Alex Bowman has recently missed a race this season due to concussion-like symptoms, making him the 2nd NASCAR Cup Series racer to experience this. Bowman will miss Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, according to an announcement from Hendrick Motorsports, “after experiencing concussion-like symptoms following an accident in the Sept. 25 event at Texas Motor […]
This season, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will award a new first-time winner, much to Daniel Hemric’s dissatisfaction. After a dramatic cutoff race on Saturday at the Charlotte Roval, Hemric, who took the victory in his debut series race in the title finale last season in Phoenix, was one of four racers ousted from the 2022 playoffs. […]
Christopher Bell wanted a playoff boost after a difficult week at Texas, and he received one on Saturday. On Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Bell defeated Kyle Larson by holding on to the lead. Bell almost outperformed Larson with an average lap pace of 180.591 mph (180.516 mph). Third place went to Denny […]
After surviving a frantic last-lap collision and a NASCAR review, Matt DiBenedetto was eventually declared the victor of Saturday’s Truck Series race at Talladega. Deliberately bringing out the late caution, for which Carson Hocevar was fined, forced a two-lap overtime with Christian Eckes leading and DiBenedetto in third. Corey Heim smashed into the outside wall […]
The surprising part of a night full of them came from Erik Jones, who played playoff spoiler and won the Southern 500 on Sunday night at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. Kyle Busch, who had been running in the top-10 for the rest of the race, lost the lead on Lap 345 of 367 after his No. […]
In a 20-lap sprint to the finish of Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, Denny Hamlin just couldn’t quite catch Erik Jones. Many questioned Hamlin’s decision to be the last leader to make his last green-flag pit stop, but he was given a reprieve when a late caution for Cody Ware further congealed […]
After his car caught on fire in the Southern 500 on Sunday night, Kevin Harvick, who had previously questioned the Next Gen car’s safety, criticized NASCAR. Harvick had to rebound from a poor first pit stop for the majority of the opening round of the race on Sunday at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, but he finally […]
Even if Joey Logano didn’t win all three races at Darlington in 2022, his excellent performance on Sunday was good enough to put him to the top of the rankings. Logano did well to prevent problems in a race where several playoff participants had bad luck. Of course, he still had his moments, like approaching […]
According to Motorsport.com, the NASCAR All-Star Race will now be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2023 after a sudden change in plans. Speedway Motorsports reported earlier this year that North Wilkesboro would play host to 2 months of racing in 2022, the first in August on pavement and the second in October on dirt. […]
In 2023, the All-Star Race will surprise North Wilkesboro with a NASCAR appearance, as first reported by Motorsport.com. One of the eight circuits on the 1949 NASCAR Cup Series first schedule was the 1947-opened North Wilkesboro Speedway. Bob Flock won the race, which was originally held on dirt, but in 1957 it was changed to […]