Talladega is always a crap shoot, even when the racing is relatively tame for most of the race. Then, for some reason, drivers who were managing the race so well lose their minds with just a few laps to go.
Chuck Checks In
Chase Elliott Breaks Texas Winless Streak
Well that certainly wasn’t the finish I think we all thought we were going to get.
Kyle Larson was dominant the early going after starting on the pole and leading the first 77 laps. It sure looked like a race he was going to win going away.
Hendrick Motorsports Sweeps At Martinsville As Byron Leads The Charge
Greeting race fans, I am back in the saddle after a much-needed break.
While I was away, Denny Hamlin and William Byron both won twice putting them into the lead as far as wins even though Kyle Larson is leading the points with a win and four top five finishes. While he also had one DNF, he has four stage wins and has led a whopping 454 laps this season. Byron may have three wins, but he has done that leading only 149 laps.
Christopher Bell Gets First NASCAR Cup Win of 2024 in Phoenix
It’s always sunny in Phoenix, or at least it was for Toyota. Toyota drivers led nearly every lap of the Shriners Children’s 500 with Christopher Bell leading 50 of those laps on his way to Victory Lane.
Kyle Larson Whoops Some Butts at Las Vegas
Let’s just set aside all those terrible Las Vegas clichés and we’ll call this just what it was – an old fashioned can of whoop a$$. (more…)
William Byron Survives Wild Daytona 500 Finish
Welcome back to NASCAR 2024!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Ryan Blaney Holds Off His Competitors And Wins NASCAR Cup Championship
Ryan Blaney didn’t need to win the race at Phoenix, he just needed to finish ahead of his three competitors to win the title. And that’s exactly what he did, holding off Kyle Larson (P3), William Byron (P4) and Christopher Bell (P36).
Ryan Blaney Masters Martinsville
And then there were four.
Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and William Byron.
No Denny Hamlin or Martin Truex, Jr. No Kevin Harvick, who is heading to the broadcast booth in 2024. No Chase Elliott, Joey Logano or Kyle Busch.
Christopher Bell Outruns Ryan Blaney for Homestead Win
During the course of the race, Christopher Bell thought his chances of racing for a NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix were slim or none. After just squeaking into points at the end of Stage 1 he was nowhere to be found by the end of Stage 2. Homestead was eating up tires and while there were multiple racing grooves, around the top was the best, plus you needed drive off of the corners to compete. Bell’s car was having none of that and Bell was in a sour mood.
Kyle Larson Cashes In At Las Vegas Cup Race
Last week I noted that if you led 100 or more laps at Las Vegas, you had a pretty good shot at winning the race. Well Kyle Larson did just that, and more. He won both stages and led the most laps with 133 and the final 45. But it almost did not come to pass.