Harrison Burton Starts 31st at Charlotte For Sunday

Harrison Burton's awful second half continued in qualifying on Saturday as he qualified 31st for the Charlotte ROVAL. Burton had one top-ten finish in the second half (8th at Pocono). However, his other finishes have all been outside the top 15. Indianapolis and Watkins Glen showed marginal place differential of +3 and -1 respectively. For... Read More

Ryan Preece Begins 18th At Charlotte

Ryan Preece has had a bumpy second half of the 2023 season to say the least. However, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver managed to qualify 18th at Charlotte for Sunday afternoon. That matches his 2020 qualifying effort. Speed has been a huge struggle for every Ford this season but Preece has still enjoyed a career-best season... Read More

Todd Gilliland Still Near Back For Sunday At Charlotte

Todd Gilliland got in another car on Saturday and wound up near the back for the Charlotte ROVAL anyway. Gilliland, driving for Rick Ware Racing, ended up 32nd. That was better than Andy Lally's 35th. However, the No. 51 car was almost as slow and still more than 1.1 seconds off the pole-setting time of... Read More

Erik Jones Has Place Differential Potential For Sunday

Erik Jones typically starts around 19th on the Charlotte ROVAL. Not surprisingly, the Legacy Motor Club driver qualified 23rd on Saturday. Jones usually builds up speed and momentum as the race moves along. That 59-lap longer run should be where he makes his move. The No. 43 Chevy has been pretty strong with an average... Read More

Austin Dillon Qualifies 15th For Charlotte On Sunday

Austin Dillon did not have a bad qualifying lap at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He ended up 15th, which was 0.397 seconds behind Tyler Reddick's best time. Dillon and his Richard Childress Racing Chevy have not had a good 2023. Since 2018, he has seemingly been up and down when it comes to results. His average... Read More

Chase Elliott Has Some Work To Do At Charlotte

Normally, an eighth-place qualifying effort would be cause for celebration, but not for Chase Elliott. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver wanted the pole. However, the No. 9 car did not have the closing speed on the oval portion Saturday at Charlotte. Elliott won the 2019 and 2020 editions of this race in dominating fashion. Last... Read More

Austin Cindric Continues To Have Rough Time Qualifying

The Austin Cindric second-year slump continued on Saturday as he qualified 29th at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the ROVAL on Sunday. Cindric, last year, showed early speed starting fifth. However, he fell all the way down to 21st. That speed melted away. The Team Penske driver only managed 29th this time around and could... Read More

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Not Expecting Much At Charlotte

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is probably thinking about 2024 already. Though it has been quite a 2023, the JTG Daugherty Racing driver qualified a mere 27th for the Charlotte race on Sunday. The ROVAL has not been kind to the No. 47 Chevy. The past three trips have seen him finish between 17th and 21st. Consistently,... Read More

Ty Gibbs Keeps Showing Improvement Ahead Of Charlotte

Ty Gibbs is a young driver who keeps learning on the job. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was among the very fast Toyota cars in Saturday's qualifying. He ended up tenth, but it was noteworthy to be in the final group. Gibbs has not shown much in his limited runs at the Charlotte ROVAL (22nd... Read More

Martin Truex Jr. Needs To Finish Solid To Advance

Martin Truex Jr. is in a pretty good position for Sunday's race at the Charlotte ROVAL. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver stands 17 points above the bubble. The chances that Tyler Reddick makes a huge move Sunday are likely. Even Bubba Wallace may gain a strong result too. However, Truex Jr. should be safe provided... Read More

William Byron Looking Ahead To Next Week

William Byron has already advanced and is looking ahead to next week. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver has done well at Charlotte, but has only one top ten in the last three races. That is in spite of leading 17.3% of the laps. The No. 24 will not be too concerned about winning this week... Read More

Brandon Wu Slowly Gaining Confidence For This Week

Brandon Wu had a rough patch but is slowly gaining confidence for this week's Sanderson Farms Championship. The American golfer finished tied for second at Pebble Beach way back in early February. Wu put himself into decent position at last year's tournament shooting consecutive 69's. However, a 73 on Saturday derailed his chances to contend.... Read More

Nicholas Lindheim Returns To Sanderson Farms This Week

Nicholas Lindheim has some rough memories of Sanderson Farms. Last year, the American golfer struggled around the course and missed the cut. The concern is he had only made 29 of 68 cuts in his PGA career. He did win The Ascendent in July on the Korn Ferry Tour shooting 20-under par. So, Lindheim can... Read More

Sam Ryder Making Strides With Game Once Again

Sam Ryder has had a year full of peaks and valleys. He finished in a tie for third at the Valero Texas Open. Then, the American golfer proceeded to miss the cut in seven of the next ten events. Undaunted, Ryder bounced back with four straight results in the top 40. That included a tied... Read More

Beau Hossler Playing Well Heading Into Sanderson Farms

Beau Hossler has not been spectacular but he has been playing well into the Sanderson Farms Championship. Hossler has consecutive top-30 results and is well rested. The American golfer ranks 56th in putting (0.209 strokes gained). and 59th off the tee (0.188 strokes gained). Hossler drives an average of 304 off the tee and he... Read More

Ludvig Aberg Rolling Off Ryder Cup Momentum

Ludvig Aberg has had some 2023. The Swedish golfer is rising up the charts. Literally, he won the European Masters, scored two huge Ryder Cup points, and is brimming with confidence. Aberg is a favorite at this week's Sanderson Farms Championship. His strokes gained off the tee in the last 36 rounds tops the tour.... Read More

J.J Yeley Tries To Duplicate Spring Talladega Magic

J.J. Yeley avoided accidents, slower cars, and more in his Spring race at Talladega. The Rick Ware Racing driver started 38th and then ended up in 11th. Yeley flirted late and often with a top ten position before the race finished. The No. 51 car surprised a few people and qualified 27th on Saturday. Yeley... Read More

Kyle Larson Begins Fourth At Talladega On Sunday

Kyle Larson was almost fast enough to win the pole on Saturday in qualifying for the YellaWood 500. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver ended up fourth a mere 0.031 seconds off Aric Almirola's lap of 52.715 seconds. Larson likely wants to survive to Charlotte. It is safe to say the No. 5 car has seen... Read More

Erik Jones Contends Well At Talladega And It Shows

Erik Jones likes drafting tracks and Talladega is notorious for it. The Legacy Motor Club driver has six top ten results in his last seven races on the 2.66-mile course. Jones started the Spring race from 24th and steadily made his way through the field. By the end of the race, Jones finished sixth as... Read More

Ryan Preece Could Use A Little Luck At Talladega

Ryan Preece has not had the best luck at Talladega. His Stewart-Haas Racing car was in contention for most of the Spring race. He even led two laps and got stage points both times. Preece was close to the top five when disaster hit. An accident ended the No. 41's Ford day, but it was... Read More

Austin Dillon Starts 14th At Talladega On Sunday

Austin Dillon had a pretty good qualifying effort on Saturday. The Richard Childress Racing driver begins the YellaWood 500 from the 14th position. Dillon has not enjoyed 2023 much but he did finish 13th. The No. 3 Chevy enjoyed positive place differential in his previous four races on the 2.66-mile track. Now, that streak ended... Read More

Brennan Poole Could Move Up On Sunday

Brennan Poole did not have the best of Saturday afternoon qualifying efforts. The Rick Ware Racing driver will start the YellaWood 500 from the 29th position. Poole does have one top ten result in his two NASCAR races at Talladega. Three years ago his car did seem to get faster and faster as the race... Read More

Daniel Suarez Keeps Improving At Talladega

Daniel Suarez has enjoyed three consecutive good runs at Talladega. Even despite a DVP early last year, the Trackhouse Racing driver led 28 laps in the early going. He has led laps in three straight races and has two top nine finishes in a row. The No. 99 car had place differential of +6 in... Read More

Harrison Burton Has Some Good News Sunday

Harrison Burton was under the hot seat according to some when it came to 2024. Burton only qualified 21st for the YellaWood 500 but he knows he will be back at Wood Brothers Racing. This gives him another opportunity. It has been a dismal 2023, but two of his top ten results came at Darlington... Read More

Austin Cindric Cracks Top Ten In Qualifying

Austin Cindric has had a disappointing 2023 campaign. However, on Saturday afternoon, the Team Penske driver qualified seventh at Talladega. The Ford car is notoriously very good on the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Cindric has not fared well in two Spring appearances but did finish ninth last Fall. The No. 2 car had never qualified better than... Read More

Ryan Blaney Likes To Lead Laps At Talladega

Ryan Blaney enjoys a nice advantage at Talladega and it shows. The Team Penske driver has led 14.6% of the laps run since 2020 on the 2.66-mile track. Blaney has won since then, and he has three top-five results and four top-ten finishes. His average ending position of 9.3 is only second to Erik Jones... Read More

Bubba Wallace Runs Well At Talladega

Bubba Wallace likes superspeedway tracks like the 2.66-mile monster at Talladega. The 23XI Racing driver won at Talladega two years ago. Furthermore, he has led five or more laps in five of the previous six appearances. If that was not enough, the No. 23 car was in the lead on the final lap last year... Read More

Tyler Reddick Starts 13th At Talladega On Sunday Again

Tyler Reddick had a solid qualifying run but the 23XI Racing car could not make the final round. Still, he will start Sunday again from the 13th position. In the Spring, the No. 45 car flirted with the top 10 and top 15 before finishing in 16th. He finished on the lead lap which will... Read More

Harrison Burton Still On Wood Brothers Hot Seat

Harrison Burton qualified 30th for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 on Sunday afternoon. The Wood Brothers Racing driver ranked 27th last year and 31st this year. His average finish has dipped from 22.8 to an even worse 24.7 in 2023. Burton's No. 21 Ford is just not quick in turns at all. When more than... Read More

Austin Cindric Keeps On Struggling In Qualifying

Austin Cindric and his 2023 season have not gone as planned. Worse, he starts 32nd on Sunday at the Texas Motor Speedway. The Team Penske driver has not seen a top ten result since Pocono. Worse, the last time the No. 2 Ford qualified inside the top ten was in Chicago. The only solace is... Read More