The entry list for the 61st Daytona 500 has been released, and there’s a lot of changes for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. 42 cars are on the final version of the entry list. A maximum of 40 cars will take the green flag on race day. Old faces in new places …
Heading into 2018, the Xfinity Series was stacked with competition — more so than even 2016 or 2017 with returning veterans, fresh babyfaces entering the next chapter of their career and even Cup drivers making the leap back down to be competitive in the top preliminary division. Your browser does not support iframes. Series regulars won …
In a special offseason episode of the Frontstretch Podcast, Dustin Albino, Mike Neff and Zach Catanzareti discuss all the news that’s transpired since Homestead. We start with the elephant in the room, that being Kurt Busch making the move to Chip Ganassi Racing, replacing Jamie McMurray who will take on an analyst role at Fox Sports. What do we think Busch can do …
For the first time since 2015, Front Row Motorsports will field a full-time three-car field for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Matt Tifft will pilot the third entry for 2019, the No. 36, while both David Ragan and Michael McDowell will return. “Today is a huge moment in my career, announcing my …
After wrecking out in the first two races in the Round of 8, Christopher Bell accepted the fact he may not be competing for a championship this season in the XFINITY Series. But that’s why they race, as he cruised to the victory in Saturday’s Whelen Trusted to Perform 200 at ISM Raceway. Bell started …
It was a career day for Matt Tifft and his No. 2 Go Green Chevrolet team. A career day that almost landed him alongside his teammate Daniel Hemric in the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Tifft stayed within arm’s length of the lead throughout the entire race on Saturday (Nov. 10) and that kept him …
Much of NASCAR’s annual Silly Season is focused on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Meanwhile, a lot of moves happen in the NASCAR XFINITY Series as well. With two races remaining in the XFINITY season, many moves have been announced, many have not and retirement is right around the corner for some. Though not …
After a tough first week in the Round of 8 at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago (Oct. 20), Cole Custer likely needed to win in order to race for an XFINITY Series championship this season. That’s exactly what he did in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Custer began the race from …
NASCAR released their weekly Penalty Report on Wednesday (Oct. 24). It’s bad news for Daniel Hemric. After finishing second in Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Hemric’s No. 21 Chevrolet measured too low in the left front corner. NASCAR has assessed an L1-level penalty against the team. As a result, crew chief Danny Stockman …
From the moment the XFINITY Series took to Dover International Speedway on Friday (Oct. 5), Christopher Bell turned fast laps. He repeated that on Saturday en route to winning the Bar Harbor 200. In qualifying, Bell didn’t win the pole, though did grab the second position. It took the No. 20 car until the exit of …
Dover International Speedway produced a ho-hum NASCAR XFINITY Series race for the first 161 laps of its 200-lap, 200-mile race. Then, out of nowhere, all heck broke loose as the pressure to advance in the playoffs took center stage. A pair of late cautions shuffled the field around, pitting Matt Tifft, Austin Cindric and Ross …
With 14 laps remaining, it looked like Matt Tifft would etch his name onto the list of NASCAR XFINITY Series winners for the first time. His No. 2 Richard Childress Racing team had a stellar pit stop, gaining three spots catapulting Tifft into the lead for what would be the final restart. But after being …
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