Ryan Blaney scores his 11th career Pole Award, his first since Bristol’s Spring race of 2024. Blaney also led 9 Fords in the Top 10 in qualifying, the only outlier being Kyle Busch’s No. 8 Chevrolet. Joey Logano’s first lap was the track record-setting lap of 30.892 seconds. (New configuration) Image Credit: Alex Slitz/Getty Images Pos Inside Pos Outside 1 Ryan Blaney 2 Austin Cindric … Continue reading Cup Starting Lineup at Atlanta
Drama strikes again at the Charlotte Roval. With Kyle Larson, William Byron, and Christopher Bell all locking themselves in on points before the end of the race, it was up to another of the Round of 12 to get their win. Unfortunately for the rest of the field, they had to race Kyle Larson with a fantastic car and a large lead. Alex Bowman was … Continue reading 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8
Four drivers will not move on to continue their quest to compete for a title in Phoenix following the Bristol Night Race on Saturday night. Well, this isn’t about them. This is about the tracks and drivers still in the hunt for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images The Tracks In the Round of 12 Kansas Motor Speedway Talladega Superspeedway … Continue reading The 2024 Cup Series Round of 12
So many people hate the idea of the Playoffs, that “win and you’re in” format. All across social media, there are complaints after complaints. So, let’s look at the points. Everyone likes points, right? Forget about resetting the points after Darlington. Here are the actual NASCAR Cup Series points standings following Watkins Glen in New York with no reset and no moving up 16 positions … Continue reading NASCAR Cup Series Points w/o Playoffs
Your 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Ryan Blaney, and most recent winner of the Coke 600, Christopher Bell, had an absolutely fantastic race for the lead late in the Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway. Bell and Blaney duked it out from about lap 210 until lap 221, exchanging passes for the lead with crossovers being traded. This battle ended abruptly at lap 221 when … Continue reading Double Heartbreak Leads Cindric to Second Career Win
Following the massive success of Formula One’s Drive to Survive Netflix series, NASCAR wanted in on all the drama and exclusive behind-the-scenes content by releasing the five-episode season one of NASCAR: Full Speed. The series follows a select group of drivers in their playoff bids for the 2023 season, capturing the action on and off the track while demonstrating the trials and tribulations of contesting … Continue reading NASCAR Debuts New Netflix Docuseries: Full Speed
With the 2024 Daytona 500 only 34 days away as we type this, we got our staff together and asked 2 simple questions. Who’s your Daytona 500 pick? Who’s your Daytona 500 dark horse pick? (No, not just Ford Performance drivers. Get it???) Photographers Dylan A. – Dylan’s Daytona 500 winner is none other than King Kyle himself, Kyle Busch. Busch really only has 1 … Continue reading 2024 Daytona 500 Staff Picks
Whether you collect one or one hundred, NASCAR Diecast fans had some fantastic pieces in 2023! As with each year, Lionel Racing released their list of the Top-10 selling Diecast as well as a list of their Top 10 selling Raced Win Diecast. Top-10 Raced Win Diecast Sold in 2023 The Top-10 Raced Win Diecast was a mixed bag of surprises and some that seemed … Continue reading Lionel’s Top Selling NASCAR Diecast of 2023
I am well aware that this is a controversial opinion, but it is just that, an opinion. I’m also not saying that the points format is perfect, because it’s not, there are many things that I would change. But I’m not here to tell you how I’d fix the current points format, I’m here to try to sell you on it, and if my efforts … Continue reading NASCAR’s Current Points Format Is Actually Good
We all know the drivers who broke their losing streak in 2023, such as Ryan Blaney, who broke his AND won a title. But today, we look at previous winners who either went winless in 2023 or added to a longer losing streak. Let’s do this list in, say, shortest to longest, shall we? Chase Elliott 2023 marked Chase Elliott’s first winless season since scoring … Continue reading Drivers Who Added a Losing Streak in 2023
