Ross Chastain A Popular Play Starting 34th

Ross Chastain will likely be a popular play this Sunday in DFS lineups. Chastain will roll off the starting grid in the 34th position. Chastain was able to show top-5 speed in practice and should be able to make his way to the front of the pack throughout this race. Last year, Chastain finished both […]

Chase Briscoe Starts With His Teammate In Row Two

Chase Briscoe, starts in the second row alongside teammate Aric Almirola on Sunday. While the Stewart-Hass team was not impressive in practice, they showed up for qualifying. Briscoe was not impressive to start his Cup Series career at Martinsville. In 2021, he failed to break into the top 20. However, in 2022 he nabbed two […]

Aric Almirola Starts On The Second Row At Martinsville

Stewart-Hass Racing flexed their muscle during the qualifying session for the NOCO 400. All four drivers finished in the top seven to start the race. After Ryan Preece won the pole, teammate Aric Almirola finished in third. Over his career, Almirola has found success at short, flat tracks like Martinsville. He has three top-10 finishes […]

Daniel Suarez To The Front Row At Martinsville

Daniel Suarez was fast in practice and carried that speed into qualifying. Suarez's fastest lap in practice was 20.453 seconds. He managed to find his way into the front row with a 94.298 mph qualifying lap. He will start Sunday's NOCO 400 at Martinsville in second next to pole-sitter Ryan Preece. Suarez will look to […]

Ryan Preece Scores First Career Cup Series Pole

Stewart-Haas Racing's Ryan Preece secured his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole for the NOCO 400 at Martinsville. Preece was the fastest car in the final round of qualifying, finishing at 94.780 mph. This was the only lap to break 20 seconds around the "paperclip", measuring only 0.526 miles. Preece surprised the field in qualifying […]

Chase Briscoe Overcomes Broken Finger To Finish Fifth

Chase Briscoe broke his finger earlier in the week while racing in Kyle Larson's Late Model Challenge at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tennessee. Briscoe begged the doctors to let him race on the Bristol Dirt with a promise to follow up the next day to see if surgery would be required. Briscoe is another […]

Ricky Stenhouse Finds Fourth-Place Finish On The Dirt

2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse put forth a valiant effort on Sunday when he started from the 22nd position and finished fourth at Bristol Motorspeedway. Stenhouse is another one of the drivers with a dirt-track background that took center stage at this event. The top-six drivers at the end of the Food City Dirt […]

Austin Dillon Has A Career Day At Bristol

Austin Dillon started the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motorspeedway in second. He ended the race in third. It was a career day for Dillon, as he drove his No. 3 Chevrolet at the front of the pack for the majority of the race. Dillon failed to lead a single lap but managed to […]

Tyler Reddick Finishes A Strong Day In Second

Tyler Reddick once again showed that he likes to play in the dirt. Reddick had a strong day at the Bristol Dirt Track for the second straight year. He may have won the race, if not for a late crash last year, and ultimately he finished second. Fast forward to Sunday, where Reddick had one […]

Christopher Bell Dominates Late To Win Dirt Race

Joe Gibbs Racing made it back to victory lane for the second year in a row at the Food City Dirt Race. Last year, Kyle Busch took home the checkered flag after Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe wrecked while battling for the lead. This year, Christopher Bell stayed out on old tires at the end […]

Brad Keselowski Finishes In The Top 10

Brad Keselowski scored his third top-10 finish of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season at Richmond Raceway. Keselowski started the race near the middle of the field in 24th. He managed to race into the top 10 by the end of Stage 1. His strong race continued in Stage 2, as he was able to […]

Ty Gibbs Stays Hot, Scores Another Top-10 Finish

Ty Gibbs's quest to be the 2023 Rookie of the Year took another positive step at Richmond Raceway. For the third consecutive week, Gibbs finished not only in the top 10, but also finished ninth again. Gibbs has now finished in ninth three weeks in a row. The 2022 Xfinity Series champion is continuing to […]

Alex Bowman Starts On The Pole, Finishes Eighth

Once Hendrick Motorsports won their appeal last week, Alex Bowman was awarded the pole position for the Toyota Owners 400. He was unable to take advantage of the premier starting position, though, leading only eight laps. Although he was not in the lead, he was in the top 10 throughout the race. He finished both […]

Joey Logano Finishes Seventh

Reigning NASCAR Series champion Joey Logano started 18th at the beginning of the Toyota Owners 400 and ended the race in seventh. It was an eventful day for Logano, who did not lead any laps, but he ran in the top 15 for most of the race. He has always raced well here at Richmond […]

Michael McDowell Scores First Top-10 Finish

Early in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, Michael McDowell has come close to a top-10 finish, but it was not until Richmond Raceway that he finally managed to get there. McDowell is having a good season for Front Row Motorsports, and now things seem to be headed in a positive direction for him. He […]

Daniel Suarez Moving On From COTA Penalty

Daniel Suarez was not expecting to get penalized for his post-race incident with Alex Bowman and teammate Ross Chastain, but on Wednesday he was fined $50,000. Suarez took out his anger by moving Chastain on pit road to get to Alex Bowman to show his frustration. His actions were close to NASCAR officials, which drew […]

Bubba Wallace Looks To Replace Heartbreak From COTA

After Bubba Wallace exited last Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas, he was critical of himself, calling the incident on Lap 10 a "rookie mistake." Wallace even went so far as to suggest that he needed to be replaced. However, after a week of reflection and support from his 23XI […]

Brad Keselowski A Nice Play At Richmond

Brad Keselowski has found success at Richmond Raceway over his storied career. Keselowski, with two trips to victory lane here during his career, will go for a third on Sunday. He will have some work to do, though, as he starts this race in the 24th position when the green flag drops. Whether through a […]

Ross Chastain Has One Top-10 Finish At Richmond

Ross Chastain has competed in four races at Richmond Raceway, and his best finish has been seventh back in 2021. In the other three races, Chastain has managed a top-20 finish in each race. On Sunday, Chastain will begin the Toyota Owners 400 race from the fourth starting position. After a week of drama has […]

William Byron Starting Third

William Byron has been one of the hottest, if not the hottest driver, on the track this season. With six races into the regular NASCAR season, Byron has two wins and has led 268 laps, 21.3% of the total laps ran. Byron will start this race on the second row from the third position. He […]

Todd Gilliland Impressive At COTA

Todd Gilliland did not take the checkered flag to win the race on Sunday, but finishing in the top 10 was a huge victory in itself. Gilliland began the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix nearly dead-last, starting 36th when the green flag dropped. At the end of Stage 1, he managed to drive his way into […]

Ty Gibbs Finds His Footing At COTA

Ty Gibbs has brought his success from the XFinity Series on road courses to his first season as a full-time Cup Series driver. Gibbs has three wins at road courses in the XFinity Series, and after starting 17th at the beginning of the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Gibbs raced his No. 54 Toyota to his […]

Chris Buescher Continues To Shine On Road Courses

Over the last five NASCAR Cup Series road-course races, Chris Buescher has been one of the top drivers in terms of average finish. His average finish has been sixth, with his best finish being second at Sonoma. Buescher was one of the biggest movers of the day, coming from 32nd to finish in the top […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Finishes Seventh

Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. raced his way to his best finish over the last few years at a road course. Stenhouse's best performance over that timeframe was 11th at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis last season. He is not known to be strong on road courses, however, he was able to stay clean […]

Austin Cindric Has A Solid Day

Austin Cindric continues to run well in the NASCAR Cup Series at road courses. This is not surprising, as he was a top-tier driver in the XFinity series at road courses, and that has translated into the Cup Series. Over the last six road-course races, Cindric has an average finish of ninth. Sunday was Cindric's […]

Ross Chastain Hopes To Watermelon Toss Again

Ross Chastain, the defending COTA winner from last year, will look to go back to victory lane in his return to the track where he celebrated his first career victory. Chastain has a busy weekend here at COTA. He took the time to commemorate his victory with a watermelon toss off of COTA tower on […]

Erik Jones Will Start Eighth At COTA

Erik Jones, driving for Legacy Motor Club, will start the race at COTA alongside AJ Allmendinger in the fourth row. After running the quickest lap in Group A during the first round of qualifying, Jones ended up qualifying eighth for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. Jones is used to starting closer to the back, as […]

AJ Allmendinger Qualifies Seventh

When any series on the NASCAR circuit comes to a road course, one of the first names that pops into your mind is AJ Allmendinger. He has had a storied career of success at road courses throughout his NASCAR journey. Last year in the XFinity Series, Allmendinger found his way to victory lane and took […]

Daniel Suarez Excited About Strategy With No Stage Breaks

Daniel Suarez was asked how he feels about the change to the road course with no stage breaks ahead of the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, and he commented that he is "looking forward to it." He emphasized that in the past, drivers were forced to race for a win or for stage points and this […]

Tyler Reddick To Start On The Front Row

Tyler Reddick just missed out on the pole in the final qualifying round. It's not a bad consolidation prize for Reddick, who will start in the second position right next to William Byron on the front row. Reddick led all cars in the practice sessions and proceeded to drive his No. 45 Toyota to a […]