Chase Elliott In Less Than Ideal Spot For New Hampshire

Chase Elliott will begin the Crayon 301 from the 18th position. His qualifying efforts were in the middle of the pack with consistency on Saturday. Worse, his practice laps were only 28th. That average of 31.116 seconds was more than six tenths of a second off from Martin Truex Jr.'s time. Elliott had qualified second […]

AJ Allmendinger Surprises With 14th In Qualifying On Saturday

AJ Allmendinger has had quite the interesting season with Kaulig Racing. At New Hampshire, he will begin the Crayon 301 from the 14th position. He will be ahead of drivers like Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin. It is about where Allmendinger and his Chevy were last year. He started 20th got into the top 15 […]

Kevin Harvick Seems To Always Lurk At New Hampshire

Kevin Harvick only starts 13th this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. However, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver always seems to find a way to contend. Harvick's driver rating of 114.7 only ranks behind Brad Keselowski's 120.9 over the past three races on the 1.058-mile track. Combine the wins in 2018 and 2019 and that number […]

Kyle Larson Qualified 15th At New Hampshire

Kyle Larson is not in the top ten to start the Crayon 301. Larson will begin 15th at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing team did not have much success with only William Byron (seventh) inside the top ten on Saturday. Larson can race anything and get his No. 5 into contention. […]

Denny Hamlin Mired In Middle Of Pack In Qualifying

Things did not go so smoothly for Denny Hamlin on Saturday. As a result, he will start New Hampshire from the 20th spot. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has been fast on this track since 2017 when he last won. Also, the last time Hamlin qualified this far back at New Hampshire, he nearly crossed […]

Daniel Suarez On The Bubble At New Hampshire

Daniel Suarez ranks 15th in points heading into New Hampshire. The Trackhouse Racing driver has not won a race so far this year despite a couple of close calls. He starts the Crayon 301 from the 12th spot this weekend. Suarez had one or two solid laps but his overall practice average was 31.133 seconds […]

Austin Dillon Begins 11th At New Hampshire

Austin Dillon had a mixed bag type of Saturday at qualifying. While he wound up 11th, his No. 3 Chevy seemed to lose more and more speed. Dillon's five and ten-lap averages only got worse and his practice lap ranked 32nd at 31.233 seconds. Losing that many tenths of a second is troublesome and seemed […]

Tyler Reddick Begins New Hampshire From The Sixth Spot

Tyler Reddick will start the Crayon 301 from the sixth position. Reddick easily made it into the final group of qualifying. However, he lost a few tenths of a second in Turns 3 and 4. That left him a mere 0.116 seconds off the pole run of Christopher Bell. He was the third of four […]

Brad Keselowski Enjoys New Hampshire Flat Track

Brad Keselowski seems to enjoy the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He has an average finish of 3.7 in his past three races there along with a win in 2020. Keselowski led 227 laps combined between 2020 and 2021. The RFK Racing driver has been much faster this year in his No. 6 Ford. Keselowski is […]

Bubba Wallace May Have Potential At Crayon 301

Bubba Wallace turned in a few solid qualifying laps on Saturday at New Hampshire. The result was starting eighth for the Crayon 301. Again, Toyota cars showed their might early in laps. Though he was 0.224 seconds off the pole, Wallace had solid lap averages that were in the 30.4 to 30.6 second range. If […]

Joey Logano Close To The Front For New Hampshire

Joey Logano enjoyed a solid practice and qualifying session on Saturday. In the end, he did not win the pole position. However, Logano and his Team Penske Ford will begin outside of Row 2. Logano was a mere 0.047 seconds off from the pole lap of Christopher Bell. The No. 22 car has two top […]

Ryan Blaney Starts Fifth For Crayon 301

Ryan Blaney looked fast throughout qualifying on Saturday. Although he came up a bit short, the Team Penske driver will start fifth in the Crayon 301. Blaney has four top nine finishes in the last six appearances. His No. 12 Ford even last year was the victim of a spin that took him out of […]

Aric Almirola Feels At Home At New Hampshire

Aric Almirola feels right at home when it comes to New Hampshire. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver qualified third for the Crayon 301. He won two years ago while leading most of the final 25 laps. However, a look back reveals that the Ford has ran very well during the past five races. Even last year, […]

Garrick Higgo Making Cuts At Better Rate

Garrick Higgo had been about 50-50 in cuts made this 2023 season. However, over the past seven events, Higgo has seen the weekend five times now. The South African golfer has not finished in the top ten since a third at the Sanderson Farms Championship last October. Last year, Higgo blew up at the Scottish […]

Erik van Rooyen Wants To See The Weekend

Erik van Rooyen has languished badly on the PGA Tour this season. The South African golfer has now missed seven straight cuts including last week at the John Deere Classic. It is amazing that van Rooyen cannot get to the weekend. He is one of the few golfers with red metrics across the board including […]

Seamus Power To Try And Continue Momentum

Seamus Power played much better in a lighter than usual field at the John Deere Classic. His closing 64 boosted him to a tie for 13th and nearly into the top ten. Power had struggled over this past four tournaments as the Irish golfer could not get into a rhythm. The key for Power is […]

Sahith Theegala Hoping For Better Results This Week

Sahith Theegala has not seen the top 20 since back to back top-10 efforts at The Masters and the RBC Heritage. That ninth and and fifth was probably the high-water mark for the American golfer in 2023. One of his better results was a tie for 27th at the US Open during this seven event […]

Sam Burns Comes In Recharged For Scottish Open

Sam Burns, like a few golfers, took time off after the US Open. The American golfer wound up tied for 32nd. He began to rest to get prepared for Links golf. After a few weeks, he is primed to play in this week's Scottish Open. Burns did not fare too well on the course last […]

Justin Rose Could Be Comfortable At Scottish Open

Justin Rose took a few weeks off after the US Open to get ready for the Open Championship. First up, the English golfer tries to tackle the Scottish Open. The Renaissance Golf Club plays as a Par-70 (7,237 yards). Justin Rose has won this event before. That win came in 2014. Rose had been playing […]

Chesson Hadley Aims To Continue Momentum

Chesson Hadley endured a long stretch where he struggled with everything in his golf game. The American golfer has improved over his past three tournaments, however. He made the cut at the RBC Canadian Open before fading to a tie for 43rd. Two weeks later, Hadley flirted with the top 20 at the Travelers Championship. […]

Ryan Moore Looks To Rekindle Past Glory This Week

Ryan Moore has not had the best of seasons in 2022-23. The American golfer has one top ten which was a tied for seventh at Pebble Beach in February. Since then, Moore has missed more cuts than weekends seen. That is nine out of the past dozen events overall. Moore managed to see Sunday at […]

Garrick Higgo Could Hang Around At John Deere Classic

Garrick Higgo draws a fortunate break this week at the John Deere Classic. The South African golfer will only see one top-20 golfer (Cameron Young - 19th). His weekend featured consecutive 68's which was encouraging. The last time that happened was almost two months ago at the AT&T Byron Nelson. Higgo still has not cracked […]

Seamus Power Hopes Rest Helps At John Deere Classic

Seamus Power took the week off last week after a disastrous stretch that included missing the cut at the PGA Championship and the US Open. The Irish golfer also did not see the weekend at the Travelers Championship. His best finish in 2023 was a tied for 14th at The Genesis Invitational back in February. […]

Denny McCarthy A Favorite At John Deere Classic

Denny McCarthy comes in as a favorite this week for the John Deere Classic. His numbers rose from +1400 to +1800 which downgraded the American golfer from the top choice to a good choice. McCarthy did finish tied for seventh two weeks ago at the Travelers Championship. McCarthy's putter and short game drew cold with […]

Christopher Bell Starts Fast And Slides Late

Christopher Bell had all the early momentum in Chicago. He not only led a race-high 37 laps but won both stages too. Sadly, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver pitted after Stage 2 then got caught in a massive pileup on Lap 49. As Bell began to make some headway, he slid into the tire wall […]

Kyle Busch Meets Tire Barrier But Winds Up Fifth

Kyle Busch was one of many victims of the tire barrier on turn No. 6 on Sunday in Chicago. Despite that and a few other mistakes, Busch managed to turn in a top-five result on the street course. The Richard Childress Racing driver battled back from 30th after Stage 2. Considering the No. 18 car […]

Kyle Larson Nets Top-Five Result At Chicago

Kyle Larson qualified for the Grant Park race on the Chicago Street Course in seventh place. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver stayed in seventh after Stage 1 but got up to Christopher Bell's bumper after Stage 2 (second). Unfortunately, the No. 5 lost track position and had to battle his way back to fourth by […]

Chase Elliott Ends Up Third At Chicago

Chase Elliott never got close enough to truly contend for the lead. Part of that was the Hendrick Motorsports Racing car never had enough speed to contend with Justin Haley and Shane Van Gisbergen. The other part was the No. 9 car was even busier fending off Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch. Elliott qualified 26th […]

Justin Haley Settles For Second In Chicago

Justin Haley was so close to his first NASCAR win of the season on Sunday in Chicago. The race was scheduled for 100 laps originally but wound up going 78 due to impending darkness. Haley and his Kaulig Racing car started from the back of the field. Little of that mattered as his car got […]

Shane Van Gisbergen Steals The Show In Chicago

Shane Van Gisbergen qualified well on Saturday but had no idea how good his car was. The "Project 91" car was so fast throughout the Sunday race in Chicago. Van Gisbergen was taking a second a lap of his competitors late in the event. The New Zealand driver in the Trackhouse Racing car reeled in […]