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Did You Notice?: If NASCAR Short Tracks Are In a Death Spiral?

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 by Tom Bowles
A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 21, 2024 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Recent racing at Bristol, Martinsville and Richmond in the NASCAR Cup Series casts doubt the Next Gen and short tracks will ever mesh.

Categories Cup Series, Did You Notice?, Featured Content, Tom Bowles

A Story About Al Pearce: My Departed Friend & Brother-in-Arms

April 15, 2025 by Dalton Hopkins
Sunset at Atlanta Motor Speedway

It was Thursday, April 10, when I received the news that my friend Al Pearce, a Hall-of-Fame racing journalist and fellow Army officer, had passed away.

Categories Cup Series, Dalton Hopkins, Featured Content, Special Commentary: Cup

Only Yesterday: When NASCAR Cup Racing Featured a Little Classic Rock

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 by Frank Velat
Matt Kenseth celebrates the 2003 NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2003. Photo: NKP

The Cup Series put on an all-time classic in its final, for now, race at Rockingham Speedway.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Frank Velat, Only Yesterday

Katherine Legge Adds Additional Cup Races to 2025 Schedule

April 15, 2025 by Christopher Hansen
2024 Indianapolis 500

She’ll run five additional Cup races for Live Fast Motorsports.

Categories Christopher Hansen, Cup Series News

Couch Potato Tuesday: Bristol Was a Broken Play for FOX Sports

April 15, 2025April 14, 2025 by Phil Allaway
2025 Cup Bristol I pack racing - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Credit: David Rosenblum/NKP)

The broadcast did not have a backup plan in case the anticipated tire situation never materialized.

Categories Couch Potato Tuesday, Cup Series, Featured Content, Phil Allaway

Bristol Was Old School NASCAR, But Not in a Good Way

April 15, 2025April 14, 2025 by Stephen Stumpf
2025 Cup Bristol I racing II - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, and Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Credit: John K. Harrelson/NKP)

Sunday’s Food City 500 was the latest short track disappointment with the Next Gen car.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Stat Sheet, Stephen Stumpf

Up to Speed: How Are the Former Stewart-Haas Racing Drivers Running?

April 14, 2025 by Bryan Gable
Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 BassProShopsSpringFishingClassic Toyota, and Josh Berry, driver of the #21 DEX Imaging Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 23, 2025 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

The first quarter of the 2025 Cup Series season is complete, and the former SHR drivers have had some time to get acclimated to their new teams.

Categories Bryan Gable, Cup Series, Featured Content, Up to Speed

Holding a Pretty Wheel: NASCAR Sold Its Short-Track Soul. Can We Get It Back?

April 15, 2025April 14, 2025 by Amy Henderson
2025 Cup Bristol I pack racing III - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Credit: David Rosenblum/NKP)

NASCAR ought to allow teams to build a short track chassis as well as increase horsepower at short tracks.

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Holding A Pretty Wheel

5 Points to Ponder: Follow the Leader (Because You Can’t Pass Them)

April 14, 2025 by Nick Tylwalk
2025 Cup Bristol I pack racing IV - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Credit: Danny Hansen/NKP)

Three boring races in a row means that NASCAR should do something, anything, to try to make racing for the lead actually mean something again.

Categories 5 Points To Ponder, Cup Series, Featured Content, Nick Tylwalk

Happy Hour: Kenny Wallace on the Return of the Rock

April 29, 2025April 14, 2025 by Dalton Hopkins, Trey Lyle and Michael Massie
2015 Xfinity Iowa Kenny Wallace NKP

Former NASCAR driver and media personality Kenny Wallace joins the show

Categories Cup Series, Dalton Hopkins, Featured Content, Frontstretch Happy Hour Podcast, Michael Massie, Trey Lyle
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