Austin Dillon Can Run Well At Martinsville

Austin Dillon has shown the ability to run well at Martinsville. The Richard Childress Racing driver finished third just two years ago. Last year, Dillon flirted in and out of the Top 10 before settling for 12th. Dillon has not led a single lap in 2024 and has an average finish of 25.7. That is […]

Chris Buescher Has Uphill Battle At Martinsville

Chris Buescher and RFK Racing did not have the best of Saturdays. Buescher and his No. 17 Ford will start Sunday's Cook Out 400 from the 30th spot. He finally finished better than 11th last October (eighth). The last time Buescher started this far back was 2017 (33rd in that April race). He was eighth […]

Alex Bowman Starts Tenth On Sunday At Martinsville

Alex Bowman had problems in the final group of qualifying on Saturday. However, the Hendrick Motorsports driver still will start tenth on Sunday afternoon from Martinsville. Bowman is one who typically gets looked at on short tracks. He was middle of the pack in practice with an overall of 20.508 seconds. Bowman picked up his […]

Joseph Bramlett Searches For Consistency At Houston Open

Joseph Bramlett has played pretty well this year and has two top-25 results in 2024. The American golfer has been a bit unlucky. However, Bramlett has kept an even keel. Other than missing putts in bunches at the WM Open, he has only blown in two rounds all year. One was most recently at The […]

Matt Wallace Goes For Another Top-20 Finish In Houston

Matt Wallace had a long rough patch before winning last year at the Corales Puntacana Championship. The English golfer has endured this odd pattern where he makes the cut twice, misses twice, then makes twice. Last week, Wallace made the cut and finished tied for 17th at the Valspar Championship. This was the best result […]

Chandler Phillips Ready For Houston Open

Chandler Phillips is primed and ready for the Houston Open this week. The American golfer comes off his best performance of the season (T-3rd at the Valspar Championship). Phillips was a stroke short on Saturday of shooting all four rounds in the 60's. It would have been the second time Phillips had accomplished that this […]

Peter Malnati Tries To Repeat Valspar Championship Success

Peter Malnati won the Valspar Championship with a 68-67 weekend last week. The American golfer started out poorly in 2024 missing the cut in four of the first five tournaments. Malnati's only misstep since was that horrid 81 at The Players Championship. The Houston Open course is a long one at 7,435 yards and is […]

Martin Truex Jr. Rounds Out Top Ten At COTA

Martin Truex Jr. had an eventful day at COTA. There was that problem on Lap 1. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver recovered enough to rack up eight points from Stage 2. Other than that, Truex Jr. led two laps. He fell back outside the Top 10 late before sliding back in at the end of […]

A.J. Allmendinger Worms Way Up To Sixth At COTA

A.J. Allmendinger started 14th on Sunday at COTA. The Kaulig Racing driver survived a little bit of attrition and managed to finish sixth on the road course. Allmendinger never led a lap and could not keep up with the contenders like William Byron, Christopher Bell, and Ty Gibbs. Allmendinger did not contend for the stage […]

Martin Truex Jr. Starts Sunday In 7th At COTA

Martin Truex Jr. did not have the best practice session on Saturday. However, his Toyota seemed to warm up much like he did. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver ended up seventh in qualifying. Truex Jr. and his No. 19 car found a way to get into the final round. However, he still ended up more […]

Ryan Preece Begins The Road Race 24th On Sunday

Ryan Preece has not had the best of starts all year. Saturday afternoon at the Circuit of Americas was no exception. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was almost a full second behind William Byron. That placed Preece 24th among the 39 cars who qualified for the Echopark Automotive Grand Prix. Preece has finished 15th and 32nd […]

John Hunter Nemechek Qualifies 23rd At COTA

John Hunter Nemechek had little to be happy about during practice on Saturday. The Legacy Motor Club driver lagged way back in his Toyota. However, the No. 42 car managed to turn in a decent lap in qualifying. That got him up to 22nd. It was better than practice where Nemechek lagged near the back. […]

Erik Jones Very Slow In Qualifying On Saturday

Erik Jones and the Legacy Motor Club team had one bad afternoon on Saturday. Jones qualified 38th more than 1.9 seconds behind William Byron. The problem was that practice was even more calamitous for Jones and the Toyota. The No. 43 car was almost 3.3 seconds off the pace then. Everything seemed off on the […]

Timmy Hill Tries His Hand At COTA Sunday

Timmy Hill felt the sting of the Austin, Texas road course on Saturday in practice and qualifying. The Power Source Ford lagged way back and ended up 37th in qualifying. The No. 66 car was several seconds off the pace of William Byron. In practice, Hill was more than eight seconds slower. Worse, he could […]

Josh Berry Might Have Tough Time At Road Course

Josh Berry had his first qualifying drive in the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. It did not go well. Berry wound up 31st more than 1.3 seconds off of the time set by William Byron. The No. 4 Ford has struggled out of the gate with zero Top 10 results and an average finish of 22.4. Worse, […]

Matt NeSmith Might See Better Times Ahead

Matt NeSmith missed consecutive cuts but bounced back last week at The Players Championship. The American golfer endured a rough final round 72 but that was good enough for a Top 30. result. NeSmith had not been inside the Top 50 all season and had missed three cuts in the previous four events. Again, there […]

Erik Barnes Making Cuts And Gaining Confidence

Erik Barnes has only played 22 events on the PGA Tour. The American golfer even lost in a playoff at the Puerto Rico Open. Barnes lost to Brice Garnett in a playoff. It was one of those weeks where Barnes gained strokes in almost every major metric. That includes putting. His confidence is growing. His […]

Ben Silverman Trying To Rebound After Rough Week

Ben Silverman had been on a decent run of good golf before The Players Championship. The Canadian golfer fell a little flat after missing the cut. The second round 74 was marred by missed shots and putts. Silverman may struggle again this week as his driving distance (286.5 a drive) could be problematic. He is […]

K.H. Lee Up And Down Heading Into Valspar

K.H. Lee has had three results in the top 30 but four missed cuts. The South Korean golfer has had an eventful 2024 so far. He finished tied for fourth at the Cognizant Classic. Unfortunately, he followed that up with a 75-76 at The Players Championship and missed the cut. Lee drives the ball well […]

Matt Kuchar Just Trying To Make The Cut

Matt Kuchar has missed the cut in six of his first seven events in 2024. The American golfer has nine career wins but has shown none of that form lately. Actually his last PGA tour came more than five years ago at the Sony Open. The 45-year old is in the red in most major […]

John Hunter Nemechek Found Speed At Bristol

John Hunter Nemechek drove all the way up to sixth from 25th on Sunday at the Food City 500. Toyota was absurdly fast and the Legacy Motor Club driver racked up 13 stage points as he flirted around the Top 5 all afternoon. It was unfortunate that he could not stay on the lead lap. […]

Chris Buescher Secures Top 10 At Bristol

Chris Buescher did not have the best of races starting 34th. However, the RFK Racing driver ended up seventh at the end of 500 laps in Bristol. Buescher led 17 laps but fell back even behind teammate Brad Keselowski. Keselowski finished third while Buescher ended up a lap down. With only five cars on the […]

Daniel Suarez Shaky In Qualifying On Saturday

Daniel Suarez had a solid practice on Saturday for Trackhouse Racing. However, something was not right on the qualifying. From a practice standpoint, the No. 99 car was 11th fastest. After qualifying, Suarez ended up 28th. He was 0.4 seconds off the pace. The concern is Suarez did not really test his car much more […]

Zane Smith In Middle Of The Pack At Bristol

Zane Smith will start 16th on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500. The Spire Motorsports Racing driver will begin the race two spots better than teammate Corey LaJoie for this week's race. That surprised some on Saturday evening. Anyway, Smith and the Spire cars were fast in practice (8th for LaJoie […]

Daniel Hemric Looking For Solid Result On Sunday

Daniel Hemric was not expecting much in qualifying on Saturday. He will start 20th on Sunday at Bristol. Hemric and the Kaulig Racing Chevy were pretty fast at times. Unfortunately, he was 24th in practice and his lap averages did not fall off till the 15-lap interval. The problem seemed to be as the laps […]

Austin Cindric Begins Sunday 21st At Bristol

Austin Cindric got one good lap in but a lot of his practice laps were slow. The Team Penske driver was 0.599 seconds off in practice. He could not qualify into the final group on Saturday and ended up 21st. With laps ticking off around 15-16 seconds, this race will go by pretty quick. Bristol […]

Alex Bowman Starts Way Back In 29th For Bristol

Alex Bowman did not have the qualifying run expected of him. The Hendrick Motorsports car looked slow throughout practice and then worse during qualifying. Well, Bowman was 28th in practice a full 0.6 seconds off the lead time. He wound up 29th in qualifying. Bristol can be a place to gain positions but also lose […]

Luke List Could Struggle At The Players Championship

Luke List started off well at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. An early 69 put him position for better things. Instead, the American golfer turned in a 78. After a 72 on Saturday, List bottomed out with a 79. That dropped him to 56th on the event. After missing the cut the week before, things have […]

Matthieu Pavon Trending In Wrong Direction

While California proved to the liking of Matthieu Pavon, Florida has not treated the French golfer so well. Pavon won at The Farmers Insurance Open then came close at Pebble Beach (Tied-3rd). Since then, Pavon has been a little errant with shots and his putter. Back-to-back 70's kept him out of contention at the Cognizant […]

Doug Ghim Rolling Into The Players Championship

Doug Ghim started off 2024 slowly after missing the cut in his first two tournaments. Since then, the American has finished no worse than 16th. Also, Ghim has fired a 68 or better in the final round of each tournament. That included a 66 to get inside the Top 20 at the Cognizant Championship. Ghim […]