The racing product at Bristol Motor Speedway during the NextGen era has been a bit of a philosophical tug-of-war and the races since 2022 reflect that back-and-forth.The turning point was the spring race in 2024 where cold temperatures prevented rubber from being laid into the track, resulting in tire shreddingContinue Reading
On SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s ‘The Morning Drive’, Rudy Fugle, crew chief for the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and driver William Byron, offered his thoughts on the return of Bristol’s ‘chaos tire’ this past weekend. Hitting the ‘magic track temperature,’ the Bristol Night Race produced 36 lead changes (compared to justContinue Reading
Denny Hamlin enters the second Round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as the team seeded driver at 26 points above the cutline but may lose two of this over-the-wall crewmembers for the next two races at New Hampshire and Kansas.This is due to an incident on Lap 385 ofContinue Reading
While all eyes were on the playoff drivers in Saturday’s elimination race, Ty Gibbs stole the show as he had the most dominant performance of his entire NASCAR Cup Series career.Making his 116th career start and still searching for his first win, Gibbs led 201 of 500 laps, but anContinue Reading
Tony Stewart, 54, is still racing long beyond the end of his Hall of Fame NASCAR career. Recently, he claimed the 2025 NHRA Top Fuel regular season crown as he competes in place of his wife, Leah Pruett, as the couple welcomed their first son Dominic earlier this year.On Sunday, the three-timeContinue Reading
Brad Keselowski was leading the Bristol Night Race when the final caution flag flew — an incident he was at the epicenter of as Cole Custer merged onto the track directly in front of him, leading to an incident that left Bubba Wallace wrecked.However, the caution wasn’t a bad thingContinue Reading
Saturday’s race featured 14 cautions and 36 lead changes, but it ended with another Joe Gibbs Racing driver in Victory Lane. Carson Hocevar, Zane Smith, and Ty Gibbs all had a chance at winning their first win, and several playoff drivers had to sweat as misfortune found them.Christopher Bell’s mayContinue Reading
See the best highlights from an electric Saturday night playoff race at the historic Bristol Motor Speedway. SourceContinue Reading
There were moments when the status quo seemed under threat, but at the end of a chaotic Bristol Night Race, the four drivers that entered below the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff cutline all finished there.Facing must-win odds, Josh Berry was an early casualty of the very quick tire cording dilemma,Continue Reading
“I think if you would have asked the entire garage area, if anyone says they expected that going in, they’re lying to you.”That is how Chris Gayle, crew chief of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 and driver Denny Hamlin articulated the expectation versus the reality when it came toContinue Reading