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Cleetus McFarland left Rockingham Speedway with a result to hang his hat on. He finished P4 in the ARCA Menards Series race on Saturday, his first top-five result and his best finish in NASCAR competition to date. He then climbed into the Gen 5 car for his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series debut on the […]
It was last week, after the Texas race, that NASCAR handed down penalties to Ryan Preece for dumping Ty Gibbs while electing to spare Kyle Busch for wrecking John Hunter Nemechek. Preece was hit with a 25-point deduction and a $50,000 fine after the incident that sent Gibbs into the Turn 3 wall during the […]
Cleetus McFarland may not have the backing of the NASCAR garage, where drivers and insiders have questioned NASCAR’s driver approval process, given his limited experience in stock cars. Yet, he appears to have earned the approval of veteran Mark Martin. During the ARCA race at Rockingham on Sunday, McFarland secured his first top-five finish in […]
Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin’s feud has kept the pot on the boil with every other podcast episode here and there. Although from his side, Hamlin has waved the white flag, Busch appears to have taken deep offence to Hamlin’s comments about his slump and career. Now, even veterans, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Petty, […]
Across two tracks, Watkins Glen International and Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C., 22-year-old racer Kaden Honeycutt added four wins to his name. Two in NASCAR’s lower divisions, ARCA and Craftsman Truck Series, then adding two more in the popular short track series CARS Tour. In doing so, the Texan etched his name with two separate […]
While rain washed out qualifying on Saturday, forcing the NASCAR Cup Series field to set Sunday’s grid by metrics, little did they know the real storm was yet to come. At Talladega Superspeedway, that storm arrived in the form of “Hurricane” Carson Hocevar. In a race defined by chaos and carnage, the Spire Motorsports youngster […]
It was business as usual on his Mad Dog Sports Radio show on SiriusXM, as ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith dove into the familiar debate of where LeBron James ranks among the greatest athletes ever, particularly when it comes to longevity. But what started as a casual debate quickly became a full-blown war of words after […]
Tyler Reddick started the race from the pole for Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 and drove the No. 45 Toyota Camry to Victory Lane, sealing a fifth win of the season for himself and 23XI Racing. With that result, Reddick inscribed his name into the record books of NASCAR as the fourth driver in Cup Series history, […]
What can an Aussie Supercars champion really achieve in NASCAR, a discipline where even proven names like Marcos Ambrose and open-wheel stars such as Kimi Raikkonen struggled to deliver fully? For many, Shane van Gisbergen’s stunning 2023 Chicago debut win felt more like an outlier than a sign of things to come. But, seven races […]
Chase Briscoe came up short against Denny Hamlin at Dover Motor Speedway last weekend. It was the second straight year Briscoe had to settle for second place behind the same driver, and much like last season, the closing laps turned into a tug-of-war that saw the two Joe Gibbs Racing teammates swap the lead before […]
The biggest motorsport stories are not always found at the front of the grid. While Formula 1, MotoGP, IndyCar and NASCAR all continue to build towards crucial moments in their respective seasons, several important developments have emerged away from race day. Technical regulations, injury replacements, testing programmes and long-term decisions are all helping shape the […]
Several veterans have found the going tough in the Next Gen era, among them Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. Denny Hamlin, cut from the same cloth, however, has somehow managed to keep his head above water. Busch and Keselowski have pointed to less practice time and the shift to a car that behaves more like […]