Corey Heim entered this race as the overwhelming favorite for the title, but the format meant he had to perform at Phoenix or face losing the title despite a historic season. He won both stages and led the most laps, but when the race fell into double overtime, he had toContinue Reading
The final NASCAR Cup Series practice session of the year, for the championship race at Phoenix Raceway, contained no shortage of drama and intrigue.Overall, there were numerous left side tire failures, and that included a championship finalist.The first was Chase Briscoe and then two straight left side failures by AJContinue Reading
During the hour-long practice session in Phoenix, the issues began when championship contender Chase Briscoe lost a left rear within five minutes of the start of the session. It was the first of many, and those failures are likely not an anomaly but a result of teams being aggressive with suspensionContinue Reading
The lone practice session for the NASCAR Cup Series title-decider at Phoenix Raceway began with a flurry of tire issues.It didn’t take long for the drama to unfold. As Hamlin pulled out of line and slowed to avoid all the traffic, trouble found his title rival and Joe Gibbs RacingContinue Reading
The final qualifying session of the 2025 NASCAR Truck season is complete, and the lineup is set for Friday night’s title-decider at Phoenix Raceway.Earlier in the day, NASCAR discovered a panel that was not permitted on the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Layne Riggs, resulting in a crewContinue Reading
Kaden Honeycutt is not the defending champion like Ty Majeski, nor has he dominated the entire year like Corey Heim, or spent several years racing Trucks full-time like Tyler Ankrum.Instead, Honeycutt is in his first full-time year of competition and he has never even won a NASCAR Truck race before.Continue Reading
This year, no Truck driver even comes close to Corey Heim. He has won eleven of 24 races, a series record. He faces three title rivals in the Championship 4 who have combined to win just one race this year — and eight total if you add up their wholeContinue Reading
NASCAR is in a season of change.Some of it is the result of self-reflection and the changing tides of sport and entertainment, and some of it will eventually be the results of the lawsuit brought against the Sanctioning Body, but things are changing in the Cup Series and around it.ThatContinue Reading
Over the past year, it’s been a fringe talking point in NASCAR fan circles about whether or not Denny Hamlin’s 23XI Racing bringing a lawsuit against the Sanctioning Body would have consequences on the track.In other words, as The Associated Press brought up in a nearly one hour State ofContinue Reading
While his own title hopes ended in a brutal tiebreaker last weekend, Layne Riggs is still fighting for the owner’s championship on behalf of Front Row Motorsports at the Phoenix Raceway finale.NASCAR found that the No. 34 FRM Ford had “added a panel to the oil that closes off the areaContinue Reading