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 […]

Tyler Reddick Begins Seventh For Sunday's Race

Tyler Reddick did not enjoy the benefit of qualifying at Homestead because of COVID. Despite that, Reddick wound up finishing third not once, but twice. Now that he starts seventh on Sunday, can he win the race? It is a valid question. The No. 8 Chevy has enjoyed Homestead and his tires have tended to […]

Kyle Larson Begins Fifth For The Dixie Vodka 400

Kyle Larson starts fifth for the race at Homestead on Sunday. The 1.5-mile course with some high tire wear has been kind to Larson. For the most part, the No. 5 car has done quite well. He has four top five results in his previous six appearances. He even led more than 100 laps twice […]

John H. Nemechek Qualifies Fourth For Sunday

The Toyota cars were quick around the corners again on Saturday as John H. Nemechek turned in the fourth fastest qualifying lap in the final group. Nemechek is racing in place of Bubba Wallace. Wallace was suspended for this week's Dixie Vodka 400 after his incident with Kyle Larson last week. Nemechek is an interesting […]

Chase Elliott Starts Third At Homestead On Sunday

Chase Elliott missed out on Row 1 by a mere 0.001 seconds in qualifying on Saturday. Elliott was the second of the three Hendrick Motorsports Racing cars in the top five. He was the last car to break 166 mph on a qualifying lap as well. The No. 9 car has finished in the top […]

Christopher Bell Just Misses Out On Pole At Homestead

Christopher Bell and Joe Gibbs Racing figured they might have a quick car for Homestead. Saturday proved that to be true. Bell finished just 0.05 seconds behind William Byron for the pole position. Bell begins Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 outside of Row 1. Running from the front should help the No. 20 car's fortunes. He […]

William Byron Wins Pole For Dixie Vodka 400

William Byron and the Hendrick Motorsports cars have been fast. They were earlier in the season and were again in qualifying. Byron got around the 1.5-mile Homestead course in 32.454 seconds. That was good enough to win the pole for Sunday afternoon's Dixie Vodka 400. After one race of the third segment, Byron and his […]

Maverick McNealy Trying To Keep Momentum Rolling

Maverick McNealy has had a couple of nice tournaments in a row. He finished 12th at The Zozo and 10th at the Shriners Championship. Putting has been key for him the last couple weeks as he has gained nearly two whole strokes. When McNealy is putting this well, regression can be a concern. The real […]

Shane Lowry Starts PGA Campaign At The CJ Cup

Shane Lowry nearly won three tournaments last year, including the Masters, where he finished third. However, the Irish golfer did go winless on the year on the PGA Tour. He hopes to change that quickly this week at the CJ Cup. One of Lowry's main assets is his ability when approaching the green. He gained […]

Jordan Spieth Trying To Parlay Presidents Cup Result

Jordan Spieth had quite a Presidents Cup as the United States managed another big win. Spieth, like Rahm, has not played on the PGA Tour since the Tour Championship. The American golfer expects bigger things in 2022-23 after a solid 2021-22. Spieth's only top-10 major was The Open Championship where he finished tied for 8th. […]

Sam Burns Getting Rounds In At The CJ Cup

Sam Burns got some rounds in with a top-30 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The American golfer was pretty consistent in his first tournament of the new season. Burns' around-the green game was off some but that will return in time. He stands at around 28-to-1 for this week which is a bit of a […]

Jon Rahm To Make Splash At The CJ Cup

Jon Rahm has not played competitively in the United States since the Tour Championship at the end of August. Rahm only won the Mexican Open last year. Even his world ranking dropped to fifth due to a subpar 2021-22 by the Spaniard's standards. Off the tee, the golfer led strokes gained at 1.025. Rahm was […]

Denny Hamlin Begins In Back of the Pack Sunday

Denny Hamlin has had success at Las Vegas in the past. Hamlin won in 2021 and nearly in 2020. He won two stages in those races while leading 120+ laps each time. Simply, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver is fast. Hamlin begins on the outside looking in for the third segment but arguably he may […]

Chase Elliott Unexpectedly Begins 20th On Saturday

Chase Elliott did not expect to qualify 20th on Saturday but that is just what the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver. Elliott is another one of those Chevy's that has nearly won here before (second in 2021). Last Fall's race was where Elliott charged from the back and even led one lap before coming up just […]

Kyle Larson Tries To Put Last Week Behind Him

Kyle Larson could not believe what happened last week as his car limped out of the playoff race. That being said, the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver did qualify 14th for Sunday's race from Las Vegas. He was just 0.265 seconds off Tyler Reddick on Saturday for best lap. Larson is one of the best on […]

Ross Chastain Begins Sunday Just Outside Top Ten

Ross Chastain will not be in the top ten when Sunday afternoon's Las Vegas Race begins. The No. 1 Chevy was just 0.216 seconds off from Tyler Reddick. Starting inside Row 6 is not the end of the world. Now, Chastain is around the bubble. Six points is not much when it comes to point […]

Bubba Wallace In Mix After Solid Qualifying Effort

Bubba Wallace may have been as surprised as anyone after qualifying ninth for Sunday's race at Las Vegas. Toyota cars are running fast and 23XI Racing could not be too bad of an option for Sunday. Wallace was only 0.413 seconds off the time of Tyler Reddick on Saturday. His practice lap times were reasonable. […]

Christopher Bell Primed For Success At Las Vegas

There are a lot of things that can go wrong but Christopher Bell starts seventh on Sunday at Las Vegas. Bell needed a bit of a miracle to get into the "Round Of 8". He delivered a win at the Charlotte Roval in what could be described as a miracle finish. The good news for […]

Daniel Suarez Bounces Back Nicely In Qualifying

Daniel Suarez did not advance last week but did qualify sixth for the South Point 400 on Sunday from Las Vegas. Suarez was actually among the fastest in practice. He finished a couple tenths of a second slower than Tyler Reddick. The TrackHouse Racing driver did not lose much speed late in the final turns. […]

Joey Logano Trying To Reverse Bad Luck At Vegas

Joey Logano has had good cars for the Las Vegas race but the results have not bore that out lately. Last year, the Team Penske driver was fifth then fell to 11th after several pit issues. This season, he dropped to 14th after being near the top-five. The crazy thing is the No. 22 looks […]

Ryan Blaney Looking To Win At Las Vegas

Do not laugh but Ryan Blaney has a slight chance of winning at Las Vegas this week. The Team Penske driver qualified fourth for Sunday's race. More importantly, the No. 12 Ford had three results of seventh or better before a crash derailed his chances of winning earlier in the season. In that first Vegas […]

William Byron Qualifies Well Again At Las Vegas

The consistency that William Byron displays is paramount to his success. Byron starts the "Round Of 8" in sixth place just three points below the cutoff. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver will start the South Point 400 inside Row 2. Byron does have a top-five result and several top-ten's to show for his efforts. He […]

Austin Cindric Almost Takes Pole For Sunday Race

Austin Cindric qualified second on Saturday as his No. 2. Ford was just a 0.05 seconds slower than Tyler Reddick's Chevy. The Team Penske driver ran a lap of 29.302 seconds around the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway track. Penske has been traditionally quite good at Vegas since 2019. They have two wins which ties […]

Tyler Reddick Takes Pole For South Point 400

Tyler Reddick is trying to make the end of his season quite the memorable one. The Richard Childress Racing driver took the pole for Sunday's race from Las Vegas. He was part of three Chevy cars who topped the first six spots in qualifying on Saturday. The No. 8 Chevy has been fast on intermediate […]

Davis Riley A Little Cold Heading Into Zozo Championship

Davis Riley fired a first-round 66 at the Sanderson Farms Championship then kind of meandered the entire weekend. Shooting 71-70-71 did not do him much favors but did keep the American golfer just inside the top-20. Losing 0.572 strokes putting is significant through just six rounds of the new season. There are quite a few […]