After spending the past three years on the IMS road course, NASCAR has returned to the 2.5-mile oval course layout this year, the 30th anniversary of the first Brickyard 400.Daly, a 32-year-old Indiana native, is set to make his third series start this weekend with Sam Hunt Racing in theContinue Reading
For the first time since 2020, NASCAR will compete on the historic 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after having spent the past three seasons running on the road course configuration.McDowell was last year’s race winner, and his impressive victory locked him and his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports FordContinue Reading
SHR driver Kevin Harvick – now retired from full-time NASCAR Cup competition – won the last two 400-mile races on the IMS oval before the Cup series began using the IMS Road Course in 2021.The return of the oval this year coincides with the final season of SHR, which wasContinue Reading
Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney captured the checkered flag at Pocono last weekend, holding off Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman in the closing laps.In the regular season championship, things are tightening up with Chase Elliott leading team-mate Kyle Larson by just 3pts. Tyler Reddick is 15pts behind, andContinue Reading
Six Cup teams participated in a tire test on Tuesday at the concrete short track, and it remains unclear whether it resulted in any solid answers or will prompt a change in the tires used for the next event.The Sept. 21 race will be run at night and serves asContinue Reading
RCR on Tuesday announced a multi-year, multi-car partnership with Titan Risk Solutions, which provides insurance and insurance-related services for trucking companies.Titan’s sponsorship will debut in this weekend’s race on RCR’s No. 33 Chevrolet, which will be driven by Ty Dillon, the 32-year-old grandson of RCR owner Richard Childress.The Cup seriesContinue Reading
Blaney, the reigning Cup Series champion, picked up his second victory of the 2024 season on Sunday at Pocono Raceway, giving him consecutive multiple win seasons for the first time in his career.While Blaney hasn’t been a frequent winner since his full-time Cup debut in 2016, he has slowly developedContinue Reading
Suarez is the the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion and the only Mexican-born driver to ever win at the Cup level. He has two victories, winning in 2022 at Sonoma Raceway and earlier this year at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He is also the only non-American driver to win at championshipContinue Reading
Outside of wet weather tires that NASCAR can use on short ovals, Cup teams will also be given the choice between two different tires to use during the course of the 400-lap event.Goodyear provides teams with one tire combination for every event, but NASCAR tested the use of an ‘optionContinue Reading
Most of the contenders for the win on Sunday had committed themselves to one of two pit strategies – pit before the start of Stage 3 with one final stop later which would require a lot of fuel or run well into the final stage with final shorter stop lateContinue Reading