Saturday’s (April 13) 2019 Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway was a solid one for Ryan Newman. Nothing exceptional, nothing deplorable. Just solid all around, a 24th-place start turned into a ninth-place result that leaves him solidly inside the top 16 in the point standings heading to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Easter break. …
Kevin Harvick was pleased with his fourth-place finish in Saturday’s (April 13) Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway, his third consecutive top-five finish at the Virginia short-track. “We were way too tight to start the race,” he said. “The guys did a great job adjusting on the car. Just got stuck behind two lapped cars …
A roller coaster day for Justin Allgaier ended with a podium finish at Richmond Raceway on Saturday (April 12) in the ToyotaCare 250. The No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet showed speed early, winning stage one. But after a strange cycle of pit stops mired him back in 14th, he was never able to get back …
The West Coast kid is starting to gain some solid footing in the Xfinity Series. Zane Smith earned his first career top-10 finish on Saturday night (April 12) in the ToyotaCare 250 driving the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to a sixth-place result. It was Smith’s third career Xfinity start and second in as many …
Kyle Larson was quickest in the first and only Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice on Friday (May 12), turning a 22.185-second lap in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch and David Ragan rounded out the top five speeds, with Daniel Suarez, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Kevin …
Cole Custer‘s Alsco 300 started well but wound up finishing a bit sour. The driver of the No. 00 Ford Mustang led 25 laps and ultimately finished third behind eventual winner Christopher Bell and second-place Tyler Reddick. The Ladera Ranch, California native’s afternoon was up and down, to say the least. “We just got that …
Stewart Haas Racing’s Cole Custer will lead the NASCAR Xfinity Series field to the green flag for today’s (April 6) Alsco 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The pole is the Ladera Ranch, California native’s first of the season, season seventh of his Xfinity Series career and second at BMS. He was quickest in all three …
NASCAR feels like the 1990s again! Well, kind of. I’m a 1990s kid (born in 1996, sorry for making you feel old) but grew up in the 2000s. I started watching NASCAR in the early 2000s and with its popularity growing, so did I. Twill driver jackets, T-shirts, hats, the whole nine yards: that era …
Corey LaJoie‘s NASCAR career has been about as unorthodox as they come. Despite his famous last name in racing circles, nothing has been given to him in his time behind the wheel. In fact, it’s made his journey to the pinnacle of the sport harder, as he details here. We spoke with the Concord, North …
Kyle Busch is never satisfied unless he ends up in Victory Lane. But on Sunday (March 23) at Martinsville Speedway, third-place was about as good as it was going to get for Rowdy. “More raw speed” is what the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry needed to contend for a win in the STP 500. “We …
Sunday’s (March 24) STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway had shades of 2017 for Chase Elliott. After leading 49 laps and being in a position to put the bumper to eventual winner Brad Keselowski in the closing laps, Elliott wasn’t able to close the gap in the final stretch and settled for a runner-up result, his …
Sunday’s (March 24) STP 500 will be remembered as what could have been for Clint Bowyer. The defending winner of the event started 10th and quickly asserted himself in the conversation of quickest cars, finishing seventh in the first stage an eighth in the second. But pit road speeding penalties derailed his potential quest for a …
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