Smith, who earned his first series victory at Richmond almost one year ago, didn’t appear to have as good a car as his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Aric Almirola through the first two stages.Early in the final stage, however, Smith and Almirola both elected to pit for new tires underContinue Reading
On lap 173 of the 250-lap race, Dawson Cram got on the inside of Gase entering Turn 1, spun him out and Gase’s No. 35 Chevrolet slammed hard into the wall nearly ripping off his rear bumper cover.With the caution out, Gase got out of his car and walked toContinue Reading
For Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team, that means focusing now on getting the most at tracks on which they are typically strong and executing well in races in which they have winning speed.Sunday night’s race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway – the Virginia native’s home track –Continue Reading
Larson, who was fastest in Saturday’s practice, went out early in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying and paced the session with an average lap speed of 120.332 mph.Elliott, who went out last of the 10 cars, went second-fastest on his first of two laps (120.321 mph), but couldn’t gainContinue Reading
Kyle Larson will lead the field to the green flag for the Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway with teammate Chase Elliott to his outside. SourceContinue Reading
Larson, who ran in the first 20-minute session, ended up with the fastest average lap speed (121.835 mph) in Saturday’s practice at the ¾-mile short track.“It’s a tough place for me, so I don’t ever really come here with the highest of expectations, more so just because of me,” saidContinue Reading
William Byron earned pole position, led the most laps, and became the first repeat winner of the 2024 season with his victory last weekend at COTA. Martin Truex Jr. has taken sole possession of the points lead, leading Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs by 5pts.The series now heads to Richmond,Continue Reading
Byron, who drives the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, became the series’ first repeat winner of the season with his dominating win last weekend at Circuit of the Americas.With his victory in the season-opening Daytona 500, Byron already has a leg up on his competition but this weekend’s raceContinue Reading
Truex and his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team have been remarkably consistent to start 2024 with one top five and four top-10s in the first six races and no finish worse than 15th.He was in the hunt for the win at both Phoenix and Bristol – where he earnedContinue Reading
During grandstand cleaning and inspection last week in preparation for the upcoming NASCAR All-Star weekend in May, track operations staff discovered cracks in the original concrete in section N of the grandstands toward Turn 1.Crews began removing seats to determine the extent of the damage. During the process, an openContinue Reading