It’s generally not a good thing when an unrelated topic NASCAR races dominate NASCAR headlines for a week between Cup Series races. But that was the case between Sunday afternoon’s race at Talladega Superspeedway and this Sunday afternoon’s race at Dover Motor Speedway.Coming to the checkered flag last week, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson made an ill-advised move to the outside that took out several cars, including the 23XI Racing Toyotas of Kurt Busch and Bubba Wallace.Also. Danica Patrick’s worst accident. lightDenny Hamlin, co-owner of the 23XI Racing team, wasn’t happy with Larson, but given that he and Larson are close…
Author: Les Grossman
Hi, NASCAR Fans! Welcome to part two of my summer series called “What’s Wrong With NASCAR” If you missed the first part, Click here to see the introduction to the 10-week series that will be released over the summer months. Today we tackle our first real topic in the series, the race cars themselves. I have three central problems with cars, so let’s get to it!The centerpiece of any racing series is the racing vehicle itself. He controls the look of the sport, the ability of drivers to showcase their talent, and the style of racing we see on the…
Guess who’s back? Back! Guess who’s back? I give my opinion ! Guess who’s back? Guess who’s back?What’s new, NASCAR fans and followers? Welcome to part six of my summer series “What’s Wrong with NASCAR?” » as I discuss a silent problem in NASCAR, we, the fans. No, don’t adjust your glasses, you haven’t read anything wrong. Today I’m going to explain why the fan base is one of the many problems with NASCAR.Don’t be too nervous; I will also talk about how I fit into certain categories. After all, we are all in this together as a fanbase! Before…
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Roger Penske accomplished something this season that the pioneering motorsports mogul had never done in his long and accomplished career with back-to-back NASCAR championships. Ryan Blaney gave Penske back-to-back playoff titles in Phoenix last month following teammate Joey Logano’s 2022 title victory. “You win one and you start again,” Penske said. “They don’t give you an extra round in front of everyone after you win one. Last year, Joey did a great job, and actually, when you think about it, last year in Phoenix, if you watched him, Ryan was a good winger. He had a fast car in Phoenix,…
NASCAR Sunday’s #1 topic was Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Daytona 500 earn. Topic No. 2 — by a margin closer than the distance between Stenhouse and runner-up Joey Logano — was fans’ frustration with commercials during the Fox Sports telecast. Stenhouse winning for the first time since 2017 was surprising. Complaints about the ads have been constant in recent seasons. Surprisingly, Dale Earnhardt Jr. places some of the blame on the announcers who call the races. Complaints have increased a lot, advertisements a little NASCAR sales in the 500, some analyses…Conclusion:It’s been basically flat since Fox picked it up in 2001,…
FORT WORTH, Texas — Tony Stewart has spent two decades in NASCAR and still doesn’t understand some of the series’ rules, a topic that became an issue when seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson was mistakenly penalized moments before the AAA Sunday’s Texas 500.“We need to make things simpler,” Stewart said after one of his drivers, Kevin Harvick, won the race to secure a place in Championship 4. “Half the time we don’t know what the sanctions are supposed to be and I’m a car owner. I also don’t know how fans are supposed to keep up.Johnson’s No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports…
When NASCAR signed five-year sanctioning agreements with tracks, NASCAR wanted to help these race tracks. Instead, the plan backfired on meand the NASCAR the schedule is now a popular topic of conversation.Many people are suggesting race tracks for NASCAR races, but there have been few changes to the schedule. Keep in mind that race tracks cannot be easily added to the schedule due to the fact that these sanctioning agreements guarantee those race tracks at least one race on their respective series schedule.Most people suggest new race tracks for the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series, but both…
Twice NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has worked with Mars/M&M’S and Joe Gibbs Racing throughout his career at the highest level of stock car racing, and that partnership has only grown stronger over the years. last decade, since they joined forces before the 2008 season.Over the years, Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota has represented dozens of Mars brandsincluding, but not limited to, Skittles, Snickers, Double Mint, Pedigree and, most iconically, M&M’s, and this in countless different paint combinations.Last year, both Busch and Mars signed multi-year contract extensions with the organization.Busch’s No. 18 Toyota Camry is set to…
Bob Pockrass Fox Sports reports that NASCAR confiscated the hood louvers of four Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series entries. The pieces were taken for further investigation, leaving William Byron’s Team #24, Kyle Larson’s Team #5, Alex Bowman’s Team #48, and Team #9 which Currently running Josh Berry in place of the injured Chase. Elliott will race with a new set of louvers for the weekend’s race.Hood louvers are part of the current NASCAR rules specification, so teams must arrive at the track with parts identical to those used by other teams using the same manufacturer’s body style. The confiscation of Hendrick’s…