Alex Bowman Cannot Be Overlooked At Pocono

Alex Bowman begins Sunday's race 20th at Pocono Raceway. However, the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver has won before. The 2021 win was in the middle of four consecutive top 11 results. The No. 48 Chevy did not start better than 13th in any of those races. Bowman has an average finishing position of 11.0 and […]

Justin Haley Shows Positive Place Differential At Pocono

Justin Haley has not had a finished better than 21st in his two appearances at Pocono. However, the Kaulig Racing driver has shown positive place differential both times (+9 and +7 respectively). He starts 19th for this edition of the race. Haley has two top ten results in his last three races and a 17th […]

Kyle Busch Looks To Still Win At Pocono Against All Odds

Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Busch last year at Pocono. That is what we all thought. Then, it turned out there was a piece of tape which disqualified both Hamlin and Busch. Little doubt existed who were two of the fastest cars that afternoon. Fast forward a year and Busch is now riding for Richard […]

Chris Buescher Begins In The Middle Sunday At Pocono

Chris Buescher starts off the HighPoint400.com race Sunday from the 18th position. The RFK Racing driver won the pole in 2021 and began fifth last year. Overall, Buescher has never finished better than tenth aside from that win in 2016. He finished his lap 0.945 seconds behind the time of William Byron on Saturday afternoon. […]

A.J. Allmendinger Takes On Pocono For First Time Since 2018

A.J. Allmendinger has not raced at Pocono on the NASCAR level since 2018. That last race saw him finish 14th. Pocono is a technical course with three different types of left-handed turns at various banked angles. Allmendinger starts this edition of the race in 16th. The top driver at Kaulig Racing has a faster Chevy […]

Michael McDowell Looks For Another Top Ten At Pocono

Michael McDowell has two top ten results in his past five races on the 2.5-mile Pocono course. He was eighth last year but that position got boosted to sixth when Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified due to a piece of tape. The Front Row Motorsports driver started 25th in 2022 and 15th this […]

Ryan Blaney Starts 14th On Sunday At Pocono

Ryan Blaney and his Team Penske Ford car were a little off track qualifying on Saturday afternoon. He finished 0.679 seconds off the pole lap set by William Byron. Blaney has had some success the past three races at Pocono. He finished fifth and sixth in 2021 and was running in the top-five before the […]

Brad Keselowski Eyeing Another Top Ten At Pocono

Even in a nightmare start to 2022, Brad Keselowski managed to finish 14th at Pocono in spite of starting 26th. This time around, the RFK Racing driver begins in 13th. Keselowski has a slew of top five finishes but last won on the "Tricky Triangle" in 2011. His average finish of 9.4 is third among […]

Ty Gibbs Barely Misses Top Ten In Qualifying Saturday

Ty Gibbs qualified 11th for Sunday's race at Pocono. Strangely enough, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver was the sixth Toyota in qualifying. That is how quick the Toyota cars were overall. Gibbs was 0.404 seconds off the qualifying time of William Byron. The No. 54 car started 10th last year and finished 16th. With a […]

Tyler Reddick Will Be One To Watch Sunday

Tyler Reddick finished in the top ten in the last two appearances at Pocono. Last year, he finished fourth but got bumped up to second when Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified. Reddick backed up his result with a seventh in qualifying this year. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has improved steadily each time […]

Joey Logano Enjoys Nice Qualifying Effort Saturday

Joey Logano did not come as close to the pole as he would have liked. However, the Team Penske Ford wound up sixth in qualifying on Saturday afternoon. Logano has won at Pocono once in 2012 but that feels like a lifetime ago. He has been close several other times but none recently. The last […]

Christopher Bell Begins Fifth At Pocono On Sunday

Christopher Bell did not win the pole this week at Pocono but will start fifth on Sunday for the HighPoint400.com race. Bell was 0.306 seconds slower than William Byron in the final round of qualifying on Saturday afternoon. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has run fairly well on the 2.5-mile track but has had several […]

Martin Truex Jr. Narrowly Misses Out On Pole

Martin Truex Jr. thought he had the pole for the HighPoint400.com at Pocono. However, William Byron had other ideas. Truex Jr. and his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota came up 0.122 seconds short in Saturday afternoon qualifying. On the bright side, the No. 19 car will start outside Row 1. Also, he was one of six […]

Can Branden Grace Figure Out Royal Liverpool?

Branden Grace has not had an easy time of things. The South African golfer had been mired in quite the slump. Missing three out of five cuts is one thing. However, Grace managed a tie for 24th and shot level part in Scotland. While that was a long ways off from Rory McIlroy and his […]

Lucas Herbert Tries To Improve On Scottish Open Result

Lucas Herbert thought he needed a little more pressure. The Australian golfer barely made the cut at last week's Scottish Open and limped out of the weekend. While he makes respectable progress in short-yardage situations, his approach to the green is controlled by his lack of ability when it comes to more clutch situations. If […]

Jason Day Trying To Work For The Weekend

Jason Day has had a nasty time since winning the Byron Nelson in May. Day missed three straight cuts and nearly a fourth. It seems like forever since we were talking about those six consecutive top-20 results for Day. Now, the problem is Day ranks second on tour in scrambling at 66.85%. Also, he comes […]

Adam Scott Strives For Better Start This Week

Adam Scott knew better and said as such after the Scottish Open. He missed the cut based off an opening round 72. If not for that, the Australian golfer may have been able to contend over the weekend. Scott missed the cut at the US Open and links golf caused him to meet the same […]

Hideki Matsuyama Trying To Reverse Major Trend

Hideki Matsuyama has been trending in the wrong direction when it comes to results in a major. The Japanese golfer thrived at The Masters while ending up tied for 16th. After that, the PGA Championship saw Matsuyama drop to 29th. Then, the US Open, where there needed to be a little more scrambling. He blew […]

Dustin Johnson Aims To Continue Momentum From US Open

Dustin Johnson did not fare well in his first two efforts in the Majors this year. However, the American golfer picked things up during the US Open. While he could not follow up on his opening round 64, Johnson maintained a respectable finish to end in the top ten. That was an encouraging sign for […]

Bubba Wallace On Playoff Bubble, Shows Pace In New Hampshire Qualifying: NASCAR Starting Position Update

After a solid start to the 2023 NASCAR season, Bubba Wallace has struggled mightily in recent weeks. Over Team 23XI's last five races, Wallace has logged three finishes of 25th or worse, which included spins or crashes at both Chicago and Atlanta. The No. 23 team driver is currently on the NASCAR Playoff bubble and […]

Chase Elliott Struggles In New Hampshire Qualifying. What Is His Starting Position for Crayon 301? NASCAR Update and Outlook

The 2023 NASCAR season has been a fairly difficult one for Chase Elliott. The popular driver has battled both a broken leg and a suspension this year. Elliott has struggled at times when on the track. The young star has failed to find victory lane in 2023 and currently stands just 23rd in the NASCAR […]

Austin Cindric Starts 22nd For New Hampshire Race

Austin Cindric did turn last year's 28th-place qualifying effort into a 13th. What can the Team Penske driver do this season? For one, Cindric is 38 points out of a playoff spot and will need top results. The problem is the No. 2 Ford was slow in practice with an average lap of 31.057 seconds. […]

Erik Jones And The Middle In New Hampshire

Erik Jones has been also stuck in the middle at New Hampshire for what feels like several years. Over the past three races, Jones has ranged from 19th to 24th in terms of results. Even his average start is 21st. His practice session was 19th this year and Jones qualified in 30th for the Legacy […]

Chris Buescher Not Off To Best Start At New Hampshire

Chris Buescher qualified 26th on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The good news for the Stewart-Haas Racing driver is that he is almost 100 points above the playoff bubble. Buescher has not finished above 15th ever on the 1.058-mile track. The No. 17 car was ninth in practice but his ten-lap interval slowed by […]

Chase Briscoe Consistent In New Hampshire So Far

If there is a bright side this weekend for Chase Briscoe, it is his consistency. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was 27th in practice and qualified 27th for the Crayon 301. Briscoe is 31st in the points standings and 185 points off the 16th spot. Worse, the lap times are still incredibly slow. Even his practice […]

Michael McDowell Needs Help At New Hampshire

Michael McDowell sits precariously on the playoff bubble heading into New Hampshire. He is 16th in the standings and a mere three points ahead of Bubba Wallace. Drivers like Wallace and even AJ Allmendinger have better results at some of the upcoming races. McDowell started off fast on Saturday but dropped to 18th in qualifying. […]

Alex Bowman Disappointing 25th In Qualifying On Saturday

Alex Bowman is watching the races dwindle down. He starts 25th this weekend at the Crayon 301 and stands 22nd in points (44 off the bubble spot). Bowman likely needs a win to get into the playoffs and this is not the best track for a victory. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver's best result was […]

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 […]