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Only Yesterday: Breaking Out (of a Losing Streak) Is Hard to Do

September 3, 2024 by Frank Velat
Bill Elliott celebrates winning the 2002 Pennsylvania 500 with son Chase Elliott. Photo: NKP

2024 has seen a handful of drivers end lengthy winless streaks. But some of the best to ever drive have had their fair shares of such droughts.

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Only Yesterday: Back for the 1st Time

August 19, 2024August 18, 2024 by Frank Velat
2014 ARCA East Bowman Gray pack racing - Ben Rhodes, No. 41 Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet (Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR via NASCAR Media)

Many racetracks have hosted NASCAR’s lower series before welcoming the Cup Series. Bowman Gray’s return doesn’t feel too different.

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Only Yesterday: When the “No Bull 5” Made Fans Into Winners

August 7, 2024 by Frank Velat
1998 Winston Cup Series, Indianapolis Jeff Gordon Wins Nigel Kinrade NKP

A look back at the No Bull 5 program that awarded both fans and drivers.

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Only Yesterday: NASCAR Drivers Try to Beat The Heat

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 by Frank Velat
2024 Nashville Cup Christopher Bell Denny Hamlin Pack Racing Sean Gardner Getty Images

Heat like what came about at Nashville isn’t new to NASCAR. Here’s how some past drivers coped with hot weather.

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Friday Faceoff: Should NASCAR Try to Attract More Ringers?

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 by Frank Velat, James Krause and Mike Neff
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After Will Brown and Cam Waters debuted in Cup at Sonoma, should more be on the horizon?

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Only Yesterday: The Long Hard Road (Course) to the Top

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 by Frank Velat
Jeff Burton at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

There was a time when some of the best drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series struggled on road courses.

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Only Yesterday: Back to the Beginning of Stewart-Haas Racing

May 28, 2024 by Frank Velat

2024 marks the final year of Stewart-Haas Racing, which made an impact during its nearly two decades in NASCAR.

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Only Yesterday: The Man in … Silver?

May 14, 2024 by Frank Velat

The paint scheme game changed when Dale Earnhardt brought a different-looking No. 3 for a one-off in 1995.

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Only Yesterday: The House That Earnhardt Built

May 1, 2024April 30, 2024 by Frank Velat
Dale Earnhardt

The standard for what modern race shops look like was forged by Dale Earnhardt Inc.

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

Only Yesterday: When We Last Saw a Hooters Car in Victory Lane

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 by Frank Velat
1992: Driving his own Hooters Ford Thunderbird, Alan Kulwicki won the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. (Photo by ISC Archives via Getty Images)

In 1992, Alan Kulwicki won in a Hooters-sponsored Cup car. That was the last time Hooters adorned a race-winning car until Sunday (April 14).

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