Here Are the Changes to the Auto Club Entry Lists
Here’s what’s different as of today (Feb. 23) heading into the weekend.
Harrison Rhodes
Thinkin’ Out Loud: Kyle Busch Wins Bristol Two-Day Marathon
Who’s in the headline Kyle Busch is the winningest active driver at Bristol Motor Speedway. He grabbed the win today to make it two in a row in 2018 and two in a row at Bristol. Busch led a race high five times for 117 laps, second only to Kyle Larson. Brad Keselowski won the …
Entry List: Food City 500
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for the second short track event of the season. 39 cars make up this week’s entry list, the most entries since the season-opening Daytona 500. Landon Cassill will be back behind the wheel of the No. 00 car for StarCom Racing …
NASCAR 101: Can 2018 Beat 2004 (In Cup Debuts, That Is)?
Daniel Hemric is on his way to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, as Richard Childress Racing announced earlier this week that Hemric will drive the No. 8 for the team in his Cup debut at Richmond Raceway in a little less than a month. There’s a bit to unpack here, some of which has …
Entry List: 2018 STP 500
After the three-race “West Coast Swing,” the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads back east this weekend to Martinsville Speedway. The first short track race of the season, the STP 500, has a preliminary entry list of 38 cars this week. That’s the most for MENCS since the season-opening Daytona 500. Jeffrey Earnhardt is listed …
Beyond the Cockpit: Harrison Rhodes’ Long Road to Cup
After five years of low-budget, off-and-on XFINITY Series racing, Harrison Rhodes is finally a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver. Rhodes, 24, keeps a high level of gratitude toward his long-awaited debut in the sport’s top series. Speaking with Frontstretch Saturday afternoon at Atlanta, we spoke to the North Carolina native about his road to …
NASCAR 101: 3 for 3, 3 Races In
The lower series of the NASCAR national series are known for many things, including their unpredictability with regards to entry lists. There are times when it’s tough to predict three-fourths of the list in an XFINITY or Camping World Truck Series race, thanks to a constantly changing driver lineup and even a slew of part-time …
The Underdog House: What We’re Really in For
Think Small Reality has now set in for the small teams: Daytona is over. Following a week where the competition will never be more even — at least until the next restrictor-plate race — The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series hit its bread-and-butter circuits of 1.5-mile tracks, starting at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But just how …
Entry List: 2018 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
With only 40 entries for the Daytona 500, it was assumed that the entry list would be down for Atlanta. For Sunday’s 500 mile race at Atlanta, only the 36 chartered teams are entered. No one will fail to qualify. That said, there are a couple of changes. Premium Motorsports has changed their number from …
U.S. Legend Cars Shaping NASCAR’s Next Generation
Unlike many members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which showcases the best of NASCAR’s yesterday, the racers of today receive years of experience before they touch a NASCAR national series. Most of these racers roll in a lavish amount of short track racing series on a local level, but none other seems to nurture …
Ryan Reed Victorious in XFINITY Daytona Thriller
He did it again. For the second time in the last three years, Ryan Reed has won at Daytona International Speedway in the XFINITY Series. Holding off Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series talents Kasey Kahne and Austin Dillon, Reed earned his second career win after starting from the front row. “I tried to apply everything …
NASCAR 101: Xfinity Series Getting Into Throwback Spirit, Too
Much of the hullabaloo over this weekend’s racing at Darlington Raceway revolves around the sheer girth of throwback events and paint schemes that will populate the Southern 500 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series come Sunday night. As the race re-assumes its historic Labor Day weekend date, the sanctioning body and its teams are celebrating …