NASCAR made its yearly summer trip to the Magic Mile; New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Martin Truex Jr, took home the checkered flag, collecting his third win of the season and the 34th of his career. Eleven drivers remained locked into the playoffs with six races left in the regular season. The Crayon 301 was pushedContinue reading “Mondays are for Martin: New Hampshire Race Review”
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Cut Line Crunchtime: NASCAR Playoffs 2023
The NASCAR Cup Series has just seven races left in its regular season. Teams, drivers, and fans have reached the point of the annual cutline scramble, to see who will sport the playoff decals come the round of 16 opener in Darlington. Currently, eleven drivers are locked into the playoffs, with just five spots leftContinue reading “Cut Line Crunchtime: NASCAR Playoffs 2023”
Thursday Night’s Thunder Hands Hamlin SRX Score
Thursday Night Thunder brought both Thunder on the track and Thunder in the skies as the SRX returns for season 3
Racing the Rain: Atlanta Race Review
NASCAR went back down south to Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia for the first night race under the new high-banked configuration. William Byron and team battled back from some early race problems and beat the rain to collect their second win at Atlanta, and their fourth of the season. The 25-year-old collected his eighthContinue reading “Racing the Rain: Atlanta Race Review”
From Down Under to the Top of the World: Streets of Chicago Race Review
Nascar made its highly anticipated inaugural street course event on the Streets of Chicago on Sunday. After waiting out torrential rain across Saturday evening and throughout the day on Sunday, the Cup race finally went green 45 minutes past the scheduled start time around 6:15 ET. Road course ringer Shane van Gisbergen, of Aussie V8Continue reading “From Down Under to the Top of the World: Streets of Chicago Race Review”
The Rocky Roads of Chicago: NASCAR’s Street Course Stunt
The controversial NASCAR street race in Chicago is upon us, so how did we get here and how do the residents feel about the event?
Music of the Melons: Nashville Race Review
Ross Chastain kicked off NASCAR’s summer swing by smashing a summer time favorite fruit on the start finish line at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night. The humble watermelon farmer outdueled veteran Martin Truex Jr on a late pit stop to nab his first win of the year and secure his spot in the NASCAR playoffsContinue reading “Music of the Melons: Nashville Race Review”
The Pearly Gates of Hell: EnjoyIllinois 300 Race Review
One of the strangest weekends in recent memory is capped off with a seemingly never-ending race thanks to a string of late cautions and red flags.
In Case of Emergency: How TV Handles “The Scary Crash”
Talladega Superspeedway is a track with its own reputation. As the largest and fastest on the NASCAR calendar each visit to the Alabama behemoth comes with the notion that excitement and danger could be at every corner. In fact, Fox Sports quite literally advertises to that effect. With “danger at every turn” the high speedContinue reading “In Case of Emergency: How TV Handles “The Scary Crash””
Byron Wins Big in Sin City
William Byron turned Sin City into Win City after dominating the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday