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MADISON, Ill. — Christian Eckes reached into his truck and took a swig of his drink on pit road at Gateway. He leaned against it, eyes sulken and downtrodden. “Two of the last three races, we have been leading and the caution comes out late,” he said. Given Eckes had the race won until a late […] READ MORE
MADISON, Ill. — The most recent edition of NASCAR’s “all-star game” delivered yet another dud. Despite it being run on a 1.5-mile track, like Texas Motor Speedway, of which the Next Gen car elevated the quality of racing, this season. Yet Texas was the outlier. Two weeks later, aside from an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio […] READ MORE
Chris Buescher steps out of the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford, this weekend, at Gateway, due to testing positive for COVID-19. MADISON, Ill. — Chris Buescher must wait a year to make his first start at Gateway. The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford will sit out this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series […] READ MORE
Denny Hamlin backed off the gas and entered Turn 3 at Charlotte Motor Speedway early on the first overtime attempt, because he figured most of the drivers ahead would “miss the corner.” “Typically when guys drive in too deep they’re going to wash up the track,” he said. “I needed to make sure I got […] READ MORE
Five hundred feet. Ryan Blaney was roughly 500 feet from taking the checkered flag, Sunday, at Texas Motor Speedway, when the caution flew for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hitting the wall in Turn 2. Unlike a normal race weekend, the All-Star Race must finish under green. Even by NASCAR standards, this edition of the All-Star Race was […] READ MORE
After Sunday’s race, I’m driving to Kansas Speedway to cover its NASCAR Cup Series playoff race in September. The Advent Health 400 gave us 23XI Racing’s best overall performance, outside of a restrictor plate race. Moreover, a bunch of drivers cut their left-rear tires. Finally, I think it’s safe to say the NextGen car has […] READ MORE
Kurt Busch stopped his car down pit road at Kansas Speedway, where 23XI Racing team owner Denny Hamlin reached into his car to embrace and congratulate him. “It’s huge,” Hamlin said. “I’m so proud of Kurt and Bubba (Wallace) as well. It was the culmination of a strong drive for the elder statesman of the NASCAR […] READ MORE
I felt like a kid, again, as I watched William Byron run his throwback scheme in the lead at Darlington Raceway. Driving an homage to Jeff Gordon’s DuPont flames car, Sunday, Byron edged out Joey Logano on the final restart, and put him in the wall in Turn 2. “We were really close off of (Turn) […] READ MORE
Historically, the bottom line on restarts is the kiss of death at Dover Motor Speedway. For the last 24 hours, however, Chase Elliott used it to conquer the Monster Mile. On the final restart of the postponed by rain DuraMAX Drydene 400 with 53 laps to go, Elliott powered ahead of Ross Chastain into Turn 1, […] READ MORE
If you’ve got a personal day, Monday, use it. NASCAR postponed the remainder of the DuraMAX Drydene 400 to Monday, after rain halted the Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Lap 79. It didn’t let up and more cells followed it on the radar. It’ll restart Monday at noon. FOX Sports 1 will […] READ MORE
Aaron is a 4th year Media Production student at Ryerson University in Toronto. He is an avid hockey, NASCAR and baseball fan and a diehard supporter of the Toronto Maple Leafs. You'll likely find him complaining online about the teams he cheers for.