Couch Potato Tuesday: Phoenix Raceway Provides Challenges for FOX
The question is whether the NextGen car would work on shorter tracks. The answer appears to be, sure, why not?
Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the site's FREE e-mail newsletter that publishes Monday-Friday and occasionally on weekends. He keeps TV broadcasters honest with weekly editions of Couch Potato Tuesday and serves as the site's Sports Car racing editor.
Outside of Frontstretch, Phil is the press officer for Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. He covers all the action on the high-banked dirt track from regular DIRTcar Modified racing to occasional visits from touring series such as the Super DIRTcar Series.
Neel Jani Joins Chip Ganassi Racing for Sebring
Chip Ganassi Racing announced Monday (March 14) that Neel Jani has been signed to replace Kevin Magnussen this weekend at Sebring.
Couch Potato Tuesday: Danica Patrick’s Cup Booth Debut Decent in Las Vegas
Sunday saw the NASCAR Cup Series take on Las Vegas for what turned out to be 3.5 hours of action. So far, so good for the on-track product.
Couch Potato Tuesday: Matt Kenseth Shines in FOX Debut at Fontana
TV-wise, this has been a rather weird week.
George Kurtz Wins St. Petersburg GT America Race No. 2
Crowdstrike Racing with Riley Motorsports’ George Kurtz led flag-to-flag Saturday to win GT America Powered by AWS Race No. 2 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Jason Daskalos Wins GT America Season Opener in St. Petersburg
Jason Daskalos made good use of his original generation Audi R8 LMS Ultra and lapped traffic Friday (Feb. 25) to lead flag-to-flag to win the …
Meyer Shank Racing Signs Stoffel Vandoorne For Sebring
Meyer Shank Racing announced Thursday that Stoffel Vandoorne will drive at Sebring in place of Helio Castroneves, who has an INDYCAR conflict.
Couch Potato Tuesday: Bumper-Cam Overreliance Hurts Daytona 500 Broadcast
The Daytona 500 is the biggest day of the year for NASCAR. This year, things were even more important since it was the very first points race for the NextGen car (which must be renamed soon because the name no longer makes sense). The race ended up being quite a bit different than I thought it was going to be: a lot more like a slower version of last year that somehow ended up with the same number of lead changes
Jose Maria Lopez Tapped to Replace Jimmie Johnson at Sebring
Action Express Racing announced Thursday that Jimmie Johnson will miss Sebring due to INDYCAR commitments. Jose Maria Lopez will replace him.
BimmerWorld Racing Moves Up to SRO America GT3 Competition in 2022
BimmerWorld Racing announced Wednesday (Feb. 16) that they will field two BMW M4 GT3s in SRO America competition in 2022, in addition to one GT4 entry.