Daniel Hemric Surges To Ninth-Place Result At Talladega

Daniel Hemric qualified 19th for the GEICO 500 on Sunday. Few expected Hemric and his Kaulig Racing Chevy to nab a result inside the Top 10. He did continue a nice streak of place differential on superspeedway or tracks of similar type. At Daytona, he was +21, Atlanta saw Hemric move up eight spots. Talladega... Read More

Harrison Burton Squeezes Into Top 10 At Talladega

Harrison Burton did not have the greatest day at first, but it is not always about how one starts, but instead how one finishes. Burton was sixth after Stage 1 but 28th after Stage 2. By staying above the fray, Burton and his Wood Brothers Racing car was able to slide into the top 10... Read More

Josh Berry Begins 29th At GEICO 500 Sunday

Josh Berry and the Stewart-Haas Racing team figured 2024 might get off to a bumpy start. That much is true. Berry starts 29th on Sunday and his average start and finish have been around the same (22.3 versus 24.3). Berry survived Daytona barely but did not at Atlanta. So, there is limited data here. However,... Read More

Harrison Burton Feels The Heat At Talladega

Harrison Burton continues to feel his seat get hotter as the GEICO 500 approaches on Sunday. The Wood Brothers driver did qualify 16th on Saturday. His best results are on superspeedway courses or similar tracks. See Atlanta this year where Burton finished 11th. Overall, his average finish in 2024 is 29th. That is worse than... Read More

Ryan Preece In Decent Position For Talladega

Honestly, Ryan Preece starts from 11th for the race at Talladega. That is not a bad thing for the Stewart-Haas Racing driver. On this 2.66-mile track, it is a good thing to begin from outside the Top 10 typically. Preece has shown positive place differential at every track but one in 2024. The one time... Read More

Zane Smith Starts 30th For GEICO 500

Zane Smith will begin from the 30th position at Talladega on Sunday. That is not uncommon for the Spire Motorsports driver who has been 14th or worse during every qualifying effort this season. However, he did survive his way to a 13th at Daytona. This could be significant. Again, the 2.66-mile high-banked Talladega can boost... Read More

Michael McDowell Takes Pole For Sunday Race

Michael McDowell was the quickest among all qualifiers on Saturday with a lap of 52.609 seconds. The Front Row Motorsports driver was the only one who broke the 182 mph mark. That was good enough for the pole. However, finishing at the top on Saturday is not a harbinger of what may occur on Sunday.... Read More

Brendon Todd Attempts To Keep Momentum Going

Brendon Todd has not won a tournament in 2024. However, the American golfer has made the cut in all but one event. Furthermore, he comes off a tied for fifth at the Valspar Championship. People forget he had a Top 10 at the Arnold Palmer too. Todd may be 38 but he is playing like... Read More

Denny McCarthy Hopes For Better Putting In South Carolina

Denny McCarthy has a calling card and that is his putting. The American golfer ranks ninth on the PGA Tour at 0.702 strokes gained. Unfortunately, McCarthy off the tee rolls in at a mere 150th losing 0.347 strokes compared to the field average. Last week, the golfer started off well enough but a 79 on... Read More

Cameron Young Expects To See Weekend Again

Cameron Young has been far more consistent in 2024. The American golfer comes off consecutive Top 10 results including a runner-up result at the Valspar Championship. Even putting has been better for Young the past two tournaments as he has been on the plus side. Furthermore, off the tee and approaching the green have been... Read More

Matt Fitzpatrick One To Watch Once More

Matt Fitzpatrick knows that a lot of golfers will be after him this week. The English golfer won the RBC Heritage last year in a dramatic win over Jordan Spieth. Spieth was looking to repeat when Fitzpatrick survived a 16th hole bogey to hold off the American. Fitzpatrick has three consecutive Top 25 results and... Read More

Collin Morikawa Might Have Masters Flashbacks

Collin Morikawa has to wonder what might have been on Sunday. The American golfer was on the precipice of challenging Scottie Scheffler when disaster struck. Morikawa double-bogeyed holes 9 and 11 which ended any chance of him winning The Masters. On the bright side, he still finished tied for third. Morikawa's shot-making hurt but several... Read More

Carson Hocevar Rounds Out Top Ten At Texas

Carson Hocevar began Sunday afternoon from the 16th position. After 276 laps, the Spire Motorsports driver moved up six spots to tenth. Hocevar steadily gained track position. After Stage 1, the Chevy driver was 29th. Stage 2 saw Hocevar in 16th. The No. 77 car benefitted from a few more wrecks including the one that... Read More

Chase Briscoe Ends Up Sixth At Texas

Chase Briscoe took the worst that Texas can dish out on Sunday. Briscoe and his Stewart-Haas Racing car found a way to finish sixth after starting fifth. Though he did not lead a single lap, Briscoe was there at the end when it counted. He survived the double overtime and a spin on Lap 172.... Read More

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Slow At Texas Again

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was off in speed and acceleration during practice and qualifying on Saturday. Not surprisingly, the JTG Daugherty Chevrolet starts 31st at Texas. Even his practice lap intervals tailed off dramatically. That 15-lap time of 30.335 seconds was the slowest of any car who ran that many laps. Stenhouse was about 0.405 to... Read More

Ty Dillon Trying To Manufacture Speed With Kaulig

Ty Dillon tries to keep pushing the Kaulig Racing car but to no avail. Dillon was 0.639 seconds off in practice and 0.653 seconds in qualifying on Saturday. He will start the Texas race back in 36th. The No. 16 Chevy is a bit slower than the Spire Motorsports car he had raced in last... Read More

Austin Dillon Springs Into Texas With Hope

Austin Dillon and his Richard Childress Chevrolet has had a rough start to the 2024 season. His best result was 16th in Las Vegas and every other result has been outside the Top 20. Worse, he has no DNF's in the No. 3 car. That simply means the performance has been lacking. Dillon qualified 15th... Read More

Austin Cindric Starts Eighth At Texas

Austin Cindric turned in a nice qualifying lap when it counted on Saturday. It got him into the final round where he qualified eighth for the Sunday afternoon race at Texas Motor Speedway. The Team Penske driver had never started in the Top 10 before on the intermediate track. In four appearances, his best start... Read More

Ryan Blaney Good On Texas Track

Ryan Blaney likes racing at Texas Motor Speedway. The Team Penske car qualified seventh on Saturday. Blaney's Ford excelled at the All-Star event and even last year was fourth after Stage 2. An accident derailed his chances of victory but the No. 12 car cycled through the field with ease (started 28th). He was also... Read More

Sergio Garcia Can Always Lurk At The Masters

Sergio Garcia has not played a PGA tournament in the United States since the 2023 US Open. The Spanish golfer has won 11 times on the PGA Tour including the 2017 Masters. Garcia has missed the cut at Augusta in four of his past five appearances. However, there was that T-23 in 2022. Again, one... Read More

J.T. Poston Needs To Show Early 2024 Form Now

J.T. Poston enjoyed a great start to 2024 with five top-20 results in six tournaments. The American golfer contended at both The Sentry and the Sony Open. However, March roared in like a lion and disturbed Poston's form. Since then, he has struggled in the final rounds, posting a 75, 76, and a 78 (The... Read More

Cam Davis May Have Issues If Augusta Toughens Up

Cam Davis has been up and down this 2024 season. The Australian golfer has missed two cuts but also has not been able to play consistently. Davis fired a 62 at the Sony Open, then puttered around the 70 mark the rest of the tournament. There are plenty of red flags in his game. Augusta... Read More

Chris Kirk Could Be One To Watch At Augusta

Chris Kirk can make birdies as his -29 suggests from The Sentry. That win has been followed up by consistent results (only one missed cut). The American golfer has finished inside the Top 50 in every event he played the weekend. Kirk needs to get the putter going early (148th in strokes gained putting). His... Read More

Matthieu Pavon Could Struggle At The Masters

Matthieu Pavon is more of an unknown quantity for The Masters. The French golfer took a few weeks off from the PGA Tour after missing the cut at The Players Championship. Pavon played well in his first four PGA tournaments entered. That included a win at the Farmers Insurance Open and a third at the... Read More

Ryan Blaney Makes Best Of Evening At Martinsville

Ryan Blaney began the Cook Out 400 ninth on Sunday afternoon. He was outside the Top 10 most of the race. However, the final laps saw him move all the way up to fifth place. Despite the Team Penske driver ending up with zero stage points, Blaney posted his fourth Top 5 result of the... Read More

Ryan Preece Finds Way Into Top Ten At Martinsville

Ryan Preece did not have the best qualifying effort at Martinsville on Saturday. However, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver moved up 13 spots to finish ninth at the Cook Out 400. It was a great result for a car not expected to end up inside the Top 15. Preece did not come close to any stage... Read More

Josh Williams Tries Out Martinsville On Sunday

Josh Williams begins Martinsville on Sunday from the 33rd position. The Kaulig Racing driver is driving the No. 16 Chevy. Williams drove the car in Atlanta and lasted a mere two laps before a crash ended his day. He began that race 30th as the Chevy was nearly a full half second slower than the... Read More

John Hunter Nemechek A Bit Off At Martinsville

John Hunter Nemechek never seemed to get going on Saturday at Martinsville. As a result, the Legacy Motor Club driver will begin 29th from Martinsville Speedway. Teammate Erik Jones managed to finish 17th in qualifying. However, practice proved to be even worse for Nemechek who was 32nd. Yes, 0.375 seconds is an eternity at Richmond... Read More

Brad Keselowski Looking For Better Martinsville Finish

Brad Keselowski has not had an easy time as a driver for RFK Racing at Martinsville. He has finished 17th or worse four times in four races. However, the last two times around the "paper clip" have seen the No. 6 Ford fifth after Stage 2. He even led seven laps in the April of... Read More

Austin Dillon Can Run Well At Martinsville

Austin Dillon has shown the ability to run well at Martinsville. The Richard Childress Racing driver finished third just two years ago. Last year, Dillon flirted in and out of the Top 10 before settling for 12th. Dillon has not led a single lap in 2024 and has an average finish of 25.7. That is... Read More