Xfinity Breakdown: Slippin’ and Slidin’ to a Big Machine Win at Texas
Keep Big Machine Racing on your radar for the rest of the year.
Ryan Vargas
Ryan Vargas Back With JDM
Ryan Vargas is running the NASCAR Xfinity Series season with JD Motorsports with Gary Keller yet again in 2022, JDM announced Jan. 19. It will be Vargas’ second full season with the team. “I’m very excited for this opportunity to race for JD Motorsports again in a full-time capacity,” Vargas said in a team release. …
2021 NASCAR Rookie Roundup: How’d the New Guys (& Gal) Do?
The 2021 season has come to a close, and with it ends the rookie seasons for the newcomers to the sport. All three NASCAR national series saw at least two Rookie of the Year contenders, and in the case of the Xfinity and Camping World Truck series, there were four apiece. With over a dozen …
4 Burning Questions: Rookie Report Card
How have the two NASCAR Cup Series rookies performed? Now that all three NASCAR national touring series have headed into the playoffs, it’s a good time to take a look at the rookies in each series and how they did this season, especially with just two of them actually in the playoffs. Unlike traditional classes, …
Xfinity Breakdown: Austin Cindric Snags Pocono Win; Safety Highlighted in Scary Crash
Leading a race-high 26 laps, Austin Cindric held off a hard-charging Ty Gibbs to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway held on June 27, 2021.
Austin Cindric Holds off Ty Gibbs, Takes Home Xfinity Win at Pocono
A huge challenge from Ty Gibbs in the closing laps of Sunday (June 27) afternoon’s wasn’t enough to surpass Austin Cindric, and the No. 22 held on to score his fourth victory of the season and first career triumph at Pocono Raceway. The Pocono Green 225 Recycled by JP Mascaro & Sons was chaotic early …
The Underdog House: Sweet Music for Daniel Suarez, NASCAR Underdogs in Nashville
The Setting The excitement, energy and enthusiasm of the NASCAR Cup Series heading to Nashville Superspeedway was felt all week across NASCAR Nation. For the first time in 37 years, the Cup tour was stopping in Music City to race the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway on Father’s Day. (I’d like to wish all the Dads out …
Landon Cassill Happy to Help JD Motorsports, But Still Has Eyes on NASCAR Cup
Landon Cassill closed out the 2019 season with a 15th-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the best finish for Shepherd Racing Ventures since 2009. But in the time following that, Cassill lost his NASCAR Cup Series ride with StarCom Racing during the offseason and didn’t have an NXS gig after …
The Underdog House: Daniel Suarez Bounces Back From Coca-Cola 600 Adversity
Top Dog: Daniel Suarez Before we jump into the house and talk about Suarez, I would like to thank all of our veterans and those currently serving in the U.S. military. To the families of those who have sacrificed their lives for our country, we owe a large debt of gratitude to your loved ones …
The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 12
It was a pretty big week in the iRacing community. There was a surprise NASCAR Next Gen release on Wednesday night (May 5) during the eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series race at Darlington Raceway as they were trying it out for the first time. Erik Jones took that victory in a wild pass with two laps …
Couch Potato Tuesday: FOX Sports 1 Dodges Rain in Martinsville
Once again, rain put a damper on a NASCAR race weekend. The sad truth is that everyone saw it coming. The rain that postponed the races to Sunday was predicted three to four days in advance. It just bites. All three races, including Thursday night’s Whelen Modified Tour opener, were affected by rain. At least …
The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 7
With the Easter holiday upon the motorsports world, there’s not a lot happening this weekend in the real world. Some sim racing leagues are also taking off as well, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about this past week on iRacing, full of its share of short track racing on both the asphalt and …