Ross Chastain Carries Lots of Pressure Into Indianapolis

Ross Chastain has raced well on road courses of late but also is 18th in the points race. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver needs a win to have any chance at qualifying for The Chase next month. Despite three results out of his last four races in the top-12, Chastain is still on the outside […]

Alex Bowman a Risk and Reward Scenario at Indianapolis

Alex Bowman did pull off a tenth place finish at Daytona in February but the last two road races have been less than stellar. The Hendricks Motorsports Racing driver has a 22nd and then a 20th last week at Watkins Glen. His No. 48 car just did not perform well late in the race and […]

Kurt Busch Intriguing Option at Indianapolis

Kurt Busch becomes at least a possibility this weekend because of his past success on certain road courses. He excelled at Daytona finishing fourth in February. That was after a 17th place start. This place differential trend continued at Road America (+12) and even last week at Watkins Glen (+4). The No. 1 car has […]

Tyler Reddick Will be a Factor at Verizon 200

Tyler Reddick, so far, is keeping his tenuous position in The Chase. He had another top-ten result at Watkins Glen last Sunday. The Richard Childress Racing driver has strung together four top-tens in his last five races overall. That includes three straight-on-road courses (9th, 8th, and 10th). While laps led are not likely, the No. […]

William Byron Will Not Contend, Might Lurk at Indianapolis

William Byron ironically had his best road result of the week last week at Watkins Glen with a sixth-place result. He started 15th and lingered around the top-five at the very end. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver is a true question mark heading into this week's Verizon 200. This is because Byron's road results have […]

Brad Keselowski Not Recommended for Indianapolis

Brad Keselowski seems to be set on just helping certain drivers in the final weeks leading to the NASCAR playoff. What is interesting is the fact that the Team Penske driver did finish fifth at the Daytona road race in February. After that though, every other road course has seen finishes outside the top ten. […]

Ryan Blaney Possibly Worth a Look at Indianapolis

The Team Penske driver could have some place-differential possibilities this weekend at Indianapolis. Again, this hinges on where he qualifies for Sunday's race at the Brickyard. The Verizon 200 is just 82-laps long but also is a course that Blaney may be a bit familiar with. It is a hybrid ROVAL course that Blaney has […]

Joey Logano Risky Choice for the Indianapolis Race

Joey Logano has truly had some mixed results racing on the road courses this year and last. In 2021 alone, he nearly won at Daytona before Christopher Bell bested him. Logano netted a third-place result at Austin in the rain. The Team Penske driver even managed a fourth at Sonoma. However, there was that 15th […]

A.J. Allmendinger One To Reckon with at Indianapolis on Sunday

A.J. Allmendinger hops into the No. 16 HyperIce car with some elevated expectations once again. Metrics hurt him in the Daytona road race as he began 34th but led two laps before finishing seventh. Allmendinger finished fifth in the rain-soaked race at Austin but had some bad luck last week at Watkins Glen. The hybrid […]

Kevin Harvick Fortunes Could Rest Again on Track Position

Kevin Harvick has an underperforming car. That much is known. What the No. 4 has done with it all season has been impressive. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver has 16 top-ten finishes on the year but no wins. Likely, Harvick will not win on Sunday but he could lurk around the top five. There is a […]

Christopher Bell Motivated and Dangerous at Indianapolis

Christopher Bell may represent Joe Gibbs Racing's best chance at a win in Indianapolis this weekend. Bell had one of the fastest cars last week at Watkins Glen. He even came back from the rear of the field twice to finish in the top-ten once again. One of those trips to the rear was courtesy […]

Denny Hamlin Expects to Contend at Indianapolis

Some will believe that Denny Hamlin could be a risky proposition this weekend. If one has him to win, then that is a yes. However, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver should have the car to at least contend. The No, 11 car was fifth in the last two road races and third way back at […]

Kyle Busch Somewhat of a Gamble This Week at Indianapolis

This might be another week where Kyle Busch could have a few issues. This is not the standard road course. Indianapolis is a 2.439-mile road track with some challenging turns that feel a lot like the Charlotte ROVAL. That may be a dilemma for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. Things did not go all that […]

Martin Truex Jr. a Bit of a Question Mark at Indianapolis

Martin Truex Jr. does not like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "This is my least favorite track". It is a quote seen numerous times. Making it into a road course is not quite as enticing as it sounds. Look at the race last week at Watkins Glen. What happened? Truex Jr. faded badly at the tail […]

Kyle Larson Won Last Week, Will Battle for Win at Indianapolis

Kyle Larson took the checkered flag last week because he picked his spots better than any other driver. Larson started fourth and did not have to go to the back of the field. Those two things along with his No. 5 car was why he was able to win. He was able to easily hold […]

Chase Elliott Once Again a Favorite at Indianapolis

Chase Elliott expects to practice and qualify well this weekend at the Verizon 200 from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 2.439-mile course is the exact one the Indy Cars raced earlier in 2021. Elliott has an average finish of 6.1 on road courses the past three seasons including seven wins. Last week, he had a […]

Andrew Copp Signs One Year Contract with Winnipeg Jets

Andrew Copp does the Winnipeg Jets a huge favor by signing a one-year deal with the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Copp will get paid $3.64 million. The significant fact for Winnipeg is that this keeps them under the salary cap. For Copp, this gets him to unrestricted free agency at the end of the season. […]

Doc Redman Likely a Miss at Wyndham Championships

The summer swing has not been very kind to Doc Redman. As a matter of fact, it has been at times a downright disaster. Redman has not golfed on tour for a month now and missed two cuts before this week. He barely made the cut at the Travelers and then shot over par for […]

Si Woo Kim One to Steer Away from at Greensboro

Si Woo Kim could not make birdies last week and then there was that 13. It will be a hole people talk about for some time. It could also have a lingering effect this week at the Wyndham Championships. The Korean golfer did have a nice Olympics but even there, could not make enough putts […]

Russell Henley Could Be Factor At Greensboro

Russell Henley is one of those golfers that can contend at these high-volume birdie tournaments. The Wyndham Championships is no exception as winners lately have made around 25 birdies or so over the course of the four-day tournament. Can Henley come close to that? Yes. Before The Open, Henley was in the top-20 even a […]

Harold Varner III Just Not Ideal to Recommend for Wyndham Championships

Can Harold Varner III surprise many like he did at the John Deere Classic? Absolutely. He was easily a few missed putts from finishing in the top five there (tied for 11th). The problem is since he finished in a tie for second three months ago at the RBC, Varner III has been too inconsistent. […]

Jason Kokrak Needs Putter to Not Hurt Him at Greensboro

Jason Kokrak can shoot 17 or 18 under par but just misses a few too many putts at times. The last three weeks in final rounds have been an exercise in just missing critical birdie opportunities. That cannot happen at the Wyndham Championships where low scores like above are the norm and not the exception. […]

Bubba Watson Needs to Make Birdies at Wyndham Championships

For Bubba Watson, he has to get on the greens and make some birdies. There is no other way around it. In 2021, Watson has been great with his shots off the tee. He ranks fifth in shots gained off the tee at 0.706. After that, it has been an adventure into the average and […]

Brandt Snedeker Could Do Well Again at Greensboro

Throw the Brandy Snedeker result out at the Barracuda Championship. What matters is his top-20 results at The Open and then the 3M Open. At the 3M, Snedeker nearly finished in the top ten. The golfer was driving the ball off the tee better the past few weeks and if he does that this week, […]

Brian Harman One to Watch at Wyndham Championships

Brian Harman is one of those intriguing golfers that can put it together on a given week. His numbers suggest better results but 19th and 36th placed showings do not exactly inspire a ton of confidence. They do not exactly sway one completely away either. He can make enough birdies to stay in tournaments (3.93 […]

Graeme McDowell Almost an Unknown at Greensboro

For a variety of reasons, Graeme McDowell has not played on the PGA Tour in over two months. His last tournament was Memorial Day weekend where he missed the cut at the Charles Schwab. McDowell has just not struck the ball well all season on the tour. There was also that March swing where the […]

Brendan Todd May Not Cut it at Wyndham Championships

Brendan Todd can be a frustrating golfer and lately that could not be more true. He has missed the cut in three straight tournaments and four of the last five. That bodes poorly for this week's Wyndham Championships. Again, this boils down to making birdies and Todd is just having an immense struggle there. It […]

Matthew Wolff May Have Shot at Greensboro

Can Matthew Wolff put four rounds together on a course that he can drive well and make putts? That is the question at the Wyndham Championships this week. Wolff put together a nice final-round 67 at the FedEx WGC. This was a marked improvement over his final rounds the previous two weeks at the Rocket […]

Rickie Fowler Carries Elevated Risk Heading into Wyndham Championship

Rickie Fowler is another one of those golfers that have had a wild summer ride between COVID and some inconsistent play. He has finished outside the top-30 in his last three tournaments entered. What can Fowler do this week at the Wyndham? The Sedgefield course has seen increasing scores through the years and Fowler's putting […]

Hideki Matsuyama Expects to Contend Again at Wyndham

Hideki Matsuyama rode his fourth-place Olympic finish into an even better second-place result at the FedEx WGC last week. His 64-63 weekend might have won most weekends if not for a slightly pedestrian start. The birdies started dropping and the Japanese golfer kept rising up the leaderboard. His putting, normally a weak point (181st overall), […]