Smith, 25, entered Nashville last in points among full-time drivers. His best finish of the 2024 season was 13th in the season-opening Daytona 500.But after five overtime restarts with cars wrecking and running out of fuel left and right, Smith found himself in position to capitalize. The Trackhouse Racing driver, whoContinue Reading
Logano inherited the lead after the third overtime when Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. were both forced to pit for fuel. He appeared to be in position to claim the win in the fourth overtime, but a caution came out just before Logano took the white flag.Knowing if theyContinue Reading
Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn., was a guest at Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway and the back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion reiterated his desire to one day drive in NASCAR.“I’m a Nashville guy. I was born and raised here. I used to come to events out here asContinue Reading
Nemechek had asked for an adjustment during pit stops prior to the start of Stage 3 and within 10 laps he’d lost the lead to Cole Custer.Nemechek, however, redeemed himself by reclaiming the lead from Custer on a restart with 46 of 188 laps to go and held off ChandlerContinue Reading
Byron has already won three times this yer and is well-positioned for the playoffs, but his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team has had difficulty producing top 10 finishes on a week-to-week basis of late.Earlier this season, Byron had five straight finishes of seventh or better, which included two of hisContinue Reading
Hamlin, who has won the last three races held on concrete tracks, is in good position to make it four in a row at the 1.33-mile speedway.On a blistering hot day, Hamlin was the last driver to go out in the final round but still managed to lay down theContinue Reading
Gibbs, who is still looking for his first Cup series victory of his career, led the way with an average lap speed of 159.286 mph in the first 20-minute session.“It’s a fun track and I hoping to keep learning like I go at every place we go to this year,”Continue Reading
At least part of the final decision to Herbst’s plans will be what his longtime sponsor, Monster Energy, wants to do.When Stewart-Haas Racing co-owners Gene Haas and Tony Stewart announced they were closing the organization at season’s end, it not only sent four Cup drivers looking for new rides, butContinue Reading
Eckes started third but had grabbed the lead by the exit of Turn 2 on the opening lap. He cruised to the Stage 1 win, earned the Stage 2 win thanks to a late caution and was never seriously challenged in the final 32 green-flag dash to the finish.Eckes easilyContinue Reading
Christopher Bell and Joe Gibbs Racing won a wild Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which was halted with 82 laps to go when severe weather hit the track. Tyler Reddick was in the lead, but NASCAR waited out the storm.The remainder of the race was run on wetContinue Reading