When the flag goes up at Talladega on Sunday, Kevin Harvick will officially break Dale Earnhardt’s record for most NASCAR starts. Harvick has been tied with the iconic driver at 676 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races. It’s ironic that Harvick replaced Earnhardt after the 2001 crash that ended Earnhardt’s […]

After missing the Monster Energy Cup Series Playoff for the first time in his career, there were whispers that Jimmie Johnson might be considering retirement. The seven-time Cup champion is 44, and watched as 39-year-old Paul Menard announced he was retiring at the end of the 2019 season. Johnson hasn’t […]

Kyle Larson picked up his first NASCAR Cup Series win in two years on Sunday, claiming victory at the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway. The victory also clinched a spot in the Round of 8 of NASCAR’s postseason for Larson, marking the first time a driver from Chip Ganassi […]

Chase Elliott knows this is the perfect time of year to be on a hot streak. The 23-year-old won last week at the Roval 400, and feels confident he can win again at the Drydene 400 at Dover on Sunday. Elliott is the 7/1 pick to win the Drydene 400 […]

NASCAR officials said they will be talking to Bubba Wallace after an incident he had with fellow driver Alex Bowman. The trouble began after the first lap at the Rovel 400, when Bowman made contact with Wallace. Bowman accepted responsibility for the contact, but Wallace was hot. Bowman said Wallace […]

Chase Elliott came back from crashing head-on into a tire barrier to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race finished the first stage of the NASCAR playoff, with the field of 16 drivers now being cut to 12 contenders for the […]

It is cut-down weekend for the Monster Energy Cup Series when the drivers race in Sunday’s Roval 400. If the race is anything like last year, it should be a thrilling afternoon. For those drivers on the bubble, the Roval 400 will create even more anxiety. Four of the 16 […]

Rickie Stenhouse Jr. got a surprise this week when his employer, Rousch Fenway Racing, dropped him from their lineup. Stenhouse is the third driver to lose his ride this season. Matt DiBenedetto was the first to hear he would be without a car. Leavine Family Racing told the 29-year-old they […]

It’s still far too early to determine who will win this year’s NASCAR Cup Series championship, but Martin Truex Jr. is certainly setting himself up for a deep run. Truex won the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night, giving him his second straight win to open […]

Not too many NASCAR fans are going to feel sorry for Kyle Busch, but the driver is starting in a hole going into Saturday night’s race at Richmond Raceway. The 34-year-old had a disastrous start to the Monster Energy Cup playoff, and now has to rebound at the Federated Auto […]

Kyle Busch has a reputation of being a villain. He added another chapter to that status when he blasted Garrett Smithley for an incident at last Sunday’s South Point 400. The Las Vegas native was trying to win at his home track in the first race of the playoffs when […]

Martin Truex Jr. punched his ticket to the second round of the playoff by winning the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday night, the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series postseason. The victory was Truex’s fifth of the season, and his first since winning at […]

The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Playoff begins on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the South Point 400, and Kyle Busch is the favorite. He’s the top choice, not only to win the opening race, but the Cup itself. Busch is a 9/2 pick to win at his home […]

The playoff hopes of Jimmie Johnson ended at the wall at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. The 43-year-old made contact with the barrier on Lap 55, and it took him out of the Big Machine Vodka 400. Johnson finished in 35th place, not nearly what he needed to grab the […]

Kevin Harvick made a strong statement in the final NASCAR Cup Series race of the regular season on Sunday, winning the Brickyard 400 for the second time in his career. Harvick finished a clear 6.118 seconds ahead of Joey Logano, who ran well behind the leader to finish in second […]

Jimmie Johnson needs a miracle to make NASCAR’s Monster Energy Cup Playoff, and the Brickyard might be the place for it to happen. Johnson, though, is a 60/1 longshot to win on Sunday. Kyle Busch is the favorite at 3/1. Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick are next at 6/1. The […]

Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington was the penultimate race before the NASCAR playoff, and Ryan Newman tangled with Daniel Suarez while battling for a spot. Suarez made contact with Newman, sending him spinning. He eventually finished in 23rd place, while Suarez finished 11th. That put the two into a […]

There are two NASCAR races remaining, including this Sunday night’s Southern 500, and drivers at the cutoff point for the Monster Energy Cup playoffs are starting to feel the pressure. Several drivers are hovering around the bubble, and need to make a move either here at Darlington, or next week […]

Kyle Larson is never comfortable when it comes to qualifying for the Monster Energy Cup Playoffs. But the driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, can breathe a little easier. Larson is in 11th place in the standing with two races remaining, and the top 16 make it. That should put the […]