Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Could Snag Some Stage Points Sunday

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. may go for some stage points on Sunday. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver was able to snag points in three of the four stages in 2023 at Darlington. The driver in the No. 47 Chevy has never led a lap in his career on the intermediate track. Darlington is a unique track... Read More

Joey Logano Tough To Count Out At Darlington

Joey Logano will begin the Goodyear 400 from the 14th position on Sunday afternoon. The Team Penske driver historically performs quite well on the Darlington track. His average finish of 9.3 the past three years includes a win and three Top 10 results. The No. 22 Ford attempts to break the Ford drought in 2024.... Read More

Derek Kraus Begins 32nd For Goodyear 400

Derek Kraus had his first runs in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing car on Saturday. Qualifying was a bit rougher as Kraus ended up 32nd at 0.546 seconds behind Tyler Reddick's pole time. Kraus was around that interval in practice too. His best lap was 0.539 seconds off from Michael McDowell. Kraus ran 28 laps... Read More

Daniel Hemric Attempts To Rebound At Darlington

Daniel Hemric did not fare well at Kansas last week. He moved up to 30th from 33rd. That does make six straight races of positive place differential. The Kaulig Racing driver starts 29th from Darlington on Sunday afternoon. It may set up for a seventh straight race of DFS potential. Anyway, Hemric has done well... Read More

Taylor Moore Attempts To Rebound At Charlotte

Taylor Moore appeared to be playing well. The American golfer barely finished inside the Top 60 at the RBC Heritage. That included a rough weekend culminating in a final round 74. After missing the cut at the Zurich Open, Moore may have an opportunity to rebound at the Wells Fargo Championship. The last time Moore... Read More

Lucas Glover Could Feel Close To Home At Wells Fargo

Lucas Glover enjoyed a career renaissance of sorts in 2023. The American golfer won two tournaments (Fed Ex St. Jude and the Wyndham Championship). 2024 has been different as Glover has zero Top 10 results. He has been close, however. Glover finished 11th at the Valspar in March but subpar final rounds have plagued him... Read More

Kurt Kitayama Likely To Lurk In Charlotte

Kurt Kitayama has played well enough to come close to contending without truly contending in 2024. He has a T-8 at Phoenix with several Top 25 results. The American golfer has only missed one cut in 2024. Total driving is where Kitayama excels ranking tenth overall. His driving distance of 303.8 yards is useful on... Read More

Andrew Putnam Poised To Keep Rolling At Wells Fargo

Andrew Putnam enjoyed a better April with two performances inside the top 20 (T14 and T18). Those came in stroke-play tournaments. The American golfer could be worth a look at the Wells Fargo Championship. With a longer course playing out to a par 71, Putnam may have a chance if he can be accurate with... Read More

Adam Hadwin An Interesting Pick At Wells Fargo

Adam Hadwin seems to have a really good performance every few tournaments. The Canadian golfer has four Top 10 results this season but no wins. The 7,538 yard Quail Hollow course sets up well for Hadwin. However, the Par-71 offers up its own set of twists and turns. Look at some of the winning scores... Read More

Christopher Bell Takes Sixth Place On Sunday Night

Christopher Bell knew his car was losing speed and grip on Sunday night at Kansas Speedway. The Joe Gibbs Racing car took the pole on Saturday but never truly had that late-run speed needed to win on Sunday. Bell only led five laps but did net seven stage points when he finished fourth in Stage... Read More

Michael McDowell Ends Up 10th At Kansas

Michael McDowell endured an up and down night in the Front Row Motorsports Ford. However, he ended up tenth when all was said and done on Sunday night. The AdventHealth 400 needed to go into overtime which caused McDowell to lose a few positions. It did seem like the Toyota cars had more on the... Read More

Josh Berry Around Middle Of The Pack For Sunday

Josh Berry started off practice around 25th griping about tightness in his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. As qualifying went on, the car seemed to gain a little speed. That resulted in a 17th-place effort. That is the good news. Now, the bad news for the No. 4 Ford was again late-run speed in those lap intervals.... Read More

Joey Logano Tapers Off Speed-Wise At Kansas

Joey Logano turned in a nice qualifying lap at Kansas, which gave him a starting position of 11th for Sunday. However, the Team Penske Ford endured a much rougher practice session with frequent laps of 31-plus seconds. He was 30th overall in practice and was griping about several issues in the car. One was late-run... Read More

Derek Knaus Anchors Rear Of The Field At Kansas

Kaulig Racing had one rough Saturday as Derek Knaus finished 38th in qualifying for Sunday's AdventHealth 400. Kraus had issues similar to William Byron but was 1.775 seconds off the pole lap by Christopher Bell. Kraus was 36th in practice, running laps a little above 175 mph. His lap averages in the No. 16 car... Read More

Austin Hill Not Carrying Much Speed At Kansas

Austin Hill had a rough Saturday in the Richard Childress Racing Chevy. Hill qualified 34th overall for Sunday afternoon's race in Kansas. It did not help that the No. 33 car had all sorts of issues coming out of the turns. Furthermore, turning in 31+ second laps during practice will not get it done on... Read More

Jimmie Johnson Tops Legacy Cars In Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson will start the AdventHealth 400 from the 19th position on Sunday afternoon. The Legacy Motor Club part-time driver inched out Corey Heim for the honor. The last time Johnson raced at Kansas was in October of 2020 where he finished 31st for Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson has been pretty consistent in the Toyota in... Read More

Sami Valimaki Two-Steps Into Texas This Week

Sami Valimaki has not played on the PGA Tour in more than a month. The golfer from Finland has played nine times on the tour in 2024. He has made cuts in five events including a runner-up at the Mexico Open in February. One concern with Valimaki is driving accuracy which is only 61.52% (101st... Read More

Chan Kim Could Surprise At The CJ Cup Byron Nelson

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson could be a springboard for Chan Kim. Born in South Korea, the American golfer has had an interesting past golfing on various international tours. He won eight times on the Japanese tour but twice on the Korn Ferry tour. His win in Boise and second overall in points gave him... Read More

Adam Schenk Has Concerns Heading To Texas

Adam Schenk was set up well for the final round at the RBC Heritage. Unfortunately, the American golfer fired a 73 which knocked him down to a tie for 49th. In his previous five tournaments, Schenk has shot at 71 or worse in four of them. His only good fourth round came at the Valero... Read More

Rico Hoey Showing Signs Of Improvement

Rico Hoey has struggled this year on the PGA Tour. In 11 events, the golfer from the Philippines has only made the cut five times. He does have one Top 25 result (a T-14 at the Valero Texas Open). Furthermore, he has made the cut in five of the previous six events that do not... Read More

Daniel Hemric Ends Up Ninth At Dover

Daniel Hemric did it again on Sunday. The Kaulig Racing Chevrolet started 14th and was in first place for five laps. He was the fifth of five Chevy's to wind up in the Top 10 on Sunday from "The Monster Mile." Hemric was 22nd after both stages but made a charge over the final long... Read More

Ty Gibbs Sneaks Into Tenth At Dover On Sunday

Ty Gibbs did not win the Wurth 400 but did managed to finish tenth on Sunday evening. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver began 19th and improved to tenth. Gibbs was running pretty well as the race moved along. He was 17th after Stage 1 then 11th after Stage 2. It was an interesting week for... Read More

John Hunter Nemechek Tries To Let Talladega Carnage Go

John Hunter Nemechek was in a rough accident last week at Talladega. Some in the industry, including Kevin Harvick, squarely blamed him for the incident. Nemechek had that wonderful run at Bristol going from 26th to sixth despite corded tires. Again, on Saturday, the Legacy Motor Club driver had issues which caused him track position.... Read More

Daniel Hemric Begins 14th On Sunday at Dover

Daniel Hemric showed a little extra speed in his Kaulig Racing car. Along with A.J. Allmendinger, the team fielded two cars in the Top 15. That is significant. Hemric starts from the 14th position but rebounded from a 25th place average in practice. By merely gaining several tenths of a second, Hemric, like Allmendinger, showed... Read More

Kaz Grala Nearly Brings Up Rear For Rick Ware Racing

Kaz Grala did not have the best time of Saturday. His Rick Ware Racing car hit the wall pretty hard in practice. As a result, Grala will start 35th on Sunday at Dover. The driver in the No. 15 Ford has struggled to an average finish of 27th in 2024 in nine races. Turn 4... Read More

Todd Gilliland Tries To Continue Momentum From Talladega

Todd Gilliland showed signs of improvement the past few weeks with a 13th at Martinsville and then an eighth at Talladega. The Front Row Motorsports driver has led 91 laps in four separate races in 2024. One still wonders what might have been at Dayton and especially Atlanta. However, Gilliland remains steadfast in improving his... Read More

Austin Dillon May Have Uphill Battle At Dover

Austin Dillon starts from the 23rd position for the Wurth 400 on Sunday afternoon from Dover. The Richard Childress Racing driver can take little solace that Kyle Busch is on the pole. Dillon is struggling mightily in the No. 3 car in 2024 with an average finish of 25.2. This is the worst mark of... Read More

Daniel Hemric Surges To Ninth-Place Result At Talladega

Daniel Hemric qualified 19th for the GEICO 500 on Sunday. Few expected Hemric and his Kaulig Racing Chevy to nab a result inside the Top 10. He did continue a nice streak of place differential on superspeedway or tracks of similar type. At Daytona, he was +21, Atlanta saw Hemric move up eight spots. Talladega... Read More

Harrison Burton Squeezes Into Top 10 At Talladega

Harrison Burton did not have the greatest day at first, but it is not always about how one starts, but instead how one finishes. Burton was sixth after Stage 1 but 28th after Stage 2. By staying above the fray, Burton and his Wood Brothers Racing car was able to slide into the top 10... Read More

Josh Berry Begins 29th At GEICO 500 Sunday

Josh Berry and the Stewart-Haas Racing team figured 2024 might get off to a bumpy start. That much is true. Berry starts 29th on Sunday and his average start and finish have been around the same (22.3 versus 24.3). Berry survived Daytona barely but did not at Atlanta. So, there is limited data here. However,... Read More