YouTuber Cleetus McFarland, aka Garett Mitchell, is showing just how serious he is about the dream to compete in NASCAR’s Daytona 500 one day.Carrying on despite the tragic death of his mentor and NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, Mitchell now plans to run double duty at Daytona. Along with running theContinue Reading
Just over a year ago, Brandon Wilkinson was still spotting Super Late Models full-time across the Southeast.Now, and while it doesn’t officially count, he is a first-time Cup Series spotter alongside his driver Ryan Preece and crew chief Derrick Finley after dominating the second half of the Cookout Clash onContinue Reading
For the first time ever, the NASCAR Cup Series got to experience a full episode of The Ryan Preece Show because Wednesday night in the Cookout Clash was exactly that.It was also the unedited, unfiltered ‘fuck yeah’ version of the show, too.This was Preece Lightning, the 2013 Whelen Modified TourContinue Reading
It was just a non-points exhibition race but the Cup Series garage did not feel like the Cookout Clash was the finest hour from race control to those on the ground directly communicating with teams.Walking through the garage, there were several crew chiefs and veteran crew members who felt likeContinue Reading
Shane van Gisbergen spent the first half of the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray in the back half of the field. During that first time, he got into it with Austin Cindric and former Trackhouse teammate Daniel Suarez.At one point, he spun Cindric out in frustration and radioed, “PeopleContinue Reading
An emotional Ryan Preece couldn’t stop himself from tearing up and dropping a celebratory F-Bomb as he claimed victory in the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.The Madhouse lived up to its name, as the race — which was already postponed several days due to snow — featured aContinue Reading
In a field of 18 desperate drivers, only the top two finishers + the points provisional (Alex Bowman) were going to transfer from the last-chance-qualifier (LCQ) into the main event for the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.Bowman was happy to take the points provisional on offer to him (asContinue Reading
After shaking down their cars in practice and cleaning up some ‘weepers’ of water caused by melting snow, qualifying got underway for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray.In this format, the 20 fastest drivers advance directly into the main event, while positions 21-38 will transfer to the last-chance qualifier.Continue Reading
For the next week and a half, Corey Lajoie is what he has been for much of this decade, a NASCAR Cup Series driver.With Brad Keselowski suffering from a broken right femur suffered in a fall on ice during a family skiing trip on December 18, Lajoie got the callContinue Reading
Denny Hamlin is not 100 percent right now after an emotional rollercoaster of a winter and he may not get there until after the end of the 2026 season concludes.That is because, in addition to the death of his father in a house fire that also hospitalized his mother, HamlinContinue Reading