Dropping the Hammer: Ty Gibbs & the Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
What do Ty Gibbs and Anakin Skywalker have in common?
By Daniel McFadin
Dropping The Hammer: Why Fox Sports’ NASCAR Pre-Race Show Needs Fixing
Roughly 24 hours after Sunday’s (April 3) NASCAR Cup Series event at Richmond Raceway, there was one lasting image from the first short track race of the season.
It wasn’t Denny Hamlin celebrating atop his No. 11 Toyota after scoring his first win of 2022.
It wasn’t Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain trading bump-and-runs.
It was…..Clint Howard?
‘Razor’s Edge’: Ross Chastain & His Mom’s Belief in Him
Susan Chastain has been “every mom listed in the book.” Whether it was as a “team mom” at a soccer field or a racing mom, the mother of Ross Chastain has “loved every minute of it.”
Smashed Watermelon: Ross Chastain Celebrates 1st NASCAR Cup Win at COTA
Experience what it was like to celebrate Ross Chastain’s first NASCAR Cup win.
Ryan Blaney, ‘Average’ Road Racer, Gets Surprise COTA Pole
Ryan Blaney, in his fifth full-time season with Team Penske in Cup, isn’t the first name that comes to mind when thinking of exceptional road-course racers.
Christopher Bell On Atlanta Penalty: ‘Next Time My Hands Are Staying Straight’
AUSTIN, Texas – Christopher Bell learned his lesson. A week after the NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver …
Dropping the Hammer: Atlanta’s NASCAR Future Is Here. Survey Says…?
After a full reconfiguration of Atlanta Motor Speedway produced racing SMI CEO Marcus Smith called “sports entertainment,” did the powers that be get this right?
Dropping the Hammer: Chase Briscoe’s Surprising First Cup Win (or Was It?)
With 20 laps left in Sunday’s (March 13) NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix Raceway, the final challengers for the race win came into focus: Somehow, …
Dropping the Hammer: Scoreboard, Baby
We live in a weird world. No more than five years ago, Alex Bowman‘s racing claim to fame in NASCAR was this: climbing from a …
Dropping the Hammer: So Far, So Good for NASCAR’s Next Gen Era
A weird thing happened to me last week.
For the first time ever, I was excited about a NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway.