Beyond the Cockpit

2018 has been a year of resurgence for Clint Bowyer, as he’s gone back to Victory Lane in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the first time since 2012. Now, the focus is on the championship for the No. 14 team.  Bowyer, 39, ended a 190-race winless streak in …

After competing the past six seasons with Hendrick Motorsports, Kasey Kahne took a step back and moved to a smaller team for 2018: Leavine Family Racing. The hope was that his arrival would spark the No. 95 group and increase their performance across the board. But since the season-opening Daytona 500, …

 2018 was the start of a new chapter for driver Josh Bilicki. For the first time, he would have a steady home, his own NASCAR race seat at JP Motorsports in the XFINITY Series. Sponsor Prevagen jumped onboard his No. 45 Toyota entry and the year was a go just …

During Friday’s rained out qualifying session, 2017 NASCAR Pinty’s Series Champion Alex Labbe sat down with Frontstretch. Labbe is currently in the middle of his first full-time NASCAR XFINITY Series season with King Autosport, owned by Canadian racing legend Mario Gosselin. The season has seen Labbe exceed expectations for both being …

Paul Holton has risen up through the lower ranks of sports car racing over the past couple of years.  Just four years ago, he was racing in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge’s Street Tuner class in a Honda Civic. Last year, Holton split time between a McLaren in the …

The first four months to the 2018 season have been dream-like for Stewart-Haas Racing. But no one may be riding that high more than newcomer Aric Almirola. Almirola, 34, is coming off six seasons with Richard Petty Motorsports where he picked up his lone victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup …

Matt Crafton is a two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion (2013 & 2014) and has 14 victories to his name in the series since his debut at California in 2000. The 18-year veteran has seen his fair share of comers and goers, witnessing the ups and downs of the …

StarCom Racing is in its first full season of existence with 1990 Daytona 500 champion Derrike Cope calling the shots as team manager. Through the first 15 races, it’s been a battle. Prior to Daytona this February, StarCom acquired the No. 27 Richard Childress Racing charter from last season. That …

Landon Cassill may only be 28 years old, but 2018 is his ninth year competing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.  Through Michigan, Cassill has made 268 career MENCS starts, the vast majority of which were for small operations.  As a result of underfunded equipment, he has only one …

Back in March, a team showed up on the entry list for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway that few in NASCAR had ever heard of: Roper Racing Team. The team’s No. 04 Ford, driven by owner Cory Roper, surprised the racing world that weekend when …