Views: 13 Daytona proved to be the end of the line for 7-time champion Jimmie Johnson. Instead of transferring to the playoffs for his record-setting quest of 8 championships, he will be on the outside looking in.
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Views: 19 Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick took home top honors this weekend at the Monster Mile. The two championship contenders battled it out, splitting the double header in dominant fashion.
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Views: 19 After a promising start to Thursday’s Alsco Uniforms 500-kilometer Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/Richmond team struggled with a loose handing condition for the remainder of the race and wound up with a 15th-place finish. DiBenedetto started fourth when the line-up was set using a modified inversion of the finish of Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, where he finished 17th. On the start of Thursday’s 208-lap race, he pushed pole-sitter William Byron into the lead going into Turns One and Two then…
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Views: 30 KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 26, 2020) – Kevin Harvick has started seven NASCAR Cup Series races in 2020 and has one win, five top-fives and has finished in the top-10 at every one. It took a late caution and a heck of a drive by the veteran to keep that streak alive in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Busch Light Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), was off all night and was running between 12th and 16th…
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Views: 36 Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/FVP team had an up-and-down day in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway before ending up 17th at the finish. The day started on the down side as the Menards Mustang was super loose in the first qualifying session held since the Cup Series resumed racing following a 10-week halt due to the coronavirus. DiBenedetto lost control and bounced off the wall, forcing the team to pull out a back-up Mustang. That meant he had to start the 600-mile marathon from the…
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Views: 25 Date: May 24, 2020 Event: Coca-Cola 600 (Round 7 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Format: 400 laps, broken into four stages (100 laps/100 laps/100 laps/100 laps) Start/Finish: 11th/5th (Running, completed 405 of 405 laps) Point Standing: 9th (207 points, 82 behind leader) Note: Race extended five laps past its scheduled 400-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish. Race Winner: Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford) in overtime Stage 1 Winner: Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 2 Winner: Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 3 Winner: Joey Logano of…
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Views: 68 I suppose it isn’t a surprise that Kevin Harvick, The Closer, sealed the deal on Sunday with a dominating final stage push that left everyone else in the dust. Harvick led 150 laps overall, essentially doubling the 80 laps led by Brad Keselowski.
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Views: 29 “I feel like his leadership was really on display today.” – Earnhardt Jr. on Kevin Harvick’s victory “When you get a star that’s in a slump, they almost try too hard. That was Jimmie Johnson trying too hard.” – Letarte on Jimmie Johnson’s wreck at end of Stage One “If he can clean up those mental mistakes, he’ll not only win races, but have a real opportunity to play a role in the Playoffs later in the season.” – Earnhardt Jr. on Jimmie Johnson “It really makes me…
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Views: 33 Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M’S Thank You Heroes Toyota Camry Race Recap for the The Real Heroes 400 Date: May 17, 2020 Event: The Real Heroes 400 (Round 5 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (1.366-mile, egg-shaped oval) Format: 293 laps, broken into three stages (90 laps/95 laps/108 laps) Start/Finish: 4th/26th (Running, completed 292 of 293 laps) Point Standing: 14th (122 points, 96 behind leader) Race Winner: Kevin Harvick of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford) Stage 1 Winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 2 Winner: Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford) Stage…
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Views: 33 Suárez 25th in NASCAR’s Return at Darlington Today. Tomorrow. Toyota Camry Driver Scores Second Consecutive Top-25 Date: May 17, 2020 Event: The Real Heroes 400 Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (1.366-mile oval) Format: 293 laps, broken into three stages (90 laps/95 laps/108 laps) Start/Finish: 37th / 25th (Running, completed 292 of 293 laps) Point Standing: 31st with 44 points, 174 out of first Race Winner: Kevin Harvick of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford) Stage 1 Winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 2 Winner: Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 1 Recap (Laps…
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