Austin Dillon Needs A Result On Sunday

Austin Dillon starts from 18th on Sunday at the Enjoy Illinois 300. The Richard Childress Racing driver has seen his situation go from bad to even worse in 2024. His average finish has dipped to 25.6. As a full-time driver, his previous worst was 21.8 in 2023. Dillon has run well on the track in […]

Daniel Hemric A Bit Underwhelming At Gateway

Daniel Hemric appeared to have a decent race car heading into Gateway on Sunday. However, his qualifying effort in the Kaulig Racing car was a bit underwhelming. As a result, the driver in the No. 16 will begin 28th on Sunday. Even worse were his practice numbers where his best lap was 29th. His lap […]

Derek Kraus Starts 25th On Sunday

Derek Kraus enters the Enjoy Illinois 300 on a high of sorts. The Kaulig Racing driver qualified 25th for the race on Sunday. Out of his five qualifying efforts at the NASCAR level, his best had been a 26th at Phoenix. That race ended in a crash after 203 laps. Sunday's race is 240 laps […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Punchless At Gateway

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has not had a good run the two times he raced at the Enjoy Illinois 300. Despite a decent starting position of 19.5, the JTG Daugherty Racing driver ended up 32nd both times. It is tough to expect much out of the No. 47 Chevy on Sunday even despite decent practice numbers […]

Cody Ware Expected To Be Slow At Gateway

Cody Ware hops into the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing car on Sunday and starts from the 34th position. Ware does have one previous race on the 1.25-mile track in Madison, Illinois. In that race, the driver finished 35th after starting 31st. This time around, Ware finished nearly a full second (0.967 seconds) off the […]

Ryan Fox Trying To Contend On PGA Tour

Ryan Fox has eight international wins. However, the golfer from New Zealand never has quite put it together during a PGA event. Fox has been mostly close to average in terms of strokes gained. However, Fox's driving accuracy has been an abysmal 54.23% and getting shots on the greens at 63.47% is disturbing as well. […]

Nicolai Hojgaard Finding The PGA Grind Rough

Nicolai Hojgaard is still only 23 years old. The golfer from Denmark is playing more and more events on the PGA Tour. In 12 tournaments, Hojgaard has been up and down making seven cuts and missing five. Despite the four international wins, the Danish golfer has largely floundered aside from the T-16th at The Masters. […]

Doug Ghim Struggling With His Golf Game This Spring

Doug Ghim started off 2024 rather well. The American golfer finished in the Top 16 in five consecutive tournaments. Then Spring came and Ghim's game started to fade. He narrowly made the cut at the Valspar Championship then missed consecutive cuts. Ghim has not finished in the Top 25 since March (six events). He ranks […]

Ben Griffin Attempts To Rebound Up In Canada

Ben Griffin has endured a tough time the past two tournaments. The American golfer withdrew from the PGA Championship after 18 holes. Then, he missed the cut at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Griffin has not been driving the ball well or accurately (126th and 144th on tour respectively). Can putting be enough at the Hamilton, […]

Josh Berry Hangs On To Tenth At Charlotte

Josh Berry figured prominently into the first two stages at Charlotte. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver even taking five stage points along the way. The No. 4 Ford car even led seven laps of the 249. However, as the laps ticked down during the third stage (which became the final), Berry began to start to lose […]

Denny Hamlin Grinds Out Top Five Result At Charlotte

Denny Hamlin may have not led a lap on Sunday. However, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver was fast enough to squeeze out a fifth-place result. The rain and thunderstorms put a damper on the race. Ultimately, NASCAR called the Coca-Cola 600 at 249 laps. Hamlin qualified 11th but had one of the faster times in […]

Ryan Preece Not On Fire But Improving For Charlotte

Ryan Preece has not had the greatest 2024 season. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver does have a career best average finish of 20.5. Also, he did have a +9 place differential at Darlington a couple weeks ago. When his car is not on fire (see Dover), the No. 41 Ford has shown some promise. Preece has […]

Erik Jones Still Mending From Injuries

Erik Jones is still fully recovering from that crash at Talladega. The Legacy Motor Club Toyota driver starts the Coca-Cola 600 from the 34th position. Jones qualified 0.94 seconds off from the pole. The No. 43 car bled tenths of seconds off the turns and in practice was even more off. Jones has one Top […]

Daniel Hemric Trying To Right Things At Charlotte

Daniel Hemric has kept the Kaulig Racing car on the track the past two races. However, the No. 31 Chevy finished 30th or worse at Darlington and Kansas. Did a week off from the points grind help? Hemric starts 24th on Sunday at Charlotte. It does seem that the Kaulig car gets caught in traffic […]

Austin Dillon Looks To Charlotte For Good Results

Austin Dillon is hoping for good fortune on Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600. Charlotte is a track where the Richard Childress Racing driver has done well. The No. 3 Chevy has seen two Top 10 results in the past three races at Charlotte. That includes a sixth in 2021 and a ninth in 2023 after […]

Austin Cindric Not Consistent In Good Way At Charlotte

Austin Cindric has had two appearances at Charlotte in the past three seasons. The Team Penske driver has two DNF's and an average finish of 32.5. Cindric's average start in those races was 13.5 and he qualified 17th for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600. The No. 2 Ford was right behind teammate Ryan Blaney during qualifying (16th) […]

Harrison Burton Needs To Survive To Thrive

Harrison Burton has had a season to forget for Wood Brothers Racing. That continued over the weekend as Burton's No. 21 Ford qualified 32nd on Sunday. However, the Coca-Cola 600 has been a bit kind to the driver. His average start at Charlotte was 15th however in his two NASCAR Cup appearances. This does add […]

Ryan Fox Continues Up-And-Down 2024

Ryan Fox has had an adventurous 2024 season. The golfer from New Zealand has two Top 10 results but six missed cuts in 13 events. He can look incredible one week then shoot a 79 at the Valero Texas Open of all places. After a season best T-4th at the Myrtle Beach Classic, Fox made […]

Patton Kizzire Showing Improvement The Past Month

Patton Kizzire struggled through the early part of the 2024 season. The American golfer missed six straight cuts. That was after a solid result at the Sony Open (T-13th). Finally, playing in the Caribbean seemed to help Kizzire as he made the cut in Punta Cana. Since then, Kizzire has improved his play culminating with […]

Christiaan Bezuidenhout Likely To Bounce Back This Week

Christiaan Bezuidenhout endured a rough two days at the PGA Championship last week. The South African golfer opened with a 74. Not even a solid 68 could prevent Bezuidenhout from missing the cut. Normally one of the best putters on tour (0.632 strokes gained - 7th) was in the red all of Round 1. The […]

Keegan Bradley Attempts To Continue Momentum From Valhalla

Keegan Bradley played solid albeit not spectacularly at the PGA Championship. The good news for the American golfer was he shot all four rounds in the 60's. The bad news is he still finished ten shots behind winner, Xander Schauffele. With the greens being as receptive as they were, a few missed putts early and […]

Christopher Bell Fades Back To 17th At North Wilkesboro

Christopher Bell battled for the lead for quite a while at North Wilkesboro. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver started third and clashed several times with Denny Hamlin and particularly, Joey Logano. Bell never cleared Logano for the lead and after being forced three-wide several times, the No. 20 car ran into problems. The car kept […]

Chris Buescher Winds Up Third At All-Star Race

Chris Buescher never could get past Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano in the final quarter of the NASCAR All-Star Race. The RFK Racing driver did end up third at North Wilkesboro after starting fifth on Sunday night. It was one of those races that had more action down the standings than up it. Buescher moved […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Likely Not A Factor In All-Star Race

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will begin the Sunday night NASCAR All-Star Race from the 16th position. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver has had a disastrous time on short tracks this season (33rd at Bristol and Richmond, 29th at Martinsville). Worse, the No. 47 Chevy has two Top 10 results but both are on superspeedway style tracks. […]

Michael McDowell Could Slide Back At North Wilkesboro

Michael McDowell will begin ninth on Sunday night at the NASCAR All-Star Race. The Front Row Motorsports driver was 25th in the practice session and saw something subtle speed changes. The No. 34 Ford turned in an overall lap that was slower than his 30-lap interval (18.93 seconds). McDowell on short tracks has not been […]

AJ Allmendinger May Struggle In All-Star Race

AJ Allmendinger will start tenth for the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro on Sunday night. That is the good news. The bad news for the Kaulig Racing driver is those practice laps. Allmendinger was part of the 19-second club. With the No. 16 Chevy turning in an overall 19.055 seconds, that is a major concern. […]

Dean Burmester Comes Back To PGA Championship

Dean Burmester played his last tournament on the PGA Tour at the PGA Championship in 2023. The South African golfer wound up a respectable 54th shooting all four rounds above 70. Oak Hill Golf Club was a different animal compared to Valhalla. The Louisville, Kentucky course offers room for a few more birdies. However, Burmester […]

Stephan Jaeger's Final Round Last Week Is Troubling

Stephan Jaeger appeared primed to contend on Sunday at the Well Fargo Championship. However, a 75 on Sunday derailed his hopes for a second win in 2024. The other concern is how he played at The Masters a mere two weeks after winning the Texas Children's Houston Open. Even in this latest three-tournament stretch, the […]

Keegan Bradley Still A Longer Shot For Valhalla

Keegan Bradley has not had the best 2024 season. However, the American golfer did have a playoff runner-up result at The Sony Open in January. Bradley also has two Top 25 results in his past three events. It comes down to that putter for the golfer. Strokes gained to putting is a woeful -0.576 (174th […]

Alex Noren Has Been Very Consistent In 2024

Alex Noren has not won a tournament in 2024 but he has been close a couple of times. The golfer, from Sweden, is 41. Despite the age, Noren has eight Top 25 results this season. That was highlighted by a third at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. His overall game ranks him fifth on tour […]