Neal Shipley Now Among The Pros For The 3M Open

Neal Shipley turned pro days after setting the low amateur mark at the US Open. It was the second time the American golfer did that in a major (Masters). Shipley's story is quite impressive considering how he fared at the PGA University (ranked 48th). Shipley, to his credit, kept persevering. He found a way to […]

Seamus Power Has Potential For A Good Result

Seamus Power did not play in The Open Championship. The Irish golfer did not crack the Top 50 at the Genesis Scottish Open. Now, the week off hopefully helps his slightly below average putting. Power ranks 116th in strokes gained to putting at -0.127. Worse, his birdie conversion percentage ranks 124th and his 1.775 putting […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Drops Outside Of Top 10 Sunday

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. kept finding himself pretty close to the contending pack on Sunday afternoon. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver accumulated a total of six stage points. He was ninth after Stage 1 and seventh after Stage 2. Stenhouse Jr. began the race in ninth and never did lead a lap in the race. He […]

Carson Hocevar Ends Up 12th At Indianapolis

Carson Hocevar proved on Sunday that it is not where you start, it is where you finish. Hocevar and his Spire Motorsports Chevy began the Brickyard 400 from the 30th position. After 160 laps and seven laps of overtime, he finished 12th. That +18 place differential turned some heads. He survived most of the carnage […]

Cody Ware Near Back Of The Field Again Sunday

Cody Ware will begin the Brickyard 400 from the 36th position on Sunday afternoon. Rick Ware Racing fields two cars and they are 35th and 36th respectively in this field. Ware's best lap was 50.903 seconds which was nearly 1.5 seconds off the time of Tyler Reddick. Worse, his practice lap average came in at […]

Ryan Preece A Little Slow Leading Up To Indianapolis

Ryan Preece lacked the speed off the corners at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Preece and his Stewart-Haas Racing car qualified 31st for the Brickyard 400. The Ford lost several tenths of a second off Turns 3 and 4 alone. A lack of acceleration had a ripple effect as the runs went on. Preece was 35th […]

Daniel Hemric Continues To Lag In Indianapolis

Daniel Hemric did not have the best of qualifying efforts or practices at Indianapolis. The Kaulig Racing driver starts Sunday's Brickyard 400 from the 32nd position. There is little hope of place differential. However, maybe some attrition could remedy that problem. The No. 31 Chevy ran 31st in practice a full 1.124 seconds off the […]

Austin Dillon Starts Just Outside The Top 10

Austin Dillon nearly made the final cut in qualifying on Saturday. Richard Childress Racing had to be happy as the No. 3 car showed a lot of speed at times. His best lap was 0.279 seconds off the time of Tyler Reddick. Even in practice, Dillon ended up in the Top 15 with a time […]

Chase Briscoe Top Qualifying Stewart-Haas Car

Chase Briscoe still only qualified in the middle of the pack at Indianapolis. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will begin 20th for the Brickyard 400 on Sunday afternoon. His practice speed was below average. Briscoe was well above 51 seconds in his lap time and did not run more than five laps. His qualifying lap was […]

Tom Hoge A Bit Inconsistent The Past Several Events

Tom Hoge has had some good and bad results the past couple of months. The American golfer started well at The Memorial before fading. He missed the cut at the US Open and Genesis Scottish Open. The odd thing is that Hoge shot a 62 in the final round at The Travelers Championship. Hoge ended […]

Kurt Kitayama Trying To Make The Cut At The Open

Kurt Kitayama has stuggled in his time playing at The Open Championship. The American golfer has missed a few cuts and barely made it a few times. Kitayama's 2024 season has been frustrating. He rebounded after an awful missed cut at the US Open to produce two Top 35 results. It was not great but […]

Ryan Fox Looking To Find Rhythm At Royal Troon

Ryan Fox has been a little bit off the past several tournaments. The New Zealand golfer cracked the Top 10 at the RBC Canadian Open for the third time in 2024. However, Fox has struggled since. He finished outside the Top 50 in three consecutive tournaments. The bright side is Fox has made seven straight […]

Akshay Bhatia Rolling Into The Open Championship

Akshay Bhatia picked the right time to heat up. The American golfer has consecutive Top 5 finishes including a tied for second at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He played well enough to stay in contention at the US Open in June. Bhatia has had an interesting 2024 as he heads over to play at The […]

Taylor Moore Needs To Get Off To Better Start

Taylor Moore heads to The Open Championship off a missed cut. The American golfer shot an opening round 75 last Thursday. Although he followed that up with a 68, Moore did not see the weekend. Links golf is a different beast as the golfer learned quickly. Last year at Royal Liverpool, Moore shot a +4 […]

Joey Logano Finishes Fifth At Pocono On Sunday

Joey Logano qualified 10th for the race at Pocono on Sunday, and the Team Penske driver ended up leading three laps. However, in the end, Logano and his No. 22 Ford had to settle for fifth place. Logano stands 10th in the playoff picture, as the Ford did not have the clean running speed to […]

William Byron Still Ends Up In Top Five At Pocono

William Byron started The Great American Getaway 400 from outside of Row 1 on Sunday. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver dropped a mere two spots after 160 laps. Byron never could get close enough to the leaders on Sunday. He did not lead a single lap but him and his team played the pit strategy […]

Cody Ware Near The Back Of The Field For Sunday Race

Cody Ware begins 35th for Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400. Pocono is a unique intermediate 2.5-mile track and the Rick Ware Racing driver qualified just behind teammate Justin Haley. It seems the Ford who qualified more than 1.25 seconds off the time of Ty Gibbs, just lacked entrance and exit speed in the turns. […]

Zane Smith Breaks Into Top 10 For Pocono Race

Zane Smith surprised many on Saturday. The Spire Motorsports driver got into the final round of qualifying. Smith ended up ninth overall just ahead of drivers like Joey Logano and Chase Elliott. The No, 71 car was outside the Top 20 in practice but delivered enough good qualifying laps to begin inside Row 5 on […]

John Hunter Nemechek Has Rough Saturday At Pocono

John Hunter Nemechek did not practice well on Saturday. The Legacy Motor Club car started off 36th in practice and then qualified 32nd at Pocono. His time was 0.995 seconds off of the lap delivered by Ty Gibbs. Expecting much from the No. 42 car could be difficult. Nemechek did not practice well and kept […]

Austin Dillon Starts Near Middle Of Pack For Pocono

Austin Dillon will start The Great American Getaway 400 from the 17th position on Sunday afternoon. The Richard Childress Racing driver has had one ugly season and is currently 32nd overall. With the amount of regular season races dwindling, Dillon needs some results. The problem is the No. 3 car crashed last year after qualifying […]

Chase Briscoe Could Struggle At Pocono

Chase Briscoe did not have the best qualifying effort for Ford at Pocono on Saturday. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will start Sunday's race from the 28th position. Briscoe's average qualifying position in the last four races averaged out at 23.5. He only has one Top 20 finish also. The Ford cars have been mostly slower […]

Kyle Busch Ends Up Ninth On Sunday At Chicago

Kyle Busch probably was relieved after finishing ninth on Sunday at the Grant Park 165 in Chicago. The Richard Childress Racing driver began the afternoon 19th. He did show some flashes of speed during the race, and that was about when he would end up in the top 10. Unfortunately, it started raining after then. […]

Todd Gilliland Completes Good Day For Front Row Motorsports

Todd Gilliland did not start out the best at Chicago. However, the Front Row Motorsports driver managed to accumulate three stage points and finish in seventh when the race was called. That is what matters. Gilliland had pretty good speed late in the race and was able to move up track position wise when others […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Slides Up To Sixth At Chicago

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started 33th for the Grant Park 165. Through a wave of luck, survival, and strategy, the JTG Daugherty Racing driver ended up sixth after 58 laps on Sunday. When the finish line was crossed, the No. 47 car held on for sixth place. That was an improvement of 27 positions. The back […]

Ryan Blaney Fourth Among Ford Cars In Qualifying

Ryan Blaney finished fourth among Ford cars in qualifying on Saturday. He will start 17th for the Grant Park 165 on Sunday afternoon. It will be intriguing to see how the track runs as the evening approaches on Sunday as well. The Team Penske Ford could move up on Sunday given its ability to stay […]

Brad Keselowski Could Be One To Watch Sunday

Brad Keselowski may not end up in the top 10 at the end of the Grant Park 165 on Sunday, but one never knows. The RFK Racing driver got to the last round of qualifying on Saturday. Though he will start 10th, Keselowski came a long way from his practice time that qualified 28th, more […]

Noah Gragson Qualifies 28th For Grant Park 165

Noah Gragson ended up one spot better than teammate Ryan Preece during Saturday qualifying. The Stewart-Haas Racing car turned in a solid lap but still wound up 28th more than a second off the pole time. During practice, Gragson ran 11 laps and his best time was 1.879 seconds. The key again was coming into […]

Ryan Preece Trying To Improve On Road Courses

Ryan Preece had a tough time in practice with a best time that placed 33rd. However, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver slightly improved to 29th in qualifying. The No. 41 Ford hopes to gain positioning on Sunday like he did at Sonoma. Preece started 30th there but wound up in 18th by the end of the […]

Daniel Hemric Starts 35th At Chicago On Sunday

Daniel Hemric probably feels this could be a lot like Sonoma. Kaulig Racing was pretty slow on Saturday but the Hemric Chevy was 1.772 seconds off of the Kyle Larson pole time. Worse, for Hemric, That has been the norm as Hemric began 33rd at COTA and 34th at Sonoma. At least in California, Hemric […]

Josh Berry Has Much Work To Do Sunday

Josh Berry put himself into a bit of a hole for the Grant Park 165 on Sunday in Chicago. Berry will start 36th after qualifying. Berry's lap was 2.4 seconds off of Kyle Larson's initial lap effort. Berry did get 11 laps of racing in for Stewart-Haas Racing on Saturday. The No. 4 Ford was […]