Fire on Fridays: BJ McLeod’s Multi-Million-Dollar Business Move
With the sale of Live Fast Motorsports’ Cup Series charter, BJ McLeod may have made an incredible business move to help improve his Xfinity Series team.
Matt Tifft
The Underdog House: Bubba Wallace Nets Daytona Runner-Up in Game of Survival
Top Dog: Bubba Wallace With the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway (Aug. 28) playing host to the regular season finale, everyone knew that anything could happen. Look no further than Michael McDowell opening the year for the underdogs in a strong way by winning the prestigious Daytona 500. With 15 drivers eligible …
Frontstretch Podcast: Matt Tifft on New Cup Team
In this week’s edition of the Frontstretch Podcast, Dustin Albino and Mike Neff discuss a long weekend of racing at Texas Motor Speedway that saw Kyle Busch score his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, 77 hours after the green flag was thrown. Why was this an emotional win for Busch, who now has at least one …
Bubba Wallace Treated, Released For Fatigue After Atlanta Cup Race
Since its NASCAR Cup Series date moved away from Labor Day Weekend after the 2014 season, the variable of warmer temperatures has been less of a factor at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But, as Bubba Wallace discovered, the dangers of heat exhaustion can still rear their ugly head down in Georgia. A rescheduled event from March …
2019 NASCAR Driver Reviews: Matt Tifft
Entering the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, Matt Tifft was not the favorite to win the rookie of the year award. Still, after back-to-back top-10 finishes in the Xfinity Series championship standings, Tifft joined Front Row Motorsports to pilot the No. 36 Ford in his rookie season. Having no prior Cup Series experience and FRM …
Matt Tifft, Front Row Motorsports Parting Ways
Matt Tifft will not be with Front Row Motorsports in NASCAR’s top series in 2020, the team announced Wednesday, Nov. 13. “I’ve made the decision to focus on my health and there is no rush or timetable to get back behind the wheel,” Tifft said in a press release. “Because of that, I can’t commit …
Beside the Rising Tide: They Don’t Make Rookies Like They Used To
As the NASCAR season winds down, the tension becomes even more palpable. After all, the point standings for the coveted award are even closer than the battle for top spot in the Cup Series In fact, as this is written, Ryan Preece and Daniel Hemric are separated by just 10 points for top spot atop …
NASCAR 101: The Cup Rookie Battle Couldn’t Be Closer Than It Is Right Now
The closest points race in NASCAR right now isn’t necessarily a battle for the championship. Sure, there are few clear favorites for titles in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series and the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. With two or three races to go in each series, there’s a sense that the championship …
Matt Tifft to Miss Remainder of 2019 Season, John Hunter Nemechek to Substitute
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Matt Tifft will sit out the remainder of the 2019 season following a medical episode last Saturday (Oct. 26), Front Row Motorsports announced Tuesday, Oct. 29. John Hunter Nemechek will fill in for Tifft in the No. 36 for the final three races of the season. Tifft was admitted …
5 Points to Ponder: 2019 NASCAR Playoffs All Chalk
ONE: NASCAR Playoffs All Chalk Martinsville Speedway marked the start of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8. Just two more races remaining until we have our Championship 4 lineup for Homestead-Miami Speedway. So far, Cinderella has yet to find a glass slipper. The theory going into the playoffs this season is …
Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2019 First Data 500 at Martinsville
The Headline(s): Martin Truex, Jr. took what Brad Keselowski did to the field in the spring race at Martinsville and bested it, winning both stages and leading 464 laps en route to a snore-inducing victory in the First Data 500. It was his seventh win of 2019, 26th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win …
Matt Crafton Replacing Matt Tifft for Sunday’s Race at Martinsville
Veteran NASCAR driver Matt Crafton will drive the No. 36 Ford for Front Row Motorsports in this weekend’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Matt Tifft, the primary driver of the ride, exited the track on Saturday morning (Oct. 26) prior to opening Monster Energy Cup Series practice via an ambulance, taken to a nearby …