NASCAR honored the champions of its top three national series at the annual NASCAR Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. The other 15 Cup Series playoff drivers were also in attendance. Headlining the event was 2022 NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford. The titleContinue Reading
Bristol marked the first elimination race of the playoff, ending the championship hopes of four drivers. Entering the race, Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe, and Kevin Harvick found themselves below the cutline following hard luck at Darlington and Kansas. Throughout the course of the 500-lap event, the drivers atContinue Reading
With a huge assist from Richard Childress Racing teammate Tyler Reddick after a rain delay of more than three hours, Austin Dillon forced his way into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and broke Martin Truex Jr.’s heart. Dillon’s victory in Sunday’s rain-delayed Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International SpeedwayContinue Reading
The Enjoy Illinois 300 marked the first time the NASCAR Cup Series has visited World Wide Technology Raceway. The 1.25-mile track just outside of St. Louis has been hosting NASCAR sanctioned events since 1997, first with the NASCAR Xfinity Series, then the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The unique shapeContinue Reading
Due to COVID-19 restrictions in the state of California, the NASCAR Cup Series had not raced at Auto Club Speedway in over two years. As a result, the 2-mile oval track created quite the challenge for drivers this past weekend due to a bumpy backstretch, rough seams in the track,Continue Reading
The word most associated with this year’s Daytona 500 was “new” – new drivers, new teams, and most importantly, new cars. So it seems fitting that when all was said and done, it was a new driver that captured the checkered flag. LAP 1: Reigning-series champion Kyle Larson led the fieldContinue Reading