Sprint Cup Series: Youth Makes A Comeback – Much of the NASCAR season has been focused on when there will be a “changing of the guard.” 45-year-old Tony Stewart is retiring, 45-year-old Jeff Gordon has already done so but is filling in for fellow 40-something Dale Earnhardt, Jr. during his concussion recovery. That trio accounts for millions …
Michael McDowell had been close to winning at Road America before, but he had always come away empty-handed. On Saturday, McDowell got his first chance since 2013 to tackle the four-mile road course in Wisconsin. This time, McDowell was the one in victory lane. Driving for Richard Childress Racing, he put together a solid race, …
NASCAR’s XFINITY Series will take on the winding, twisting, four-mile Road America course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin this weekend. That means that a cadre of racers who specialize in turning right and left will face off against the NXS regulars one last time in 2016. The practice of teams bringing in a road course specialist …
Sprint Cup: A Streak Ends on 22 for Kurt Busch: It was Sunday’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway where a NASCAR record came to an end. That record, being owned by Kurt Busch, was the run of lead-lap finishes to start a Sprint Cup Series season. Coming into Bristol, Busch …
Last week, we talked about the addition of a road course to the Chase, and next week, the series heads to a 2-mile oval, of which there are two on the schedule for three races — but none in the Chase, and there’s only one short track race as well. What would an ideal Chase …
“Names are made here.” That is the tagline NASCAR has used when marketing the XFINITY Series for the past few years. It is true that the XFINITY Series is the home (or former home) of some of NASCAR’s rising talents. Most fans view the second-tier division through that lens. They follow NXS racing to watch …
Sprint Cup: Drivers Honor Bryan Clauson: Though this weekend has seen more fish caught than laps turned for the Sprint Cup Series – who wrapped up their final off-weekend of 2016 – a few drivers spent some special time at one of the premier dirt tracks in the United States. Just three days following the …
Before the 2014 season began, NASCAR instituted a new elimination-style Chase for the first time in the Sprint Cup Series. While none of the competitors were quite sure about how to approach the new championship format, it seemed that the teams who had the most raw speed (and therefore stood the best chance at winning races) …
Joey Logano and Team Penske finally put everything together and claimed an XFINITY Series win in 2016. Logano piloted the part-time No. 12 car to victory at Watkins Glen International, winning the Zippo 200 at The Glen. He led 67 of 82 laps, claiming his first NXS victory since winning at Watkins Glen one year …
Chris Buescher and Front Row Motorsports grabbed the checkers after a rain-shortened race at Pocono Raceway. Is a win for an underdog driver and/or team good for the sport/Chase or not? Amy Henderson, Senior Editor: Absolutely it’s good for the sport. I think people like to pull for an underdog, and a winner like Chris Buescher …
Chris Buescher, the reigning XFINITY Series champion, returned to Victory Lane on Monday. After slogging through what has been a miserable rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series so far, Buescher scored his first win in NASCAR’s top level at Pocono Raceway. He may have gotten a big helping hand from Mother Nature, but great …
Sprint Cup: Another Drenched Day in Pocono – Pocono Raceway now holds a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series record as the only track to have two rainouts in a single season. Needless to say, that’s not the record the 2.5-mile racetrack would hope to achieve, as Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 was postponed from Sunday afternoon to Monday …
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