 11 different drivers: Richard Brickhouse, Dick Brooks, Lennie Pond, Ron Bouchard, Bobby Hillin Jr., Davey Allison, Phil Parsons, Ken Schrader, […]
Alex Bowman Steals Richmond Cup Series Win From Dominant Denny Hamlin
April 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
An emotional Alex Bowman could only shake his head and give kudos to the crew of his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet following a dramatic victory over Denny Hamlin Sunday in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway. Bowman took the lead for the first time all race on a restart with 10 laps remaining […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Richmond Raceway – Denny Hamlin Leads Cup Series Pack Looking For First Win
April 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Martin Truex Jr. became the first driver to score multiple wins in the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season with a big victory last week at Martinsville Speedway. As the NASCAR Cup Series stays in the state for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway (3 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) a […]
Late Pass Gives Martin Truex Jr. Third NASCAR Cup Victory At Martinsville
April 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Martin Truex Jr. passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin on Lap 485 of Sunday’s rain-delayed Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway and pulled away to win for the third time in his last four starts at the .526-mile short track. The victory was Truex’s second this season, ending a streak of seven […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Martinsville – Will Cup Series Streak Of Different Winners End?
April 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
When will it end? The first seven races of the NASCAR Cup Series season have produced seven different winners, and there’s a good chance that streak will survive Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Only twice before in NASCAR’s Modern Era […]
Ryan Preece Files Entry For Thompson Outlaw Modified Icebreaker 125
April 5, 2021 by 9 Comments
The mantra for Ryan Preece in 2021 has been that if there’s a Tour Type Modified race happening that he can feasibly get to he’ll be there. And the Berlin native and former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion is living up to his stated intentions. In February Preece told RaceDayCT he hoped to be on […]
Ryan Preece Enters SMART Tour Type Modified Event At South Boston Speedway
April 1, 2021 by 1 Comment
NASCAR Cup Series driver and former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Ryan Preece will be celebrating his Easter off weekend from his full-time job to get back in a Tour Type Modified car. Preece has entered Saturday’s Souther Modified Auto Racing Teams (SMART) event at South Boston (Va.) Speedway. It marks Preece’s first event in […]
Joey Logano Scores Victory In Dramatic Cup Series Dirt Race At Bristol
March 29, 2021 by 9 Comments
Joey Logano made history on Monday afternoon. Leading the final 61 laps in the face of a determined charge by Denny Hamlin, Logano won the rain-delayed Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the first dirt-track race for the NASCAR Cup Series since 1970. But there won’t be that long a gap in the […]
Martin Truex Jr. Wins Pinty’s Truck Race On Dirt At Bristol
March 29, 2021 by 2 Comments
In defiance of conventional wisdom, it wasn’t an experienced dirt racer who won Monday’s twice-rain-delayed Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. Nor was it a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular who took the checkered flag. When the dust settled, Martin Truex Jr. was the unlikely occupant of Victory Lane—and a dominant […]
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