Joey Logano has given himself the greatest opportunity to win his second NASCAR Cup Series championship. Logano, who was the final racer to undertake a test session in the final round of qualifying on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, set an average track speed of 134.389 mph to beat his fellow Penske teammate Ryan Blaney (134.373 […]
Ty Gibbs experienced his best, earning the 2022 Xfinity Series championship, one week after possibly his worst event as a NASCAR racer. Although Gibbs led the most laps, the closing 25 laps of the race saw him engaged in a frantic three-wide duel with fellow title challengers Noah Gragson and Justin Allgaier. With 20 of […]
In the final lap of the Playoffs elimination race at Martinsville, Ross Chastain knew that he needed a miracle, so he used some creativity. In the Playoff elimination at Martinsville, Ross Chastain made one of the biggest moves in NASCAR history by “wall-riding” around the last turn to grab a berth in the Championship 4. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After earning 13 stage points at the Roval, Daniel Suarez found himself in a good position. However, despite all his efforts, a lack of power steering put him in a perilous position in the final laps. He struggled through the strain and did everything he could to continue until a planned pit stop while being forced […]
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. […]