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Anthony Alfredo Eyeing Improvement Through ‘Challenging’ Rookie Season

Anthony Alfredo NASCAR 2021 Texas

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Anthony Alfredo is in the midst of his first season as a NASCAR Cup Series driver. But 2021 also marks the first full-time ride Alfredo has gotten in any of NASCAR’s three national touring series. One year after competing on a part-time basis for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Alfredo sits 30th …

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Riley Herbst Bounces Back From Early Crash for Top-10 Finish

Riley Herbst New Hampshire 2021

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Riley Herbst’s season has been full of misfortune. The No. 98 team couldn’t escape that at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday (July 17) — not until he bounced back for his third top-10 finish in the past five races. On a lap 26 restart, Herbst was the victim of an accordion effect that trickled …

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Zach’s Turn: Has Hendrick Motorsports Taken a Step Back?

Hendrick Motorsports Alex Bowman Denny Hamlin Atlanta 2021

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Asking whether Hendrick Motorsports has taken a step back in the midst of its best season in years probably seems absurd on the surface. The dominant four-car organization has won seven of the last nine NASCAR Cup Series races, headed mainly by Kyle Larson, and most recently won just two races ago at Road America, …

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Zach’s Turn: Stop Trying to Predict NASCAR’s Next Gen Era

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The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season is over halfway complete, which means the Next Gen car is closer to its competitive debut than ever. That doesn’t mean we are any closer to knowing what NASCAR will look like past 2021, though. The top tier of stock-car racing is about to undergo a massive shift in …

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Zach’s Turn: Corey LaJoie Holding Out Hope for a Teammate in 2022

Corey Lajoie Pocono 2021

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Corey LaJoie knew 2022 would bring a lot of change. How much change, though, remains to be determined. On June 18, Spire Motorsports announced it had sold two of its three charters to Kaulig Racing as the Matt Kaulig-owned team ventures into the NASCAR Cup Series full-time next season. The charters acquired are currently operated …

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Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2021 Pocono Doubleheader

2021 Pocono I Cup Denny Hamlin pack racing Pocono Doubleheader weekend James Gilbert Getty

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Who … should you be talking about after the Pocono Doubleheader? Kyle Busch finally put an end to Hendrick Motorsports’ absurd dominance, finding a way to overcome a transmission that was stuck in fourth gear while saving enough gas to win the Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 on Sunday (June 27). Busch had an exceptional …

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Bubba Wallace Grabs 1st Top 5 for 23XI Racing at Pocono

2021 Pocono II Cup Bubba Wallace car NKP

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Bubba Wallace managed to execute a fuel-saving strategy to perfection. Crew chief Mike Wheeler asked Wallace to save two laps of fuel at Pocono Raceway on Sunday (June 27) and he nailed the assignment, finishing fifth in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 for 23XI Racing’s first top five and first top 10 in the …

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Myatt Snider Hopes Luck Turns Around with Pocono Top 10

2021 Pocono NXS Myatt Snider Justin Allgaier racing Sean Gardner Getty

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Myatt Snider has had a miserable season. Since winning at Homestead-Miami Speedway in February, Snider had tallied only one top 10, a ninth at Talladega Superspeedway back in April. Snider and Richard Childress Racing’s luck finally turned for the better on Sunday (June 27) by finishing 10th in the Pocono Green 225 at Pocono Raceway. …

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Denny Hamlin Fights for Top-5 Finish at Pocono

2021 Pocono Denny Hamlin

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Denny Hamlin returned to form in the NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono Raceway in Saturday’s (June 26) Pocono Organics CBD 325. Tied with Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono, Hamlin led 11 laps before eventually finishing fourth to pick up his first top-five finish since finishing fifth at Darlington Raceway on May 9. “We …

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Ryan Preece Backs Nashville Win with Top 10 at Pocono

Ryan Preece Truck Series Pocono 2021

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Ryan Preece is 2-for-2 with top 10s in the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. A ninth-place finish Saturday (June 26) at Pocono Raceway didn’t quite compare to the win he claimed at Nashville Superspeedway one week ago, but the results are a solid start to his Truck Series career. Preece, who drives the No. …

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Sam Mayer, Others Frustrated as Debris Ruins Day at Pocono

2021 ARCA Pocono Sam Mayer, No. 23 Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet (Credit: Zach Sturniolo)

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Sam Mayer’s first ARCA Menards Series start at Pocono Raceway went up in smoke after just 19 laps. By the time he was towed into the garage on Friday (June 25), his car wasn’t the only thing fuming. Mayer and team owner Bret Holmes were furious after reports of debris were ignored for four laps, …

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