By Sarah Handy, Staff Writer Christopher Bell makes his much-anticipated return to Joe Gibbs Racing this season, having spent last season behind the wheel of the No. 95 for Leavine Family Racing. Bell is no stranger to the organization having made 74 starts with the JGR in the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2017-2019. In that […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer Following the opening stage of Sunday’s Season Finale 500 from Phoenix Raceway, it looked as though Joey Logano would soon be sewing up his second title in the NASCAR Cup Series. However, just like Zane Smith and Chase Briscoe did in the weekend’s Gander RV & Outdoors Trucks and Xfinity […]
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By Matt Courson, Staff Writer MARTINSVILLE, V.A. — Alex Bowman was eliminated from NASCAR Cup Series competition Sunday evening at Martinsville Speedway. Also eliminated in the Round of 8 was Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, and Kurt Busch. Bowman entered the race at Martinsville 25 points below the cutline in essentially a must win situation. […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer The radical playoff chaos enveloped the closing laps of Sunday night’s Xfinity 500 from Martinsville Speedway, the final race determining the Championship 4 in the NASCAR Cup Series. And with the goal firmly in place, Brad Keselowski was ready to fight. And fight he did. Following a speeding penalty on […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer A late-race mistake on pit road ended Martin Truex Jr.’s hopes for a second NASCAR Cup Series championship. Loose Wheel The 2017 champion entered pit road at Martinsville Speedway with just over 50 laps to go in the lead. Truex, like his NASCAR Playoff rivals, took four tires. However, the […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer With just a little less fuel in the tank for race leader Kyle Busch Wednesday at Texas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. would have no worries entering Martinsville Speedway this weekend. However, with Busch grabbing the fuel-mileage win at Texas, Truex could only manage second place, stacking up significant points […]
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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH — After winning the three-time-weather-delayed Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Wednesday, Kyle Busch climbed from his car and pointed to the image of a zombie on his helmet. “This is what we’ve all looked like around here for the last three days,” Busch […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Chase Elliott appeared to be cruising to a top-10 at Texas Motor Speedway until tire cording trapped the NASCAR Playoffs driver a lap down. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was running inside the top-10 in the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 as the second Stage drew to a close. Elliott was forced […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer With 25 laps to go in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race from Texas Motor Speedway, the playoff grid in its entirety took a shuffle. And it included bent metal, spinning cars, and Justin Allgaier and Ross Chastain right in the middle of it. As the two occupied the front row on […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer Five of NASCAR’s Cup Series 2020 playoff drivers will be featured in an upcoming episode of the CBS show Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek. The episode, which airs October 13 at 7 p.m. ET, will include seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, 2012 champion Brad Keselowski and 2014 champion Kevin Harvick along […]
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