Christopher Bell Has Worst Day At Worst Possible Time

Everything was set up for Christopher Bell to do well at Phoenix this weekend. However, the writing may have been on the wall. Bell qualified outside the top ten and never truly had much of a chance on Sunday afternoon. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver managed to get up to fifth after 86 laps. Brake […]

Brad Keselowski Completes Quite The Weekend At Phoenix

Brad Keselowski and his wife welcomed their third child into the world. Now, Keselowski has a little son to go with his two daughters. Keselowski, who had Cole Custer qualify for him, started 31st on Sunday. The RFK Racing driver managed to get his Ford briefly into the top ten. Ultimately, Keselowski settled for a […]

Ty Dillon Can Move Up On Sunday At Phoenix

Ty Dillon, like Austin, has a way of doing well at Phoenix. No one is talking a win here or even a top ten result. However, the Spire Motorsports driver does find ways to improve via place differential. Dillon has an odd knack of finishing better than he starts. In nine of his previous ten […]

Austin Dillon Tends To Improve On Raceday At Phoenix

Austin Dillon may not qualify very well at Phoenix but often he improves from a position standpoint. Dillon has enjoyed positive place differential in five of his past six Fall races on the short track. Even in March, the Richard Childress Racing driver shot up to 16th from 30th. That was a bit surprising. Though […]

Harrison Burton Likely To Struggle At Phoenix

Harrison Burton began sixth last Fall at Phoenix Raceway. The Wood Brothers Racing driver finished 19th. It was his best finish on the 1-mile short track. Place differential for the No. 21 Ford has been -8, -13, and -5 in his appearances. That does not bode well for Sunday considering Burton starts 25th. Expecting a […]

Daniel Suarez Trying To End Season On Good Note

Daniel Suarez qualified 16th on Saturday for the season-ending race from Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Suarez has struggled to contend and has two top ten results in his past 11 races. It is hard to believe he had three finishes of sixth or better and then struggled badly once again. It has been one of […]

Alex Bowman Has Work To Do On Sunday

Alex Bowman finished ninth in March after starting 18th at Phoenix. It seemed hard to believe the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver pulled this off and yet Bowman did. The No. 48 car calls nearby Tucson, Arizona home. His debut race was his best on the Avondale 1-mile short track. Bowman led 194 laps and finished […]

Aric Almirola Begins Way Back At 28th For Phoenix

Aric Almirola takes one last ride in the No. 10 Stewart-Haas car on Sunday as he begins 28th at Phoenix Raceway. He finished sixth two years ago but the past few races have been a struggle. It is likely Almirola will drive some here and there next year, but his days as a full-time driver […]

Joey Logano Ends Up 17th Qualifying At Phoenix

Joey Logano is very proficient at Phoenix Raceway. He won the Fall race last year to win his second NASCAR championship. The Team Penske racing driver has not finished worse than 11th since late 2018. However, he did start 16th in the Spring and only ended up 11th. This Fall, he begins 17th. The No. […]

Cole Custer Near The Back Of The Field To Start Sunday

Cole Custer was a late add to the lineup. The driver is replacing Brad Keselowski, whose wife is expecting a third child anytime now. With it being the last race of the season, this made a lot of sense giving Keselowski and Chris Buescher are both out of the playoffs. RFK Racing did see Buescher […]

Tyler Reddick Comes Up Short In Final Qualifying Group

Tyler Reddick had a good deal of speed in the early stage of qualifying on Saturday. When it came to the final group, Reddick tried to gun it a little too hard. The result was the 23XI Racing driver got loose and end up brushing against the wall. In the end, Reddick qualified tenth more […]

Martin Truex Jr. Almost Gets The Pole At Phoenix

Martin Truex Jr. squeezed through qualifying to get to the final group. Then, he surprised quite a few pundits. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver came up 0.018 seconds short of William Byron on Saturday afternoon. Truex Jr. has been fast in qualifying the past two weeks. Between the pole at Martinsville and second at Phoenix, […]

Christopher Bell Misses Out On Top Ten In Qualifying

Christopher Bell had a lot of expectations heading into qualifying at Phoenix Raceway. In the end, Bell and his Joe Gibbs Racing car ended up 13th. Among the Championship four cars, Bell is third with Blaney two spots behind the No. 20 driver. The Toyota was a bit of a mixed bag as far as […]

Aric Almirola Nearly Pulls Off Win At Martinsville

Aric Almirola stayed close to the front all afternoon at Martinsville on Sunday afternoon. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will not drive full time in 2024 as he announced he would not return to the team next season. The driver of the No. 10 Ford started in 12th, led 66 laps, and contended in the later […]

William Byron Does Enough To Make Championship Four

William Byron did not have the best of days at Martinsville. However, the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver had a 30-point cushion. That cushion was just enough as Byron fought his back up to 13th on Sunday. He finished one lap down from eventual winner Ryan Blaney. Byron ended up eight points ahead of Denny Hamlin […]

Martin Truex Jr. Sees Playoffs Strike Midnight At Martinsville

Martin Truex Jr. started off on the pole for the Xfinity 500 Sunday afternoon from Martinsville. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was third after Stage 1 but began having problems in Stage 2. Truex Jr. never recovered as he dropped into the 20's and though he got back to 12th, that was nowhere near enough […]

Harrison Burton Still Hard To Figure Out At Martinsville

Harrison Burton likely thought his Saturday qualifying session would go better. However, he ended up 28th. The Wood Brothers Racing driver carried results outside the top 25 when he did not qualify well. His only good effort was a tenth last Fall. Burton wound up 11th in that race. That is the problem. Burton does […]

Ty Dillon Begins From The Back On Sunday

Ty Dillon will begin Sunday's Xfinity 500 from the 34th position. Dillon has never finished better than 13th on the short track. Martinsville Speedway has not been kind to Dillon. He has three results inside the top 20 with the rest outside. To be fair, the Spire Motorsports driver cannot be expected to finish in […]

Justin Haley Qualifies 24th For Xfinity 500 On Sunday

Justin Haley will start from the 24th position on Sunday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway. This is only the second time in six races that Haley will start from better than 25th position. He has never finished 25th or better. The No. 31 Chevy has not even seen his driver rating climb above 50. Now, that […]

Austin Dillon Searching For Results At Martinsville

Austin Dillon has endured a rough 2023 season. Dillon's average finish of 22.0 is the worst of his career since he starting racing full-time. Worse, though the Richard Childress Racing Chevy has seven top-ten results, Dillon really has not contended much and has quite a few rough results. Stage points have been far and few […]

Austin Cindric And Diminishing Returns At Martinsville

Austin Cindric's 2022 season was very good and the 11th on the short track was promising. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver dropped to 22nd in the Fall and then 33rd this Spring. The No. 2 car has not been anywhere close to the top ten. Although, 21st is an improvement over 30th and 25th as far […]

Chase Briscoe Blazes To Third In Qualifying On Saturday

Chase Briscoe ended up being the highest qualifying Ford on Saturday. He will start third for Sunday's Xfinity 500. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver has finished inside the top ten three straight times on the short track. Briscoe even lead 109 laps in the Spring before falling back to fifth. Last Fall, he led 25 lap […]

Aric Almirola Begins Martinsville Sunday From 12th Position

Aric Almirola starts 12th on Sunday afternoon for the Xfinity 500. Almirola will not return to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2024. The No. 10 car is 3-for-3 in top-15 results during the Fall races since 2020. It will be intriguing to see what happens on the day of the race. Almirola has not shown much place […]

Michael McDowell Starts 23rd At Martinsville On Sunday

Michael McDowell does not excel at Martinsville. His best finish since 2020 was 14th and the Front Row Motorsports driver even has a DNF as well. Since that June 2020 ride on the short track, McDowell has not had good place differential at all. Worse, he begins 23rd on Sunday. The chances of even a […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Again In Middle Of The Pack For Martinsville

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. qualified 20th for the Xfinity 500 on Sunday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver has an average finish of 20.1 since 2020. He only has one top ten (8th) in his last seven appearances at Martinsville. In the Spring, the No. 47 car netted that top ten. The Fall […]

William Byron All But In The Championship Four

William Byron has a huge cushion in the race for the Championship Four. Byron is 30 points above the bubble and has even Ryan Blaney's spot to fall into. Byron qualified 16th while Blaney ended up 11th during Saturday's session. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver has a win at Martinsville like every other Hendrick driver […]

Martin Truex Jr. Wins Pole At Martinsville

Martin Truex Jr. pulled off an unexpected performance in qualifying on Saturday. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver snagged the pole for Sunday's Xfinity 500. It could not have come at a more crucial time for Truex Jr. The No. 19 racer needs a huge performance on Sunday afternoon and arguably a win. Truex Jr. stands […]

Ryan Blaney Holds On For Second-Place Finish At 4EVER 400

Ryan Blaney was getting chased down by Tyler Reddick while trying to catch Christopher Bell. In the end, the Team Penske driver settled for second. However, that result boosted Blaney up into fourth in the playoff race. Blaney now enjoys a ten point cushion over Tyler Reddick and 17 over Martin Truex Jr. The No. […]

Tyler Reddick Ends Up Third At Homestead

Tyler Reddick enjoys those 1.5-mile intermediate tracks. Even with Homestead as high-wear as it is, Reddick managed to finish third on Sunday at the 4EVER 400. The Homestead-Miami speedway result helped the 23XI Racing driver move up to fifth in the playoffs standings. He still stands ten points behind fourth position. That is currently held […]

Bubba Wallace Ends Up Sixth At Homestead

Bubba Wallace began in second for the 4EVER 400 on Sunday afternoon. After an adventurous afternoon, the 23XI Racing driver managed to get into the top ten and stay at the right time. His 17th after Stage 1 and 19th after Stage 2 probably did little to inspire much confidence. However, mix in a little […]