Sunday afternoon’s race at Texas Motor Speedway was one of the more entertaining at the track in recent years. Drivers and teams had several great runs, so let’s dive into some of those. Hooters Returns to Victory Lane Not since the first Pocono race of 1992 has the Hooters brand been the primary sponsor of a winning race car. That changed yesterday when Hendrick Motorsports … Continue reading Great Stories From Texas
For the first time since Daytona 2022, Chase Elliott, NASCAR’s most popular driver, scores a top-5 finish at a mile-and-a-half track. Is that the big news? Nah, the Georgia native went out and broke nearly a year and a half winless streak at Texas Motor Speedway. Elliott led the second most laps of the night with 39 laps led, behind teammate Kyle Larson who led … Continue reading Elliott Scores Texas-Sized Win in the Lone Star State
Over the years, NASCAR has had numerous drivers whose faces pop into your head immediately when someone begins to talk about the sport and its drivers. Petty, Earnhardt, Elliott, Waltrip, Gordon, Jr., Johnson, Busch, Elliott, Wallace, and more all come to mind. NASCAR fans have adored certain drivers for many reasons, including success, family history, and, these days, online popularity. With all that said, sometimes … Continue reading The New Face of NASCAR?
Chase Elliott has not had the most fantastic run over the last year or so, that has been pretty obvious. After missing 6 races early in 2023 to a broken leg following a skiing accident and then his suspension following Charlotte after intentionally wrecking Denny Hamlin, Elliot has been winless since the Talladega fall race in 2022. 41 races. You have to go back to … Continue reading Elliott Scores His Best Finish Since Daytona 2023
Hendrickcars.com signed onto the 2024 season with Spire Motorsports full-time Craftsman Truck Series driver Rajah Caruth in his No. 71 Silverado for 10 races before the start of the season. The partnership began as Hendrickcars.com previously sponsored Caruth’s Xfinity debut for Hendrick Motorsports for the season-ending race at Phoenix Raceway in 2023. Hendrickcars.com’s investment of 10 races for 2024 was expanded this morning to the … Continue reading Hendrick Cars Expands Caruth Sponsorship to the Full 23 Races
Young Willy B, William Byron has accomplished much in his NASCAR career, going from iRacing to ARCA East Champion. ARCA East to 8 Craftsman Truck Series victories, Craftsman Trucks to Xfinity Series Champion with 4 series wins. He took over the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series team from Kasey Kahne in 2018. Hendrick rebranded the 5 team into the 24 team, bringing back one … Continue reading After A 19 Year Absence, William Byron Puts the 24 Back in Victory Lane in the Daytona 500
William Byron, Willy B. He’s only the 3rd driver to race the No. 24 Chevrolet for Rick Hendrick and has been in the car since the number swap with Chase Elliott from the 24 to the 9 in 2018. Before 2023, William Byron was put the 24 in Victory Lane four times after scoring his first at Daytona in 2020. In 2023, the fire was … Continue reading Celebrating a Breakout Season for Byron
The Garage 56 entry for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans took the motorsports world by storm back in June. NASCAR entered a completely revamped NEXT GEN Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with a crazy amount of aerodynamic changes over the base car, and for that, the NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports engineers have been awarded. Last week, the Embassy of Switzerland in London held the Race … Continue reading NASCAR Engineers Recieve Aerodynamicist of the Year for Garage 56
Although not in the Cup Series Drivers Playoffs, Chase Elliott has been one of the most consistent drivers since the drop of the green flag at Darlington on the first weekend of September. The 2020 series champion’s weekend at Las Vegas sure didn’t start out the way that he or his fans would have liked. Chase’s weekend started as the 9 car lost a right … Continue reading Chase Elliott Has Been the Playoffs Standout Until Vegas
In NASCAR, it would be bad for business if a driver was out of the car for a period of time. Say… 6 Races. Let’s just say for… Breaking a leg snowboarding. The owner of that car would all but lose a shot to win the title with that driver, so you need another way to make the money. In NASCAR, they have the owners … Continue reading Show Me the Money. Cup Series Owners Points
