Ross Chastain Begins Sunday Just Outside Top Ten

Ross Chastain will not be in the top ten when Sunday afternoon's Las Vegas Race begins. The No. 1 Chevy was just 0.216 seconds off from Tyler Reddick. Starting inside Row 6 is not the end of the world. Now, Chastain is around the bubble. Six points is not much when it comes to point […]

Bubba Wallace In Mix After Solid Qualifying Effort

Bubba Wallace may have been as surprised as anyone after qualifying ninth for Sunday's race at Las Vegas. Toyota cars are running fast and 23XI Racing could not be too bad of an option for Sunday. Wallace was only 0.413 seconds off the time of Tyler Reddick on Saturday. His practice lap times were reasonable. […]

Christopher Bell Primed For Success At Las Vegas

There are a lot of things that can go wrong but Christopher Bell starts seventh on Sunday at Las Vegas. Bell needed a bit of a miracle to get into the "Round Of 8". He delivered a win at the Charlotte Roval in what could be described as a miracle finish. The good news for […]

Daniel Suarez Bounces Back Nicely In Qualifying

Daniel Suarez did not advance last week but did qualify sixth for the South Point 400 on Sunday from Las Vegas. Suarez was actually among the fastest in practice. He finished a couple tenths of a second slower than Tyler Reddick. The TrackHouse Racing driver did not lose much speed late in the final turns. […]

Joey Logano Trying To Reverse Bad Luck At Vegas

Joey Logano has had good cars for the Las Vegas race but the results have not bore that out lately. Last year, the Team Penske driver was fifth then fell to 11th after several pit issues. This season, he dropped to 14th after being near the top-five. The crazy thing is the No. 22 looks […]

Ryan Blaney Looking To Win At Las Vegas

Do not laugh but Ryan Blaney has a slight chance of winning at Las Vegas this week. The Team Penske driver qualified fourth for Sunday's race. More importantly, the No. 12 Ford had three results of seventh or better before a crash derailed his chances of winning earlier in the season. In that first Vegas […]

William Byron Qualifies Well Again At Las Vegas

The consistency that William Byron displays is paramount to his success. Byron starts the "Round Of 8" in sixth place just three points below the cutoff. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver will start the South Point 400 inside Row 2. Byron does have a top-five result and several top-ten's to show for his efforts. He […]

Austin Cindric Almost Takes Pole For Sunday Race

Austin Cindric qualified second on Saturday as his No. 2. Ford was just a 0.05 seconds slower than Tyler Reddick's Chevy. The Team Penske driver ran a lap of 29.302 seconds around the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway track. Penske has been traditionally quite good at Vegas since 2019. They have two wins which ties […]

Tyler Reddick Takes Pole For South Point 400

Tyler Reddick is trying to make the end of his season quite the memorable one. The Richard Childress Racing driver took the pole for Sunday's race from Las Vegas. He was part of three Chevy cars who topped the first six spots in qualifying on Saturday. The No. 8 Chevy has been fast on intermediate […]

Davis Riley A Little Cold Heading Into Zozo Championship

Davis Riley fired a first-round 66 at the Sanderson Farms Championship then kind of meandered the entire weekend. Shooting 71-70-71 did not do him much favors but did keep the American golfer just inside the top-20. Losing 0.572 strokes putting is significant through just six rounds of the new season. There are quite a few […]

Sebastian Munoz Needs Putter To Work Again For Zozo

Sebastian Munoz had the putter working last year in Chiba, Japan. Munoz finished tied for fourth at the Zozo Championship. It is one of the reasons why the Colombian golfer sets up well for this week. Typically, he struggles at times to make birdies and the Japanese golf tournament sees winning scores that are lower. […]

Scott Stallings Looked Good At Sanderson Farms

Scott Stallings looked good at Sanderson Farms a couple weeks ago. He did falter a bit on Sunday with a 73 but still a top-15 result was more than respectable. The American golfer wound up ranked 48th after the FedEx Cup. Now, this week's Zozo Championship comes from Chiba, Japan. It is the fourth tournament […]

Denny Hamlin In Odd Position For Sunday

Denny Hamlin starts all the way back in 24th in his Joe Gibbs Racing car. The No. 11 driver has some work to do even with being 21 points up in the "Round Of 8" battle. Hamlin must find a way to just make up some positions and set himself up for the second half […]

Kyle Larson Starts Back In 18th For Sunday

Kyle Larson had a few issues on the road course in qualifying on Saturday and wound up 18th. Larson will have to battle his way up to the front. If anyone can, it is the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver. The No. 5 Chevy won the race last year starting from the tenth position. He did […]

Chase Briscoe Could Have Tall Order On Sunday

Being 12 points down in the standings hurt Chase Briscoe and his Ford for Sunday's race at Charlotte. He starts in 16th and will have to negotiate up to the front of the course. That will be no easy feat. Briscoe started and finished 22nd last year in his only road appearance at Charlotte at […]

Michael McDowell Rolling Into Charlotte Sunday

Michael McDowell is enjoying his best stretch of the season at the right time. He has 12 top-ten results which is a career high for him. He does compete well on road courses from time to time too. McDowell and his Front Row Motorsports car have accumulated stage points in the last three races on […]

Ross Chastain In Good Position For Charlotte

Ross Chastain is third in the playoff standings and 28 points up on the cut line. The TrackHouse Racing driver qualified tenth for the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday. Chastain did win on a road course this year at Circuit of the Americas. There, the No. 1 Chevy started from 16th to win […]

Chase Elliott On Cruise Control For Sunday

Chase Elliott starts ninth for the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday but is already in the Round of 8. That is because the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver won at Talladega last week. The No. 9 car has won six road races in the last three years but has not won one this year. […]

Christopher Bell Must Win To Get In

Christopher Bell finds himself in an unfortunate position for Joe Gibbs Racing. The No. 20 driver has to win to get into the "Round Of 8". He is 45 points off the cut line which is too many to make up barring a herculean amount of fortunate events. Bell does have a top ten in […]

A.J. Allmendinger Trying To Pull The Weekend Double

A.J. Allmendinger will start seventh on Sunday in his bid to win both the NASCAR and Xfinity races this weekend. Allmendinger took the Drive For The Cure 250 on Saturday edging out Ty Gibbs for the win. The Kaulig Racing driver has evolved as a bit more than just a road car driver but it […]

Ryan Blaney Qualifies Behind Austin Cindric For Sunday

Ryan Blaney has been mostly consistent on road courses and will start sixth for the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday. The Team Penske Ford has finished in the top-ten the past three times and won it in 2018. Blaney has also managed to snag stage points in all four races. That includes two […]

Austin Cindric On The Outside Looking In For Sunday

Austin Cindric was the other driver who got hurt by the William Byron point docking reversal. He finds himself 12 points off the bubble like Chase Briscoe. Unlike Briscoe, Cindric and his Team Penske Ford car qualified fifth on Saturday. They were among the three fastest cars on the road portion of the course. In […]

Tyler Reddick A Road Whisperer Of Late

It kind of feels like Tyler Reddick is the "road whisperer" of sorts this year. He has won twice away from the left-turn only courses of NASCAR. The No. 8 Chevy qualified fourth for Sunday's race at Charlotte. Also, Reddick and his Richard Childress Racing car have at top-five and top-ten result. He has been […]

Daniel Suarez Leads TrackHouse Racing In Qualifying

For a little while there, it looked like Daniel Suarez might even take the pole for Sunday's race at Charlotte. Instead, Suarez and his TrackHouse Racing car will have to settle for third. The two team cars have done quite well on road tracks this year. Chevy's have in general. That being said, Suarez did […]

William Byron A Good Pick To Contend On Sunday

William Byron and his Hendrick Motorsports Racing car are very fast at Charlotte. Byron has led 24.5% of the laps in the last three races on the Roval. His 7.7 average finish includes two top tens and does not take into consider a few things. He was in the top three in every one of […]

Joey Logano Wins Pole For Bank Of America Roval 400

Joey Logano got around the road and oval course faster than anyone in his Team Penske Ford on Saturday. His time of 80.755 seconds was just a tiny bit quicker than William Byron. Logano will start from the prime leading position on Sunday for the Bank of America Roval 400. The No. 22 car likely […]

Ryan Blaney Mired In Middle Of Pack At Talladega

Ryan Blaney has to be a bit concerned qualifying 19th at Talladega. The Team Penske car has an average finish of 11.0 with two wins in his past seven races on the 2.66-mile track. Blaney did lead 23 laps despite beginning 22nd in April. However, he fell back outside the top-ten as his car just […]

Austin Cindric On Other Side Of Bubble For Talladega

Austin Cindric begins Talladega one spot outside of the Round Of Eight. The good news is that there are two more races in this segment for the Team Penske driver. Cindric does like these superspeedway courses. He did win the Daytona 500 at the start of the year. As for Talladega, he begins 17th this […]

Chase Elliott Looking To Survive Talladega Carnage

Chase Elliott was performing well for Hendrick Motorsports Racing last week at Texas when disaster struck as the blown tires and engine issues were just pandemic last Sunday. Elliott's tire just went at the wrong time while leading. The No. 9 car has had a bit better of a fate the last couple of seasons […]

Daniel Suarez In Good Position For Talladega

Daniel Suarez and his TrackHouse Racing car are set up well for Talladega. He qualified just 14th for the race on Sunday, but he is sixth in playoff points. Suarez is 11 points above the cushion, and the Chevy was good in the Next-Gen version this spring. He led 28 laps in April but was […]