Chase Elliott In Good Position For Phoenix

Chase Elliott has been here the last couple of seasons. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver starts fifth on Sunday from Phoenix Raceway. Elliott won the race in 2020 to win his first NASCAR Cup Championship. The No. 9 car has led 17.8% of the laps over the previous seven races. Only Joey Logano (19.4%) has […]

Joey Logano Starts From The Pole For Phoenix

Joey Logano and his Team Penske racing car will start from the pole for Phoenix on Sunday afternoon. Logano is one of the "championship four" and has historical success on the mile-long track. That includes six top-ten results in the past seven races, a win in early 2020, and a near-win last March. However, in […]

Aaron Rai's Short Game Needs Work In Mexico

Aaron Rai has had some issues with his short game this fall. It has become one of the main reasons why the English golfer is so far back on the leaderboard. At Bermuda, the shorter course played havoc with his around-the-green game. Rai ranks 179th in that metric, losing almost 0.57 strokes. His sand-save percentage […]

Justin Lower Looks Great Heading Into Mayakoba

Justin Lower has two top-10 results in four tournaments so far this fall. This was highlighted by a T8 in Bermuda last week. The American golfer fired 60s in all four rounds for the first time this season. He has shot double digits under par in three of the four tournaments he's entered as well. […]

Maverick McNealy One To Watch In Mexico

Maverick McNealy missed the cut at his first tournament of the Fall but the American golfer has three straight top-20 results since. That includes a T-18th at The CJ Cup. The only slight problem in McNealy's game may be the final round. He shot a 71 in each of the last two tournaments holding him […]

Russell Henley Trying To Find Form At Mayakoba

Can Russell Henley find his form at Mayakoba? So far this Fall, the American golfer has missed the cut and barely broke Even par at The CJ Cup. That does not bode so well at El Camaleon as Henley's putting causes him to lose almost a full stroke. That ranks 184th on the tour in […]

Viktor Hovland Ready For Mayakoba This Week

Viktor Hovland has shown some good form in his first two Fall appearances on the PGA Tour. He had a tied for fifth then a T-21 at The CJ Cup in South Carolina. His putting has been okay so far but his drives have been excellent. Off the tee, the Norwegian golfer ranks 11th gaining […]

Kevin Harvick Qualifies Well At Martinsville

Kevin Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Ford will start eighth on Sunday at the Xfinity 500 in Martinsville. Harvick has not led a single lap in his previous seven appearances on the short 0.526-mile track. Expecting a win here is probably a tall order but he was in the top ten after both stages in April. […]

Brad Keselowski An Interesting Long Shot At Martinsville

Brad Keselowski has been racing better of late and qualified sixth for the Xfinity 500 on Saturday afternoon from Martinsville. Keselowski has an average finish of 9.1 with a win and five top-five results in his past seven races on the 0.526-mile track. He has led 13.3% of the laps recently as well. Keselowski's car […]

Daniel Suarez Could Play Big Role At Martinsville In Chase

Daniel Suarez and his No. 99 TrackHouse Racing car could be pivotal in the NASCAR Championship chase. Why? Suarez qualified seventh for the race at Martinsville on Sunday. Just two spots behind him is his teammate, Ross Chastain. As points and even stage points are critical, will team politics come into play? It seems likely […]

William Byron Playing With Fire At Martinsville

Starting too far back in the pack could be a problem for William Byron at Martinsville. He qualified 25th for the Xfinity 500 on Sunday afternoon. Byron has not started this far back since 2019. He did not finish inside the top-20 either time in those scenarios. The hope is that Byron can win like […]

Christopher Bell Needs Another Miracle At Martinsville

Christopher Bell got one miracle at the ROVAL in Charlotte. Could it happen again on Sunday at Martinsville? Never say never as anything is possible but Bell is 33 points out of the fourth spot currently held by William Byron. Bell starts 20th on Sunday but did have a fourth and a ninth in the […]

Joey Logano Looking Ahead To Phoenix At Martinsville

Joey Logano is the only driver of the eight remaining in contention to have zero to worry about. Logano's win earlier in segment number there ensured him of racing in Phoenix with the chance for a championship. The Team Penske driver qualified 12th for Sunday's Xfinity 500. He is the only active driver to have […]

Denny Hamlin Has Work To Do At Martinsville

Denny Hamlin is just five points from the fourth spot and has a chance to win the NASCAR Championship. He starts Sunday's Xfinity 500 from the 11th position. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has led 13.3% of the laps over the past seven races. However, he has just three results of fifth or better. The […]

Ross Chastain In Good Position For Martinsville

Ross Chastain qualified ninth on Saturday for Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville. The TrackHouse Racing driver is two spots behind his teammate Daniel Suarez. That could prove to be useful on Sunday afternoon. Chastain can get help from Suarez as the No. 1 driver tries to protect his 19-point lead on the bubble err fourth […]

Ryan Blaney Begins Fourth On Sunday For Xfinity 500

Ryan Blaney and his Team Penske racing car starts the Xfinity 500 from outside of Row 2. Blaney has not won a race this season and that is well documented. However, his consistency has befallen him in this third segment. The No. 12 Ford is currently 18 points from the fourth spot. Blaney will need […]

Chase Briscoe Set Up For Martinsville Run

Chase Briscoe qualified third on Saturday as he got around the Martinsville track in 19.721 seconds (same time as Chase Elliott). Briscoe is one of only three drivers who broke 96 mph during the qualifying laps. Unlike a driver like Elliott who has led 474 laps in his last two attempts at Martinsville, Briscoe has […]

Chase Elliott Outside Row 1 For Martinsville

Chase Elliott has to be happy being up front for the Martinsville race on Sunday. The Xfinity 500 has been a good event for the No. 9 Chevy driver. Elliott won two years ago on the way to winning his only NASCAR Cup Championship. Late issues and a spin may have derailed his hopes to […]

Kyle Larson On The Pole Again For Martinsville

Kyle Larson is probably wondering what might have been. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver won the pole for the Xfinity 500 on Sunday afternoon. Larson has never won at Martinsville as he tends to not finish what he starts. Last year, several different issues dropped him from the pole down to 14th. He led 77 […]

Austin Eckroat May Have Issues In Bermuda

Austin Eckroat has managed to make three straight cuts. However, the American golfer has not cracked the top-50 in any tournament. One of the problems is Eckroat ranks 125th in putting (-0.233 strokes gained). He does average 4.17 birdies per round but is barely in the top-150 when it comes to working around the green. […]

Nick Taylor One To Watch At Bermuda

Nick Taylor could be an intriguing golfer to watch in Bermuda this week. The Canadian golfer knows his way around a golf course but putting is a little suspect. He loses about -0.133 strokes but that is only based on ten metered rounds. The key for Taylor is making putts. His work around the greens […]

Greyson Sigg Has Potential At Butterfield

Greyson Sigg gets the benefit of a short golf course this week at Butterfield in Bermuda. The golf course plays to only 6.828 yards (par 71). There is one caveat of potential bad news. Watch the weather. Why? There could be a tropical system that gets close to Bermuda later in the week. It may […]

Justin Lower Making Putts Ahead Of Bermuda

Justin Lower showed some glimpses of potential the past three tournaments. The American golfer shot 67-65 in the final two rounds at the Shriners. That vaulted him into the top-20. Some wondered where this was the first two rounds. However, Lower has been quite good in this Fall season. He almost won the Fortinet if […]

Denny McCarthy Looks To Contend In Bermuda

Denny McCarthy has been fairly consistent this Fall season. He did miss the one cut at the Shriners Children's Open but finished in the top-40 in his other three tournaments. He is driving the ball right around 305 yards per hole and is slightly above average putting-wise (89th). The one thing holding him back is […]

Ty Gibbs Snags Spot Outside Row Three For Sunday

Ty Gibbs and the Joe Gibbs Racing team did well this weekend as the order for the first six spots went like this. Chevy, Toyota, Chevy, Toyota, Chevy, and Toyota was the pattern. Can Gibbs turn a nice qualifying lap into a contending finish? Could Gibbs even manage to finish say fourth or fifth? Anything […]

Ross Chastain Will Have to Move Up Field Sunday

Ross Chastain will have some work to do on Sunday. The TrackHouse Racing driver begins the Dixie Vodka 400 from the 20th position. The No. 1 Chevy does have the luxury of an 18-point cushion in the playoff standings. However, the other contenders are ahead of him qualifying-wise this week. His Chevy does seem to […]

Chase Briscoe Could Move Up On Sunday

Chase Briscoe may begin just 19th on Sunday at Homestead but could easily move up the track. Briscoe likes the 1.5-mile track and did win in an Xfinity car. The No. 14 Ford was faster in practice runs and that may be a harbinger of things to come. Briscoe stands nine points from the cutoff, […]

Joey Logano In Middle Of Pack For Homestead

Joey Logano took it a bit easy around Homestead on Saturday and will start Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 from the 17th position. The No. 22 Ford driver has already sealed his spot at Phoenix with a win last week at Las Vegas. Logano has five wins on intermediate tracks in his last 43 races. However, […]

Denny Hamlin Begins 14th At Dixie Vodka 400

Denny Hamlin felt something during the week like his car just was not that fast. He was right. Hamlin did not advance to the last round of qualifying. As a result, the No. 11 driver will begin 14th. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver stands squarely on the bubble through one race of the third segment. […]

Ryan Blaney Outside The Top 10 For Homestead

Ryan Blaney and most of the Ford cars were just a little bit slower in the earlier rounds of qualifying on Saturday. It cost Blaney a bit as he will start 13th for the Dixie Vodka 400 on Sunday. Blaney did not have the greatest race last week and stands 11 points out of fourth […]