Joe Gibbs Racing put on another dominant display at Iowa Speedway. This time, it was Erik Jones’ turn to visit Victory Lane. Jones won the US Cellar 250 on Saturday night, earning his third victory of the season and fifth XFINITY win overall. Jones started second and quickly established himself as the driver to beat, …
NASCAR has run three different packages at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the last three years, and none of them has produced a memorable race. Is there anything else that can be done to make Indy live up to the hype? Mark Howell, Senior Writer: I have two suggestions: either 1) widen the racing surface so we can …
Stewart-Haas Racing has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in its relatively short existence. In 2017, the organization will expand once again, this time to the XFINITY Series. News broke on Monday that the team would field a single-car entry in NASCAR’s second-tier division next season with driver and sponsorship details announced later this year. …
Sprint Cup: It’s a colorful finale for Gordon & Stewart – Though both Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart will be back next week at Pocono Raceway, Sunday’s Brickyard 400 will [or might] stand as their last races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With fans on their feet, both future Hall of Famers drove side-by-side on the …
The 100th edition of the Indianapolis 500 sold out, but the Brickyard 400 this Sunday might get 20 percent of the fan base. How low will attendance need to go for either Indianapolis Motor Speedway or NASCAR to ever consider pulling this race? Do you see stock cars racing at Indy in five years? Sean Fesko, …
Did you hear? The race-winning car of Matt Kenseth failed post-race inspection following New Hampshire on Sunday. Kenseth’s car was found to have failed laser inspection, and the team was docked 15 points and crew chief Jason Ratcliff was fined $25,000. The No. 20 car wasn’t the first winning machine to fail inspection this season; …
Halfway through the 2016 XFINITY Series season, there are two drivers who stand out as the biggest championship contenders. Those drivers are the Joe Gibbs Racing duo of Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez. Both are among the lucky few regulars who have won a race this year. Jones has won twice, at Bristol and Dover. Suarez, …
Sprint Cup: Positives over Negatives for Truex, Jr. The end of the day at New Hampshire Motor Speedway saw yet another disappointed what-could-have-been result for Martin Truex, Jr. The driver who has become known for missing out on race wins in his career – even with some of the fastest equipment in the field – …
Kyle Busch’s Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was all about the numbers. He started at the front of the field in position number one. He led 190 of 200 laps, and even cleared 17,000 laps led in his XFINITY career. A series of pit stops for two tires kept him at the top of …
What variable from Saturday’s race at Kentucky stood out the most to you – the racetrack’s repave and reconfiguration, Goodyear’s conservative tire choice or the low-low downforce package? Bryan Gable, Staff Writer: I’ll go with the repave. Goodyear’s decision to bring the super-hard tires probably contributed more to the state of the racing, but the repave was …
Last weekend at Kentucky Speedway, Team Penske did something it had only done once before this year. The organization fielded a second XFINITY Series entry. Ryan Blaney piloted the No. 12 car to an eighth-place finish, while Brad Keselowski wound up 10th in the flagship No. 22 car. In most of this season’s events, only …
Brad Keselowski hitting on all cylinders to start the summer- Though it may have come by fuel mileage, Keselowski wound up in victory lane again on Saturday evening in Kentucky. It was his third win in six tries at the newly repaved 1.5-mile racetrack. Adding the XFINITY Series, he has won at least one race …
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