Fire on Fridays: Nashville Fairgrounds 1 Step Closer to Rejoining NASCAR
The Cup Series returning to the Fairgrounds seems less and less like the pipe dream it was once considered.
Michael Massie joined Frontstretch in 2017 and has served as the Content Director since 2020. Massie, a Richmond, Va., native, has covered NASCAR, IndyCar, SRX and the CARS Tour. Outside of motorsports, the Virginia Tech grad and Green Bay Packers minority owner can be seen cheering on his beloved Hokies and Packers.
The Cup Series returning to the Fairgrounds seems less and less like the pipe dream it was once considered.
Crew chief James Small rolled the dice and was banking on others to do the same.
Just two fewer laps and Smith would be a NASCAR Xfinity Series winner.
Eckes went from looking like his night was over to finishing sixth, earning back-to-back top 10s to start his season.
How different would the past 18 years of NASCAR have looked had Hamlin made a different choice?
Don’t stop at Johnson and Pastrana. Let’s get more star power back into the 500.
With Kevin Harvick on the way out, is Chase Briscoe primed to be the next lead driver at Stewart-Haas Racing?
Next up: a quartet of big-time drivers from the 1980s and ’90s.
Fred Lorenzen, Bobby Isaac and more are up next in our recurring series.
Preece led the most laps of all drivers in his Stewart-Haas Racing debut.
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