2-Headed Monster: Has Perception of Daytona 500 Changed Due to High Crash Rate?
The Daytona 500 means many different things for many different race fans. Over the years, the perception of the Daytona 500 has changed many different …
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.
Michael McDowell Scores 1st Career Win in Wreck-Filled, Rain-Delayed Daytona 500
A rain-plagued 2021 Daytona 500 ended nearly 10 hours after it began, after 12:20 a.m. ET on Monday (Feb. 15). For Michael McDowell, it was …
2021 Daytona 500 Set to Resume After Delay
The 2021 Daytona 500 will indeed resume racing on Sunday, Feb. 14, as NASCAR announced that it will get back underway around 9 p.m. ET. …
Massive Crash, Lightning Delay Mar Early Laps of 2021 Daytona 500
It didn’t take long for both the racing and weather Sunday (Feb. 14) to escalate in the 2021 Daytona 500. On lap 14, contact between …
Bubba Wallace’s No. 23 Fails Pre-Race Inspection Twice Before Daytona 500
One of several teams in the garage making their NASCAR Cup Series debut, 23XI Racing didn’t start off Sunday’s 2021 Daytona 500 (Feb. 14) the …
Jordan Anderson Evades Last-Lap Melee, Records 2nd Straight Daytona Runner-Up Finish
Jordan Anderson was outside the top 10 when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series field took the white flag in Friday’s NextEra Energy Resources 250. …
NASCAR in the Time of COVID: Looking Back at Motorsports During a Pandemic
On the now-infamous date of March 12, 2020, I was at work. I was sitting in a radio studio when the internet and various social …
Christopher Bell Gearing Up for Sophomore NASCAR Cup Season, Debut in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20
Christopher Bell enters 2021 as the driver of Joe Gibbs Racing’s famed No. 20 Toyota, taking over for Erik Jones after spending his 2020 rookie …
Reel Racing: A Look Back at 2020’s Racing Films
Well, 2020 was a weird year for movies. For about half the year, theaters were more or less shut down, and I haven’t been to one …
2021 NASCAR Preseason Power Rankings, No. 3: Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing staple Denny Hamlin returns to the No. 11 Toyota in 2021, following up a seven-win 2020 campaign with year 17 of NASCAR …