Sebastian Munoz Needs Putter To Work Again For Zozo

Sebastian Munoz had the putter working last year in Chiba, Japan. Munoz finished tied for fourth at the Zozo Championship. It is one of the reasons why the Colombian golfer sets up well for this week. Typically, he struggles at times to make birdies and the Japanese golf tournament sees winning scores that are lower. […]

Scott Stallings Looked Good At Sanderson Farms

Scott Stallings looked good at Sanderson Farms a couple weeks ago. He did falter a bit on Sunday with a 73 but still a top-15 result was more than respectable. The American golfer wound up ranked 48th after the FedEx Cup. Now, this week's Zozo Championship comes from Chiba, Japan. It is the fourth tournament […]

Denny Hamlin In Odd Position For Sunday

Denny Hamlin starts all the way back in 24th in his Joe Gibbs Racing car. The No. 11 driver has some work to do even with being 21 points up in the "Round Of 8" battle. Hamlin must find a way to just make up some positions and set himself up for the second half […]

Kyle Larson Starts Back In 18th For Sunday

Kyle Larson had a few issues on the road course in qualifying on Saturday and wound up 18th. Larson will have to battle his way up to the front. If anyone can, it is the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver. The No. 5 Chevy won the race last year starting from the tenth position. He did […]

Chase Briscoe Could Have Tall Order On Sunday

Being 12 points down in the standings hurt Chase Briscoe and his Ford for Sunday's race at Charlotte. He starts in 16th and will have to negotiate up to the front of the course. That will be no easy feat. Briscoe started and finished 22nd last year in his only road appearance at Charlotte at […]

Michael McDowell Rolling Into Charlotte Sunday

Michael McDowell is enjoying his best stretch of the season at the right time. He has 12 top-ten results which is a career high for him. He does compete well on road courses from time to time too. McDowell and his Front Row Motorsports car have accumulated stage points in the last three races on […]

Ross Chastain In Good Position For Charlotte

Ross Chastain is third in the playoff standings and 28 points up on the cut line. The TrackHouse Racing driver qualified tenth for the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday. Chastain did win on a road course this year at Circuit of the Americas. There, the No. 1 Chevy started from 16th to win […]

Chase Elliott On Cruise Control For Sunday

Chase Elliott starts ninth for the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday but is already in the Round of 8. That is because the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver won at Talladega last week. The No. 9 car has won six road races in the last three years but has not won one this year. […]

Christopher Bell Must Win To Get In

Christopher Bell finds himself in an unfortunate position for Joe Gibbs Racing. The No. 20 driver has to win to get into the "Round Of 8". He is 45 points off the cut line which is too many to make up barring a herculean amount of fortunate events. Bell does have a top ten in […]

A.J. Allmendinger Trying To Pull The Weekend Double

A.J. Allmendinger will start seventh on Sunday in his bid to win both the NASCAR and Xfinity races this weekend. Allmendinger took the Drive For The Cure 250 on Saturday edging out Ty Gibbs for the win. The Kaulig Racing driver has evolved as a bit more than just a road car driver but it […]

Ryan Blaney Qualifies Behind Austin Cindric For Sunday

Ryan Blaney has been mostly consistent on road courses and will start sixth for the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday. The Team Penske Ford has finished in the top-ten the past three times and won it in 2018. Blaney has also managed to snag stage points in all four races. That includes two […]

Austin Cindric On The Outside Looking In For Sunday

Austin Cindric was the other driver who got hurt by the William Byron point docking reversal. He finds himself 12 points off the bubble like Chase Briscoe. Unlike Briscoe, Cindric and his Team Penske Ford car qualified fifth on Saturday. They were among the three fastest cars on the road portion of the course. In […]

Tyler Reddick A Road Whisperer Of Late

It kind of feels like Tyler Reddick is the "road whisperer" of sorts this year. He has won twice away from the left-turn only courses of NASCAR. The No. 8 Chevy qualified fourth for Sunday's race at Charlotte. Also, Reddick and his Richard Childress Racing car have at top-five and top-ten result. He has been […]

Daniel Suarez Leads TrackHouse Racing In Qualifying

For a little while there, it looked like Daniel Suarez might even take the pole for Sunday's race at Charlotte. Instead, Suarez and his TrackHouse Racing car will have to settle for third. The two team cars have done quite well on road tracks this year. Chevy's have in general. That being said, Suarez did […]

William Byron A Good Pick To Contend On Sunday

William Byron and his Hendrick Motorsports Racing car are very fast at Charlotte. Byron has led 24.5% of the laps in the last three races on the Roval. His 7.7 average finish includes two top tens and does not take into consider a few things. He was in the top three in every one of […]

Joey Logano Wins Pole For Bank Of America Roval 400

Joey Logano got around the road and oval course faster than anyone in his Team Penske Ford on Saturday. His time of 80.755 seconds was just a tiny bit quicker than William Byron. Logano will start from the prime leading position on Sunday for the Bank of America Roval 400. The No. 22 car likely […]

Ryan Blaney Mired In Middle Of Pack At Talladega

Ryan Blaney has to be a bit concerned qualifying 19th at Talladega. The Team Penske car has an average finish of 11.0 with two wins in his past seven races on the 2.66-mile track. Blaney did lead 23 laps despite beginning 22nd in April. However, he fell back outside the top-ten as his car just […]

Austin Cindric On Other Side Of Bubble For Talladega

Austin Cindric begins Talladega one spot outside of the Round Of Eight. The good news is that there are two more races in this segment for the Team Penske driver. Cindric does like these superspeedway courses. He did win the Daytona 500 at the start of the year. As for Talladega, he begins 17th this […]

Chase Elliott Looking To Survive Talladega Carnage

Chase Elliott was performing well for Hendrick Motorsports Racing last week at Texas when disaster struck as the blown tires and engine issues were just pandemic last Sunday. Elliott's tire just went at the wrong time while leading. The No. 9 car has had a bit better of a fate the last couple of seasons […]

Daniel Suarez In Good Position For Talladega

Daniel Suarez and his TrackHouse Racing car are set up well for Talladega. He qualified just 14th for the race on Sunday, but he is sixth in playoff points. Suarez is 11 points above the cushion, and the Chevy was good in the Next-Gen version this spring. He led 28 laps in April but was […]

Erik Jones Fares Pretty Well At Talladega

Erik Jones often fares well enough at Talladega. Whether it was with Joe Gibbs Racing or now Petty GMS, Jones has four top-ten results in his previous five appearances. Since 2020, that includes the Spring 2022 race where Jones led 25 laps and was in the top-ten in both stages as well. With a driver […]

Joey Logano Begins 11th At Talladega On Sunday

Joey Logano does not always have the best results at Talladega, but who does? The Team Penske car has racked up stage points in the last four fall races, including a second- and third-place finish in 2021. Logano finished third last October. For those wondering, the No. 22 car last won in Alabama in 2018. […]

Ty Gibbs Shows A Little Surprise At Talladega

Ty Gibbs was not able to get in a lap in the final round of qualifying, but earlier in the sessions, he turned in a time of 53.026 seconds, which would have been good enough for a pole position. The 23XI Racing driver was quite fast in the first two turns of the high-banking. Even […]

William Byron Looks To Build Off Third At Texas

William Byron has been excellent in three of the four playoff races so far in 2022. With two thirds, 101 laps led, and a ninth place result Byron has put himself in a solid position. His Hendrick Motorsports Racing car could again be in the forefront. Consider that five Chevy's qualified in the top ten […]

Tyler Reddick Trying To Carry Momentum From Texas

Tyler Reddick and his Richard Childress Racing car won the mess that was Texas last week. This week, he starts in eighth position at Talladega. The No. 8 car has had issues even in the Next-Gen this year. However, even with his engine blowing up early in the Spring race, Reddick does have hope. He […]

Noah Gragson Subs In For Alex Bowman This Week

Noah Gragson gets the chance of the season this week as he is driving the 48 car for Hendrick Motorsports Racing. Alex Bowman suffered a concussion last week at Texas and Gragson stepped in well. He qualified seventh with the Chevy and seemed to fare well especially in the tri-oval on Saturday. The driver might […]

Ross Chastain Could Benefit For YellaWood 500

Ross Chastain lucked out a bit as few seem interested in retribution for his past misgivings. The chase for the "Round of Eight" takes over an interest. As for the TrackHouse Racing driver, his top-ten result last week put him in an excellent playoff position. Chastain has won at Talladega before (this Spring). In that […]

Chase Briscoe On The Bubble For Talladega

Chase Briscoe is in a bit of an unenviable position for the YellaWood 500. The Stewart-Haas Racing starts fifth on Sunday. The No. 14 Ford stands eighth after one race of segment number two. Briscoe has not finished in the top ten in three races on the track. An accident early in the Spring race […]

Aric Almirola Thrives On Tracks Like Talladega

Yes, Aric Almirola knows that Talladega can be quite unforgiving. However, the Ford driver has an average finish of 15.3 in his previous seven races. Keep in mind, his Stewart-Haas Racing car was quite fast in the first sector along with Chase Briscoe (qualified fifth). Again, Almirola has not won recently at Talladega but nearly […]

Denny Hamlin Very Familiar With Talladega Success

Denny Hamlin is one of the few drivers with four top-ten results in his last seven appearances at Talladega. For the YellaWood 500, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver does have a win. Now his Fall results lately have been more consistent including a win two years ago. The No. 11 car produced an 18th in […]