Tag Archives: NASCAR Cup Series

Kurt Busch is still out and Ty Gibbs is back in position 45 at Michigan

Kurt Busch Michigan

After colliding during qualifying at Pocono Raceway, Kurt Busch will miss a third straight NASCAR Cup Series race due to concussion-like symptoms. Busch has been given a waiver, keeping him in the playoffs, but NASCAR’s medical staff has not yet given the driver the all-clear to race. Although he has dropped to 18th in the […]

Ty Gibbs defeats Allgaier to clinch the Michigan Xfinity victory

Ty Gibbs Michigan Xfinity

Only a small piece of debris really got in the way of Ty Gibbs’ NASCAR Xfinity Series-leading fifth victory of the year, and even that didn’t last long. The race at Michigan International Speedway’s last stage on Saturday was won by Gibbs, 19, and there were no cautions issued. However, on Lap 88 of 125, […]

The Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup race’s beginning was postponed by lightning

Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen on Sunday has been postponed. Lightning is a different matter, despite the fact that rain tyres are available and NASCAR races in the rain on road courses. Everything was placed in a 30-minute lightning hold due to a strike within eight miles of the racing circuit as […]

Kimi Raikkonen crashes out of his NASCAR Cup debut

Kimi Raikkonen NASCAR Cup debut

A collision at the inner loop on Sunday at Watkins Glen interrupted Kimi Raikkonen’s day. After qualifying 27th in the race on Sunday, the previous F1 World Champion quickly moved into the top-20. He was following a plan that would put him inside the top 10 at the beginning of the second stage as the […]

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 […]

Mike Rockenfeller shares wild experience of hisĀ NASCAR debut

Mike Rockenfeller NASCAR debut

Mike “Rocky” Rockenfeller, the championĀ of the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, experienced what he called a “crazy adventure” in his Cup Series debut, experiencing just about everything NASCAR motorsport has to offer. The No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports was driven by Rockenfeller, a two-time Le Mans class champion and previous DTM champion, in […]

Project 91 NASCAR Cup expansion proposals from Trackhouse for 2023

Project 91 NASCAR Cup Trackhouse 2023

A “six to eight” NASCAR Cup Series events are what Justin Marks, a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing, claims his Project 91 programme plans to add in 2023. Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 Formula 1 World Champion, drove his #91 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the first time at Watkins Glen over the weekend. Raikkonen finished in the […]

Tarso Marques’ intentions for NASCAR include competing in one or two races this year

Tarso Marques Nascar

Former Formula One racer Tarso Marques from Brazil is still aiming to make his NASCAR Cup Series start later this year. This past weekend at Watkins Glen, the NASCAR Cup Series featured a record 7 nationalities in a single race, notably retired Formula One racers Kimi Raikkonen and Daniil Kvyat. With Tarso Marques present, this […]

Logano: “222 laps were led, but not the right ones”

Logano 2022

For Team Penske’s Joey Logano, Sunday had its share of highs and lows. At Richmond Raceway, Logano surged through the field after starting 17th. On Lap 81, he overtook Ross Chastain at the beginning of the second race to take the lead for the first time. He had total command after that. Logano continued to […]

“I’m ready for the victory,” said Chris Buescher after finishing third at Richmond

Chris Buescher 2022 Nascar

In the race at Richmond on Sunday, Chris Buescher never took the lead, but he came dangerously close to upending the NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture. Buescher has had a hit-and-miss season, but as the 2022 playoffs get underway, the RFK Racer has demonstrated that he had the skill and pace to challenge for the […]