By Christian Koelle, Staff Writer Ryan Blaney was scary dominant Sunday. Leading a season-high 157 laps, Blaney’s chances at victory were derailed by a pit road penalty during the final caution. “We had a really good Menards/Pennzoil Ford Mustang tonight,” said Blaney. “On the long runs we were really good. Denny was good on short […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer MARTINSVILLE, VA – After a timely caution kept Joey Logano from going a lap down, he climbed back through the field for a top-10 finish at Martinsville Speedway. The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series champion struggled in the second Stage of the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500. Logano’s No. 22 […]
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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.: Martin Truex Jr. passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin on Lap 485 of Sunday’s rain-delayed Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway and pulled away to win for the third time in his last four starts at the .526-mile short track. The victory was Truex’s […]
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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service – Cover Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images/NASCAR Media BRISTOL, Tenn.: Joey Logano made history on Monday afternoon. Leading the final 61 laps in the face of a determined charge by Denny Hamlin, Logano won the rain-delayed Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the first dirt-track race for the […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor HAMPTON, Ga. – “I got the flag.” For five-year-old Duncan Howard, the day couldn’t have ended any better this past Sunday as one of his two favorite drivers won the Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and he got to take home the checkered flag. The young race fan is […]
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Photos by Jerry Jordan/Kickin’ the Tires HAMPTON, Ga. — Kyle Larson took the NASCAR Cup Series field out to the woodshed at Atlanta Motor Speedway and gave them a good whoopin’ but then Ryan Blaney took away his switch and used it to whip his Mustang into Victory Lane. In the closing laps, Blaney was […]
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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service – Cover Image by Getty Images / Kevin C. Cox / NASCAR Media HAMPTON, Ga.: You can call Ryan Blaney “The Spoiler.” With a pass for the lead with eight laps left in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Blaney took the air out of […]
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By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service — Cover image by Getty Images / Sean Gardner / NASCAR Media AVONDALE, AZ.: Martin Truex Jr. overcame an early-race brush with the wall and took the lead on the final restart with 25 laps remaining to earn his first victory of 2021 and first in 31 career starts […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer After struggling early, Kyle Busch fought back to score his first top-five finish of the season at his hometrack. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion didn’t break into the top-10 until the second Stage. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was the lowest of the JGR contingent throughout the first half […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The night began with some of the 21 drivers in the 2021 Busch Clash looking like they forgot a few driving skills in the off-season and ended with an epic side-by-side battle between Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott into the final chicane on the front stretch – […]
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