Zane Smith Breaks Into Top 10 For Pocono Race

Zane Smith surprised many on Saturday. The Spire Motorsports driver got into the final round of qualifying. Smith ended up ninth overall just ahead of drivers like Joey Logano and Chase Elliott. The No, 71 car was outside the Top 20 in practice but delivered enough good qualifying laps to begin inside Row 5 on […]

John Hunter Nemechek Has Rough Saturday At Pocono

John Hunter Nemechek did not practice well on Saturday. The Legacy Motor Club car started off 36th in practice and then qualified 32nd at Pocono. His time was 0.995 seconds off of the lap delivered by Ty Gibbs. Expecting much from the No. 42 car could be difficult. Nemechek did not practice well and kept […]

Austin Dillon Starts Near Middle Of Pack For Pocono

Austin Dillon will start The Great American Getaway 400 from the 17th position on Sunday afternoon. The Richard Childress Racing driver has had one ugly season and is currently 32nd overall. With the amount of regular season races dwindling, Dillon needs some results. The problem is the No. 3 car crashed last year after qualifying […]

Chase Briscoe Could Struggle At Pocono

Chase Briscoe did not have the best qualifying effort for Ford at Pocono on Saturday. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will start Sunday's race from the 28th position. Briscoe's average qualifying position in the last four races averaged out at 23.5. He only has one Top 20 finish also. The Ford cars have been mostly slower […]

Kyle Busch Ends Up Ninth On Sunday At Chicago

Kyle Busch probably was relieved after finishing ninth on Sunday at the Grant Park 165 in Chicago. The Richard Childress Racing driver began the afternoon 19th. He did show some flashes of speed during the race, and that was about when he would end up in the top 10. Unfortunately, it started raining after then. […]

Todd Gilliland Completes Good Day For Front Row Motorsports

Todd Gilliland did not start out the best at Chicago. However, the Front Row Motorsports driver managed to accumulate three stage points and finish in seventh when the race was called. That is what matters. Gilliland had pretty good speed late in the race and was able to move up track position wise when others […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Slides Up To Sixth At Chicago

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started 33th for the Grant Park 165. Through a wave of luck, survival, and strategy, the JTG Daugherty Racing driver ended up sixth after 58 laps on Sunday. When the finish line was crossed, the No. 47 car held on for sixth place. That was an improvement of 27 positions. The back […]

Ryan Blaney Fourth Among Ford Cars In Qualifying

Ryan Blaney finished fourth among Ford cars in qualifying on Saturday. He will start 17th for the Grant Park 165 on Sunday afternoon. It will be intriguing to see how the track runs as the evening approaches on Sunday as well. The Team Penske Ford could move up on Sunday given its ability to stay […]

Brad Keselowski Could Be One To Watch Sunday

Brad Keselowski may not end up in the top 10 at the end of the Grant Park 165 on Sunday, but one never knows. The RFK Racing driver got to the last round of qualifying on Saturday. Though he will start 10th, Keselowski came a long way from his practice time that qualified 28th, more […]

Noah Gragson Qualifies 28th For Grant Park 165

Noah Gragson ended up one spot better than teammate Ryan Preece during Saturday qualifying. The Stewart-Haas Racing car turned in a solid lap but still wound up 28th more than a second off the pole time. During practice, Gragson ran 11 laps and his best time was 1.879 seconds. The key again was coming into […]

Ryan Preece Trying To Improve On Road Courses

Ryan Preece had a tough time in practice with a best time that placed 33rd. However, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver slightly improved to 29th in qualifying. The No. 41 Ford hopes to gain positioning on Sunday like he did at Sonoma. Preece started 30th there but wound up in 18th by the end of the […]

Daniel Hemric Starts 35th At Chicago On Sunday

Daniel Hemric probably feels this could be a lot like Sonoma. Kaulig Racing was pretty slow on Saturday but the Hemric Chevy was 1.772 seconds off of the Kyle Larson pole time. Worse, for Hemric, That has been the norm as Hemric began 33rd at COTA and 34th at Sonoma. At least in California, Hemric […]

Josh Berry Has Much Work To Do Sunday

Josh Berry put himself into a bit of a hole for the Grant Park 165 on Sunday in Chicago. Berry will start 36th after qualifying. Berry's lap was 2.4 seconds off of Kyle Larson's initial lap effort. Berry did get 11 laps of racing in for Stewart-Haas Racing on Saturday. The No. 4 Ford was […]

Kaz Grala Bringing Up The Rear Sunday

Kaz Grala will attempt to stay on the lead lap on Sunday as he will start 40th for the Grant Park 165 in Chicago. The Rick Ware Racing car was almost 1.7 seconds off the top lap time of Kyle Larson. Grala tried to get nine laps in but was constantly around 2 to 2.5 […]

Brendon Todd Struggling Heading To John Deere Classic

Brendon Todd produced a top-five result at the Valero Texas Open. The American golfer has struggled since, failing to record a top-25 finish since. Over the past three months, Todd has missed just two cuts but has not finished better than 36th. One of the biggest reasons is his ability to get off the tee […]

Lee Hodges Tries To Bounce Back After Rough Week

Lee Hodges had been on a nice run of good form. The American golfer nearly finished in the Top 10 at the Arnold Palmer and PGA Championship. Hodges made five straight cuts before missing the cut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. His biggest weakness may be off the tee where he ranks 131st in strokes […]

Michael Thorbjornsen Looks To Learn More As Professional

Michael Thorbjornsen earned his PGA Tour card by graduating the PGA University as the top-ranked player. The American golfer has had golf in his blood and does have a Top 5 result from the 2022 Travelers Championship. He has fared well on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour with four Top 20 results. The […]

Seamus Power Still Aiming For Consistency

Seamus Power has been very good one event and bad the next. The golfer from Ireland will make the cut one week and miss the next. This pattern has been continuing on and off for the past three months. Power still does not have a Top 10 result in 2024 but has several Top 25 […]

Nick Dunlap Riding Ups And Downs Of PGA Tour

Nick Dunlap turned pro earlier in 2024. The American Express winner has had quite a rookie year. The American golfer has not fared so well in the major tournaments but then again, Dunlap is still only 20. He bounced back after a middling Travelers Championship to finish in the Top 10 at the Rocket Mortgage […]

Davis Thompson Rolling Into John Deere Classic

Davis Thompson started out 2024 pretty slowly. However, the surprise Top 10 result af the U.S. Open spurred the American golfer. Thompson shot all four rounds in the 60's at the Rocket Mortgage Classic last week. That resulted in a tie for second which almost vaulted Thompson into the Top 50 for the FedEx Cup. […]

Chris Buescher Ends Up Fifth At Nashville

Chris Buescher has not had the best of seasons after a breakout 2023 campaign. The RFK Racing driver has zero wins in 2024. However, there may be a sense of optimism floating through the Buescher camp. He does have three Top 5 results in his last four races (including Nashville - 5th). Furthermore, Buescher is […]

Ryan Preece Survives Into Top Five

Ryan Preece had far from the best car on Sunday at Nashville. However, he survived the five overtimes and got his car up to fourth place at the end. That is what mattered. Preece never led a lap and was nowhere near accumulating any stage points for the Ally 400. However, in the end, like […]

Zane Smith Lacks Speed For Sunday Race

Zane Smith kept falling off the pace at New Hampshire and Iowa. The results for the Spire Motorsports car were two results in the 30's. Smith qualified 35th for Sunday's Ally 400 and it would not be surprising if he gets lapped in short order. Finishing 0.92 seconds off the pole position time of Denny […]

Ryan Preece Could Be An Option At Nashville

Ryan Preece may have been slowest among Stewart-Haas Racing drivers in qualifying at Nashville on Saturday. He was 22nd but Preece has shown lately an ability to move up from a track position perspective. Last week at New Hampshire was Preece's best positive place differential of the season (+20). Preece flirted heavily with the Top […]

John Hunter Nemechek Capitalizing Off Momentum

John Hunter Nemechek and his Legacy Motor Club Toyota has some hope for Sunday's Ally 400. That comes in the form of yesterday's Xfinity win. Nemechek led a race-high 76 laps and started from the 15th position. Again, Sunday is more daunting as the No. 42 car begins back in 35th. Both Legacy cars are […]

Daniel Hemric To The Back For Sunday Race

Daniel Hemric was slow in qualifying and nearly 3/4 of a second off of the pole time set by Denny Hamlin. Furthermore, he will start from 37th at Nashville this Sunday afternoon. The Kaulig Racing Chevy may have a few issues getting around the 1.33-mile course. Though Nashville behaves like a superspeedway in some ways, […]

Harrison Burton Building Off New Hampshire

Harrison Burton was able to move up at New Hampshire due to attrition and some great pit strategy. His +13 place differential in the Wood Brothers Racing car offered hope for this week's Ally 400. The No. 21 Ford starts Sunday from the 25th position as Burton was 0.529 seconds off the time of Denny […]

Chase Briscoe Stuck In The Middle For Nashville

Chase Briscoe was one of the slower qualifiers on the Stewart-Haas Racing team. His Saturday effort has Briscoe starting 19th for Sunday afternoon's Ally 400. Nashville has not been kind to the No. 14 Ford. His average start has been 20.7 over the last three years. Worse, he has finished between 31st and 34th since […]

Martin Laird On Roller Coaster Headed To Detroit

Martin Laird has been up and down the past half dozen tournaments. The Scottish golfer has missed three cuts in that span and never finished in the Top 25. He had consecutive Top 10 results in March but has not come close since. His putting ranks a solid 43rd in strokes gained (0.26). However, Laird […]

Mark Hubbard Will Need Lots Of Birdies In Detroit

Mark Hubbard knows birdies and better will be on the menu for the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The American golfer ranks 12th on the PGA Tour in total birdies made at 256. His 69.75 scoring average comes in at 25th with an adjusted rank of 28th. Hubbard's putts per round is interesting. He often starts off […]