A Precedent of Unprecedentedness
Aaron Bearden elaborates on the the frustrating inconsistency of NASCAR’s penalty system.
By Aaron Bearden
When Consistency Isn’t Enough: NASCAR’s 2022 Playoffs
After years of speculation over whether it might happen, NASCAR is finally in a position where its postseason could consist entirely of race winners.
Modern Racing Safety Worth Celebrating, But Improvements to Be Made
Safety can always be improved in the realm of motorsports.
Racing’s Greatest Day Rises to the Occasion
The Monaco GP, Indy 500 and Coke 600 each shined during Memorial Day weekend.
Can Constant Change in Sports Go Too Far?
Change is abundant in sports: F1 has sprint races; IndyCar’s adjusted its Indy 500 qualifying format; NASCAR has undergone multiple changes. How much change is too much?
NASCAR’s Stars Have a Council Again — Will It Work?
But why now? What will it accomplish?
End of an Era Awaits Team Penske & Brad Keselowski
This Sunday (Nov. 7) at Phoenix Raceway, all eyes will be focused on the Championship 4, a final quartet of title-contending NASCAR Cup Series stars with a chance to secure the sport’s biggest prize. Brad Keselowski won’t be one of them, which means his lengthy tenure at Team Penske will come to a quiet end …
Contenders Set to Emerge in NASCAR’s Round of 8
Just past the halfway point of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the focus of the postseason is finally shifting. The first two rounds are all about who falls out. Now comes the time to focus on those who managed to advance. It’s a mixture of drivers you would expect and a few who might …
Contenders? Pretenders? Too Early to Tell in NASCAR Cup Playoffs
If you checked the storylines leaving Sunday’s (Sept. 5) Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, you likely saw a smattering of NASCAR Cup Series playoff storylines and subsequent questions. Are Kyle Busch, William Byron and others in jeopardy of falling by the wayside early on after their expedited exits in the postseason opener? What about Denny …
Nashville Showed IndyCar Promise. Let’s Give It Another Go
The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was an eye-catching, cringy, chaotic spectacle of a race weekend. It wasn’t always pretty, but it’s worth trying again next year. Let’s start this by acknowledging the elephant in the room — that race was legitimately hard to watch early on. Excitement turned to trepidation, which then gave …
10 Questions for the Final 10 Regular-Season NASCAR Cup Races
As hard as it might be to believe, the NASCAR regular season is over halfway complete. It’s been nearly four months since Michael McDowell‘s breakthrough win in the Daytona 500. Over that time we’ve seen numerous winners, stretches of dominance and a basic playoff field take shape. With the opening 16 Cup Series races down, …
NASCAR’s Next Gen Messaging is Sound, Now the Car’s Action Needs to Match
NASCAR’s Next Gen car has arrived. Now, how will it perform? That’s the key question on the minds of many eager race fans following the conclusion of Wednesday’s (May 5) official car unveiling in Charlotte, North Carolina. And for the series, it’s the most important question of all. NASCAR has taken a deep plunge with …