Tag Archives: NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR punishes SHR severely for using counterfeit components

SHR No 14 car

The Chase Briscoe-driven No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing squad has received harsh penalties from NASCAR. After it was claimed that Briscoe and his crew produced and used counterfeit parts on the Next Gen vehicle, NASCAR imposed severe L3-level penalties against them. One of the biggest sanctions in NASCAR history, it is the first L3 penalty imposed […]

It “means the world” to Carson Hocevar to make his NASCAR Cup debut

Carson Hocevar Nascar 2023

Even though Carson Hocevar has already spent many hours behind the wheel of a simulated NASCAR Cup Next Gen vehicle, the opportunity to take control of a real one this weekend still took him off guard. Spire Motorsports has selected Hocevar to make his Cup start on Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. […]

Lightning causes a postponement to the NASCAR Cup at Gateway

NASCAR Cup Gateway

NASCAR had to stop Sunday’s NASCAR Cup event at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway just moments after it began. The event was put under warning one lap after the green flag was raised when Tyler Reddick spun in Turn 1 after making a collision with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The race was red flagged while […]

Logano, the defending champion, was quickest during practice at Gateway

Joey Logano Gateway practice 2023

In Saturday’s NASCAR Cup practice at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, the race champion from the previous year continued where he left off. With an average lap pace of 136.857 mph during Saturday’s first practice session, defending Cup winner Logano was in the lead. The first 20 minutes of the session produced the top […]

Kyle Busch beats Blaney for the Gateway Cup pole by just 0.008 seconds

kyle busch richard childress racing nascar 2023

At World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway on Sunday, Kyle Busch won the pole position after holding off a strong battle with Ryan Blaney. In Round 1 of qualifying, Blaney set the day’s top speed. His triumph in the Coca-Cola 600 this past weekend broke a 59-race winless streak. Blaney was among the last of […]

Busch wins the Cup at Gateway after surviving several restarts

Kyle Busch Nascar 2023

Although Kyle Busch began on the front row, it took him a very long time to reach the finish line at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. Busch led 121 of the 243 laps during the course of his dominant performance, but with only five laps completed, the race was delayed for nearly two hours because of thunder. On Lap 184, Busch surged past Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson during a resumption to take the lead for the final time, but […]

Results of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Gateway event

2023 NASCAR Cup Gateway race results

Kyle Busch won the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season’s last race for the third time after numerous red flags and late-race resumption. Busch managed to hold on to win the NASCAR Cup Series for the 63rd time in his career. Martin Truex Jr. finished fifth, followed by Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, and Denny Hamlin. The race didn’t finish until after 9 p.m. EST, having begun shortly before 4 p.m. After only five laps, the race was […]

Larson is “pleased” to finish fourth at Gateway after a terrible start

Apart from his convincing victory in the NASCAR All-Star Race, Kyle Larson has struggled in his last two Cup Series races, and Sunday’s race was no exception. Although Larson’s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team struggled in both his races at Darlington, S.C., and Charlotte, he did manage to win the $1 million first prize for […]

Logano enjoys finishing third at Gateway despite “going through hell”

Joey Logano Nascar 2023

Joey Logano managed to stop his current points fall despite not being able to win or even lead a lap at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway on Sunday. Logano fell from 7th to 14th in the NASCAR Cup rankings prior to the Gateway race after finishing 18th or worse in four of his past 5 events. Despite the fact that he never took the lead, Logano’s No. 22 Penske Ford proved to be particularly consistent during a very long and tumultuous race, […]

Andy Lally will compete in the remaining 2023 Cup road course events

Andy Lally Nascar 2023

The final 5 road course races on the 2023 NASCAR Cup season will feature former Rolex 24 winner Andy Lally as the driver. Starting with the competition on Sunday at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, Lally, who has a rich history in sports motor racing and has participated in all three NASCAR national series, is going to […]