Kevin Harvick Continues To Shine For Stewart-Haas Racing

Kevin Harvick continues to be the bright star shining in the Stewart-Haas Racing camp as the only car to finish in the top 10. This now makes two top-10 finishes for Harvick in three races, which coincidentally is two more than the three other Stewart-Haas Racing drivers combined. Harvick saw his No. 4 Ford Mustang […]

Justin Haley A Big Mover At Las Vegas

A lot of the talk this weekend was about how Tyler Reddick could move up and gain positions while starting in 34th place after changing an engine and failing to practice or qualify. However, it was Justin Haley that proved to be the biggest mover of the day after starting 27th. Haley drove his No. […]

Martin Truex Jr. Stays Consistent At Las Vegas

The Toyota camp found three of their cars in the top 10 as the checkered flag dropped at Las Vegas on Sunday. We have already touched on Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell, and the next in line was Martin Truex Jr. Truex drove his No. 19 Toyota to a seventh-place finish, which stays consistent with […]

Austin Cindric Just Misses A Top-Five Finish

Austin Cindric started the day at Las Vegas in the ninth position when the green flag dropped. By the end of the race, he managed to find himself just outside the top five with a sixth-place finish. It was not the best of days for Cindric, as he was in 17th place at the end […]

Denny Hamlin Searching For First Victory Of 2023

After finishing 17th at the Daytona 500 and sixth at Auto Club Speedway, Denny Hamlin is still searching for his first win in 2023. He will start the race from the 12th position and offers some place-differential points and a chance to lead laps in this race. Hamlin has four top-five finishes here at Las […]

Chase Briscoe Has Ground To Make Up

Currently, Chase Briscoe sits 33rd in Cup Series points and will look to improve on that this weekend at Las Vegas. The driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Ford was involved in the Lap 182 crash at the Daytona 500. Last weekend at Auto Club Speedway, he started 31st and battled his way back to […]

Ryan Preece Betting On Better Results In Las Vegas

Early in the 2023 season, there have been some positives for Stewart-Hass's newest addition, but the finishes have not been up to expectations. Ryan Preece has wrecked out of the first two races of the season and will have to make his way through the field to find better results in the season's third race. […]

Chris Buescher Looks For Redemption At Las Vegas

Last year, the West Coast trip was not a good one for Chris Buescher, and he'll be looking to improve on that this season. "Going out west last year was especially difficult with the new car and very limited practice. We were fighting a lot of tire issues. Even though we ran better than where […]

Brad Keselowski Hoping Momentum Pushes RFK Forward

RFK will be looking to continue their current string of strong finishes to start the 2023 season at Las Vegas. Brad Keselowski has the drive and the passion to get back to victory lane. "That's all that matters right now is the wins," Keselowski said. RFK came close at Daytona and at Auto Club Speedway […]

Kyle Larson Salvages Day Despite Early Issues

Kyle Larson was one of the odds-on favorites to back up his 2022 Auto Club Superspeedway victory at the final race of this configuration, but electrical issues would put him behind the wall for repairs. At Lap 13, Larson reported the issues and the Hendrick Motorsports team took the car to the garage to make […]

Ryan Blaney Starts Strong, Finishes 26th

Ryan Blaney was looking to improve on his 18th-place finish here at Auto Club Speedway from 2022, and the race started off on the right foot for him when he began from the ninth position. Blaney was able to run up front during Stage 1 and was able to secure the second-most points of the […]

Daniel Suarez Helps Trackhouse Finish Strong At Auto Club

Daniel Suarez, driver of the No. 99 Trackhouse Chevrolet, finished just one spot behind teammate Ross Chastain at Auto Club. The Trackhouse duo finished third and fourth, flexing the muscle of this new team and becoming names that need to be noticed. Suarez finished seventh at Daytona, and coupled with Chastain's ninth-place finish, Trackhouse has […]

Chase Elliott Drives From The Back To Finish Second

Chase Elliott saw his Daytona 500 cut short on a wreck on Lap 117, a wreck that placed him at the back of the pack in the 33rd position for the Pala Casino 400. This did not deter Elliott from flexing his muscle at Auto Club Speedway. By the end of Stage 1, Elliott had […]

Aric Almirola Caught Up In Stage 2 Stack-Up

Aric Almirola started the Pala Casino 400 from the middle of the pack in 17th, and a similar starting position to begin Stage 2 was his downfall. Reportedly Joey Logano, the race leader, took longer on his restart to kick off Stage 2, causing an accordion effect that caught up several cars and eliminated Almirola […]

Ryan Preece Finishes 33rd In Second Race With Stewart-Haas

The return to a full-time role behind the wheel in the NASCAR Cup Series has not gone the way that Ryan Preece had planned. Preece took over the full-time role in the No. 41 Stewart-Hass Racing Ford Mustang this year after a part-time role last season. He didn't plan to start the season with two […]

Tyler Reddick A Part Of Stage 2 Stack-Up

Tyler Reddick started last season strong in his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro by finishing 11th in the race, and he had high hopes in his return, albeit with a new team. Due to his 39th-place finish at Daytona after completing 117 laps, Reddick started 35th in the Pala Casino 400 at Auto […]

Christopher Bell Cannot Take Advantage Of Pole Position

Christopher Bell was on the pole for the start of the Pala Casino 400 from Fontana, Calif., after practice and qualifying was washed (and snowed) out, but he failed to take advantage. Bell only led the first lap from the premiere position and he was caught up in the Stage 2 restart stack-up that eliminated […]

Ross Chastain Finishes Third After Leading The Most Laps

Ross Chastain did everything but win at the Pala Casino 400 from the Auto Club Speedway on Sunday. He led a race-high 91 laps and swept the first two stages of the race, the second by 6.673 seconds. Chastain also gained a race-high 54 points for his Trackhouse team. Both Kyle Busch and Chastain darted […]

Kyle Busch Notches First Win With RCR At Fontana

The Kyle Busch era with Richard Childress Racing has arrived early into the 2023 season. Busch earned his first victory at the last two-mile superspeedway race at Auto Club Speedway, as the plans are to replace it with a short track after the property has been sold in recent weeks. Busch took the lead from […]

Erik Jones Gets High Praise From A Cup Champion

At the Daytona 500 media day, Joey Logano was asked who are the top superspeedway drivers currently in NASCAR, and he mentioned Erik Jones as a top-five superspeedway driver. This is high praise from another accomplished superspeedway driver and a two-time champion. Jones has found success on superspeedways with an average finish over the last […]

Austin Dillon To Start From The 27th Position

Former Daytona 500 winner Austin Dillon will start Sunday's race from the 27th position, providing DFS players with an experienced driver near the back of the pack. Over the last six races at this 2.5-mile tri-oval superspeedway, Dillon has an average finish of 14, with an average running position of 16. When you break it […]

Denny Hamlin Has Increased Odds To Win Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin will start the Daytona 500 from the 18th position on Sunday. He was the 26th-fastest in qualifying on Wednesday and finished ninth in Duel 2. Hamlin has always been a strong driver on superspeedways and over the past three years (six races) at Daytona, he has posted an average finish of 14.2 with […]

Jimmie Johnson's Return To NASCAR Starts At Daytona

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson will make his return to the track after a two-year break, and he did so by qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Wednesday. Johnson, a part owner of the newly formed Legacy Motor Club, posted a qualifying lap speed of 179.276. This qualifying speed was the fastest among […]

Alex Bowman Wins A Third Daytona 500 Pole

The ink may not even be dry on a contract extension keeping Alex Bowman in the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet at Hendrick Motor Sports through 2026, and he went out and raced his way to his third Daytona 500 pole. Bowman dominated both laps in qualifying on Wednesday, and his fastest lap (181.686) even surpassed […]

Daniel Suarez Inks Contract Extension

Trackhouse Racing and Daniel Suarez have agreed to a multi-year deal that will keep Suarez in the No. 99 Chevrolet. Suarez has found a home at Trackhouse since joining them for their first season in 2021. Finally at age 31, Suarez found victory lane in his first Cup Series victory at Sonoma Raceway. He became […]

Alex Bowman Gets A Contract Extension

Hendrick Motorsports made an announcement Wednesday that both driver Alex Bowman and sponser Ally Financial have agreed to a multi-year extension with the team. Bowman, the driver for the No. 48 Hendrick Motor Chevrolet, has been a full-time driver for the team since 2018 and was coming into the 2023 season on the final year […]