Austin Dillon Springs Into Texas With Hope

Austin Dillon and his Richard Childress Chevrolet has had a rough start to the 2024 season. His best result was 16th in Las Vegas and every other result has been outside the Top 20. Worse, he has no DNF's in the No. 3 car. That simply means the performance has been lacking. Dillon qualified 15th […]

Austin Cindric Starts Eighth At Texas

Austin Cindric turned in a nice qualifying lap when it counted on Saturday. It got him into the final round where he qualified eighth for the Sunday afternoon race at Texas Motor Speedway. The Team Penske driver had never started in the Top 10 before on the intermediate track. In four appearances, his best start […]

Ryan Blaney Good On Texas Track

Ryan Blaney likes racing at Texas Motor Speedway. The Team Penske car qualified seventh on Saturday. Blaney's Ford excelled at the All-Star event and even last year was fourth after Stage 2. An accident derailed his chances of victory but the No. 12 car cycled through the field with ease (started 28th). He was also […]

Sergio Garcia Can Always Lurk At The Masters

Sergio Garcia has not played a PGA tournament in the United States since the 2023 US Open. The Spanish golfer has won 11 times on the PGA Tour including the 2017 Masters. Garcia has missed the cut at Augusta in four of his past five appearances. However, there was that T-23 in 2022. Again, one […]

J.T. Poston Needs To Show Early 2024 Form Now

J.T. Poston enjoyed a great start to 2024 with five top-20 results in six tournaments. The American golfer contended at both The Sentry and the Sony Open. However, March roared in like a lion and disturbed Poston's form. Since then, he has struggled in the final rounds, posting a 75, 76, and a 78 (The […]

Cam Davis May Have Issues If Augusta Toughens Up

Cam Davis has been up and down this 2024 season. The Australian golfer has missed two cuts but also has not been able to play consistently. Davis fired a 62 at the Sony Open, then puttered around the 70 mark the rest of the tournament. There are plenty of red flags in his game. Augusta […]

Chris Kirk Could Be One To Watch At Augusta

Chris Kirk can make birdies as his -29 suggests from The Sentry. That win has been followed up by consistent results (only one missed cut). The American golfer has finished inside the Top 50 in every event he played the weekend. Kirk needs to get the putter going early (148th in strokes gained putting). His […]

Matthieu Pavon Could Struggle At The Masters

Matthieu Pavon is more of an unknown quantity for The Masters. The French golfer took a few weeks off from the PGA Tour after missing the cut at The Players Championship. Pavon played well in his first four PGA tournaments entered. That included a win at the Farmers Insurance Open and a third at the […]

Ryan Blaney Makes Best Of Evening At Martinsville

Ryan Blaney began the Cook Out 400 ninth on Sunday afternoon. He was outside the Top 10 most of the race. However, the final laps saw him move all the way up to fifth place. Despite the Team Penske driver ending up with zero stage points, Blaney posted his fourth Top 5 result of the […]

Ryan Preece Finds Way Into Top Ten At Martinsville

Ryan Preece did not have the best qualifying effort at Martinsville on Saturday. However, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver moved up 13 spots to finish ninth at the Cook Out 400. It was a great result for a car not expected to end up inside the Top 15. Preece did not come close to any stage […]

Josh Williams Tries Out Martinsville On Sunday

Josh Williams begins Martinsville on Sunday from the 33rd position. The Kaulig Racing driver is driving the No. 16 Chevy. Williams drove the car in Atlanta and lasted a mere two laps before a crash ended his day. He began that race 30th as the Chevy was nearly a full half second slower than the […]

John Hunter Nemechek A Bit Off At Martinsville

John Hunter Nemechek never seemed to get going on Saturday at Martinsville. As a result, the Legacy Motor Club driver will begin 29th from Martinsville Speedway. Teammate Erik Jones managed to finish 17th in qualifying. However, practice proved to be even worse for Nemechek who was 32nd. Yes, 0.375 seconds is an eternity at Richmond […]

Brad Keselowski Looking For Better Martinsville Finish

Brad Keselowski has not had an easy time as a driver for RFK Racing at Martinsville. He has finished 17th or worse four times in four races. However, the last two times around the "paper clip" have seen the No. 6 Ford fifth after Stage 2. He even led seven laps in the April of […]

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 […]