Daniel Suarez is getting a fresh start – again. For the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, Suarez will compete with Trackhouse Racing Team, a brand-new operation created by former driver Justin Marks. Having secured a charter and established a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, Trackhouse will race full time …
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2020 NASCAR Team Reviews: Roush Fenway Racing
Heading into 2020, Roush Fenway Racing had reason to be optimistic in the NASCAR Cup Series. The previous year, veteran Ryan Newman put an RFR Ford in the playoffs for only the second time in the last five seasons. That was Newman’s first season with Roush, and it left fans …
Read More »Up to Speed: The Future Is Bright For Hendrick Motorsports
It wasn’t long ago that Hendrick Motorsports had one of the oldest driver lineups in NASCAR. Five years ago, at the time of Jeff Gordon’s final race in his famed No. 24 car, the organization’s youngest driver was Kasey Kahne at 35 years old. With Gordon’s career wrapping up amid …
Read More »Up to Speed: 2020 Is Another Black Mark Against The NASCAR Playoffs
As usual, Martinsville Speedway provided no shortage of entertainment. Sunday’s race, the penultimate event of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, offered up plenty of close quarters short track racing. It also featured a tighter battle among the playoff drivers than most fans would have foreseen, given the points among …
Read More »Up to Speed: How Will 23XI Racing Perform in 2021?
As NASCAR’s 2021 Cup Series lineup slowly comes into focus, the new team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin is beginning to take shape. Several weeks ago, Jordan and Hamlin announced their organization would debut next season with driver Bubba Wallace. We also learned last week that the team, …
Read More »Up to Speed: Chip Ganassi Racing Wastes Its 2020 Potential
Back in the spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to heat up, Chip Ganassi Racing had a mess on its hands. While participating in an iRacing event on Easter Sunday, Kyle Larson uttered a racial slur over what he thought was a private communication line. Unfortunately for him, …
Read More »Up to Speed: Alex Bowman’s Title Hopes Saved Again by the ROVAL
For the first time in his NASCAR career, Alex Bowman has made it to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Entering Sunday’s race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, Bowman was seventh in points, holding a 22-point advantage over the cutline. Like most of the playoff …
Read More »Up to Speed: Time to Eliminate the Double Yellow Line Rule
Sunday’s (Oct. 4) NASCAR Cup Series playoff race was a typical Talladega Superspeedway thriller. But once the dust had settled on its photo finish, the YellaWood 500 looked more like the yellow line 500. Following a chaotic last-lap ending, Denny Hamlin walked away with the checkered flag. Behind him, drivers …
Read More »Up to Speed: The Parallel Careers of Jimmie Johnson & Matt Kenseth
With the 2020 season entering its final stage, NASCAR is beginning to look toward next year. This last week in September brought considerable news regarding driver lineups for 2021. There have also been rumors that major changes could be in store for the Cup Series schedule. But even as more …
Read More »Up to Speed: Tough Decisions Ahead for Ford’s NASCAR Teams
The more things change for Matt DiBenedetto, the more they stay the same. Returning to Bristol Motor Speedway for the 2020 Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race, he was in need of an outstanding performance. For the first time, DiBenedetto came to Thunder Valley as a NASCAR playoff driver. But a …
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