B.J. McLeod Not Expected Much Out Of At Fontana

On the bright side, B.J. McLeod did finish the Daytona 500. The bad news is he ended with a 30th-place result. The Live Fast Motorsports driver carried little speed throughout last week and basically limped in eight laps down. Last year, McLeod managed to end up on the lead lap but wound up 22nd. That […]

Chase Briscoe Begins 31st On Sunday At Auto Club

Chase Briscoe likely wants to forget the Daytona 500 last week as he ended up 35th after being collected by one of the later race wrecks. The rain aids the Stewart-Haas Racing driver somewhat on Sunday. He starts 31st with his No. 14 Ford and did enjoy some success on the track last year at […]

Chase Elliott Part Of Stack The Back Strategy At Fontana

Chase Elliott almost lucks out in a sense at Fontana for Sunday. He begins the race 33rd as a result of Hendrick's mostly poor showing at Daytona last week. The No. 9 car did lead 12 laps on the track last year and finished fourth in 2020. A quirky stat is that Elliott started 31st […]

Ty Dillon Might Struggle To Gain Places At Fontana

Ty Dillon will start the Pala Casino 400 from Auto Club 36th out of the 36 cars entered. In five races at Fontana, the best Dillon has finished was 17th. Place improvement has been minimal for the Spire Motorsports driver. With qualifying washed out, NASCAR used their metric which weighs driver performance along with fast […]

Aaron Rai Looks To Improve Putting At Honda Classic

Aaron Rai has not had the greatest start to 2023. Worse, the English golfer has not cracked the top 25 since the Houston Open in November. Results are gradually improving against some odds though. Rai did end up tied for 29th at the Genesis thanks to a 69-68 weekend. That masked a difficult opening 36 […]

Russell Knox Trying To Turn 2023 Around

Russell Knox has gotten off to rough starts the last two tournaments, which caused him to miss both cuts. Even the three events in which he made the cut, the Scottish golfer then proceeded to struggle during the final round (71, 71 and 73). Knox did almost win the tournament in 2014, losing in a […]

Denny McCarthy Could Be One To Check Out

Denny McCarthy could be a golfer to watch this week at the Honda Classic. McCarthy finished tied for third two years ago. That ability to make some putts can elevate the potential. The American golfer made 22 birdies at Pebble Beach which did lead the field. That is part of the reason why McCarthy ranks […]

Sepp Straka Improving Early For Honda Classic

Sepp Straka has only played twice on the PGA Tour in 2023, but has looked pretty solid so far. He kept things level at The Genesis shooting -1 for the four rounds. It was not great but the Austrian golfer did not blow up either. He could improve getting off the tee where he ranks […]

Davis Riley Searching For Answers At Honda Classic

Davis Riley has not hit rock bottom, but the past several weeks have been difficult. The American golfer missed the cut again at Phoenix. This marked his third tournament of missing the final rounds. Riley never got below par en route to a plus-five finish after 36 holes. While he ranks 24th in approaching the […]

Mark Hubbard Trying To Repair Game At Honda Classic

Mark Hubbard has endured an ugly stretch of golf. The American golfer has missed the cut six times in his last eight tournaments (add in a DQ in Houston). When so little is going right, the simplest thing may be to keep playing. Hubbard does that this week in Florida at the Honda Classic. The […]

Alex Bowman Gets Top-Five Finish After Starting On Pole

Alex Bowman found his way into the top five late at Daytona on Sunday evening. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver took his No. 48 car and kept driving his race. Bowman led 12 laps in all on Sunday. It was a hell of a finish as Bowman's previous best at the Daytona 500 was 11th. […]

Chris Buescher Ends Up Fourth At Daytona

For Chris Buescher, it was not a bad result despite being in contention most of the afternoon. The RFK Racing driver expected to be in the top-ten and fourth was a bonus. However, Buescher would have liked to have been three places higher. He led 32 laps in all and wound up racking up some […]

Christopher Bell Finishes As Best Toyota In Third

Christopher Bell was just behind Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He started the race in fifth for Joe Gibbs Racing. However, the best Bell could do on Sunday was third. Bell led 20 laps in all and managed 44 points from the race. It was a much better start than last year or the […]

Joey Logano Almost Wins The Daytona 500

Joey Logano and his Team Penske car have to wonder what might have been. Logano started third on Sunday at Daytona. He surfed up and down the field a few times. After Lap 188, he got nearly turned, and some thought that may be it. However, the No. 22 car fought its way into a […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Snaps Long Drought And Wins Daytona 500

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapped his 199-race winless streak in grand fashion on Sunday evening. The JTG Daugherty Racing survived when a caution hit at the perfect time. On lap 212, Stenhouse Jr. and his No. 47 Chevy were in the lead. The win was his first Daytona 500 triumph as he lead ten laps. Considering […]

Travis Pastrana At The Back For Daytona 500

Travis Pastrana impressed the NASCAR faithful and even some drivers on Wednesday by qualifying a respectable 25th. He even finished ahead of Denny Hamlin (26th). The 23XI Racing driver admitted he was nervous. Now, that showed a bit in the 60-lap Duel on Thursday night. Pastrana got in a wreck late and was not able […]

Conor Daly Snags Last Spot For Daytona 500

Conor Daly just kept driving on Thursday night and that paid off. The IndyCar Series driver wound up gaining the final spot for the Daytona 500. Daly finished 17th in his Duel race two laps down, but lucked out when two other non-chartered cars crashed out. This will be Daly's first ever 500 race and […]

Chase Briscoe Expects To Have Better Effort On Sunday

Chase Briscoe was one of those names to watch going into the 2023 season. So, naturally, he opens up 30th on Sunday from Daytona. That seems how it works sometimes. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver qualified sixth on Wednesday night, but fell back from third early in the Duel race. Briscoe and his No. 14 Ford […]

Ty Gibbs May Be In For Another Lesson At Daytona

Ty Gibbs now races at the top level for Joe Gibbs Racing. How does he fare with the pressure on him? Gibbs did get in 15 races last season and even finished 13th in the race before the Chase. This is a different animal, though. Gibbs floundered a bit at the Busch Light Clash a […]

Noah Gragson Will Bring The Beef On Sunday

Noah Gragson did not qualify that well but does start 22nd on Sunday from Daytona. Gragson's Legacy Motor Club team acknowledged his car was slow coming out of the corners in qualifying. That seemed to extend to the Duel as well. The No. 42 Chevy looked tight early then almost too loose at times later. […]

Chris Buescher Begins Sunday Ninth At Daytona

Chris Buescher has always been pretty solid at tracks like Daytona. The RFK Racing driver starts Sunday next to Brad Keselowski for the Daytona 500. He has enjoyed a few top-five runs on the 2.5-mile track. Last year, he started outside of Row 2 but ended up 16th. There was that close call in 2020 […]

Daniel Suarez Starts Next To Ross Chastain On Sunday

Down around Row 12, Daniel Suarez will begin the Daytona 500 with a familiar face, err car, next to him. The Trackhouse Racing driver gets to start his engines next to Ross Chastain. Suarez has never finished on the lead lap in any Daytona race. That includes five 500's, where the No. 99 car ended […]

Ross Chastain Begins From Middle Of The Pack Sunday

Ross Chastain ended last season second in the NASCAR Championship to Joey Logano. This season, the TrackHouse Racing driver enters Daytona from the 23rd starting position for Sunday's race. He started off his career with some promising results on the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Unfortunately, the past three efforts have all ended prematurely (two crashes, one engine […]

Kevin Harvick Loving Life Ahead Of Final Daytona 500

Kevin Harvick is enjoying the week leading up to the Daytona 500. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver starts Sunday from the 13th position. Harvick carried okay speed but was still 0.58 seconds behind Alex Bowman in qualifying. In practices, he appeared to have some long-run grip. Also, there were a few sub 50-second laps mixed in. […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. May Struggle This Time At Daytona

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. endured a rough qualifying session and even tougher Duel in the No. 47 Chevy. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver will begin Daytona 31st on Sunday as his car just never got moving. It began with those 50.5 second laps in qualifying and seemingly got worse when it came to racing. Laps got […]

Bubba Wallace Can Move Up The Field At Daytona

Bubba Wallace has a little work to do on Sunday. He begins the Daytona 500 from the 15th position for 23XI Racing. The No. 23 car did qualify 11th but his Duel result was an okay for his standards 7th. Wallace has three top-five results in his previous six races at Daytona including the second […]

Brad Keselowski In Good Position At Daytona 500

Quietly, Brad Keselowski managed his way into a top-10 starting position for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. His RFK Racing teammate Chris Buescher is right there at ninth. Keselowski even finished fourth in Duel 2. This was after an 18th-place qualifying effort on Wednesday. It did seem the No. 6 Ford gained more grip and […]

Michael McDowell Steady Again At Daytona

Michael McDowell begins his quest Sunday for another Daytona 500 from the 11th position. The Front Row Motorsports driver qualified 24th and placed in the top five at the Duels. Gradually, his speed improved throughout every interval of the 60-lap Duel race on Thursday night. The No.34 car has finished in the top-15 every single […]

Ryan Blaney Tries Again For Win At Daytona

Ryan Blaney did everything right but win in 2022. At the Daytona 500, the Team Penske driver arguably was too unselfish. He helped teammate Austin Cindric to a win when Blaney probably could have won. Blaney qualified seventh on Wednesday and will start seventh on Sunday thanks to his result at the Duels. The No. […]

Can Austin Cindric Possibly Repeat At Daytona?

Austin Cindric held his own in the Duel race on Thursday night. As a result, Cindric starts sixth for Sunday afternoon's Daytona 500. The Team Penske driver ended up second in Duel 2 and qualified 0.46 seconds behind Alex Bowman. Cindric's No. 2 car looked quite fast and got a big push toward the end […]