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After an opening round that saw no playoff drivers enter victory lane, just 12 drivers remain in the NASCAR playoffs as the Round of 12 begins this weekend in Texas. Drivers turned the intensity up to 11 for the playoffs, but challenging tracks and engine failures were too much to overcome for some and caused […] READ MORE
I’m breaking down the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race’s move to North Wilkesboro Speedway, its significance, and unanswered questions. The News Speedway Motorsports Inc. President and CEO Marcus Smith announced on Thursday at a press conference in Raleigh, North Carolina that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will take place at North Wilkesboro Speedway. It’s the […] 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
For Kyle Busch, the question was simple: Did he have enough to make it on fuel? Wednesday, the answer was yes. While’s he’s out of the championship battle, Busch saved enough fuel in the closing laps of the rain-delayed NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader Echopark Automotive 500 to win for the first time in 2020. Kyle Busch […] READ MORE
Rinse, repeat, you know the drill by now. For the third day in a row, NASCAR postponed the Autotrader Echopark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, due to rain. The 34th race of the NASCAR Cup Series season will resume Wednesday at 3 p.m. NBCSN will carry the live television broadcast. PRN and SiriusXM will […] READ MORE
We couldn’t get it done, Monday. So we’ll try again, Tuesday. For the second day in a row, NASCAR postponed the Autotrader Echopark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, due to rain. It’ll resume Tuesday at noon, on NBCSN. PRN will carry the radio broadcast, as will SiriusXM. Clint Bowyer will lead the field to […] READ MORE
Thanks to rain, a long-ass race at Texas Motor Speedway just got even longer. NASCAR postponed the remainder of the Autotrader Echopark Automotive 500 to Monday at 10 a.m., due to unyielding rain showers. In a year full of cancellations, delays and other challenges due to COVID-19, NASCAR officials want to get in the penultimate […] READ MORE
Amid concerns of the COVID-19 crisis that is spreading across America, the NTT Data IndyCar Series had planned on starting its 2020 campaign with its annual Detroit doubleheader weekend. Now, instead, the series has decided to cancel the event since the outbreak in Detroit has been especially bad. IndyCar Cancels Detroit, Releases updated schedule “We’re […] READ MORE
In 2011, Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart tied with 2,403 points following the finale race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Edwards lost out on the championship because of a tie-breaker and has failed to finish in the top 4 since. That won’t be a problem for him this year. Carl Edwards Punches His Ticket to Homestead The […] READ MORE
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series shifts gears from the short track at Martinsville, to the high speed banks of the Texas Motor Speedway. With two races left before the Homestead finale, the pressure is weighing on the shoulders of the seven remaining drivers. Jimmie Johnson won last week to advance to Homestead. Austin Dillon won […] READ MORE