Noah Gragson Could Stay Near Middle On Sunday

Noah Gragson mostly stayed out of trouble at Daytona. The Legacy Motor Club driver started 22nd and ended up in 24th behind a solid ride. Gragson's Chevy was not the fastest but certainly not slow. The No. 42 car begins 20th this week. Young drivers take their lumps and the 24-year old will get a […]

A.J. Allmendinger Looks To Continue Daytona Success

A.J. Allmendinger showed an ability to stay out of trouble last Sunday. Despite a few near misses, the Kaulig Racing driver wound up sixth at Daytona. That was after starting 29th. One of the concerns with Allmendinger is that he starts sixth at Fontana this week. Can he race with the top intermediate track drivers? […]

Martin Truex Jr. Trying To Turn Clock Back At Fontana

While Martin Truex Jr. produced another solid result at Daytona, that was not good enough for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. Truex Jr. ended up 15th despite getting to the front a couple times on Sunday (13 laps led). Late in the race proved more challenging. The same happened at Fontana last season. What did […]

Bubba Wallace Could Step Up At Fontana

Bubba Wallace showed late run speed at Fontana last year. Unlike most Toyota cars early, the 23XI Racing driver moved up as he picked off cars one by one. That resulted in a +15 place differential (34th to 19th). This year, Wallace starts 18th at Auto Club Speedway. The No. 23 car even slipped into […]

Aric Almirola Solid DFS Choice At Fontana

Aric Almirola likes to race at Auto Club Speedway. His last two races at Fontana have been successful. The Stewart-Haas driver has an average finishing position of 7.0 which is third best among active drivers. Almirola even started 31st last year (17th this year). The No. 10 car steamed up the field before settling in […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. May Slide Back At Fontana

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. stunned the NASCAR world by winning the Daytona 500 last week. He led the lap that counted at the time the race stopped. When the switch flipped, Stenhouse and his JTG Daugherty Racing car were number one. This week, the No. 47 Chevy figures to have a more challenging time at Fontana. […]

Austin Cindric Begins From Middle Of The Pack Sunday

Austin Cindric does not get the luxury of starting from the pole like last year at Fontana on Sunday. The Team Penske driver begins 19th this time around. Last year, the No. 2 Ford was able to parlay that top spot into a 12th-place finish. What did Cindric learn from last year? That is an […]

Ryan Preece Bit Of An Unknown For Auto Club

Ryan Preece raced twice at Auto Club for JTG Daugherty Racing with two very nondescript results (23rd and 30th). He did not finish on the lead lap either time. Now, Preece starts 27th on Sunday in the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. The No. 41 car got collected in one of the late crashes at Daytona last […]

Austin Dillon Intriguing Wildcard At Fontana

Austin Dillon did not lead a single lap at Fontana in 2022 but managed to leap all the way up to second after 200 laps. Dillon and his Richard Childress Racing car began that race in 16th. This time around, the No. 3 finds himself 28th for Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway. Dillon has […]

Justin Haley Shows Potential At Auto Club

Justin Haley showed something at Fontana in 2022. Disregard his 32nd place finish at Daytona for Kaulig Racing. The No. 31 Chevy expects to be reasonably fast in the cooler conditions on Sunday afternoon. That +12 place differential last season caught many eyes as Haley improved in the later portions of the race. A 29th-place […]

B.J. McLeod Not Expected Much Out Of At Fontana

On the bright side, B.J. McLeod did finish the Daytona 500. The bad news is he ended with a 30th-place result. The Live Fast Motorsports driver carried little speed throughout last week and basically limped in eight laps down. Last year, McLeod managed to end up on the lead lap but wound up 22nd. That […]

Chase Briscoe Begins 31st On Sunday At Auto Club

Chase Briscoe likely wants to forget the Daytona 500 last week as he ended up 35th after being collected by one of the later race wrecks. The rain aids the Stewart-Haas Racing driver somewhat on Sunday. He starts 31st with his No. 14 Ford and did enjoy some success on the track last year at […]

Chase Elliott Part Of Stack The Back Strategy At Fontana

Chase Elliott almost lucks out in a sense at Fontana for Sunday. He begins the race 33rd as a result of Hendrick's mostly poor showing at Daytona last week. The No. 9 car did lead 12 laps on the track last year and finished fourth in 2020. A quirky stat is that Elliott started 31st […]

Ty Dillon Might Struggle To Gain Places At Fontana

Ty Dillon will start the Pala Casino 400 from Auto Club 36th out of the 36 cars entered. In five races at Fontana, the best Dillon has finished was 17th. Place improvement has been minimal for the Spire Motorsports driver. With qualifying washed out, NASCAR used their metric which weighs driver performance along with fast […]

Aaron Rai Looks To Improve Putting At Honda Classic

Aaron Rai has not had the greatest start to 2023. Worse, the English golfer has not cracked the top 25 since the Houston Open in November. Results are gradually improving against some odds though. Rai did end up tied for 29th at the Genesis thanks to a 69-68 weekend. That masked a difficult opening 36 […]

Russell Knox Trying To Turn 2023 Around

Russell Knox has gotten off to rough starts the last two tournaments, which caused him to miss both cuts. Even the three events in which he made the cut, the Scottish golfer then proceeded to struggle during the final round (71, 71 and 73). Knox did almost win the tournament in 2014, losing in a […]

Denny McCarthy Could Be One To Check Out

Denny McCarthy could be a golfer to watch this week at the Honda Classic. McCarthy finished tied for third two years ago. That ability to make some putts can elevate the potential. The American golfer made 22 birdies at Pebble Beach which did lead the field. That is part of the reason why McCarthy ranks […]

Sepp Straka Improving Early For Honda Classic

Sepp Straka has only played twice on the PGA Tour in 2023, but has looked pretty solid so far. He kept things level at The Genesis shooting -1 for the four rounds. It was not great but the Austrian golfer did not blow up either. He could improve getting off the tee where he ranks […]

Davis Riley Searching For Answers At Honda Classic

Davis Riley has not hit rock bottom, but the past several weeks have been difficult. The American golfer missed the cut again at Phoenix. This marked his third tournament of missing the final rounds. Riley never got below par en route to a plus-five finish after 36 holes. While he ranks 24th in approaching the […]

Mark Hubbard Trying To Repair Game At Honda Classic

Mark Hubbard has endured an ugly stretch of golf. The American golfer has missed the cut six times in his last eight tournaments (add in a DQ in Houston). When so little is going right, the simplest thing may be to keep playing. Hubbard does that this week in Florida at the Honda Classic. The […]

Alex Bowman Gets Top-Five Finish After Starting On Pole

Alex Bowman found his way into the top five late at Daytona on Sunday evening. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver took his No. 48 car and kept driving his race. Bowman led 12 laps in all on Sunday. It was a hell of a finish as Bowman's previous best at the Daytona 500 was 11th. […]

Chris Buescher Ends Up Fourth At Daytona

For Chris Buescher, it was not a bad result despite being in contention most of the afternoon. The RFK Racing driver expected to be in the top-ten and fourth was a bonus. However, Buescher would have liked to have been three places higher. He led 32 laps in all and wound up racking up some […]

Christopher Bell Finishes As Best Toyota In Third

Christopher Bell was just behind Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He started the race in fifth for Joe Gibbs Racing. However, the best Bell could do on Sunday was third. Bell led 20 laps in all and managed 44 points from the race. It was a much better start than last year or the […]

Joey Logano Almost Wins The Daytona 500

Joey Logano and his Team Penske car have to wonder what might have been. Logano started third on Sunday at Daytona. He surfed up and down the field a few times. After Lap 188, he got nearly turned, and some thought that may be it. However, the No. 22 car fought its way into a […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Snaps Long Drought And Wins Daytona 500

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapped his 199-race winless streak in grand fashion on Sunday evening. The JTG Daugherty Racing survived when a caution hit at the perfect time. On lap 212, Stenhouse Jr. and his No. 47 Chevy were in the lead. The win was his first Daytona 500 triumph as he lead ten laps. Considering […]

Travis Pastrana At The Back For Daytona 500

Travis Pastrana impressed the NASCAR faithful and even some drivers on Wednesday by qualifying a respectable 25th. He even finished ahead of Denny Hamlin (26th). The 23XI Racing driver admitted he was nervous. Now, that showed a bit in the 60-lap Duel on Thursday night. Pastrana got in a wreck late and was not able […]

Conor Daly Snags Last Spot For Daytona 500

Conor Daly just kept driving on Thursday night and that paid off. The IndyCar Series driver wound up gaining the final spot for the Daytona 500. Daly finished 17th in his Duel race two laps down, but lucked out when two other non-chartered cars crashed out. This will be Daly's first ever 500 race and […]

Chase Briscoe Expects To Have Better Effort On Sunday

Chase Briscoe was one of those names to watch going into the 2023 season. So, naturally, he opens up 30th on Sunday from Daytona. That seems how it works sometimes. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver qualified sixth on Wednesday night, but fell back from third early in the Duel race. Briscoe and his No. 14 Ford […]

Ty Gibbs May Be In For Another Lesson At Daytona

Ty Gibbs now races at the top level for Joe Gibbs Racing. How does he fare with the pressure on him? Gibbs did get in 15 races last season and even finished 13th in the race before the Chase. This is a different animal, though. Gibbs floundered a bit at the Busch Light Clash a […]

Noah Gragson Will Bring The Beef On Sunday

Noah Gragson did not qualify that well but does start 22nd on Sunday from Daytona. Gragson's Legacy Motor Club team acknowledged his car was slow coming out of the corners in qualifying. That seemed to extend to the Duel as well. The No. 42 Chevy looked tight early then almost too loose at times later. […]