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Only Yesterday: The Most Anticipated Free Agent Signings in NASCAR History

September 15, 2022September 14, 2022 by Stephen Stumpf
Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. share a laugh, Matthew T. Thacker/NKP

Kyle Busch’s move to RCR in 2023 is just the latest free agent signing in NASCAR history. Take a look at some others, including Tony Stewart and Richard Petty.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday, Stephen Stumpf

Only Yesterday: Matt Kenseth & NASCAR’s Last Full-Season Championship

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by Amy Henderson
Matt Kenseth celebrates the 2003 NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2003. Photo: NKP

Kenseth won by 90 points over Jimmie Johnson, a sizeable margin. And worst of all, he did it with just one win. (The horror.)

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: 5 Times When NASCAR Playoff Drivers Got (a Little) Lucky

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 by Amy Henderson
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson prepares to race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, 2019. Photo: NKP

They say in racing that sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Here’s five times we’ve seen that during the NASCAR Cup Series playoff era.

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: A Championship Team Folds Because of Test Car

September 5, 2022August 25, 2022 by Anthony Damcott
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - JULY 05: Grand Marshal Bobby Allison addresses the crowd prior to the NASCAR Nationwide Series Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/NASCAR via Getty Images)

The story of how a underdog NASCAR Cup win at Daytona resulted in a team shutting down.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: 2012 Duel at Watkins Glen, 10 Years Later

August 18, 2022 by Adam Cheek

It has been a decade since one of the greatest finishes NASCAR has ever produced at Watkins Glen.

Categories Adam Cheek, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: Kevin Harvick Has Built Hall of Fame Career Running in Others’ Shadows

August 11, 2022 by Amy Henderson
Kevin Harvick before running a NASCAR race at Circuit of the Americas, May 2021. Photo: NKP

The closer, indeed.

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: Jeff Burton’s Renaissance at Richard Childress Racing

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 by Jack Swansey
Jeff Burton

Let’s not forget the story of how Jeff Burton used a move many thought would be a career downgrade to battle back from winless, unsponsored anonymity.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Jack Swansey, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: NASCAR Finds a Home in Indiana

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 by Amy Henderson
Jeff Gordon celebrates his win in the inaugural NASCAR race at Indianapolis, 1994.

A look back at the spectacle that was NASCAR’s first visit to Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1994.

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: Kyle Petty, Underrated?

July 14, 2022 by Michael Finley

Kyle Petty was not the best driver in NASCAR history. He also wasn’t the worst driver either.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Michael Finley, Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday: How Do We Preserve NASCAR Intangibles?

July 7, 2022 by Amy Henderson

Numbers and statistics only tell part of the story in past NASCAR races.

Categories Amy Henderson, Cup Series, Featured Content, Only Yesterday
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