Tag Archives: Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson, the defending champion, is disqualified from the Cup playoffs

Kyle Larson Cup playoffs

Kyle Larson’s unusually early elimination from the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs was shocking even though he was unable to repeat his outstanding 2021 championship season this year. The year before, Larson had a record-setting season in his debut year as a Hendrick Motorsports driver, winning a series-high 10 races and earning his first series […]

Round of 8 playoff grid set of the NASCAR Cup Series

Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval

Four more racers, notably reigning Cup champion Kyle Larson, were ousted from the playoffs in a tumultuous cut-off race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. By winning the race, Christopher Bell escaped elimination, and Chase Briscoe just barely defeated Larson to advance to the following round. The updated point rankings are shown below. Daniel Suarez […]

Briscoe’s “wild day” helps him remain in the playoffs

Briscoe Charlotte Roval 2022

For Chase Briscoe, Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway may have had one of the season’s longest closing laps. A seemingly peaceful road course race descended into trouble as two late cautions completely altered Chase Briscoe’s chances of making the playoffs. Briscoe wasn’t in contention for victory as the race entered […]

Christopher Bell: “I don’t think we’re done” in regards to the 2022 playoffs

Christopher Bell 2022 playoffs

To say that this season’s NASCAR Cup Series playoffs have been wild for Christopher Bell would be a big understatement. Bell, 27, had one victory and two stage wins during the regular season and was seeded 10th (out of 16 racers) going into the 2022 playoffs. But during the first round, he excelled, finishing in […]

Bell earns the Talladega Cup pole position after a dramatic qualifying session

Bell Talladega Cup pole

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 […]

Elliott mostly keeps his frustration about The Glen’s loss to himself

Chase Elliott The Glen 2022

Chase Elliott tried his best to keep his emotions about the outcome of the race on Sunday at Watkins Glen (New York) International to himself. On a resumption with five of the 90 laps left, Elliott emerged to be on his way to claiming his 5th triumph of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season until […]

Elliott secures the pole for the Road America Cup ahead of Briscoe

Elliott Road America Cup

Chase Elliott, who just won at Nashville, is back in the lead and holds the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America. Before Elliott put out a blazing lap (108.407 mph) as the final car out to take the pole, Chase Briscoe had been quickest in practise and was in the […]

Gibbs defeats Larson and triumphs in the Road America Xfinity race

Gibbs Road America Xfinity

In the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Road America, Ty Gibbs defeated Kyle Larson after an extra-time restart. In an exciting race during NASCAR Overtime, Gibbs faced off against the current Cup Series winner and emerged victorious. Gibbs defeated one of the top Cup Series racers to win his fourth NXS win of […]

Coke 600 practise standings for the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022

NASCAR Coca Cola 600

Kyle Larson leads the pace rankings after the sole practise session for NASCAR’s largest race. Larson took the lead with a speed of 182.50 mph, but he will not be competing for the pole. He hit the barrier after racing the fastest and incurred right-side injuries. He will not compete in qualifying because the squad has […]

Larson leads in NASCAR Cup practise for the Coke 600, but eventually falls

Larson Coke 600

Kyle Larson dominated the only practise session at Charlotte Motor Speedway ahead of the Coca-Cola 600 on Saturday; however it won’t help him much. Larson slammed the barrier in Turn 2 earlier in the Group A practise session, seriously damaging his No. 5 Chevrolet. He achieved an average pace of 182.500 mph shortly after taking the racetrack. […]