Corey Lajoie Makes Most Of Spire Car Saturday

Corey Lajoie starts in the middle of the pack for Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Lajoie qualified 19th after finishing practice in 28th. The No. 7 Chevy seemed to gained speed for Spire Motorsports and his qualifying lap reflected that confidence. Lajoie is a veteran who knows NASCAR tracks well. He has […]

Noah Gragson Starts 25th On Sunday At Las Vegas

Noah Gragson got to qualify in his own race car this weekend. The Legacy Motor Club driver had to hop into Alex Bowman's No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports car last October. That was because Bowman suffered a concussion. Gragson was able to pilot that car to an 11th-place result (started 17th). Gragson's No. 42 Chevy was […]

Justin Haley Struggles With Chevy On Saturday At Vegas

Justin Haley and his Kaulig Racing car struggled again at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. He will begin Sunday 27th for the Pennzoil 400. The No. 31 car slipped from 21st in practice and did not get faster like other cars around him in qualifying. Haley did show an ability to move up last […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Trying To Recreate 2020 Vegas Magic

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. starts Sunday 16th for the Pennzoil 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The JTG-Daugherty Racing driver lost some crucial tenths around Turn 3 and Turn 4. If not for that, Stenhouse Jr. might have started close to ninth like last March. His No. 47 Chevy looked rather fast initially but seemed to […]

Harrison Burton Starts 35th After Smacking Car Saturday

Harrison Burton had one of those days in his Wood Brothers Racing Ford on Saturday. He smacked the prime No. 21 car head on and immediately knew the backup car was needed for Sunday. As a result, Burton will start the Pennzoil 400 from the back row (35th) Sunday afternoon. He had finished 26th and […]

A.J. Allmendinger Has Work To Do Sunday At Vegas

A.J. Allmendinger finished 9th last year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Maybe the wind played havoc, but Allmendinger did not have the same magic in practice or qualifying. As a result, he begins Sunday 23rd. However, all is not lost. The Kaulig Racing driver began last Fall 21st. Though, the Spring race may be a […]

Daniel Suarez Loses Time And Will Start 24th Sunday

Daniel Suarez needed a couple tenths of a second in qualifying on Saturday. Instead, he lost a couple more tenths. The Trackhouse Racing driver will begin 24th on Sunday after having the 18th best car in practice. Suarez's No. 99 car was 0.626 seconds off the pole sitter, Joey Logano. Suarez ran alright in the […]

Tyler Reddick Ends Up In The Rear For Las Vegas

Tyler Reddick's nightmare start to the 2023 NASCAR season continues after issues to his car caused him not to qualify or practice on Saturday. Reddick and his 23XI Racing car will begin 34th. Hopefully, the No. 45 will be able to move up the field a little. Place differential may be the only thing that […]

Josh Berry Will Start 32nd On Sunday At Las Vegas

Josh Berry was placed in a difficult spot. He was asked late to replace Chase Elliott in the No. 9 car. Berry had some issues in practice and not even 26 laps helped much. His 29th in practice not surprisingly translated to 32nd in qualifying. Berry's laps in practice were eight to nine tenths of […]

Joey Logano Takes The Pole For Las Vegas

Joey Logano loves to race in Las Vegas and it showed Saturday. The Team Penske driver got around the 1.5-mile track in 29.024 seconds. That was fast enough to vault the No. 22 Ford into the pole position for Sunday. Logano started fifth in October, stayed near the front throughout, and won the Fall race. […]

Chase Elliott Out For Pennzoil 400 Sunday

Chase Elliott will miss the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday due to a leg injury. The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion had surgery on the injured leg after a snowboarding mishap in Colorado. Hendrick Motorsports would not speculate on how many races Elliott may miss. For this weekend, Josh Berry will drive the No. 9 car. […]

Tyrell Hatton Generates Buzz At Arnold Palmer

Tyrell Hatton likes to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. He has won it before and nearly won it last year. Hatton lost to Scottie Scheffler in a playoff. It does seem the course has to set up a certain way for the English golfer. In 2020, he shot -4 and won and […]

Russell Henley Mostly Missing Heading To Bay Hill

Russell Henley seems to be hit and miss with the missing more in emphasis lately. The American golfer missed consecutive cuts for the first time this year. Henley seems to be gripping everything a little too tight from the driver to the putter. With so many parts of his game around average, his 197th-ranked putting […]

Corey Conners Trying To Find Sony Momentum

Corey Conners came back from Hawaii, took a few weeks off, and has struggled. Results of tied for 50th and 61st do not seem to inspire much confidence heading into Bay Hill. The Canadian golfer finally got a few drops to drop at The Genesis Invitational on Sunday. However, it was way too late. Again, […]

Cameron Young Trending Up For Arnold Palmer

Cameron Young is playing better of late with three top-25 results in his past four tournaments. The American golfer could not keep his momentum rolling in the final round at The Genesis Invitational but managed a tied for 20th. Part of that concern lies with again the putting metric. Young is a rough 191st with […]

Tom Kim Trying To Improve Putting At Bay Hill

Tom Kim has endured a rough two tournaments after Phoenix and then the Genesis Invitational. The South Korean golfer has fired seven of his last eight rounds in the 70's. It seems the birdie bonanza (-23) at the American Express had a weird effect. Golfers go through slumps and this is not the greatest time […]

Justin Thomas Likely To Contend At Arnold Palmer

Justin Thomas does not quite have the balance of some of the other top golfers at this Bay Hill golf course. The American golfer has some solid results this year but no wins so far. The ninth-ranked golfer in the world did have a solo fourth at Phoenix and a string of top-25 results. His […]

William Byron Begins Sunday Near Back Of The Field

With qualifying for the Pala Casino 400 washed out, William Byron will start in 32nd position on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports Driver got off to a nasty start last week at Daytona. He finished 34th and never factored much at Daytona. The No. 24 car aims to move up quickly at […]

Tyler Reddick Aims To Bounce Back At Fontana

Tyler Reddick begins Sunday afternoon from the 35th spot at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Reddick and 23XI Racing did not get off to the best of openings at Daytona with a 39th-place result. The No. 45 car qualified 26th last week and his fastest laps were far from quick. Fontana offers Reddick […]

Denny Hamlin Starts Next To Martin Truex Jr. Sunday

Denny Hamlin gets a decent boost on Sunday starting next to teammate Martin Truex Jr. Hamlin begins in 13th place, with Truex Jr. starting in 14th. Hamlin has finished in the top seven in four of the past six races at Fontana. The No. 11 car traditionally posts high driver ratings at this track and […]

Ty Gibbs Carries Value At Fontana

Ty Gibbs has the car to run fast at Fontana. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver never got going last week but did finish 25th after starting 33rd at Daytona. Place differential has potential again here at Auto Club Speedway. Gibbs starts 23rd and could possibly end up in the top-15. The No. 54 car showed […]

Alex Bowman Has Been Here Before At Fontana

The last time Alex Bowman started in the top-five at Auto Club Speedway, the Hendrick Motorsports driver won in 2020. Also, he led 110 laps as well. The No. 48 car was the fastest on the track that day. Now, 2022 saw a different story as Bowman was in the top-15 of 86.9% of the […]

Christopher Bell Gets The Pole For Sunday

Christopher Bell will be on the pole Sunday afternoon for the Pala Casino 400 from Auto Club Speedway. Bell nearly won the Daytona 500 last week but came up just short. His reward is a much better starting position for Fontana. The No. 20 car has had engine failure issues his first two trips to […]

Ross Chastain In Interesting Position Sunday

Ross Chastain starts eighth on Sunday for TrackHouse Racing. The No. 1 Chevy has not placed well at Fontana with a 17th in 2020 being his best result. Last year, Chastain ended up a couple laps down in 29th. This was before he went on his run which vaulted the driver to contention. His car […]

Chris Buescher Could Still Place Well At Fontana

Chris Buescher is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to Fontana on Sunday. The RFK Racing driver showed well last year before a crash derailed his day. He was in the top-15 for a majority of the race (51.9%). While he did not set any fastest laps, Buescher was among the faster drivers […]

Kyle Busch And His Chevy Are Ready For Fontana

Kyle Busch in the Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet should get a true test this week at Fontana. Busch finished 19th after starting 36th at Daytona last week. The No. 8 car begins Sunday from the 21st position and expects to move up through the field. Since 2011 alone, Busch has won on the two-mile track […]

Harrison Burton Hoping To Bounce Back At Fontana

Harrison Burton did not get off to a good start last year. The Wood Brothers Racing driver crashed twice ending his runs in Daytona and Fontana in 2022. This year, the No. 21 Ford gimped to a 26th-place result. Burton begins Sunday 24th from Auto Club Speedway. Limited loop data shows that the driver never […]

Cody Ware Not Ideal Option For Auto Club On Sunday

Cody Ware unexpectedly finished 14th last Sunday at Daytona. The Rick Ware Racing driver will start 11th partially as a result. Now, the problem for the No. 51 Ford is that his two previous appearances at Fontana ended poorly. Ware finished 32nd both times and the fear is he could slide back down the field […]

Kevin Harvick In Good Position For Fontana Race

Kevin Harvick looked happy heading into this final NASCAR season. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver expects to race all 36 races in 2023. He begins Sunday in tenth at the Auto Club Speedway. Harvick's No. 4 Ford only led a couple of laps, but he managed an average finish of 8.0. Overall, the driver produces good […]

Todd Gilliland Expects Another Lesson At Auto Club

Todd Gilliland showed he could compete at the Daytona 500. Then, Daytona showed him a thing or two about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. A promising top-15 results turned into a 27th instead (started 14th). If there is any solace, Gilliland and his Front Row Motorsports Ford starts 25th this week […]