Ryan Moore Cannot Get Past The Cut Lately

Ryan Moore has been struggling getting past the first two days of a golf tournament lately. The American golfer has missed four straight cuts. Worse, since his top ten at Pebble Beach, Moore has regressed more each event. At Puntacana, he opened with a disastrous 77 and never recovered. Overall, Moore has now missed eight […]

Stephan Jaeger Could Warm Things Up At Valero

Stephan Jaeger has looked pretty good this year on the PGA Tour. He only has one top ten in Houston, but has only missed one cut. The German golfer has two finishes inside the top 30 recently. The includes the Valspar Championship a couple weeks ago. A few missed putts likely kept him out of […]

Si Woo Kim A Possible Contender At Valero

Si Woo Kim often comes out of almost nowhere to win tournaments. The South Korean golfer did that at the Sony Open. That came after back-to-back 64's. Again, Kim has been consistent staying in the top-30 or 40 or so. Aside from one missed cut at The Genesis, this has been a solid year for […]

Taylor Montgomery Attempting To Find Weekend Consistency

One of the things holding back Taylor Montgomery from even more success is his form on the weekends. The American golfer looked solid at Sony and then The American Express. After that, Montgomery has been the victim of some adventurous final rounds. It was that Players Championship 76 which appeared to be the most glaring. […]

Corey Conners Trying To Recreate A Little Magic

Corey Conners has just one win on the PGA Tour. Yes, it came at the Valero Texas Open. The Canadian golfer won the tournament back in 2019 when he qualified on a Monday. Since then, times have been a bit tougher. He does have six top-25 results this season in ten events. However, Conners has […]

William Byron Rounds Out Top Five At COTA

William Byron was exasperated by the end of Sunday. It did not start that way on the pole for the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver. The No. 24 car led 28 laps in all, but never could even win a stage. Alas, Tyler Reddick was a little faster in the race's critical moments and restarts. Byron […]

Ross Chastain Caught Up To Fourth At COTA On Sunday

Ross Chastain never could get in a position to have a chance at repeating on Sunday in Austin. The TrackHouse Racing driver managed to get into the top five and finished fourth. However, he did not lead a single lap and finished 2.704 seconds behind William Byron. The No. 1 Chevy ran out of time […]

Alex Bowman Brings Home Third Place Finish At COTA

Alex Bowman was quick most of the weekend and that showed on Sunday. He found himself in position, much like last year. The difference was a slightly calmer third overtime as the Hendrick Motorsports driver could not haul in Kyle Busch for second. Still, the third place result was a huge boost (41 points) pending […]

Kyle Busch Scrambles Up To Second At Austin

Kyle Busch did wind up second at COTA when the 75 laps were complete. In the end, the Richard Childress Racing driver did not lead a single lap, but gained an important 39 points in the driver's standings. For perspective, Busch finished 1.4 seconds behind Tyler Reddick. On a 3.426-mile course, that's quite a distance […]

Tyler Reddick Dominates And Wins At COTA

Tyler Reddick and his 23XI Racing car were too dominant for the field at the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. Despite a triple overtime, it did not matter as Reddick led 41 of 75 total laps. Reddick's No. 45 car gained tenths of a second at will per lap and sometimes sectors. Even […]

Austin Dillon Starts 28th At COTA For Sunday

Austin Dillon and his Richard Childress Racing car could not keep up in qualifying on Saturday. He ended up 28th almost 1.8 seconds behind William Byron. Dillon had been consistent at the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix with results of tenth and 12th. However, starting this low could make things more challenging. Even last year, the […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. In Middle Of Pack For COTA

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. starts the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix 18th on Sunday from Austin, Texas. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver took a few small runs totaling 15 laps on the track. His No. 47 Chevy was 13th among fast laps in practice which was unexpected. Given that Stenhouse Jr. finished 22nd and then 36th last […]

Denny Hamlin Rough Patch In Qualifying On Saturday

Denny Hamlin finished 1.74 seconds behind William Byron in qualifying on Saturday. That means he will begin the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix from the 21st position. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver did have the eighth quickest time in a five lap average though. Hamlin was leading after Stage 2 last year when the Toyota spun […]

Kyle Busch Starts Ninth For COTA Race On Sunday

Kyle Busch got into the last round of qualifying and will begin ninth on Sunday for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. Busch did have the third fastest five-lap interval in his new Richard Childress Racing car. The No. 8 Chevy figures to be more focused on longer lap interval speed. However, starting closer to the […]

Kyle Larson Could Be A Wildcard On Sunday

Kyle Larson has had some very mixed results on road courses. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver has four wins in the past three seasons. He finished second at the inaugural race in 2021. However, Larson finished 29th last year. The Chevy was fifth after the first stage though. The No. 5 car had the second […]

Noah Gragson Finds Way To Qualify 10th At COTA

Noah Gragson wound up in the final group of qualifying with his Legacy Motor Club car on Saturday. As a result, Gragson will start Sunday in tenth place. His lap in the final round was not good (2.4 seconds behind William Byron). However, Gragson's Chevy was fast in practice. He did seem to lose some […]

Brad Keselowski A Few Seconds Off the COTA Pace

Brad Keselowski will start the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix from the 30th position at COTA on Sunday. The RFK Racing driver ended up more than 2.1 seconds behind William Byron. Keselowski starts aside Kevin Harvick on Sunday. It was kind of par for the course for the Ford car who began 26th and 24th the […]

Ryan Blaney Begins 38th For Sunday's Race At COTA

Ryan Blaney appeared quick at practice on Saturday. Then, it came to qualifying. That was when the Team Penske driver had issues. He immediately flat spotted his tires going into turn 1 on his qualifying lap. As a result, Blaney ended up almost 11 seconds off the pole position time of William Byron. The No. […]

Chase Briscoe Just A Little Off At COTA On Saturday

Chase Briscoe was right around 1.6 seconds off the top qualifying times on Saturday at COTA. The one consistent aspect was that Briscoe kept that deficit from practice to qualifying. As a result, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver will start 19th on Sunday. The No. 14 Ford did not lose a ton of time in one […]

Corey LaJoie May Regress At COTA On Sunday

Corey LaJoie has had his issues at COTA. The Spire Motorsports driver finished 20th in 2021 and then 36th last year. LaJoie was fifth after Stage 2 in the 54-lap 2021 race. However, problems and spinning derailed his afternoon. Last year, a blown engine ended his day quite early. This time, LaJoie qualified 1.996 seconds […]

Conor Daly Begins 35th At COTA On Sunday

Conor Daly finished dead last in practice and improved slightly in qualifying. As a result, the No. 50 Chevy will start 35th for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. Daly and TMT Racing will need to make a lot of adjustments before Sunday's race. One of the issues was the middle turns where Daly bled tenths […]

Ty Gibbs Starts A Respectable 17th On Sunday

Ty Gibbs knows driving week-to-week at the top level is tough. Gibbs turned in some pretty quick practice laps. However, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver ended up 1.53 seconds short in qualifying behind William Byron on Saturday. That was good for 17th place. Gibbs has raced on COTA in the Xfinity Series. In the race […]

Joey Logano Has Intriguing Numbers At COTA

Joey Logano finished third in the first edition of the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. Remember that was the rain shortened 54-lap version. However, one thing is clear, Logano and his Team Penske car love racking up stage points. He had a first in 2021, then a fourth and third last year. Logano begins on Sunday […]

Kevin Harvick Could Not Make Up Time Qualifying Saturday

Kevin Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Racing car looked slow on Saturday. He ended up 2.1 seconds behind William Byron. Qualifying 29th on a road course almost guarantees finishing outside the top ten barring a bunch of unforeseen events. Again, anything can happen. Another concern lies in road course results. Harvick is not near the top […]

Martin Truex Jr. May Have Potential At COTA

Martin Truex Jr. does not qualify well at COTA. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver started 17th last year and 25th this year. He was 1.815 seconds off the qualifying time of William Byron on Saturday. Even his practice times were a hair better. There were some top-ten intervals mixed in. Last year, Truex Jr. wound […]

Alex Bowman Fares Consistently Well At COTA

Alex Bowman drives well on the Texas road course. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver qualified sixth on Saturday just behind teammates Jordan Taylor (4th) and William Byron (1st). Bowman has been pretty consistent at COTA as the No. 24 Chevy finished in the top ten twice. That includes a second last year just behind Ross […]

Christopher Bell Starts Outside Top Ten At COTA

Christopher Bell will have a little work to do at the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix on Sunday. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver begins 14th as he finished 1.352 seconds behind William Byron in qualifying. Bell could not make the final round this time. However, the No. 20 driver seemed to be holding something back in […]

Will Zalatoris Needs Birdies At WGC Match Play

Will Zalatoris drew a pretty fortunate group for the WGC Match Play at Austin. The American golfer is seeded seventh and has Ryan Fox, Harris English, and Andrew Putnam in his foursome. Zalatoris ranks in the top ten when it comes to "Birdies Or Better" on the tour. Match play predicates golfers who can sink […]

Jordan Spieth Can Advance At WGC Match Play

Jordan Spieth comes in with a world ranking of 14th. His seed is 12 for the WGC Match Play at Austin. Spieth is native to Texas (Dallas) but that helps only a little. Overall, the American golfer has three top tens this season which indicates some reasonable form. It is hard to count out Spieth […]

Matt Fitzpatrick May Struggle At WGC Match Play

Matt Fitzpatrick comes in with a nice world ranking of 13th this year. Overall, he is an 11 seed for this year's WGC Match Play at Austin. Most course models have the English golfer well in the red. Some even project him not getting out of the group stage. He ranks 43rd in strokes gained […]