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After Michael Jordan’s Statement, Denny Hamlin Exposes NASCAR’s ‘Bias’ to Hide Untold Team Secrets EssentiallySport
Editor’s note: this concludes the series in which we review every driver in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in reverse order of championship finish.Summary of the season: Joey Logano, #22 Team Penske FordTeam leader: Paul WolfeFinal ranking 2024: 1stKey stats: Four wins, seven top fives, 13 top 10s, three poles, 414 laps ledHow 2024 ended: Logano left Phoenix Raceway at the top of the championship scene, lifting the Bill France Cup for the third time in his illustrious career. Logano scored three victories in the final 10 races of the season in the NASCAR playoffs, propelling himself into rarefied…
For the third time in seven seasons, Joey Logano has the honor of being the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion.At 34 years old, Logano is a wily veteran who has had the chance to represent the sport as a leading voice twice before. Full-time in NASCAR’s top series since 2009 — now 16 years ago — the Connecticut native better understands the magnitude of responsibility that comes with being the drivers’ top representative.“I guess I’m more comfortable in this position and understand the opportunity that awaits us as champion,” Logano said Nov. 22 ahead of the 2024 NASCAR Awards. “There’s…
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Looking for a long shot this year’s Daytona 500? A potential feel-good story?What if he was also a guy with a reputation for ease in big pack races with a few victories in the World Racing Center?Oh, and also, he’s a 65 year old widower.Carl Long, one here and there team owner In NASCARannounced Thursday that it had hired Mike Wallace – of the previous generation racing Wallace brothers – to compete in the Daytona 500 2025 in the team’s No. 66 Ford.KEN WILLIS: College football strikes again: Who had Cam Ward’s second-half non-participation on their bingo card?Mike WallaceIn a…
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Mike Wallace will look to become the second-oldest driver to compete in the Daytona 500 when he drives for MBM Motorsports in February.The team announced plans Thursday to enter Wallace in the Daytona 500. MBM Motorsports last competed in the Daytona 500 in 2020. Timmy Hill finished 27th in that race. The team failed to qualify for the 500m in 2021 and 2022 and has not competed in the event for the past two years.The team has no charter and will be among those competing for four open spots in the 40-car field. Martin Truex Jr. previously said he would…
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Zane Smith will race for Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025. (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Zane Smith returns to Front Row Motorsports.The team announced Thursday that Smith would be in a third NASCAR Cup Series car in 2025. The formality came after the team said its purchase of a charter from Stewart-Haas Racing was finalized midway through of its legal wrangling with NASCAR over the new rental agreement.Smith, 25, won the 2022 Truck Series title for Front Row Motorsports. He won four races that season and had 19 top-10 finishes in 23 races.…