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Inspection Chaos Casts Shadow Over NASCAR Qualifying Session

Inspection Chaos Casts Shadow Over NASCAR Qualifying Session

Mar 2, 2015
Jerry Jordan – KickinTheTires.Net HAMPTON, Ga. – If you missed ‘Inspection-gate’ because you were too focused on finding Travis Kvapil’s stolen No. 44 Sprint Cup Series car so you could score hot passes to every race of the year, there was another issue going on at Atlanta Motor Speedway that needs to be addressed going forward. …

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Dylan Kwasniewski’s Plans Remain Unknown for 2015

Dylan Kwasniewski’s Plans Remain Unknown for 2015

Mar 2, 2015
Restructuring at HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi, formerly known as Turner Scott Motorsports, has left one driver without a ride for the 2015 season. Dylan Kwasniewski, who raced the No. 31 car full-time in 2014, is not scheduled to race this season. Following a year that consisted of three top 10s and four DNFs caused by …

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Jimmie Johnson Back On Top, Wins at Atlanta

Jimmie Johnson Back On Top, Wins at Atlanta

Mar 2, 2015
The fact that this victory for Jimmie Johnson at Atlanta Motor Speedway secures him a spot in the 16-driver Chase for the championship is not even the top thing on his mind, shows how big of win this really was. After what many in the world of NASCAR called a “down year” for the No.48 …

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Pace Laps: Harvick’s XFINITY Awesomeness, Crafton’s Continuation, and More

Pace Laps: Harvick’s XFINITY Awesomeness, Crafton’s Continuation, and More

Mar 1, 2015
XFINITY: Harvick continues Atlanta Dominance; Young Guns Shine – Three straight wins seems rather wild, but Kevin Harvick has been on an unbelievable tear over the past two and a half years. Harvick won his third straight race at Atlanta, and did so in dominating fashion once again. Though Joey Logano seemingly had the strongest car throughout …

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Tracking the Trucks: Hyundai Construction Equipment 200

Tracking the Trucks: Hyundai Construction Equipment 200

Feb 28, 2015
In a Nutshell: Matt Crafton made a statement in the Truck Series’ return to Atlanta Motor Speedway after a two-year hiatus. He took the checkered flag 8.752 seconds ahead of Ty Dillon to win the Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 Saturday evening. Crafton led twice for a race-high 85 laps en route to his first win …

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XFINITY Breakdown: Hisense 250

XFINITY Breakdown: Hisense 250

Feb 28, 2015
Sometimes it takes a while to figure out the right way to do something. It took Kevin Harvick eight tries before he won in the XFINITY Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It took four more tries for win number two, but he has now ripped off three straight in the series at the mile-and-a-half track …

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Matt Crafton Wins Truck Series Race in Dominating Fashion

Matt Crafton Wins Truck Series Race in Dominating Fashion

Feb 28, 2015
Matt Crafton won Saturday night’s Camping World Truck Series race in dominating fashion, leading 85 of the 130 laps en route to the victory. Crafton, a week after making his Sprint Cup Series debut as a substitute driver for the injured Kyle Busch, won the second race of the season for the second year in …

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Kevin Harvick Continues Hot Streak, Wins Third Straight XFINITY Race at Atlanta

Kevin Harvick Continues Hot Streak, Wins Third Straight XFINITY Race at Atlanta

Feb 28, 2015
In a race that had sliding cars, interesting pit stops and close competition, Kevin Harvick completed the trifecta at Atlanta Motor Speedway by holding off a non-stop threat from Joey Logano from start to finish. “That pit stop is what won this race,” Harvick told Fox Sports 1 in victory lane. “Joey (Logano) probably had …

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Kevin Harvick Leads Final Sprint Cup Practice Despite Blown Engine

Kevin Harvick Leads Final Sprint Cup Practice Despite Blown Engine

Feb 28, 2015
Following a 35-lap stint for Kevin Harvick, he found himself in a bitter-sweet position. The sweet was sitting at the top of the time sheet at 191.05 mph, but the bitter was having his Hendrick engine expire in the middle stages of Saturday’s final practice, the final time the cars will hit Atlanta Motor Speedway …

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Ben Kennedy Takes Truck Series Pole After Scoring Error

Ben Kennedy Takes Truck Series Pole After Scoring Error

Feb 28, 2015
UPDATE: After further review, NASCAR has determined that Brad Keselowski did not start his final qualifying run before time ran out in Saturday’s final round of time trials for the . Ben Kennedy was the only driver to make his final run before the session concluded, and will now start from the pole position.  Keselowski …

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MPM2Nite: Sliced Bread Redux

MPM2Nite: Sliced Bread Redux

Feb 27, 2015
There are few better ways to torpedo a young driver’s career than to make him ride into the big leagues aboard a wave of hype. Such was the case of one Joseph Thomas Logano out of Atlanta by way of Middletown Connecticut. Early success in some support series earned him some high profile endorsements labeling …

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Number Crunching: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Fantasy Forecast

Number Crunching: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Fantasy Forecast

Feb 27, 2015
Let’s talk a little NASCAR Fantasy Live, shall we? The main rules of the game involve picking five drivers while staying within a $100 salary cap. You also get two bonus picks of a winning driver and a winning manufacturer for 30 and 10 points, respectively. How do you collect points? Well, you get .5 points …

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