Zane Smith Lacks Punch At Iowa

Zane Smith and his Spire Motorsports car seem to lack the acceleration coming out of turns at Iowa. It showed in his qualifying lap especially. Smith and the No. 71 car lost more than a second to the top cars on Saturday. Practice was a little faster as Smith only dropped 0.707 seconds off the […]

John Hunter Nemechek Begins 34th At Iowa

John Hunter Nemechek and the Legacy Motor Club car kept losing tenths of a second at every repaved turn on Saturday. It was not a surprise he qualified 34th for Sunday's Iowa Corn 350. Nemechek's No. 42 car was 1.544 seconds off from Kyle Larson in qualifying. Nemechek was a hair faster in practice as […]

Daniel Hemric Slow In Qualifying And Practice

Daniel Hemric had some issues with his Kaulig Racing Chevy on Saturday. The No. 31 car qualified 30th for the Iowa Corn 350 on Sunday evening. Furthermore, Hemric has qualified 24th or worse in five consecutive races now. Even place differential potential may be questionable at this point. After all, with some of the well […]

Kaz Grala Qualified 28th For Sunday's Race At Iowa

Kaz Grala was assumed to be in the back at Iowa. However, the Rick Ware Racing driver will start 28th for the Iowa Corn 350. The Iowa track has not been raced on in five years by anyone from NASCAR and that was at the Xfinity level. Anyway, Grala did move up six spots at […]

A.J. Allmendinger Sparks Some Interest Sunday

A.J. Allmendinger qualified 18th on Sunday for the Iowa Corn 350. With tires a bit of an issue, Allmendinger and his Kaulig Racing Chevy could be a bit of a factor. The No. 16 car was not the fastest (23.5 to 23.6 seconds in practice) but as this race goes on, Allmendinger has a chance […]

Billy Horschel One To Watch At Pinehurst

Billy Horschel has shown much better form over the previous three tournaments and in general this 2024. The American golfer may be 37 but is playing more like he is 27 lately. He has three consecutive Top 25 results. Horschel can make birdies as seen when he won the Corales Puntacana Championship in April. He […]

Taylor Moore Very Good At Majors In 2024

Taylor Moore has shown inconsistency on the golf course. However, the American has performed well when it comes to the big events. He finished in the Top 20 at both The Masters and at Valhalla (PGA Championship). It has been those in-between tournaments which have proven to be more troublesome. Moore found the Memorial Tournament […]

Daniel Berger Playing First Major Of The Season

Daniel Berger has towed a tough road in 2024 with six missed cuts in 13 tournaments. The American golfer has not won since the AT&T in 2021. Berger can make his share of birdies but the U.S. Open is different. Getting to the green has not been a problem but putting has been an adventure. […]

Nicolai Hojgaard Rested In Preparation For Pinehurst

Nicolai Hojgaard enjoyed a week of rest leading up to the U.S. Open. The golfer from Denmark performed better a couple weeks ago at the RBC Canadian Open (T-35th). Hojgaard has been a bit up and down lately. He has missed four cuts in his last eight tournaments including the Arnold Palmer and The Players […]

Thomas Detry Trying To Replicate PGA Championship Success

Thomas Detry surprised many with his top-five finish at Valhalla. The Belgian golfer finished tied for fourth in Kentucky last month behind strong 66's to open and close the event. Pinehurst No. 2 may be more of a challenge like the Memorial Tournament proved last weekend. Detry tried his best but struggled early, then bogeyed […]

Austin Eckroat Learning At The Majors

Austin Eckroat took the lessons from The Masters and applied them to the PGA Championship. The result was a Top 25 at Valhalla (T-18). The American golfer was again getting a final round lecture at the Memorial Tournament on Sunday as the pins were moved. Eckroat shot a 76 to fall back down the leaderboard. […]

Harris English Looking To Rebound At U.S. Open

Harris English seemed to have some momentum heading into the third major of the PGA season. The American golfer hung around at both The Masters and the PGA Championship. However, the Memorial Tournament altered that outlook a little as English missed the cut in a second straight event. On one hand, Harris will be rested […]

Denny McCarthy May Struggle At U.S. Open

Denny McCarthy needed to open up The Memorial by making some putts. The American did not. He missed greens, some easy shots, and wound up with a 76. McCarthy rebounded but shot a 76 on Sunday to end up tied for 39th. Add in the 7,550 yards that is Pinehurst No. 2, and there is […]

Carson Hocevar Qualifies 13th For Sonoma Race

Carson Hocevar surprised some drivers on Saturday by qualifying 13th at Sonoma Raceway. He was only 0.525 seconds off the time of Joey Logano. Arguably, a miss on a turn here and there on the 12-turn course could have produced a Top 10 time. It will be intriguing to see how the Spire Motorsports car […]

Kaz Grala Firmly In The Back At Sonoma

Kaz Grala will start 36th from Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. The Rick Ware Racing car is starting around 31st on average in 2024. Grala and his Ford were 1.61 seconds off the pole and has been right in the back on most course. An average finish of 27.0 is not a surprise given the slowness […]

Daniel Hemric Starts 34th Sunday At Sonoma

Daniel Hemric did not qualify very well on the Sonoma race course. He begins the 110-lap race from the 34th position on Sunday afternoon. The Kauling Racing Chevy could not sustain speed on the course. That resulted in Hemric losing 1.276 seconds to Joey Logano. Hemric has not raced much on road courses at this […]

Brad Keselowski Should Move Up Sunday Afternoon

Brad Keselowski probably did not expect to qualify in 35th for Sunday's race at Sonoma. The RFK Racing driver was 1.223 seconds off from the pole lap of Joey Logano. Keselowski and his No. 6 Ford was 32nd even in practice at more than 1.5 seconds off from the top times set. With all that […]

Harrison Burton Expected To Fade At Sonoma

Harrison Burton starts 22nd for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Sunday afternoon. The Wood Brothers Racing driver finished 30th at Austin earlier this season and has an average finish of 27.5 at Sonoma. Few should be surprised as most of his qualifying laps were outside the Top 20 and the expectation of a slow car […]

Denny McCarthy Tries For One Better At Memorial

Denny McCarthy came so close to winning The Memorial last year. The American golfer settled for second after losing a playoff to Viktor Hovland. Naturally, there is nothing to be ashamed of in that. McCarthy since finished tied for second at the Valero Texas Open in April. The bigger tournaments have been more of a […]

Keegan Bradley Continues Solid Play Once More

Keegan Bradley keeps playing well enough to contend. For the American golfer, that nearly paid off at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Bradley finished in a tie for second with none other than Scottie Scheffler. That is not bad company as Bradley notched his second runner-up of 2024 and his sixth Top 10 result. Bradley does […]

Si Woo Kim Struggling A Little Heading To Muirfield

Si Woo Kim had made 13 straight cuts heading to the PGA Championship. The Korean golfer could not make many birdies at Valhalla. Then, Kim could not get going at the Charles Schwab classic He struggled and then fired a nasty 75 on Sunday to drop out of the Top 50. For as consistent as […]

Tom Kim Heating Up For The Memorial

Tom Kim did not have the best start to 2024. The Korean golfer had to withdraw from The Players Championship. However, he has come back the past couple of months stronger. Kim has three straight Top 30 results including a T-4 at last week's RBC Canadian Open. The golfer shot 65-64 over the weekend to […]

Tyler Reddick Inches Up To Fourth On Sunday

Tyler Reddick did not have the best or worst of races at Gateway. There were times where Reddick looked like he could contend. Other times, the 23XI Racing driver was merely trying to hold on to track position. Reddick did managed a few stage points from Stage 1 (8th) but missed out after Stage 2. […]

Austin Dillon Delivers At Gateway On Sunday

Austin Dillon proved a lot of pundits wrong on Sunday. Dillon and his Richard Childress Racing car improved 12 spots from his start. That resulted in a sixth which almost became a Top 5 result. The No. 3 Chevy needed one of these performances. He ended up in the Top 10 once and talk started […]

Justin Haley Sneaks Into Top 10 At Gateway

Justin Haley started 21st for Sunday's Enjoy Illinois 300. Haley fought quite a bit and wound up ninth by the end of the race. It was a big result for the Rick Ware Racing team. Few saw this coming but Haley's late-run speed was in the Top 10 during the final stage. He finished outside […]

Harrison Burton Remains On Hot Seat

Harrison Burton qualified 30th for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway. The Wood Brothers Racing car showed a little promise in practice with the 20th-best lap. However, that faded as Burton ended up 0.697 seconds off the pole time set for the Sunday afternoon race. Results have not been the kind for the driver of […]

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 […]