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Joey Logano Brushes Wall Again At Phoenix
Joey Logano was setting himself up for a top qualifying run on Saturday. His practice sessions were pretty quick and the No. 22 car was entrenched into the final round. Then, disaster struck err nearly struck again. For the second time in the past three races, Logano had to try and save his car. He […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAlex Bowman Not Backing Down In Qualifying
Some believed Alex Bowman backed into another victory last week at Las Vegas. However, Bowman, who finds ways to win and lead some laps too, qualified ninth for Sunday's Phoenix race. He lost a little bit of speed around turns 3 and 4 to finish 0.193 seconds behind Ryan Blaney. Bowman tested among the five […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAustin Cindric Near The Front Again For Sunday
Austin Cindric is a rookie in the top tier of NASCAR. Cindric qualified eighth for Sunday's race at Phoenix Raceway. The Team Penske driver was one of the fastest, right behind Ryan Blaney during the shared practice session. He made it to the final round of qualifying with a real shot at the pole. Though […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKyle Larson Starts From Rear On Sunday At Phoenix
Kyle Larson's car sped around the track with ferocity throughout Saturday afternoon. However, his seventh-place qualifying effort was marred a bit when some non-sanctioned repairs had to be made on the No. 5 car. Steering issues were cited as the culprit for the Hendrick Motorsports driver. Larson has performed exceedingly well at Phoenix with the […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoChase Briscoe Has Interesting Adventure At Phoenix
We expected Kevin Harvick to be up this high after qualifying on Saturday, but insteada it was Chase Briscoe. Briscoe qualified sixth, just a mere eight-thousandths of a second behind teammate Aric Almirola. The No. 14 Ford did well enough in practice but suffered a cracked brake rotor after reporting a massive shake in the […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAric Almirola Has Value Again At Phoenix
Aric Almirola rounded out the top-five qualifiers for Sunday's race at Phoenix Raceway. The Ford driver took 27.276 seconds to get around the 1.022-mile circuit. He was not the only Stewart-Haas Racing car to look quick in the middle of the progressive banks. However, he was the faster of the two. Almirola narrowly beat out […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoChristopher Bell Sets Up Well For Phoenix
Christopher Bell has undeniably had some awful luck the first month of this 2022 NASCAR season. However, he qualified fourth for Sunday's Ruoff Mortgage 500. Bell has a knack for performing pretty well on this type of track. He wound up literally a thousandth of a second behind William Byron for third-fastest car on Saturday. […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoWilliam Byron Leads Hendrick Cars In Qualifying
William Byron narrowly missed out on the front row by qualifying third for the Ruoff Mortgage 500. Byron turned in a lap of 27.216 seconds. Byron's car was fastest in a couple of the sectors but seemed to back off a bit around Turn 4. That was just enough of a difference. The No. 24 […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoDenny Hamlin Shows Something In Qualifying At Phoenix
Maybe Denny Hamlin took what happened last week personally. Maybe Hamlin was dogging it a bit in the practice session. Whatever it was, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver looked great in qualifying. He ended up second and will start on the front row Sunday next to Ryan Blaney. Hamlin's 27.2 second lap came up just […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoRyan Blaney Snags Pole At Phoenix
Ryan Blaney sped his way to the pole position for Sunday's race at the Phoenix Raceway. Blaney thought he was a little slow in Turn 4 but had enough cushion. He supplanted Denny Hamlin by a whisker. His 132.709 mph lap cemented what most saw in the practice session where Team Penske ruled the roost […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAaron Wise Must Find His Putter This Week
Aaron Wise just misses three or four putts when he has no reason to. It was what kept him out of the top 10 last Sunday at The Arnold Palmer Invitational. Several missed key putts on the back nine led to a double-bogey on 18 that pushed him back to a tie for 17th. It […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoChris Kirk Carries Value Once More This Week At Sawgrass
This has been a nice three-week stretch for Chris Kirk. After missing the cut in three out of four tournaments, Kirk has a 14th, 7th, and then a fifth last week at The Arnold Palmer. That is some heady stuff from the American golfer. Considering his metrics are pretty good, his averages are not always […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKeegan Bradley Has Game For The Players Championship
The one thing that holds Keegan Bradley back typically is putting. Everything about his game plays well to Sawgrass. He nearly finished in the top-ten at The Arnold Palmer last week. He just needed to make a few more putts as Bradley could not get one round under 70. Again, this week the American golfer […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCameron Tringale Looking For Big Week At Sawgrass
Cameron Tringale is another one of those golfers that just cannot put two consecutive weeks together. He looks like a top-10 or top-20 player one week then cannot make a cut the next. This pattern has repeated for eight tournaments and goes back to October of last year. The good is when he makes the […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoMackenzie Hughes Has Some DFS Value At Sawgrass
Mackenzie Hughes has yo-yo'ed his way around the golf courses over the past month. One week he misses putts and the cut. The next week he improves. That has been the pattern so far in 2022. One thing that has been better in most of his rounds is ironically the putting. He has gained 0.736 […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoErik van Rooyen Could Struggle Again At Sawgrass
Everything that could go wrong for Erik van Rooyen did last week at the Arnold Palmer. The 73 in Round 1 was bad enough. The 79 was an unmitigated disaster that left the South African lost for words. The double bogey on the 15th was a real dagger. Erik van Rooyen hit too many errant […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoPatrick Reed Still Flailing Heading Into The Players Championship
Those that were hoping for some kind of better result for Patrick Reed last week were sorely disappointed. Reed missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer after a 72-76 opening two days. The last six weeks have seen the American golfer miss a cut in three straight tournaments. Ever since that weekend at the Farmer's […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCollin Morikawa Has Game To Win At Sawgrass
Collin Morikawa has not quite struggled like Jon Rahm has early in the season. Morikawa has some impressive results so far in 2022. That includes a top-five at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions and a tied for second at The Genesis Invitational. His final round 65 last month almost netted him a victory. Morikawa's metrics […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoWilliam Byron Posts Another Top-Five Result For Hendricks
William Byron was consistently up front throughout most of the race on Sunday at Las Vegas. Though Byron only led eight laps in all, he finished in second after the opening stage. Then the No. 24 car followed up with a fourth place result. Byron ultimately wound up fifth after rallying back. Four of the […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKyle Busch Finds Way Up To Fourth Place At Las Vegas
Kyle Busch started from the rear of the field on Sunday after his crash on Saturday. It turns out the No. 18 car had a rough Sunday afternoon as well. Despite all that, Busch found ways to rally every time. The younger Busch even managed to lead 49 laps out of the 274. He moved […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoRoss Chastain Falls Back In Overtime, Still Finishes Third
Ross Chastain led the most laps out of any driver on Sunday at Vegas. Chastain led 83 laps in all. Also, the Trackhouse Racing driver won Stage 2 convincingly. He started 18th on Sunday afternoon but wow was he downright fast at times. It seemed that Chastain had the car with his No. 1 Chevy. […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKyle Larson Finishes Second On Sunday In Vegas
Kyle Larson tried to play possum late in the race on Sunday and then strike. That strategy got thrown out the window when he was assessed a speeding penalty during his next-to-last pit stop. The No. 5 car rallied hard, but it was too late. He came up just short this time around -- a […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAlex Bowman Wins At Vegas
Alex Bowman had one fast race car, especially early on. He easily won Stage 1 and then kind of just vanished for a good bit. The No. 48 car managed to lurk and lurk, and lurk. He struck at the right time as the Hendricks Motorsports Racing Driver led 16 laps in all on Sunday. […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoNASCAR DFS Prop Picks for 3/6 - PrizePicks
Hello once again everyone! We head to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400 this week and the third 2022 edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAric Almirola Might Have Tougher Time At Vegas Sunday
Aric Almirola is in his last season of full-time racing. One would never know it after fifth and sixth place results. Even Fontana was a bit lucky and so was Daytona. Almirola and the Stewart-Haas Ford were in position to possibly win but just could not get there. This week is a bit different. Almirola […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKevin Harvick's Past Success Could Help Him At Vegas
Kevin Harvick starts all the way down in 25th on Sunday. That is not necessarily a bad thing for the No. 4 Ford. Losing his crew chief might be less than optimal, though. Harvick has led 14.2% of the laps in the previous six races on the Vegas track. Furthermore, that has resulted in five […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKyle Busch Starts From Rear For Sunday Race
Kyle Busch knew it was not good on Turn 3 Saturday. It was too late to save the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing car. Busch slammed into the wall after his left-rear tire gave way. As a result, the backup car was brought out. With that, it was too the rear he goes. The younger […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoBubba Wallace Could Struggle At Vegas
Bubba Wallace and the 23XI Racing car struggled at Vegas last year. Other than the 2020 early race where he finished sixth, the No. 23 car has been outside the top-15 every other time. That is not a good sign heading into Sunday's race with the Next-Gen cars. While Wallace has shown improvement over last […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoDaniel Hemric Gains Intrigue For Pennzoil 400
Daniel Hemric showed a little something last week with his ninth-place result at Fontana. He was able to keep his wits about him and stay in the top 10 during the most crucial part of the race. The younger NASCAR drivers are making their presence felt. Hemric last raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoBrad Keselowski Starts 15th On Sunday From Vegas
Brad Keselowski arguably ended a couple more drivers' races last week. Keselowski races aggressively and that will not change. He has a peculiar consistency on the 1.5-mile Vegas track. His average finish is an active best at 5.67. Despite that, he leads just 3.1% of the laps and has not won in his previous six […]
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